Rainy
Falsehood

Back at school, Rainy immediately prepared to leave. Unlike the usual day when returning from school, Rainy will lay himself on the bed. Another with today, Rainy's first day working at the cafe.

As soon as Rainy's spirit remembered that he would be able to make his own money. Although not as big as his monthly pocket money, but Rainy is still happy because the money he gets later is not the result of begging as his stepmother once said.

After changing clothes, Rainy immediately walked out of the room. First the girl went to the aunt's room, but not to call because Rainy knew, Aunt Risa was not home.

Don't want to repeat the same mistake and make Aunt Risa worried, finally Rainy decided to write where he went and estimated the clock home so that Risa did not worry on a scrap paper that Rainy would stick in front of the door of his aunt's room.

“Sorry, Aunt. I lied, but I don't want Aunt to worry,” Rainy muttered.

What Rainy wrote on the paper wasn't entirely honest and it didn't mean it was all a lie. Rainy just did not mention the cafe where he worked, so Rainy wrote that he was 'doing work at a friend's house.'

After that, then Rainy can calm down and immediately get out of the house. Unfortunately, when he just came out, Rainy passed by Clarissa's mother, Aksa's mother. Neighbor of Rainy's house.

“Where are you, Rainy?” ask mama Clarissa.

“You go to the house, Auntie,” replied Rainy smiling thinly.

Although he looked calm, but in his heart Rainy continued to say sorry.

“Oh, up what? In Anter Aksa aja, want?”

“E-eh, no need, Auntie. I've pesen ojol, beware again dateng ojolnya.”

Rainy refused, shaking his head, his face became unpleasant, but Clarissa's mother smiled and nodded.

“Be careful, yes. Don't miss the return home,” mama Clarissa said.

True what Rainy said, because a few minutes later the online ojek order came. And took Rainy to his workplace not too far from his housing complex.

Rainy pushed the glass door until the bell rang. Once inside, Rainy was immediately greeted by Azura, the face of the older girl from Rainy looked bright.

“Welcome to join and welcome to the task, Rainy,” said Azura and several other employees.

Rainy thanked me, moved because here he was not alone.

That day, Rainy wore an apron that was indeed in particular for waitress like her. With her hair ponytailed, Rainy seemed excited to start working on her first day.

At first it was fun, but the name works will feel tired. Same with Rainy. The spirit is only at the beginning, as soon as the day before night, then Rainy began to feel tired and sore. Especially the leg.

“It turns out that work is not as easy as I thought, Brother? Salute me as a person who works from the morning until softened,” Rainy said to Azura who was sitting while straightening her legs.

Azura laughed, until some employees looked towards them.

“The name also works, let it get money. So it will not be as easy as we ask the same parents.”

Rainy nodded, confirming Azura's remark. It's as hard as making your own money.

“What are you going home for? Want Brother Anter gak?” Azura took off her aprok, as did Rainy.

“I pesen ojol aja, Kak.”

“Although gini is not difficult to get?”

“No, it's still eight o'clock. I've pesen, I think briefly again nyampe deh ojolnya,” said Rainy while glancing at his phone.

“Oh, yes already, let Sister temenin until her ojolnya dateng,” said Azura made Rainy thank you.

Guess Rainy somehow always right, not ten minutes waiting for his online motorcycle actually came. Rainy said goodbye to Azura and the others.

Arriving at home, it turns out that Risa's aunt is waiting for her arrival. Once inside, the aunt who was watching live TV moved to approach Rainy.

“Kok came home really malem, Ai?”

“Sorry yes, Tan. I'm a little hard to get over his bullshit,” Rainy's lie.

In his heart Rainy continued to say sorry, not until when his lie could survive. But Rainy just hopes the aunt doesn't forbid him from continuing to work. Because Rainy really needs to.

“Yes, hunting bath. After that meal, Auntie was first, sorry. Later Aunt you eat,” said aunt Risa while rubbing the head of Rainy.

Her worried face was clearly making Rainy feel extremely guilty.

“I should apologize, Aunt.”

***

Tomorrow and tomorrow again, Rainy did his usual activities. In the morning, go to school and go straight to the cafe. The difference is, in those two days Rainy no longer went home with Aksa. Because Aksa will be practicing basketball after school for the next week.

But, the problem Rainy is aunt Risa. It had only been three days but it had already confused Rainy. What other reason could Rainy use to go to the cafe?

It is impossible to do the task, because Risa aunt knows, not every day school children will be given individual and group assignments.

Fortunately, it's Sunday, Rainy's day off school or working at the cafe. Rainy could rest.

“You're not going anywhere today, are you, Ai?” aunt Risa asked when Rainy was washing her shoes.

“No, Aunt. I'm off, why?”

“No papa, aunt only mastiin aja, fear you go to your house again,” said aunt Risa in a tone that made Rainy feel that aunt already suspected him.

Rainy swallowed his saliva with great difficulty, then shook his head. “I've been home all day, not anywhere,” he said who then got a nod from his tantenya.

No one had the chance to make a sound, from the outside there was a car roar that made Rainy and Aunt Risa look at each other.

“Tante no guests?” tanya Rainy who was answered by Aunt Risa.

Then the door was on when, Aunt Risa rushed off to the front to open the door, while Rainy washed her hands after it left following her aunt.

When Rainy arrives, Rainy sees Risa's aunt being hugged by a man. Rainy is surprised, until he realizes that the man who hugs Risa's aunt is her husband, whom Rainy used to call 'om Abra'.

Rainy retreated, about to leave from there and did not bother the couple who were giving up the longing. But it seemed to fail because om Abra had already looked towards him until their embrace was released.

“Eh, Rainy, yes?”

Rainy nodded his head, “Iya, Om.”

“It's big apparently you. How are you?”

“Good, Om.”

“Sign in first, then continue chatting in dalem. Time to chat at the door,” said aunt Risa.

The three of them went inside, after which Rainy greeted Abra who had not seen him for a very long time.

Om Abra is a doctor on assignment in another city, so aunt Risa and om Abra are having an LDR relationship, sounds difficult but Rainy salutes because they can live it.

Om Abra would come home once a month and be at home for three or four days. Which for Rainy was a very short time. Maybe if it was Rainy, he wouldn't be able to. We didn't meet for a month and only met for three days.

“Bhara how are you? Papa you too,” asked Abra when they were sitting in the family room.

Aunty Risa was about to bring her husband's suitcase into the room, but soon Abra took it and took Aunt Risa to sit down.

“Bang Bhara is good, he is again in college. If Papa, well too,” perhaps, ringis Rainy in his heart.

“Oh yes? College where now?”

“In the UK, Om.”

“Away, surely you are lonely-Auhh!” Om Abra screamed in pain as Aunt Risa suddenly pinched her thigh.

“Udah, Mas. You're like Rainy's interrogation again, you know?”

“Iya-iya, it's just nanya, Darling.”

Aunt Risa glared at the words Dear from her husband's mouth. Because there is still Rainy here, but even Rainy feels happy with their closeness.

After that Aunt Risa immediately told her husband to clean up, and the aunt would make lunch. Rainy continued washing his shoes.

***

“Mas,” call Risa.

“Hm?” Abra gave a smile, looking at Risa who was walking towards him after locking pinru.

Then he spread out his arms, making Risa come closer and embrace him.

“Kangen,” Abra whispers in his wife's ear.

“The window can be later, right? I'd like to ask you.”

Because Abra felt this was a bit serious, so Abra told Risa to sit on the edge of the mattress. They're facing each other.

“You said what?”

“You can talk to Mas Hamza, right? Or the same Bhara also not papa, about Rainy.”

Hamza was the father of Bhara and Rainy, Risa's older sister-in-law, before her mother Rainy died.

“Speaking what?”

“Do they have any financial problems, just tell them that Rainy works every time he goes home from school. Not that I interfere, but I feel sorry for Rainy, he should rest or smile at the same time, not even work for money,” said Risa made Abra surprised.

“Rainy working? What work?”

“In the cafe,” said Risa while recalling where she knew.

Yesterday, on the day Rainy was coming home the night, Risa had already started to get suspicious. Two nights in a row Rainy came home at the same time, and this was the third time Rainy had asked for his permission for a different reason.

Coincidentally that day Risa did not go anywhere and returned to find a sticky memo on the door of her room, although somewhat suspicious, but she could not do much because she did not know exactly where Rainy was, and she was not, until when Risa goes to shop at the supermarket. When she was going home, Risa was surprised to see Rainy was taking out the trash by using an apron.

The feeling was not good, so Risa went straight to the cafe which was not far from where she was shopping. There was no more Rainy because he had entered the door, and did not want to make his nephew surprised to see it, so Risa preferred to ask one of the people who also wore the same apron as Rainy.

“Sorry, Deck, can I have a minute?”

“Can, Mom. Azura, just call Azura,” said the woman.

Risa smiled and nodded. “Good, Azura, anyone I want to ask.”

“Please, Bu.”

“You know the girl who just took out the trash? She works here? As what?”

“She Rainy, Mom. Yeah, it's been three days of work here. Rainy works so waitress here, he happens to need money again he said. Why, Mom?”

“Oh no, I just feel familiar with his face,” said Risa who is trusted by Azura.

Abra was silent at his wife's story, then nodded his head while rubbing Risa's back which looked very worried.

“Let's try to contact one of them.”