The Ucup
Semester Money

"If people stay away from us, we keep away also if people do not like us, we do not need to show face. Go to a place where we are cherished, we have the right to choose our own way of life."

"And I can't eat free cassava chips anymore." Anton spoke with a sad face.

"This is what made Ucup's brother's business bankrupt." Ridho blamed Anton for Ucup's bankruptcy.

"No, maybe this is a way from God so Ridho should not blame Anton" Ucup said.

6 Months Later............

Ucup is already standing in front of the house Fiqrie, Ucup looks hesitant to knock on the door of the house Fiqrie.

Toks....... Tok

"Assalamu'alaikum." Finally with a heavy heart Ucup knocked on the door of the house Fiqrie.

Ucup had already knocked on Fiqrie's door while saying his greetings, but no one opened the door or answered Ucup's greetings. Ucup again knocked on the door of the house while saying greetings up to three times. But the result of nothing (nothing) at all that opened the door and answered the greeting Ucup.

Ucup who intends to go home Fiqrie, Suddenly he heard the voice of people.

"Guilingsalam Ucup." Fiqrie is already behind Ucup.

"Eh, brother Fiqrie." Ucup turned his body, he saw Fiqrie was already before him now.

"How long have you been here?" Fiqrie walked towards the door of the house.

"Not long ago brother." Ucup shifted his body from the door of Fiqrie house.

"Let's go to Ucup!" Fiqrie had opened the door of her house, and she told Ucup to enter her house.

"All right, brother." Ucup opened his shoes and walked into Fiqrie's house.

"What do you want to drink?" Fiqrie walked into the house, she was behind Ucup.

"No, brother, I'm just for a minute." Ucup sat on the sofa in the guest room of Fiqrie.

"Wait a minute." Fiqrie walked out of the guest room.

Fiqrie was already in the guest room, she walked towards the table. He placed a glass of water on the table.

"Please drink first Ucup." After saying that Fiqrie sat on the sofa that was in front of Ucup.

"Glug glug, thank you brother." Ucup took the glass at the table and then he drank the water from the glass until only half.

"How are you, Mom and Zai?" ask Fiqrie.

"Thank God they're healthy, brother Dinda where's brother?" Ucup who did not see his brother-in-law asked directly about his brother-in-law to his brother.

"Sister Dinda's still in school, aren't you in college?" ask Fiqrie.

"I just got home from college brother, how's brother Dinda?" ask Ucup.

"Thank God we're both good, what are you really doing?" The curious Fiqrie, unlike usual Ucup went to his house. Fiqrie was sure there must be something.

"I'm just going to play at my brother's house, can't I?" Ucup asked Fiqrie.

"Of course you can, but why didn't you just contact your brother first?" ask Fiqrie.

"I think my brother was at home because it's past the hour of school, so I came straight here without calling my brother first." Ucup explains to Fiqrie the reason he came without contacting Fiqrie.

"Is there no other purpose for you to come here?" ask Fiqrie.

"There's actually a brother." Ucup lowered his head for not daring to say to Fiqrie.

"What?" Fiqrie was curious.

"Do you have money?" ask Ucup.

"Money for what?" ask Fiqrie.

"How much is the semester?" ask Fiqrie.

"6 million brothers" answered Ucup.

"Wow, if that many brothers don't exist" Fiqrie said.

"How many brothers are there?" Ucup raised his face.

"Abang can only help you 2 million" replied Fiqrie.

"Keep I should look for flaws where brother?" Ucup looks frustrated because there are still less than 4 million more to pay for the semester.

"Try me to talk about mom's dad." Fiqrie stood up from the sofa.

Her Night......

Dad, Mom and Ucup are in the family room.

"Dad, I went to Fiqrie's brother's house" Ucup said.

"Keep, how's Ucup?" ask mother.

"Abang Fiqrie gave the 2 million to pay for the semester, still less than 4 million more. I'm confused our mom's dad has to figure out where's that much money?" Ucup whose face looks tangled thinking of looking for 4 million dollars.

"What if we just sell the goats that still exist?" ask dad.

"Don't dad." Ucup who disagreed with the idea of father, the goat they had was only one. Other goats are sold and some are dead.

"Isn't that any other way Dad?" Mother disagreed so she asked.

"I don't agree that I should sell the goat that lives on that one" Ucup said.

"We'd better find another way, Dad." Mom gave her opinion to dad.

"How else is mom?" ask dad.

"Let's borrow it for you to pay the Ucup semester money" replied the mother.

"Well, mom, we'll try tomorrow." Dad agreed to mother's idea to try to find a money pinjama.

Ucup had already laid his body on the bed, he was still thinking of looking for a lack of money to pay a penny. Where the lack of money to pay the semester is still a lot of 4 million. If Ucup can't pay a penny he can't take the exam.

Ucup sat on the bed, looking at his body on the bed dashboard. Ucup grabbed his hair because he felt the frutation had not found a solution to find a lack of money to pay for the semester.

While Zai who was inside his room was sitting on a chair. Zai who just finished working on the prnya. Actually from earlier Zai listened to the conversation of father, mother and Ucup in the family room. Conversations of father, mother and Ucup had disrupted Zai's concentration in working on his pr. Zai tried to concentrate again in order to work on the prnya.

So that Zai can finally finish pr, Zai also thought about the conversation his parents had with Ucup. Zai felt sorry to see the financial condition of the family who is currently experiencing economic difficulties. So that both parents have difficulty paying money for the Ucup semester.

Toks...... Tok

"That's me." Zai who was already standing in front of the door of Ucup's room.

"Look in Zai." Ucup who listened to Zai's voice in front of the door of his room, told Zai to enter his room.

"All right, brother." Zai opened the door and walked into Ucup's room.

"What's Zai?" ask Ucup.

"What's the big deal?" Zai was already standing beside Ucup's bed.

"Nothing, why haven't you slept?" ask Ucup.

"Have not been covered up from me again." Zai urged Ucup to speak.

...~ Connect ~...