When Love Is Afflicting
Dare to set us up

"Shaka, let's go home. Calix's mom is angry, I'm scared" Annisa whispered into Shaka's ear.

"Calix's mom is so, rich nagging you, baby" Shaka whispered into Annisa's ear.

"Ouch! how is this ?. In a moment the invited guests will arrive" said the woman looks panicked herself.

"What the hell is it, baby?."

The woman approached her husband who was walking towards her.

"This is Pa, the drink I ordered, not yet on the table" she told her husband.

The 57-year-old turned his eyes to Calix.

"Pa, Ma, until when will you embrace the culture of consuming intoxicating drinks?. It's not the culture of our religion Pa, Ma" Calix said trying to remind his two religious blind parents.

"What do you mean Calix?" ask the beautiful woman in open clothes.

"For Mama and Papa's Wedding Anniversary This Year. There is no such thing as khamr or anything like that. And this time, Calix we're gonna celebrate with thanksgiving. Inviting orphans and disadvantaged children from the orphanage. And will be entertained with religious songs again" explained Calix.

This year, Calix did offer to his parents to prepare for his parents' second wedding anniversary. Because no longer want both parents celebrate by feasting on Miras.

"Sorry Om, Auntie, I want to ask Om and Auntie. But Auntie and Om don't take it personally" Annisa said very carefully and politely.

The two Calix parents turned to Annisa who was smiling sweetly at them.

"Well, ask what?" ask the woman who is usually called Lady Hajar.

"Emm! actually Religion Om same Aunt what?" annisa asked a little doubtfully. Fear both Calix's parents took offense and ended up getting angry. The question is, the most sensitive thing in a person.

"We are Muslims" replied the man named Chandra.

"Alhamdulillah" said Annisa widened her smile.

"Yes, we are Muslims" replied Mrs Hajar once again.

"Om, Auntie, it's not my intention to patronize or be smart, let alone be pious. But Om, Auntie, our fellow servants of God are obliged to remind each other." Annisa paused her sentence for a moment." In Islam, khamr, or a kind of intoxicating drink, the law is to be expected in the consumption of Muslims."

"Why haram?" ask Madam Hajar.

"Because alcohol causes more harm than benefits. Drinking alcohol can eliminate awareness and common sense. Like, driving drunk, can cause an accident. Frequent consumption of alcohol can lead to heart disease and others. In a drunken state, one can do bad things. It can lead to divorce because of an accidental affair, and there are many other evils caused by drinking alcohol" explained Annisa at length.

"There are also benefits of drinking alcohol, can warm the body, relieve pain in the body, can calm the mind, treat heart disease, stroke and diabetes. But if you consume excessively, the risk can even be higher to trigger heart disease, stroke and diabetes.That's why alcohol is prohibited. Because it is clear, the risk is higher than the benefits. What Allah forbids, surely it is not good for his servant, not just the rules" added Annisa again.

"Listen it's Ma, Pa. If Calix says it, you don't believe it" said Calix, who had listened to Annisa's tausiah just now. Calix has often forbidden his parents to stop the culture of drinking alcohol, but his parents never listened to him.

Mr. Chandra reviewed his smile towards Annisa.

"What's your name, son?."

"Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us" said Mr. Chandra again.

"Same, Om" replied Annisa.

Chandra reached out to touch the tip of Annisa's head. But Shaka immediately put his palm over Annisa's head.

"Sorry, Om. Om can't touch my wife" Shaka said.

"Why?, I just want to rub his head as a form of pride I heard his advice just now. Isn't your wife Calix's friend, too. I've considered you like my children" Mr. Chandra frowned at Shaka.

"Oh Calix, please explain to Om later, why he should not touch my wife" Shaka told his best friend.

"Pa, Mama. Try to learn religion. You are no longer young. Until when do you live thinking only of the world?. When will you bring about your afterlife?" calix looked at his parents with a shady look.

Mr. Chandra and Mrs Hajar could only fall silent.

"Excuse me sir, Madam, the security guard at the front reported, the invited guests have already started arriving. And the entourage of children from the orphanage and orphans had reached the gate" one of the maids reported.

"From my mother's shame to see a child from the orphanage. You better change your clothes with clothes that are more closed. If you need, my mom wears a hijab. Shame on age, Ma" Calix said.

"Pa, your son has dared to set us up. Geez, this child" upset Madame Hajar to see her son who had begun to dare to teach her.

"We're wrong, Ma" said Mr. Chandra. His face looked embarrassed in front of the teenage boy.

Naturally, he did not know about his religion. Because Mr. Chandra was born and raised in a Muslim minority country. Since birth, the father of Calix was also never received religious education. All this time he was only asked by his parents to learn business and business. So is Lady Hajar, who has a life full of mysteries. His parents who raised him first also did not give him religious education. So that his mind closed to think about the name Religion.

"Huh! this one child, make a fuss" said Madam Hajar, stepping her feet with a little stomping jerk towards the stairs of the house.

"Alhamdulillah" exclaimed Shaka the gangs by simultaneously seeing Madame Hajar want to change her clothes with more closed clothes.

Dafi who was still standing near the sound system from earlier, began to tighten the sound of music in the room by playing a soothing religious song. Soon, the guests began to enter the room. Mr. Chandra also stepped foot to welcome the invited guests who arrived with confused faces and astonished to hear music and see a group of children wearing Muslim clothes.

"Annisa, Hasna, let's go, the orphanage and the orphans have arrived. Let's welcome them" Salwa pulled Annisa and Hasna's hands together toward the entrance of the house.

"Well! there are also many children invited by Calix" said Annisa saw a large group of children who entered filled the room downstairs of the house.

"Yes, Calix invited the boy from several orphanages" Hasna said.

"From looking at the numbers, it seems so" Salwa said.

'How did Annisa and Hasna react, if they knew, that I was not Shaka's brother. If I'm actually the same fate as the orphanage' child's inner Salwa.

"Check check, hello!. Ahem! good night everyone! and Assalamu Alaikum waroh matullohi wabarokatu" Shaka exclaimed through the microphone in his hand.

" Greetings waroh matullohi wabarokatu!" please some of the invited guests who have been present.

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