"How do you know each other, yes, they are," muttered Shinta, who was lying on the bed.
That morning the sun was already visible from the eastern horizon. Shinta's eyes look like a sleepy person, to the point that dark circles are clearly painted at the edges of her eyes. Naturally, since the incident with Kirana, Shinta's mind has always been filled with worries. She never thought that his brother was still determined to find his whereabouts.
In his mind, she also wonders how Fahri--the person he loves--meets his brother. In fact, Kirana never understood or even experienced traveling far from where they lived in the village.
Kirana's existence certainly makes Shinta's position threatened. The reason is, Shinta confesses to Fahri and his family that he lives alone. She was so worried that his brother would tell the truth to Fahri.
"I can not stay silent!" Sinta mumbled again. However, she was already in a sitting position cross-legged while fixing her hair tie.
She then immediately got up from his soft bed, walked slowly towards the bathroom in the left corner of the room.
Today, Shinta is forced to meet Kirana. Not because he had melted and felt sorry for his brother, but because he wanted Kirana to keep her mouth shut about the truth of her identity. However, Shinta is not so sure that the plan will work.
Fifteen minutes passed, Shinta had just finished her bathing activity. Then, before changing clothes and decorating his face, he first opened his blue cellphone. The phone was a birthday gift from Fahri's mother last year.
[Sister ... please come to Dandelion Cafe. Don't invite Fahri!] Without further ado, Shinta immediately sent the short message to Kirana's phone number.
***
The weather today feels very good. This is certainly very supportive of planning a vacation with family on the weekend. Understandably ... weekend is a golden opportunity for workers. The same is true for Kirana. He also really likes weekends, because that's when he can meet the children in the cardboard house.
As much as possible he always came to the cardboard house. A place where he will find joy and joy. Bring piles of books as children's reading material, also bring some food wrappers.
"Hopefully the kids like my menu today," she whispered as her hands were busy cutting tofu and tempeh.
This week, Kirana deliberately made tofu orek and geprek chicken for the children. Incidentally, yesterday he just got a bonus from Fahri because of his performance over the past week. Fahri applies this not only to Kirana, but to all his new employees. With the aim, so that their performance does not subside even though it is already the end of the month.
After finishing preparing all the dishes to be brought, Kirana immediately cleaned her body so that she looked fresh when she met the children.
However, just as he was about to step into the bathroom, his phone suddenly vibrated. Then, his eyes glanced at the cellphone screen that was lying on his dressing table.
"Shinta ...." Kirana said with wide eyes. He was not sure that his sister would contact him today. Remembering, hundreds of messages from Kirana alone have not been answered since a long time ago. Even after that meeting, Shinta always refused calls from Kirana.
With mixed feelings of joy and surprise, Kirana immediately grabbed her cell phone. A message was opened in the green application that it was true that the sender was his sister.
[Sister ... please come to Dandelion Cafe. Don't invite Fahri! ] Kirana thought for a moment after reading the message.
She certainly was in a very dilemma between meeting the children or heeding his sister's message. Both of them made Kirana's head dizzy for a moment. He certainly couldn't bear it if he didn't come to the cardboard house. The children must also be waiting for Kirana and the food she usually brings. The reason is, on Sundays... the children don't go to busking because Sunday is their schedule for studying together.
On the other hand, meeting his sister was something he had been waiting for a long time. A rare moment that will either repeat itself or not.
"Maybe I'll just go to the cardboard house first to just deliver the food," Kirana muttered while rubbing her cellphone screen.
[Okay ... but me is usually ten o'clock,] Kirana replied confidently.
She did not understand the reason why his sister wanted to contact him. She certainly did not want to waste this rare opportunity.
After being sure of her decision, Kirana rushed to the bathroom. It only took him seven minutes to clean his body. Unlike women her age in general, who said it took a long time to just be in the bathroom.
***
"What do you want to eat, Non?" asked Aunty Yura while at the dining table.
Aunty Yura looked very happy when Falin arrived yesterday. It was undeniable, Falin was indeed very close to Aunty Yura. In fact, since childhood, it was Aunty Yura's affection that made Falin grow into a strong-hearted girl. Then, of course Falin's departure at that time made Aunty Yura sad all day long. Until after the prayer, Falin's name never left his mouth.
"Where's Mommy and Daddy, Aunty?" asked Falin who apparently did not pay attention to Aunty Yura's previous question.
Aunty Yura seemed to roll her eyes, she was confused about what to answer. She thought that his employer should not have been busy working when Falin had just returned home.
"Oh ... Falin knows, they must have been busy with their business," Falin quipped, who had lost his appetite.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through Falin's mind.
"Aunty... please wrap all this food, okay?" Falin asked with a smile on his face.
"Who do you want to give to, Non? Street children?" Aunty Yura's inquisitive spirit made her try to guess Falin's plans.
Falin smiled and nodded then. She just realized that it was Sunday. She deliberately brought food for the children because he understood very well that they would not be singing that day.
"Instead of being wasted, Bi," said Kirana.
Aunty Yura was very happy to see Falin's high social care attitude. It's true, the kids out there must be in dire need of nutritious foods like those that are mostly wasted on the dinner table of the rich.
Almost every day Aunty Yura threw away a lot of food that she cooked for her master. He himself was surprised and confused, wanted to cook a little ... his employer must have protested. Cooking a lot will eventually be wasted because it is never spent. Luckily there was Falin from that moment on, which would certainly make the food more useful.
A few minutes later, Aunty Yura had returned to the dining table with the package of food.
"Falin left immediately, yes, Aunty," said Falin, who immediately carried the package that was put in a small bag.
However, there was worry in Aunty Yura's heart. She was afraid that Falin's mother and father would come and ask where his daughter was, wanting to answer how she was.
"Calm down, Aunty. Falin went with the driver. It didn't take long," said Falin, who apparently read Aunty Yura's worried expression.
Aunty Yura was slightly relieved to hear Falin's words. "You also don't forget to eat, okay, Non," said Aunty Yura, who responded with a thumbs up from Falin.
To be continued ....