Becoming Like My Mother
CHAPTER 31

As Azein had said, Melati would teach him to play the piano longer than usual. And now that if as usual he had gone home then not with today.

"Can't we stop now, from now on I teach you non-stop." Said Melati who was tired.

"All right, we stop now."

Jasmine breathed a sigh of relief, almost if Azein did not hold his back. He had intended to tend to his body but he had forgotten that the chair he was sitting on had no backrest.

In a moment of silence, Melati and Azein stared at each other. I don't know what the two are thinking, but they certainly praise the charm of each.

"Ehm," Deheman Aaz disperse the daydream of both, to make Jasmine and Azein wrong behavior. Azein avoided the gaze of his sister who was holding back a smile and rubbed her nape.

Susana becomes awkward, coupled with Aaz's silence with an annoying face. Azein sat on the sofa a little away from the two, he put a tray on the table.

"Look a drink first, I know my brother was torturing you." Said Aaz who made Azein glare his eyes at Aaz.

"Em yes," Melati was still very embarrassed by the incident. It was already inexplicable how red his face was at this moment.

Aaz chuckled as he looked at Melati who was tremblingly holding the cup of drink he had brought earlier. If normally he would have directly left them, but not for now. He was eager to see the timid faces of the two. Rarely did he see the facial expressions of the two all this time.

Long silence accompanied them in the room, Aaz finally moved from his seat. "I think I should do my job, yes I've stayed first Mel."

Why not just from now. Grunts annoyed Azein inwardly and stared intently at Aaz's bead eyes. Aaz just laughed and left without sin.

"Eh, yes Az." Answer bumbling Melati.

After Aaz's departure, neither Melati nor Azein dared to speak first. They just looked at each other and refused to say anything.

"Ehm, a-pa are you thirsty?" Azein asked slightly stuttering breaking the silence back then.

"Y-yes, I'll drink." Melati really showed that she was salting. He even stumbled but did not fall.

Azein smiled, usually they would tell him after this. But because of this incident, things got very awkward. For both of them to be that close to the opposite sex is a very rare thing. Jasmine itself from the first selelu avoid or ignore men. I don't know why with Azein he was different even though at first he was too. As for Azein himself, his father always sent him to a school where the place to study between men and women was separated.

Why now his father released Azein because he felt Azein was mature enough, so he let Azein find the moorings of his heart. As long as it was good for Azein and his family then he would bless with whoever Azein was related to. And for the reason why Aaz was not schooled the same as Azein because both parents were worried about sending their daughters away. If they can monitor it themselves.

After Melati chose to open her car, she vaguely also heard the notification of the flat object. And the guess is right, there were some of his contact friends who sent him messages.

Azein was actually annoyed by Melati's disregarding behavior. But he also did not know what to talk to Melati to pay attention to him. He was also busy with his cell phone.

Fifteen passed and finally Melati looked up at her face, seeing the clock on her phone the day had indeed started the evening. I heard the Ashar Adhan. They were silent for a moment, both listening to lafadz for the sake of lafadz echoed by Muadzin and did not forget they answered him without a sound.

"Sister,"

"Mel" they said at the same time.

"Em sister what better now we pray first."

"Yes you're right, and I just wanted to take you."

"All right come on."

The two of them went down, precisely towards the small Mushola in the house. And behold Father and Mother Azein and his sister who were also preparing to do their duty.

And they also pray together. Melati again missed the atmosphere in her home. He also still remembers when there was still Mother Sharah.

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"All right." Azein pulled the car over following Melati's request. He saw Melati who came down to the merchant, immediately he followed Melati's steps.

"Message two yeah." Said Melati to the merchant. Melati is indeed a loyal customer of the merchant. Because it tastes good and delicious of course. There's nothing he doesn't like here.

"Yes Neng." Answer the friendly traders who already know Melati.

"Did you really like Melati martabak?" Azein asked who saw Melati who was very enthusiastic about buying the food.

"Yes sister, you know the martabak here is very good."

Azein smiled in response, "What's so good that you ordered two boxes?"

Melati chuckled at her, "The other one is for Kak Lulu. I don't live alone in that apartment."

"Oh," Azein glanced at the merchant who was making the martabak. It looks very tempting and the topping is also not a little.

"My brother also ordered one yes." Break it by raising the index finger.

"Oh yeah Melati since this afternoon you haven't eaten. Shouldn't we go get some food." Azein looked towards Melati.

"Yes, it seems like that. I'm hungry too." Pungkas Jasmine.

They waited until their order was finished. The distance between other food vendors is not too far because they are on the side of the road.

"What do you want to eat?" Ask Azein.

"Em how we got there, I haven't eaten chicken noodles in a long time." Pointing to the chicken noodle dealer.

"All right come on."

They walked to the place where they had been. The bustling atmosphere made them not hear each other too much.

"Pak chicken noodles two equal iced tea two yes." Azein raised his index and middle fingers. While Melati he chose a seat that is still empty.

"Yes, um."

"Oh yeah Melati after college you want to go straight to work or continue your education?" Azein sat in front of Melati. They are both waiting for their orders to come.

Jasmine looked up at his face, the question Azein threw distracting him from his play.

"I want to continue my education, sister. That's why I'm targeting to graduate in three months."

"Aren't you in a class with Aaz, do you want to graduate not for four years?"

Melati nodded and smiled.

"Well, really?"

"Yes." Yeah."

The waiter takes their order and puts it on the table. Making Melati take her eyes off Azein who was looking at her with a look of admiration. His stomach was hungry from now on.

"Didn't you want to eat this?" Melati asked by pointing at Azein's order with the look in her eyes.

"Eh yes," Azein was embarrassed not to be a bitch. Being sneered at silently staring at Melati made her misbehave. While Jasmine is fun to enjoy the food.