A City of Dreams in The Future Part 1

By Heri Cahyono

Today is a Sunday, Akim deliberately wakes up late, because it has become a habit that during holidays he spends his time sleeping. The sound of his cell phone alarm rang exactly at 10 o'clock, but it didn't wake him up immediately. With her eyes still closed, she grabbed the cellphone on the table to the left of her bed and turned off the alarm while hugging her favorite bolster. Illuminated by the dim table lamp, he grabbed the Iron Man blanket and continued to sleep.

The star-shaped wall clock on the wall of Akim's room is already 11:30 am., but he is still enjoying his soft mattress, even sleeping soundly. The noise of motorized vehicles next to his room did not disturb his sleep, coincidentally next to his room there was a small road where vehicles passed to the highway.

“Tokk….Tokk…” There was a knock on the door. "Kim, it's 12 o’clock, get up early for the Dhuhr prayer, son." His mother's soft voice behind the door quickly broke the dream and woke Akim from his sleep. While wiping his half-drowsy eyes, he took a thick blue towel and quickly headed for the bathroom.

After finishing his worship, Akim immediately ate lunch, because breakfast time had passed. "What are you cooking today ma'am?" Akim asked his mother while opening the cooking pot. "Mother cooks your favorite vegetable, son, chicken claw soup." Her mother replied as she dressed up to go to an invitation. "Wow… that's really good." Said Akim as he took the rice and immediately poured the vegetable soup with five chicken claws on the plate.

"This afternoon your mother and father want to go to a friend's invitation because the place is far away, you take care of the house, son."  Her mother hurriedly climbed into the white Pajero Sport she had bought a year ago. His father was already in the car in a black suit and light blue shirt with a striped tie, matching the dress his mother was wearing with a long elegant hijab.

Now only Akim is alone at home, indeed he is single so he is free to live his life but is still in control. At the age of twenty-four, he is still not interested in starting a household, because he is still focused on the property business and his career is growing. In everyday life, he looks simple, but he is too picky about friends in his association. So until now he only focuses on developing his business which is assisted by his uncle who is in Germany.

His time off is used to rest, relax and just play his favorite Mobile Legend game. Until finally he fell asleep in his room. The time showed 17.15 pm., he was fast asleep wearing a black singlet shirt and blue boxers with the image of Captain America. To be continued to part 2.