A Handful of Love for You
65. You Like Me?

Atep POV

“Len...” I called her name slowly.

He turned and looked at me.

"Beautiful…"

She is beautiful and I am so fascinated. Maybe she is not the most beautiful woman in the world but in my eyes she is the perfect beautiful woman.

“Hai!” I greeted him.

“Hai!”

“Happy birthday.” I gave her a bouquet of flowers that might have withered a little because I bought them this morning.

“Thank you.”

Silent…

“Why new came?” tanyakanya.

“Sorry. There was some business I had to finish.”

“You've eaten?”

I'm shaking.

“Eat first. Tea has prepared a lot of food.

“Later. I want to talk to you?”

“You said what?” ask a little ketus. Although his tone is always slim but I like it. Maybe I'm crazy but I really don't feel hurt by the suddenness. Her faint tone of voice sounded beautiful in my hearing. Maybe this is what he called falling in love. Everything will feel beautiful.

“I want to talk to you about something important. Very important to me but probably not very important to you.”

“What are you talking about? Don't have much of a stale base.”

“Hm...”.

Not even I started talking, Aras and Aris came back with a plate full of food that I thought they would give me.

“Mang Atep, this is for Mamang. Mother said, Mang Atep has not eaten.” Aris thrust a plate filled with rice complete with side dishes. While Aras brought a small dish of dessert and a glass of water.

“Kata Mommy, Mang Atep also had no time to drink fitting earlier came. Drink it first.” Aras gave me a glass of water.

“Still two darlings Mang Atep.” I thanked Aras and Aris while shuffling their hair.

I saw Alena who was about to step away.

“Where are you? Wait for me to eat!”

He sat next to me. He didn't feel comfortable sitting next to me because I saw him knocking his hands on his thighs. He seemed nervous to be close to me. She didn't know that I was actually nervous either. My heart felt like it was about to jump out of place.

To cover up my nervousness, I fed rice and side dishes without a sound.

“I search first Aras and Aris,” he said suddenly.

“Create what search for them?”

“Create to accompany us here.”

“Why do we need to be accompanied by them?”

“I want to find them first.” He insisted on his wish and was about to leave beside me.

“Stay here!” I grabbed her hand as she stood up.

“I want to grab a phone first.” He was ready to stand up again.

“I said stay here.” I pulled his hand back.

“I'm awkward not doing anything while you eat,” he said.

“Then I stop eating only.”

“Do not! don't like to waste food. I'm just gonna grab a cell phone. I promise it won't be long,” cried forbid me to stop eating.

“Good.” After hearing his promise, I let go of my hand grip on his wrist. I acted like a child that his mother would not leave behind. Huh, what a shame. I really don't want to stay away from him.

I had finished my meal when he came back from picking up his cell phone and sat back next to me.

“Len,” call me.

“Hm..”

“Something that matters. Can we talk about it now?”

“Yes. What do you want to talk about?”

“If I propose, you want to accept me?”

“Haaah..”.

I saw a surprised look on his face. He didn't think I'd ask this.

I grabbed both of his hands and summarized them with my hands.

“I'm serious. I'd like to propose to you today. The plan is I will immediately propose without asking you first as a surprise but I do not want you to be angry because I want to apply without asking your willingness.”

“Of course I'll be angry.” He said sewot.

“That's why I asked first. Hows it? You want to accept my proposal?”

“Why so sudden?”

“Not sudden. I planned it long ago. I asked Teh Iyah for support to propose to you today, at your birthday thanks.”

Suddenly he hit my arm.

“Why bother the pregnant Iyah Tea. Basic sister doesn't know herself.” He grunts.

“Teh Iyah who volunteered. I have also rejected it, but Teh Iyah keukeuh want to make this celebration into something special for us.”

He opened his eyes a sign of dislike for my actions that had troubled Teh Iyah.

“I've also asked your parents for their blessing. To your sister. They all accept that the final decision is in your hands. How?”

“How is it?”

“You want?”

“Eh,”

“You don't?”

“You what?”

“Become my wife.”

“Tau know.” The answer confused me.

“Why not know?”

“Too sudden. I can't think yet.”

“You like me?”

“Eh?”

“Like or dislike?” my insistence.

“Eeeh...”.

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to be continued...