Bougenville of Love
4 - The Mute Girl.

^flashback on^

One beautiful day a group of men were talking in a restaurant.

"Eh, dude, there's a pretty girl, huh. Gebet, yuk!"

"Where?"

"That's sono's back desk."

When looking ....

^How, the food is good? Are you satisfied with eating?^

There was a girl, beautiful, strange, and confusing.

Speak with gestures with both hands.

"Well, that's unfortunate. Mute! Not my level."

But there was a man who was smiling.

"Why are you smiling like that? A crush? Ih, not as level!"

"Don't be like that, don't value people carelessly. What matters is the kindness of his heart."

The girl eventually went outside the restaurant with several children who were in the same condition. Tuna talks.

"Eh, it's out the girl, huh. But, something was left behind, .. his wallet!"

'chance!'

A man took the purse and chased the silent girl.

The girl turned to realize there was something left behind, but she was directly faced with a man.

"Are you looking for this? Here, it's you."

The man handed over the girl's belongings.

When the girl wants to talk.

"Don't say thank you, don't pay anything. How about we just get acquainted? But, right, you can't talk. I can't understand sign language. Bahaimana dong, huh?"

The girl opened her mouth.

"Not to be forced, I know you can't. I won't understand your sign language either."

The girl could only smile.

"Like this, deh. My name is Angga. I hope we can meet again next time. I'm so glad to see you."

As the man was about to turn away, the girl cleared her throat lightly.

The girl took the phone in her pocket and typed something, then showed it to the man.

^Thank you for returning my wallet. Name, Damia. It's nice to meet you too.^

"Oh, there's finally a way too. Damia .. a beautiful and unique name. Oh yeah, those were your sisters? That many?"

The girl re-typed something on her phone and again showed it to a man named Angga.

Conversations in the ^.^ sign means those that use gesture or typewriting on the phone screen.

^So it's the children of the disabled foundation. Children with disabilities who have speech problems. I often invite them to eat here on certain days.^

"Oh, it turns out that besides being beautiful, you are also kind, yes. Your shortcomings are nothing more than your advantages. You are like an angel."

^Sorry, yes, I still have business. They may have been waiting for me. I'll go first, yeah.^

"Oh, yes, I have. Careful, yeah."

The girl nodded, gave sign language with the end of her movements, put her fingers on her lips, then gave it to Angga, as if it were a 'kiss bye' gesture'. Angga looks confused while feeling ge'er. The girl typed something on her phone again.

That means, thank you.^

"Oh, yeah, same."

The girl left and Angga returned to his entourage in the restaurant.

"Eh, what were you talking about with that girl? Until you say hello to all 'kiss bye' kisses?"

"Don't hang on, deh. That means he said thank you."

"Oh .. but, you must have been a ge'er too, right?"

Angga just chuckled a little.

"Right I said, that girl was so nice. The same kids he was, he's the dealer. They're from disabled foundations, people with limitations. Very generous of that girl."

"No. He's that's so good! I know from her sweet smile, her smile is very sincere."

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"So, you're a normal girl? Why didn't you tell me from the beginning that you could talk normally?"

"Sorry, Ngga. But, from the beginning you suspected like that, you even forbade me to talk, so I instead adjusted to your guess. I was wrong, so now I explain everything and apologize. I'm sorry, yes, I beg you. Sorry."

The goose is silent.

"Female, I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize until you do. I was wrong, too, at that time I was like forcing you not to talk."

"But I'm guilty, actually. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I don't care about that. Just calm. I'm the real idiot. I'm so stupid up until now."

"You don't talk like that. All my faults, I'm getting a little bad."

Angga walked closer towards Damia.

"You don't have to feel bad like that, I'm stupid. I was stupid because from the beginning I had fallen in love with you. I love you, Damia."

Damia was silent for a moment.

Angga was moved to grip both of Damia's hands, but Damia slowly let go. Damia chuckled small.

"You are just there. Heart fell, it hurt."

Angga again clasped Damia's hand, now only one hand.

Damia immediately choked.

"i'm serious. Damia, you don't want to be"

"Enough, stop. Stop that!"

"Why, Damia?"

"You're stupid, you're stupid. Really stupid! Love you say? I won't let you fall in love with me. Can't! Can't."

"But, why?"

Damia let go of Angga's hand and bowed languidly.

"Don't be like this, Angga. If you fall in love with me, then you will really be a fool! I already have another man. I already have a lover. All this time I've been friends with you because you're a good person, even if you think I'm mute. There was never a friend between a man and a woman. The theory is wrong and will be defeated by feelings. Because it's good if both of them have that feeling, but not if it's just one of them. But, I want to be friends with you, yes, for that reason just now. Now this is what I'm afraid of. It's going to happen like this and we're going to be hostile. Now you better forget me, Angga."

"But that feeling of love is not a mistake, Damia."

"You said you were stupid for loving me? Maybe not the wrong love, but the person. You're wrong to feel that way just like me. Now you better forget me, forget everything that happened from the beginning between us, forget we ever met. I'm sorry, no, but this is for the best. Sorry!"

Damia steps away leaving Angga alone.

"I can't possibly forget you, Damia. You are the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced in my life."

^flashback off

The beautiful evening was over and now a new beautiful morning came to replace it.

Damia woke up from her sleep. He immediately cleaned himself up and prepared to go back to work.

After being ready with her sister's uniform, Damia stepped out of the room.

As if she had been waiting, Damia saw Angga there. Maybe it is not a coincidence because the house belongs to the Angga family.

"Good morning, Sister .. "greet Angga

"Morning. Looks like it's gonna be a beautiful, sunny day, huh?" damia asked just for pleasantries.

"Maybe yes, or maybe the other way around. And it seemed like last night was like that too" Angga replied

"What does that mean?" ask Damia again.

"I had a dream last night and it seemed like it was a dream about you. But, after waking up I could not remember the contents of the dream anymore. Have we met before?" ask back Angga

"Kan, before coming home to you, we meet every day in the hospital. Maybe you unconsciously remember your time in care yesterday" Damia explained

"Maybe it's like that" Angga said

..."Did Angga dream about our first meeting last night? Does he remember anything?" inner Damia who can only wonder in the heart without being able to ask directly to the concerned....

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Seriate.