Captain Tom
Better to Separate

Maudy and Tomi are silent, the house is like hell. Tomi continued to smoke her cigarette, while Maudy was playing mobile phone.Sounding the sound of knocking on the door, Maudy immediately ran towards the door.

"Axel, where's Tito Susanti?"ask Maudy looking for.

"Dor." said Susanti and Tito, coming out of hiding.

"Your train is not coming" Maudy said.

"Come here." said Susanti.

"Yuk yuk." take Maudy.

Tomi sees Maudy's friends coming, Tomi looks at Axel who is smiling towards her. Tomi lazily, closed the room door by slamming.

"Maudy, is your husband angry?" ask Susanti.

"Let's go, it doesn't matter if he's angry or whatever" Maudy said.

"Eh what do you want to drink? I'll get you?" haggard Maudy.

"Anything, there's just one" Tito said.

"Ok, yes later." said Maudy while preparing drinks for his three friends in the kitchen.

"Sorry yes, the same white water snack is usual stock for me snacking" said Maudy while putting on the table.

"What's the trick, sok nawarin want to drink? uh white water is also served." said Axel.

"What the hell is that?" susanti.

"Maclum, don't shop anymore."

"Eh, are you staying here tasty no?" ask Tito.

"Enak, every day look at me - om in a cool uniform." replied Maudy.

"Start." said Axel.

"What the hell Axel, the facts really, handsome - handsome."

"What's in front of you, less handsome?"

"Less!! "

While in the room, Tomi beat the pillow, and stepped on it, to slam the pillow.

"Totally ngeselin tuh child, left even crunched. In Sabari, I was her husband. Potang - a marriage master without love, as good as he did" said Tomi by venting on a pillow in his room.

Not hearing any more voices, Tomi peeked out. Looks like nothing else, Maudy and her three friends.

"Where are the boys, the table is a mess of food and glass." Tomi said while shaking his waist.

*****

"What do you want to buy? will I pay?" axel asked when they were at the Mall.

"No need, just watching is enough" said Maudy.

"You don't think I can't afford you, I have money too."

"Apaan Axel, that's not it. I don't want to buy anything, just invited out like this is already happy."

"Eh, it's night, go home yuk." said Susanti.

"Later on, I was lazy to go home" Maudy said.

"You why the hell? fighting again?" susanti.

"No." said Maudy.

" You guys just go home, let Maudy be with me" Axel said.

"Related?" susanti said, and was nodding his head by Maudy.

"We go first then." said Susanti.

"Yes first." said Tito.

Maudy then sat in one of the chairs, in a cafe in the mall. Axel looked at Maudy, who looked like she had so much trouble.

"Om Tomi is angry, because we hold hands" said Maudy.

"Good dong, this is your way to divorce."

"But I felt so sinful, how could he be my husband."

"No, who's in love."

"That's it, you were thinking."

"We're wrong Axel, we don't deserve this. I've been a disappointment, Om Tomi. Right he said, I don't appreciate his feelings."

"I'm back for you, hoping you go stay with her, hoping you come back with me and we get married."

"Sorry Axel, like his I can't. We go home now yuk, it's night." said Maudy.

"You think I can just forget you? you think the relationship from us is still the same - the same school, you easily decide. Many of our memories together, it's not easy to just throw away."

"But we can't unite Axel, me and you are free to unite. There will be no blessing from my Papah, we are forever together and will not be happy" Maudy said.

"We go home now" Maudy said.

****

Papah Hadi has ruffled his waist, when he saw his daughter get off the motorbike with another man. Axel ventured to greet Papah Hadi.

"Come in..!! " said Papah Hadi.

Maudy entered, Papah Hadi looked at Axel, while Axel just lowered his head.

"I'm sorry Om, if I take Maudy out" Axel said.

" You know, Maudy was married. And this is her husband, you see, right?" papah Hadi said with a loud tone.

"You go far away from my son, you're not the best for my son. Don't ever bother Maudy, if you ever bother her again, your parents deal with me."

"I'm sorry Om, I love Maudy so much. Please Om, don't separate me."

Plaaaaakkkk

Papah Hadi slapped Axel, while Maudy peeked out from behind the door. Axel held his cheeks reddened, as a result of Papah Hadi's hard slap.

"What did you say? you said you loved my son very much. You are self-conscious, you are just a child, who still depends on parents. What do you want my child to eat, huh...?"

"I can work" Axel said.

Tomi just kept quiet, and went straight into the house, as it passed Maudy, Tomi was silent not when Maudy held her arm, and instead brushed her off.

Maudy followed, and went into the room. Tomi directly slammed her pillow, and stomped on her.

"Of."

"I was wrong, forcing you to marry me. This is my biggest mistake, forcing a sacred promise. I'm backing out now, if he's your choice. I'll divorce you now, and you can go with Axel."

"No, no, don't talk about me. My free time with Axel, Papah won't approve of me."

"Om gonna tell Papah you, Om will help you until you get married."

Maudy hugged Tomi's body, sounding her sobbing. Maudy's embrace grew firmer, as if she didn't want to part.

"Give me a chance Om, give me time to love Om. I was wrong, hiks. hiks. I was wrong Om. I'm sorry Om, hiks.hiks.pardon me."

Tomi reciprocates Maudy's embrace, in her kiss on the top of her head. Maudy was still sobbing, just then Papah Hadi saw his son and daughter-in-law in room , with the door open.

"Now, Om didn't force you to love me. Whatever, you want to go or not. Because I realized, love cannot be forced. For a while, I'm returning you to Papah."

Maudy lets go of her embrace, Tomi rubs off Maudy's tears. Papah Hadi came, and rubbed his daughter's back.

"You pack your clothes" said Papah Hadi.

"No, I don't want to." refused Maudy.

"Please, let's break it for a while. We introspect each other, if our soul mate will be reunited. Otherwise, we must be separated."

"I'm sorry Om."

"I'm sorry about you, and Om's sorry about forcing you, to love Om."

"You pack your clothes, come home Papah" said Papah Hadi.

Tomi was sitting contemplating on the back porch, staring at the sky that looked so bright.

"My heart, not as bright as the sky. Right now, my heart is overcast, wrapped in a soft blanket.Perhaps the path of my destiny, will never be able to be with a woman. Perhaps, my destiny, is only destined for myself."

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