Childhood Match
Can't Go To Another Heart

It was still very early in the morning. Gendhis walked towards his home not far from Mangli Sky View. Arriving in the yard, he saw his father who was preparing to go to the field.

"Assalamu'alaikum.." said Gendhis to Mr. Ratno.

"Waalaikumsalam... Have you returned Nduk? Lho... You are alone? Mr. Lecturer with which Lecturer? He said he wanted you to come home yesterday?" mr. Ratno asked to see his daughter walking home alone.

"Oh. This is sir, they have an event, so Gendhis says he wants to go home first. After all, it's just from Mangli's substation." replied Gendhis covering up the truth.

"Oh. Yes, you want to go to the field, your mother has gone to the market" said Mr. Ratno as he prepared to carry a hoe on his right shoulder.

"Good, Sir... Gendhis went in first." said Gendhis then went into the house.

Gendhis immediately went into his room, put his bag on the dresser and sat on his bed. Gala's words a few minutes ago actually made her body tremble. He seemed unaware of what he had just done. Instantly without thinking for a long time, the girl just left her lecturer with anxiety and worry for sure.

"Yes... Allah...what have I done? I shouldn't have left Mr. Gala like that." a speck of guilt appeared in his heart.

"What should I do? Mr. Gala is a good man, it's not fair that I treat him that way. But I can what? To this day the fear in my heart of opening a new leaf still sneaks in every time I try to accept someone else in my heart. What if Mr Gala happens as well? What if one day he also betrayed my love like Mas Lintang? Am I ready to get hurt a second time? Oh.. no. This can't happen. I'm better off on my own, and I'm happier than I should be hurt a second time." said Gendhis lirih.

"But can I avoid him, a lecturer whom I have great respect for? As I knew all along, he was like a wind that suddenly appeared and crashed into my body. For a moment I felt the coolness of his presence, but the longer the wind grew so strong that I was afraid that it turned into a terrible typhoon. What should I do, O God, give me your guidance.." The worry in Gendhis heart grew. But until that second, he has not been able to answer whether he will receive Gala's love? Or will he run away from Gala.

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While at the vantage point, Gala was still standing with a pale face.

"Oh my God, am I wrong? Was I too quick to say what I meant to marry Gendhis? Is marriage not worship? And it seems that I can no longer delay my worship for this one, O God... Make my business easy and open the heart of Gendhis so that he can immediately escape from his past and accept me completely.." said Gala lirih.

Gala was so absorbed in her feelings that she did not realize that Alena was standing next to her. Alena felt something was wrong with her best friend. For years he knew Gala, but only this time he found the friend he loved was looking grim not as usual. Alena finally decided to ask after seeing two strange events when she just woke up from her sleep that morning.

"Ga... What's the matter? Why did Gendhis suddenly leave? We haven't finished the holidays yet?" alena asked but did not get an answer.

"Gala. Why does Gendhis look so angry and go? It's strange to know, two days I was with him, I just understand that Gendhis is not the type of girl who gets angry easily without alesan. What are you doing to him?" alena asked a little furiously because Gala still ignored his words.

"Lena.. I didn't say anything about Gendhis!" reply Gala.

"Oh yeah? But why did he run away if you don't say anything about him." said Alena as if cornered Gala.

"You don't believe it? Yep... Allah.where possible, I said Gendhis. There are a lot of people there, there are too. You can ask them what I've done to Gendhis!" reply Gala firmly.

"I proposed to her." Gala's reply seemed to make Alena feel struck by lightning in the morning blind.

"What??? You're not kidding anymore, are you? You serious?" alena asked with a heart that started to cramp.

"Yes! I'm serious! I proposed to Gendhis but he didn't say a word and left. What do you believe now?" said Gala in a resigned tone while sitting back in the chair.

Alena just understood, it turns out that the girl Gala was talking about last night was Gendhis. Gendhis was indeed a good girl in Alena's view, only she did not expect. Of the many women who approached him so far, finally his choice fell on his students who incidentally came from a village like this. Although his heart did not quite understand the reason for his best friend, but one that could not be separated from a Gala. He could not be wrong in choosing, let alone for his life partner.

"Gala. I don't know what to say. As a friend, I only want the best for you. Butwhy? Why does he have to leave after you talk about such an important thing? He should have given me an answer before he left. Did he not think... to get the heart of a Gala Lecturer's sister is not easy? Why can he ignore your feelings? Do I need to catch up with him to make him understand?" Alena felt strange, sad, also angry mixed into one. But he tried to be strong and resigned to accept this reality.

"Lena... Lena. He's not wrong, but I was wrong too soon to say what I mean." Gala said.

"Wrongly? Wrong how? Obviously he went and ignored your feelings like that, then how could I see my best friend getting hurt?" Alena could not hide her anger.

"Alena. thanks a lot for understanding. But reality is not like that." replied Gala.

The handsome man who was distraught because his proposal was ignored finally told all the chronology from the beginning he met with Gendhis while trying to save an old grandmother who was in pain, then it turns out that the girl is his student, and the night that Gala finds Gendhis on the side of the road with apprehensive conditions due to the betrayal of his fiancee. Not enough to get there, he also told about the early matchmaking that Gendhis had with Lintang, so that finally he got unfair treatment on the night of his wedding party. This made Alena shed tears.

"Heyyy... girl are you crying?" gala asked to see Alena shed tears.

"I was just moved and did not expect, it turns out there is still a cruel matchmaking. And strangely... Gendhis can get through all that? Even sincerely let her fiance marry another woman in front of her eyes, even when it was actually the happiest day of her life... If I were in the position of Gendhis, I don't know what I did. Maybe I've ruffled the woman's hair in front of everyone, slapped her face or even kicked her out. Not to look at his face. let alone to ask his prospective in-laws to accept the girl in his place. uuuhhh." obviously Alena while occasionally wiping the tears on her cheeks.

Gala smiled at her best friend and said, "That's the difference between Gendhis and the other girls that maybe they will act like you when faced with such a harsh reality. But not for him, and that's just one of the many privileges of Gendhis. Now, you know why I wanted to marry her so much. Besides because I love him, it's also because I want Gendhis to get the happiness he deserves" Gala said.

Alena completely understood now, that no other girl would be more worthy to accompany Gala than Gendhis.

"I support you Ga! Totally....! Fight for the girl.I'm sure, someday her heart will surely melt because of your sincerity and love. You deserve it just as much as he deserves your love." it became the spirit for Gala to fight for Gendhis heart.

Talks Gala and Alena ended there, before they finally decided to end their vacation and return to Gala's house. Because Alena's car he left at Gala's house before yesterday they began to ride the steep and winding streets at Puncak Sumbing.

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