CUTS
QUADRUPLE...

For two weeks Rendra often visited the residence of Mak Cek Siti to meet Iskandar and certainly his future wife. Mak Cek Siti seems to be moving fast in her niece's matchmaking this time. Without a year Cut, Mak Cek Siti and Pak Cek Amir often meet with Rendra outside. Sometimes, Rendra comes to Pak Cek Amir shophouse when its members shop.

“What's wrong?”

“Astaugfirullah, just a surprise.” grumbled Cut while he was cooking vegetables in the kitchen.

“I have said hello and you did not answer.” Timpal Rendra pulled a chair at the dining table and sat facing Cut who was cooking.

“Inskandar no. he went with his grandparents.” Reply Cut who felt awkward because Rendra was behind him.

“I know, Intan already told you in front. No children then no mothers.”

“???”

Cut doesn't chim in on Rendra's words. To be honest, he was quite awkward at the moment. Moreover, he had time to catch with the tail of his eyes if Rendra continued to pay attention to what he was doing.

“Sit in front only, not here!” exclamation Cut

“Why? The door opens, Intan is in the living room and we are not doing any despicable deeds. Why should I be afraid? Or are you being misbehaved because I noticed?”

Glegs…

Cut swallowed his saliva with difficulty. To be honest, the vegetables he cooked were ripe but he did not know what to do if the stove was turned off now.

Clik…

“Sayurnya almost a porridge if the stove you do not turn off.” Rendra said while turning off the stove fire.

Degs…

Rendra's voice sounded very close to him. “I want to talk, do you have time?”

Cut nodded, “Ayo!”

Degs…

Rendra clasped Cut's hand and they went outside the house. “Dek, Brother take Brother for a minute ya!”

“OK. Restore as before!” intan replied while smiling while watching television.

Rendra opens the car door for Cut and returns to the wheel. “Ki-we where?”

“Ke KUA, want?”

“Hah?” Cut looked at the man with widened eyes. This joke of the man in front of him was completely unexpected.

Rendra smiles and runs his car to a place where Cut doesn't know. During the trip, Cut chose silence while staring outwards. The earthquake and tsunami are still visible. The road he went through was full of houses or shophouses that were out of shape.

Rendra himself chose to focus on driving without intending to open the conversation. He also realized that the woman beside him was focusing on seeing the scenery out there. What he was going to say was so serious that he wanted to say in a quiet and comfortable place. A smile rose at the corner of his lips as a memory emerged. Siatuasi at this time he had also experienced before with Cut only different areas. Of course, the status of both of them is still equally single.

Almost thirty minutes they drive and the car stops on a hill with a view of the sea below. The scenery is quite beautiful but heartbreaking because the houses along the beach are flat to the ground.

“Come, We sit under that tree!” take Rendra with a shady tree on the hill.

“Sit!”

Cut noticed the shape of the mat that was not long and of course it would affect his heart which was currently not calm. His heart started racing as soon as he sat himself beside Rendra. Mat that is not how wide it certainly makes the position of the two inevitably become close.

“What to talk about until we have to come all the way here?” tanya Cut is serious.

“So I took it to a KUA that is near you do not want. Now even protests are invited far away. If you can, I even want to take you to a place farther than this.”

Cut staring Rendra, “Where?”

“Where not but want or not?” instead of answering, Rendra asked back and automatically made Cut think about the meaning of Rendra's words.

“Do you not take me to Java? Start a new life with me and Iskandar?”

Degs…

“Abang apply for me?” great-grandson Cut.

“Why? Less romantic huh?”

The views of the two meet and again Cut is made wrong. Moreover, Rendra gave the sweetest smile that Cut had ever seen. Don't forget the look in his eyes that made Cut's heart beat faster than usual.

“Mak Cek already told me about brother's intentions. My widow son is also disabled. Better Brother find another woman who is better than me.”

“What does this mean you reject me?”

Glegs…

Cut was confused as to what to answer. “I want to know your answer before we part. That day I couldn't come because of the assignment and when I came back it was clear you were gone. Until now I still want to hear your answer at that time.”

“The situation at that time with this moment is different. The answer is different.”

“Means you received me back then?”

Rendra looked enthusiastic and happy. His eyes look sparkling when he hears Cut's speech.

“Absponding to that question already can not change anything at this time.” Shrill Cut.

“Your job is just to answer, I will make it change. Tell me out loud did you accept my proposal first?” Cut nodded weakly, talking to Rendra was just like selling goods to the Chinese. This man does not know the word surrender.

“My ex-wife is a beautiful woman and also smart. He is successful in his work and independent. In fact, his salary was greater than my salary. I don't have a problem with that and neither does he. We got married because our parents were friends. Our marriage was quite happy even without the presence of a child. My ex-wife is not ready to have children because she wants to focus on her career. I don't mind until the wedding continues and gradually our household becomes bland. I often work out of the area, he also often served to various cities. To the point of saturation and lack of attention from me makes him turn away. I am often sent a task to make him lonely but what to say. A soldier's life is indeed for the country after that new family. I feel like I failed as a man. My self-esteem was lost when my ex-wife secretly played with her office colleague.”

Rendra paused his words for a moment while taking a bottle and opened it for Cut and for himself.

“The physical perfection you make reference to is unwarranted. I am living proof that one's physique does not guarantee a perfect household. Do you understand what I mean?”

Cut nodded weakly. He did not expect Rendra's marriage to be almost similar to his.

“I'm hard to get pregnant back.”

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