
Lativa and Rusli had just ordered the food available at the diner. Both are now waiting for the order to be completed. They also sat facing each other.
"Tiv ...." Rusli started the conversation.
"Yes, Sir?" sahut Lativa, ready to listen to what Rusli wants to say after this.
"How are you doing now?" ask Rusli. Actually the man was confused to ask what first at the beginning of their conversation.
"Good, Sir. Yes, as Mr. Rusli sees today," replied Lativa, flat.
"I mean ... Your feelings. How are you feeling now? Is your trauma still there or not?" Rusli asked very carefully, for he was worried that Lativa would be offended.
"Oh so apparently .... " Lativa smiled grimacingly. "Trauma is still there, but it's starting to be tame" he continued.
"What's? Stupid?" tukas Rusli's. The man was surprised by the reply delivered by Lativa.
Meanwhile, Lativa instead chuckled at the response given by Rusli. "It's funny, sir? Until the shock ... I mean yes, it's normal. Slowly I was able to put the past in its place," explained Lativa later.
"Oh so it looks." Rusli scratched his non-itchy head.
"What's the matter, sir?" Lativa asked back.
Before speaking, Rusli was silent for a moment. Then he said, "Actually my question was then ... It still happens loh. Are you ready to be my wife?"
On the other hand Lativa was surprised by the words Rusli had just uttered. The woman knitted her two eyebrows. "Sir Rusli is serious? I think Mr. Rusli has met another woman" he said. Given the busyness lately not so much attention to the changes of Rusli.
"If I'm not serious, how could I tell you again, Tiv. After all, I'm not the kind of guy who falls in love easily. I'm really serious about you. My heart says ... If you are the one," said Rusli. Highlight his eyes looked sincere, staring fixedly at Lativa.
"Honestly, I am not a woman who falls in love with men. That has changed everything in my life. If you may know, what makes Mr Rusli sure it's the same as me?" Lativa asked again. His heart needs Rusli's full confidence. Not just a statement of love, but also proof.
"If what you're looking for is a well-established and well-educated man, it's not me. You can reject me clearly and firmly. But, if you need a person or a male figure who can be your best friend, companion or friend to express anything ... I'll make sure that's me. As long as you know, I am not a man from a high-class family. I'm not a man of high education, and I'm just a high school graduate. If it's about materil, I can work hard, so that others won't know from my outer side that is actually just the standard of government graduates."
Lativa until astonished and stuck to the explanation conveyed by Rusli. Within seconds, the woman was speechless. His lips seemed to move as if he wanted to say something.
"Sorry, Sir ... " Lativa becomes clumsy. "I just found out about it."
"No problem. Therefore, I tell you ... So that in the future there will be no more secrets between me and you," said Rusli very patiently.
Lativa smiled. "Jawab now, huh? I think Mr. Rusli is sincere. Oh my God how this is, honestly ... I can't keep this feeling hidden" he said in his heart.
Suddenly, Rusli's hand grabbed Lativa's hand on the table. The woman was surprised, the daydream that had made her silent was suddenly awakened. While the other Rusli hand, reached into the pocket of the inner suit to get something out.
The circular shape is still the same. Models too. Nothing has changed from the last time Lativa saw her.
"Today, I want to say it again. That is. I ... Rusli Ardiantama, love you with all your heart. Therefore, Lativa Anindita ... Will you be my wife and companion in my life?" Rusli's face looked serious. The highlight of his eyes straightened out stared at Lativa without any hesitation.
Convinced. That was the one word that came to Lativa's heart as he returned Rusli's gaze. "I can't refuse if it's like this" said the woman.
A moment later Lativa averted his gaze for a moment while lowering his head. He took a breath and then slowly blew it. Indeed, he will not know how his story with Ruali if he started it not yet.
Now Lativa looked back at Rusli while developing a faint smile from both corners of his lips. "Yes, I want to ... So the wife and life companion of Mr. Rusli."
But somehow for Rusli Lativa's answer sounded strange in his ears. "Wait, I'm not sure if you will, yet" Rusli replied as he frowned.
"Why could that be?" lativa said feeling jolted.
"How can I be sure that you yourself are still using the call 'me', 'Pak Rusli' ?" timpal Rusli who immediately made Lativa become clumsy and misbehaved.
"Sorry ..." The woman laughed grimly. Lativa feels bad. "Well if it's reworked, huh?"
Rusli nodded his head, then Lativa loosened his throat first. "Ehem! Ehem!" The look in his eyes changed, as if he had magic capable of making Rusli lulled. "Yes, I want to be your wife and life partner."
"Yes!" Rusli spontaneously said that. While Lativa even chuckles amusedly to see Rusli's behavior that he never saw while in the office. "I'm wearing it?" Rusli asked for permission, and Lativa nodded slowly.
Because it was too happy, Rusli's hand shook when he wanted to put the ring to the ring finger of Lativa's left hand. Even Rusli several times failed to put the ring into the finger. His forehead involuntarily sweat. Moreover, the table where they will eat also vibrates because of Rusli.
Suddenly, Lativa immediately grasped Rusli's hand very strongly. The vibration suddenly stopped. Rusli looked at Lativa and said, "What's wrong?"
"It seems Mr. Rusli should take a breath first yes, calm down ... " Lativa brought her face closer. "We are the center of attention" he said in a whispering voice.
"What?" tukas Rusli who then looked around, and it was true that the people who were eating in that place stared astonished. Rusli could only smile at them.
"Sorry, Tiv. I'm very groggy" said Rusli, then poked his lips. "I repeat again."
"Yes. Relax, don't be nervous. Slowly," Lativa replied and answered a nod of the head by Rusli.
After a failure to insert the ring. Finally the ring was successfully attached to Lativa's ring finger.
"Thank you!" Rusli rubbed the back of Lativa's hand and kissed him.
Lativa blushed. "Together."