
..." Whatever we think of the past, we should not be prisoners to it. "...
...Barrack Obama -...
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Hega closed his eyes for a while, inhaling as much oxygen as possible, then exhaled slowly. Trying to unravel the tightness in his chest.
After feeling his heart slightly light, Hega again stood up straight with her black net back open and still looked in the same direction.
The picture frame of his best friend.
" I'll take back my words first, Ar. When I said I wouldn't want to marry your sister even if the earth was upside down. Because now I can't if I have to without him. My world is like a mess if I'm not with him. " Hega stepped a few steps, approaching the small frame on the buffet just below the large frame of Arka's photo.
" It's up to you to curse me, curse me or mock me though. I'll take that. So I hope you bless me. "
The bright brown wooden frame, a medium-sized frame attached to a photo of him and his best friend, when they were still in high school.
When the two became the most popular men in their school, because at that time Hega continued his studies at the school Arka on his return from the neighboring country after his passing the mother, his mother, that put him back in cardiac arrest for the second time.
" You know, Ar. Our Momo is really amazing, she made me fall in love with her again while looking into her round eyes. Just like when I first saw her twenty years ago. Those eyes are also what made me fall for your sister. Even though at that time I did not really understand what I was feeling. "
Hega sighed once more, "I'm sorry Ar, sorry that I haven't had the time to ask for your blessing properly. " Well, his marriage to Moza was quite sudden and lasted lightning.
So Hega himself has not had time to visit the tomb of Arka. And he only intends to go there after all the problems that occur are resolved.
But given the condition of Moza who had dropped again after many years stable. Making him decide to delay his intention to bring the lover to visit the brother-in-law at the young man's final resting place.
" I promise, once Momo's psychic condition stabilizes. I'll take him to see you, and then I'll ask for your official blessing. " Lirih Hega with eyes that are still staring fixedly at his best friend.
" And when I come, you're ready to curse me from up there. But also prepare your blessing and prayers for us. " Hega ended his sentence with a small chuckle as he rubbed the figura glass in his hand, clearing away the small amount of dust stuck there.
It still feels claustrophobic, remembering memories of the past. Where there was never any calmness every time they were together, there was only the commotion and fighting each Hega and Arka together.
But when the annoying figure was not there, Hega only felt how valuable those times were. Currently Hega can only talk to photos of his late friend, talking to himself without anyone telling.
Really painful.
" You should be happy and calm there, too, Ar. Don't worry about your sister anymore, because I'll take care of her. " His words while putting the figura back in its original place.
I don't know how long Hega has struggled with that memory. It seemed that Hega was too deep in his own thoughts, not realizing that another figure was watching him from behind his back.
" Chem. . . "
It was almost seven in the morning, but mother Ayu did not also find the nose of the newlyweds. It was almost time for breakfast to go to the airport. There are also a lot of luggage that must be checked.
" Ryu, try calling your brother so they come down. " Pinta mother Ayu when passing by her youngest son.
" Company, buuun. Mother who called, mother did not see what Ryu again ribet gini. " The youngest even nagged with pursed lips.
Mother Ayu chuckled to see the youngest pouting while lifting a box in her hand to go to the terrace of the house, "Yes, I'm sorry. " Sorry mother, the woman forgot that she herself had asked her son to help put some things in the car.
" Yes mother there you continue again, let mother who will call your two brothers. " He said as he placed the plate containing pieces of fruit, but not yet the son responded, he turned back to look at Ryuza.
" But watch out lest there be anything left behind. Or mother will make your ears buzz all the way because of mother's nagging. " Improved ensures.
Ryuza grimaced, "A ready queen mother. " The young man bowed like a royal aide who tried to accept the edict from the queen, returned to his head by the mother.
Ardi Dama's wife refocused on the dining table, "Bik, please continue yes, I want to go up first see the children. " The ink on the housekeeper who had just come from the kitchen brought some dishes containing side dishes and vegetables.
" No buk [Good Ma'am ]. "
After entrusting the dining table business to her assistant, mother Ayu stepped her feet towards the second floor. When she was about to call her daughter and daughter-in-law for breakfast, Ayu saw the door of the room in the corner of the hallway, not far from the door of her daughter's room open. The room of his deceased eldest son who died eleven years ago.
Deg. . .
With quick steps he approached the room, worried that his daughter was entering the room. Because he had not allowed his daughter into the room of the brother. With the reason that the room is still messy and has not been cleaned up.
This morning, Ayu's mother deliberately cleaned the room, because she and her family would leave the house for a few days. And he did not want to leave his son's room in a dirty state because he knew very well if the eldest loved cleanliness.
And how reckless he was to forget to lock the door back after cleaning the room.
But finally the woman could breathe a sigh of relief when she found her worries turned out to be in vain because the figure inside was not her daughter, Moza.
He saw the son-in-law standing in one corner of the room that was almost twelve years uninhabited.
Ayu stared at the back of her daughter-in-law, seeing that Hega was staring at the medium-sized frame in her hand that framed a photo of two young men, none other than Hyuza and Hega, a photo taken when they were teenagers.
A series of past memories gradually sprung up on the head of Ayu's mother, the middle-aged woman in a light blue shari dress seemed to sigh deeply, trying to calm her heart.
Then it cleared a little to give a sign of his presence that seemed to be unconscious by the son-in-law.
" Chem. . . "
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