Heartiness
Chapter 52 #S3

Egga deliberately drove Tara home first and drove Ratna home because Egga was curious since Ratna had only been silent without saying a word to her.

Egga was milliriknya while driving his car.

"Rat, how are you going to shut up? You must be surprised about that? I'm sorry for my Papa's accusation to you earlier. I don't know what Zia said about us, which they must have misunderstood us".

Ratna still remained silent as if ignoring Egga by just looking ahead.

" Ratna, you heard me, right?". Egga stopped his car to the side of the road.

Ratna turned to him, her eyes wet with tears flowing. Sontak made Egga panic and worry.

"Ratna, are you crying? I know you must be sad to be accused like that of my Papa. I'm sorry. I'll definitely fix everything and everything will be fine". Egga snatched a piece of tissue and wiped away Ratna's tears.

Fast as lightning Ratna brushed off Egga's hand.

" Enough Ga".

Egga was surprised to see Ratna's angry reaction mixed sadly.

"Enough... I'm not your best toy for you. I'm not just hurt by your Papa's accusations against me. But I am also heartbroken at the actions of you who want to marry me. I'm not your toy Ga. I'm not your escape place either".

" But Rat, I'm really serious about what I said that I wanted to marry you. Not one bit I intend or even think to play you. I don't think this is an escape at all. You misunderstood me too. I know I was wrong, putting you in a situation like an escape, but honestly, I really love you, I want you to be my life partner". Egga grabbed Ratna's hand and clasped her with seriousness.

Ratna pulled her hand from Egga's grasp.

"Ga Enough, I can accept with the action you make me as Tara's adoptive mother but this time I can not accept with your actions that I think is impossible, but this time, you've crossed the Ga line". Ratna opened the car door and got out and decided to take a public motorcycle to go home.

" rats... Ratna's...". Egga chased him out but he lost quickly to the ojek rider. Egga got back in the car and decided to catch up with her at her house.

Egga chased after Ratna after they arrived at Ratna's old man's residence.

"Rabine... Please beat me up first". Egga pulled Ratna's hand.

" There's nothing more to cry about". And again he shook his hand and ran into the house.

" ratna's.... Pleases. Give me a chance to prove to you that I really love you, if I'm really serious about getting married to you". Egga screamed as loud as possible at the fence of his house so that people around saw him.

Ratna slightly opened the window cloth of her room to peek at Egga who was still standing in front of her house.

Her heart was so painful that her tears were endlessly flowing down her cheeks.

"I know this can't be Ga. I know you're not playing tricks on me, but I don't want to be your escape. At this moment you are in a mess so you act like that without thinking and understanding your own feelings. I know in your heart you can't replace Dance with anyone else, so it's impossible for me to accept all of this. Sorry I don't even love you so much but still I can't be with you and I can't possibly betray Dance". Inner says.

As for Egga, he looked stressed. He rubbed his face and felt annoyed at himself. Egga insisted on waiting for Ratna in front of her house until late at night. He did not care about the cold weather and pierced to his bones. His face looks shabby and pale, how not, with his final condition - the end is less appetite for food and lack of sleep because thinking about the problem.

Ratna was surprised to see Egga still waiting for her in front of the house. He tried to ignore it but it did not happen when he saw Egga fall unconscious. Ratna ran out of the house.

"Ga... Yegg...". Ratna patted Egga's face to wake her up. Ratna felt Egga's entire body hot except for her feet and hands that felt frozen.

Ratna panicked and tried to break her into her house because there was no one in her house.

Ratna needs extra energy to bring her into the house because of the condition of Egga's body which is 2x the size of her (the little finger and index finger).

Ratna spilled it on her living room couch and immediately took a compress for her. Egga withdrew Ratna's hand, immediately making her shocked.

"Please... Please give me a chance... Please...". It turned out that Egga was delirious.

Ratna approached her face, she looked at Egga's face as she shed her tears and occasionally touched Egga's face without waking her.

Because of waiting for Egga, Ratna finally fell asleep nearby with her head on the edge of Egga's body and her hand holding Egga's hand.

Slowly Egga opened her eyes which felt a little heavy. He saw Ratna sleeping while hugging her hand. He smiled because for the first time he looked at the face of Ratna who was sleeping soundly, her face was not too beautiful at the time of sleep but beautiful at the look because her face was natural and a little puffy.

Egga stroked Ratna's hair so she woke her from her sleep. Ratna like her forgot what happened before and forgot to realize the existence of Egga.

Ratna rubbed her face and scratched her head like a child just waking up.

"Hoaaaamm...". Ratna yawned wide enough while stretching her body then at a glance she looked at Egga and realized Egga was smiling sweetly looking at her behavior like not a Ratna she knew but she thought it was adorable.

Ratna's eyes widened, she immediately turned her body, she turned her back on Egga because she was ashamed that Egga had seen on her habitual side by the time she woke up.

Egga gave a small laugh seeing her blush in embarrassment, it felt like she was eager to hug this woman's body. Ratna suddenly clumsy and remembering the incident last night, he had hit his own head because he was upset.

"Silent figure that makes me very curious about him.

I never stopped watching him.

You are a different person than the others.

Makes me want to get closer to him.

Hi....!

Suddenly Egga said the contents of the letter to Ratna when they were first class. Egga decided to tell her that the letter was from her to Ratna and as proof that she meant it to Ratna.

Ratna turned her body against Egga. He was surprised how Egga could memorize the contents of the letter perfectly even though he had read it when he found his notebook.

Ratna was still confused and curious as to why Egga had arrived to recite the contents of the letter.

"What do you mean? Why did you arrive to recite the contents of the letter? You want to make fun of me for going to my fair to the letter?".

A charming smile never left Egga's lips while looking at Ratna.

"I'm not at all mocking you Rat. Hm... I hate to say that it would make me an ungrateful human being. But honestly, somehow this time I really want to feel smart and always say. If fate had brought us together from the beginning. If we were not in this position. And if you reply to my letter at that very moment".

"You mean?". He scrunched his forehead.

"Yes...! The first love letter you kept behind the cover of your notebook. That was my first love letter to you".

It was hard to believe for Ratna on Egga's admission that the letter was from her.

" No way, surely you are just making it up - not so that I will forgive you and accept you. You think I just believe".

Egga heard it.

"Ha ha ha, too far-sighted to do that Rat. I knew I was wrong for not writing down who sent the letter. I did not dare reveal my identity at that moment. I was afraid that if I told you that it was me, you would stay away from me and not want to be friends with me anymore. To approach you alone was very difficult for me at that time he he he he".

"If it is indeed a letter from you, why do you pretend to ask what was it when you met my notebook? And where's the evidence that it was a letter from you?".

Egga roused her body and leaned her body against the wall of the sofa.

"He he he, even if I did know at that very moment, would you believe me? You never really think and remember when we became friends in High School every time we talk I once confided with you that I like someone with silence - silent, silent, I even told you that I once sent the girl a letter but she never replied to it. Don't you think that I meant you? But yeah... Indeed I was also wrong, I was a coward to admit it at that time he he he he".

Ratna fell silent and could not say because she was still confused and Egga grabbed her frozen hand and held it.

"Ratna I know you'd think it's impossible and hard to believe. Believe it or not, honestly it is me and you need to know that I really love you, it took me a long time to realize that it was the same feeling that I first fell in love with you".

Ratna's heart worked increasingly erratically staring at Egga. Slowly Egga let go of her grasp and removed the wedding ring that belonged to Tari who was on her little finger ever since Tari left her forever.

He also looked at the simple but elegant white gold ring.

"This ring, the wedding ring belongs to the lateumah of Dance. Before he died he told me, if I find someone to accompany me, I must give this ring to the woman. This is not because it makes the woman as a shadow of the figure of Dance but this as a sign of blessing from her self. Who would have thought through her I found the woman back a quiet figure that made me fall in love for the first time". Egga regained Ratna's hand and wanted to attach the ring to her right ring finger.

Ratna pulled her hand while shaking her head.

"Why Rat? Are you still unable to accept me? Do you still not believe me?".

" It's not Ga. It's just that this will definitely hurt a lot of people, especially your parents. I don't want to hurt them. You don't know what it's like to be in the position I am in, where I've made you lose people you love and add to that the accusations against me". Ratna tilted her body to cover her eyes that were almost wet from tears.

Egga held onto Ratna's two arms then directed her face to face with her.

"You don't have to worry about that, I'll make sure everything's okay. As long as you believe me". Egga placed Ratna's hand on her chest.

Ratna felt Egga's heartbeat beating so fast. And Ratna also saw the seriousness of Egga from her eyes. He saw that Egga really loved him.

" You better go home now Ga". His ink while pulling his hand from Egga's grasp.

Egga was astonished, why he was kicked out of his house.

"Why did you tell me to go home? We're not done talking. Even you haven't given me an answer yet. Do you still not trust me?".

Ratna folded both her hands.

"Hurry home, it's almost bright, don't let my mom come home and the people around here see us aging here and forcing us to get married right now, it took me a lot of time to prepare for our wedding". He said while holding back his smile that blushed in shame. He decided to accept Egga and forgive her.

Egga's face looked very frivolous.

"So you want to marry me?".

Ratna nodded her head in embarrassment. Egga felt very happy that Ratna finally accepted it. Spontaneous Egga hugged her body tightly.

" Thank you Rat" . His whisper softly.

Ratna felt the warmth of Egga's body that had spiked her body but slowly Ratna tried to let go of Egga's embrace.

"Now you go home, my mother will go home". Ratna smilingly looked at the face of Egga who was not pale anymore while wiping her tears.

Egga nodded her head as she put her hands together and slipped Ratna's unraveling hair on her ears.

"Later I'll come to your house again to see your mother. I will come with my parents and their blessings. And I'll make sure everything's okay. You don't have to worry". Egga convinces Ratna not to worry about her parents' misunderstanding of them, and she puts the ring on Ratna's ring finger.

Ratna smiled as she looked at the ring beautifully curled up on her ring finger and they were very confident that their love would resolve the misunderstanding and gain their blessing.