I'm Not an Old Virgin
Chapters 25.4
"Did Sapphira know who the lucky lady was?" Ask Mommy with a sweet smile on her face.
Safira shook her head in doubt. To be honest, he really wished that lucky woman was him.
Mother smiled even wider, "That's you, son. Ali's been loving you for 11 years."
So it really was her?!
Safira's two hands shook, his heart that had been racing fast was more terrible as it sounded. But strangely it does not hurt at all, this in fact... feels so relieving?
11 Years ago, wasn't Mas Ali 14?. Inner Sapphira with mixed feelings.
There is happiness but there is also sadness because.how could he only know it now?
11 Years, that means Ali has loved secretly for 10 years. Secretly loving someone close yet far away is excruciating. They have a very long age difference.
Tears that had dried up came back out of the corner of his eye. He misses Ali, wants to hug and voice how sorry he is now.
"Mother hasn't told the story yet so how could you have started crying?" Mommy also feels sad because the topic she is talking about now is about a boy who secretly loves adult women.
The struggle is hard and it's been through for years.
"What story..Mother?" He asked while holding back his sobs.
Mother smiled faintly, her hands were not as young as before wiping tears on Safira's cheeks.
"It's about Ali 11 years ago. That day Ali was allowed to go home because of the Eid holiday. Unlike usual, Mommy saw that Ali looked more mature than children his age. Honestly Mother and Father are happy with Ali's change but also disagree because Ali is still a teenager, still 14 years old. We think he's in the boarding house definitely going through a difficult day so inevitably cultivate an adult attitude that comes not in time. But Ali behaved as if nothing had ever happened and behaved well at home until finally on the night of his resignation Ali suddenly wanted to have a serious talk with us. Ali, Mother, and Father gathered in the living room of this house. That night Ali seemed much calmer and less nervous, with a serious face she told us when in the boarding house she met someone who caught her attention. Ali said she was in love and wanted to marry him. Honestly, we are not too surprised because falling in love at that age is very natural and assume that this seriousness only lasts a short time. But when he told us that the woman he liked was you, we were obviously very surprised. Because at that time he was still a teenager while you were growing up. But again we assume that Ali was just playing games until 3 years later he went home while carrying a pile of money from his savings for 3 years in the boarding house. He said this money will be used to buy you a necklace, but because it is still not enough for a while he asked Mommy to keep it until everything is enough. Son, do you know what Mother and Father felt that day?" He asked while rubbing the red face of Sapphira who was wet again because of crying.