Jogja At A Time
53. Early Resistance
Enter the city Wonosari the pace of cars slowed down. Seti's watch showed half ten as Asri looked at him. His hand was tightly grasping Seti's hand. Every now and then, a sense of uneasiness arises when approaching the goal.
"Near the place ?" Asri asked towards Seti.
"It's ... it's in front," Seti replied slowly.
Asri's anxiety tried to get rid of Seti by giving him a soft caress in the grip that continues to grip tightly his hand.
"Still sure you want to face ?" Seti tried to test again the stability of his lover's heart.
Nodding Asri's head at least dispels the doubt of Seti's question that was just issued.
The two then looked at each other without needing a single word said each of them had understood each other's meaning.
Love is a complex and complex thing. Witing tresno jalaran soko kulino, witing mulya jalaran wani rekasa. Javanese philosophy of love which means love grows because it is accustomed, happy because it dares to bother many times conveyed by Mother to Asri when she found out Asri welcomed the declaration of love Seti.
Love is not only about beautiful rhyming words, cheers of pleasure, hate, longing and all sorts of heart-expressions.
There are difficulties among them that sometimes fall asleep because of blinded love. Justifying there is difficulty to achieve the happiness of love like the words of his mother is now lived right by Asri.
The intersection of choice to choose which direction to go when adversity comes up really tests the story of love. Some are able to pass through the intersection of that choice, but many also fail to pass through it ... Making the cause of the breakup of one's love ...
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"We drink while riding to the toilet first," Seto directed the car towards a fairly large and clean food stall not far from the police station.
Gunawan got off first when the car stopped. Make sure no one, especially journalists, follows and notices their arrival as it has been. Especially now Asri comes along to be questioned. He did not want Asri's mind disturbed by questions that would be exposed to the public.
Asri followed Seti to the bench in the corner of the food stall.
Some policemen who happened to be eating glanced towards Asri. It seems like the black glasses and white veil that Asri wears to hide his face actually makes every man tempted to linger staring to find out his face.
Her tall stature and fair skin combined with a white shirt, jeans and pantofel shoes really make Asri's femininity look perfect in the eyes of every man who sees it.
"Warm orange two Ji, ..." Not wanting Asri to be agitated to see many policemen watching his desk, Seti accompanied him to sit down and asked Muji to order a drink.
"Didn't order a meal or a snack ?"
"No need to Ji .. that's it," replied Seti.
Muji hurriedly left Seti and Asri at the corner table. Coincidentally, each table in the stall there are only three benches for sitting guests who want to eat or drink there. Seto, Gunawan, and an advocate from LBH sat at one of the next tables.
"Sit here Gun ... " One of the policemen who seemed to recognize Gunawan called. Invite him to join her dinner table. Looks like there's something to talk about.
Not good to refuse, Gunawan moved to the table where the police called him.
Asri tightened her seat towards Seti. His hand grabbed and clasped Seti's hand tightly. Her little heart wished Muji quickly to sit in front of her, covering from view every eye that occasionally stares at her.
Muji seemed to understand Asri's wish. After ordering, he turned back to the table where Asri and Seti were sitting.
"Drink this As while waiting for your order," Muji pushed a bottle of mineral water towards Asri.
"Yes to Muji... Thank you," Asri received a bottle of mineral water that Muji offered. Opening the lid and drinking it a mouthful made it feel more comfortable.
"Cigarette Set," Muji shoved his cigarette.
"Replace .. easy," Seti subtly rejected Muji's offer. "I've noticed your cigarettes are getting louder lately Ji," Seti continued, watching Muji light his cigarette.
"Now I have a payday .. hehehe ... There are no slingshot production posts, either" said Muji.
"There's no one to estimate Muji ?" Can't stand it, Asri joined the conversation.
"There's a cheap girl," Seti who felt Asri's mood began to improve chimed in while smiling at Asri.
"Cok cheap ?" Asri did not understand what Seti meant.
"Yes ... limaratus silver .. in the Royal cinema..," replied Seti. "Eni Beatrix, Eva Arnaz, Yeni Farida ...," Seti laughed calling Muji's favorite hot star.
"Asuuuu..," Muji.
Asri laughed and heard the words of Seti and Muji. His mood is now more comfortable getting carried away.
There comes a time when tension and anxiety will subside when the smart closest person understands how to shift those feelings.
The words of Seti and Muji when spoken at the right time seemed to be right to divert Asri's mood.
The conversation then flowed spontaneously from the three. About Joe, Doni, Dibyo, Silence and Yuni then became an entertaining topic.
"Corrus and coffee mas" the voice of the maid delivering the warm oranges and coffee ordered to their table paused the chatter.
"Thank you for being beautiful, ..." Muji idly teases the attractive young woman who delivered the drink earlier.
"Together mas.. monggo please," blushed in embarrassment at Muji's temptation, the maid then turned around after putting the ordered glass on the table.
"Ih mas Muji can be flirtatious as well as it turns ..," Asri said towards Muji.
"Owh is obviously As .. I am a friend of Setiaji," this time Muji teased Seti back.
"Indeed Seti flirtatious mas ?" Asri glanced towards Seti. A silent figure suddenly flashed through his mind. The figure of the past that had made his jealousy and guess of his heart.
"Rop ... " Muji was getting excited to see Seti who was glaring familiarly towards him. "But now Setiaji has become a Bachelor of Mining Engineering ... Prepare to be a hardworking man,"
"May ..." Asri hugged Seti's waist-friendly, ignoring several pairs of eyes that continued to notice his closeness to Seti. This time with pride in Seti.
"Drink the orange first As," Seti reminded the order of warm oranges on the table," his coffee is also Ji, mumpung still hot .. let it be fresh later," he continued towards Muji.
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Inadvertently Asri looked at Gunawan who was heading to the table where Seto was. Gunawan's smile towards him felt Asri signifying something good made him more confident in the decision he took.
Diverting to her warm orange glass after returning the smile earlier, Asri invited Seti to drive her to the restroom.
Seti stood looking around the room looking for a signboard for the direction of the bathroom. Holding Asri after seeing the signboard he was looking for and walking past the table where Gunawan was chatting with some of the Police who were there.
"Excuse me sir" Seti said as he passed the table.
"Please dik ..." Answer one of the police there.
Seti recognized the figure who answered earlier. He was the one who checked it the first time when he came to fulfill Gunawan's call.
From the name embedded during the examination first, Seti knew and remembered the name Serda Husein, the figure who answered just now.
Not wanting to linger back to attention, Asri pulled Seti's hand to invite him to hurry to leave the table ...
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