Jogja At A Time
72. Proximity And Farewell

"Actually I'm trying to sell this house As," finally Silence let out the turmoil of his heart.

"Why did you even tell me ? I don't have the right to interfere if it's about that matter" Asri scrunched his forehead. "Isn't there Ning ?" Ask Asri back.

"It .... Sister Ning handed it over completely to me,"

"What do you intend to sell it for ?" If he had previously heard Mr. who would sell his favorite car, this time Asri was even faced with the issue of Silence intend to sell a jengki house.

"Many considerations I've thought about before .... Of course other than financial matters, there's something else that's the cause of my decision,"

"About what is it, if I may know ?" Asri wrapped both of her hands onto the shoulders of Silence.

"I'm probably going to Holland soon ...." Facing each other, Silence stared intently at Asri.

"Netherlands ...?" Asri was stunned to hear the silence.

"Yes .... There's a Taji customer who would sponsor me if I could be accepted into the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten,"

"Do you want to go to school again ?"

"More or less like that,"

"Why go to Holland ?"

"Let's know, .. suddenly the opportunity came to me." Silence let Asri hug her tightly.

Asri fell silent. There is the same taste as when hearing Seti say goodbye to Kulon Progo. This time the story will repeat itself. Distance and time will limit him to silence.

Releasing her tight embrace, Asri's gaze turned sweeping to every corner of the back porch of the house jengki.

Silent lit his cigarette. Letting Asri for a moment with her thoughts ...

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The presence of a person will feel so impregnated when then there is a separation in between. If time, distance, and place are the axis of temporary separation, then death is the inevitability of an inevitable cause of separation.

There is a stifling sense of loss due to separation. That's what Asri feels now.

If losing Joko already understood Asri as a way of life. Now his heart was disturbed again to hear the plan of the departure of Silence.

There are many meetings that will end .... After the departure of Seti, then Kijang red box, jengki house that will be sold, and now the plan of the departure of Hening in a row trying to understand Asri.

"Maybe I was in Jogja three months ago As. My native language should be correct before leaving if I pass the entrance selection," Silently exhaled his cigarette smoke.

"I'm going to lose you so much .... " Murmurm Asri.

"Ah just for a while, .. that's even if I'm accepted," interrupted Silence. "What I thought was that if I wasn't accepted," this time Silence laughed.

"Ah don't be pessimistic, .. You must be accepted. I know your abilities,"

"Therefore I want you to accompany me to find a Dutch course in Jogja."

"Why didn't you tell me from the beginning ? I think your plan to go to Jogja is for the year-end holidays only,"

"I'll tell you about it after I'm in Jogja. But after chatting with mbak Ning suddenly I thought of you who had memorized all over Jogja. Maybe you know which course I should take."

"Law.... Dutch language courses ?" Asri tried to remember the place in question Silence. "It looks like the one who knows the place you mean is Muji mas," he chirped later.

"That's why I asked you to accompany me while in Jogja ...." Pungkas Silence.

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If only the case of Drini is no longer a burden and the political situation of the country that is not volatile, of course, the demand for Silence will be obeyed by Asri without having to think long.

Who is not happy when spending the end of the year with his lover and those closest to him ?

Moreover, staying there again accompanied Asri to finish her course.

If you live in the house of Wirobrajan with om Rudi who has been very well known to his Father and Mother during the Silent company, there is no doubt to ask permission to the Father and Mother.

What worries Asri is more about Drini's problems.

Which parent will let his recently recovered daughter return to the city where a wound began ?

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The sound of a motorbike being heard entering the house jengki page stopped the questions raging in Asri's mind.

"Long-life.... Tuh mas Seto and mbak Ning came," said Silence towards Asri as she moved to open the door.

"You guys are getting fresher," Bening embraced the familiar Asri and Silence after entering.

Seto who followed in stroked Asri's hair after returning his handshake. There is a sense of pleasure to see the joy of the two women who have become part of his family.

"Have it been a long time ?" Seto asked after sitting on the rattan chair of the living room.

"Lumayan mas ... A glass of tea equals two cigarettes, .. hihihi,"

"You're smoking now ?" Seto was astonished to hear Asri's words.

"Not me .... But she ...," Asri laughed loosely while pointing towards the Silence that was swerving towards her.

"Gokmu .... He who was discharged four rods," Silently turned to Asri who was hiding behind Bening's back.

"Have ... been .... You two .... Can't take a henchman !" Bening laughed while pretending to grumble at the contradictions of the two young women who gripped him.

From his seat Seto noticed the behavior of three women who were still arguing with each other spoiled. His wife's obvious seems to be a spill the release of the closeness of women who long paused in the house jengki.

"Woy my handsome mask don't daydream ... Want some coffee or Jack Daniel ?" After being satisfied with her brother's joke, Silence turned to tease Seto.

"Your mother is dizzy .... Soon to be a father," Bening chimed in his sister's temptation.

"Well, what's really wrong ?" Asri asked hearing Bening's words.

"It's As," Bening laughed happily and then glanced at Seto.

"Congratulations, ma'am... Mas .... " Nearly together Asri and Silent hugged Bening.

"Yupc .... Thanks for the words," Seto smiled, "Make Hen special coffee, .. said your mother brought a coffee sent from your Dutch friend," he asked later.

"Wah pantesan no one wants to hurry to the Netherlands," Asri stared Silently. "Who is Hen ?" Ask again trying to guess someone close to Silence.

"Obviously he must have wanted .... Hihih ...." This time Bening mocked his sister.

Blushed in shame, Silent dodged inching into the kitchen," Sister Ning tea or milk ?"

"Tea bargain Hen, .. don't use it for long," replied Bening while still teasing his sister.

"Male surely ya mbak a close friend of Silence ?" Asri sat docked to Bening after Silence.

"Just ask yourself .... Hihih ...." Bening pinched the increasingly curious nose of Asri.

If it is true, because Silence insisted on going to the Netherlands because of proximity to a man, .. then the separation will not stifle Asri.

So far Asri has expressed openly about the closeness of Silence with someone if it is about romance. Even Joe and Yuni who were also close to Silence had never mentioned the matter to him.

"Have he asked me to accompany him while in Joga." Little heart murmur Asri ....

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