Like a Former Nail
Episodes 13.2
*Definitely exhaling. Already presumed. Rion's speech on Saturday afternoon was not just a joke. The night after Rion's arrival, Rasti's mind was very calm. His eyes did not want to close, always widened with questions that continued to revolve in his head. So today he decided to go to Yogyakarta, visit the boarding house Gebri for the first time. There's a lot to ask. There's a lot to make sure. Actually what had happened between them after five years passed, until the man who**bride was boldly willing to visit their home and express his desire to propose Gebri.*
“Do you know that Rion came to our house yesterday?” rasti asked who was now stroking Gebri's back, trying to give warmth from a mother.
The girl whose hair was being tied up in a ponytail just nodded her small head.
“Then how?”
Gebri's head moved left and right before replying, “Entah, Bun. I'm rattled. I don't really want to deal with him anymore. The events of five years ago hurt my feelings. But...” Gebri again hung up his sentence. His mind again asked, should he say this thought? Gebri took a breath before continuing. “But after the incident this afternoon, I realized that it wasn't just me who was suffering. We both still can not forget the disgrace five years ago it.”
“Genesis this afternoon?” asked Rasti who was getting closer to Gebri, their bodies were attached now.
“In the beginning of our meeting since five years passed, Rion had been raving about my pregnancy, assuming that I was still pregnant with Gebian. At first I thought he was just trying to make fun of me. But this afternoon when she forced me into her home, I found some pregnant women's clothes and a bunch of USG photos. I began to realize that he wasn't as happy as I thought he was all along. Rion harbored that regret. And I'm sure that during these five years, he has been hallucinating about us,” Gebri said at length.
Rasti gave no response. His mind suddenly paused.
“I should how, Bun?”
Rasti was silent. It was not time to open his mouth. Let the girl let her out.
“I cannot close my eyes and heed my ears for Rion's attitude. At least we have to repair this broken relationship,” added Gebri again.
“So you will receive his application?”
Gebri shook his head, slowly and briefly. “I don't know, Bun.”
Rasti again stroked gently on the back of her daughter while saying, “As a parent, Mommy will always support whatever your decision because Mommy thinks you are ripe to make your own decision, and Mother just reminded that the degree of our family and family is very much different from us. They might hurt you. As a mother, Mother does not want to see you hurt.”
Now it's Gebri who's not reacting. Actually that's what he's thinking too. If he does finally accept Rion's proposal, he's not sure if Fernandez's family will accept him. Their status degrees are too different. He still clearly remembered how the bullying gaze that Rion's parents gave back then, when he and Rasti came to Rion's mansion, which made Gebri always keep his head down and not dare to look up.
And about what Rion said a few hours ago, about him who had given back all the facilities from his parents and was about to move out of his mansion, it would make both of Rion's parents hate him even more if he knew he was asking. Thinking of all that suddenly made his head throb a little.
“Geb!” call Rasti who is now holding Gebri's cheeks and rubbing slowly. “Remember, you are not alone. There are Mother and Galang who always support you.”
“Thank you, Bun.”
Gebri wrapped his arms around Rasti's waist, tightly wrapped around the middle-aged woman. The mother figure is indeed the most extraordinary figure, there must be a calm that appears every action. She is a real life superwoman.
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“Have lunch, Geb? We eat first, yeah?”
Gebri's head turned towards the steering wheel, then nodded. There are several reasons why Gebri agreed, even though he had eaten with Rasti before Rion came to his boarding house and intended to take Rasti to Solo, but Rasti immediately refused. As a result, Rion only gave a ride to get to Lempuyangan station.
Rion's car enters the Pandega Karya alley area and stops at a dominant Waroeng Steak and Shake in its signature yellow color. Not many visitors this afternoon were seen. Most visitors come in the afternoon. Then their feet stepped up the stairs. Rion and Gebri decided to take a seat on the second floor, although there were not many sights to enjoy.
Gebri only nodded his head briefly as Rion ordered chicken pepper and orange juice. He wasn't hungry, so he didn't really care about Rion's orders. Gebri just wants to quickly solve these pleasantries, then say something that is a burden on the mind at this time, want to quickly solve all the problems between them now. About five minutes passed, a black-clothed male servant carrying a tray filled with their order.
“Didn't we talk since?”
As long as Gebri and Rion ate their meal, indeed Rion invited Gebri to a conversation and Gebri answered only, just a sling or a nod of the head or gave a very short answer, and Rion doesn't dispute that attitude while Gebri still responds, still acting on his words, meaning Gebri still values his existence.
“I want to talk seriously with you.”
Rion slightly fixed his seat. “Please.”
Take a breath and then exhale slowly. Gebri had already established his heart and mind.
“I can't marry you.”
“But why? Didn't I meet all your requirements,” said Rion did not accept, his eyes stared in disbelief.
“Many things that make us unable to get married and I apologize for what I said a few days ago, I shouldn't have said that.”
“But you promised me that—“
“I'm sure many women better than me can be your wife later,” interrupted Gebri before returning to drink the orange juice, the throat feels so dry. This conversation is getting more stressful.
“I just want you to be the wife and mother of my children,” said Rion in a half-screaming tone, very dislike listening to the nonsense that was thrown from Gebri's mouth, fortunately there were no customers other than them on this floor, they did not need to be the center of attention.
“No. Can't do. Too many differences and obstacles between us, especially from your family.” Gebri replied calmly, unwilling to be provoked by Rion's tone. Although quiet, this place to eat is still a public place.
“My family?”
“A good marriage and blessing is a marriage that gets the blessing of both parents, and I'm sure that your parents won't want to bless our marriage. I hope you understand, we can't get married,” said Gebri who once again sipped his last orange juice. “Can we go home now, at three I have a lecture schedule?” ask him while glancing at the watch that already shows the exact two hours.
“Can't we get married without—”
Gebri quickly cut in, he knew what Rion was willing to say. “No, because I want to marry someone who will accept me and my family.”
“Tapi—”
“I will go home with gojek,” said Gebri who suddenly got up from his seat, then attached his sling bag to his shoulder.
“We go home together,” said Rion who rose.
No more talk has happened since Gebri and Rion left the Waroeng Steak and Shake. Once Rion's eyes glanced to the side, looking at Gebri who seemed to focus on the road in front of him. There were many words he wanted to say, but he was always held back. According to him this time is not the right time, Gebri has a slightly stubborn nature, whatever he said must be rejected by the girl. He would give a few days for the girl to be calm and in a condition that she could compromise on. After all he would not give up, only Gebrilah would become his wife in the future.
When entering the alley to the boarding house Wisma Bestari, Rion's eyes immediately overreacted, with a look full of anxiety. From far away Rion's eyes could see a black car parked there. There was really nothing strange about the vehicle, it was just that it looked familiar, like he had seen it. And it never crossed the minds of Rion or Gebri, if the four-wheeled vehicle was the property of the figure who became the topic of their conversation for a few minutes, if the four-wheeled vehicle was the property of the person who was the topic of their conversation for a few minutes, and as Gebri's eyes caught the two familiar middle-aged figures, his body immediately stiffened. Grain of sweat suddenly appeared around the forehead. His heart was pounding incoherently. His brain began to ask, why would both of Rion's parents be in front of his boarding house?
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