LOVATY 1.0
Reason
“But I can't force my daughter's soul mate.”
Calya looked at her father. The look on his face clearly illustrated his shock, while doubt flashed through his mind. Unsure of whether what he had heard just now was reality, or an illusion he had made himself.
“My daughter is an adult, I think she has the right to choose my own soul mate.”
All the doubts in the woman's mind were finally swept away by her father's sentence just now. Although he was still wondering, but still a sense of pleasure had already filled his heart.
“Yes, I can't disagree with that thought. As a parent of course I want my son to get the best match, that's why I suggest this matchmaking. But it is still just a suggestion, in the end they themselves decide.”
There was a bit of disappointment stored in Mr. Darta's tone of voice. But he couldn't show it too clearly because after all he appreciated the opinion of his old friend.
If Mr. Darta tries to hide his disappointment, it is different with his son. The man's face clearly showed his sense of herd at Mr. Yohan's sudden change in attitude. Makes the man guess if anything has happened.
Despite everything, the four people still finished their dinner comfortably, enjoying the meal while having a small talk. Although the conversation was more aimed at the two middle-aged men.
“Thank you for the banquet,” said Mr. Yohan before they parted ways.
“This is also an expression of my gratitude for your daughter's hard work. Calya, take care of your health. Don't forget to consider carefully uncle's son.”
“Be careful on the road,” said Calya slightly smiling.
The two families separated. Arion and his father left first because the driver was waiting. While Calya and her father who used a separate car still stand there. The atmosphere became silent after they ushered in the departure of the two men. For a moment, none of them wanted to start a conversation.
“Dad.”
“You must be tired. Go home and rest,” said Mr. Yohan before the two took steps in different directions.
***
“Isn't that what you want?”
Keanu asked Calya after the woman finished her story.
“Ya.”
“You should feel relieved to be able to escape the match, but why are you sad?”
“I also think so.”
Why am I even sad? From me rejecting this matchmaking, I should be smiling happily now.
Calya was arguing with herself, about the feeling she should be feeling right now. But the debate only left him stuck in confusion. The first time for him to ignore Keanu who was beside him, the first figure that was always sought after when there was trouble. This time the figure returned to its original form, a program that could only wait for the master's orders.
In a different place a man was also seen contemplating. The look on her face clearly described her mood, she was not doing well. The man took a photograph from a nightstand. Looking at a portrait there. Deep, to make her tears flow.
“I miss you, mom.”
Arion recalls his childhood memories. Little Arion is often invited to walk by his mother. Although only around the neighborhood around the house, but they look very happy. Walk hand in hand, talk and sing together.
After getting tired of walking, they will rest in the park. Little Arion would run around here and there while his mother would watch him from afar, with a smile that could not be separated from his face.
***
“No, not like that!”
“Then what?”
“I just..”
“Just feel weird because things suddenly change? regret that this match was cancelled? That means you have a heart with him!”
“First, do not cut my words, second.it is not about Arion, but about my father.”
“Oh, so.”
“I was hurt when my father made the match without my knowledge, but that moment suddenly changed my mind even I felt that I had hurt him.”
Qeiza looked at her best friend's gloomy face, approached her and hugged her.
“You're a good boy, it's only natural that you feel that way. But since you have been honest with your father, maybe now your father has understood your feelings so he changed his mind.”
“Maybe you are right.”
“Come back to room.”
“I should have said that.”
The two women walked away from the pantry with a face that looked better than when they entered the chamber.
“Oh yes, Cal. I'll come with you later, okay?”
“Tumben, usually you go home with Damian?”
“Nga anything.”
Calya stopped her steps and looked at Qeiza full of probing.
“You fought?”
“No.”
“Then, why did you avoid it?”
“I just don't want to meet him.”
“Now, I've been feeling uncomfortable with her lately.”
“Did he do something bad to you?”
“No!”
“Then?”
“He's become more aggressive.”
Calya reflexively closed her mouth with her hand in shock at the sentence her friend had just uttered.
“Not as you think.”
“Then tell me!”
Qeiza immediately grabbed his best friend's arm and grabbed him.
“I will tell you, but we'd better finish our work first.”
“It should also be kalmatku.”
The two women eventually actually returned to the room and continued the pending work.
***
The clock finally signals the employees to go home and Qeiza quickly packs her belongings and moves over to Calya's desk.
“Let’s go!” he said while knocking on his friend's desk.
“Awhile I settle my things first.” replied Calya while starting to tidy up her things
But the impatient Qeiza, immediately acted. The woman quickly stuffed her friend's belongings into the bag and pulled Calya away from the room.
Qeiza with her hasty steps again raised the question in Calya's mind, What exactly is going on? Her thought.
“Why do we have to walk this fast anyway?”
“We have to walk this fast before it's too late!”
“Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo? Late for what?”
The two women finally arrive at Calya's car. Qeiza immediately told Calya to drive her car to leave the office area. Calya complied with resignedly although not out of thought with the reason of her friend this time.
After a few seconds Damian looks out of the building, the man briefly sees Calya's car leaving the parking lot. He didn't know there was another woman in there, a woman trying to avoid him right now.
Qeiza and Calya walk in the middle of the shopping center crowd. Calya questions the reason why Qeiza changed her request, which she originally only asked to be sent home. Qeiza reasoned that she needed to go for a walk and complained about the last time they spent time together. Once again making Calya can only surrender.
The very excited-looking Qeiza moved quickly to see the collection of bags and clothes in each store. While Calya is getting overwhelmed, she has to follow her friend who keeps moving places quickly. Until he finally gave up and decided to stop following her. He waited in front of the store, standing while watching the visitors passing by on the lower floor.
Moments later, someone patted his right shoulder. Calya who thought that Qeiza had returned immediately turned to the right side, but did not find her friend there. When he looked to the left of the woman was surprised because instead of Qeiza was a man he found there. The man who was smiling sweetly while looking at her, Arion.
“What are you doing here?” Ask Calya for a moment.
“Monitor business, meeting, sightseeing, eye wash. I can give you any excuse you want.”
Calya looked sorry to have asked the man, she took her eyes off him.
“You alone? What are you doing here alone?”
“I sure don't have to answer that question.”
They were silent for a moment. Calya seemed to ignore Arion's presence there and continued to look at the crowd.
“He hasn't arrived yet? What kind of man makes a woman wait alone!” arion suddenly said.
“What? What do you mean?”
“You are standing alone here looking at the people below, definitely waiting for the man.”
“Which man do you mean?”
“Of course the man, who made you reject our matchmaking.Where is he now?”
Calya was at a loss for words after hearing the man's observation. He feels that Arion is very funny but he cannot show it for fear that his lies will be exposed.
“Tell me something, if that guy makes you wait it means he's not too interested in you.”
“Ya. yes... Thanks for the information I did not ask for at all,” said Calya, trying to end a conversation that was very uninteresting to her.
“So you seriously don't want to continue this matchmaking?” But Arion remains Arion, he will not stop until his curiosity is gone. Calya will not have to respond to him.
“Now it's my turn to ask you. What makes you want to continue this matchmaking?”
“If I tell you the reason you'll agree to this matchmaking?”
“Cal!”
Qeiza suddenly came to the two people in the middle of their conversation that was about to peak.
“We have to go back to the office. Comeing! Sorry sir arion we go first!” He immediately pulled his friend's arm.