Love Above the Heart
- Debt and Debt Matters -

🎶🎶All I want is nothing more.

To hear you knocking at my door.

'Cause if I could see your face once more.

I could die a happy man I'm sure.

If you loved me, though,

Why'd you leave me?

Take my body!

Take my body!

All I want,

And all I need is,

Find somebody!

I'll find someone!

Like you, oh, oh, oh🎶🎶

Sayup-sayup heard the voice of Steve Garrigan singing the single from the kodaline, the song was heard from a car that was driving on the road.

In the car Arga seemed to be swept away by the meaning of the lyrics of the song. The song seemed to represent his heart's current feelings.

The night is very late. Arga was still on the road and was somehow about to go where, aimlessly. Her heart seemed to melt after the phone call with Gia ended.

Especially after knowing Gia is getting married.

Arga was angry. But he realized that Gia's words were true. Gia never promised him a relationship more than friendship. It's just that he might be expecting more from Gia.

Arga's phone rang, slowing down the speed of the car he was driving. It was seen on the screen that her mother was calling.

Arga swiping the green button.

"What's the matter ma?"

"Where are you, Ga? It's midnight!"

"Yes, I'll be home soon. I'm just getting some fresh air!"

"Yes but it's 1pm Arga. You don't macem. Mama is not calm you have not come home. Mom wait for you to come home!"

"Yes my dear mother!"

Call ended. Arga decided to stop by the side of the road. The streets were indeed empty considering it was early in the morning.

Arga broke his hair. Several times he breathed his breath rough. I don't know how many times he hit the round steering wheel in front of him. He's fucked. He's disappointed. But he realized it was his own fault.

After being satisfied with his own thoughts and already feeling a little calm, Arga decided to move on and go home.

Arriving at home, sure enough, the mother Goddess was waiting for her child.

"Ga? Where'd you come from?" Question ma'am Dewi welcome home Arga.

"No ma, just go for a walk!" Arga said smiling happily.

"You know how broken your heart is!" The Lady replied, Dewi does not want to talk anymore.

Arga breathed out slowly while embracing his mother.

"Udah, my mom is sleeping now!" Said Arga calmly while turning to hold both shoulders of his mother from behind. then pretend to direct the Goddess mother towards the room.

"Mama just wants-"

Arga put his index finger in front of his own lips, cut off the words of the Goddess, so that his mother stopped talking.

"Udah night, ma! Mom is sleeping now! Said Arga while looking at her mother who nodded like hypnotized by Arga.

Arga closed the door to his mother's room after the owner of the room was inside. Then Arga breathed a sigh of relief as he passed to his own room.

Arga decided to go straight to sleep after he cleaned himself up. Although his eyes are difficult to shut because his mind is out of nowhere, but Arga forced to keep his eyes closed.

The more he was closed the more Gia's face was shadowed in his head.

Arga sat down as fast as lightning. It seems like he is thinking. Uneasily. Right now that's a picture of Arga's situation in his room.

Arga took his phone, diverted his mind by surfing in cyberspace. He was tweaking his social media and thought about finding Gia's social media in the search field.

After guessing and remembering Gia's real name when registering Gia at the hospital last time, he tried to type the name in the search box.

And voila, it's true that Gia's sosmed account used her real name.

Arga smiled a smile. Sosmed's not locked either. It makes it easy for anyone to stalk it.

"Not difficult" Inner Arga chuckled.

Arga looked at any post that Gia had ever posted.

Even a few days ago Gia posted a photo on her sosmed.

The latest photo shows Gia in a boutique. The photo was candidly taken. Gia seemed busy with her activities which seemed to be discussing with the production team a design.

Arga then scrolls the screen of his phone to see old photos of Gia.

Arga smiles to find Gia posting her picture as a child. The photo was posted about 7 months ago.

"Imut" Inner Arga saw a photo of a little girl sitting in a wide hat whose background was in the middle of the sand beach.

Arga looked at another post, Gia appeared selfie with a smile showing her teeth gingsulnya. Again made Arga smile, then deliberately Arga screenshot the photo.

"God! I couldn't sleep because of him. I'd like to miss him but I'll see his picture!" Inner Arga speaks.

Arga saw another photo because his curiosity is greater now than the desire to forget.

But, this time Arga swallowed disappointed to see a photo of Gia's togetherness with Erick. The photo was taken a few years ago. Erick and Gia were sitting next to each other on a restaurant couch. Erick grabbed Gia's shoulder. They look like they are celebrating something. There is a cake that looks striking on the table along with other foods as a companion.

The photographed caption is written;

"Happy Birthday My Future always happy huh"

Arga read it. He spontaneously threw his cell phone at his bedcover.

Arga rubbed his face a few times violently.

"Looks like I don't have to be drowning. Because it's hard! But I have to learn to do it even if it's hard!" Arga said talking to himself.

(Oh yes, we end Arga's turmoil here)

*****

Early in the morning, Erick, who decided to stay in his apartment after being evicted by his father, now had to go to work without filling his stomach.

He's used to it.

Erick arrived at his workplace and decided to immediately work without pause considering his work piled up.

It's true that Erick was almost fired, but given Erick's ability in his field and how competent his job was, his boss was reluctant to fire him.

Erick is still given a chance even though he has been rebuked several times and for his actions that have often violated the rules in recent months.

Erick had to accept the consequences of a pay cut of a few percent. Erick is also required to complete the work that piled up before the deadline schedule.

After almost a day struggling with his work, Erick stepped out of his room to go home and pick up Gia.

Yes, Erick has an appointment today with Gia before tomorrow Gia will return to her contract in another city to take care of one thing and another about her business with Micah, before their marriage takes place.

Erick's car stops right in front of Gia's parents' beautiful yard. Erick came down the car and was greeted by Gia with a smile.

"Sign in first?" Bargain Gia to Erick.

"No need. We can go straight away!"

Gia nodded and walked towards Erick's car.

"No need to say goodbye to mom, mom has business outside the house. Come on!" Said Gia who had walked in front of Erick.

Erick complied and walked behind Gia to see the woman who had opened the car door and immediately entered it.

The car drove smoothly without significant obstacles, after entering the highway then it felt dense creeping in hours after work like this.

"Do you know?" Erick answered, putting on his face as if pretending to think.

"Let's know!" Cetus Gia's.

"Kiss first" Erick said, pointing at his left cheek with his own finger.

"Issss" Gia threw a face at Erick's behavior. Erick chuckled at Gia's behavior.

"Later on you, refuse sustenance!" Erick said again.

"Rezeki from where, Bambank?" Gia asked with an irritated response.

Erick laughed at Gia's words. And he continued driving his car.

Before long, Erick's car had reached one of the largest Mall parking lots in the city.

"Gapain to the Mall?" Ask Gia curiously.

"We eat first. I'm a really laper!"

Gia nodded in agreement.

"Good Girl" Erick said as he ruffled Gia's hair, causing Gia to break down.

Erick just laughed in response to Gia. He knew Gia wasn't really angry.

They entered the elevator and headed to the floor where there is a food court that sells a variety of food menus in the Mall.

After choosing and determining what to eat, Gia and Erick entered one of the restaurants that sell Indonesian food.

"Eating rice is the most shaky" said Erick on the sidelines eating it.

Gia was just bobbing her head at Erick who was finishing his rice with that hot chicken side dish.

"Emm Yang, where are we going?"

"You've been busy where you go!" Erick.

"I'm confused you don't want to tell me! I'll be stuck in my heart!"

"Where are you really going?"

"You took me to bridal last night. It is likely that today you invited me to buy a ring" Gia said innocently.

Erick looked at Gia with his cold gaze, making Gia wonder what was wrong with her words just now.

"Why?" Gia asked again who did not accept Erick's eyes.

"Not fun, Yang!"

"Well why? Is something wrong?"

"Yes wrong! I'd like to let you surprise me to buy you a ring, but you know first!" Erick's cerocos that made Gia flabbergasted in disbelief.

After a moment of surprise with Erick's answer, Gia laughed until she covered her own mouth when she realized that her laughter was too much.

Erick looked at Gia who was laughing with a bit of annoyance mixed with embarrassment because this time the plan was predictable by Gia.

"You know, the blind don't know why!" Erick's protest still doesn't accept Gia's plan is known.

"Hahaha, you're so easy to guess!"

"Thank you but go back and forth where you are going!" Erick on Gia.

Finished with the food, Erick invited Gia who had also finished eating to go directly to the jewelry store inside the Mall.

Many ring models are their choice, until they themselves are confused about which one to choose. Everything is good and it feels good.

But Gia is not the name if you do not choose something simple and simple.

Gia pointed to a pair of rings with unique shapes and on top of them there was one eye ring that was simple and elegant.

Erick nodded in agreement with Gia's choice.

Once they feel fit, they both start doing finger measuring sessions, so that the rings are made according to the size of each finger.

Not to forget also Erick requested engraving names on each of their rings. Erick's ring bears Gia's name and Gia's ring bears Erick's name.

Once it feels enough, and finish the payment terms. The two of them walked out of the shop with equally endless smiles.

Erick clasped Gia's fingers tighter as he slightly shook his arm.

"You know, tired of me all day it feels like I've been missing since I met you!" Erick.

"Delight your dreadlocks, Malih!" Gia replied which made Erick pinch both of his cheeks in a fit of anxiety.

Arriving in the car, Erick immediately drove the car to get out of the basement Mall. The day looks dark.

"Well, we're getting married soon. I want to be honest with you! I don't want anything covered." Said Gia starting their conversation in a serious direction.

"What about?" Erick asked a little astonished and guessed.

"On Nico!"

"Nico's? Your ex-boyfriend is in High School?"

Gia nodded. Erick did know with Nico but never knew him, just know that Gia who had told me about her ex-boyfriend when she was in school. Erick knew Nico, they had met several times in an accidental situation.

"What's wrong with her? Don't tell me you've got a relationship with her behind me!" Erick's face looked red.

"No! I have no relationship with him. Swear on!" Answer Gia while holding two fingers to form the letter V.

"Because? What's with him?"

"Yes, you calm down. Don't be angry just yet. Calm darling! Patience!" Gia calmed Erick down first before continuing her sentence.

"Nico was Lyra's husband. You know that Lyra's the one who lives with me?"

Erick was surprised then he nodded. Erick decides to wait for Gia to continue her story.

"So when I arrived in the city, I passed out and was found by Lyra. Then Lyra helped and took me to her house. Yes Nico's house too. They live in that town!"

Hearing that, Erick immediately stopped his car on the side of the road. He turned off the machine and began to focus on looking at Gia's telling face.

"Then?" Ask Erick again.

"Before I fainted, I was robbed. My money's not left, baby. Run out! And after arguing long enough with Lyra and Nico, they told me to go home to Mom, I'll take it."

"They agreed to give me the money for the fare and without me expecting Nico transferred me a lot of money."

"Then why don't you go home? what's that money you're doing?"

"I'm ashamed to go home with my condition. I ran away from their house and that money was what I made my sewing capital, baby, the point is, I owe it to Nico!"

"Okay, I get it now. How much do you owe Nico?"

"Twenty-five million"

"What?" Erick followed shock.

Gia nodded lethargicly.

"But the money is still in my account. Not abis. Because I am in a hurry to have money from my efforts and hard work. I just used the money in the beginning. That's because I don't have any money at all"

"Jude, thank you for being honest with me. I'm helping you out of this. But I also have to meet Nico. I don't want you to meet him on the grounds of paying off a debt or something."

"But, Nico..." Gia hesitantly explains about Nico to Erick. Gia is afraid, always afraid of things related to Nico.

"But what?" Ask Erick again.

"But you promised me that if you meet Nico you have to be patient as much as possible!" Answer Gia cengengesan.

Erick was still confused by the intent of Gia's words but he nodded and complied.

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