LOVE FOR ALUNA
Traces of the past

"Don't cook," said Arga as she stepped down the date. Staring at Aluna who had just turned off the stove and gazed towards him. "We ate outside. The road ride the car."

"Well car?" Manik Elmira looks enthusiastic. "You want!" His hand even stretched out asking to be carried by Arga. 

The man chuckled and hugged the child. "Let's get ready."

"I've cut this vegetable off."

"Go to the box. I can make it tomorrow too." Since there was nothing else that Aluna could do, then she followed the man's wishes. Turn off the stove and get ready. I could not bear to see Elmira who was so enthusiastic. 

They wait in the car, with Elmira asking for a video call with her. Mother Gita who received a video call from the child initially looks lazy. But as soon as Elmira's face appeared, her eyes immediately shone. "Yeah!" He screams like that.

"Where's the granddaughter going? It's beautiful."

"You want to walk the same way Papa, Pa, huh? We want to eat outside too. Anybody want to come?"

"That's bad. But it's a pity that it's far away. When will you go there again." Seeing the interaction between his mother and the child makes Arga automatically smile to himself. Until Elmira feels sore and asks for permission to go to the back, also ends the conversation with the Eyang. 

Gita's mother was left staring at the child's face. The woman took her breath in. "Mother doesn't want to make a video call with you."

"Go to the phone, Bun. Arga wants to say." Because it was felt that the child was busy with the toys he brought, so Arga started talking about his request for help in starting a business. "How can you start if you don't have any capital, Bun?"

"That's why you find your own way to stand up again. Consider it a punishment for you. Shadow how Aluna fought alone when you got her pregnant. Are you sorry about him?"

"Huh?"

"I'm sorry about him, Arga. Mother wants to have another grandchild. Don't be selfish."

"It's not that easy, Bun." Marrying an unexpected figure also still surprises Arga, especially if asked to impregnate her again. "Bun, then again. Bye." When I saw Aluna coming towards me.

"Old mom. I waited a long time."

"I'm sorry, Mama's changing clothes first."

Arga looked at Aluna who was now wearing a seatbelt. He looked at Arga as he felt noticed. "Why?"

"Old."

"And I'm ready first. Dandan used to not be ashamed of you, right."

"Tetep. It makes no difference."

Aluna snorted annoyed, unwilling to respond to Arga's words which later even made him ride apoplexy and suffer from high blood. While Arga himself silently glanced at Aluna, there was a difference in the woman. From where did she learn to dress up to not look like this village? 

"Where is the house of the man who hit you?"

"You what?"

"It's aja. Which one?" Ask Arga. 

Aluna pointed at one of the houses that were passed. It was only four houses away from hers and was in the same ranks. "That's what he said. There's still a box car."

Pretty far away, probably won't bother to go ahead. Arga hopes so. 

"Where are we going? Where's mom?"

"Ahead of me. Not far, El likes pasta, right?"

"Eat it now as Papa was invited there."

"I don't like pasta" Aluna said. 

Arga. "No, you. Just pick up the others later."

Actually smelling her scent alone had made Aluna reluctant to go inside. There are bad memories with that meal. But seeing Elmira who looks very excited by holding the hands of her parents, so Aluna just entered the restaurant. 

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"Why don't you like that?" Tanya Arga is worried about himself seeing Aluna's body gestures that seem uncomfortable. 

"Yes, it's uncomfortable. I don't like the smell of pasta."

"Don't lose his son's happiness. Look he likes it here."

Aluna's eyes turned to Elmira who was stepping towards her. The boy was encouraged by Arga to ask the waiter for help because before Elmira herself wanted an additional menu. Because it is difficult to call, Elmira came alone to the officers here 

"His pension?" Tanya Arga again helped the child to sit on the chair. 

"Udah, said the mother yes."

"Pa's son's printer."

True also what Arga said, he can not eliminate the happiness of the child. So Aluna took a deep breath and tried to blend in with this scent, eating a different dinner menu with her son and husband. 

"Like it?" Ask Arga when the child made the first bribe. 

Elmira was silent for a moment before finally shaking her head. "Not good," he said. "El wants to be like greens, Pa. There ain't?"

Which managed to make Arga shocked by his request. People around you are also listening. "There's no oyong, son. The rich Mama wants? Onion bread?"

"Will there be no?"

"Just a minute, Papa asked first," said Arga who was disappointed because the child did not like it. 

Luckily there is rice here. So Arga ordered it, yes even though Elmira kept commenting on the unfamiliar taste in her tongue. The one Aluna reminded him that the child should not be like that. 

"Papa's name is also a child. He honestly doesn't like this."

"Yes, it can't be that same food." For God's sake, Aluna felt nauseous with the aroma in this restaurant. So just a few mouthfuls of food, Aluna immediately stood up to make Arga ask, "Where are you going?"

"To the bathroom first" he said, leaving the place. 

Sweat had already flooded his body, let alone the scent leaving such a sharp memory. Arriving at one of the bathroom cubicles, Aluna hugged herself. "No, you're not papa. You're here with Arga. There will be no more evil with you." Aluna said so. 

After being quite calm, Aluna just came out of there. However, he passed by a servant whose face was not foreign. Someone was similar to the man who had scolded her when Aluna was working in a western restaurant, where since the man was the owner of the restaurant, she tortured Aluna. Forced Aluna to finish all the pasta by force feeding it until Aluna was tight and nauseous. Aluna also got a slap, a punch back then. 

And no one helped him. 

"Miss, are you okay?" Asked the figure as soon as Aluna's eyes glazed over and her body started slumping while leaning against the wall. "Miss?"

Five more years Aluna is living alone, many terrible things that she has ever felt. "Don't touch me, please." It even hugged itself, crossed its arms around its chest and shook its head in panic. 

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