NOT THE LOVE OF DREAMS
Chapter 41's

My father and I returned home before Maghrib. During the trip even since dad talked about the proposal I didn't talk to dad at all. He only answered occasionally if he asked. I answered as briefly as possible.

If you say it is not polite. Let me be, I'm already disappointed in Dad.

Love and Mom welcomed us on the porch.

" Aidan's? Daddy's? Where the hell are you guys from? Go ndak ngabarin people home. Where nothing can be connected anymore." Mom said as soon as we got home.

I forced myself to smile in front of my mother and Love. I don't want to show you how broken my heart is right now. I see him not so different in his attitude. It was still cold like the first time I saw it this morning. Maybe this is the character of my father.

" Abis' dad's eating Aidan's meatballs." The father's words then passed into the house followed by the mother.

Love looks at me intensely. I knew he realized I was a bit different because I was always chatty and this time I just kept quiet. Especially eating meatballs by father is not it something that should be told? I was just standing in front of love.

" Did you say something weird, huh?" Ask Love as if you understand what is happening.

" Suffer." Answer's short.

" Why are you being?"

I smiled at Love so as not to worry her.

" I just cape aja darling, was in ajakin muter with dad." My words lied.

" Oh yeah? I don't like to walk too much." Reply to the Love that seemed to doubt my answer.

" Aidan's? Of love? Go inside already maghrib." Shouted mother from inside the house that made me relieved because I did not have to make up other stories to cover up my lies just now.

At about 7pm, my mother knocked on my door telling me to have dinner while Love saw me arranging food at the dinner table.

We finally had dinner together.

" Aidan?" Call mommy while spooning rice for me after you've previously picked it up for dad.

" Yes mom." I answered the plate with both hands while bowing my head in thanks.

" It's so polite of you." Said mom for seeing me down.

" In Korea it's like that, ma'am." Answer Love.

" Why don't you follow?" Ask Mom to Love.

" Hehe. Usually that is. So now in Korea, why don't you follow the rules?" Saying Love is reasonable.

" Hoalaaah nduk nduk you tuh."

Mother sat down as soon as she finished taking the rice for Love and for herself.

" Oh, Aidan? Can dong mom ask for your signature same photo for mom to show off same mommy friends?" Mom said to me.

I smiled and nodded my head.

" May dong bu but I never feel myself a celebrity so my signature might not be as cool as other artists." My answer.

" Ndak papa ndak papa important you sign and photograph with the mother there. If necessary we make a video so that the mother's friends believe that the mother has a potential daughter-in-law of an artist and her own idol mother.hehe."

" Mom norak know ndak?" Dad looks sneering.

" Lion. Sirik a father." Reply mother.

Ting... Vat..

Geck.. Geck... Geck...

There was a bell and a knock on the door.

" Sopo's meeting at this hour?" Ask the mother who stands up.

" Mom sit down and let Love open!" Dad's orders.

Love complied and immediately stood up then walked towards the door of the house.

Slowly Love opened the door and stood a man behind it.

" Love?" Call the man but I see Love does not recognize the man before him.

" That's Fandi nduk's son." Shouted my father who made me look at him. Dad looked at me briefly then threw his gaze towards the door again.

" It's me Fandi. You how are you? You're more beautiful love." Said Fandi while extending his hand.

I stood up and went to Love and pulled her to my side. Kutepis hand of Love who was about to welcome the man's hand and replace it with my hand which then took the hand of this man named Fandi.

" I'm Aidan, her future husband Love." I introduced myself without asking. I wanted to show that I was her future husband instead of Fandi who even proposed without Love's knowledge.

" Let's go in, Fandi, join us here." Shouted dad from the dining table.

" Not yeah." Fandi then approached me after seeing Love with a look I could not understand.

I embrace the shoulder of Love to emphasize once again on the boy that I am the future husband of Love. Fandi looked at me with a sharp look that I immediately responded fiercely.

Finally, the five of us had dinner together. Dad invited a lot of Fandi chat while I was asked more by my mother. There are two camps at this table.

" Oh yeah well tomorrow Fandi wants fitness, I want to come with ndak?" Ask Dad.

" Well, I've also been in sports for a long time." Reply father looks enthusiastic.

" Well, if Aidan's here, you're leaving anyway?" I see Love protesting.

" Well, what if we went all three? Do you agree with Aidan?" Ask dad to me.

" Why are you anyway? We're not the arrival of the future ghost of the father's time even go with Fandi?" My mother protested too.

" Don't you take Aidan, too." Answer me I don't want to be blamed.

" Gapapa mom. Aidan can come with Fandi. It just so happens that Aidan also likes fitness." My answer is that it is impossible to reject Dad.

" Love is also coming along." Saying Love suddenly said he wanted to come to the gym. Maybe Cinta was worried about me because my father was more friendly to Fandi than to me.

" Mom's coming along too." Said the mother who also asked to come.

" Lah iki piye toh even melu kabeh ngene? (How is this even going with all the gini? ) "My father saw the protest.

" What is the reason why? Then the mother also became suspicious why the father again there are guests even lungo (go ), najan lungone mbek Fandi but mesakke loh my future mantuku. (even though it went the same way Fandi but kasian loh mantuku ) "Mommy still defended me.

To be honest I do not understand the Javanese language but clearly if seen from their expression of debate, my mother was seen defending me as a prospective daughter-in-law.

" Yowes leh, nduk mending us the way three just as nyang malioboro. Piye?" Ask my mother and Love who sounds a bit upset. But unfortunately I don't understand mother's question.

" We're going all three tomorrow, Aidan. Mother, Love is with you. We're going to malioboro." My mother repeated to me using Indonesian without Java mix. You must know I don't understand the Javanese language she spoke earlier.

I smiled confused between father or mother.

" Agreed ma'am." Love Reply.

...***...

In the morning I, mother and Love were getting ready to go as planned last night. While dad was still sitting quietly on the porch.

" What do you want to go up to Malioboro?" Ask dad to us.

" Yo can order a taxi online. There are many ways to get there." Answer mother a bit cynical.

" Dadn't go with Fandi?" Ask Love.

" Ndak. Fandi told overtime to be his boss." Answer father.

" Hahahaha kapok I keep the house if so." Said mama meledek.

" Dad's coming with us, Mom. Gapapa, right?" Plain ask.

" Helooo is not good? Let me put dad at home alone. Karma is valid and directly paid in cash." Mom's words are fierce which makes dad tick.

" Wes nduk ndang pesen taksine. (let's get a quick message taxi)" the mother ordered Cinta.

" Don't ma'am, I bought a car. " cut me.

" Oh that. We'll just wait." Say mother.

Moments later, Love and Dad realized something.

" Ah wait leh. Your bb.. Buy a car what does a taxi mean?" Ask the confused mother who was told by Love and the father who I saw was equally confused.

I felt uncomfortable with their eyes. I feel wrong about myself. I scratched the back of my head that was not itchy at all.

" Yes.. It means buy a car. Yes buy." I'm confused to explain.

" That means buying a car as property?" Ask Love.

" ii.. Yes dear. Eh Love." My answer is to say dear for fear of being angry with my father.

" Is there something wrong with buying a car? Not a new car either." Plain welcome.

" Yo is wrong. But why buy? Where do you keep buying? You didn't go anywhere last night." Said Mother.

" Yes to Aidan. When did you buy it? So why buy?" Love repeats mom's question while dad looks at me curiously.

" Yes.. Yes gapapa. What's wrong with buying a car? I bought it from manager Lee's friend who's in yogya. The car is coming soon." My answer.

" What did you do to buy Aidan's car? You're not gonna live here." Love Saying.

" Yes gapapa Cinta. The car can stay for dad's dipake with mom." My answer.

The three of them were surprised at me.

" You mean what Aidan?" This time my father asked.

" I'm sorry that I bought it instead of a new car" I said.

" Why are you using our buyin car show?" Father asked again and this time his tone sounded pressing. I feel intimidated.

" Yes..gapa, right? I also saw that there was no car in this house. Mm mm.. I was wrong, huh? Or am I already sassy?" I was a little worried about their reaction.

" Hahaha (Laughing stiffly) Yes ndak lah nak Aidan. Mother even feels bad for you."

" I'm happy if mom and dad are also cool."

" Well, look at your future daughter-in-law. Just the first to come has bought a car for his future father-in-law. But I don't even appreciate it as much as a ghost."

Before long a Mazda CX 9 SUV parked in the yard of Love's house.

" Ah that's her car. Sorry ma'am I can't buy a new one because it wants to be used suddenly so I bought one that we can bring today." My word.

They all stood amazed to see the car that had just come. The person who drove the car gave me the keys and the letters and then the person went straight home.

" Deloken is our daughter-in-law. Iku mobile vapor tenan. (see our daughter-in-law well, that's a very good car) " Said the mother who patted the arm quickly father but the two neutrals were not separated at all from the car in front.

" These are the letters, baby. Eh Love." I gave the letters of car completeness to Love.

" Call dear also ndak papa leh. Than in constant error." Mother seemed to understand because I kept calling Love wrong with the title darling.

" Yes, I agree." Said the father nodding his head which he seemed to be doing unconsciously without taking his eyes off the car as well.

This is why the atmosphere even looks like I bribed mom and dad with a car so they could accept me as his daughter-in-law huh? Ah whatever it is at least Dad let me call Love affection.

" Eh wait. You guys don't leave yet." Said Dad running inside.

" Don't you dare walk first." Shouted the father from the inside which made the three of us throw curious glances at each other.

It wasn't until five minutes that I came back with a nice dress up.

" Where's dad neat going?" Ask Love.

" Yes, come with you. It's good that you can't take a walk in a nice car." Said the father who then walked towards the car then opened the back door and immediately sat inside.

" Wong edan tenan kui your father nduk.( That real lunatic is your father ) Ndak's ashamed of Aidan. Turn nyobain aja gercep car. Sorry your father-to-be, Aidan." Said mom apologizing to me for your behavior.

" Yes, ma'am, this car also has a mother and father." My answer.

" Let's go now!" Love invites us and mom to run to Dad while Love holds my hand. I looked at him.

" Thank you Aidan, you made my father's mother look good." Love Saying.

I smiled at him.

" Together beautiful. But I'm sorry the way he was impressed so rich bribe. Hehe." My answer.

Love smiles sweetly at me. Honestly, her smile made me miss kissing her.

" Well, how do I love being able to kiss you?" My whisper.

" Hish, you're not everywhere talking about smelling mau."

Love glared at me then left me for the car I was following. If only this was not at the home of the parents of Love I would have been chasing Love and immediately kissed it so anxious with the expensive selling behavior.

The four of us went for a walk to Malioboro.

...***...

We arrived in Malioboro after a journey of about 40 minutes. I'm a little familiar with the atmosphere of Malioboro. Indeed, I have been here when joining the concert Jona hyung about two years ago.

" Daddy's mom wants to shop?" I asked when I saw them observing the goods sold by traders along Malioboro road. Especially mothers who several times stop seeing home batik negligee that almost every trader sells.

I see Love shaking her head at mom and dad.

" Now, I want Aidan. We're just going for a walk." Answer me while laughing stiffly.

I smiled and opened my wallet then took out 20 pieces of one hundred thousand pieces. I gave it to the mother who was immediately prevented by Love.

" Don't Aidan. You bought me a car father." Say Love while preventing my hand from giving money to my mother.

" Why did you?" My toot.

" It's okay to." Love Saying.

" Yes to Aidan. Just keep the money. Just put up for marriage capital." Say mother.

I smiled at my mother's answer.

" Gapapa mom. I if to marry Cinta there is capital only to wait for the blessing of father only." I said while glancing at Dad.

The one in the lyrics even threw away the face.

" This is for mom and dad shopping. If I add less again."

I put the money in my mom's bag.

" Yes, I accepted, Leh. Thanks so much for this. I am grateful to have a prospective good daughter-in-law. Just a father who doesn't know to be grateful." Mother's insinuation to father.

" Yes mom's the same." My answer.

" Yes, you two have gone for a walk. Maybe you guys have less time alone." Mother's words of understanding that make me smile.

" What the hell is mom." Love is ashamed at its mother's temptations.

" You two don't go out together. An hour later we meet at our usual place to eat." The father's words sounded a bit cynical and stiff.

" Yes yeah." Answer Love.

" Thank you permission sincere mbok anyway. Let them spend time together. This father doesn't understand the same thing as a young man." Omel mom on dad.

" What kind of lack of understanding is it? I've given you both this time." Reply father.

" Yes, let's go shopping. I want to buy a negligee, mom's negligee has been torn a lot." Mom said pulling daddy away.

" You guys have fun." Shouted mom at us.

Me and Love smile at the behavior of these two Love parents. I imagined eomma and appa reuniting and fighting small and funny like them.

I chuckled until my mom and dad were out of sight.

" Why are you laughing at Aidan yourself?" Tanya Love looked at me.

I looked at her and then quickly kissed her lips.

CUPS.

" YES MICHEOSSEO? (Are you crazy? )" Snapped Love at me while crabbing and then pinched my waist hard.

" Aaa.awww.. Sick darling.. In kecup instead of seneng even nyubit anyway?" My protest.

" It's in the village well, do not just play the kiss. Fortunately there are a lot of people here." His whisper with a pressing tone.

" Be careful if you repeat again." Threat Love.

" You're in a really bad village anyway? Peel too. Just a quick kiss can't." Manyun.

" Yes that's not it. This is not in the city of Aidan. People here are still taboo as rich things are. You should know dong."

" Yes sorry."

" Don't sulk, there'll be a father." Saying Love that makes me dizzy looking for the whereabouts of father. I'm scared too, until dad finds out I just kissed his daughter's lips.

Me and Love ended up also shopping for souvenirs by eomma, appa and friends of the public relations team at STAR FOOD.

" Our groceries turned out to be quite a lot huh?" I said to Cinta while carrying quite a lot of groceries to make me bother. Fortunately I parked the car not far from where we were shopping earlier so we immediately put the groceries into the car.

" Are you really gapapa ngabisin a lot of money while here?" Ask a love that doesn't answer my question at all.

" It's not until it's 5 million kok baby." My answer.

" Not about souvenirs but about this car." He stood next to me who was closing the back door of the car.

" I told you that your boyfriend is rich. Not want to be arrogant, but actually how is that?" I'm looking for my beautiful girlfriend.

" Yes I know young master, you are a lot of money. But what about sajangnim and also eomma?"

" Why are they the same?" I don't understand.

" Later they consider my family a double eye again. You've spent hundreds of millions of dollars just for this car." Saying Love is not nice to me.

" Hey, my pretty girlfriend? They don't want to talk about my money. Everything I love about you, father and mother is my work. All my personal money. This is to show that I'm serious about you. You need to think about money. My money is still calm. Hehe." My speech.

" Does Aidan?"

Dad's voice surprised us. Suddenly they were standing behind us. I don't know when they were there.

" Dad?" I said to pick up the items that my mother and father brought and then open the car door to enter their groceries.

He looked at me with a look I could not understand.

" What's up, huh? I was wrong?" I asked who saw Dad shut up.

" There is no leh. Later I want to talk seriously with everyone, yes, we should go home now." Said the father who worried me. Mother and Love also look confused with the sudden change in attitude of the father serious expression tends to be creepy.

Are you going to talk about Fandi to Love and mom?

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