Rapa & Cleona: Keeping the Heart
40. Be late
The tent that is held specifically for class XII is the happiness of Rapa who is in the middle of longing and irritation to the lover who has been willing to betray her. Every time Cleona came before her eyes, the emotions overflowed and the pain gave a throbbing back to her heart.
His disappointment makes him hate the girl who since childhood he loved, but to let go of course Rapa was not able to do. Her love is too big for Cleona. But forgiveness is not what he currently wants to do. Now all he wanted was to calm his heart and mind. Putting aside Cleona who had incised this invisible wound.
He deliberately turned off the phone a few days ago, because he was afraid of being destroyed by calls and messages that were always sent Cleona. He just wants to have fun first while in this campground, forget for a moment the problem, also cool his mind which has recently been too hot and steaming.
Chiko, Dava, Daniel, Akbar and Nino and Mirna seemed to understand that his heart was in turmoil. They understood not to discuss even mentioning the name of the girl in front of him, making Rapa at least relieved and able to get through the day well as usual. Although a speck in his heart could not be lied to that he was fretting, for what reason.
Climbing to a mountain that is not too high to be their activity in the morning before noon, they are happy even though fatigue is still felt. But that did not make them succumb to conquer the step until they returned to the camp and ready to wait for the night where the bonfire will be held as the closing night of the camp peak.
In the wild like this is suitable for a place to calm down, the air is cool, the expanse of green slapped along the eyes also look at the trees that stand towering make Rapa feel at home for a long time there, and the, sitting on a rock with his feet he deliberately soaked in the cold clear river water. The five friends were bathing and looking for fish to burn at the campfire later.
Since yesterday laughing and joking with his friends makes Rapa a little better, at least he can get rid of the thoughts that are fixed on his problem with a beautiful girl who is somehow being what at the moment. Seeing the sadness imprinted in both beautiful eyes always made her feel unbearable, but when the memory of the betrayal Cleona did cross, her hatred then again overflowed, defeating the taste of her mother.
“Lo five very original villages, new kayak see water!” rapa Cibir.
“Meet down here, Rap. Let you also feel the thrill of playing water." Nino.
“Iya Rap, meningan here deh, rather than sitting mulu there like a virgin child upset,” said Daniel who was then immediately pushed down into the water by Chiko and Akbar.
“Lo already know he's upset ..!” furious Dava stared intently at his sabahat, which was even responded with a whimper.
“Back home, yuk, it's late in the afternoon too. Later you will even be kidnapped by mermaids,” said Rapa Ngaco. Rise up from his seat and walk first, leaving his five friends blaming each other.
Fun camping is like this, because the network that is difficult in can make everyone more focused on togetherness than a mobile phone that only busy themselves with a virtual world that is more false.
Sitting on a mat that was tethered facing the campfire furnace, Rapa picked up her guitar and began strumming the strings until it let out a soft tone. One by one his friends came and sat filling the empty mat. What's more when Rapa started singing, making her sweet voice that made the originally empty place now filled to the brim and almost everyone sang along.
You're the one I've always been proud of
You're the one I always knew
In front of them
Now I know you really
You're not as good as I thought you were
And I'm disappointed…
Forget that…
Forget about it all
“Rapa,” call from his student teacher stopped the guitar and hisayian Rapa, even everyone who was sitting in a circle was looking at his teacher who looked panicked.
“Eum, this is Mr. new phone check and it turns out there is an incoming message from your parents, he said that your Mami died.”
What he heard just now successfully made Rapa drop the guitar in her hand, making some people surprised and staring curious.
“Bapak sure? No lie, right?” Rapa who refused to believe again asked, but after reading the contents of the message on her teacher's phone, she inevitably stiffened her body, and her head shook her head several times.
“Mami ... Queen!” rapa shouted running towards the tent, carrying his backpack before then running away from the camp. It didn't matter that it was dark and his friends called asking for his departure.
“Lo where Rap is going, it's late!” said Chiko pulled Rapa's hand, preventing the man's departure.
“Gue has to go home, Queen needs me, Chiko. You don't need to block my way!” Rapa jerk pushed her best friend's body away.
“Rapa ..!” the call was back Rapa ignored, because at this time her mind drifted far away on Queen who must be sad in her home.
Luna's death must have been a heavy blow to her lover, because she felt it at this time. Mami was her second mother after Lyra so, it was clear that she was feeling the sadness.
Tears do not stop flowing to accompany the journey home with one of the bikers who are in the campground village.
Rapa's heart beat very quickly when he saw the yellow flag and a flower arrangement containing condolences was seen lined up neatly along the gate to the stairs to the main door of the Leo-Luna residence. The situation is quiet, considering the night is indeed quite late.
As soon as his foot stepped on the doorway, a soft cry sounded painfully in the ear, and as soon as his steps brought in deeper and deeper towards the sound of that sorrowful cry, he said, Rapa is fixated on a beautiful figure who is now crying full of heartache hugging the frame containing a photo of Luna.
Rapa's heart was not strong and her tears trickled down, crying in the doorway watching the frailty of the lover who was unfortunately in the arms of another man. Rapa's hand, which had been clenching, was eager to be placed on the handsome figure beside Cleona. But his intention was forced to hold, because he realized that the commotion was not something that everyone expected in the midst of this grief.
Rapa also did not escape to pay attention to Leo, the old man who always invited him to a fight and the emotions seemed to have no spirit, his gaze was empty and sadness was clearly visible even though there were no tears dripping.
“Abang new until?”
Rapa looked towards the voice. A few steps behind her, the mother stood with a small smile that looked very forced.
“Abang late, yes, Bun?” rapa said looking down sad filled with regret.
Lyra simply replied with a thin smile like before. “Queen had fainted a few times. Having called Abang too, before returning hysterically and unconscious,” Lyra spoke with occasional staring at the ceiling, preventing tears that forced her to come out. “Mother knows, she needed a brother at that time, especially when Mami's body was buried. Father, mother, even his grandmother and grandfather could not calm him down, Bang. Queen was so hit. Until Alvin comes, which can finally make Queen a little calm even though her crying does not stop until now.”
Rapa and Lyra both looked at Cleona sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning on Alvin's shoulder who had been gently patting the girl's head, occasionally moving her hands, since then, wiping the tears that came down from Cleona's eyes were reflected in her sadness, even though what she did was useless because the clear circle did not also recede.
“Mother does not know, what is going on between the four of you, Bang, but mother knows that what you are dealing with is quite serious. Same story mother if indeed you can not finish it.”
“Abang will solve this on its own, Bun. Sooner.”
Lyra smiled, then nodded. He hoped that the problems his children faced would lead them to maturity. Not because he did not want to reconcile his three loved ones, but maybe it was time to give confidence to Rapa, Clara and Cleona. And hopefully in the future the relationship of the three teenagers will return to how it was, because somehow the late Luna has entrusted Cleona to her family.
“Peace there, Lun. No need to worry about Cleona and Priela, because I promise to look after and love them as my own child. Leo let me be the one who gets angry if you dare to nangisin lo again.”