Reaching Sky
Zoos

"Hey look brother, let brother explain!" The sky drew Cantika's chin for the umpteenth time.

"Sindy is the son of Mr. Mulio, her father works as an employee at one of your father's PTs."

"He's on campus with Brother."

"Your brother's initial meeting was with him when Zahran's birthday was with Zayyan, when they were one year old."

"Satria herself invited."

"At first Brother did not know him very well, but_" The sky was silent for a while, noticing Cantika's usual facial features, there was no angry or jealous look like before.

"Daddy, aren't you curious?"

"Could anyway?"

"Must dong." The sky smiled seductively.

"There's no reason."

"There's."

"What,? why do I have to know your personal business, besides we have no relationship, so I think it does not matter at all, whatever brother wants to do." he replied ketus.

The sky seemed to nod, then looked at Cantika back with a dikulum smile. "Then let's hook up the deck, so brother's girlfriend? eh no! so wife-to-be."

The deg!

"Nhd!" reply Cantika later, while the Sky just chuckled amusedly.

"So gini dek, Sindy used to shoot brother first at the birthday ceremony, at that time my brother was confused about what to do, brother did not have the heart if he had to reject him in front of everyone, so I had to accept."

"And after a few months of our relationship, Sindy decided to resign, because she wanted to get men the way she wanted."

"Because everything he wants is not in his brother."

"Then Vina?"

The sky that was originally leaning his body in the car seat immediately turned to look at Cantika who looked flat as usual.

"Vina, _ Brother thinks after losing you he can be a substitute figure, help expel all the loneliness in the heart of brother, but it turns out brother is wrong, his presence is not the least help, he said, and it hurt him over and over again, so before he got hurt, brother ended up killing him."

"Tika,? believe it or not, after that you never have contact with any woman again, brother is waiting for you, brother does not care even if you already have someone else."

The deg!

Cantika was silent, her throat suddenly seemed to be choked, unable to say anything, especially when the sky again grasped her hand, then kissed the back of the tiny hand gently.

"Bag love you, for whatever sake brother is not willing if you have someone else."

"Daddy, do you like Aslan?"

The deg!

"Don't know Aslan's interested in you, maybe even more than that."

"I-it,_"

"Please promise your brother that you will never be tempted" he continued with a pleading look.

"I want to go down, want to see the gorilla" said Cantika, he did not want to continue to be stuck in the position not wearing it.

Inside the car, Sky sighed softly, staring at the tiny back of the girl he loved so much that it slowly disappeared behind the crowd of people who were in line to buy tickets to enter the zoo.

He swiftly got down from the car in place of Cantika to buy a ticket, telling Cantika to wait behind him.

"Kneel!" take Sky as soon as he has got the entrance ticket.

"Why come here?" cantika asked nervously, as the Sky clasped her hand leading her southward.

"There are all kinds of animals that you like, especially deer."

"A-branch still remember?"

"Who tried first who likes to whine asking to be escorted there, hmm?"

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The sky repeatedly smiled at the sight before him that did not even make him feel bored, how not! in front there Cantika seemed enthusiastic about feeding the animals that had been given permission by the workers there, occasionally he would invite them to chat and take pictures, he said, a rare thing he didn't see after six years.

"Aren't you afraid to see this animal?" say Sky with both hands resting on a fence that surrounds an artificial lake containing several large crocodiles.

Cantika who was standing next to him turned a glance, before then refocused himself staring ahead, paying attention to how the crocodiles swim.

"It's more scary for crocodiles on land, isn't it?"

"Sorry!" The sky lowered its head, then looked back at Cantika's face from the side, nothing changed from that face! the shape remains the same from six years ago, only now it looks more beautiful and shining even without makeup polish though.

Realizing that, the sky really felt very lucky to have ever been loved by a girl as beautiful as Cantika, and she hoped that love would always be there for her.

"Will you play here, or move somewhere else?" exclaim the Sky, while tidying the hair of Cantika who was a little mess exposed to the wind.

"Go home." he replied briefly, who then stepped first making Heaven again only able to sigh, he did not blame Cantika's current indifference, but he did not blame it, because he was quite self-conscious about what he had done, he just had to try to keep convincing Cantika, that this time he was really serious about his feelings.

He is also very understanding with Cantika's feelings that need time to open his heart back to him, after what happened.

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