
"Listen - listen Nara and Leo's relationship is not blessed."
"Yes, I heard that too, Jeng."
"really? I just found out now, why not get a blessing?"
"Yes obviously not blessed, Bi. Wong the Leo works well, his family is also well-respected all over us, different from Nara, college is also so sad."
"Ohh, so that's not the blessing of Leo's parents, huh? It's worth it."
My ears are hot when I hear mothers who are huddling without feeling. Yes, I heard all that they were gossiping about and it was true, that it was not mere gossip.
I'm Ynara Ramsey, the second of four children, the village girl who is currently in college and sitting in the third semester which should have been the fifth semester, but because of our unstable financial condition, I was forced to take a year off from college when I just sat in a semester three years ago. And this year I went to college after a year of work and saved up a little bit of my income.
I don't really want to go on college leave,
but at that time the accident happened to us, my brother fell while working and there was an injury to his leg. Unable to work optimally any longer, he was kept at home until his injury healed and could work as usual - rough labor on a brick factory in our village - again after recovery. Money that
given for treatment by the factory is not much and we have to spend extra money for the recovery of my brother.
With this situation automatically income for my family dropped dramatically while spending increased. While holding back the crying, mother
and my father, who worked every day as a farmer, asked me to quit college.
"Nar, actually, I can't bear to ask you this, but, you can see for yourself the way we are.
Can you just quit college?" Mom held my hand when she said it. Hearing him, I almost cried and replied unwillingly. But I'm still self-conscious. All this time, the one who paid for my tuition was my brother.
"Yes, Mom. But, can Nara take a leave of absence? Not stopping completely. Nara could apply for a year off. Year-long
that, Nara will help you make money." With a heavy heart, I accept my mother's request.
I don't want to argue and make my parents even sad because we have to think about my two sisters who are going to graduate High School and Junior High School.
By mutual decision, I ended up filing my cut letter. I actually want to find a job in the city, but I undo it, afraid even ease into the continuity of college leave.
Hahaha, I lied, not that I don't want to find work in the city, but I haven't the heart to leave my mother who will do everything alone at home.
I worked as a housekeeper in the village next door, to cover our household needs and also a little savings to continue my studies later.
As for the rumors about my relationship not being blessed, that's true. Since I was in the third grade
High School, I was in a relationship with a nice, handsome and hardworking young man in our village, his name was Leonard. Currently, he has graduated from college and worked as a PNS in the Governor's office in the city. From the beginning, our relationship was not blessed by his parents but we keep in touch with the hidden term now backstreet.
After graduating from college and working in the Governor's office, Leo - his nickname - blatantly admitted to his parents that we were still in touch and he said this was not a monkey love affair, he was serious. And his parents' response was ....
Yeah, like you guys imagined. REJECTED brother and given a hard ban.
Right, that his parents didn't say a single word to me, for example, 'stay away from my son!' kayak in the korean dramas. But, this unreserved news has become the fruit of the lips of the village and, I Ynara Ramsey is a shameless girl and a dreamer girl in broad daylight."
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"Your parents are right, our relationship should not continue. We'd better stop here!" I voiced my head to my lover when we met on the weekend. To be honest, my ears have been getting hotter lately. Even people who had no familial relationship with Leo and I, began to follow me to sneer at me.
"Don't give up, wait a minute, I'm trying to convince my parents."
Just always. If this is what I'm talking about, Leo's answer is always like this.
"I'm sure it will be in vain, maybe we are indeed not a match, in addition to our social status, our age is also far adrift and bany---"
"Do you have no other language than social status? Is this social status that you continue to glorify very important to you? I told you, be patient and be quiet I'm looking for a solution." Leo suddenly cut my speech with a loud and emotional voice, conscious or not this was the first time he shouted
at me.
I knew I had gone too far, the first thing I talked to her after our meeting was about the social status that her mother always held in high regard.
Her mother always roars here and there in the name of our social status, 'The girls are shameless that should leave my son or reject my son, Nara the maid is really embarrassing, really embarrassing, what would people say if she was my daughter-in-law, Nara like this, Nara who is.'
The name Nara who does not deserve to be the son-in-law of this famous person is always mentioned
in any corner where Leo's mother is.
Silent between us, I was silent for quite a while and Leo was, too, maybe he was tired of also convincing his parents but to this day - almost three years of our relationship - there was no result. Me too, me,
"You'd better go home, take a break, don't think too much about this" I said
again break our silence. I had to give up again this time.
"Let's go through this relationship as usual, think positive things and hope for what you are doing
fighting will work," I continued to raise his heart that may be upset. Ever since he cut me off
earlier, he was silent a thousand languages. Maybe I'm sorry for yelling at me?
Hearing my sentence earlier, he just nodded silently but stopped standing and rushed home. We were both silent for a moment before he finally spoke.
"How was your lecture, was there any difficulty?"
"So far everything has been good and smooth" I replied briefly.
"Is there a problem with your tuition?" ask again.
I tried to hold back my tears, this made me fall in love with him, he who always cared about anything in my life, especially my education.
He was my best supporter even when my parents asked me to think about wanting to go to college.
I shook my head and said, "there's nothing, I've paid off these two semesters" I replied.
"Don't hesitate, if there are obstacles I will help, I already have my own income, this is not from people
my old man again, so don't be damned, just tell him you need to!" katanyadwith full of tenderness.
O Lord, how can there be such a man, please help us, my prayer in the heart.
I could only nod, my throat was hoarse, I wanted to cry.
Suddenly I felt a clap in my head, a soothing clap that he always gave me.
"Whatever happens, no matter what my mother says, or anyone else, I'm still a Leo in love
to you, and I will fight for it, as long as ..."
She paused and looked at me deeply, from the radiance of her eyes I could see the love in her eyes and I fell in love with her again.
"You don't give up, keep finishing your college, study hard and try to get good grades, if
everything is okay, you can find a good job and help your mom and dad and your brother." stop again, then continue, "I have friends in town who are open businesses, you know, hopefully the future will grow, you can work there later after graduation, I've talked kedia." he continued, and I nodded, then I immediately laughed amusedly. My god, my man, he's been lobbying for me. I'm still in semester three. I still have to go to school for about two years.
"Why?" with his innocent mimic he asked.
He's getting better looking at it like that. Still chuckling I replied,
"Yes, hopefully your friend doesn't forget, you're lobbying him now for me in two years."
"It's okay" he replied lightly, "Two years later the business is already big, you can have a position in a big office and people will see that."
"All right! All right, my handsome, good-natured man, now go home!" I said.
"You kicked me out?" even in the clear.
"No, I told you to go home prince!" lightly reply.
"Bahhhh"
He sighed loudly as intentionally - definitely intentionally
"I came home, I thought I could be here a little longer, we haven't even seen each other for two weeks, but you kicked me out. I'm really disappointed and hurt." Saying while standing but still mengedumel with a flat face.
I just chuckled with her attitude - it was common -, I pushed her back slowly as she walked out of our courtyard.
I returned a wave of his hand as he left our house.
"We're really unlucky in this relationship, Bang!"