The Prince & I: The Prince & I Season 1 - 5
A Puzzle of Happiness Joy
Rey and Joy were both confused and scratching their heads as Mama Joy stood in front of the fence to open the door.
"Ten o'clock in the night? Why not in the morning, bear it, two more hours!" a wide grin on his youthful face is like insinuating both Rey and Joy.
"Sorry Ma, uh, I, uh, we want to talk about something important." Rey finally spoke in a firm voice.
"Don't tell me you guys were ninuninu yeah, and now I want to let you elope.." Mama Joy's tone was a little fierce, a little bit to make Rey and Joy keder bin tremble in shock.
"Uhhh, we just finished dinner anyway, not what Mama Joy thought." Rey smiled shyly, "Once upon a time, Joy, Ma."
"Yes Ma, Joy ate the same Beef Wellington, the cake that had cream burned on it, it was delicious, so long ago.."
"Yes, Mama just watched Sinetron Sound Conscience Binny, sad yes, so carried away the atmosphere. Continued again the same Snare of Romance in the Dormitory. And added baper. Sorry yeah." Mama Joy opened the door.
Finally Rey and Joy sat on the sofa opposite Mama Joy who was confused to see these two young people sitting a little more bravely clinging.
"Look Ma, my father King Frederick is trying to get me on a match."
"With Joy?"
"Don't tell me you want to break up Joy, yeah.." Mama Joy's tiger woke up again. "Because Mama knows you love and love Joy so much. Don't be like that anyway, the son of the leader of the country across there, not Evernesia ya, who broke up the girl gegara somehow, gaje, when the girl was still dear!"
"That's exactly it, Mama Joy!" Rey is happy. "I meant to bend my father's will. And the only way is......"
Silence.... Just the sound of lizards on the walls, silently creeping and clucking, waiting for a mosquito...
"I want to propose to Joy and marry Joy tomorrow in a secret place. And Mama Joy will be there too to give her blessing. Oops.sorry if it's too sudden. I just don't want my dad to hurt my real mom who just found me after we got her into advertising."
Silence again. The lizard stopped clucking. The second needle was beating hard almost like a thump in Rey and Joy's heart. One second feels like a century!
"Mama doesn't disagree. Mama just wants Joy to be happy. My mom only had one little girl. Since Papa Joy is gone, we have no one. Like a missing puzzle of happiness. And Joy can't just love someone the way she loves her papa. That's why Joy means so much to Mama. And I hope that anyone who loves Joy can love Joy like, even more, than her dad. Not to replace. Rather to give and complete the happiness puzzle pieces Joy back and at the same time accompany each other like your parents before."
Oh... Rey's stunned. Joy is indeed Papa's son, and he does not exist to replace his position, but to complete Joy's life with something new. It is like uniting left and right into a pair of wings, hands, or feet.
"Yes, Ma. I'm going to complete Joy's happiness puzzle. I promise I will always love, love and love Joy."