Under the Black Umbrella
start loving her

"You?!!" pekik Ghavi was shocked to see who had come.

"Sorry, am I interrupting?!" ask the man to smile.

"Oh, no! Come inside!" ghavi's orders

"Where did Harry know we were here?" continued.

Yep. The one who came was Harry. The man entered and greeted Aksan and Bi Mirna. After that he hugged Ghavi to give support.

"You're patient, yes! I know you must be strong" he said, breaking into a hug.

" Thank you!" ghavi lirih.

Harry took the girl to a long, empty sofa. He sat next to her.

"So I came to the house because there was something that my mother took from Wonosobo. When I got home, I saw Mas Handy and Vika who were arguing with Risa at the door. I came straight here as soon as Risa said sit down the problem" Harry explained.

"Vi, sorry, yeah! Because my brother Eyang Sosro has to be like this. On behalf of him I'm sorry!"

"No! You're not wrong, Mom. You don't have to apologize" Ghavi said.

His head was hidden, hiding his sadness. His heart ached but did not know why? Could it be because his heart started to tethered to the man he was betrothed to so much that it felt pain when the moor was violently released and forced?!

"Vi, can we talk to each other for a second?" ask Harry.

Ghavi looked at Bi Mirna and Aksan who were answered with a nod.

"All right!"

Ghavi got up from his seat and followed Harry to the hospital cafeteria.

"You want to order something?" ask Harry when they get to the cafeteria.

They sat on the bench next to the window of the canteen next to the hospital garden.

"I want some hot tea" Ghavi replied.

"The others?!"

"Nothing!"

"All right!"

Harry ordered Ghavi's hot tea and coffee for him.

"Vi, once again I'm sorry on behalf of my brother," Harry began the conversation.

"You're not wrong, Mom! Why should I apologize?!"

"But, Vi, I feel guilty about this, too" said Harry.

"Why?"

"Because from the beginning I was also dishonest about Mas Handy and Vika's past to you. I think it was Mas Handy who was more obligated to tell you about her past. I didn't know she wasn't ..."

"Alright, Mom! Don't talk about it anymore. Let the past be the past that passes" Ghavi cut Harry's line.

"No, Vi! Even though it's just a past, but if it's going to be a trigger in the future, then it should be revealed."

"We think of it as driving. We are obliged to look ahead, but we are also told to occasionally look back through the rearview mirror. Wh why? Because it could be the vehicle behind hit our vehicle, either intentionally or not. And if that happens, then we should stop checking, right?!"

"From there we will know how severe the problem is. And that's where we'll decide, ignore the problem and keep going or stop to take responsibility."

Ghavi just kept listening. Her tiny hand clasped her hot tea glass to ward off the cold that began to ambush that night.

"Vi, I also just found out that Vika has returned a few days ago. I think she's still in Borneo following her husband. He has been back since two months. And, unbeknownst to us, it turns out that my brother secretly met him, both on business and personal matters. I know this from Mr. Aswan."

"I also just found out this afternoon in Parangtritis. And I can't believe that Mas Handy took him home until he was. ... eyang ...,"

Ghavi did not continue his sentence. The girl cried as she thought about her eye condition.

Although not the real eye, but the relationship between the two has been very close since he decided to stay in Jogja.

The adoptive mother of the mother is her only family now, since her parents and grandmother and grandfather left her one by one.

"Sstt, don't cry!"

Harry, who was sitting in front of Ghavi, moved next to the girl and hugged her shoulder to calm down.

"You're not alone. If you have to go too, there is still me, there is Bi Mirna, Risa and Aksan. You still have Lian and her wife. Even you have Liana you said you'd like to introduce me one day" comforted Harry.

Although actually from the beginning of their meeting there used to be seeds of love for Harry, but as time went on the taste changed with love for his sister.

"Thank you, Mum! You are always there for me at times like this. I don't know where to lean if it's eyang ... hiks ...," Ghavi didn't continue his sentence in tears.

"Shhhh!! Nevermind! Let's go back to the room, yeah," Harry finally asked.

"Wait!"

Ghavi blocked Harry's arm, which was about to rise to pay for drinks.

Harry stopped to go to the cashier. He put his body back next to the girl.

"Mmm .., please tell me from the beginning about Mas Handy's relationship with Vika," Ghavi said.

"Hmmph ...!!"

Harry took a long breath.

" Are you sure you won't be disappointed after hearing that?!" ask Harry to doubt.

"Why?" Ghavi asked back.

"You don't want to hear a version of the story directly from the person concerned?"

"You mean Mas Handy?!"

Harry nodded.

"Then, what difference does it make if you tell the story?!"

"Yeah, you might hear the details."

Ghavi shook his head slowly.

"I'm not sure Mas Handy would want to tell me about this" he mumbled.

"Why do you feel unsure?!" angling Harry.

"It's obvious, isn't it?! She wasn't honest with me about Vika's pregnancy, if she hadn't told me that before," Ghavi said.

" What??! Vika ha-miil?!" ask Harry aghastly.

"So Harry doesn't know yet?! Didn't you already know about them from Mr. Aswan like you said earlier?!!"

Harry shook.

"Pak Aswan did not tell me about that one," he said sadly.

"Vi!"

"Yes?!"

"Then, what are you going to do in the future?"

"Eitherway! I don't want to think about that right now. All I want is to get well soon and I can focus on my studies right now" Ghavi said slowly.

"If only this were, yes. Had Mas Handy preferred her first love and the child she contained, what would you have done?!" harry asked with curiosity.

"Hmmm!!"

Ghavi took a deep breath.

"If it really happens, then I'll take it off. Even though it means we have to break our promise, but it's better than me to live with the pressure of a bath. I'll take him off with the man he really chose."

"Have you started loving her?!"

"Come, Mas! I don't know exactly how I feel. Although he has revealed it many times to me to convince my heart, but until now I still have doubts," Ghavi replied in a soft voice.

"What I feel, why does this heart feel happy when it expresses its affection over and over again, but it also feels pain when it finds out that it is lying to me. Especially this is because of other women," he added lirih.

"That means you start to love her. Does that mean you're gonna take it off for Vika?!" Harry curious.

"If it's the best way for all of us, I'll pull back regularly before I get stuck even deeper and can't get out" Ghavi replied steadily.

"Good! I like this firm attitude of yours. Honestly, I once regretted why it had to be my brother who was betrothed to you and not me" said Harry.

"You mean?!"

"Hehe, no! Honestly, I liked you once. But that was before, at the beginning of our meeting. But as time went on, the liking I felt towards you from someone's liking of the opposite sex changed from a sister's affection to her sister's. Really!!"

Harry raised his index finger and middle finger to form the letter V, when he saw Ghavi's reaction glaring in disbelief.

"Good, Mom! Because it would be difficult for me to face you sisters if it happened" Ghavi said.

"Haha ...!"

Harry heard the girl's words.

"Oh, yes, Mas, you haven't told me about Mas Handy and Vika's relationship. Tell me everything, as far as you know," asked Ghavi after Harry finished his laughter.

"You sure you want to hear it?!"

"Yes!"

"OK!"

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