WHAT ABOUT ME?
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Judah and Mother seemed to have a light conversation, as well as Jefri who sometimes asked Judah. I myself chose to go into the room, save my backpack, while taking off the longing with my bedroom that I had long left behind.

"ah comfortable."." I murmured myself on my bed.

Still sounding faint, the jokes of mother and Yuda outside, however, wanted to come out reluctant because too comfortable lying unwind.

Arriving from the outside, Yuda, opened the curtains that covered the door, making me instantly move from my sleeping position.

"a-ah sorry Jasmin, I didn't know that you were sleeping again, "

"what's wrong with Jud, what's wrong? "

"mom's not sure we're having lunch together, Jefri's buying crackers at the stall so mom asked me to call you in the room, sorry, I've made you shocked, "

"no problem, yes, let's go out. "take me while pulling Yuda's arm out of my room, to be honest I'm very embarrassed, especially when I saw my backpack that I had opened, there was clearly some strands of my underwear that were still poking there before the view of Yuda was getting wild, but there was still some strands of my underwear, I better take him out.

This afternoon we ate deliciously, let alone me who had not tasted mother's cooking for a long time, just made me feel overwhelmed and almost cry.

"mother's cooking is still the same as it used to be, making "curses Judah arrive

my eyes squeaked, "when did you taste cooking, Mother? "

"Formerly several times, when I stopped by here, Mother always made sure I made a meal, in free food is not possible dong, if I refuse, "

"kok mom never told me the same thing, Jasmin?"

"make it also Mother's story, it's been a long time too. Already, continued eating, "

after lunch, Yuda invited me to walk along the street and visit his grandfather's long-abandoned house.

several times we passed by the neighbors, they seemed shocked to see our change, especially when they saw Yuda, who was very much different from the old Judah when he was First Intermediate.

"Jasmin, when to arrive, go home immediately bring the candidate? " ask Ms. Parni when we cross each other in the quarter-way.

"Just this morning, ma'am" I said as I kissed the back of her hand, as did Yuda.

"mother Parni also seems to forget, She is Yuda ma'am, her son is Ayu ma'am, our neighbor, "clearly me

"ah that's true, but how different it was. Yuda was skinny, now so filled like this, so dashing, "the praise made Yuda blushed embarrassed

"Mother can, "said Yuda misbehaved

"hot like this where are you going? come on over to Mom's, "

"want to go to the old house of grandfather, Mom, it has been a long time since Judah did not go there. Next time we stop by the house, Mom, ", said Yuda

"Yes already, I continue the road again yes, want to go to the wholesale stall, " pamit bu Parni.

we both nodded, then continued our steps towards his grandfather Yuda's old house which was less than a few hundred meters away.

Arriving there, we circulated the view, even though it has been in the house for a long time, but this house is still the same as before, still neat and well maintained, Yuda said, if Ms. Ayu asked the neighbors to clean her house.

"once, I asked Ami "Yuda for the key to the house next to his grandfather's house while I chose to wait on the terrace.

"ayo come in, "take him

we entered, Yuda immediately walked to one of the rooms there, I chose to sit in the living room because it was very quiet here, let alone there were only the two of us in the house, I'm afraid that what we're doing could lead to slander

"where are you from? " ask me when Yuda returns with a box made of rattan

"from my room, when I left, I forgot to bring this, so now I'm taking it, "

"certainly important stuff huh? "

"of course, it's very important. " Say it while opening the box

he grabbed a frame with a picture of a child in it, but to my surprise, the one in the picture was me, me when I was a kid.

"Yud, that? "

"your father used to give this to me, "he said with an expanding smile looking at the picture frame in his hand

"can we? when did you meet dad? " my question was stuck, I didn't think that dad was ever that close to Judah

"you remember, I used to say to you, if I ever promised someone to always keep you? "

Yeah, I remember, Yuda used to say that, I thought he was lying, but he was honest.

I nodded "yes, "

"i once promised your father to take care of you. In the past, I met your father a few times in the fields, and there we exchanged stories. Once, when your father met me at home, he asked me to look after you for him. At first I thought your father was just joking, where maybe I was a teenager at the time looking after you like your father did, but, a few days later, a few days later, I found out that your father died, and that's where I started to understand what your father meant to ask me to look after you, "

I did not expect that if my father had prepared everything, even he also found me a protector so that I still felt that if my father was still there, it was appropriate that after that, Judah was getting closer to me.

"so all this time, this closeness was only because of your promise to my father? "

"yes, at first I did it all because of my promise to your father, but gradually, I grew curious until there was a feeling of liking for you, and it lasted until I finally felt that I not only liked you, but I loved you, Jasmin, "

Yuda put Figura on the table, he grabbed both my hands and grasped them.

"Marry me, Jasmine Zainisa, "he said firmly without any doubt at all.

I cried as much as I could, not expecting what I had been through all this time, Yuda, gently rubbed my wet cheeks with his finger.

"sorry makes you sad, "sad

I shook my head. No, this is not a cry of sadness, but this is a happy cry, I am very happy today.

"i am happy, Jud. I did not expect, my former sorrow, now paid off with excessive happiness so that I could not express in words, "

"So? "

I nodded "I want to marry you, Yuda Arya Pratama, "