YOU'RE A LICK OF ME
3. Agree to Get Married

"Aren't you staying at your sister's house?" yasmin asked when she saw Deva who came home with her backpack.

"No." Deva answered briefly as she climbed the stairs in a slight hurry.

"It looks like what you said is true. Deva found no solution, and had no choice but to accept the match. We were just waiting for him to say yes" Yasmin smiled to herself as she imagined all those possibilities.

Deva throws her backpack at the floor in annoyance. The girl lay on her stomach crying. His desire to continue school was huge, but he seemed helpless in the current situation.

"Do I really have to sacrifice myself? is there really no other way but to marry the granddaughter of Hanggono's grandfather? why would I have to suffer such a fate? hyks...." Deva sobbing.

Deva remembered Rizky's figure who had been approaching her lately. Deva has promised to give answers when he will take a diploma later. They have also agreed to study at the same place, with the same majors. Deva already had the answer to Rizky's expression of feelings towards her. But considering about the matchmaking, of course the answer becomes a turn in direction.

Deva finally grabs the phone in her backpack, and makes a call to Rizky. Rizky who was watching tv, her face beamed because Deva made a call for her.

"Yes Dev?" ask Rizky.

"Ki. I want to talk important about the answer" said Deva with a heavy heart.

"What's wrong? don't you want to give me the answer when we take the diploma later?" ask Rizky.

"Sorry Ki. It seems like there is no need to wait that long. I'm sorry because it might be like giving you hope. But I can't accept your feelings" Deva said in a nearly choked voice.

"Why? don't you like me? but why do I feel like you like me too?" ask Rizky.

"After I get my diploma, I'll get married." Answer Deva.

"Ap-What? married married married? butwhy? you're so young" asked Rizky.

"I was picked up by both my parents. My parents are in debt right now. So as his guarantee, I have to get married as a debt payer." Answer Deva.

"I'm sorry Dev. But I think your parents are crazy. I thought such a story only had a disinetron doang, but it turned out that I could hear it directly. Don't I think your parents are outrageous? indirectly you have been sold by them," said Rizky.

"They had no choice but to take that path. Otherwise my house will be confiscated, and we will live on the bridge," Deva said.

"How much do your parents owe? if I had, I would have helped" asked Rizky.

Deva chuckled when she heard Rizky say. Not the intention of wanting to demean, but he knew Rizky would not be able to pay his parents' debts, just by relying on the pocket money from his parents.

"200." Answer Deva.

"200 grand?" ask Rizky.

"You if you want to insult my real parents dong bit. Cook my parents want to marry me the same person just because of a debt of 200 thousand" said Deva.

"200 million? 200 Million can also be repaid times Dev paid. I think the value of your house can be more than 3 M, so do not have to marry you as aki-aki too right?"

"Sok knows you. Long-long talk with you nyebelin know? instead of entertaining, it makes me more stressed," said Deva.

"Oh my goodness, baby. How angry anyway? I should be the one who's angry, shouldn't I be the one who's let down?" Rizky.

"My parents also knew that my house was worth that much. The problem is that the amount of debt is not 200 thousand, not 200 million. But 200 billion." Answer Deva.

"What-What?" Rizky surprised.

"I wasn't married to Aki-aki, but to her granddaughter" Deva said.

"Five your eyes. You if you say do not origin. Do you think I'm a matre girl?" ask Deva annoyed

"We are realistic Dev. I am not comparable to him. If you really do not want to, you must have run away from home. Keep going...."

"Keep let my parents become loose on the streets, while still having children but not use. Sorry about Ki. Rather than me being useless to my family, I would prefer that matchmaking. At least my family can be happy, even if the way is not justified."

"I don't know if I can be happy or not. But I don't want to be selfish by pleasing myself, while my family is hard in front of my eyes" Deva continued.

"I'm sorry Dev. But I think your decision was wise, even though it disappointed me greatly. I know maybe our love is monkey love, but I'm serious about you."

"But if you see that you are determined to sacrifice for your family, I don't think I have the right to hold you back because our relationship is not that intimate,"

"Deva. Whatever your decision is, I will support you whether we are a match or not. But one thing you should know, I really love you and love you very much" Rizky continued.

Deva could no longer listen to Rizky's expression any more than that. Deva immediately ended the conversation unilaterally and then sobbed. Across the phone, Rizky doesn't try to make a call back. Because he knew the feelings of the girl he loved.

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"Lake in!" said Deva while wiping her tears.

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Yasmin pressed the door handle, and entered her daughter's room.

"Let's have dinner together, dear" said Yasmin.

"Emmm. Mama go first. Soon Deva is coming. There's something Deva wants to talk about" Deva said.

"alright. Mom wait for you downstairs, huh?"

"Emm." Deva nodded.

Yasmin then walked out of the room, while Deva washed her face into the bathroom. When she finished, Deva went downstairs and had dinner with her parents.

No conversation at the table. The usually cheerful Deva suddenly glum for a moment. Edward and Yasmin only spoke through their eyebrows.

"Honey. Did you pack your clothes?" ask Yasmin.

"Yet. We don't need to go anywhere. Because Deva has decided to accept the match." Answer Deva.

"What-What?" Yasmin and Edward pretended to be shocked at the same time.

"Yes. Mom and Dad didn't hear wrong. I agreed to marry the granddaughter of Hanggono's grandfather." Answer Deva.

Yasmin and Edward were flashing towards Deva with their fake tears. Unbeknownst to Deva, they spoke through their eyebrows and smiles.

"Mama knows you're a good and devoted child. Mama loves you son," said Yasmin.

Deva simply replied to Yasmin with a bland smile.