[Note] A Perfect Marriage

Give a Chance

The light of the room made everything clear. Love had set eyes to adjust the light that suddenly felt piercing his retina. The woman bought her eyes wide when a painting of a large woman was plastered in front of her.

"I–it ...?" Love turned to Mira who was still standing beside the door.

"Yes, you see for yourself, it's you" Mira replied with a faint smile.

Love was again fixated on a portrait of himself that looked so young and cheerful. Her smile was so bright that she showed off her white teeth. The woman stepped closer. Since when? Only that sentence is in the brain of Love at this time.

"You must be surprised to see a picture of you as big as a billboard on display there. Rudi seems to have been unable to see any other woman besides you in his life. He had been twenty-seven years, but had never once been in contact with a woman. Even people think the aunt's son is gay" Mira said with a smile.

The middle-aged woman was already feeling uneasy when she had to go to gather with the mothers. Especially when there is a RT. They always questioned about the manhood of his son. Rumors about Rudi who is not loyal to women are also the most popular gossip material by them. But Mira could not do much. He knew very well his son was not a same-sex lover, but it was true that Rudi never once held women.

When Cinta was already at the side of the bedroom bed that turned out to be Rudi's, the woman was again surprised by the display covered by the previous closet. A board that is quite large and filled with photos of his longest small size right in front of Rudi's bed. While the large photo is on the right side, until when someone opens the door, can clearly see it. The woman remembers vividly, it was her self-portrait that was on social media.

"Tante knew Rudi proposed to you yesterday, and Aunty felt you would turn him down. Aren't we?" the real Mira asked did not need an answer.

Love looked at the half-century old woman. Mira's guess is correct. Love still wants to rearrange her heart. He did not want to just fall for the sweet words of a man. For Love is enough pain left by the Throne. He wants to live quietly with his baby.

But somehow the heart of Love shakes. His eyes warmed up until a puddle of tears just slid by. He's touched. He seemed to be reflecting on the masses, when his days were just busy chasing after a man who did not look at him at all.

"If that's possible, auntie wishes you could give her a chance to aunt's son, Love. He's been waiting for you, it's been a long time."

"But .. I ...." Love plays with her fingers. Merem*snya while taking a deep breath.

"You're pregnant," Mira calmly chimed in.

The angry woman raised her head, widening her eyes to look at Mira. How could he know? This he hid very well, not even Rudi he told, thought Love.

"Nana tells aunt. Didn't you know your sister couldn't keep her mouth," Mira explained as if she could read Love's mind.

You brash little brother. How could she spread news like this just like that, Inner Love tightened her teeth.

"Tante, I know Auntie and Rudi are good people, very good people. That's why I feel, I don't deserve to get Rudi. I am a widow, and even now I am pregnant. How could I have received a proposal from Rudi," said Cinta with a sweet expression.

"You know why Rudi is in such a hurry to propose to you? Because she knows you're pregnant. He doesn't want to see you go through this difficult time alone."

The woman was again surprised by Mira's words. "Ru–Rudi already knows? But he ...."

Mira's words succeeded in silencing Love. The woman looked at Mira with her trembling net. Back a reality that was thrown by others managed to hit him. Love turned back to look at the nanar collection of self-portraits that were laughing loosely and all his activities. A small smile rang when the net caught a handwriting on the corner of the board. My Shining Star is how the chalk streak on the black board is equipped with a picture of the stars around it.

"Mom thinks he just wants to wait for you as long as he can. I really hope you want to give Rudi a chance, son," said Mira before leaving to leave the woman who was sculpting in front of the board.

The click!

Love looks back when it hears the sound of a closed door. Clear thread in the corner of the eye that he had tried to hold, in the end, also shed. The woman stepped closer to her portrait which was even taller than Rudi's wardrobe. He's circling Rudi's room. There are many photos of their childhood memories there.

The attention of Love is fixed on a photo that is in the frame and placed on the side of the bed. Paper with a portrait of himself and also Rudi while still sitting on the Junior High School bench. Two teenagers who look close and smile meaningfully. He took the glass-lined flat object. Rubbing it gently as a tear film accidentally moistens its surface.

You don't fear anyone, I will always look after you here, a flashback of Rudi's words flashed in his head.

"Rud, what should I do? Aren't you too good for a stupid woman like me?"

Love sits on the lip of Rudi's bed. The man's masculine smell snuck into Love's sense of smell. Bizarrely. Since her pregnancy, she has been so sensitive to fragrances, but this time it is different. The distinctive aroma that Rudi possessed felt soothing to him. The woman gently rubbed the neatly arranged pillow at the end of the bed. However, accidentally the hand of Love nudged a paper tucked under the pillow.

...Connect .......

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Hello, Gaes.

How are you today? Thank God that everything is healthy. Always take care of your health, yes. You see, I cannot take care of you who are far in the eyes but close to the heart. Eaaa ....

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THE ESSENCE OF LOVE OR LOVE, THRONE, & WIDOWER?

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Love you so much, My Shining Star.