Between Me, You And Them

A SIMPLE PROPOSAL

NANDA

How's El?

I like the bang. If the monthly price is okay, you may.

If El wants to kosan, can also entar brother cariin. Who knows, according to Elsi, this house is too big for both of us.

You don't have to bother, Elsi leave everything to your brother. I'll go bang, if you say it's good, let's stay there. If Elsi is mostly chatty about our business will not be finished. Elsi's point followed the decision of brother.

Okay fine. Brother finished his business first huh. Elsi break yes. Just sleep...

I locked my HP screen after replying to her WA message.

I was sending a photo of the prospective house that we will occupy. The house is not too big. You could even say small. It has only 1 room, 1 living room, kitchen and bathroom.

The location is not too far from the house of Om Leo. Only 1 alley from his house.

Actually before I found this, I've come to several houses and boarding houses. There is a pretty good cost, there is a bathroom inside and a small kitchen. But the price is more expensive than this house.

There are also cheap houses, but the area is often flooded, there is also a nice house, a new house in the building, but the location left right there is no neighbor. Because it's so lonely I don't dare to occupy it.

Remember Elsi will often be alone at home when I'm working later. I abandoned the intention to hire him.

Until I am home now, the house is not new very much, but I like the atmosphere. Many neighbors, close to the grocery stalls and there are food stalls as well.

The place is also clean, with plants that are neatly arranged, like its citizens here are indeed cleanliness conscious people. Coincidentally who has this ward is also an acquaintance of Om Leo.

I was having a conversation with the official mother who lives right next door to our house. He's not the owner but he's like the right hand man who takes care of everything about this house. So this Official Mother takes care of all the other tenant tenant payments.

"This is not to worry about the deck, the water never dies, the electricity never goes out. If it goes out maybe a year can be counted fingers. That's also if there's a mass disruption on the deck. Neighbors here are also good deck, about him we have been neighbors for a long time. Therefore, those who live in this ward are usually at home, if they move, usually it is because they can already have their own home. This is the house that Adek will occupy that his people moved after living 4 years here."

"Old, too, ma'am."

"Yes deck. I guarantee it at home. That's the one next door, has lived here for years."

Om Leo came into the house to come to me and the official mother who was talking, from yesterday he was outside the house was calling the person who owned this house.

"So for the beginning I immediately pay how many months this ma'am?"

official Mom just smiled and glanced at Om Leo. I'm stunned.

"Udah, we'll take care of your home shopping, right?" Leo said to me.

"Yes, he didn't papa. Stay away, the business is easy."

"Don't ma'am, you have someone take the house."

"Son, it's the same booking Leo directly to the owner."

Om Leo nodded and stroked my shoulders.

"Yes, just calm down. Let's go first." Bring her. I also heard hesitating to stand up. I'm assuming because I don't understand how to rent a house either. This was my first experience.

Since time was still there, we rushed to the store that sold household appliance tools. Om Leo said there is no need to fill a lot of things at home, what else in the house there is a closet and mattress. Yes, not a new item, but still worth using.

The goods were indeed in residence by the owner, and indeed donated to new tenants.

Because we saw the condition of the goods is still good, we decided to wear the existing ones, and not buy new ones.

Is that true?! I feel so bad. It's worth it he was silent and smiled at each other with the official ma'am. It turns out they both knew.

"Don't be om. Nanda's not good."

"Udah is not papa. Gini yourself, why are you not good."

"Don't om. Later Nanda pay to om ya. Can't om. Nanda can't take o'm."

"If you go back, don't want to help you anymore. Think of it as a wedding gift for you." He said while stroking my back.

"But Nanda....."

"Udah is not papa. Now you focus first on your candidate. After this, you plan to get married, right? That's what we should think about first."

I was silent and just nodded.

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"Vow bang?"

I just nodded to her. I told Elsi everything about Leo paying our rent for the next 6 months, when I got home after coming home from looking for a house and buying stuff.

"He forced El, brother could not and did not feel good to refuse."

"Yes already bang. Thank goodness for bang. We are so grateful to have met so many good people."

"May we stay there yeah bang." Continue again.

"Yes El. Hopefully the future is smooth too, all our business."

"El..." Call me again. I stood up and approached her on the bed.

I reached into my pants pocket. And I asked her to extend her hand.

He fell silent in confusion, and welcomed my hand.

I pinned the little ring to her tiny finger. She's surprised.

"Bang?!"

"Open..." I took a long breath.

"I'm sorry... With everything that's happened."

I continue my sentence.

"Elsi got married to brother huh? Sorry you can't make a wedding party worthy of someone else. I'm sorry you can only give me a ring like this. I'm sorry if we have to get married this way. Without family, without the people closest to us. Sorry brother if we have to mate in this way."

She stared at me and shed her tears. I rubbed his cheek gently.

"I'm sorry for all the imperfections of my brother, Elsi."

He nodded and hugged me tightly. And crying so on my shoulder.

"Bring a promise, with all the ability of your brother, and make Elsi live happily. And I promise I'll give Elsi her life back the way it used to be."