CAMELLIAS

episode 48's

Jupiter does not know for sure when Camelia will arrive in Jakarta. All he knew was, that woman would be up to this day. He wanted to pick her up, but Camelia never allowed it and she kept it a secret, even though Jupiter had forced her to. 

Waiting for the next news that is uncertain, finally Jupiter chose to visit the residence of his parents. He plans to give away some of his company's shares that can still be salvaged before he decides to marry Camelia. 

Arriving at the home of his parents, the presence of Jupiter was warmly welcomed by his brother, but different from Mala, his mother. Mala immediately dodged, and chose to go into her room, while inviting Aksa along with her. 

"Tumben's coming, what's up?" Ask Dea. Now they are in the family room, and Ditto his father joined his two children. 

"It seems like something important" Timpal Ditto said.

"Yes, I'm giving this up." Jupiter took out a green map, and put it on the table. 

"This what?" Dea asked as she slowly opened the contents of the map.

"This?" In disbelief, Dea stared questioningly at Jupiter.

"This what?" Ditto took over the map, and checked the contents carefully. 

"What does all this mean?" 

"This time, I don't want to fight. So please listen to my explanation." Jupiter knew that his father must be angry and against his decision, but he wanted one by one his problems solved and he wanted to make a decision for the continuation of his life. 

"I deliberately gave or rather saved some shares that I can still keep. And it's all in your name. Not without reason, I made this decision. But I want to be the child responsible for all the decisions I make." Jupiter expressed her heart with a single breath. 

"You must know the reason. And you need to know, it's been the final decision. I may be ruined and have nothing left, but I don't want to involve you in any of the problems I've done. So, first I save all yours, and you can live in peace, without fear." 

"Jupiter!! Are you crazy!" Ditto did not accept Jupiter's unilateral decision.

"I'm not crazy, dad. But I'd be crazy if, I lost that woman." 

"You really are blinded by love!" 

"Yes!! I was blind to love her, but I deserve to be happy. And I want to take my due, after all this time I've lived under the rules you've made." 

Ditto is very upset with Jupiter's decision, but realizes his son is no longer a labile ABG who needs to be briefed to take the course of his life. He knows, Jupiter must be very aware of the decision that is on his way, so he has prepared himself for all the bad possibilities that will befall him. 

"Dad doesn't know what she's done, so you can be like this. But, I don't want to be an enemy to my own son. Dad says this, it's not that I approve of your relationship, it's just that I give you a chance to choose, and if one day you regret your choice, I will still be your father. And you can come back." 

Jupiter blinked her eyes repeatedly, not believing her father's words. However, he knew that his father was not as hard as his mother. Her father always bought her secretly, when the mother scolded or blamed her. 

"Dad wants you to be happy, whatever your choice is. Just like the decision of Dea, who still insisted on marrying Faro. Although he eventually had to part ways, but I'm sure Dea never regretted his decision." Ditto looked at her eldest son, who was also staring at her as well. 

"Dad," Dea immediately approached and hugged the father. He knew his father would not let his children suffer. Even if they choose the wrong path.

"Dad will accept this, as an expression of your guilt. But remember, I hope you remain careful in dealing with Nadira's family. I won't interfere, because that's your problem. But, I hope you can decide on Nadira well." 

"Thank you dad!" A smile emanates from the face of Jupiter. He was very happy, although not directly expressed, but he knew his father had given him the opportunity to achieve what he had always wanted. And feel has one additional power, make Jupiter more eager to marry Camelia soon. And live happily with him. 

After his affairs were completed, Jupiter did not see his mother and went home to wait for Camelia to contact him. However, surprise came back to him, when he saw the figure that he really missed was in front of the door of his apartment. 

Camelia was standing at the door, pressing the bell several times. But feeling no answer, Camelia chose to go home and meet Jupiter next time. But just as he turned around, he found the man he was looking for standing up, smiling as he put one of his hands into his pants pocket. 

"So the story wants to surprise you?" Jupiter asked, with one eyebrow raised, but the smile on her lips never faded. 

Resisting the longing turmoil that felt so filled her chest cavity, Camelia tried to stay calm, even though she was eager to run and hug Jupiter.

"It was so, but the hunt got caught." Reply cuek. 

Jupiter's steps sounded like a bang that shook her heart so much. Camelia was still standing in the doorway, even though her body was already limp. 

"I miss." Jupiter hugged Camelia's small body. He held Camelia, as if afraid that the woman would leave, and disappeared suddenly like yesterday. 

"I am too." Reply Camelia, while submerging her face in the chest of Jupiter's field. The masculine smell that immediately pierced his sense of smell, making him feel at home for a long time in the arms of Jupiter. 

"Come in," asked Jupiter, without letting go of her embrace.

"Where to go, I can't walk." 

"No need to walk." Jupiter suddenly lifts Camelia's body in a bridal style, leaving Camelia screeching in surprise at Jupiter's sudden treatment. 

"Aren't you eating?" Jupiter asked after successfully lowering Camelia on the chair.

"Eat!" 

"You're so skinny." Complain Jupiter while watching Camelia's body closely. 

"We order food, and you have to eat a lot. I don't want my future wife to look thin, like she's malnourished." Jupiter immediately grabbed the phone in her pants pocket and opened the online gojek app to order some food. 

Meanwhile Camelia was busy preparing the cutlery, and picked up some cold drinks. Just as he was about to grab a glass, suddenly the sound of the door opening distracted him. He soon saw who had come and could enter Jupiter's apartment. 

Camelia's eyes immediately widened when she saw Nadira coming, she immediately rushed to find a place to hide. Until finally he chose to enter the closet located not far from the dining table. And luckily the closet was empty, there was no contents at all. 

Despite being dark and stuffy, Camelia was still grateful that the closet had enough gaps, so she could still breathe freely. 

Not only Camelia was surprised, Jupiter was no less surprised. 

"Can you?" The first question that came out of Jupiter's mouth. But realizing that he was not alone in the house, he immediately glanced towards the kitchen, because he believed Camelia was in the kitchen since.

Jupiter was relieved that she did not find Camelia in the kitchen, but still did not make her comfortable because she was still looking for where Camelia was hiding. 

"Why? You were surprised so? This is my future husband's house, so I have the right to come here whenever I want. We eat together, right? I brought your favorite food." Nadira ignored Jupiter's dislike, walking towards the kitchen to serve the food she was carrying. 

"You've prepared everything turns out. Did Nadia's sister tell you that I wanted to come?" Ask Nadira, though, 

"You can call me first if you want to come. Don't suddenly think of it." 

"Why? Am I wrong?" 

"What's? So you think I don't appreciate your life? What do you think I don't appreciate? I know you're starting to ignore me, and want to part with me. I also know, this is all you provide not to welcome my arrival but, to eat with other women." Nadira's index finger leads to all the plate arrangements that have been set Camelia.

"And I'm not blind, I see a woman's shoe at the door! That woman must be hiding here!" Nadira immediately searched for the woman he meant, making Jupiter feel scared, he was afraid if Nadira finally saw Camelia was in his house. 

Jupiter must have told Nadira about her relationship with Camelia, but this is not the way. 

Camelia must have felt bad, if she had to meet Nadira even in a bad way. It's like Camelia's a seductress. 

"Nad, please stop!" Pinta Jupiter, because she believes that Camelia must be hiding in one of the rooms in her residence. 

"Look! Whoever the woman who has taken you, I will not be afraid. And I won't give up either, I'll keep asking for our marriage to continue!" 

"You're too selfish!"

"I'm not selfish, but you. Have you never thought about how I feel in the least, or do you want to think about how my life is just counting the months? And you still say I'm selfish?" 

"Nad, please don't make that an excuse." 

"That's no excuse. But it's true, I'm sick, I'm dying!!" Shouted Nadira, he was already very desperate with the change in attitude of Jupiter is getting away and not the slightest care to him.

"I know." Jupiter let out a weak sigh, he knew Nadira was sick and that was what was so burdensome to him, because Nadira always made his pain an excuse. 

"I know you're sick. But I don't want your pain to be an excuse for everything you want to get. You know, you want to be pitied too much, but you don't think about how other people feel." 

"Listen, I wouldn't have taken any medication if you still refused our marriage." Nadira. 

"I want to see what kind of woman you love so much" Nadira immediately stepped into every corner of the room to look for the woman in question. 

But one thing they forgot, and they didn't realize it at all. Camelia could only smother her own mouth, dampening the sobs coming out of her mouth, when one big secret she had just heard. 

Camelia did not know that Nadira was struggling with her illness, and Jupiter never told her about it. 

Fellow women must know, what it's like to fight for love so complicated. He memorized exactly how it felt, but to feel what it was like to count the time waiting to die, it was even more painful. Maybe others think he will never know what it is like to count the time waiting to die, but actually he has felt what it feels like to live but his soul is dead. 

I don't know how long he's been hiding in the closet, but his legs are already sore and tingling. No longer heard the noise of people talking, Camelia sure Nadira must have gone home. 

Just as he opened the closet door about to come out, he heard the sound coming back. But it is not the voice of people talking, but the voice of people fighting. Jupiter and Nadira are still fighting each other, Camelia thought. And he soon went back into hiding. 

"Nad, I told you there's no other woman in my house. So I beg you, please go home, I'm doing a lot of work." 

"I'll be home after we have dinner." Nadira ignored Jupiter's expulsion, and still opened the package he was carrying. After being disappointed by not finding the woman he was looking for, Nadira still wanted to continue serving dishes that he had worked hard to make. 

"I'm not hungry!" 

"Then let's throw it away!" Nadira was about to throw the dishes he made into the garbage can, Jupiter immediately grabbed Nadira's hand so that he did not throw food. However, what happened was finally an interesting pull, until finally the food was actually scattered on the floor. 

"Jeez Nadira!!!" Jupiter ruffled her hair in annoyance, 

"Please, don't be like this. Don't make things difficult," 

Nadira just stared sadly at Jupiter, without replying or refuting. 

"I'm home." That was the only sentence that came out of his mouth, and then he immediately stepped away leaving Jupiter and the commotion he made. 

Nadira left without saying goodbye or he ntar Jupiter, he came home with increasingly uncertain feelings. Meanwhile Jupiter was the same as Nadira, his feelings were increasingly uncertain. 

Slowly Camelia comes out of her hiding place, after she makes sure Nadira comes home. Jupiter is shocked to see Camelia coming out of the closet, and soon she approaches Camelia and helps her out of the narrow, stuffy room.

"You here?" Jupiter asked, while helping to clean up Camelia's clothes that were exposed to dust.  

"Yes, I panicked so I chose to hide here." 

"You hurt?" Jupiter went back to inspect Camelia's body, she was afraid to hide in such a narrow place, Camelia was injured.

"Why didn't you tell me Nadira was sick?" Camelia's question made Jupiter stop her movement. 

"Because I'm scared." Reply Jupiter.

"I know what you're going to say, and it's one of the biggest fears of my life. Don't say anything, if it's about goodbye, 'cause I don't want to." 

"But,,,"

"If you leave, because you feel guilty for Nadira. That won't make me marry her. I'd rather go than live with him." 

"Jupi,,,,"

"I need your support, because that's what I need right now. And if you choose to leave, I have nothing left." Jupiter's eyes flushed red, without even realizing it the clear liquid escaped from her eye sinks.

For the first time Camelia saw Jupiter crying. He knew he was going through a difficult time in his life. Camelia approached, grabbed Jupiter's face with both hands and gently wiped Jupiter's tears.

"Don't cry," Camelia shook her head, but still stuck her palm on Jupiter's face. 

"I'm so desperate, let alone you choosing to leave, I really don't know what else to do." 

"Who said I want to go. I didn't say I was leaving." Camelia did not say if she was going to leave, but Jupiter knew how Camelia reacted after she learned of Nadira's condition. 

"You didn't say it, but I know what you're gonna do next." 

"You're too confident!" Cibir Camelia, but instead of being angry, Jupiter smiled and wrapped her hands around Camelia's waist. 

"Thank you for holding me back with tears. I will stay near you, but if one day your life is threatened by my presence, I will leave. Because I chose to disappear, rather than lose you." 

"And I'm gonna make sure we're gonna be okay." Reply to Jupiter, kissing Camelia's sweet lips that always make her miss.