Cidro (Between Love And Wounds)

Chapter 12

Nanda menatap wajah Wiwit dengan tatapan penuh harap. Dia berharap gadis cantik itu mau menerima pernyataan cintanya.

"Mas Nanda is serious?" tanya Wiwit hesitated.

Nanda nodded his head in response. "I've never messed with Wit. I'm serious about you. If I need to tonight I'll tell your parents that I want to be your husband" Nanda said confidently.

Wiwit was getting confused. The girl increasingly did not know what to answer the question of the young man in front of her.

"Mas Nanda knows what I'm from?" Wiwit.

"I don't care if it's Wit. All I care about is your answer. I don't care about your family background. Because I sincerely love you. I've never seen how your family is" replied Nanda.

"Mas Nanda might be able to accept me. But what about Mas Nanda's family? What about Mas Nanda's parents?" ask Wiwit.

"Father and Mother would agree Wit. They will not deny your presence. I'm sure it is."

"What about Mas Nanda's extended family? What would they say if Mas Nanda was close to a commoner like me." Wiwit still hesitates to accept Nanda's love statement.

"Wit, the one getting married is me. Not my Mom or Dad. Especially my extended family" said Nanda. The young man still convinced Wiwit to accept his declaration of love.

"Yes. But we can't be selfish. We also have to think about how the opinion of each big family. Especially the family of Mas Nanda. Because when two people get married. He is not only married to his partner. But also marrying off two families" said Wiwit.

Nanda was silent at Wiwit's words just now. He could say nothing more when Wiwit said so. In his heart he confirmed Wiwit's words. But he couldn't lie to his heart either. He loved and loved that girl.

"Sorry Mas. I can't take the love of Mas Nanda." Wiwit said firmly. His eyes looked straight at Nanda.

Nanda was a little surprised to hear Wiwit's reply that rejected him just now.

"Why Wit?" ask Nanda to find the reason behind Wiwit's refusal.

"I'm sorry I can't accept Mas Nanda's love. You see, there is a heart that I have to take care of. And I promised to be faithful to him" replied Wiwit.

Nanda frowned. He did not believe the answer given by Wiwit. He could not believe that Wiwit had a lover of heart. Because all this time Wiwit never once seen holding a man.

"You're not lying to me anymore, are you, Wit? You're not looking for excuses anymore, are you?" nanda said she couldn't believe it.

Wiwit shook his head confidently. "I'm not lying."

Nanda was speechless hearing a stern voice from Wiwit. He could no longer force Wiwit to accept his love.

"I'm sorry if I interrupted your time. And thank you for listening to me," Nanda said before saying goodbye.

"Hayo you daydream," said Faisal.

Nanda was surprised to hear his brother-in-law's reprimand. To bring the young man back to his consciousness. "Mas Faisal just took it."

Faisal smiled at the sister's grunts. Then the man took a seat next to the sister-in-law.

"What daydream?" ask Faisal.

Nanda took a long breath. "Not seeing anything. It's just...."

"She, don't regret what happened. Take his lesson and make it a lesson to yourself" Faisal said.

"Yes Mas. I'm not nyesel. I accidentally met Wiwit. The shadow of the past suddenly comes."

"I tried to shake off that shadow. But the more I tried, the clearer the shadow became" Nanda said.

"Mas understand your feelings. You know what you are feeling right now. It is heavy. But the prize is amazing." Faisal gave his advice to his sister-in-law.

"Yes Mas. I still have to learn again. I have to learn to let go of her being happy together with others."

Faisal smiled at the words of his sister. He patted his sister's shoulder slowly.

"Mas Nanda here it turns out," said a beautiful girl who came from inside the house. The hijab girl smiled kindly at Nanda.

"Eh Naima's. How come it's suddenly here?" ask Nanda in shock. But the young man could not hide his blushing face.

The girl named Naima smiled at the question from the prospective husband.

"Naima was here. Nemenin Bunda cook continues to nemenin Mbak Vania control the content," replied Naima. A sweet smile did not forget to be imprinted on her beautiful face.

"Kok no one ever told me if there was my angel here?" nanda.

Naima's face was met with red hearing Nanda's words just now. Her heart flowered to hear the praise that was thrown from the mouth of the prospective husband.

"We are very excited if again shy gini," said Nanda. His hand wanted to pinch the two cheeks of Naima who met the red.

Naima's face turned red to hear Nanda's words just now. He lowered his head deeply to hide his reddened face.

The two young men nodded their heads. Then they followed Faisal's steps into the house.

*****

Today Citra has started to enter the school. Since morning he has been busy preparing his needs for school.

"Are you sure you want to go to Dek school?" ask Wiwit.

"Yes Ma'am. I have missed a lot of lessons. So I have to go in now" Citra replied.

"Are you better?" ask Wiwit again. His face still implied doubt.

"Alhamdulillah. I feel good." Smile develops as Citra answers Wiwit's question.

"Rarely Deck?" This time it was Tegar who asked Citra.

"Yes Mas. I'm healthy" Citra replied.

"The shuttle starts today" said Tegar.

The image was slightly surprised to hear the words of Rigid. Not that she doesn't like being picked up by her brother. But he doesn't want to trouble anyone else.

"Not to Mas. I can go alone," Citra refused.

"No. Starting today I'll pick you up. I don't want what happened yesterday to happen again" asserted Tegar.

"Yes Deck. You better be picked up by Mas Tegar aja." Wiwit chimed in on the brother's words.

The image can no longer be denied. The girl could only nod in resignation when she heard the words of her brothers.

"Yes already Mas Tegar want to be ready first yes," he said at last.

"Oh yes Wit. There's Rayhan up ahead" Tegar said.

Wiwit smiled at the words of his brother. The girl moved out of the Citra room. He immediately stepped his foot into the living room of his house.

Meanwhile, Azwan seemed to be preparing to leave for school. The handsome young man appeared to be wearing his shoes on the front porch of his house.

"Wan," call Miss Mirna.

"Yes Ma. What's up?" asked Azwan without stopping his activities.

The middle-aged woman smiled at the voice of the child. The woman who still looks beautiful then took a seat opposite the child.

"Well, you wanna talk to me, okay?" said Ms. Mirna.

Azwan frowned at his mother's words. I don't usually take the time to talk like this.

"What do you want Ma?" ask Azwan.

Ms. Mirna took a deep breath before asking the child.

"You heard from Anne, she said you had a boyfriend. Is that true?" ask Miss Mirna. Her pretty face looked serious asking that to her son.

This time it was Azwan who let out a long sigh before answering his mother's question.

"Mama didn't mean to interfere in your business. Mama just wants you to be honest with Mama," added Ms. Mirna.

Azwan was still silent at the mother's words. He was still reluctant to tell a single story just acknowledging what he was feeling right now.

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me now. But Mama, I hope you can take care of yourself. Do not let you ruin the good name of the family, especially your own good name," said Ms. Mirna finally.

Azwan just nodded his head hearing the mother's words. His mouth is still tightly closed.

"Yes already. Buruan. You still have to pick up Citra, right?" said Ms. Mirna. A sweet smile fell on the woman's face.

"Mom knows Citra?" asked Azwan in disbelief.

Miss Mirna nodded her head in response. "Your mother knows who Citra is. And Mama thinks she's a good fit for you. She's a nice girl and Mama heard she was the race champion yesterday?" said Ms. Mirna.

"Yes Ma. Poetry that Citra made, Azwan listin race. And...." Azwan greeted the mother with a big smile.

"And won, right?" said Ms. Mirna again.

"Why do you know?" sahut Azwan was shocked.

Miss Mirna smiled meaningfully. The woman does not want to kill the love of the child in the girl of her choice. The woman gave the green light for the child to continue the story. As long as the child can take care of himself and his family, it's fine for Miss Mirna.