Dollar Girl
Chapter 22 A Happy New Day
"Every feeling that accumulates in the heart slowly rots, spreading a poignant aroma and slowly killing the taste. When a whispering cloud brings my cloudy tidings let the rain slowly erode the time, washing away the sorrowful story. Sometimes things that are not expected are quite nauseating, but the journey that has been passed will be buried itself. At least one time I want to end, so that my next move is without a scary shadow."
Excerpted from Ratna Mangalih's personal archive.
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"Aw.. slowly" Ardi frowned.
"This is slow, wounds like this should not be in the compress silenced it must be throbbing pain" said Ratna.
If not stopped can be sure Ardi will continue to fight until more bonyok again, his emotions that can not be controlled sometimes it is difficult to worry.
"Aish...he's not the most beautiful man in the world why are you still crying?" tanya Ardi looked into Ratna's teary eyes.
"Stupid! I'm crying you're not her, what if something happens to you? why are you so grumpy that you have to fight like that?" snapped Ratna.
Ardi was quite stunned to hear that answer, he had not expected Ratna to worry so much about him. But it made his heart quite happy, in his swab over Ratna's head gently as he said.
"I don't care about myself, as long as you're okay it doesn't matter"
"Stop worrying about me too much, you better think about yourself. I'm just surprised Jaya dares to cheat behind my back but it doesn't matter, anyway I've intended to end our relationship"
"Still I don't take it" Ardi replied.
"There is no need to discuss it anymore" said Ratna tired.
After a few minutes of rest they went to meet Amus and Jaya, the arrival of Ardi in battered condition certainly makes the question that Ratna answered as is. Initially Jimy and Amus went on a blackboard because Jaya not only made Ardi battered but also betrayed Ratna, but fortunately Ratna managed to dampen their emotions.
With the already chaotic conditions they decided to end their trip at the fair.
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He had been ready since then, but had not yet set out precisely the circle back in the room while occasionally peering from behind the window of his room until he heard a girl's scream outside.
"Dad I left first."
Amus quickly tidied up his uniform and went out while holding his backpack.
"Oh you haven't left yet?" ratna asked when she saw Amus leaving the house.
"Hmm, I'm bad luck" he replied.
"Tumben you're bad luck, you're the most diligent of us"
"You think I'm a robot that's been set up? I'm also a human being who can wake up" snapped Amus.
"Alright well, no need to be angry either"
"You... are you okay?" asked Amus who felt strange because Ratna suddenly became patient.
"Of course, why?"
"No! let's go, we're too late" asked Amus to take a step first.
Ratna never wants to lose to Amus, if he is angry then he will be even more angry. For him Amus is a joking friend who is loud because his words or actions sometimes cross the line, even so he is always happy with the way their friendship. But today, a new day for him who has his own status wants to be treated more gently like a girl.
"Tomorrow is the birthday of my family restaurant and my parents invited all of you to dinner together at our restaurant" Jimy said during the break.
"really? can I have some fried chicken?" ask Ratna cheerfully.
"Don't chicken, my parents have prepared kikil soup and even goat satay"
"Well, I have to empty my stomach then" said Ardi.
"Don't forget to tell your parents, anyway tonight we're going to a big party" Jimy said.
"Can we go together? I wasn't sure I could lead grandma properly" asked Amus.
"Alright then I'll have my brother take the car"
"That's better" said Amus.
Looking forward to the party that will be in the title later tonight makes Ratna keep glancing at the clock at all times, her fingers sometimes play pencils with impatience and even clucking annoyed.
Until finally the time to go home from school arrived in a hurry he went home and told his father.
"I can't wait for tonight" Ratna said.
He immediately changed his clothes and when he took out his textbooks he accidentally saw Amus' MP3 which he had borrowed for a long time.
"I forgot I haven't returned it" he murmured.
Immediately he took the object and went to Amus' house to return it, it appears Amus was cool himself reading the comic in his room.
"This is your Mp3, I'm done wearing it" Ratna said.
"Just put it on the table" replied Amus without turning his face away.
"Swipe" said Ratna who continued to sit next to Amus to see the contents of the comic.
At first he was just curious because there was nothing he could do but without realizing the comic Amus read was quite interesting so without feeling he remained there reading both until the end.
"It's interesting, where did you get the comic?" ask Ratna.
"I borrow from a friend"
"Oh.." said Ratna.
Hhhhhhhh
He breathed a long breath when he glanced at the new clock showing at four in the afternoon, waiting was not a pleasant thing.
"You got anything interesting?" ask Ratna.
"I'm bored"
"Why don't you just watch TV"
"There's no good show at this hour"
"How about a ball?"
"I am a girl! but actually it is also okay, let's play in front" said Ratna plan plin.
Amus just shook his head in response to Ratna's words while taking the ball he went out.
The road in front of their house is not big but it is enough to be used to play, especially because their house is the corner so that the road can be said to be dead because there is no one to pass except their families.
With slippers as a benchmark Amus makes a goal without a goalkeeper, the game was made simple with the rules of who scored the most goals he was the one who won.
In this game without playing it was clear Amus who won, but the persistence of Ratna can not be underestimated. Apparently he fought hard enough even so wanting to score Ratna pulled Amus' hand until he fell.
"Gol."." cried Ratna excited because after a few tiring minutes he could only score a goal.
"cheat! you pulled my hand" protested Amus.
"I'm just holding on a little bit" Ratna replied.
"What's? I fell down you know!"
"You fell down because you weren't good at keeping your balance"
"Oh.. So this is your way of playing, well I will follow it" said Amus seriously.
They started to come back, now Amus is playing in earnest. He did not give Ratna the slightest gap and continued to score until Ratna was upset and angry, of course it made him happy and laugh.
"Arrhhhh, I'm so tired" said Amus dropping his body on the ground.
"You're really outrageous, you should have relented!" ratna shouted still annoyed.
"Your own fault pisses me off, if it's like this no matter who you are I'm gonna beat"
"You really don't like me" Ratna murmured.
"What?" ask Amus because he did not hear clearly.
"Huh? whahuh? I didn't say anything!" ratna answered quickly realizing that she had muttered something that could leak her heart.
"Yes, I want to take a shower and get ready" said Amus.
Now that dusk had dimmed, the moments that Ratna was waiting for finally arrived as well. He rushed home to clean up and prepare, along with his father he went to the Jimy family restaurant to meet the invitation.
Even though the door of the restaurant was attached to the word 'close' but they still went inside, Jimy's parents welcomed their arrival happily.
Apparently everyone had gathered there and waited for the arrival of the two of them, also Anga brother Jimy who had just met him after a long time.
"I didn't expect you to grow up so fast, it felt like just yesterday you were running around in front of our house with Jimy now that you're a beautiful girl" Angga said.
"Silver could have been, I'm not that pretty" Ratna blushed in embarrassment.
"He's right, even he still likes to run around" Jimy said.
"What do you mean?" tanya Ratna put on a serious face.
"Nothing" said Jimy raising both of his eyebrows aware of Ratna's threatening gaze.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" ask Angga again.
"Um... that's not there" replied Ratna who suddenly remembered to Jaya.
"Good, you're a kid so you better not date. Wait for you to grow up and brother will come to your house and propose to you"
Bruuuhhh uhuk uhuk
Ratna and the others could only stare at the words, while Amus coughed as a result of choking.
Hahahahahah
"Look at your faces, I'm just kidding" said Angga who could not help but be amused.
"Ish, you're making us shocked" Jimy's mother said.
"But if Ratna wants me, don't mind it either"
"I object! I don't want to have a sister-in-law who has eyes like her" Jimy said.
"I'm not a double eye" argued Ratna.
"In your brain there's only money and food, what do you think it is?" tymphal Amus.
"Hmm, once a dollar girl remains a dollar girl" Ardi agreed.
"Ah...why are you cornered me?" erang Ratna's.
"Have not teased him, you guys since childhood instead of caring well even make him cry continuously" said Jimy's mother.
Hahaha
"That's how children are, without a fight their friendship is not complete" said Sapardi who understood.
"You're right" said the grandmother in agreement.
The laughter of the parents broke out in the increasingly silent night, the newly cooked dishes continued to be placed on the table until their stomachs were full and unable to move.
Satisfied Ratna stared at every smile on everyone's face, her mind now back in the rain again after a grueling gloomy day. He hoped that this kind of happiness would continue without any significant problems.
