
“Shelina! Eat with me,”
Argantara instantly pulled the hand of Shelina who had just walked out of the classroom. Since then Argantara waited for Shelina to finish the class, and according to Argantara for almost half an hour he stood near the door of the Shelina class.
After Shelina exited the class, Argantara immediately grabbed Shelina's hand which was shocked because her hand was suddenly pulled.
“Shel wait!”
Argantara looked back and he found the figure of Ganta trying to catch up with him and Shelina.
“He wants to do anyway? I want to eat,”
“Eh jerk off! He wants to buy me a book,”
Argantara clucked and finally let go of their grasp. He lets Ganta approach Shelina to return the book that Shelina does.
“Still yes already guaranteed,”
“Okay both,”
“Eh you want to go home directly? With aja ayok. I also want to go straight home,”
“Au—“
“Shelina wants to eat with me, Ganta,”
Before Shelina gave an answer, Argantara had already interjected. Argantara gave no chance for Shelina to answer.
Somehow Argantara was worried that Shelina would agree to Ganta's offer. But actually not. Shelina would apologize, because she had to go with Argantara so she couldn't go home with Ganta.
“Oh yes, okay be careful of you guys, I first yes,”
Shelina smiled and nodded her head, while Argantara rotated her eyeballs.
“Udah ‘kan? Let's eat,”
Argantara would grab Shelina's hand again but Shelina immediately hid both of her hands behind her back.
“You why the hell? Suddenly I pulled my hand, making me eat. Can't you just say it well? My hands hurt tau pulled!”
“Emang sick? I'm sorry,”
Argantara's face instantly changed. Shelina could tell that now her fiance was feeling guilty.
“Ya hurts! You still do it anyway. Suddenly you pull my hand,”
Although Shelina knew that Argantara was guilty, Shelina would not be silent. Argantara must know that what he did was not a good thing.
“Gue apologise,”
“What a weird thing suddenly pulled my hand and kept eating. Yes it should be able to step on such good-ass, do not make a surprise, do not make pain,”
Argantara clucked slowly then displace his jet black hair smabil said “Gue was hungry. So sorry if I hurt you,”
“And earlier also why try you glare at my talk? People I want to answer Ganta's call, why so you answer?”
“Yes because I already want to eat the same lo,”
“Iya I know, and I want to tell Ganta that I want to eat with you and I can't go home with him. But can't you wait for me to finish talking first? Must be tersekak?”
Argantara exhaled a rough breath again while keeping both of his hands in his pants pocket and bowed briefly. “Okay I'm sorry,” he said once again this time with emphasis. He had made a mistake twice and Shelina seemed to be upset. Don't let Shelina cancel her plan of wanting to eat with Shelina.
If Shelina's mood is a mess, she can be sure she failed to take Shelina to the newly opened meatball restaurant near their campus.
“Let's eat. I was recommended to my classmate, Ivana. He said there's a new meatball dining place not far from here. So I want to ngajakin lo,”
Shelina nodded her head slowly. Argantara is able to breathe a sigh of relief now. It seems that Shelina has forgiven him.
They were now stepping together, without holding hands. Argantara did not want to look for amsalah, and Shelina also always did not have the guts to start. Argantara spontaneously just pulled Shelina's hand, without thinking about the impact that he held it was a woman's hand which in fact was not as solid as a man's hand.
“You were in such a hurry I'm sure I left, until I pulled my hand not really about. Why the hell?”
“Hah? I'm hungry already. Didn't I say yes, Shel?”
“Hungry to his side? You're so hungry, like a tiger. Until the hands of your children pull at will,”
“Gue is sorry, Shel. Duh, it's hard ya got the wrong chick, leveraged mulu,”
“What did you say? Mulu? Yes yes, this pain is still there, you know,”
Argantara instantly reflexively festive shelina's hands gently and they are still running.
“Okay this time I'm more humane his coupler,”
“Udah deh do not need to hold on. Ornag we're not a truck,”
“Ya maybe it hurts to be lost ‘kan coupled with a guy like me,”
“Emang you guys like what?”
“Ya according to you I'm a guy who like how? Cute, good, attention, or what?”
“Not everything!” Shelina answered firmly when the first one had entered the criteria. Argantara is not handsome? That's bullshit.
The second and third are half. Sometimes Argantara is good, attentive, sometimes the opposite. Just now his hand that wanted to be grasped instead got the pain because Argantara was too strong to hold it, not to mention He was like a goat just pulled away. So Shelina felt it was natural to scold Argantara earlier.
“Seriously? I'm not all of them? Not handsome, fine, attention?”
“Ngak? Don't worry first. Haven't had a big smile on me, thought I'd praise you?”
Argantara's laughter broke instantly. He was happy to see Shelina who was thin and spoke without a second thought. Usually, when you talk first, fondle whether his words will hurt the hearts of others or not. Now Shelina doesn't care. Shelina did not want to bother Argantara hurt, Argantara did not accept with his words, he just ignored it.
“Pedes also words lo,”
“Ya biarin, because I'm upset with you,”
“Still upset? Geez, ‘kkan I'm sorry,”
“As long as the pain in my hand has not gone away, it means that my irritation to you will also remain. The point is that if I'm not sick already means I'm not upset with you anymore,”
Argantara scratched his temple. It turned out like this was Shelina's anger. It seems that this is really angry, aka not fake anger.
Even though he had apologized for many times, Argantara still had not succeeded in eliminating the annoyance that plagued Shelina at this time.
“Cock tumben bukain car door for me?”
When they got to the next door, Argantara opened the passenger car door on the left of the steering wheel and allowed Shelina to enter.
After that Argantara followed in as well. He used a seatbelt, and did not forget to order Shelina to do the same.
“We go to the new meatball place to eat yes,”
“Iya, but you haven't answered my question you know,”
“What questions?”
“How do you tumben bukain car door for me?”
“Ya can't do what?”
“Bby, just ‘kan weird aja so,”
“While where?”
“Ya. I'm like a princess, am I?”
“Yes, just be a princess,”
It took a while for Shelina to digest her fiance's words. Soon to be princess. Short sentences, but make the confusion quite a long time.
“Means?” Mumbles Shelina.
“I mean, if we've been more than fiancee nih, aka already married, yes automatically lo so Mr princess ‘kan?”
“Hah? You just said you're becoming a princess in the near future. Meaning you mean, we're getting married in the near future?”
“No, I was wrong. What I wanted to say just now. If you are married, you will be a princess,”
“Ngak in near future ‘kan but?”
Argantara clucked knowing Shelina's anxiety. They've already talked about this. The matchmaking continued but the marriage later after graduating from college.
“No, Shel. Just calm down,”
“You want to marry me?”
“Should I be the one, you want to or not marry me?”
“Mau, ‘kan we've talked about this before, yes no?”
“Well, now why speaking again?”
“You suddenly changed your mind and did not want to marry me. And want to cancel our engagement,”
“No, I will not admit it because my efforts are in vain dong to move on and nerima lo?”
Shelina's feelings warmed up hearing Argantara's words. Simple but meaningful. Argantara wants to learn to accept it and also walk away from the past. Hearing that, Shelina's heart flowered.
“Still yes,”
“Lo itself how? Can you accept me or not?”
“If I don't ask yes. Since the beginning I agreed with the matchmaking I've been trying to accept you kok,”
“Still yes, Shel. Lo patient, lo good, understanding, make me like slapped if remember the moment where I really-bsnar nolak lo,”
“Sama-sama, thank you also want to show your effort to accept me as your fiancee and you said that you would move on,”
“Udah is like. I never remember the past again,”
“Oh yes? I'm glad to hear that. Because it means, I don't have to rival your past to get your heart, Ga,”
Argantara smiled and pinched Shelina's cheek slowly. He did not want to hurt Shelina anymore. Hope that doesn't happen again. It was like being possessed by a subtle creature. I don't know why I wanted to rush Shelina away from campus.
“How was the first day that Ganta attended college lo?”
“Hmm? Yeah no how the hell. Just regular,”
“He bothers you?”
“Yes is not it, we are kind of kindergarten children playing a distraction? People are adults, so no annoying term,”
“There are, who says there are no?”
“Lho, who means who bothers who?”
“He's bothering us, okay?”
“Hah?”
Shelina was flabbergasted for a few seconds trying to digest Argantara's words. “You why the hell? Are you jealous?”
“Gue don't know if it's jealous or something. But obviously I am not happy if you are close to each other,”
“What's the reason?”
“Ya—-gue itself is also confused as to what the reason is,”
“Jealous it's a love sign, Ga,”
“Iya I know,”
“I don't want to geer anyway. But I guess, it's like yes. You're jealous of me,”
“Ndon't know me. The point is I'm uncomfortable seeing you close to each other, this I've been honest I hope you price this honesty of mine. Don't get muted,”
Shelina smiled as she shook her head. He may mock what someone is feeling. He appreciates Argantara's annoyance, he appreciates Argantara's dislike of the closeness of himself and other men.
“I won't be ledekin. What am I anyway? Crafts sneakedekin you,”
“Yes aja lp want me who has started to feel not like, not comfortable see lo as other guys whoever it is,”
“So gini yes it feels same as Argantara? Hmm exciting too,”
Shelina smiled with both cheeks slightly flushed from the tinge after Argantara began to show his ownership of Shelina.
They arrived at the restaurant that Argantara was looking for after getting information from his friend there was a restaurant selling meatballs that taste very good. Argantara became curious so take Shelina there.
“Wah there's a lexicon, Ga. It's a really nice place, comfortable. Rarely ‘kan place to eat meatballs like this,”
“So you want the only one who does not use the bench?”
“No-no, I want to sit down, more comfortable,”
Argantara nodded his head. Incidentally, the special place to eat that sits under the delan, while using the bench on the inside of the restaurant.
“Lo really comfortable nih?”
“It's so safe dong, it's good to eat sitting on a kayak gini mat, feel again home to me,”
“Oh in your village if you eat lesehan gini?”
“Grandma's grandfather I have a dinner table anyway, but if the family comes, we'd rather eat downstairs. Don't know why it feels so comfortable,”
They ordered a two-serving meatball accompanied by a drink. The waiter left after asking Shelina and Argantara to wait for a while.
“We often eat kayak gini yuk, Ga. Tired of eating in a modern restaurant?”
“Iya honestly I'm bored. If what I believe is rare, why?”
“Yes for losing the same time, Ga,”
“Padahan yes, the taste of food, and traditional eating places have their own characteristics, you know,”
“Ntar makes a restaurant business where the place and the food is traditional yuk, Shel,”
“Hmm? Business together?”
“Iya, namti but if we are both ready. According to me, after marriage is fit to build a business together. Prosensya together, ngerasain difficult happy too together,”
“Ih want, I think exciting tuh challenge making culinary business together with a couple,”
Shelina immediately agreed with Argantara. They know it is not easy, because who build a business with just one head is difficult, especially if two heads. But therein lies the challenge, and if you get through it, it must make the heart of the meteka satisfied.
“We try later yes. It's hard for sure. There will be this difference of opinion, but a lot of husband and wife who managed to build a business together,” said Argantara.
“Hopefully we can also yes,”
“Aamiin, so we have to try. If we don't try, we won't know whether we can or not. And we'll never know the challenge later,”
*******
Seeing someone selling gulali across from the restaurant that had just been visited, Argantara suddenly remembered the moment where Shelina once wanted a snack and sweet.
“Ya sometime you buy it yourself. I don't want to buy you, ogah!”
Argantara still remembered how the answer he gave to his desire Shelina.
Though very simple, he lived to approach the gulali seller by using his car but he chose to ignore. According to him at that time, he was not obliged to obey Shelina's wishes. He thought that if he obeyed whatever Shelina wanted, it could be that Shelina went on.
Now the moment is different. Shelina had already gotten into the car after they had eaten together at a madura duck restaurant. And Argantara wants to make amends first.
He never cared about Shelina's wishes now He wanted to care. Yes, even though it was too late to buy the scroll, because it had been months ago alias at the beginning of their engagement Shelina wanted the gulali, but Argantara hoped that her fiance would still be willing to accept her good intentions even though it was very late.
Argantara crossed to approach the gulali seller, Shelina was confused because Argantara never entered the car, and once he looked back Argantara appeared to approach the gulali seller.
“Hah? Arga why go there? How come he didn't get into the car anyway?” Inner Shelina wondered.
But Shelina let Argantara finish his own business. He is sure that Argantara will not be in the car for long.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Argantara finally came as well. Instead of opening the driver's door, Argantara actually opened the car door.
“Thank you what I brought you? Can nebak? Or do you know it?”
“I don't know, you why do?”
“Thank you who's behind me now what?” Asked Argantara who deliberately folded his hands behind his back hiding something.
“So you nyamperin a gulpter right?”
“Udah hunted guess,”
“Ne-know ah,”
Argantara heard Shelina answer tightly. Shelina gave up before trying to guess.
“Ah suck don't want to nebak first,”
“Ih I males ah. What the hell is that?”
Argantara immediately gave two plastic gulali to Shelina and Shelina's response immediately seemed very happy.
“This is serious, Ga?” Shelina asked Argantara who immediately nodded her head.
“Iya make you hope you like. Sorry if it is too late. At that time ‘kan lo ever said that you want gulali, but I'm just indifferent, I instead tell you to buy yourself with the ketusnya I talk to lo. Now I want to buy it for you, yes even though I know it's too late, you may have bought it at that time, but this please accept yes, yes,” Argantara said with a warm smile staring at his fiancee.
Shelina's eyes glazed over, of course She accepted happily. He was very grateful that Argantara would bother to buy the gulali for him. No matter whether it was too late or not what He saw was Argantara's goodwill.
“Still much yes, Ga,”
“Iya equally, hope you like,”
“Like dong for sure,” Shelina said with a smile.
After that Argantara immediately entered the car and drove his car to Shelina's house. Next to him Shelina was looking at the gulali that Argantara had bought. Too happy to be bought by the gulali by Argantara, until he loved the gulali.
“Kenao not eaten?”
“Honey to eat it,”
“Lah, continue to want lo apaain if not eaten?”
“I display time huh?”
“Hahahaha really time on display,”
“Yes so glad I got this from you,”
“Eat now,”
“Hmm darling,”
“Ya udha is up to you, but the time is indeed didiemin doang or on display? That's ‘kan food should go into the mouth is not into the display lemarin,”
“Hmm okay,”
Eventually Shelina began to open the gulali packaging and she immediately took a little with the finger of her right hand and then she was ravenous.
“Hmm really good,”
“Kayak boy,”
“Biarin, if you can eat this is just a boy doang?“
“Yes no, that's proof you eat,”
“This is my favorite childhood, you childhood like this not?”
“Like,”
“Oh yes? Same dong means,”
“Ya pantesan we are betrothed turns out there are the same from both of us,” said Argantara.
“Sama-sama likes gulali hahaha,” said Shelina.
“If you still like it?”
“No longer, ‘kan not a boy anymore,”
“Ah time anyway?”
“Iya,”
“Try me first dong,”
Shelina took the gulali after that she brought it close to her fiance's mouth. Argantara immediately clucked slowly.
“Udah said I don't like anymore, ‘kan I'm not a boy,”
“That's okay, let's hunt open his mouth directly hap,”
“Then arrested,”
Shelina laughed as her words were connected to a piece of the lyrics of their childhood song. Shelina still brought the gulali closer to her mouth.
“Come hunt open your mouth, ntar I forced nih,”
“Emang can?”
“Can,”
“How to—hmmp,”
“Hahahaha can ‘kan me? My greatness is indeed unopposed,” proudly Shelina said that after she managed to insert the gulali into the mouth of her fiance who happened to be talking.
“It is fortunate that I remain focused driving, if not dangerous for us, Shel,”
“Sorry, I bother you huh? Yes, I would be quiet if that was so. I eat my own sugar, you don't like it. I just want you to know gulali again after so long no fussain,”
“Again,”
“Hah? Really?”
Argantara nodded his head. He refused, but now he is addicted.
“Huh just now ngatain I like a boy, just said yes do not like anymore because already not a boy eh do not know it is still doyan tuh,”
“Perhaps because of diaauapin lo times, Shel,”
“Could be aja,”
“Because bribed lo same, so I want,” said the man who is still focused on the driver of his car. But still being able to say sweet and make Shelina shy.
“Can you ah,” said Shelina while bringing the gulali closer with her fiance's mouth and immediately devoured by Argantara.
“Still yes,” says Argantara.
“Iya equally,”
“Often-often my nyuapin,”
“Emang why?”
“Yes because your hand has a flavoring deh kayaknya,”
“Jiahhh sa ae kang gombal,”
“Hahahaha not this dreadlocks, seriously. It turns out you're delicious too. My nysel is just now bribed similarly lo. Tomorrow-tomorrow again huh?”
“No tomorrow-tomorrow. This time it was,”
“Well is that?”
“Ya—aku males nyuapin you,”
“Kok males anyway?”
“Because—you have grown up when maish bribed?”
“Yes is okay dong,”
“Then I bribe you,”
“I'm so shy huh?”
“That's not it, I'm the most lazy people around. Know ‘do I mean? I do not want to be the center of attention of people and somehow yes if for example there are girls nyuapin guys, it likes to be ignored. So I'm embarrassed. Though they are not necessarily going out that way, I mean maybe they are married but why do you think? Isn't it natural? It's just nyuapin especially for those who are already married,”
“Oh yes I understand. Yes, maybe they consider it too much. The guy who bribes is lebay, alay, snobs,”
“You are the same ex you must often ya bribes?” Shelina asked with a nosy smile and her index finger pointed at Argantara. He deliberately teased Argantara.
“Ngak,”
“Totally?”
“Iya,”
“If you are bribed often dong for sure?”
“Neventually too, if again bucin aja,”
“Lah instead of bucin every day,”
“Yes I mean if you want to be bribed again, or he wants me to bribe. If again the bucinnya is,”
“Keep diiatin n?”
“Hmm ever but bodo very,”
“You two never vacation?”
“Neither, I have not dared if I am still dating. Different stories if there are friends yes, not just two doang,” said Argantara who somehow makes Shelina happy.
“Emang why is it like that? You must have thought I was dating free, huh? Two holidays, one room together, what are you two, you think like that?”
“Hmm honestly yes,”
“No, Shel, you're wrong if you think you're in a giru. I really love my ex, really bucin, ever vacation together but yes the same friends and not both one room,”
“Your life seems like a lot of fun huh? I mean, there's a walk with friends, you have an ex aka the person you love, if I'm like a boring life,”
“Digaris down, the person I once loved huh. Words to remember tuh,”
“Iya I mean, you've had people you love while I don't, I don't have ex, so it's not exciting like people,”
“I actually want to kayak lo tau,”
“Why?”
“Yes because you live like that kind of herds. Lo peaceful life, lo his son straight, do not want to neko-neko,“
“Eh by the way gulali me a pack already abis yeayy the rest of one make at home ah,”
“Drink water later lo cough,”
“Okay makaish already ingetin me. I've been this big still like being touted so you know the same Mama Pala I,”
“Let's not cough. Good is something good,”
“You know what your parents are like?”
“Sama kayak lo if abis eat or drink sweet dyingetin to drink water, continue to be diingetin do not like mabok, do not like medication, same pregnant women out of wedlock,”
“Gosh really last serem, seriously you immediately shot so the same old you?”
Argantara nodded his head. It seems He is a relaxed child in his life, a child who may be considered free, but if at home He really-bsnar formed into a good boy.
“Gue was taught to be a guy who is not a jerk so fitting nyokap bokap know I like evil to lo, they were very angry at that time,”
“Kok they know anyway?”
“Yes because I talked to them about you using my cruel words so surely they know. I repeated times say hate the same lo, do not want to marry the same lo, I'm just as you are not suitable to be husband and wife, you are too like that, you are too, anyway, I often talk ugly with them. That's why they're so mad at me, but the guy's hard to change,”
“No, now it's much better. The spirit is to be a better human being, Ga,”
“Iya thanks,”
“Keep let alone ban them?”
“Hmm the point is there are 3 that I just called in,”
“What is his advice?”
“Do not be rude, responsibility in everything, keep—-let alone huh? I forgot, oh worship, yes worship,”
“Keren raised by your Mama Papa, Ga,”
“Iya nyokap bokap I am cool but his son is not ah,”
“Wh said who? A great parent's upbringing will surely come down to his child. You don't get too low ah,”
“Later if I have a boy will be the same as them. Hope my son isn't like me,”
“Much very thought of child,”
“Ya this ‘kkan we again talk for the future, Shel, um what's wrong anyway?”
“Hmm it's later, but it's up,”
“Gue is happy to discuss the future may my future be as happy as I imagine,”
“Am Allow good prayer,”