Guardians of the Heart #2
Chapter 28
“It's only fiancee, Key, not wedding.”
“I know! But this is not in our plans!” I growled while looking at the Lieutenant sharply.
Right now we are on the back porch fussing over the engagement plans put forward by the parents who are still in the living room talking about the event that will be held next Saturday!
Aye! We will get engaged next Saturday without my consent, after that the Lieutenant answered ready and the parents immediately determined that we will be engaged in another week without asking if I am willing or not.
“Don't I tell you from the beginning that I'll do it when I'm ready? And I told you that!”
I was disappointed and angry.I was able to accept the Lieutenant back but our togetherness is still new, only a few weeks and I am still not ready for this. I always said that I was the Lieutenant's future wife to the women who tried to approach her, but it was all just to keep them away from her.
“Key, this is just an ordinary fiancee and nothing will change at all.”
“What Mas Yudha sure?” I asked while looking at him sharply.
“Is Mas Yudha sure that later our parents will not suddenly have set a date for us both to marry even without our sepengatahuan? No, Mas, they could suddenly call us and say that we do not need to be engaged for long and should get married as soon as possible.”
The Letan was silent to see me who was still an emotion even though we were whispering because we did not want the parents to hear it.
“Mas Yudha doesn't understand either? This all just started from a joke Mas Yudha who told Mamah that I was Mas Yudha's future wife and see now! It only took a few weeks for them to decide that we should get engaged.”
I took a deep breath then threw it away violently while looking back at the Lieutenant, “And we don't know, how many weeks will they give us before they finally decide that we should get married.”
The Lieutenant was still silent hearing me.
“Do you not want to marry me?” her question made me look at her in disbelief at the question.
“That's not what I mean! I want to, I want to marry you but not now and not like this.”
“Like this how do you mean?”
“We seem to get married because of the will of our parents, I don't want to! I want us to get married because we want to get married not because of our parents' wishes, I want us to get married because we feel that we can't live without each other not because we have to, and I want us to get married because we both feel ready to go home.”
The Lieutenant listened to my fiery explanation while walking back and forth on the porch to channel the emotions I was holding back from not wanting to disappoint my parents who seemed so excited about our engagement plans.
“Key.” the Lieutenant grabbed my hand and led me to sit on the chair trying to defuse the still burning anger.
“I know what you mean, and I'll make sure that your worries won't happen. They won't force us to get married until you ask to get married, you can hold my word.”.
I stared at him, trying to calm me down and convince me.
“This engagement ceremony is just a symbol if we tie each other. With the engagement we have inaugurated our relationship in front of family and friends, and we have, one step ahead of our current relationship which seems to be without any clarity, I know we know each other's feelings but others don't… like Karin or Bima who tried to approach us because they thought that all this time we were just friends. But look now, when we say that we are engaged they will by themselves back off without us pinta.”
The Lieutenant clasped my hand with both of his hands, his eyes gently staring at me.
“I don't want to lose you again and feel helpless when I see a man approaching you… I want no one else to dare approach you because they know that you already have a fiancee just by looking at the ring around your ring finger, I want them to know that you're all mine that I'm going to make a wife someday, that's all, Key. I just want to tie you up so I can't leave me again, and I promise once we get engaged we'll stay as we are now.”
I looked at the Lieutenant who was looking at me softly.
“Because then let's get engaged.just get engaged, I promise to marry you when you're really ready.”.
I looked back into her hopeful eyes. I was silent thinking about everything, there was still a hint of doubt in my heart but I could also trust all of his words, in his figure I could see a real man in charge and always holding his words.
“And after getting engaged we will stay like this? There will be no such ban and no unwritten obligations that end up making us cramped?”
“There won't be! I promise we'll enjoy it as it is now.”
I went back to being silent for a while before finally taking a heavy breath that made the Lieutenant smile broadly because I knew it meant I had given up.
“So...Keyza Maharani, would you like to be engaged to me for later I marry and become my wife until death separates?”
I smiled at her sudden proposal even though I finally nodded while answering, “Yes, I want!”
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This week I was preoccupied by the preparation of our engagement, did not have time to make the kebaya make me pulled from one kebaya boutique to another by Mother to try the kebaya to be used on the day H, for food business mother leave it to her siblings who are already accustomed to taking care of catering after previously they talked about what menu will be served later.
Saturday finally arrived, a purple tent is installed beautifully in the front yard with a chair wrapped in white satin and purple ribbon has been neatly lined and on the edge has been installed an elongated table that will serve food for guests who came, the house was neat with a little decoloration of flowers and chairs like in the yard ready to welcome the male family.
And I. I sat tensely in the room accompanied by Mira, Yuni, Kak Yoan and Teh Vita, I also invited other OASIS friends who will come at the event later. I deliberately asked the four of them to come early to accompany because arguably they are witnesses of my relationship with the Lieutenant, besides Arga of course who today will join the group from Sukajadi.
“Quiet, Key, you are already very beautiful. Mas Yudha must be pangling to see later,” said Brother Yoan who got a nod of agreement from the others made me smile even though my chest was still pounding violently and my hands were cold with tension.
“I can't believe you're finally engaged too, after so many obstacles.”
I smiled again at Mira's words, which now tell me the beginning of the Lieutenant and I met, throwing me to the memories of the past and it was enough to calm me down a bit until Teh Wulan finally told me that the Lieutenant's family had arrived to make me tense again.
Mira and the others came out of the room leaving me both with my sister-in-law who was now smiling broadly at me.
“Tensure yes?”
I nodded while squeezing my cold hand, for the umpteenth time I stared at my reflection in the glass. Today I wear a light purple kebaya with a sabrina neck with simple bunned hair decorated with flowers increasingly showing my neckline, my face is decorated naturally by a salon partner catering mother.
Ok! All is perfect besides of course my chest that still can not be invited to cooperate because it still beats fast.
Outside, the voice of the MC who opened the event means just waiting a few minutes for me to get out of here and meet the Lieutenant.. is he as stiff as me? Cck at least she's been in experience because this isn't the first time she's engaged.
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Haiii.. read comments from friends" make me smile happy, some understand the feeling of kekey, some are anxious because of the hardness of his head, and others are happy, and buanyak shy with Lieutenant 😁😁 thank you very much everyone for support so far 😍😘😘😘
Many are upset why Kekey is still a big selling!!! Ok, I explain why Kekey is like that. First of all, he ever DREAMED VERY much of being a lady. Yudha Adipati Pratama, all dreams neatly arranged before finally broken into pieces without knowing what is wrong and his sin (hmm.. why jd rich dangdut song 🤔) all the dreams he knits just crashed because of another woman, even though in the end he knew the truth, the truth, but still she was already very hurt (remember you who were crying with her?? 😅😅). The second, when he tried to find another male figure, he met Tukul although not as deep as his feelings for the Lieutenant, but still he was again injured even experiencing violence both physical and verbal. Kekey's failure in the first good relationship with the Lieutenant and with Tukul, still both leave the trauma, which makes Kekey always hesitant in a relationship. Actually he only needs to answer one question from Juang... Can he live without a Lieutenant? and the answer to that question is what Kekey is currently looking for.
The third reason why Kekey wasn't quick" to marry the Lieutenant was because if they got married, the story was over, and I was ready when I got back terrorized "the end? Extra part dong a lot" 🙈🙈🙈😂😂😂 And who would guess if there would be a third woman???? heeeeeiiiiii.. those of you who guessed it do not know me and lieutenant 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ok, just a clarification from Keyza, Lieutenant and I 😅😅😅 once again thanks for the support so far, love n hug for all of you 😍😍😍😘😘😘
