
Worried - - one proper word to describe my current mood. I need someone to share, someone who can listen to my outpouring of heart, who can understand and understand my anxiety and anxiety. Yeah, I wanted to confide, which is why I called my mom. It was about ten in the morning, Reza was not home. I can freely tell you about everything, especially about Reza's attitude these few days who always spend time outside and always come home at night. While occasionally dipping my feet in the pool, I listened to my mother's advice from across the street.
"Be patient. Reza needs time alone, he must have had a reason why he didn't tell her that. Maybe he doesn't want to worry you like you know he's flying. If you knew, you would have banned it. Aye right?"
Hmm. I'm down. "Yes, Bund, but it's for his own good. He was-"
"Mother knows, honey. Mother doesn't blame you, but we can't blame Reza either. Everyone has their own way of dealing with grief. For example, like yourself, if you are sad, you run away somewhere, can Mother prevent you? You always run away. You remember?"
My mother's words hit me hard. It's complicated, I'm confused. Reza's emotions are unstable, I feel guilty if I leave him with death-defying things. But, if I forbid it, it would definitely make him further away from me, I could be considered inconsiderate, because not necessarily he would listen to me.
"Patience, yes, dear. Just tell her you can accompany her wherever she wants, and you won't forbid anything she wants to do. But don't force him to refuse. Stay gentle. Okay, Honey?"
Yeah, Mommy's right, I thought. And I will try to be more patient with Reza.
"Yes, Bund. Nara-"
Eh?
I was shocked. Suddenly Reza stood behind me, buried his face in the curve of my neck and held me tight. I immediately stopped the phone with my mother.
"Mass? What's up?" my many.
Reza. He lifted his face, then he hugged me even tighter.
"Thanks." -."
"For what?"
"For your understanding. To make room. Not to get angry at me for not spending a few days with you, and to leave you alone."
I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. I stroked his face and I peeked his cheek. "Lying when I say it's okay. But I try not to get angry. I-i understand. I don't blame you. But you should have told me. You should have brought me with you. Don't disappear somewhere, then expect me not to worry. That's not how it works."
Reza listened to my babbling without a doubt. I'm sure he met Erik and Erik must have told me of my arrival yesterday, so he went straight home. If not, he must have gone crazy again somewhere.
"I knew. I'm sorry," he said. Then she let go of his embrace, twisted me, and cupped my face. "But you should know, honestly, I still remember coming home because I remember there you were waiting for me. Thanks, I don't know where I am if there's no you. I love you, Nara."
Relieved. I know he must have come back to me. "I love you too. I will continue to be by your side. Stick like glue."
Well, to make up for her guilt, that afternoon Reza took me to the movies to make me happy again. We don't want to go far. You know what movie we're watching? Comedy Horror movie, Djoerig Salawe. Lo, huh? Yeah, all I saw was Reza. I was a coward, so I closed my ears more. Instead of watching a movie, I watched Reza laugh out loud. "It's really funny" he said.
For your sake, it's fine that I'm here.
Yep, there are at least popcorn sharing sessions or making out in between movie scenes. Reza is warm and sweet to me. So, for those tens of minutes I could pretend that everything was almost normal. I think the goal is not to make me cheerful again, but for himself, the right choice of words is actually not to invite but to ask for company, because... Reza who decides what movies he wants to watch, he likes comedy and horror, a favorite that goes against my favorite. But love requires sacrifice, including fighting fear. In the name of love, I have proved it, I can fight my fear for her, for her sake.
Ah, don't protest. I didn't see the movie, but at least I dared to go to the movie, right? Netizens banned julyid!
After watching the movie, we went to the supermarket. There are many kitchen and other necessities to buy.
"Why should you choose corn sugar?" Reza asked me while we were shopping.
I smile. "Because of you" I said. "Your father has a history of diabetes, and it has great potential to decline to you."
Practically Reza frowned. Before he asked me where I knew from, I quickly told him I knew about it from his mother. His mother told me that while I was waiting for him in the hospital. Reza was out at the time.
Reza, too, tried to rethink the stories a week ago.
"Mother asked me to accompany and take care of you. If we realize that time, I actually already know what will happen."
Reza mangosteen again, she agrees with me. "Then, what else did you say?" tanyakanya.
"You want to know? There is a condition, later you have to buy ice cream for both of us, and you have to come eat ice cream with me. How's it?"
He's agreed. "Yes, okay," he said excitedly.
I know, she misses her mother a lot.
"Emmm... Mom said, she said I should learn from Mbok Tin, about the layout of your things," I said, seeing Reza smile straight away, she understood what I meant. "That you're going to put a stamp on people and trouble them if your things aren't in place, because you're not good at looking for them."
Ck! I giggle. Not clever looking, if looking for a soul mate? Hows it?
"Not really," he said. "I just don't like wasting time. Troublesome."
I paused for a moment, took the powdered chocolate off his shelf, then shifted a little, picked up the tea pull. I remember, I have not drank it long enough, counted since close to Reza. I used to drink jasmine tea like her.
"Otherwise?" tanyanya cut off my daydreams.
I thought for a moment. "Said Mom, you can't pay attention to the little things. For example, you ignore the time you have to pay for electricity or when you have to fill an electric token, just right when we are in the electric villa until it goes out. And naturally I want you to get married quickly, you can't take care of your own life."
"Only on certain things, dear."
"O yeah? Time?"
"Seriously. Not on all things," she said again.
"OKAY. No one's stopping you from refuting that."
He blushed, even though he denied, but those things could not be denied. And I was lucky, his mother had said those things to me, although it sounded trivial, but those were things that were important enough for me to understand.
"Oh yes, Mother also said that you are a eater of all kinds of food, but if you are tired of eating that one, the solution is easy, just cook the pot, the peda, the dorsal, the gritty, other types of salted fish, also smoked fish."
Reza nodded. "Line and Salai" he said.
"Come, test wong Palembang tu kalu fish dienjuk garem continue to be dried namonyo balur, kalu smoked it namonyo salai, nah kalu fermented it pekasam. Don't want to be nian diomongke, I remember," my chatter with annoyance.
Well, I'm throbbing. Reza was happy. "The Palembang girl is funny, yes."
"Do you understand what I said?"
Never mind, the important thing is that he laughs happily.
Then, as we agreed, we went to the ice cream shop.
Who doesn't love ice cream? This cold and refreshing food is loved by everyone of all ages. Especially the girls. Especially in broad daylight like that day. Refreshed. We ordered two chocolate flavored gelato scoops.
"Enak, right?" my many.
"Mmm-hmm," Reza agreed, she scooped her gelato.
"Let's go" I said a moment later. We walked down the street, passed some shops, and got straight into the car as soon as we got to the parking lot.
Time home. Should have. But...
"Mas, you remember the first time I met Mom. You asked me why we were crying?" my many.
Reza nodded. "Remember," he said, then he paused, trying to reminisce back then. "Why indeed? Emm... I mean why were you crying that time? Did you say something to me?"
I'm nodding. "That's when Mom asked me to promise."
"Promise? What promise?"
"No need to interrupt, Mom. Just listen to me. Okay?"
"Well, I'll be a good listener. What did mom say?"
Oh. she's so impatient.
"Emm... I asked you to promise to marry me. You know, I don't like to promise, but because Mom cried, I was forced to promise. He said he'd calm down if I promised him. In fact, Mom blatantly said that maybe her age would not be long and she left you to me. Seriously. I really didn't think it was some kind of will or some kind of trust for me."
Reza's eyes are glazed. "Thanks, yeah. You are willing to fulfill Mother's request. Because of you, I feel like my life still matters. I still have a purpose in life and I still have a place to go home. You are my home, Nara. You are the home I'm going to."
"Symbiosis mutualism, what would I be and I don't know where I am now if there isn't you? Hmm?"
Reza smiled wryly, and, he returned to being a nosy Reza. He threw his ice cream in my face, right on my right jaw.
Oh my God. I also put out a tissue. "You just said thank you. Now it's dirty again. Responsibility, lo, yes. Clean my face."
"Nope. I don't need a tissue" he said. She put the ice cream down, then came closer to my face. And... You know, right, what did he do?
Basic mode, yes....
But fun. And I like it.