KIRANA (She Is She Too)

The Eps 58

"Yoga, throw it here!" one of my yoga friends in her new class.

Yoga immediately threw the basketball in his hand. Yoga classes are currently taking sports lessons. Yoga and other male students were playing basketball. All the girls who saw him were stunned. While getting gold in the blackened mud, the girls look happy to see Yoga playing basketball. Because, it is rare for Yoga to do activities like today. He often accompanies Dari who is alone and jokes with him.

All girls are fascinated by the figure of Yoga which increasingly looks cool when playing basketball. Likewise with Dance, the girl is now also watching the man. They have hours of sports lessons at the same time. Dance, still faithfully sitting on the bench on the sidelines as before. Alone, without friends.

Happy to see the person he loves even though he cannot say hello. Smiling dance. It seemed, her best friend was fine after what happened. Even now Yoga also mingles with others. In her mind, Dari solidified her heart to let go of her feelings for Yoga. Let it slip, the seed of his love crashing. Like cotton in the wind, Dance kept away even though her heart did not want to.

When the thoughts of the distant Dance drifted away trying to release the imagined sense, their views accidentally met each other. The conscious dance also immediately threw their faces in the other direction so that they did not meet each other. Even with Yoga, he also returned to focus on his game. The gaze that only momentarily managed to make the hearts of the two beat at each other quickly. The taste they try to inhibit is actually even more sticking.

Yoga looks disappointed when he wants to see the girl back. The person he wanted to see was already gone from his place. I don't know where the girl is. He wanted to find her, but his pride was too high. Yoga continues his basketball game with his friends.

***

"When did you bring my son-in-law here, Anton?" ask the mother about her son.

"Later in the afternoon after she gets home from school I'll take her to meet with Mama" replied Mr. Anton as he sipped his mango juice.

Currently, Mrs Ratih and her son are relaxing on the front porch of the house. The cool atmosphere and sunny days make Mrs Ratih want to linger relaxing in the place.

"After we get married, I'll take her to a new place, Ma."

"Why not just stay here?"

"This house I gave to Yoga. Let him stay here while taking care of my business."

"You're selfish, Anton." annoyed Mrs Ratih.

"You're good after marriage to be alone with your new wife. While here Yoga must work hard to carry out the tasks you give." he added.

"Remember, Anton! Yoga is your son, your flesh and blood. You have to put yourself first over the others. Mama is very supportive if you remarry, but you should not ignore the happiness of Yoga. He's young, he needs his youth too. Not just doing the work you need to finish. Mama doesn't agree that Yoga should lead your big company. It's better for Mama to bring her back to live with Mama if you're still stubborn" said the mother at length.

Mr. Anton who got a long speech from the mother was just silent. He could not just let go of his company on Yoga. He will also be monitoring from a distance. However, to live together to build a small family seems like he can not do. Considering Yoga who may now hate her girl a lot. As much as possible he will separate the two so that Tari does not get hurt.

***

"Where are we going?" tanya Tari is confused because the car driven by the papi does not pass the road to his house.

"We're going to Papi's house, honey." replied Mr. Anton who remained focused on driving his car. Mr. Anton accidentally picked up his girl today.

"Make what?" The dance started to panic a little. In that house, Yoga stayed. He was afraid if something happened like that.

"Meet papi's parents. They're dying to see you."

"But,"

Dance breathe a sigh of relief. What he feared would not happen because Yoga was not at home. Along the way the girl was silent and occasionally saw things outside the window. Nervous, of course. What else he will meet is the father's parents who will be his future father-in-law.

Arriving at Mr. Anton's house, Mr. Ratih and Mr. Widodo were waiting for them on the front porch. Both were seen sitting in the available seats. Mr. Anton immediately parked his car and helped Tari get out of the car. The two of them walked together to where Mr. Ratih and Mr. Widodo were.

Mr. Ratih and Mr. Widodo immediately stood up to greet them. They were made to be surprised by the current appearance of Dance. Mr. Widodo even scrunched his forehead. Not because of Dance who was still wearing the school uniform and carrying her bag, but because of the face of Dance that was not like their shadow. Her son said, Dance is a beautiful and sweet girl. Everyone will be captivated by her beauty.

"Why are your faces like that?" ask Mr. Anton in wonder.

While Dance, the girl lowered her gaze not daring to look at the two papi parents. Fear runs in the heart. He was afraid they would not accept his arrival. Who would accept a daughter-in-law like her?

"Ah, there is no. Come on, come on in!" take Bu Ratih who then grabs Tari's arm and leads her into the house. The four of them immediately entered the house and sat in the living room.

"Dance, meet me, Mrs Ratih, Mama Anton. And she's Anton's Papa." said Mrs Ratih introducing herself and her husband.

"Yes, Aunt. I'm Dance." reply the girl politely. His fingers trembled withstanding the nervousness that assaulted him.

Is this what it feels like to meet a future in-law? The heart rumbled and cold sweat began to drip.

"You just got back from school?" ask Mrs Ratih.

"L-yes, Auntie." replied Tari nervously.

"You don't get so nervous, honey." Madam tried to calm down. He knew the girl was nervous.

"True, we are family. So act like normal!" Mr. Widodo spoke up.

"What do you want to drink, honey? Let Aunt make it."

"So much Aunty, Tan."

"Avocado juice, Ma. My girl loves it a lot." said Mr. Anton as he moved to sit next to Dance.

Mrs Ratih smiled. "Well, Mama will make avocado juice for you and black coffee for your Papa."

Mrs Ratih got up and walked towards the kitchen, leaving her two dearest men and Tari in the living room.

"Why are you sweating?" ask the papi to the girl.

"E-no, Pih. It's okay." said the girl.

"Oh yeah, Papi bought you a shirt. You want to, right? It's in the car, just get it."

Not yet answered by Tari, the man had gone to his car. Now there is only Dance and Mr. Widodo. The girl just kept her head down because she didn't know what to talk about. What else is the prospective in-law is observing him. Yes, Mr. Widodo was staring at Dari in surprise. There are many beautiful girls out there who willingly become the lovers of their children. However, she chose girls like dance. Larger uniforms, darker skin and an unkempt face. What makes his son captivated from a dance?