Lara's Admirers

Episode 53

Arka parked her motorcycle in front of her house just like that. He got off his motorcycle and rushed in while tidying his hair.

"Where are you from?!"

Suddenly the voice appeared instantly after Arka opened the door. It turned out that it was his mother who had been waiting for Arka in the living room, ever since he left earlier.

"Eh, mama's not asleep?" Arka asked back.

"Your mother is here waiting for you."

"Didn't my mom go into the room?"

"Well you know how you go, use all the speeding..."

Arka bowed resigned. He could not find any more reason to avoid it. This man had lost a landslide, this time he died a flea in front of his mother.

"Jawab mama son, where are you from!" Snatch his mother Arka.

The atmosphere of the night instantly changed by a hundred and eighty degrees. The loud sentences accompanied by high voices are enough to make this house crowded.

"Mama doesn't like you fighting over nak..." Follow the woman in a soft voice.

His mother Arka cupped the child's cheeks with her hands. He looked at the young man so deeply, his eyes glazed over. The head of Arka who had been bowed immediately looked up at his mother's clingy eyes.

"Mama why ma? Sorry if Arka was wrong... Don't cry ma..." Said Arka while directly hugging the woman who so dear to him.

Arka felt so guilty. He felt so outrageous to his mother. Although he was not sure what he had done wrong, the man was still angry with himself.

He could not keep his promise to his late father. The great man who had been away for a long time told Arka to take care of his mother and a woman he loved later.

"You're the people you love.... This mother of yours and a woman who can make you fall in love later. Don't disappoint them, women's hearts are fragile and easily broken."

"I don't want to fall in love for now."

"Don't be too hard on yourself, son, believe me someday you'll send a girl who can bring you to your knees."

"Don't talk like that... That would never happen to me. I can vouch for it."

More or less that was the conversation between a child and his father that took place a few years ago. A sentence he never expected would be the last message from his father. He now sees it as a promise to himself.

His mother Arka spontaneously reciprocated the actions of her son by stroking the smooth top of the head of Arka.

"Mama traumas are the same as when you were in a coma because of the accident. Mama doesn't want to part with mom's own son." Whisper the woman in the ear of her son.

It cannot be denied that a mother's affection for her child will live all the time. Arka's heart was so filled at that time when she heard the sentence was thrown from her own mother's mouth.

Arka can clearly capture the meaning of the words of his mother. The woman didn't want anything bad to happen to her. He did not want to if he had the same fate as his late father.

"I'm sorry Arka has made my mom worried..." Arka.

"Where were you in such a hurry?" Ask the woman and then release her grip.

"Eresha ma...."

Again Arka's face bowed weakly. He doesn't know where to start.

"Arka was afraid of losing Eresha ma..." Further.

"Losing what does it mean?" Arka's mother started to turn serious.

"It's like losing papa..." Said Arka with a heavy heart.

Although he did not know the specifics about Eresha's physical condition, but somehow his intuition said that Arka had to prepare himself to lose again.

Mama Arka immediately silenced immediately after hearing the sentence.

"What do you mean? You mean Eresha will...."

The woman deliberately hung up her sentence. He could not bear to say a sentence that sounded so cruel to be addressed to the little girl.

"Dead..."

That's what the woman wanted to mean. A rude comment that sounded like it had no fairies of humanity at all. Even though one day everyone will experience it.

"Yes ma...." Answer Arka carefully.

The middle-aged woman was increasingly at a loss for words for their language tonight. Actually, this is a rather heavy topic to talk about nights like this.

"The condition of Eresha is getting worse ma, he said due to too much burden on the mind. And the doctor who specialized in nanganin Eresha once said that the worse the condition, did not rule out the possibility to..."

Arka could no longer continue the last part of the sentence.

"To threaten her survival ma."

The man chose to continue his sentence despite so much difficulty.

"Arka does not want if slowly all the people Arka loves go away Arka." Further.

His mother knew exactly how this boy felt. Arka is a child who does not like to hang out with too many people. Rarely could anyone be so familiar with him. Usually just ordinary friends.

This child will open up his entire true identity to the one who has been truly close to him, which the universe has never even known. He did not hesitate to reveal his personal secrets.

Adit and Titan are the closest schoolmates to her all along. Long before the girl came. Arka is not a child who is easily close to a woman. But now all assumptions about the Ark have been broken. It's true what his father said three years ago.

"She'll be able to heal, son, as long as we try." Said his mother Arka.

He did not want his son to continue to dissolve in deep sorrow. This woman wanted to see her son whom she had known all along. A very strong Ark.

"How's ma?" Tanya Arka enthusiastically.

"Try taking her somewhere to calm her down. So that all the burden can be slowly lost without you noticing. Give him a little forget of the many problems he has." Clearly Mama Arka.

"But wait for Eresha to get out of the hospital." Further.

This woman can always be trusted. There are millions of brilliant ideas that he never revealed to the universe. He had thousands of solutions when Arka was in trouble. He was like a savior angel to her.

"I'll try to follow your advice and find a suitable place." Reply Ark.

Looks like the man didn't bother to think about it. In fact, he found a very suitable place. Let's just hope the plan this time works and the girl gets a little entertained.

"Udah night, now you enter the room continue to sleep. Don't crawl anymore!"

His mother commemorates Arka with a slightly fluttering tone.

"Yes ma..." Reply Arka with a small laugh.

***

Arka returned to her study table. Actually his eyes are sleepy, but he must still finish his work first. This kid is the kind of person who doesn't like to procrastinate.

"I have to run again tonight." Complain Arka.

Arka immediately started her work. The sooner the task is completed, the sooner he can sleep.

He spent more than two hours in that place. Work with books and other writing tools. He forced himself that night. Because he knows that this is part of his struggle. Arka knows very well that he is currently preparing for his future.

Arka saw a timepiece on one side of her bedroom wall. At that time the clock showed at one in the morning. The man relaxes some parts of his body that feel very stiff because they are too long down.

Today Arka decided to sleep in her papa's studio. He immediately headed there, not forgetting to bring a blanket and a pillow with him. Because there are no such things.

This man also needed to calm himself. He should be able to handle himself before helping others. Today Arka felt really tired. He hasn't been to this place in a long time.

Arka never brought anyone here. Just her mom and herself. Eresha was the first person to ever bring her here other than her family. The first song they played together at that time kept ringing in his head every time he entered this room. It was as if the events of that time were always repeating themselves. Everything felt so real, just like when Eresha was actually there.

Arka threw herself down on the sofa while staring at the ceiling. His drowsiness suddenly disappeared instantly after arriving here. Arka picked up her guitar the last time she put it on this couch. His fingers began to assemble the tone created from the string quotes. He tried to get rid of his satiety at that time by playing some songs. At once it is possible that this melody can lead him to drift and sleep up to his subconscious.

***

"Ngedumel mulu lo sen!" Said Rayhan who was at once Sendy's roommate at the boarding house.

Sendy didn't touch the man's words at all. His head wanted to break when he saw all the chaos before him. Sometimes he scratches his head that does not itch. He kept trying to rack his brain to find a solution. But all of this was far from his expectations. In added Rayhan who at that time could only protest without being able to help even a little.

Rice has become porridge. Now all the plans that he has been working on so far just get rid of it. It felt so futile his trip to Holland yesterday. Maybe this is not the sustenance that God has left for him. The only thing he could do right now was to give up everything.

The man was planning to draw some new designs after this. He will complete his college assignments first, then continue his target.

After he cleared up all the mess, it was likely that Sendy took his laptop. He rested his body on one side of the room. His hand continued to scroll the page he was opening at the time nimbly. Sendy was looking for some examples of architectural designs that were on the internet at that time. The internet really helped him. The virtual object is able to provide a variety of unique image references that he has never encountered before.

"There's another class assignment?" Ask Rayhan.

"How do you think..." Reply to the man.

Rayhan has been his roommate since he first moved to Jakarta. The man is a law major who is studying in the third semester. They studied at the same university, only their campus building was quite far apart.

Both of them are very close to each other. Although sometimes still often quarrel because of small things, but it did not last long.

Sendy turned his gaze for a moment towards his friend. He realized that there was something strange about the boy. Usually Rayhan is the one who always makes the atmosphere crowded. He never tired to keep talking, it is not wrong that he is suitable to be a child majoring in law. But this time his voice suddenly disappeared among the hustle and bustle of the atmosphere created by the sounds of the night beasts.

As he had expected, Rayhan had already run out of energy. The man fell asleep in a pose typical of himself. He doesn't usually sleep this fast, unless there's morning class tomorrow.

"Gue hasn't had a chat with Eresha yet." Sendy muttered softly.

The man immediately took his cell phone, then contacted the girl. But during the first experiment, the number was off. Sendy checks his phone once again to confirm one thing.

Naturally, his phone was inactive. He must have turned off the object so as not to interfere with his rest time. Sendy patted his eel slowly, noticing his strange behavior. It was very late today, surely Eresha was fast asleep.

Sendy was one of the many humans who had to go overtime that night. Every night there are always people who have to confiscate their own sleeping hours to achieve their wishes.

Suddenly he remembered one thing about the girl. Something very important to Eresha. Eresha is about to have her eighteenth birthday. Right this month on the 30th, about a week away. He had to prepare something special for the girl.

This important day should be celebrated. A historic event that only happens once a year. The moment of his birth to the world. Many people are grateful for the birth of this little angel into the world. God has not wrongly created man as beautiful as himself. The girl was born with happiness in her hands.

Anyone who is around you will feel safe and happy. But his life was not always about happiness. The girl kept millions of wounds that she had sustained herself. The cheerful face that emanates is not always so. Sometimes there's another side of him that he doesn't want to show the world. He's too bad to know the universe.

***

The sun slowly rose showing its appearance. The soft orange yellow light barged in from every gap. The warmth changed the world that was curled up because of the cold of the night. Presence is also a sign for everyone if this day has begun. There will be a new story every day. Whether it's happy or sad, the important thing is that we have to enjoy it. Sometimes a story will feel boring if it is written without conflict. Just like the journey of life that is always filled with dozens of questions every day.

There will be a part where we are at the top of the problem. A climax that forces us to find the anticlimax.

As always, Jakarta is resuming its life for today. The streets of the capital, which had been quiet for a while, are now back crowded. Thousands and even millions of people are competing to get to the office. The heart of the capital is back to life. Everyone gets busy with the sun.

No exception with the place where Eresha and friends demanded knowledge. The students had already ambushed the main gate since this morning. This place is back alive.

Everyone has been in their respective classes because perankan lesson hours immediately began. But not with that girl. Today he was not there as usual.

Eresha was forced to skip all the materials delivered today. Although he had previously made a resolution of studying in this year. In reality, man can plan as he pleases. He has the right to choose his life path with the plans he made. But again, all decisions are in almighty hands. The good in our opinion is not necessarily the best according to God, it could be the opposite. Believe that God will give us the best, much better than we ever planned.

"Where did you meet Eresha yesterday?" Ask Stefani marketing.

Last night this guy hasn't answered his question, really sucks.

As usual, a group of young people always open the forum first before the class starts. They would usually gather together as much as possible, while discussing light matters.

One second, two seconds, three seconds passed already. Stefani is getting furious because Arka never opens a voice about it. Though he knew exactly if everyone here was curious about the existence of the girl at this time.

"Wooy!" Snap Stefani.

Arka who from earlier was just daydreaming while staring at the empty seat next to him suddenly snapped and immediately realized from his daydream.

"What the hell?" Ask Arka casually.

"Lo don't hear what I said from earlier?" Ask Stefani who has started to get emotional.

Arka then just shook his head without feeling guilty.

"Where did you meet Eresha?" Ask Stefani again.

Although it was difficult for him, but this girl still tried to hold back her anger. He doesn't want to look bad in front of Titan. Stefani lately always keep his attitude to look graceful in the eyes of Titan. Although this was not that easy to do, this time his determination was completely round.

While the figure asked again is just silent and silent. He didn't know where to start telling me. He seemed to think hard.

Arka let out a long sigh then said, "Eresha yesterday dropped again."

They can't say anything more. The four people were surprised instead of playing when they heard the sentence that was thrown from Arka's mouth.

"Can I drop?" Ask Adit.

"Have more thoughts lately. Now we're really in push for exam preparation." Arka Clear.

"Why if it's after school class, do we look at Eresha? Do you remember the room?" Proposal Titan.

"Well, I mean that too." Arka Timpal.

"Judah, we're following you." Reply Clara.

The rest just nodding affirming Clara's words. This time they all agreed with this girl.

"But it's good if we bring something to it? It's not good that we go there without taking anything." Adit Timpal.

"Yaudah easy it's mah, we buy fruit only at the supermarket." Reply Stefani.

"My coat is the same lo ka, until nyariin Eresha segitunya." Further.

"Ko there's still the same taste of Eresha right ka?" Timpal Clara's.

I don't know why all of a sudden their discussion becomes this way. Why even talk about his personal problems. Now the man feels increasingly cornered by questions that are not at all important to answer.

Arka chose to keep quiet and did not want to comment more about it. He still doesn't understand his own feelings. This man still doubts whether it is true that Eresha is a girl whom his father had predicted in the past, or if there is another girl who will conquer his heart.

"Carca!" Sahut Clara's.

The man again did not answer at all. He looked over for a while and raised his head.

"Lo still likes Eresha? You still feel the same, don't you? You can't move on a little bit...."

Clara immediately showed the questions to Arka.

"Do I have to answer your questions?" The man asked back.

"Just answer me!" Ketus Stefani is impatient.

"But it's my personal problem, do you have any right to know?" Reply Ark.

"Do you not want to consider all of us as your friends? So you don't want our same story?" Connect Titan.

He hesitates if he has to tell them this. Arka couldn't trust these friends completely.

Not that he is not sure about his own best friend, only he thinks this will be better if kept alone. There are times when being ignorant at all will feel much more soothing to some people.

"Even you guys never tell us at all the reason why you can break up gini." Clara.

"The problem isn't as easy as you might think." Said Arka while sighing slowly.

Then he confirmed his sitting position that was no longer because of.

"It's better to bury it in all its flavors..." Clara.

Of course Arka disagrees with the girl. He should have thought about it before uttering the sentence. Doing all that is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand.

"Are you jealous of Eresha?" Tunding Arka's.

"Gue's been trying not to let go of our past..." Reply to Clara casually.

"But there's one thing you should know. Our friendship will not be able to go as we want if there is still mutual love between us. It will only divide us. That taste is beautiful, but it will destroy everything. Including our friendship." Clara.

The arka immediately bowed weakly. If you think there is a point also the words of Clara just now.

Stefani clasped his hand tightly. He felt the words just now seemed to insinuate him. But they all have to think about this again.