Lara's Admirers

Episode 64

'BRUKK!!!'

Suddenly my body fell on the sand.

"Sha, why?!" Said Arka while helping me stand up.

I cleaned my hands and feet that got dirty from the sand. I think I know what the reason is, why all this could happen all of a sudden like this. It is possible that this is a long-term effect of the previous two accidents.

Ever since the accident I had for the first time, my knee has been severely injured. In addition to this last accident, it also attacked my leg. I think my leg condition is getting weaker. He could no longer support my body. Why should my feet be the victim.

"What is sha?" Ask Arka worried.

I shook my head.

"Why did you fall so suddenly?" Ask her again.

"Tripping is possible." My answer.

"But there are no stones or anything that can make you stumble, sure nothing?" Evidently.

I know this guy's not that easy to fool. But I'll keep trying to cover everything up, I don't want more to know about this. Enough Sendy's sister ever knew about this.

"How about we eat before we go home." Said Arka while leading me.

"Can." Short reply.

We immediately left the place, after the sun had completely sunk and left only a jet black. Sometimes the sky likes to change, sometimes it is yellow, blue, orange, gray, or even black. But in fact, humans have their own favorite sky color. Some like bright and flashy colors, or even soft colors that symbolize sadness.

"Where do you eat?" Ask Arka in the middle of the journey.

"Ehmmm." My answer.

"What do you want to eat?" Ask the man again.

"What do you want to eat?" Means back.

"I'm back, haha..."

"Why eat meatballs? Nice time yes, cold-cold gini."

"Cold gini is good in the hug."

"You?"

The man was silent for a moment after the sentence came out of my mouth. His face looks stiff and confused as to what to answer. Without waiting for her answer again, I slowly began to wrap my hands around her waist.

"I'm sorry you. I'm just a cowardly girl who fears my own past and chooses you as my refuge." Lirihku.

"Shouldn't say what sha? It's not clear, there's noise in the wind." Sahut Arka's.

"Ah? Not really." My elak is fast.

But I'm sure that when I said that sentence, I was very careful. The volume of my voice is also lower than usual. How could this man listen to everything. I began to suspect, if in fact secretly he could listen to my heart as well.

"Carca!" My solute.

"Yes....." Reply a little while looking back.

"Thank you for making this lonely soul happy." My speech.

"I promise you won't be a lonely soul from today." Evidently.

"You remind me, when I said I'd try to get you back at all costs." Further.

"Carca....." My protest.

"If I knew there was someone you were still guarding there, but my talk at that time was serious sha." Obviously trying to convince me.

"You deserve to try, but I beg you not to hurt him to get rid of his figure from me. Because it's all for nothing." My reply now also began to get carried away.

"As a man, I'm not taught to be a loser. At least I can still admire you forever." Speak it wisely.

I don't understand for some reason lately, it feels like Arka is getting better at stringing words. Does he have his own reasons for this. Every sentence he uttered was not nonsense. Not empty words spoken without meaning.

***

Arka parked his bike on the side of the road. Right in front of the ranks of street vendors in the Kalibata area. This place seems to be the center of culinary night. Even though the day had begun to darken, the atmosphere looked boisterous behind the tents of street vendors.

"I know one of the delicious meatballs here. You should try." Clearly, while tidying his hair.

"Oh yeah? Have you ever eaten there?" Askaqua.

"Often, childhood first." The reply then pulled my hand towards one of the tarpaulin tents there.

While the man was ordering meatballs, I sat in a typical street vendor's long chair in general. A second later, he approached me with a small smile.

"Today is it okay to go home a little late?" Ask Arka.

"No, I have Renata's permission anyway." My answer.

"Sha....." Legally.

"Yes?" Short reply.

"Not be it." Said Arka while scratching his head that does not itch.

Again he did the same. This is the second time today. This morning he was like this, what he really wanted.

"So early this morning, too." My speech.

"By the way, what's wrong? I know there's something you're hiding." I clearly.

"Not that sha, I'm not hiding it. I'm trying to put it out, but I can't." Answer Arka seriously.

I also started taking his words seriously. This conversation is not a light thing like a guyonan. This man was angry and hesitant.

"What makes you unable to do that?" I asked who kept trying to dig up information.

"I'm afraid you're angry, so I'm not sure I'm talking about this." Clearly with a sad look.

"By the way."

"But we have to promise not to get angry."

"I can't promise you, but I'll do it."

The man took a deep breath before starting to speak. It seemed like this was a difficult thing to do, his heart felt so heavy. But inevitably he has to convey this, if he does not want to continue to be overwhelmed with anxiety.

"Wouldn't you just turn me around?" Speak with all courage.

My eyes were perfectly rounded after hearing her sentence just now. I tried to make sure that I was not misheard earlier, and in a fully conscious condition. I never thought how this man was so determined by what he said yesterday.

"Sha...." Follow it carefully.

"You're angry, aren't you? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said the same thing to you." It was obviously Arka who was starting to feel guilty.

"No, I'm nothing." Reply with a stiff.

For some reason since that sentence was thrown out of his mouth, we became awkward with each other. The atmosphere really turned stiff.

"But I can't give you an answer right now." My words broke the silence between the two of us.

"It's okay kok sha, I know this must be difficult for you. The important thing is not to think too much about this, yes, I do not want you to drop again." Evidently.

I nodded my head with a small smile towards the man.

"This is the mas order, enjoy." Said the meatball brother who suddenly came.

"Thank you sir." I said and Arka at the same time.

"Tuh, it's really nice if cold gini eat meatballs. Look at the smoke from the sauce, it's still warm." I clearly.

"Haha, yes. Eresha is always right." Reply Arka while ruffling the top of my head.

"Eresha Caitlyn Ananda." My timpal.

"Yes Eresha Caitlyn Ananda." Her speech.

We ate the food while it was still warm. Vehicles milling about on the streets became the main sight at that time. Sometimes I steal a glance at this guy.

It's been a long time since we've been chatting and laughing together like this. Since that night, he had returned to being a closed figure. I never again saw both corners of her lips lift up like this. But for tonight, Arka is back to being herself.

Suddenly I remembered Clara's words. He doesn't want me to hurt the man he once loved. The girl said it would be too hard for her to get up. In fact, it is true, Arka still slumped in the same situation. He is trapped in his own past. I became uneasy with the girl, I had failed at being the person she had hoped for all along. Maybe it was only Clara who could accompany this unstable man.

"Carca!" Suddenly sahutku.

"Yes, why?" Asked the man while sipping his meatballs.

"Why don't you turn Clara around? I think you're better suited to Clara. I think he's the only one who can understand you." I was clearly at the core of the problem.

"Cock suddenly that's it?" Arka asked me back.

"I'm sure Clara still has a taste for you." My answer.

Arka immediately stopped his activities right then and there, he was silent and busy with his own world in a moment. Then suddenly, he grabbed both of my shoulders.

"I can't do that, he's done something outrageous." Said Arka with eyes so deep.

"I'm sure there's a reason behind it all." My reply.

"Have you heard the story from me? You know exactly how Clara's nature only benefits fools like me." Clearly full of emotion.

"But it's a story from your point of view, and I haven't heard the story from Clara's point of view. Maybe it's different...."

"You're better than Clara?"

Damnit damnit! Why even this way! Though I had good intentions, but now it's messy like this.

"It's not like you..." I try to explain everything.

"Just keep on thinking about your best friend, until we finally realize that he is the enemy in the blanket." Reply Arka then turned her face away.

A second later he got out of his seat, headed to the storefront to pay for everything. Even though the food had only run out in half, but he just let it go.

"Arka, where are you going!" My leg from the seat.

"You're home! Tired of talking about her mulu!" Reply Arka from a distance with a high tone of speech.

Shortly after, his figure immediately disappeared from before me. I never thought how he could leave a girl alone in the middle of the night like this. I sat back down weakly, finishing the rest of my food. Although I no longer taste for eating some meatballs, my family is not taught to waste food.

"Sometimes people change quickly." I murmured slowly while chewing meatballs.

Arka too quickly to draw conclusions. He is more concerned with his selfish nature above all else. Sometimes life is exhausting, as has just happened for example. Soon marahan, briefly better, marahan again, better again, then so on like a cycle. Almost every time I get tired of it. And now what makes me even more tired is, how do I get home.

"Sir, how much is it?" I asked while approaching the meatball trader.

"Oh, that one has already been paid the same mas that was mbak." The answer.

"Ehmmm, is that it, sir? Thank you so much, then." My reply.

"Yes, ma'am." Answer's short.

I close my hoodie so that the cold doesn't come in carelessly. With puzzled steps, I walked out from behind the tarp tent. Suddenly someone pulled my hand from behind. That surprised me half to death. I was about to scream, but a hand came back to silence my mouth.

"Let's go home." His whisper was soft in my ear.

I seem to recognize this voice. I turned my body towards him, and it turned out to be Arka. I thought I was being kidnapped by a bunch of street thugs who ruled over this area.

"Carca!" I'm upset.

"Sorry...." Slowly flowed.

Fortunately, I didn't finish him right then. But it looks like I would lose to him if I did that. This man's energy is much greater than mine.

"Not home yet? He said he wanted to go home." I said with an expression that looked uncomfortable.

"Which guy could have left a girl alone, gini nights again." Evidently.

"I'm sorry for the emotion." Further.

"I'm sorry, too." My reply was indifferent.

A second later, his hand reached back to my chin. Arka tried to turn my face towards her, because I spoke without seeing her at all. This man succeeded in making our eyes meet each other.

"It was called a monologue, if it was a dialogue." His word.

"Whatever!" My reply was indifferent.

"Don't be angry again dong." He said while slightly bowing his body.

Her body was too tall to talk to someone like me. So that not infrequently he had to do that for the sake of generalizing our height.

"Who is angry..." Reply with a shitty tone of speech.

"If you're not angry smile dong." His word.

"No way!" Reject me raw.

"Come dong sha, lest I have to resort to violence." Threatened him.

I didn't even understand the threat he gave me just now. A threat that would sound ridiculous for this kind of business. But again, this man continued to do something suddenly. Without any prior warning, he shortened my forehead so quickly. Then he smiled broadly at me.

"Is this a threat this crazy man is talking about?" My mind is in my heart.

"Yuk's home!" Take it while pulling my hand for the umpteenth time today.