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"Bak, down there's Mas Kenzo."
I immediately raised my head and turned towards the door, and found Sandra there. My forehead shriveled in confusion, Kenzo came here but waited below, did not go straight up, it sounded unusual.
"Why didn't you ask to go up?" many wonder.
Usually Kenzo goes straight upstairs, never waits downstairs, he'd rather wait in my room.
"I don't understand anyway, Ma'am, try checking Mbak Qilla's phone first! This time Mas Kenzo took ngabarin."
As Sandra suggested, I grabbed my phone and found two WhatsApp messages from Kenzo.
My Luv Ken๐:
Jalan2 yuk, kangen kamu๐.
I'll pick.
Oke๐
My Luv Ken๐:
I have arrived.
I wait under aja๐๐
I nodded after reading a message from Kenzo. Then I looked at Sandra again.
"Tell Kenzo I'm ready first, because I just opened the phone."
"Oh, okay, Ma'am."
Shortly after, Sandra disappeared behind the door, while I chose to change clothes immediately. Although Kenzo is included in the category of patient men, but he is quite fussy if told to wait for women to dress up. His mouth could not stop complaining if I knew at this time I was still clearing my design sketches.
After I thought it was a little neater, I ran to the bathroom to wash my face, then ran to the room to change clothes. When I was ready, I went out of the room and found Kenzo in front of the fridge. Maybe he was thirsty.
"Superb," he chirped as he closed the bottle of mineral water he had gulped. It was clear that he was insinuating me.
"I'm sorry," I regret not feeling well. "I just opened the phone after you were downstairs."
"habits. So your hape is given a dong ringtone, so that if there is an important phone can go directly to you, not through Sandra continues," Kenzo's nagging looks upset.
It is my habit that almost never put a ringtone on my phone because lazy with the noise. And I'd rather just install vibrate mode, or even occasionally put on silent mode if I really don't want to disturb.
"I'm sorry, honey, not again next time."
"I think you're crashing because it made you go yesterday alone to know" said Kenzo with a short sigh.
I immediately shook my head and ran towards her, then hugged her.
"I'm not ABG's son anymore, Ken, I still have a bad time."
Instead of crumbling, Kenzo snorted. Pretending to put on a face I refuse to embrace.
"Not ABG but do not want to be taught marriage," Kenzo grumbled with the same expression as before.
My body suddenly stiffened hearing that. My embrace relaxed spontaneously. I felt like I was slapped with his sentence just now. I'm sure Kenzo wasn't aware of the sentence just now, and it made me even more guilty because without me realizing the deepest side of it was wanting to get married, but to keep my feelings he just buried his desire. And it makes me even more disappointed. Disappointed with myself, more precisely.
"Ken," call me soft and slow.
"Yes?"
"You must have suffered, yes" I said with a smile.
"Astaghfiullah! You don't start, La. I don't like it. How many times do I have to tell you that I'm happy with you. Yesterday, tomorrow, and the future. I'm happy, baby. The plis! Don't believe me, okay, I'm sorry that my dress was too outrageous."
"Ken, the streets can be anytime. I'm not feeling well all of a sudden."
"You mad?" kenzo asked without raising his tone, but his right hand restrained my left arm so that I could not avoid it.
And I was only able to answer with a sluggish head.
"Yes. You're angry, Aqilla. You are disappointed with my words. Yeah, I know I was wrong, ak-"
"No, you're not wrong," I cut quickly as I flanged firmly. As much as I could, I held myself back from crying. "I'm wrong here" I said later.
I can clearly hear Kenzo growling in frustration with my current attitude.
"OKAY. There is nothing wrong here, you are not wrong. I'm not wrong either. Let's be fair."
I shook my head, "You want to get married, Ken," I said in a trembling voice.
"Yes, I really want to," said Kenzo loudly, I could see his jaw hardening because it was holding back emotions. "then why?ย That's a natural feeling, La. Who doesn't want marriage? Me, you, or whoever is out there also wants marriage. But I don't want to get married now, La. I want her to marry when you're ready, not to get married now or soon."
"It's precisely because of that, Ken. Because it makes me feel guilty."
"I also feel guilty if you keep doing this. I also feel guilty for not being able to make you sure. Ak-"
I let out a frustrated sigh, "Our conversation will not end if it continues like this. Mending you home."
"I'm sorry. I seriously don't have mak-"
"Make me sick?" cut me forward the sentence quickly.
Kenzo nodded in confirming.
"But you hurt me already with your words, Ken. And I might get sicker if you don't give me a chance to think and also calm down. You can call me selfish, after all, am I that way?"
"Am I not capable enough to catch you?"
I shook my head faintly, "No. Not for now. Give me time. I need to think, Ken. Not always you have to accept the marriage proposal that I refuse. We have to find out what's causing it, Ken."
Kenzo's jaw was hardened, like I couldn't accept the sentence I said just now.
"You're planning to end this relationship?" tanyanya cold.
And firmly, I immediately shook my head.
"No, Ken. I have no plans to end this relationship."
"Thank God. I'm relieved to hear it" Kenzo said with a smile. "Can I hug you before I go home?"
"Sure," replied me who immediately hugged her tightly.
"Dear you" whispered Kenzo, then tucked my hair.
"I know," I replied and then let go of our embrace.
"If you feel better, tell me yes" he said before descending the stairs.
I just nodded and waved my hand, in order to get him home soon.
Ahh, why do I feel so bad, huh?
*****
"I almost fought a great fight with Kenzo."
Monik and Lina immediately sat at each other after hearing my sentence, before finally looking at me with a confused look.
"Because?" ask Monik first.
Why is this happening to me?
"You guys think?"
I was too embarrassed to admit it.
"We are not the shaman of times, La, who can be so frantic," lina grumbled annoyedly. His mouth was still busy chewing the fruit snacks he brought, while occasionally sipping the melon juice.
"Kenzo gave me the code" I groaned with my head down.
"Marriage marriage?" guess the Monik without hesitation.
Smiling wryly, I nodded, "More or less so," I said later.
"Gini, La, first I want to ask you. What makes you doubt as perfect as Kenzo? Tell us!"
I can only shake my head at the mark of ignorance, for I myself do not know why I can doubt a near-perfect figure like Kenzo.
And I could hear short breaths from Lina and Monik after her.
"You love Kenzo?"
I nodded confidently as a sign of response.
"Love?"
"Hm." I just cleared my throat while nodding faintly.
"You doubt, La?"
I nodded, "I don't know. To marry her, I am not sure. I still have doubts."
"La, if I say mending you guys break first. Give it time for cents-"
"Kenzo won't agree." I shook my head firmly with the idea that the Monik had just floated.
"Not tried to know anyway, Neng," chirped Lina cuek.
"But I felt your relationship has not been healthy for a long time, but you ignored it. Do you feel that way, La?"
I'm silent. Don't know how to respond. Because come to think of it, what Lina said had a point as well. Was my relationship with Kenzo wrong from the beginning?
"You need time to think about this relationship more seriously, La. Your relationship is not progressing from when the year. You can't keep gini. Don't torture yourself! You have to make a decision, don't just ask Kenzo to wait for you to be ready to doang."
I was silent about every word that came out of Lina's mouth. I looked at Lina and Monik's faces in turn, while my brain tried to think hard.
"Udahlah, La, marry sono Kenzo! Wait what the hell? Old hunt for you. Even though they are both old."
Lina immediately clapped her arm
Monik, when the mother of one child issued her opinion. I smiled at the behavior of both. At least this could be entertainment and also a diversion for the problems that have befallen me as well as Kenzo.
"Eh, uh, La, look at this handsome guy wearing a striped shirt, sitting in the corner of the window deck. Who looks this way. His rich face is not foreign, is it?"
I immediately focused my attention towards the man that the Monik meant. Both of my eyes immediately rounded spontaneously when I saw who was meant.
Gosh darn. That's Arisha's sister.
"OK, too" commented Lina cuek. "You know each other?" she asked a little curiously, as Brother Arisha smiled at us and my expression turned upset.
"No," after that.
"Masa? The guy was obviously smiling this way. Me and Monik don't know." Lina squinted her two eyes in disbelief.
"Eh, dude, jerk! When viewed from Qilla's expression now, I think I want a guy who is."
"Who?" Lina turned her head towards the curious Monik.
"That was yesterday, right?" monik asked while smiling strangely in my eyes.
"What the hell? It's not clear, "my murmur is upset by Monik's current expression. "Udah ah, mending me home," I continued as I grabbed my wallet and mobile phone, then stood up.
"Ah, the real guy who gave you drinking water yesterday just waiting for me. Aye, right? So you guys got something?"
I stared at the cynical Monik, "Mo, look for other activities besides watching Korean dramas" I suggested later.
"Why? Korean drama people know. You haven't noticed the sensation, so say that."
"Whatever. I went home first," I said, leaving them.
I felt my left hand being blocked when I opened the door of my car. Made me almost hit the guy who blocked my hand.
"Here I am Reynand" cried Brother Arisha who did not want to let go of my hand. It made me angry with his disrespect.
"What do you want?" I asked fiercely.
Instead of being scared or something else, this Arisha Brother just smiled. "Missing you" he said without sin.
"Missed me?" my ul.
Whahuh? Wipe me? In that way?
Holy hooch!
I snorted in disbelief and then shook my head.
Reynand smiled again then nodded, "We meet again. Isn't this like fate?"
"You kidding?"
"Of course not." Reynand.
I looked at him not believing in his nature like a person less sane, feeling a little kasian also with Arisha who has a sister behavior so.
"Alright, whatever you want to say, I obviously have to go home soon. So can you let go of my hand, Mr Reynand Pramuji?"
With a spontaneous movement Reynand immediately let go of my hand, even he raised both his hands up.
"Okay, I let go."
"good. Thank you and congratulations ti-"
Not finished I continued my sentence, Reynand again blocked my right hand that was about to open the car door.
"Come on! Don't say goodbye. At least say until you meet again. Why are you so cruel," he grumbled as he let go of my hand.
Her expression looks a little funny if I can be honest, maybe if our introductions are normal and she's not acting annoying, I'll pinch her cheeks in an anxiety.
Gosh darn. What did you just think of Aqilla?
Be aware!
You're facing a serious problem with Kenzo, now's not the time to think of pinching people's cheeks.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I have any business getting me to see you back. Then excuse me," my ketusus who immediately chose to get into the car. Ignoring Reynand who seemed annoyed with my attitude.
Ck. Wrong himself looking for things with me. Feel it!
Tbc,