Ms. Dorky

C2; 13. First kiss

Henry suddenly came to Indonesia, the house that had begun to look bright because Heru rarely angry now in an instant back gloomy, even much more gloomy than before. Heru is rarely home. Every morning only Henry had breakfast and after that he left, Heru himself just woke up during the day or even did not appear all day. Sometimes the two meet at dinner, but the atmosphere looks lonely because Heru only answers Henry's questions as briefly as possible.

“Where is Ning?” ask Dini when Ningsih returns from the dining room. Ningsih shuddered as if she had just seen a demon.

“Ngeri Din, diem-dieman. But he's like war again. Intar if called your replacement yes Din, I'm horrified” tell Ningsih. The three continue working. Ayu sat in the corner busy peeling onions for cooking spices tomorrow morning.

“Mbak” calls Heru from the inside making the three look up. Dini immediately gave the code to Ayu.

“You were Yu first, then I will. I'm still not ready” command Dini. Ayu did not resist, she immediately stood towards the dining room.

“Iya Mas Heru?”

“Air.”

Without asking much Ayu took a ceramic kettle and filled the water, he approached Heru about to pour into the boy's glass.

“Ke bokap” show Heru. Ayu nodded slightly nervously as this was the first time she could see Henry from close range. Heru like the younger version of Henry, their gestures also look similar, even Henry's silence is exactly like Heru.

“Whose name are you?” asked Henry suddenly.

“Pak” reply Ayu politely. Henry gulped down his drink. He kept asking about Ayu's origin, looking a little interested in the boy.

“You wait a minute there, this if you finish please fill” command Henry pointed towards the bowl of chicken soup on the dining table. “This is who's cooking? Delicious, tomorrow morning my breakfast please make this soup again”

“Mbak Ningsih who cooked sir. Yes, I will tell you later Mbak Ningsih”

Henry nodded and turned to Heru. “What is your lecture?”

“Faith. Srispi”

“When is it about done?”

“Next year at most.”

Henry nodded. “After graduation you held papa company in Bandung”

“I think about it first pa, if I go there home no one keep”

“Home will papa sell.”

Heru spontaneously took off his rough spoon, he gulped down water and looked at Henry seriously. Ayu gulped, she could feel the changing atmosphere in the room. “I don't want” reject Heru.

“Papa want you after taking care of the company in Bandung, you live in Singapore equally papa”

“Papa find someone else, I'm busy, still business. Lecture has also not been kelar” reply Heru indifferently. Henry took a breath. Heru his only son, Heru was not a dissident child, but now the stubbornness of the guy was exactly with Henry.

“You till when you fight papa?” henry asked a little loudly. Ayu took a step back, seeing the quarrel of the two people made Ayu suddenly die of fleas.

Heru snorted his eyes glanced at Ayu who looked puzzled standing behind Henry.

“Until bosen!” replied Heru immediately went to leave the food just like that.

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“Heru hasn't returned?” henry asked Raya, the woman gave a clumsy nod helping to pull out Henry's suitcase with Ayu's help. “Judah justin, later if hungry also go home.”

Henry got into the car and drove off to the airport. Over the next few days Henry will travel to Bandung at once to Kalimantan to monitor several mining areas.

“Udah go Yu?” ask Ningsih and Dini when Ayu returns to the kitchen. Ayu nodded briefly.

“Mbok this Heru mas still available for lunch?” ask Dini.

“He's ready, who knows go home tonight.”

Alleged Kingdom is very wrong, for four days Heru did not appear, the man disappeared like swallowed by the earth. The house suddenly became quieter, even Ningsih and Dini who often tried as much as possible not to cross paths with Heru also felt the house felt increasingly gloomy.

“Mbak Ningsih comforted, I suffered. I'm having fun anyway mbak, so more calm living in this house” reply Ayu. Lies. Ayu doesn't feel that way. Heru's departure made him feel worried, especially he knew the cause of the man leaving. Ayu did not understand much but from the story of Dini Heru considers the relationship between Henry and Evangelin is the cause of deteriorating health conditions Ratna, although at that time Henry and Ratna were divorced.

”Yes how yes, the ex suddenly wants to marry again a month after divorce must make us angry. Logic means as long as we are the same he cheated, right?” dini said haze.

Ayu just silently listened, he did not want to share any comments. The problem that happened in the Levronka family was not Ayu's business, he was more concerned with Heru's current existence. Because even though he was occasionally fierce for mercy, Ayu still felt Heru was a good person, and unknowingly Ayu began to sympathize with the guy.

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At nine o'clock the night when Ayu finished her kitchen phone call, she picked up and got a call from Malih.

[Please help Mr. Toto bring Mas Heru]

As short as Malih's message but able to make Ayu turn off the kitchen lights and run as fast as lightning forward. It looks like Heru was a bit of a fatherhood brought by Toto.

“Yu please open the door” Toto command. Ayu stopped by to open the door and help get Heru up the stairs, the guy was a little racing with his eyes closed.

“Mas Heru delivered home with whom?” ayu asked as she smelled alcohol from the man's mouth.

“Awarded his friend, he said already ngerepotin at home so it was repaid. What is the name of his friend? Brenden's? Brondon?"

“Mas Brandon” Ayu correction. Toto nodded, one of his hands pushing the door of Heru's room.

“Brandon dog...” murmured Heru opened his eyes, he turned to Ayu. “Ngapain lu?”

Ayu screams in shock by accidentally pushing Heru to make the guy fall to the floor with Toto. “Gosh Sir, sorry I was shocked.” Toto stood up while holding his waist both looked at Heru who was lying on the floor.

“Pak thanks. Yu...air” murmured Heru with gesture expel. Ayu sneered withholding the urge to punt the guy's leg.

“Pak Toto back alone, sleep, drinking water Mas Heru let me take”

“Water drink Yu, not water faucet” race Heru mumbled.

“People who are drunk can still be chatty yes sir?” whispered Ayu, Toto held back a laugh while Heru clucked.

“Gue can cry Yu, hunted, thirsty, my throat like a burn.” Ayu and Toto are out. Half-run Ayu takes a drink complete with a teapot. After Heru drinks Ayu plans to return to the room and inform Ningsih of the boy's arrival.

“Mas Heru..” Ayu was stunned, Heru sat on the floor and leaned on the edge of the mattress, she held the frame of herself and Ratna. Heru's face looked up, he smiled wryly making Ayu crouch down near him. “This gas drunk du”

“This is my mama” said Heru instead of telling me, he put the frame back on the table. “Beauty right? But a person as beautiful as this can't get the love he wants. Mama used to be fooled by my papa. They never loved each other, even though I was.” Ayu put a glass on the table, he sat down and listened to Heru. The man took a breath spilling out his heart that had been soaked for so many years. “You know what Yu saddest about when we leave someone behind? Over time, we will forget the voice of that person, his existence, and then vanish without a trace. I was in the moment when I forgot my mother's voice. This house is the only reminder to me what my mother was like when I lived. Had this house been sold, maybe my mama would have slowly vanished from my mind as well.”

Ayu almost held her breath, Heru's story turned out to be very sad. Guys are selfish, but because he wants to make sure his memories don't go away. He always seemed to be among many people, but in fact he felt lonely and empty.

“You were ngingetin me with mama.” Heru gripped Ayu's hands tightly, making the girl a little surprised. “You...”.

A smell? Ayu's forehead frowned confusedly. Smell what? is it a bad smell? But he took a shower.

“My mom is a strange person, she has a lot of money, but prefer to use telon oil, kayak baby” Heru smile faint make Ayu understand. Ayu is a hobby of using telon oil, it is easy to catch wind and telon oil has a smell that is not too sharp like Ningsih wind oil.

“Mas, want to drink?” ayu asked a bit awkwardly, slowly he tried to pull his hand from Heru's clutches, but the man's grip was much stronger.

“Yu, i..” Heru's eyes were closed with frowns, his head was dizzy but the pounding of his heart actually made his andrenaline rise.

“Mas..i-”.

“What?” Heru opened his eyes to look at Ayu sharply, at once Ayu immediately shrieked. Heru's mood changes happen very quickly. Heru pulled Ayu rough to get closer, he stared fixed Ayu from top to bottom. Heru's hand moved to reach Ayu's hairband, he was curious, and when the girl's hair fell down, Heru's smile expanded. Sweet.

“Mas Heru, I want to go back to the room first” say Ayu began to fear. Heru's gaze made her feel uncomfortable. Unexpectedly Heru pulled Ayu and pressed her lips together. Ayu's body froze, neither replying to Heru's kiss nor pushing the boy away. Ayu was too shocked until her body was fixed in silence unable to do anything. Heru's hand moved to touch Ayu's body. The thrilling sensation in Heru's chest made his kiss slowly descend to the neck. Heru let go of his kiss and looked at Ayu's deathly pale face. In an instant the chick looked like an undead with teary eyes. Heru's hand opened his shirt and threw carelessly, he still stared at Ayu's interest.

“Mas...…”

Heru held his head because it felt dizzy, Heru's eyes closed again and at that time his body fell into Ayu's arms. “I sleepy Yu..” whispered Heru slowly.

Ayu did not reply, slowly tears began to wet her cheeks along with her trembling body instead of playing. About a minute Ayu just checked Heru, the guy fell asleep, his head leaned comfortably on the niche of Ayu's neck without knowing he had just made Ayu cry. Still with Heru in his arms Ayu tried to get up and move the boy to the bed. Ayu then tidied herself up and made sure there were no more tears left on the cheeks, and after that Ayu stepped out as if nothing had happened.