My name is Maira
- Nia My Friend -
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Dimas drove me home, the day after I was well enough.
I was at the dimas house for three days, and I had been out of college for two days.
Papa Seno allowed dimas to take his car for a week, and mami mita asked me to stop by often during the holidays.
Mama Mita let us go, after I promised her to play at her house a lot.
When dimas started taking his car to take us to Jogja, I immediately waved at my mom.
"The promise has to be fulfilled" said dimas smiling at me while driving.
"You want me to get out" I joked to dimas.
"Later on" dimas replied.
I just smiled, then kissed the driver.
We spend time on the road jokingly listening to both of our favorite songs.
I was waiting in front of the fence when the car arrived home.
Mom then thanked dimas, and led me into the house, after asking dimas to come inside.
Dimas apologized to mom for making me sick.
Mom asked dimas why I was sick, dimas gave the same answer as she told her parents.
I can't help but laugh every time I hear a dimas answer.
I didn't take it any further, and thanked dimas once again for taking care of me.
*
After a night on the hill, dimas became super protective of me.
Every morning dimas always pick me up to go to college, and take me home from the afternoon.
Mother who saw dimas every day came to pick me up, finally forcing dimas to always have breakfast with us.
Alan's brother only scoffed at dimas for wanting to be my carpenter.
"At what pay to be a maira shuttle driver", taunted kak alan on dimas, when alan's brother came to breakfast with us.
"What the hell, people I never asked for, dimas himself who wants to take a shuttle" I replied to alan.
"You are dimas, willingly in the same deceiver of this crybaby" said the brother alan dramatically, and while pointing at me.
"No papa, I love it" dimas replied with a smile.
"No, it's not me who asked to be picked up", I replied protesting at alan's brother.
"Udah, already, at the dinner table even fight" said the mother.
"Son alan tuh ma'am, if you say origin", I said with a pouting face.
"And I speak the facts" said the brother alan with an annoying face.
"Lan you should be happy to have someone take care of your sister, you also ra, if you are on the shuttle you to campus, you use your motor gasoline money to jujanin dimas, kas dimas ngekos, you use your motor fuel money to buy, away from her parents" said my dad and sister alan.
"Yes, yeah", answered me and alan.
We then had breakfast quietly, and without any more debate.
I became very accustomed to the presence of dimas in my days.
Even dimas moved his script guidance on Wednesday, so he could spend time with me on Friday afternoons.
Dimas also escorted me and waited for me for theater practice.
Every Sunday, dimas was always at home from the morning to help me and my mother clean the house, or just talk to my father.
He took me out for a walk and dinner outside.
*
It's been week three, and dimas still doesn't dare touch me again.
The limit you dare to do is just kiss and hug me.
"Dimas had plans to touch me at that time", I asked dimas.
I was curious about the plans for me in Semarang, so I asked her, as we spent time in the dimas room, on Friday afternoon.
"No, I just want a kiss and a hug all night long" she replied.
"But I saw that you were so happy, so I thought, I want to make that night a perfect memory for us" said dimas, stroking my hair.
"But instead you are in pain and fever tomorrow" he added in a slightly disappointed tone.
I laughed at Dimas's answer.
"I was so panicked and worried" added another, then he kissed me on the cheek.
"It hasn't hurt until now" asked dimas.
"Udah no", I answered.
Dimas then hugged me tightly, and I spent the afternoon sleeping in a dimas hug.
*
For a month, dimas just kissed me, hugged me and grabbed me a little.
Dimas was still afraid that I would be in pain again, so he did not dare to risk touching me any further than that.
The month has also entered the month of March, a very busy month, because March is the schedule of mid-term exams.
After the exam, the campus gave us three weeks off.
I spent my holidays in Jogja, and did not go to the house uti in kulonprogo as usual.
While in dimas, he began running internships, or job training.
Dimas successfully interned in the department of Tata Kota Yogyakarta region.
Dimas only had time off, every Saturday and week.
Dimas asked me to use the day by spending time with him.
When I asked her why she didn't go back to solo, she just replied that she was tired, she understood, so she chose to be on her day off.
Because of the holiday lecture, theater activities are also a holiday.
I have nothing to do but play with my best friend.
Kiki also decided to stay in Jogja, and not return to Kalimantan.
Mia and nia also chose to stay in Jogja, this semester's holiday.
Of course I'm happy, because usually they all go on vacation and stay me and rani lonely in jogja.
Ayu decided to visit her grandmother in kebumen, she preferred to go home to semarang, and bowo chose to work part time at one of the cafes in the setup area.
The holidays started with me spending time with rani and mia at nia's house.
"Where to go" asked mia.
"Either" I answered and went back to reading my novel.
"You read what ra" asked mia approaching me.
"Mira W", shouted mia.
"Where to go" asked Mia again.
"I took it on the bookcase kiki kemaren" I said to mia with a smile.
"Udah wants to finish yet", asked mia enthusiastically.
"It's also just one chapter" I replied.
Mia then asked me to give her the novel I read, as soon as I finished reading.
The three of us came back with their own readings.
"The mother does not have to interfere in her business, take care of her own affairs", shouted nia from outside the room.
Nia then entered the room and closed the door by slamming it.
Me, mia and rani immediately sat down in shock.
Nia then cried while sitting leaning against the door.
"Why did you" asked rani as she approached nia.
Me and Mia followed rani, got closer to nia, then we hugged nia and tried to win nia.
Nia didn't answer us, she just got up and went to bed.
Nia then pulled out the blanket and covered her face with the blanket.
Me, rani and mia just looked at each other, confused and did not understand what had just happened.
Then we followed her to the bed to hug her.
"Nia, why are you crying" asked mia.
Mia's question, made nia's cry even louder.
"When you want to tell a story, we are here for you" I said, hugging nia, wrapped in a blanket.
I just heard nia as much as she wanted, we then decided to shut up, and just hugged nia.
Long enough we were silent while hugging nia, until I finally saw the clock on the wall of nia's room, and the time has shown at 5.30 pm.
We decided to go home when we saw that she was asleep.
"Our aunt wants to leave" said rani to aunt rosa, when we were down and intend to go home.
"Auntie is not papa", I asked, when I saw aunt rosa's eyes were still damp.
Rani, mia, and I also grabbed aunt rosa's hand.
"Aunty is not papa, nia how", asked aunt rosa.
"Nia sleeps aunty", answered mia.
"Our aunt can only come here the day after tomorrow" said rani.
"I can tomorrow, try tomorrow I take kiki" I said to mia and rani.
We finally say goodbye to auntie rosa to go home, and one by one we hug aunt rosa.
All the way home, I tried to recall the time I spent at nia's house.
As far as I can remember, as long as I knew Nia from High School, never once did I see or hear nia yell at auntie rosa.
This incident really bothered me, because she was always calm.
I then thought that they might have a big problem, to make nia as rough as it was on the mother, but what yes, I murmured inwardly.
As soon as I got home, I called Kiki, but Kiki didn't answer.
I decided to wait for Kiki to come home in her room.
"Bu Rara to kiki's house first yes", I say goodbye to mother.
"Yes, but don't take care of your grandfather" replied the mother who was busy sewing the buttons of the father's shirt.
I waited for Kiki while calling dimas.
"Internship, smoothly", I asked dimas telvon.
"Currently, oh yes Saturday mami ask us to go solo how, or want to relax at the cost" asked dimas.
"At the cost, there are more problems so I can't go far" I replied.
"Sadly, even though mommy has kept you going" said dimas a little disappointed.
"If dimas wants to go home to solo is not papa really" I said to dimas.
"Mommy wants to see you, so why do I come home if you don't come, mending me relaxed at the boarding house" said dimas.
I then heard Kiki's voice from outside the room.
"Honey later yes", I said to dimas, and immediately closed the phone.
As soon as Kiki walked into the room, she was shocked to see me sitting on her bed.
"Tumben clock is still here" said Kiki while putting his bag.
"I'm important", I said firmly.
"Where have you been all day" I asked kiki.
"Going with wawan, what's really serious" said kiki.
I immediately told him about the incident last afternoon at nia's house, kiki who was originally indifferent, turned into worry.
"You're not kidding me" asked Kiki.
"No ki", I answered reassuring kiki.
"It has never been rough to mother rosa" said Kiki.
"Then from that, mia sama rani was also confused" I said.
"Tomorrow you have an event", I asked.
"Just the same way, wawan" answered kiki.
"We go to the house tomorrow", I asked Kiki.
"Yaudah I will tell you that tomorrow is not so", said kiki, then Kiki got up from the chair and began to clean the makeup from his face.
"You're sure nia yelled, not wrong" asked Kiki again.
"If you don't believe telvon rani deh" I said annoyed, because kiki asked the same thing repeatedly.
I told Kiki that tomorrow we go to nia's house at ten in the morning, kiki agreed, and then I go home.
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