My Only One's

Mother's Advice

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Galang could no longer close his eyes after having a strange dream in his sleep. Although his entire body was crumbling due to riding a motorcycle for hours because it followed the wishes of Clarra who wanted to visit a place in the eastern region of the island of Java, but still did not make him able to sleep easily.

"Kok you're still literate Lang? He said he was tired?" Mayang appeared after checking the situation because he heard the sound of television lit up in their living room.

The clock was showing at one o'clock past midnight, and he found his son still awake.

"So wake up mom. I can't sleep anymore." Galang who was lying on the long sofa replied.

"Why? Any issues?" The mother was sitting on a small sofa not far from where her son was laying down.

"Nothing is."

"Aren't you usually like this?"

Galang did not answer.

"The journey of Malang-Jakarta-Bandung is far away. In the long run. You should rest. Is this even leyeh-leyeh here?"

"No sleep, ma'am."

"Why? Lots of thoughts, huh? Did healing become a lot of thoughts? Should I refresh dong?"

"Yes, if it goes alone."

"Well, why are you talking to Clarra?" The woman knew about her son's departure from Clarra because the young man told her.

"I didn't pick Clarra up, but she took me."

"Huh, your habits!" Mayang patted his son's shoulder.

"Surely women used to be hijacked. Why never have the initiative?"

"What does mom mean?" Galang.

"Yes that. Must be the woman who left first, and you're a yes." The mother laughed.

"There was no intention of going, right, uh right on the road want to come here meet him. Suddenly it went away. You know he's sad again."

"Sad why?"

"Meet her ex on the street."

"What?"

"Former husband-to-be who cut off the relationship unilaterally." The man got up and sat down with both legs bent.

"Why is that?"

"Because he's an adopted son."

"Huh?"

"Yes, his mother left him in the hospital, his father didn't know who. If it wasn't for Mr Satria being his cousin, maybe he grew up in an orphanage?"

"Couldn't you? What's the connection with Mr Satria?"

Stunned to remember.

"Say Clarra's mother was Pak Satria's ex-wife."

"Duh? You know where it's coming from?"

"From Clarra yesterday. He told me while crying at the hotel."

"Keep Clarra whose son? Not Mr Satria's son?"

"Yes, that's why her mother was divorced. Where after the birth he ran away again."

"Geez!"

"Eat him, don't you pity him Mom? Plus the fitting of his mother's marriage plan came, yes forced him to explain the actual situation of the same prospective husband and prospective in-laws. Yes, the candidate is backing down."

He threw his back on the back of the chair. He breathed hard after telling his mother long enough.

"He failed marriage?" Mayang asked.

"Yes. Pantes aja he fierce, people his life as you know it. Poor thing."

"Hm ...." The mother muttered.

"Keep it yourself?" Then he asked.

"What?"

"How are you?"

"How's what?"

"What makes you like this? Steer clear of everything, everyone other than your community mates? What's the same thing as Clarra you've been through?"

"Huh?"

"What is your relationship with Ara?"

"However. It's breaking up." The man's voice weakened.

"Continue?"

"There's no going on."

"Well, is that it?"

"Yes. You know for yourself, right?"

Mayang nodded his head. And this was the first time they had talked about this again after two years. The last time Galang told him that his relationship with Amara was over.

They are that close. And as an only child, Galang always said anything to him. Whether it's a personal issue, or a work issue. Nothing has changed, even though the boy is now an adult. His way of speaking was still the same as when he was a teenager.

"Do you want to drink?" bargain Mayang while rising from his chair.

"Can. Is boba ice?"

"Did you joke? What time is it?" he walked towards the kitchen.

Galang laughing.

Then Mayang returned after a while, carrying two hot brown glasses whose steam billowed out a distinctive aroma.

"Sleeping Dad, Mom?" Galang received a glass offered by his mother.

"If you've taken medicine, he's sleeping like a fainting man."

They both laughed.

"Why did mom wake up? Not sleeping." Galang sipped his hot chocolate slowly.

"Because I heard the tivi lit up, I checked. You know you're not sleeping?" They're skewers side by side.

"Am I noisy?"

"Not really."

"Mom should rest."

"Every day I take a break, not like you used to when you were in college."

"So keep going, ma'am? Looking for some extra money?" Galang.

"Know for yourself, right?"

"Not now?"

"No, why? You've been working on this."

"But mom still makes the noise?"

"Yes, I can't stay. Will our lives be part of ranginang sales? Besides dad's salary at the factory."

"It shouldn't be, should I send money every month?"

"Udah habit, mother can not be silent. It's a shame that someone asked. Especially if you want the same holiday season. Mom's sale must be rame."

"Well, you're a double-eyed mom!"

"Yes what else?"

"Don't be tired ma'am. It'll hurt."

"No, my mom is healthy. Make ranginang let mom keep moving. Kayak sport."

"But, even though he often complains of low back pain."

Mayang laughs.

"But the mother is still healthy, it can still carry a grandchild. What else if he's carrying his grandson now-now. Still strong."

"What mom?" Galang squinted his eyes.

"Seriously. You deserve it if you have a wife, what else has children."

Galang coughed as he sipped his hot chocolate.

"Do I look like a father?" He reacted.

"No, I mean your mom deserves it."

Then Galang laughed.

"Mother slacking. Where can I have children? His wife doesn't have one yet, and her soul mate isn't even visible?"

"Because you chose to."

"Males is Mom, it's not time yet."

"Keep when?"

"What?"

"Time?"

"You didn't find out."

"Make what? Males."

"Cock males? You are of age enough."

"It's not my priority right now." Galang.

"Keep what?"

"Mother with father." The man looked at his mother and smiled.

"You know, don't think too much of us."

"Who said? Yes it should be. If I don't want who else?"

"Relang ...."

"Mom don't tell me why? I will be sad."

Mayang looked at his son's face. He's been so kind and obedient since childhood. Never demand anything like teenage boys in general. And his son even got everything he owned now by his own efforts. While she and Arif her husband were only supportive from behind.

They did try so hard to raise him, but Galang also did his own business so that the two were not too burdened. And he's been used to it since childhood. So, no wonder if now Galang is able to achieve what became his goal and managed to do it.

Evidently from the success he entered the workplace since the last two years, and was able to master many things.

"Mom's just worried about Lang."

"Not to worry, I'm fine."

"Just keep mom ...."

"Ssttt, I'll cry again." The man laughed.

Then he went back to sipping his drink that was not as hot as before.

"Mom?" He spoke again after being silent for a long time.

"Hum?"

"If, for example, I find someone else now, or later, am I the unfaithful type of man?" The man stared at the chocolate that was starting to cool down.

"meaning?"

"If I .. meet someone else, then get in a relationship, then for example get married, am I not loyal?" Galang clarified his words.

"Other people ... other than Ara?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Mayang was silent for a moment.

"Said you broke up with Ara?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Have you made a promise to wait for each other? Or is there an intention to get back together?"

Galang shook his head.

"Or do you promise to wait until he comes back, and you'll be together?"

Galang shook his head again.

"Or maybe he asked you to wait for him so that after he finished college you'd be together again?"

"No. I know what the story is like. How we broke up and what's the cause." Error remind.

"Where's the problem?"

"I met him in Paris yesterday, ...."

"Times?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Continue?"

"I was hoping that maybe we'd come back, but that seems impossible."

"Where is it?"

"It seems like he's found someone else."

"Continue?"

"I'm angry." Galang.

"Why should I be angry?"

The man fell silent.

"Aren't you guys broken up? It's his right to be with whoever he wants. Despite our expectations for him. If there was no promise before, let it go. Even though you still love him, and he is the same, it does not mean you are not loyal. But realistic."

"You're still waiting for each other? That's good, your rights too. But if you find someone else, it's okay. It does not mean you are not loyal. It's called continuing life. Then leave it like that."

He turned his head back to the sofa.

"Maybe you're not a soul mate." Mayang did the same.

"Maybe your soul mate is someone else."

"I wanted him so much that I didn't know what else to do."

"Fight on getting it."

"But he doesn't want to fight."

"Then let go."

Galang.

"Mother's age is like this?" Mayang rubbed his son's chest.

"So the man must be firm. Want to hold on or let go? If you survive, then try as hard as you can so that whatever is your goal is successfully achieved. But if you want to let go already. Why should there be another reason? Don't be a hindrance to others' lives, what else is holding yourself back. Loss you then."

Galang rested his head on his mother's shoulders.

"If you want to move on yes move on all of you, don't remember him anymore. Poor's gonna be your new soul mate."

"Pity why Mom?"

"Oh pity, his body is with him, but his heart is with someone else. His ex? Huh, it's not good to know. Are you tired of receiving the taunya just so the impingement doang?"

"Not that, Mom."

"Well, make the right decision. Want to stay this way or move on?"

"I've moved on."

"Times?"

"So she said that?"

"How is that? Just ask me if meeting other people can still be called loyal or not?"

"Yes if it is found in a single situation, do not have a partner or a promise ssma others will not make you a traitor really."

He was silent again.

"Did you find someone else, right? But still confused because it can not escape Ara?"

"Not yet."

"Not what?"

"Not found anyone else."

"Well, why did you ask that?"

"Just scared."

"Fear what?"

"Fear that I'll disappoint for not being faithful."

"Who is loyal? Ex-girlfriend?" Mayang laughs.

"What if the ex has to wait for? We can't move on while she's happy with her new partner?"

Galang looked over with his forehead that was crimped sharply.

"Think the logical."

"Why can you say that?"

"Yes could. Finding a new partner is not about being faithful or not. But his circumstances determine. Are we still with others or alone?"

"Now go to sleep, don't you have to go to dawn?"

"I slept here."

"Later your body hurts."

"If the room is afraid of evil."

"That's a habit." Mayang got up from his seat. Then he went back to his room, and let the son try to reconcile with his feelings.

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