
"Racid?" meira asked while giving the orange drink to Rizal.
Rizal just nodded then smiled at her. He then sipped the orange-flavored drink. "Thank you, Mei."
"Oh, yeah, how was your friend's hand hit by a hot Latte this afternoon?" tanyakanya.
"No papa, really."
"Hm." Meira breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why?" rizal asked confusedly.
Meira shakes. He was a little annoyed by Rizal's insensitivity. He wanted to scream out the words he had in his heart. I'm jealous!
"Are you really as humble as your girl, Nu?"
Rizal. He began to look at Meira's attitude which had continued to bring up the story at the store this afternoon.
"No, it's normal, Mei" he said, smiling gently at Meira.
Meira just nodded. Their conversation paused for a moment. Rizal again drank the orange water that Meira had just given. The awkward atmosphere again occurred until Meira said that she wanted to go home first.
"I'll drive you." Rizal takes his backpack and walks with Meira.
"I don't think so, Nu." he said lethargic. Should he be aware that Rizal's kindness is only a form of sympathy as an ordinary human being. Did she accept this relationship just out of pity for Meira's messy family story?
Rizal suddenly clasped Meira's hand. After looking at Meira's attitude that turned cold to her, he knew that Meira was snacking because of the Latte incident at the store.
"You're angry, aren't you?"
Meira looked at him with sharp eyes. "Why angry?" he asked back.
"Jealous?" Rizal Goda.
"No. Maybe it's just me who's the same feeling as myself."
"What the hell, anyway, Mei?" Rizal pulls Meira's body into his arms. He gently stroked that straight hair. "I love you so much."
A sincere statement from Rizal's heart. Her affection for Meira is getting bigger and bigger. Although it is difficult to establish a relationship that is very different in this status, he promises to be ready to face it.
"It's not pity to see my condition, is it?" ask the sweet girl who is still comfortable in the arms of the idol of the heart.
"Stop feeling lonely. I will always be there for you."
Meira smiled, both of her hands reaching for those sweet cheeks. "Unexpectedly, yes, Rizal who I know is half-dead can be romantic as well." he chuckled.
"That's romantic, huh?" rizal said pretending to be innocent. The two laughed, staring at each other until Meira returned to the embrace that made her comfortable.
***
Meira hung up the phone with a smile. Next month 'The Crocodile' will be home. Her childhood friend and confiding partner has now returned after disappearing after failing to get married two years ago.
"Sir Ardi came home too. If he's here later, I'll introduce him to Rizal." He muttered to himself.
Same with Ardi. Had he reunited with his ex-girlfriend, he would have pretended not to recognize her. So unhappy with their prospective daughter-in-law first.
All the stories of the failed marriage two years ago are unknown to Meira. Because he was still studying abroad. That bad story never got Ardi out. He knew only Ardi failed to marry, he was sorry.
***
"Sir Ardi is coming home next month."
"Goodoo. Just get your engagement straight with Boy. Let it be a surprise." said Wijaya then chewed bread with chocolate jam.
Meira was silent. It has been dozens or even hundreds of times he refused this engagement. But there was no response from the father. His father only thought Meira's repulsion was just the wind. Because he used to be so too. Sherin also did not want to be betrothed to him, but now everything is going well.
"Let's get away from that little guy, or papa will intervene" he said casually but deeply pierced Meira's heart. "Papa knows you're still in touch with him."
He's a security guard or lambe turah anyway!
Meira clenched her hands in annoyance. He grumbled in his heart. Sarni always complained to papa if he was seen being with Rizal. More precisely, look for face.
"Pa... Please, just this time Papa will listen to Meira. Boy is not a good man for Meira. Even if Meira is not married to Boy. Papa's company won't go bankrupt either."
Wijaya stood up and stared intently at the child. "Papa's decision is already unanimous. If you mess around, you'll accept the consequences."
"What if Meira turns Papa's threat back on?" He looked at the middle-aged man. "Meira wouldn't want to get engaged let alone marry a rude man like Boy. If Papa keeps pushy, Papa won't see Meira again for good."
He then left Papa who was still standing quietly in the family room. Meira takes the car keys and leaves the house without saying goodbye. His heart is very arrogant, every meeting with his father must always have a fight. Looks like the papa wants to meet him just to talk about the engagement. Again and again.
His family is far from the word harmonious despite the abundance of wealth. Meira felt her life was empty. He punched the steering wheel, regretting his encounter with Boy. If only he was not inedible seduction campus crocodile, maybe the problem so not this complicated.
On the other hand, he also felt he had a place to complain. Rizal's... The simple man he met when he had a fight with his ex on Kenanga Street at that time, was now unexpectedly a part of his life.
***
He stared fixedly at the man in the green jacket who was sitting at the base of the motorcycle alone. With teary eyes and a sad gaze he ran and hugged the man who had been relaxing waiting for the order. "Why, May?"
"Papa.." said the girl as she buried her face in the chest of Rizal's field.
Rizal gently stroked Meira's hair. He tried to calm the beautiful girl. "Please your mind, then tell me."
"Attomans problem..." He looked up with slightly swollen eyes.
"Already, May. Don't think too much about it, we'll find a way out so that your papa is destroyed."
"Bring me," the silent gaze now turned into clingy and hopeful. "Face my papa."
Rizal. Will he be able to? It's really heavy. He is affectionate with women who are in his arms at this time, but on the other hand, he also has to prepare mentally to meet and face problems that will certainly not be easy to live later. Not to mention he must ensure the recovery of Kak Tika.
"Okay, maybe my request is too heavy." Meira pulled her body back from that sweet guy.
"I want to." Rizal pulls Meira's hand. Feeling that warm embrace once again.