
"I'm sorry madam, forgive me, Mr. Arthur." Inner Mala, she felt very guilty towards both of them.
"Sorry ma, besides mama does anyone know about Mr Arthur's illness?" Mala asked slowly, she wanted to make sure anyone who knew of Arthur's condition.
"Only mama knows, not even her dady knows." Bright mama Wulan. "When you calm down, you'll keep this secret forever." Imbuh mama Wulan with teary eyes.
"Simply a lot of ma."
Mama Wulan shook her head slowly, she let go of her hand and rubbed Mala's face affectionately. "It should be my mother who thanks Mala, thanks because Mala wants to accompany and take care of Arthur, mama hope Mala will not leave Arthur someday."
Deg, again Mala was just silent, he could not promise something impossible for him to do, someday when Arthur no longer needed it, he had to leave Arthur, Arthur, he couldn't have stuck with Arthur forever.
***
After Mama Wulan came home, Mala was still sitting in the sofa with miss Kimberly, both were silent, miss Kimberly who saw the sad face Mala chose not to say anything.
Mala got up and walked towards the door when the bell rang again, she first peeked out of the door hole and found Rafli was standing behind it, Mala immediately opened the door and invited Rafli to enter. Rafli rushed in and saw that Miss Kimberly was sitting on the sofa, he breathed out violently and massaged the base of his nose.
"Did the lady come here?" Rafli and Mala asked only a weak nod. Rafli rubbed his face rough, he should not have told Mama Wulan if Arthur was at home.
"Did the madam meet him?" Asked again, this time he pointed at miss Kimberly who was already standing and was staring at him.
Again Mala just nodded and made Rafli feel frustrated, he felt failed to protect Arthur and his secret that Rafli had been guarding all this time.
"The lady knew it from the beginning." Mala.
"What do you mean?" Rafli looked at Mala confused.
"Mrs has known about Mr. Arthur's illness for the past 4 years."
"What?" Rafli was shocked to hear Mala's words.
"The lady said only the lady knows about this."
Rafli regulated his breathing, he tried to calm down. As soon as she had to meet with Mama Wulan, she wanted to ascertain for herself what she heard from Mala.
"Don't let him out, I have to go now." Rafli exclaimed, staring intently at Miss Kimberly, and then he stepped out of Arthur's apartment.
Mala let out a long sigh, she looked at miss Kimberly who was also staring at her. "What should I do to keep him from running away?" Inner Mala then she approached miss Kimberly.
"Miss listen, miss can't go out." Mala repeated Arthur's words.
"You guys suck." Grumpy miss Kimberly then she went into her room and slammed the door hard, Mala just shook her head, she sat back and stood guard so that miss Kimberly did not come out of the apartment.
Two hours passed without movement from the room miss Kimberly, so long sitting Mala began to feel sleepy, he washed his face several times but his sleepiness did not go away so that he did not realize Mala was asleep on the sofa with a sitting position.
***
Mala wriggled as she felt a hand caress her face, Mala began to open her eyes, she vaguely saw Arthur looking at her. Now that Mala's eyes were perfectly open, she could clearly see Arthur's smiling face and looked at him.
"Rey." Call Mala with a hoarse voice.
Arthur was silent for a moment, he stroked Mala's face gently again. "It's me." Her speech. "Why do you always say Rey's name in front of me, do you like her so much, then let's see how much you like her." Inner Arthur, he's back planning to be Rey today.
"I'm on guard so Miss Kim doesn't leave, but I'm sleeping." Mala Clear.
"Sleep in the room, I'll accompany you."
"I'm not sleepy." Mala refuses, she has to lie, she is still very sleepy but refuses to go to the room with Rey, she is afraid they will cross the line.
"How about we go for a walk." Take Arthur and Mala nods immediately.
"Change your clothes with warm ones." Imbuh Arthur rubbed Mala's head.
Mala smiled, then she got up from her seat and went into the room to change clothes.. Arthur gave a smile at Mala who was so happy. "You never even showed me that smile, then I'll enjoy my role as Rey, don't blame me Rey, because I like Mala too." Arthur Lirih.
Arthur goes into his room to change clothes, he starts to choose Rey's clothes but none of them match his taste, but for the sake of deepening his acting finally Arthur chose black Jeans and Hoodie pants that are usually worn by Rey. She also brushes her hair and lets her bangs cover her forehead so she looks more like Rey.
"Maybe in this world I'm the only one competing with myself."Arthur said monologue and accompanied by a bitter smile.
After Arthur is ready to come out of his room and sees Mala waiting for him, the girl wears the same suit she wears. Arthur immediately approached Mala, took her hand and walked out of the apartment.
"Where are we going Rey?" Ask Mala.
"Where only. First maybe we should
foraging, I'm hungry."
Hearing the word eating Mala immediately patted her forehead, she was reminded of the lunch brought by Mama Wulan. "Gosh, mama just came and brought us some food, we better go back and eat at Rey's."
"Mama's coming?" Arthur was shocked, he stopped his steps.
"Yes." Yeah."
"He didn't see me when I was Miss Kimberly, did he?" Arthur asked, he remembered when he realized he was in Kimberly's miss room in her strange attire.
When he looked down, he felt guilty again. "Sorry, but Mama Wulan has known Rey for a long time."
"What?" Asked Arthur surprised and could not believe if all this time Mama Wulan knew the disease.
"She even looks familiar with Miss Kimberly."
"La, we'd better go back, I'm sorry, I have to go see Mama Wulan to ask for her explanation."
"Isn't it better if Mr. Arthur did it?" Mala gave her advice.
"Well, for that I must sleep and wake Arthur."
Mala nodded in understanding, then the two returned to the apartment, before entering her room, she kissed Mala's head.
"Rest me, I'll see you tonight."
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