My Unique Boyfriend's

Chapter 64 The Bridge of Love

The sun began to move west as Mala and Rey walked across the love bridge to Tidung Kecil Island. The bridge with a length of 800 meters is one of the icons of Tidung Island, not only because of its unique shape, but also because of a very famous legend of the bridge.

According to the story that unfolds. One time on Tidung Island met a man and woman whose identity is still a mystery. They also fell in love with each other and made a wooden bridge that connects Pulau Tidung Besar and Pulau Tidung small as a place to combine love.

They greet the sunrise, hold hands and cross the bridge from beginning to end. They eventually married and lived happily. The bridge that bears witness to their true love is known as the Bridge of Love.

The story is written on a stone monument near the bridge of love, therefore many visitors believe if they will get a mate after crossing or jumping from the bridge of love.

"Rey, do you believe that if you jump off this bridge, you will soon get a soul mate ?" Ask Mala after they are in the middle of the bridge of love.

"Something." Rey replied briefly, her eyes staring deep into the open ocean.

"Do you believe?" Rey asked Mala who was walking next to her.

"No, I am not a religious man, but I think that soul mate has been established by God. Anyway I can't swim, after jumping off this bridge it's been confirmed I'll drown instead of getting a mate."

Rey chuckles at Mala's reply, because he is anxious he rattles Mala's hair and runs away from Mala who is now pursing her lips.

"Rey, watch out for you." Shouted Mala full of threats, then he ran after Rey and intended to repay Rey's mischievous actions to him.

Rey who stopped suddenly made Mala hit her back, the girl complained because of a fairly hard impact on the area of her head, instead of helping Mala, Rey was actually seen sculpting and staring at something.

"Why stop suddenly." Mala protests while stroking his forehead.

"Look, it's beautiful, not." Rey said, the young man pointed at the orange sky, the sun is starting to return to the contest, tinge of reddish orange color decorate the sky just above the expanse of the ocean that makes it look more amazing.

"Hem, it's beautiful." Murmured Mala who was amazed at the painting that God scratched at dusk. The girl then sat down and looked at the sun that had already drowned part of her body.

Rey who was still amazed and then sat beside Mala, he looked at Mala deep, the wind blowing his long hair, the little girl looks like a living painting between the twilight and the vast ocean.

"Rey." Mala said slowly, she turned her head and found the person she was calling was looking at her.

"Hem." Answer Rey briefly.

"You know, I used to cry when twilight came." He said without taking his eyes off Rey.

"What's the reason?"

"I don't know either, it's just that I was scared when the night started coming, I had an uncle who loved me so much but somehow I always felt lonely, my life was empty." The girl paused her sentence, she collected as much oxygen as possible before continuing her sad story.

"Actually our fate is not much different Rey, I don't have any memory of my parents, I know them only from a photograph and a story that my uncle told me, and not much Rey, either, my father's uncle was a businessman and my mother a housewife, they died after celebrating my birthday, he said I was with them when the fire killed them, but I don't remember anything Rey, he said, I feel guilty for them, they should've taken me away, too." Imbuh Mala with sobs, her tears crept down her white cheeks.

Rey looked at her dearly beloved girl, she felt the tightness Mala felt, slowly she pulled Mala's body into her arms, she just kept silent, her throat as if choked, Rey did not expect that Mala suffered so much during this time, he only realized that all this time he had not known much about Mala, which he knew Mala was just a hardworking girl who looked so cheerful, cheerful, who would have thought that his life story was so sad.

"Rey, when I saw Mr. Arthur in pain because forgetting his past made me realize, if all this time I was so selfish, I took advantage of Mr. Arthur's condition to be with you." Mala's unbroken voice made Rey's facial expression change.

"What do you mean?" Rey asked with a bit of hesitation.

"Do you know that Mr. Arthur suffered so much from his illness? And look what we've done to him?"

"It's not just Arthur who is suffering, I'm also suffering Mala, just to be with you I have to wait until Arthur gives up his body for me to stop by."

"I know you have a very good heart, but I didn't expect you to say that."

"Are you starting to like Arthur?" Guess Rey after a row of questions she sent to Mala.

Mala was surprised to hear the last sentence Rey uttered. If you start to like Arthur as if echoing in his head, the girl is silent, he cannot answer Rey's questions that should be easy for him to answer.

NO, shouldn't that be the word that comes out of Mala's mouth?

Rey stared bitterly at her silent girl. "You can't even answer it now, this is why you started not being able to tell us apart, this is why you rarely start to see me and choose to go to bed early, now I know the answer, he said, it's not that you're so tired that you go to bed early, you just start getting comfortable with Arthur and spending time with him, right?"

"I'm.." Mala stammered as if what Rey was accusing was a fact, she felt worried about her own feelings.

"No, I don't like him, I just don't want to add to his pain, he's been so kind to me Rey, he's been helping me, checking me out for a place to live, he's even given me a chance to design, I owe him a lot." Shake Mala out loud.

Rey just smiled, she got up and stepped her feet to get away from Mala, she did not want to hear Mala's next sentence.

Mala hurried to her feet, she looked at Rey who was starting to move away.

"Rey." Call Mala.

Rey stopped her steps, she was still standing where she stood, the sound of Mala's footsteps began to approach her.

"Still remembering your promise this afternoon, you said you'd grant all my wishes." Mala said with a trembling voice, either because of the cold of the night sea or because she was hesitant with the next sentence.

Rey swallowed her coarse saliva, she twisted her body slowly and they were now facing each other.

"What do you want?" Rey asked with teary eyes, as if she knew what Mala wanted.

"I.... I want to end it now Rey, I don't want this feeling to get any deeper."

Rey couldn't say anything, all her fear became real, her body weakened instantly, her chest felt so claustrophobic, she seemed to lose everything.

Mala, yes, she is the only person she has, a beautiful girl who suddenly colors her life canvas that was originally empty, the girl who began to make her spirit to survive, the girl who was, but what he heard now really hurt him, as if his girl deliberately stuck a jasmine right in his heart, not bleeding indeed, but the wound was so felt. Tonight, on a bridge that is said to connect a person with his soul mate actually took away his loved ones.

SERIATE..