Not a Choice
41
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...Tears will speak when the mouth is no longer able to explain a taste. ...
...~Arunika Pramesti~...
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The night is getting late, but the streets in the city of Surabaya still seen many vehicles passing. Maybe because of the weekend too, so the more night visitors in one of the Club is quite famous in Surabaya is also more and more. Not wanting to steal the attention of other visitors, David quickly carried Alea into his car.
"Al, sober, Al." David tried to resuscitate Alea again by patting Alea on the cheek. However, Alea still had no signs of being sober. David starts to fret, he is confused where to take Alea to. Moreover, it was late, if until Alea's parents knew his son came home drunk like this. It's gonna be a long affair.
David ruffled his hair in frustration. He tried to calm himself by taking a deep breath. "Huft ... Where should I take you, Al? No way, right, I drove you home in this condition. I might even get beaten up by your father." David grumbled, Papa Alea's raging shadows were already swirling in his brain.
"Ah .. shit, you're a real jerk, Ta." David hit the car's driver. He was really irritated by Ata's attitude which lately added to the burden of his mind as well. After a few seconds, David suddenly snapped his index finger. His eyes sparkled as if he had found a solution to his problem.
"I call Ata, let her take care of Alea" murmured David. David immediately grabbed the phone in his pocket and immediately pressed Ata's number.
Lucky for David, just one tone waiting to ring, Ata has picked up her phone. "Assalamualaikum, Ta, I'm waiting for you in my apartment right now. No use for long, there are important things that I have to talk to you. Inget yes, Ta. Now, hunted!" without waiting for an answer from Ata, David immediately turned off his phone.
"Lega," David's inner. He immediately drove his car to his apartment.
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While in a room dominated by black and brown, a man wearing a white polo shirt was holding a cellphone while occasionally swearing. She is Ata, who is so upset that she just received a call from David.
"Waalaikumsalam, uh, Vid. Hello ... hello .. shit! Not answered yet, play close. But, what's the matter, huh, David sent me to his apartment with a gini mall?" Ata looked at the clock on her phone, "didn't she see the clock? It is time for people to break. Or maybe there's something urgent, huh? It is not possible if it is not important that he calls the middle of the gini mallm." Ata was still blabbering while grabbing her denim jacket and also her car keys.
Ata immediately drove her red sports car to David's apartment.
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Arriving at the apartment, David immediately laid Alea on the sofa. Then David rushed to the bathroom to clean himself up. The smell of alcohol was so pungent, because Alea had vomited when David carried her to the apartment room.
After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Ata arrived at David's apartment.
"Vid, you realize, what time is it? You could have told me to come here, like someone else knows, Vid. Just wanna take it, I gotta get here." Ata frowned, she took off the jacket she was wearing and sat on the sofa.
"Gosh, Alea. You why?" Ata was shocked to see Alea sleeping on the sofa with the smell of alcohol still so pungent.
"Vid, what are you, Alea? How come he's here? You don't macem-macem, yeah! Alea is not a girl." Ata stood up to David, he grabbed the collar of David's shirt with eyes holding back anger demanding an explanation from David.
David takes off Ata's hand, and takes Ata to the balcony of the room. David explained everything to Ata. Including the reason why David took Alea to his apartment. Ata finally understood.
The clock has shown at 02.30 WIB. Ata decided to stay at David's apartment. The plan was to take Alea home tomorrow, of course after Alea realized.
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This morning the city of Surabaya is so bright, unlike a few days before which is always decorated with cloudy and rainy spots. The sound of birds singing in the ocean, adding to the atmosphere this morning so cool and beautiful.
"Ma, how? Is everything ready? I called Ata when we met at the station. I don't want to trouble Ata's family, Ma. However, there is no official bond between Ata and Runa" said Lukman who was standing in front of the porch.
"Yes, Dad. Mama agrees. We'll wait for Runi, Dad. Someone left behind she said, so she entered the room again earlier," said Lina while holding the hand of her husband Lukman.
"Sorry, Dad. So wait for Runi. This is Runi just picked up a gift for Runi's ponakan. Almost missed, thankfully. I hope Khan likes this robot. Yuk, Ma, Dad, we're leaving! Runi can't wait to meet Mbak Runa Sama Khan. It's a real miss." Runi immediately took his parents. Her smile continued to expand adorning the beautiful face of Runi.
"Well, it's them, Dad." Ata pointed towards the family of Runa who walked over to Ata and her parents. Ata waved at them.
The two families also had a little chat while waiting for the scheduled departure of the train they would ride. Ata had offered to take the plane, but Lukman refused. Lukman wants their journey to be more relaxed and a little reminiscing about the times when Runa was little. Runa is very happy if invited to take the train.
"Or, wait, I'm coming!" The sound of a girl waving her hands from a distance made Ata and her parents and Runa's family attention to the girl.
Alea slightly ran over by pulling a suitcase accompanied by David behind her. The two of them finally arrived in front of Ata and her family.
"Al, what are you doing here?" ata asked Alea, then turned to David, "Vid, don't tell me you want to come see Runa too?" ask Ata to make sure.
"I talked to Alea, Ta. But he's kekeh want to come to Wonosobo. He wants me to bring him here. Moreover, he also got his train ticket. So, yeah, what else. I don't want to get dizzy, Ta. Let everything be finished" explained David.
"Just calm down, I won't bother you. I just want to make sure." Alea paused her sentence, clear lips began to pool in her eyes. He tried to keep the tears from sliding.
"If Runa will accept you again, I'll back off, Ta. I'd be willing if Runa really wanted to come back to you. I'm gonna go." Alea glazed back to stare at Ata.
Ata held onto Alea's shoulder, there was a sense of pity enveloping her heart. Seeing Alea who wanted it so much. However, Ata still wants to account for all his past actions against Runa. Now his only life goals are Runa and Khan.
"Alright, Al, I'm sorry. I hurt you." said Ata.
The departure call made them all immediately prepare to get into the train.
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"Mother, why, daddy hasn't come yet, anyway? He said he wanted to take Khan for a walk" Khan said. The boy continued to look at the clock that was coiled around his wrist.
"Patience, Honey. Maybe I still have work, so it's a little late." Runa approached her son who was sitting in the middle room.
The boy was a little manyun as he felt that he had waited long enough. However, Sandy's father hasn't arrived yet. Runa smiled, he became anxious to see his son's face.
Not long after, the sound of a house doorbell rang. Khan's face that had been bent immediately sparkled.
"That must be Dad, let me open it, Bun." Khan immediately ran towards the door.
"Dear, careful! Don't run, it'll fall." Runa shook her head looking at Khan's behavior.
There is a sense of haru and happy when he saw Khan who loved Sandy so much, and vice versa. Sandy was also very fond of Khan even though there was no blood bond between them. Their closeness was like a father and son.
"Dad ..." cried Khan as he opened the door. How disappointed Khan when he saw what came was not Sandy.
"Mother, not the father who came, but Om," cried Khan again.
Runa who heard Khan's call immediately approached Khan to the front room.
"Om si—" said Runa was unable to finish.
Runa's steps stopped beside Khan. His face pias stared at the crowd of people who were now standing at the door. Suddenly his chest felt so tight. No words that can say just a clear circle suddenly shed just wet the cheek. He smacked his own cheek, trying to wake himself up if it felt like a dream.
"Dad ..." Runa said that one word. He was unable to express what was in his heart. Only the tears that were getting louder represented Runa's current feelings, as tears would speak when her mouth was no longer able to explain a taste.
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...To be continued...
