Not my Husband

Not my Husband
Duka



A pair of friends who were still under the cluster of small leaves stared at each other for a while. Married run? Quite a strange term for Sazi, they were not lovers. So why elope?


"Look! Dave does look indifferent on the outside, but actually he's smart and gentle with me, always making me laugh." he said smiling at Rion.


"While I'm not smart, I'm always gentle with you and can make you laugh, what's the difference?" Rion approached, right in front of Sazi. The eyes of a pair of teenagers staring at each other from such a close distance.


The beating heart so quickly made the girl nervous, taking a step back."A.i ..."


"You can like me, right?" pinta Rion clenched his hand, this was his last chance. The ticket, the temporary residence, was all planned by her and her father. Bringing Sazi, that was his goal, taking away the girl he loved.


Maybe this is the time to stop pretending to be stupid. Raising money and power for his father and Sazi, make them happy. But can it? With the looks of who now will Sazi love her?


"A. I can't." said Sazi bowed, then briefly tried to smile again, staring at his best friend. Someone who makes himself comfortable, thinks Rion will always be there for him.


But is it true? Only a few days later he had to leave. Rion's tears flowed, harboring feelings from junior high school. Until almost graduating high school, the feeling of unrequited, even though it was this close.


"Don't cry." Sazi's hand lifted, wiping away the young man's tears.


Hurt Rion? Did he hurt Rion? But there was nothing wrong with his words. Loyalty is a virtue, right? Goodness that will also bring about good.


Maybe it was her fault, just getting too close to Rion.


"I love you." words from Rion again, not giving up, holding Sazi's hand that wiped away the tears on his cheek.


Stupid human? Maybe I was stupid, thinking maybe you liked me. But it was a beautiful imagination, an imagination that I expected to come true.Rion's inner self, with tears returning to flow.


Sazi was silent for a moment, his heart also hurt inexplicably. But he still has to be loyal to Dave, a girl who suppresses his feelings, rejecting the feelings of the man before him."I can't, we can still be friends, right?" he said expectantly.


"Will we be friends, you be happy?" rion asked, with a vibrating tone of voice. Saying love to a woman who has loved another man is really painful. If only he was the one Sazi loved.


The girl who nodded justifiably, brushed aside all her pent-up feelings, had just grown like a small bud in her heart.


Rion chuckled, then wiped away his own tears."Want me to carry? Then you will still be my best friend" he asked, trying to smile.


Sazi nodded, slowly the fat young man bowed, letting Sazi up to his back. Start walking through the suspension bridge area, a bridge with a pretty beautiful view.


"Sazi, I'll smile if you smile. So keep smiling like this, no matter what happens." Rion suddenly started talking.


Sazi nodded, not knowing the painful future he would experience. Maybe a stupid decision, a wrong destiny. He should have escaped with Rion.


However, an impossible choice would be made. Perhaps in his supposition, Rion would always be around him, keeping him as a friend.


***


A few days later...


There was a time when an old woman came asking about Rion on the school side, but there was nothing the teachers could say. Once upon a time, Sazi tried to find the address of his house, but only a narrow boarding house was empty.


Until the day came when the old woman came back to school, wearing all-black clothes. Carrying a 10R-sized photo, with Rion's smiling face was there.


White gloves carry a photo of the young man. Ask the homeroom teacher, where Rion is sitting.


The homeroom teacher pointed at the back of the empty bench. Slowly the old woman stepped up, putting a 10R photo where Rion used to sit. And a bouquet of white lily flowers.


The old woman who momentarily removed her sunglasses, fumbled at the photo, clearly visible tears streaming down her wrinkled cheeks. The back step forward was next to the principal and the homeroom teacher.


"Sorry, it's interrupting your study time. This is Silvia, the grandmother of our friend Rion. His arrival here, wanting to ask for prayers and apologize if your late friend Rion, ever made a mistake.." words from the headmaster, making Sazi's face immediately pale.


His hands were trembling, his tears were flowing, glancing towards the back. A picture of a smiling fat man, complete with a bouquet of white lily flowers in front of the photo that was there.


Rion. her inner, painful, very. Fat, kind-hearted young man, why should you go at such a young age? The only person who remembers his birthday is no longer there.


The voice of the old woman was not from the lower middle class, but, seen from the upper class, began to be heard, "A. I don't really know my granddaughter. Ka... therefore, I was wrong." he said bowed, crying softly."Those of you who are close to him, please send a prayer, that he may forgive me. Let him be at his side..."


His soft cries rang out, after a few days, tracing Rion's footsteps. However, the father and son ran away, several times, to go far out of town, riding a bus that had a brake blong that led them to death.


A bus that lost control fell into a large river, causing none of its passengers to survive. Bodies that may have been dragged through the stream.


The guilt that gnawed at Silvia, the granddaughter who pretended to be stupid so as not to be separated from her father. All just realized by him, how difficult his grandson's life.


The male offspring of the man he loved. The young master of the owner of the house was actually, already dead due to his unacceptable ego, a descendant of a daughter-in-law whom he considered inferior.


Now he understands after Rion's departure, the nightmare that always comes to him. Her late husband, who turned around, was disappointed in her. A person who raised his status from a servant, to becoming a young mistress.


Perhaps this is what happened, when she ignored the only request of her late husband. Only Rion, the only grandson born, had to die at this young age because of his mistake.


The headmaster let out a rough sigh."Your friend Rion, was one of the victims of a bus accident that fell to the bottom of the river. There are no survivors. Therefore, please pray for your friend to be calm at His side. According to your religion and belief..."


Sazi sobbed, unable to accept Rion's departure. But what can he do? Just bowed sending a prayer to her, with trembling hands.


Sorry for rejecting you, I will be the one to love you, maybe on another occasion or in another life. Calm down by his side...


Sazi opened his eyes, his tears flowing realizing his feelings. His true feelings were considered wrong by him. Shouldn't have feelings for a man other than Dave.


Yet...


"I love you too." - softly, trying to smile, looking back a little. A photo of a smiling young man at the table where he used to sit, with a bouquet of white lily flowers in front of him. The young man's marker had calmly faced him.


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