OPACAROPHILES

24. Destiny, it's not your control.

Love cries next to her mother who is now unconscious after being injected with a tranquilizer by a doctor. After that incident, Meta so often screamed in fear and cried afterwards. Bram's violent rape spooked Meta. Her mother could not talk as she used to, because she could only scream and cry in fear. Love can not see his mother like this, Love feels more regret when he realizes that the cause of his mother like this is him.

"Love can only apologize to Mother, because Mother's Love is like this. Love apologizes, ma'am," Love kissed Meta's hand that had been held. Love is increasingly feeling regret for having started all this. Love wants to stop, that's all she has in mind right now. At that time, Detective came in to him.

"Love, let's talk yuk. Let me rest first now," said Om Detective while rubbing the head of Love gently.

"Love is afraid of Mom why-why if Love goes away. Let Love accompany Mother here only, Om," replied Love.

"Outside there are two policemen guarding Mom, you also need to rest for a while. After that, we take care of Mom again, yuk?," Love nodded in the end and they passed away going to the hospital cafeteria for lunch.

"You can tell the same story Om, what else do you think now?," asked Detective Om Cinta who just stared at a plate of fried rice in front of him.

"Love wants to stop here, Om. Love does not want to continue all of this, because Love does not want anyone else to be hurt because of Love," said Love with her raucous voice.

"Hey, Love listen to Om yes. If someone gets hurt, it's not your fault. Because of destiny, it's not your control. It's time, because everyone has their own time" replied Detective.

"But reality is like that, Om. Dad, sister Cala, and now I'm a kayak gini also because of Love. True said Brother Tyra, Love is the killer behind sweet words," Love retorted in despair.

"If you justify what Tyra said, you justify what you did not do. You do not know yourself, to the point of trusting others. You can't like that, remember Love, you're a good person, a good person always gets the most trouble, because the universe believes that you can get through it," said Detective Om with a warm look.

"Love does not want, Om, or others become victims too. Love doesn't want to, Om," Love cries in the end. Since then he held back his cry because he did not want to cry in front of his mother.

"There will be no other victims, love. We just need to hold on for a little while. And we've got the answers" said Detective.

"The Decision of Love is round, Om. Love will not continue this case again. Thank you for lunch, Cinta just take care of Mom," Cinta immediately woke up and looked down politely to Om Detective before going back to her mother's room. On the way to the room, Love tries to convince himself that this is the right choice for himself and others. Love doesn't want any more victims after his mother.

Arriving at his mother's hospital room, Cinta was surprised to see Luka was calming her Mother who was already conscious from her sleep.

"Go!!! Don't touch me, go!!," cried Meta at Luka who was trying to calm her down.

"Auntie calm down, first. I won't mess with Auntie" Luka replied calmly.

"LIED! GO FROM HERE NOW!," Luka remained standing next to Meta's bed regardless of Meta's loud cry.

"Drink the water first, Auntie, let it be quiet," Luka handed him a glass of drinking water which he took from the nightstand. Meta took that glass of water. But instead of drinking, Meta instead poured the water into Luka until the clothes that Luka was wearing were soaked. The love that saw it immediately ran towards Luka.

"Oh, sorry, Luka. Sorry Mom, your clothes get wet like this," said Love to Luka who just realized the arrival of Love.

"Not a problem" replied Luka who remained focused on Meta. Really, Meta's face reminds her a lot of her Mom's face. That made him have a lot of respect for Meta, and Luka was very angry when she found out the man in black had raped Meta until Meta was frustrated and traumatized like this.

"Mom, I'll calm down, yeah. This is Luka, friend of Love. Not a bad person, I don't need to be afraid of Luka," Love tried to explain it to Meta.

"Go both of you! I don't want to see you guys!," drive out Meta who makes Cinta sigh heavily. He immediately invited Luka to go from there rather than making his mother more depressed and stressed because of his existence. Let the doctor take care of his mother, because Love does not know what to do but regret everything.

"I have a jacket, if you want to borrow," said Love to Luka without daring to look into his eyes.

"Why don't you dare to look me in the eye, something you're hiding?" instead of answering about clothes, Luka instead asked about one of his habits that did not dare to look at Luka's eyes whenever he was thinking a lot or was hiding something to Luka.

"No, no" replied Love.

"And now you're lying. What's the matter?" the question 'what is it?' from the Wounds make the defenses of Love destroyed.

"I want to stop searching about the case" said Love, which made Luka look at him in disbelief.

"Relatedly? I am up to you. Even if you stop, I will not stop looking for him" Luka replied.

"No, Luka. I don't want you to do anything" said Love who now turned to look at Luka's eyes.

"So much attention" said Luka with a small smile.

"I'm serious, you can't go looking for that case again,"

"Gue will keep looking for him, if you don't want to," Luka replied with a chuckle with her desire.

"Well, don't ever come here again. I don't want to follow up on the case anymore, "Love immediately got up from her seat and left Luka.

"Why is love like this? This is not the Love I know" muttered Luka with her flat face.

But not long after, Love came back to him and gave him his jacket that he had just said.

"Wear this, your shirt is translucent. I don't want anyone else to see" said Love and after that Love left.

Luka smiled after the departure of Cinta, he just realized that Cinta is jealous if there are others who see his athletic body.

"Lucky lo today," said Luka while patting the muscle of his stomach. Luka immediately put on the jacket that Love gave her. Without seeing any more clearly, Luka immediately put on it. As a result he did not know that behind the jacket there is a picture of barbie who is the favorite character of Love. Along the way to the hospital, many laughed at the jacket that Luka was wearing. They were astonished because the man with a flat and cold face was wearing a very beautiful barbie picture jacket. But the master walked casually into his car to meet Luvin.

Luvin asks her to come to the police station because the man was picked up by the police and forgot to bring his wallet to pay his fine.

Love sits on the couch in Meta's room. Love is thinking what it should be now. Why does it feel like everything is getting more complicated and difficult. Unlike his shadow that would be easy to solve this case. Her mother became traumatized and afraid to meet others, even meeting her alone her mother could be hysterically frightened. Love was so sad to see her mother had to be injected with a tranquilizer every time she started losing control.

When busy with his thoughts that are chaotic, call the phone from Om Chandra make Love surprised and immediately lift it.

"Hello, Love?,"

"Hello, Om. What's up, Om Love's phone?," asked Love with a confused face.

"Om want to tell you, if Gega is again hospitalized for typhoid. Can you come look, can't you? He's not that excited from this morning," Chandra deliberately lied because Gega asked him not to tell Cinta about the incident that night.

"Can, Om. Love to get there now, Om share location. Thank you, Om the information. Love hang up her phone," Love immediately rushed to clean up her stuff. Love looked towards her mother before actually leaving from there. Outside there are two police officers sent by Om Detective and Om Chandra to look after his mother.

"Sir, I picked up Mom, yes. I went out for a while there was a need" Love told one of the police there.

"Ready, we will take good care of the victim" replied the Police Officer.

"Thank you very much, sir. I say goodbye first," Love immediately sauntered away because his order taxi was waiting for him.

Love is surprised to suddenly get the news that Gega is sick. Because the day before, Gega called her and asked her how she was doing. But today he got word that Gega was in the hospital. May Gega be well, thought Love.

After the incident that night, Gega was operated on because the wound from the stab was quite deep. It made him unable to move for several days. Her face always reminds Gega to tell Love about her circumstances. But Gega says that Love doesn't need to know about this. The problem of women is already very big, if added to the problem. Love will endure too many problems in her mind, so Gega asks Chandra not to tell Love about her true state.

Love until the hospital with a packet of Gega's favorite chicken porridge that he had time to buy it. Love searches where Gega's room is. Upon arriving at the third floor, Love saw the figure of Chandra standing in front of the door.

"Hi, Love. Please come in, Gega has been waiting since," said Chandra when he saw the road of Love approaching him.

"Sorry, Om. Love bought porridge first for Gega," Love replied with a smile.

"Oh, that. Yes, come in," Chandra opened the door to the room Gega and Cinta immediately went inside. He saw Gega was lying down while playing his phone.

"You're better?" said Cinta who made Gega surprised because he thought the one who entered his room was Chandra but it turned out to be Love.

"Kok lo can be here?" asked Gega with a surprised face.

"Om Chandra called me just now, so I came straight here. Why don't you tell me you're sick?" asked Love, sitting in the chair next to the nightstand.

"If not severe, definitely not treated in the hospital, Gega. Have you eaten yet?,"

"No, hospital food is not good. Eat warteg food," Gega replied.

"I brought porridge...,"

"Porridge? I'm here to eat porridge too. Nausea every day eat porridge, Ta," cut Gega with face frustration.

"Mang Ujang Porridge, sure you don't want to?," asked Cinta as she pulled out the porridge she had brought and showed it to Gega.

"Hehehe, except for Mang Ujang's porridge," Gega immediately took over the porridge that Cinta gave and ate it with greed.

"Basic," muttered Love and now he only noticed Gega who was eating his food.

"Bubur Mang Ujang never disappoints. Thank you, Ta, have bought me Mang Ujang porridge," said Gega after spending a full portion of his favorite father's porridge.

"Sama-sama, you sit down and continue drinking water. After eating must drink, "Reply Love. But when Gega wanted to sit down, he forgot that his stomach had been operated on and could not move much. As a result he groaned in pain that made Love surprised.

"Aw!," Gega groaned in pain as he held onto his stomach.

"Why? Your stomach hurts?," Love was surprised that he accidentally put his hand on Gega's stomach right in the stitches of his surgery.

"No, no papa" Gega grabbed the hand of Love that touched his wound.

"But you are in pain, yes, papa" replied Love who looked confused with eyes that glanced at his hand held Gega suddenly.

"My stomach hurts because I'm late to eat, papa is not relaxed," said Gega.

Then the two are silent because Love does not know what to react with her hand held by Gega. While Gega like nothing happened. Gega was not aware that his hand was still holding the hand of Love because in his heart he was grimacing in pain.

"Ge, my hand," said Love with a gaze that led to her hand and Gega's hand.

"Eh, sorry accidentally," Gega immediately released his hand grip.

"Mother, how are things, Ta?" asked Gega, breaking the silence.

"Still the same. Scared, crying, screaming, and not wanting to meet people. I'm not strong, Ge. Every time I go into Mom's room, regret immediately welcomes my arrival, how do I make it survive this unpleasant feeling?," replied Love who looks so frustrated on her face.

"The way is patience. This unpleasant feeling only came temporarily. After that, the feeling will be nothing. Patience for a moment, let this time work. You are quite near Mom and take care of her well, learn sincerely even though it is the hardest thing to do," said Gega while looking at the woman's eyes calmly. He was well aware of the unpleasant feeling that the woman was feeling. Feelings of regret, fear, and disappointment as if coming together without giving him the slightest pause to breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm tired, Ge. I want to stop looking for that case, I don't want to be the cause of someone's departure again. Mother should be the last one to be hurt because of me," Love's reply that lowered her head avoided Gega's so soothing gaze.

"Lo know, if tired is normal. Any great person is tired, but great people never give up. You can get tired and stop for a while, but don't stick it in there. The journey that you have been trying so far has almost reached the destination. Time to go back to where it was? Better you regret because you know the answer, rather than regret because you missed the opportunity to know the answer. Yes, right?," Gega tried to convince the almost hopeless Love.

"But my decision is unanimous, Ge. I'll stop looking into that case. I hope you guys can respect my decision. And you guys don't look for that case anymore, I just don't want you guys why," said Love that made Gega shook his head in disbelief.

"Why did you become like this, Ta?. So pessimistic, and do not believe in the workings of the universe. If you are afraid of us why-why, this is not the thing you should choose. We can take care of each other, why should we be afraid if anyone will do anything. Even if there is a reason, it is not your fault. Yes, his destiny is like that. Do not blame yourself for things that are out of your control," the words of Gega make Love stare at him. He knew, and he understood what Gega meant. But fear and regret make him too pessimistic even with things that are out of his control.

"Thank you a lot, Ge. I'm saying goodbye, yeah. Mother must be lonely in the hospital, "Love rose from her seat without answering Gega's words and came out with a burden of thought that made her more tired. Love chooses to see the sunset before returning to the hospital. He had not seen the sun set for a long time. Maybe seeing the sunset could calm him down.

Arriving at the lake, Love sits quietly with the book in her hands. His diary is only about twilight. Love used to write down what he felt when he saw the sunset every afternoon. Various kinds of feelings have been contained in the book, ranging from feelings of sadness, disappointment, happiness, worry, all mixed feelings in the diary. And for this afternoon, Cinta just wants to see twilight without writing her diary. The feeling he was feeling was very difficult for him to describe. As a result he only witnessed how the sun returned to his civilization beautifully.

"Senja, today I just want to see you. There's a lot I want to tell you, but it doesn't seem to be today. I don't want you to know how broken I am right now. I want to cry with you as always. But now is not the time for me to cry, I have to be strong for myself, which I feel the more fragile she becomes. May a good day, and happy not hesitate to come to me, yes. I've waited too long for her to come to me rarely. It was just a difficult and unpleasant day that accompanied me to step my feet every day.

Dusk, give my regards to the moon and stars, yes. I will visit often to see you. I'm sorry, I haven't had much time to keep you company lately. See you next day, dusk. Come home safely, and come tomorrow with a brighter light. Have a good rest, you've worked hard today, "Love waved her hand towards the sun that began to disappear and was immediately greeted with a dark sky.

Love sighed heavily after finishing watching the sunset that afternoon quietly without interruption. Her feeling was a little relieved from seeing the sunset today. And now, he already has a wish that was lost to live today until it is finished well and welcome tomorrow better.

"Spirit, Love!," Love encouraged herself as she got up from her seat and walked back to the hospital.

Luka was sitting with Luvin on the edge of the badminton court. They chose to spend the day playing badminton after they finished taking care of Luvin's problems at the police station.

"Well, how is love? He didn't go to school for a few days, did he?" asked Luvin, who made Luka close her eyes..

"He had to take care of his mother in the hospital. He also has to work, which he certainly is not okay now" Luka replied.

"He's heavy too, yeah. To take care of himself he is not sure really can, now plus must take care of his mother, work, and school. I if so he was stressed times, yes, Ka," said Luvin who immediately got a reply from Luka.

"Lo no burden is already stressful, let alone have a burden," replied Luka who made Luvin nod in agreement.

"Eat him. Then why are you even here? It's not that he needs encouragement anymore" asked Luvin.

"He didn't want to see me he said. He was fighting with himself again, and only he could finish the competition. I don't want to make a mockery of him, because he no longer needs his own time to digest what really happened," Luka said, opening his eyes at the sound of a phone call from his phone.

"Telephone of Mizka" said Luvin.

"Gue pick up the phone first," Luka immediately got up from her seat and picked up a phone call from Mizka.

"Hmm?" asked Luka with a mutter.

"Ka, Mas Cetta take dinner. Lo go home now, I'll go home again,"

"OK," Luka disconnected her phone and immediately turned towards Luvin.

"Gue first, Mas Cetta took dinner," Luka grabbed Love's jacket that she had kept in the chair. Staring at him bitterly considering the embarrassing incident that occurred at the police station because of this barbie picture jacket.

When Luka gets to the police station everything goes well, but when Luvin realizes there is something strange about the jacket Luka is wearing. He laughed loudly making the two of them angry by the police who were guarding there.

"Oath, Ka, lo jacket is very shiny. I want to buy too" said Luvin with the rest of their laughter. Though the two of them are now being basked in the sun because of Luvin's mistake that broke the rules and made a scene at the police station.

"Whispering lo. Because I got punished like this," replied Luka who was still wearing a barbie jacket owned by Love. Some passers-by must have laughed at her and it irritated Luka.

"Face flat but barbie's jacket, that must be what they have in mind," Luvin said, pointing at the two people who passed by them laughing.

"Silent or am I sitting?" asked Luka with her flat face staring intently at Luvin who was still giggling.

"I'm sorry, geez," but after saying that Luvin instead laughed louder as his eyes looked back at the image of barbie in Luka's jacket. Luka punched Luvin in the stomach because he was upset.

"Be careful, Ka. Greetings ye, make Mas Cetta the same Bang Mizka who is busy in college," replied Luvin.

"Hm. Go home, do not seek trouble again" said Luka reminded. Because Luvin really likes to look for problems wherever he is, and ends up having to take care of him.

Luvin's a loyal friend and nice though a little annoying. Luka did not need to think long to help Luvin, because Luvin was like that. When Luka was not excited, Luvin would invite her to do crazy and strange things so that Luka was excited again. Like turning off the bathroom lights that were there, or knocking on the teacher's room door and then running away, or just play an online game together and Luvin will quit the game so that Luka is angry because their team lost. Luvin would rather see Luka angry than be silent.

"Ready, sir!," Luvin raised his hand like he was being respectful. After that, the two separated. Luka passed home in her car. On the way home Luka accidentally sees Love passing the sidewalk. Luka looked at the girl who was walking with her head bowed looking towards the street.

"It must have run out of the lake," muttered Luka with a look that could not be separated from the girl. Until finally Love disappeared from his sight Luka was back to drive his car.

"I don't know, we can get to the end or not. But I'm sure we're holding each other's hands along this dark path. We must arrive at a destination that will welcome us with a bright light" Luka said.