Owner of Heart #1

Chapter 23

“I guess Mas Yudha, wrong.” For the first time I mentioned his name after we met again and it made him look at me with a surprised face.

“He doesn't like you, Key?” ask Rendy not to believe it.

“Iya,” I replied with a smile, “She disappeared without news, and after a few months Kekey heard the news that she already had a new boyfriend”

“Who, Key? We know no?” Yuni asked, and now everyone was looking at me curiously.

“He must have a reason why do that.”

The lieutenant said again to make me look back at him.

“Whatever the reason now he already has a girlfriend, which means I have to forget it,” I said while staring at the Lieutenant who was also still looking at me.

“Iya really, Key, find another guy aja.”

I heard everyone agree with what Teh Vita said, but I was not very clear about what they were saying, because we were still looking at each other as if we were in our own world.

“Have you forgotten about it?” the Lieutenant's question left me speechless unable to answer that.

Everyone is now silent waiting for my answer which is only silent with a racing heart, my breathing is a little hunting, my eyes are looking at him sharply which is also looking at me with full search.

“She may lose your phone number so can't call you again.”

“He can ask her again to his friend who first gave my phone number.”

“She lost her phone, so all her contacts are gone.”

“Many ways he can contact me if he really intends to contact me.”

“He is in the middle of nowhere where there is no signal, let alone the internet, the phone just can not.. as it is now.”.

“But he can relate to other girls? Isn't that weird.”

“Iya, strange tuh Mas, if the reason is that.. time contact other girls can but can not contact Kekey, it's weird”.

“Udah lupain only, Key, there I will not leave you.”

Everyone laughed at Ben's words except for the two of us who were still looking at each other.

“Udah ah! by night, tomorrow morning you must be ready to go home.. aah, finally can meet the mattress!” said Kak Yoan while standing up and straightened his body followed by the others, except me and the Lieutenant who was still sitting motionless, but finally I-punched up following the others.

It was only a few steps when I thought the Lieutenant grabbed my wrist, I was surprised to look at him and look around but apparently no one noticed what was going on with the two of us.

I saw the artists enter the house without looking back and could hear their laughter, as well as the other friends who had entered the tent, and climbed into the house, except for Brother Yoan who had looked at me and then nodded to give me a sign so that I could talk to the Lieutenant.

“We have to talk.” His eyes were looking at me solemnly which made me nod.

Without even taking her hand, she led me back to the front of the nearly extinguished campfire. I sat down where the Lieutenant was sitting, while the Lieutenant crouched down to put in a piece of wood to make the fire come back big.

“Hpku lost when event at Embassy.” He began to speak while still crouching with one foot on his knees facing the flames.

“I lost all my phone contacts, that's why I didn't call you again after that night. I've tried to remember your phone number but it always fails and it makes me even more desperate.”

“Can request again to Bang Eddy.”

The lieutenant turned his body, he now stood looking at me and sat down beside me.

“Nobody knows Bang Eddy there, all I know is my parents' phone number and they don't know you or Bang Eddy.” either

We were both silent for a few moments that only the sound of crickets and night animals grew louder, until I finally ventured to ask a question that had intrigued me all this time.

“So meet Leona at the Embassy?”

The Lieutenant nodded, “We are only introduced normally for photos, after that yes already nothing.”

“Nothing, just lunch together, go home see the sunset and keep the photos friendly together, continue finally tukeran no hp, chat every night until the morning, continue to pass the phone off, and, continue because want to see his face finally video call-an, continue to finally get here-more dear, continue to finally bean... gitukan?”.

I said angrily making the Lieutenant look at me then smile.

“That's if I'm the same you.”

“At that time we were not both, Za, we asked and met them accidentally when I wanted to buy hp continue to be taught to talk, I was also not alone but with my other friends. In the photo also it's not both but rame-rame.”

“Rame-rame really can stand face to face with a rich sunset background again prewedding photos!”

“That's not me, Za! I could have sworn it wasn't me. You can't see his face it's just a silhouette of doang.”

“Keep why he called him, Lieutenant! It's just as rich I call you.”

“I don't know, maybe he meant someone else.. I've never even had a long chat with him.”.

“Never chat can there be dating gossip!”

I start emotions because I think the reason is more unreasonable, “That's not looking for another reason, all that does not make sense.”

“When I returned to Indonesia, all the news was spread, at first I was also confused why there could be gossip.”

“There will be no smoke if there is no fire! If there is nothing, there will be no rich news.”

“But it wasn't me who spread it.”

“I know! But if that's not true, you should say no, not just be quiet! That means you confirmed the news.”

The silent Lieutenant looked desperate, but I still needed to let out my emotions.

“You know how I was when I heard the news? I was really broken, my heart hurt and disappointed so disappointed even tears did not come out, I was like a doll without soul, fortunately Arga was there at that time. He immediately took me to go around Bandung on a motorbike in the rain just because he didn't want me to keep everything, he told me to scream and cry. At first I was still holding it but at last my defense was destroyed, I screamed and cried under the rain like a madman, until it felt like my whole body was limp from letting out all the emotions I had been suppressing all this time.”

“Therefore you enter ER?” asked the Lieutenant with wide eyes looking at me.

“You know I'm in the ER?”

He nodded weakly.

“After arriving at my homeland I looked for Bang Eddy to ask for your phone number. He said you were in the ER and had to be treated at the hospital for more than a week and he said that you already had a lover that's why he asked me to forget you, she said you were happy with your lover.”

The Lieutenant let out a heavy breath, I saw a sneak but I could also see the anger from the look in his eyes that looked back at the fire before us. A few moments later we were silent again.

The night was completely silent, everyone seemed to have fallen asleep preparing to go home tomorrow morning, accompanying us only the sound of the crickets coming from the sea as well as the crackling of the fire-burning wood.

“Free regret it now, all already done. You shouldn't have contacted me in the first place and given me hope that you didn't like me.”

“I like you! I like you so much! I liked you from the first time I saw you get off the army truck in Ciwidey wearing jeans, a black T-shirt and a blue jacket. I've liked you ever since, Za!”

My eyes looked at him in disbelief.

“You like me but you're dating another woman? Great,” my sharp words made him look at me for a while before finally saying.

“He's not my lover.”

I looked at him while raising both of my eyebrows.

“All of Indonesia also know that you are dating.”

“I'm serious, Za, she's not my girlfriend.”

“Terus what? Your wife?”

“Not, Za!”

“Terus?” the emotion was re-ignited because he felt that he was playing tricks on me.

“Dia... boyfriend Bang Eddy.”.

I could barely breathe with my eyes out when I heard it.

“Dia... what?”

“Dia... cheating Bang Eddy.”.

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