Painting Images With Light
The Part 44
After driving a few minutes, Citra stopped her car, in a restaurant located not too far from the beach.
The beach is not just any beach, for Bagio now.
Because of the consequences of the 'beach', until even though some time has passed, the scars of the Citra lipgloss are still felt in the mouth of Bagio.
I don't know!
Maybe it was also because of Bagio who did not wipe the former kiss Citra earlier, so that at this time, Bagio felt as if he was also wearing lip moisturizer, which shiny belonged to the image.
Nevermind!
Just let Bagio enjoy it for longer, before he eats the tempura shrimp, which will make his mouth drag and greasy, and inevitably, Bagio must wipe the mark.
Every now and then, Bagio glanced at Citra, who seemed to have forgotten that she had just pulled the heart out of Bagio, through her mouth earlier.
Oh, aye! Bagio had to check his chest, whether there was still a ticking there or not.
The deg! It turns out that there is still, even though the rhythm of the beat is irregular, chaotic like the sound of a broken drum.
Holy hooch!
Bagio still could not believe, if a woman like Citra could be his girlfriend.
Pleased? Of course Bagio is happy, but ... Mixed with anxious expectations.
What if Citra later will only break the heart of Bagio, who was already broken from there?
If that happens, then Bagio may not want to fall in love again. Ehhem!
Possibly ... Because mana knows, if later Bagio will see another woman again, who can tidy up the heart of a man who might be broken apart.
Uh! Bagio should not think negatively.
Because, if the courtship until it can run smoothly, besides being able to be happy, it can also be a trophy of pride, if Bagio shows off Citra in his village.
"What's wrong? Why haven't you eaten yet?" tanya Citra, disperse the daydreams of Bagio. "Do you want to order another meal?"
"Eh! No! ... No need! ... This alone is enough" said Bagio hurriedly.
The image then looked fixedly staring at Bagio.
"What are you thinking?" ask Citra again, while putting on a flat face.
"There's nothing" said Bagio, then began to feed food into his mouth.
"Are you thinking about what happened on the beach?" ask Citra. "I'm sorry ... I should have explained it to you immediately."
According to Bagio, it seems that what he is thinking, and Citra are two different things.
And probably, it is true what Bagio guessed, because Citra then said,
"Leon was dating me when we were in the USA. But I broke off our relationship, because of his overly possessive nature."
"He doesn't even hesitate to hit me, if he's jealous. Even though I only met my friends....
... In fact, it was he who had been caught several times by me and my friends, when he was cheating on me here and there," continued Citra.
The image seemed to take a deep breath, and exhaled it violently, then drank a little empty water from its glass.
"Aided by his affair, Leon even spread rumors, if I am a cheap woman, who wants to have s*x with anyone, to have a venereal infection....
... The issue was unstoppable, and it spread to almost all students on campus, even though I had nothing to do with Leon for a long time" Citra said.
Although Citra spoke in a calm tone of voice, but from the look of her face, it could still be seen the anger mixed with sadness there.
"I'm sorry ... I was using you, so he stopped bothering me, and stopped forcing me to go back to dating him" Citra said slowly.
"I want to show Leon that I can still find other men who will accept me, even though he sows slander everywhere, until I confess that you are my girlfriend" continued Citra.
For those who had listened to the words of Citra, really did not understand the way of thought from Leon, if it was true and in accordance with the narrative of Citra.
But considering how Leon gelagat, when Bagio was with Citra, and other Citra friends, it feels like Bagio can indeed believe the words of Citra.
Leon means still expecting Citra to be with him. But why did he have to use such a bad way?
Leon's action, is a cowardly action of a man, who has absolutely no self-respect.
And Bagio considers it a very embarrassing thing for a man, if it comes to doing such things.
According to Bagio, men like Leon, let alone be made as lovers, just friends, Leon is not worthy.
But ... Tagio then remembered something.
"Your friends on the beach, do they all know about your problem with Leon?" ask Bagio.
"Yes" replied Citra. "Why?"
"Hm ... Its nothing. I was just confused as to why they still wanted to be friends with him" replied Bagio.
"You can indeed be critical-minded" Citra said.
"I know that only Ody and Marten can trust me. The rest are hypocrites....
...That's why, until I don't want to be invited to gather with those people again. I just wanted to go there because you were with me....
...Because if I don't introduce you to them, I'm worried that you might misunderstand....
... I don't want to, if you think that I don't consider you anyone, until I seem to be hiding you from my acquaintances."
The advanced image spoke at length, explaining to Bagio, along with the reason.
And according to Bagio, because there is no clear communication between the two of them, so that both Citra and herself, both keep each other feeling.
Forio who does not know the problem of Citra with his friends, it had occurred to him that he seemed as if it would only be a barrier to Citra, to meet with his friends.
Instead, Citra actually thought that Bagio might be offended, if Citra did not invite Bagio, to get acquainted with people who have something to do with Citra.
"Then we both misunderstood" Bagio said.
"What do you mean?" ask Citra.
"Because I didn't know that your relationship wasn't very good with them, until then, I thought it was because I was with you...,
... It might just be a nuisance, between you and your friends," said Bagio, explaining what he was thinking to Citra.
The image seemed to nod its head.
"Hm ... Now I'm gonna tell you something. Please listen to this carefully!" citra.
"Even if we've just met, but if you know, if I think you're more important to me, than all my acquaintances....
...I really like you, and I don't want you to just play with my feelings, because I'm going to hate you so much....
...Now I'm really curious. Do you really like me? Or just forced to be my girlfriend, because of the chaos....
... I also do not want, if you are dating me, just because you feel sorry after hearing my story," continued Citra.
"Hm ... There seems to be something wrong" chirped Bagio, who had involuntarily let out the contents in his head.
"What do you mean?" ask Citra, by putting on an unhappy face.
"Eh! Don't be angry! Listen to my explanation!" bagio said in a hurry.
The image then looked fixedly at Bagio, as if he was waiting for Bagio to explain to him, as soon as possible.
"I've liked you, ever since we first met at your house back then. But to be honest, I realized I was nobody, so I didn't dare to expect much....
...So I mean earlier, it's not you who should feel insecure, if there's someone like me, then you can fall in love with you....
...Plus, how could I possibly think of playing a woman like you? Of course it's impossible for me....
... Because, if you want to accept me for who I am, until I can be your girlfriend, I already feel that I may still be in dreamland, and it's hard for me to believe."
Without hesitation, or embarrassment, Bagio explained at length, what went through his mind, so that there would be no more misunderstandings, between himself and Citra.
And at once, Citra then looks happy, and as if she is feeling anxious with Bagio, to the point that she looks biting her own lips, with a big smile.
"Bagio! ... I think, I really fell in love with you!" citra said, using a foreign language.
