PAPER BOATS (Trapped by the Past)

Chapter 89 BE YOURSELF

Rahma gasps. He did not expect that quickly Novia expressed her wish.

"I told you, It's up to the kids, Nov" Rahma replied. Even though he had the same desire.

"Yes, I get it. I mean, help you keep it for Yogi." Novia reiterated.

"God willing, Nov. I also want Sinta to get a good man. Yeah, like a Yogi. But...." Rahma did not continue her sentence. Fear is considered stalling.

"But why?" tanya Novia was curious.

"So, love is too young." Rahma looked at Novia's face.

"Oh, yes. I understand that too. That's why I said, please take care of Sinta. Maybe in the next few years we can talk again" Novia said.

"I want my kids to finish college. If it is a match, there will be a way, Nov," said Rahma.

"Must be given the way, Ma." Novia really doesn't want to lose Sinta.

"Why are you so sure about Sinta?" ask Rahma.

"I don't know why. I suddenly felt a click with your son" replied Novia.

"Ma, I don't have a daughter. My only son, Yogi. And when I met Sinta, I felt like I had a daughter." Novia started telling stories.

"It's so nice to have a daughter. We can dress it up. We can arrange it. Is it different with boys?" ask Novia.

"It all depends on how you educate her, Nov. Solar boy. And I can still control it. In fact, did you see the clothes that Sinta and Yogi were wearing?" ask Rahma.

"Heem." Novia nodded, though did not understand her next intention.

"The one used by the Yogi was Surya's clothes which were already small. I bought it a few years ago. I bought matching clothes. And Surya didn't turn it down."

Rahma wanted to say that boys and girls are the same. As a parent, you can educate them well.

"Well...! So Yogi borrowed Surya's shirt?" asked Novia with wide eyes.

Rahma nodded.

"Yogi is shy. Dress time to borrow, anyway." Novia patted her forehead.

"From noon, Yogi was in our house. And when Surya's dad brought me here, I took Yogi with you. Then Yogi borrowed Surya's shirt. Because his clothes are dirty to wear alone" said Rahma.

"And Yogi chose clothes that happened to be the same as Sinta's choice. We also did not expect, you know," continued Rahma.

"Well, that could be the chemistry between them, right, Ma?"

"Yes could be. They were also our joke material. It's funny." Rahma laughed softly.

"And if you don't take Yogi with you, it won't be like this story, will it, Ma?"

"Yes it can be" said Rahma.

"That means there's a way to go." Novia smiled with certainty.

"What the hell are you talking about?" tanya Toni who then joined Rahma and Novia.

Arya came closer.

Looks like their business talks are over.

"Regular, Pa. Her name is also female" replied Rahma.

"Oh. I guess you guys get along pretty quickly, huh?" ask Arya. As Arya knows, his wife is hard to make new friends.

"Yes, Pa. Rahma was invited to talk. Go on" replied Novia.

Rahma just smiled. He must always be able to carry himself, especially in front of Toni's business relations.

"We can also connect. And certainly later we work together for business here," said Arya.

"You guys are familiar from the old school days, right?" sahut Novia's.

"Yes. But that was decades ago. And luckily, time doesn't change the way we think. Haha." Arya smiled with satisfaction.

For Arya, this is the starting point for starting a business in her own city. And he can get a suitable partner.

"Eh, where are the kids?" ask Toni.

"To rooftop. Novia said, there is a good place for photos. We'll go there yuk, Pa," Rahma said.

"Come, we're coming too. So curious how good it is."

They also left the vip room.

Arriving at the rooftop, Yogi again cool to take photos of Sinta. And Sinta acts like a model, Yogi as a photographer and stylist.

"Yogi! We're gonna get a picture too, dong!" exciting Novia.

Yogi and Sinta looked over.

"Udah, ah. Shame." Sinta went straight back to their seats.

"Yes Mama, just interrupt!" yogi Sahut.

"Oh, sorry. My mother did not intend to disturb. I mean, Mama if you're done." Novia approached Sinta.

"Cock spares?" ask Novia to Sinta.

"It's okay, Auntie." Sinta blushed in shame.

Surya was alone on the edge of the guardrail. He looked at the view of the city from the height of the third floor of the restaurant.

Surya has no intention of taking a selfie. Or join in, photos with others.

His heart still feels empty. Ever since Nadia rejected him and decided to retreat, Surya had lost half his soul.

Although in front of others, it was as if Surya could forget Nadia, but it was actually very difficult for him.

Nearly six years together, it can't be that easy to forget. Surya just let go.

Letting go of Nadia to continue pursuing her love. And Surya can only swallow it round and round.

"Surya why?" ask Novia.

"He is that, Ma. Likes to be alone. Yogi go there first." Yogi approached Surya.

"What look, Bro?" ask Yogi.

Surya. Without answering Yogi's questions.

"Well, the view?" ask Yogi again.

Surya is still. Because according to him, Yogi's questions do not have to be answered. Yogi himself already knew the answer.

"Well you remember Nadia?"

Surya looked again. Then shake.

"Lu's lying to yourself, bro. I know, you must remember Nadia again," said Yogi.

Yogi knows, there, among them, Surya feels alone. All paired. But Surya is not.

"That's why I don't want to be with Sinta, Bro. I don't want to, at this moment, you feel alone."

Yogi took out his cigarette. He offered Surya first.

Surya refused.

"Why? Is there your nyokap? Is there your bokap?"

Solar is silent. She didn't want her mom to be disappointed when she saw her smoking. Because Surya knows that his mother doesn't like cigarette smoke.

"Lu sacrificed himself again, Bro. This time, for the sake of the old man. Goody. But it's not good for your feelings."

Yogi lit his cigarette.

"I used to not like to see me smoke either. I smoked when I was in Junior High. But I'm still ngeyel. After all, they rarely meet me."

Yogi smokes his cigarette again.

"And long ago, they got used to it. Because I know the place too. Where can I smoke free, where not. When can I smoke, when not" Yogi said.

"Be yourself, Bro. But still don't be selfish. Do not harm others, or humiliate others," Yogi continued.

Surya looked back at Yogi.

In his heart Surya felt salute to his best friend. He was able to create his own world. Unlike him, who must be another person, for the sake of the people around him.