
"Aarav, are you angry?" rahelsa asked who was behind Aarav's wheelchair.
"angry? Why should I be angry?" Aarav asked back while laughing discordantly. "Do I have the right to be angry? You are free to be close to anyone. I don't have the right to set up your friendship zone" he continued.
"Rav."
"Why? You're ashamed of me coming to your college?"
Rahelsa sighed for a moment, then she crouched back in front of Aarav's wheelchair. The man threw a sideways glance and Rahelsa held Aarav's hands together.
"I have nothing to do with any man, except you. Don't be angry anymore."
"I'm not angry."
"Jealous?" terka Rahelsa's.
"God...." Aarav looked at Rahelsa while clucking his tongue.
"Yes, yes, you may be jealous of me."
Aarav was silent for a while to address Rahelsa, who said so.
Seeing Aarav silent, Rahelsa again asked him to speak. "From diem-dieman.we go home, yes."
"I'm bored at home." Aarav still looked at Rahelsa fixedly.
"Okay, where are you going? I'll go wherever you want."
"Relatedly? Aren't you ashamed of my path?"
"What are you talking about, anyway? I'm just happy to be able to walk with you. We rarely get this way." Rahelsa bowed as she slowly released Aarav's hand.
"If you're happy, let's go now."
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Aarav and Rahelsa left together with the car the girl was driving in. It was late in the afternoon when they arrived at a place Aarav had pointed out.
"What is this place, Aarav?" rahelsa asked as they arrived at a classic design building.
"This is where the painting exhibition is held," said Aarav while issuing a letter of invitation as access to the gallery painting he intended.
"It turns out you wanted to invite me to this exhibition together," murmured Rahelsa, she smiled beautifully, never expecting Aarav to take her to a gallery like this.
Rahelsa was stunned for a while, until Aarav touched her arm with the man's index finger. "Cock daydreaming? Come on help me!" he said a small smile.
The girl nodded. "Yes, yes" he replied as he opened the seatbelt, then continued to help Aarav get out of the car until the man got back in his wheelchair.
"I think I got the wrong costume. Know this I brought a dress or dress that is suitable to attend this invitation," murmured Rahelsa as she watched her appearance wearing only a simple blouse, inversely proportional to the appearance of Aarav which does look neat and climatic. Ah deserved it. Aarav brought her here.
"What do you wear remains beautiful, Els." said Aarav.
Rahelsa was stunned, did she not hear wrong? Aarav praises her pretty? It felt like he wanted to jiggle with excitement, but he was quite aware of the situation and conditions. And now he had to chase Aarav who had pushed the wheelchair up to the entrance.
They began to enter after handing over the barcode of the exhibition invitation at the Gallery.
"Why did you bring me here? Are you interested in painting?" ask Rahelsa.
"Yes, I've been studying painting for a few years. Self-taught."
"I never knew." Rahelsa chills, feeling like she missed something Aarav likes.
Aarav smiled faintly. "Because since moving here and my condition began to improve.I don't have any busyness, while you're busy school continues to be busy list of lectures, plus you also rarely visit me now."
"Sorry..."
"Sorry why?"
"I'm sorry I missed this, sorry also because I've been visiting you so rarely lately."
They saw several paintings that displayed an incredible variety of styles and art. Until finally they arrived at a corridor yanv quite empty.
"What do you like to paint?" ask Rahelsa.
"I like abstract paintings like this one..." Aarav pointed to the painting he was looking at, it was in the shape of a wig, like a woman's eye and inside the lens of that eye was a person, it is difficult to interpret because the painting is like having its own allusion - a kind of secret that is harbored by the painter.
"Good, but I can't understand what this painting means." Rachel smiled a little.
"From my amateur perspective, this painting seems to say that the eyes are the windows of the heart."
"meaning?"
"If you want to know someone's heart, you can see it through that person's heart window. From eyes!" aarav.
Rahelsa. "That, huh? If so, try to say my heart.. You notice the answer in my eyes!" kelakar Rahelsa while giggling.
"I don't need to pay attention to it, Els," Aarav said with a smile.
"Why?" Rahelsa.
"Because unnoticed it already appears that in your eyes there is..."
"What's wrong?"
"There's his eyeballs!" aarav replied with a chuckle, Rahelsa is a manyun.
"Try now it's your turn to see in my eyes..." Aarav led Rachel's hand to hold both sides of her face. Actually Rahelsa is awkward about this, but he also wants to ascertain what is in Aarav's heart, so that he does not reject Aarav's behavior.
Now, Rahelsa's hands are left on Aarav's cheeks while looking at the man's tanned netra. His heart felt bermanufer and wanted to slip-under the intimidation of Aarav's gaze that felt raining down on him.
"What do you see?" ask Aarav seriously.
"I don't know" said Rahelsa, turning her eyes away. He could not linger staring at Aarav in such an intense position. Moreover, the corridor they visited now, now there were only the two of them, either where the other guests were, so the world felt stopped here for Rahelsa.
"Tell me what you saw!" aarav.
"I'm afraid of misinterpreting," said Rahelsa staring at the floor.
"Els.. In my eyes, you can get answers about my feelings."
Rahelsa blinked her eyes, digesting Aarav's sentence.
"... I love you. You can see that in my eyes. I didn't cancel our wedding plans because I wanted one too" Aarav said bluntly.
"...but I don't want you to regret everything later. I can't give you anything. I also don't know when I'm healed. I don't deserve you, Els. Because my love is so big with you that's .. I want to let you go so that you can be happy with others," said Aarav.
Uncontrollable, Rahelsa's tears just dripped, only this time she felt Aarav's attitude was so warm to her. And only now did he know how this man felt about her. He felt overwhelmed, but why Aarav's honest words made him sad and cry.
"So, you really want to take me off? If you really love me, you shouldn't be doing this, Rav!" rahelsa said sobbing.
"Actually I don't want to say this. I'd rather you hate me. But, I guess you should know that I'm doing this because I love you..."
Rahelsa. "I take the risk, Rav. Whatever happens even though I don't know when you're healed. I can't let go of you after knowing all this."
"Maybe you can say that now, you can accept me now. But, in the future, as time goes by you'll get tired of going through the day with a crippled man like me."
"No. I will accept you Aarav!" rahelsa said while crying.
"Find a man who can protect you. It's not a guy like me who's asking for your protection."
Rahelsa sat down, she put her head on Aarav's lap while crying bitterly.
"You know everything, it's time we let each other go. I hope you understand that I'm doing this because I love you, I want you to get the best and it's not me." Aarav stroked Rachel's hair on her lap.
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