Picking Up the Past

I Was The One Who Was Different

Mila stared long into the blue ocean, her eyes completely spoiled by the sight she usually only saw on her phone screen.

“you like it?, from getting off the car earlier you have directly sat here” said Arya who slightly surprised Mila. Arya then sits beside Mila while giving Mila a bottle of water.

Mila immediately rests her head on Arya's arm and receives the water bottle Arya gave her, “thank you Arya, and receives the water bottle, I'm really happy to see this view” said Mila slowly while enjoying the sound of waves interspersed with birds.

“you like never to see a beach like this Mil” said Arya slowly while embracing Mila's shoulder.

“the coast of Jakarta is not as beautiful as this Arya, after all I have never been on the streets of kayak gini, my life is too mono aja at home” said Mila slowly, he reciprocates Arya's embrace by hugging Arya's waist from behind.

“really?, have you never seen the beauty of nature like this, you really wasted a lot of your time”

“you think who would take me on a walk like this, grandfather used to be busy with company, my brother is busy with his friends, mother and father, their household is also unclear, my life is really unattractive from before” said Mila slowly withstanding all the sadness considering what her family was like.

“doesn't you used to be a school idol and always change girlfriends every month, you also like to wander, the hell you never walk like this at all?” arya said casually.

“iihh, surely Abel is the same story you, the mouth of the child really irritates me now” said Mila by strengthening her hug on the waist Arya, it makes their body more attached.

“and now the school idol became my wife, when in the past when I was in school no girl would look at me” said Arya slowly.

"you lie, where maybe there is no girl who glances at you, surely many girls are curious about the figure of Arya ramadana is right" said Mila with a bit of an upset tone. Arya momentarily smiled faintly hearing Mila's sentence.

“Arya” muttered Mila slowly.

“apa Mil?,” Arya answered briefly.

“so I told Abel in the room about my hijab, I remembered someone now” Mila said in a soft tone.

"who?”

"my old college friend, the friend who always forced me to wear the hijab like now, she was married, after she married she went with her husband and now they are in Kalimantan, I haven't seen her in a long time,” said Mila recalled the face of her college friend.

“pake Hijab kok forced Mil, should be his intention worship dong,” Arya replied casually.

“iih I know, but now I have fixed my intention really, I am talking about my friend Arya is not my hijab problem” said Mila who this time pitched upset.

“if you want, later if there is free time we can go to Kalimantan, make see nature there as friendly to your friend it, but now I want you to learn a lot with aunt Mil, but now I want you to learn a lot, we may be there for a week, you can certainly learn many things from aunty”, Arya told Mila.

“you remember when we met Mil?” ask Arya to Mila.

“When?, when you came to the grandfather's room that made my life ruined” said Mila with a joke that made Arya a little laugh thin.

“no, when you became my little princess, I said I would go keep”

“hmmmm, I remember how, maybe I forgot that day, you actually went a long way during the 22 years of my life, he said, even I have lost hope waiting for you” said Mila who now looks at Arya's face while still sticking her head in Arya's arm.

“that time I will go to Korea Mil, dad invites me and mom vacation, but fate takes me away from you as long as it”, said Arya in a soft tone, Arya said, he then shifted his hand from Mila's shoulder to Mila's head, and he gently rubbed her head.

“my father took my mother to Korea, because my mother likes everything about korea, if you like what country Mil?, maybe later we can go there” said Arya again.

“but I prefer Turkey Mil, Hagia sopia really makes me want to go to the Country”, said Arya trying to bargain for Mila's wishes.

“do you have a lot of money?, we just go to those two countries, it will definitely be very fun" replied Mila still staring and rubbing Arya's cheeks.

“it looks like my savings have run out because the jewelry you wear is” Arya said with a smile candanya. Mila smiled at her husband's words.

“how much does Arya cost?, this must be expensive, I'm the same brother Syifa can not even guess the price of this jewelry loh”.

“I also do not know Mil, I never check my expenses” said Arya casually.

“seems like you are rich in your father, until it does not matter how much you spend yourself”

“but it seems that now I have to think about it, so that later I can enjoy the romantic atmosphere of Paris with you” said Arya with a happy tone, Mila then turned her gaze to the blue sea.

"no matter what the jewelry is, your heart is much more expensive than it is all Mil," Arya said meaningfully. Mila took a deep breath, she understood the meaning of her husband's words.

"your heart is also more expensive than anything Arya, I even have to memohom to get your heart" Mila replied to Arya.

‘ya Lord, thank you for all this, I love this husband, I am truly myself now, I am, there is no burden at all to be a different person like my previous relationshipMila's inner’ closed her eyes enjoying the atmosphere.

“Arya, a few days ago you said I was much different than you knew at the beginning of our marriage, but now I realize, it's not me now who is different, it's not me who is, but I was the one who was different Arya, I just realized when I told Abel earlier, this is what I really am, I already feel like myself now” Mila said meaningfully to Arya.

Arya just smiled at Mila's words, she then briefly peeked at Mila's forehead, “you don't need to be someone else in front of me, just be yourself, just be yourself, my heart is always open like whatever you are” said Arya who made Mila feel completely weightless instantly.

“enak yes, already can hug now, can kiss-kium” ledek Tomy who has sat next to Arya, he said,

“I'm so envious of you now” continued Abel who sat next to Mila and followed Vanessa who sat next to Abel. Mila then took off her hug on Arya's waist, she then hugged Abel tightly.

“sabar Bel, beware you will also marry Kok” Mila told Abel.

“ihhh, you are hugging me, I have not fully forgiven you” said Abel who tried to release Mila's hug on his body, the speech also made the four of them laugh off instantly.

“kok y'all at the laugh anyway, I again seriously tauu” upset Abel instantly, but Mila did not let go of his hug on his best friend.

Tomy momentarily looked at Arya's face, she could feel the anger on her brother's face. ‘do I have to act first to protect Arya?’ his mind weighs the situation.

Arya then stood up, she immediately pulled the hand of Mila who began to release her hug on Abel. Mila immediately screamed in shock because her husband pulled her to the edge of the beach chasing the pounding waves that moved towards them. “Aryaaa, no, my clothes will get wet” cried Mila, the scream that also made Tomy, Abel and Vanessa also stand up to play the waves like a child.

The five of them spent some time having fun on the beach, laughing cheerfully together spending their afternoons by the beach. Their laughter gave relief in their respective chests.

Abel, Mila and Vanessa are running around playing in the middle of the yellow afternoon sky, while Arya occasionally teased Mila by pulling and hugging his wife into the pounding waves that made Mila skirt from the knee down to get wet because of the sea water, activities that make Mila can really laugh off behind her veil.

While Tomy was playing the waves while resisting her desire to touch Abel like Arya touched Mila, ‘ahh, I was really envious of those inner’ Tomy who was almost the same as the inner Abel, she said, But Abel did not bother, he occasionally also pulled Mila to walk against the pounding waves with Vanessa.

The five people spent their time until the azan maghrib called, after praying and eating, they then proceeded to find lodging to rest.