Picking Up the Past

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Doctor Karina had just finished her duty hours, now she was getting ready to go home soon. While he was tidying up his desk, the door of his room was knocked, and Ari entered the room. “kamu Ri,” said doctor Karina briefly.

“you again say, very busy like” said Ari who then sat in the chair in front of the desk doctor Karina. “ini I want to be ready to go home” replied doctor Karina still briefly.

“aku tomorrow want to go out of the area, want to check some of my projects there” said Ari by paying attention to doctor Karina who is now sitting looking at him.

“how many days?” ask doctor Karina who made Ari grunt instantly, because the answer from her boyfriend was just a short sentence to him.

“maybe a week, I will be back before Arya returns to Jakarta” Ari replied in a flat tone as possible.

“so you want to tell me about that?” ask Dr. Karina with a ketus.

“i also want to invite you to dinner, that's if you don't refuse anymore”

“you know, I must have rejected it, why else do you ask” said doctor Karina casually.

“I want to talk to you seriously tonight, can't we just have dinner this time Karina?” Ari asked in a hopeful tone to Dr. Karina,

“just talk about now Ri, I still have a lot of time before I go home” replied doctor Karina still casually.

“I have actually been patient with Karina for a long time, we are dating, but I feel like I do not have a boyfriend, invited to walk, invited to go to eat do not want, this is not the name of the courtship, this is not the name, tell me, until when you want to be like this to me, if you really do not want to be with me, just say it from the beginning, do not accept me and behave like this” said Ari released his regret.

doctor Karina momentarily took a deep breath, she dared herself to look into the eyes of Ari who saw it with a look of hope. “you already said in front of Tomy and Abel want to propose to me, why now you doubt me?,”

“How could I propose to you if you are still like this Karina?, we want to build a household, but your attitude has always been like this to me, do you think our household will be okay with your attitude like this?” said Ari who did not understand the attitude of Dr. Karina.

“our household will not be fine if you marry me with your feelings of doubt” replied doctor Karina.

“say, what is the reason you have always been like this to me?, I'm sure, this is not just you wanting to guard yourself from the sins of the hijak”

“and one more thing Ri, I will never refuse if there are other men who come to ta’aruf with me and propose to me, as long as he is kind and both my parents approve, I will accept it, I will accept it, so don't expect that by the word courtship I will be loyal to you, my loyalty is only to men who bind me with sacred ties not a relationship with an unclear status like this courtship” continued Dr. Karina again.

Ari took a deep breath for a moment, “I will propose to you after Tomy and Abel get married, that's my promise, I love you Karina, I love you, I hope you won't disappoint my sincere feelings” said Ari as she stood leaving doctor Karina.

'I believe in Arya, the way to conquer you is to marry you Karina, I will do that to get your heart' Ari's inner self passes away from that room.

Doctor Karina with an erratic feeling stared at Ari's back coming out of her room, ‘sorry Ri, I was wrong, I accepted you first just to know how Arya felt to me, but I promise Ri, I promise you, if you want to be serious with me, I will give my whole life to you, Arya is just a friend, and will always be our friend’ inner doctor Karina.

*

Arya stared into the faces of her uncle and aunt, while Tomy sat next to Arya in the chair in the room. Tomy's parents sat on the bed staring at their two sons who had long gone to Jakarta.

“What important thing do you want to talk about son?, say now, the three of them have already put to bed,” said Mr. Susanto, the father of the two men.

“paman, I want to ask uncle's permission for something” said Arya opened her voice.

“izin what?, say nak” said Mr. Susanto looking fixed Arya face.

“before I want to apologize uncle, I married without telling uncle first" Arya said in a guilty tone.

"at that time Mila's grandfather called me and asked me to marry Mila, I wanted to reject her and run away from the marriage, at that time I had invited Tomy to climb to Semeru so as not to marry her, but I couldn't break my promise to Mila's grandfather uncle, the marriage happened and I had to go through my household with a lot of trouble with Mila, I didn't tell my uncles and aunts after marriage because I didn't want to make my uncles and aunts burdened by my troubles, because my problem and Mila was very heavy at that time uncle” explained Arya with her head bowed in front of her uncle and aunt. Tomy sees Arya with a feeling of pain in her heart, she is actually not fully able to forgive Mila, but she tries to cover it all up because Arya also looks tough to face everything and accept Mila back.

“nak, me and your aunt don't bother about it, we just want you to be happy, and make sure the person who will be your wife is a good person, as well as Tomy, he said, we also wanted to come to propose the girl to Tomy, but God has not allowed us to, now we are grateful to have been able to meet them, and to see them directly like this, from our point of view, they seem to be good people, son, I will always pray for the best for you guys” said Uncle Arya in a calm tone.

“we as parents, just want to see the children we raised get a good wife and know with the teachings of the religion, to, we just want to see your happiness in our old age nak” said Miss Annisa continued her husband's words.

“bu, we are happy mom, Arya has got a good wife, I saw for myself what her cheerfulness has been like lately, and also Abel, she is a good kid kok ma'am, I'm sure, I will be happy with him” said Tomy who wants to convince both parents.