Picking Up the Past

A Gift for Arya

“don't be happy first lo, tomorrow we finish in the office” said Ari who was upset with Arya. He didn't want to make a fuss in the room after Tomy came to his senses.

“You all why here?” tomy's raucous voice broke their mood.

Abel spontaneously hugged Tomy who was still lying there, he cried to release all his fear and fatigue in the embrace of Tomy with sobbing.

“Bel, we are not married” said Tomy still with a raucous voice,

“I don't care, I'm almost dead waiting for you to wake up here, so don't stop me from doing this” said Abel.

Mila rubbed Abel's shoulder to calm her friend, while Karina's doctor immediately went back to check on Tomy.

Ari and Arya then sat on the sofa looking at Tomy who was being embraced by Abel.

“Looks like I have to get married to Karina soon, so I can feel the hugging of women” said Ari who sounded tempting doctor Karina who was working.

And the face of doctor Karina made pias hear it all, his heart felt broken because Arya heard Ari's words, but he remained firm and continued his work.

“soon get married, so that you feel good in the hug of women” said Arya nyeleneh who made Mila immediately flushed over what she did this morning, he immediately lowered his head and continued to rub Abel's shoulders who was still sad to hug Tomy.

While Karina's doctor is increasingly made claustrophobic with Arya's remarks. ‘Karina, why do you think you're this?, shouldn't you still keep that feeling?’ aryan mind that can judge doctor Karina from the look on her face.

“fucking lo, getting married,” said Ari while pushing Arya's body, and Arya immediately stood up because the push made her almost fall off the sofa, He then approached Mila and clasped Mila's hand that did not rub Abel's shoulder, his actions made Mila shocked for a moment.

“Karina, do I have to be sick first like Tomy, so you hug me like Abel hugging Tomy now” god Ari again.

“if you're sick, I'll inject you with kuda” injections doctor Karina replied upset at Ari's remarks that made everyone there laugh to hear her.

*

Arya and Mila have just cleaned up Arya's goods in Arya's small rented, “did you stay here all this time? this is very narrow Arya” asked Mila who noticed Arya was cleaning some of her goods into her suitcase and carrier.

“ini is much more comfortable than your house,” replied Arya casually which made Mila feel bitter to hear it.

“what's my big house not giving you comfort?” asked Mila who was still staring at Arya working to put her stuff in.

“Comfort is not from the big and small of a place, but from what is in it” Arya replied meaningfully.

Mila took a deep breath hearing all that, she understood what Arya meant that felt piercing her heart. Mila then stood up and walked towards Arya who was putting some of her suits into the suitcase and Mila smiled looking at it all to strengthen her heart.

“I have a gift for you at home, our wedding gift, I haven't given you a gift back then” Mila said with a smile behind her veil.

“wedding gift?” arya asked briefly.

Mila then raised her left hand and showed me 2 rings and 2 bracelets she was wearing, “you used to give me a wedding gift, whereas I have not given you anything as a gift”

“why are you wearing it again?,” asked Arya who was surprised to see it all.

“because I will be a good wife to you, this is proof that I am your wife” Mila replied with passion to Arya.

Arya smiled at all of that, her eyes then fixed on a small yellow box that had entered her suitcase.

“do you want to sell this contract?” ask Mila who broke the Aryan daydream, though,

“Not Mil, I will not sell it” replied Arya who resumed her activities.

“Why?, do you really want to get away from me?” asked Mila who was worried about Arya's reply.

“didn't you just say that there weren't any of those words between us, why are you saying it” now

“I'm just scared, no other reason than that”

“Every Tomy to Jakarta, he must be sleeping here, so I have no reason to sell him” Arya replied briefly.

Mila smiles hearing that, she then helps Arya fold her clothes and put them in the suitcase, they have to finish it all immediately because maghrib is coming soon.

Meanwhile Ari had just finished cleaning his body, he rubbed his face and immediately closed his eyes, he really felt tired that day, after 3 days around in Sulawesi, Indonesia, he now had to give his body more rest.

Just for a moment he closed his eyes, his phone rang which made Ari grin with annoyed breath, he immediately opened his phone and lifted the phone.

“halo, what information?” ask her in a cold tone.

“halo boss, Anggotaku in Makassar found the flight data of Mr. Arya from Makassar to Jakarta last night and se,,” Dan Ari immediately closed the phone because of annoyance, ‘their work is really good, and the, but this even pisses me off now’ his inner self.

While the person across the phone was sitting in a cafe and noticed Anjani was enjoying coffee with his father Hardiansyah, the owner of the Hardi corp.

“ahhh, basic when I want to say Mr. Arya is now again with Miss Mila, but he turned it off first” was upset.

“dad sure no latest info about Indra?” anjani asked her father.

“no, it looks like the child will never return” Hardi replied casually to her only child's question.

“huh, am I really not going to see her again?” asked Anjani in a weak tone.

“why are you still thinking about it?, I hope you will forget it after almost 10 years in America” Hardi said gently to his daughter, without them realizing their conversation was clearly heard by Ari's man.

“because he was my first friend, and there is no one better than him I have ever known” Anjani replied as she drank her coffee.

“maybe it's better, than you love someone else” continued Hardi.

“father is really serious with this matchmaking, father used to hate that person, but now father instead wants to make his son as son-in-law” said Anjani in a displeased tone.

“this is Anjani's business, marriage is one of the chess steps to progress and become bigger, in business, the enemy can be a friend, and vice versa” replied Hardi meaningfully to his son.

“what father does not see me as a child?, father did not even talk about this first with mother, do I not deserve to know what people call love?” tanya Anjani bertubi with her chest tight, she was really forced to be in the chair because of her father's request.

“I used to want to betroth you to Indra, and I even told Gibran once, but fate said otherwise, they left us first, I didn't bring your mother, your mother was very close to Naina, either, he must be disappointed with all of this, but this is for the sake of our company's development to a higher level, nor will I force you, if you don't match him, you can refuse him, either, I will not ignore your happiness, the most important thing now, meet him first and try to get to know each other.

Anjani just took a deep breath over it all, his memory returned at the last time he saw Indra, his memory of Indra is still recorded clearly in his mind. ‘I only want to meet you, even if only briefly, his memory of Indra is still recorded clearly in his mind, I want to say thank you and goodbye to you, even if it's only on your grave, I miss you his inner Indra’.

Hardi then stood with the presence of 2 men who were now in front of them and Anjani followed his father to stand, he looked at the man who would be betrothed to him with his regretful gaze.