Picking Up the Past

Seriously Angry, right?

“Tomy dear to you Bel, she is not disgusted at all as you accuse”

“bohong” said Abel half-screaming.

Arya swallowed her saliva looking at Abel's emotions, that was the first time she saw Abel shout.

“you were the first woman for him Bel, I never saw Tomy like women before, what's more until he dared to hug you yesterday, he really has crossed his own line to love you, he really has, and I know that if Tomy wants you to be first and last for her” explained Arya, Abel's tears came back from hearing Arya's words.

“but he took off his hug on me, and apologized to me, whereas everyone would definitely hug his partner as proof of their affection, but he apologized as if he did not want to hug me” said Abel again released all the pain in his treatment Tomy yesterday.

“You and Tomy are different Bel, Tomy and I were educated hard in the religious environment from our parents, we were taught to respect women and stay away from sin, he said, one form of respect for the woman is not touching the woman before there is a sacred bond of marriage, therefore Tomy apologizes to you, because for her, for her, hugging you before you officially get married is a form of disrespect for your honor, ” explained Arya while hoping Abel and understand the sentence, Abel swallowed his saliva, his mind worked hard to assess the sentence Arya.

“what's the reason Tomy didn't want to touch me all this time?, even just holding hands?’ abel asked in full probing with his tears drenching his white cheeks.

“iya Bel, and Tomy will not explain this reason to you, for that I meet you, explain what Tomy cannot explain to you" Arya said for a moment stopped.

"to him, every inch of your body is your honor that he must guard, he will not touch your honor before your honor is also his honor, and your honor will be the honor he can have after you get married, not only is it a matter of your honor, he also protects himself from sin, you need to understand this difference of your views, you need to understand this difference of yours, I know you are new to know, what else Tomy has been working in Bandung, surely you are not too often communicating to get to know more deeply in” explained Arya again.

“If Tomy thinks every inch of my body is my honor, then there is no more honor I can give for her” Abel said shedding his regretful tears, Arya fell silent to Abel's words, even swallowing his saliva he could not.

“i have always been sincere to my exes, giving my heart to them, giving my love and myself to them, but they have never appreciated me and respected me as a woman in the least, just like the person who stabbed Tomy, they stabbed Tomy because Tomy protected me from men******* that” explained Abel again who was still sobbing with the fate he lived.

Arya with difficulty swallowed her saliva to hear Abel's explanation, she tried to take a deep breath and tried to force her faint lips to speak.

“Bel, a, what are you,, no longer a virgin” asked Arya carefully for fear of offending Abel.

Hearing Arya's words, Abel immediately glared sharply at her, His sharp gaze as if ready to kill the man.

“what do you mean?, do you think I'm that cheap? I still have the sense not to do it before marriage” Abel said emotionally to Arya. ‘astaga Bel, your words earlier that made me think like that’ upset Arya to Abel.

“sorry bell, what have you ever done with them?” ask Arya carefully.

“we just held hands no more, we thought I'd let them touch my body, my first hug for Tomy, when he realized that time” Abel said innocently.

“astaga Bel, then why do you say there is no more honor that you can give to Tomy” upset Arya.

‘why complicated times anyway facing women kayak Abel, I can really go crazy if like this’ complained Arya while rubbing her head.

“Bel, you like this is only at home, but even better if you dress covered, at least veiled,” said Arya trying to calm sad Abel.

“Since I knew Tomy I've never been dressed like this out again, because he was always angry to see me dressed like this out of the house, but I used to always be like if I left Arya's house, every time I walk to the mall, I'm always like this, all the men must look at me as if they were stripping me, what else my ex-bees used to be, they often talk dirty to me, they often talk to me, as if I was just a cheap woman in their eyes” explained Abel again by enduring his sadness.I don't know why he is so sorry now, Abel explained, what's more, after hearing Arya's explanation about why Tomy wouldn't touch her and forbade her to dress openly out of the house, she felt it was no longer appropriate for a man like Tomy.

“already Bel, the important thing is now that your intentions change, and do not think again to cancel this marriage, the, maybe there will no longer be men like Tomy who will choose you like now” Arya flatly told Abel,

“Can Tomy forgive my mistakes Arya?, I really feel inappropriate for Tomy, she respects me like that, he said, while I used to think absolutely nothing of the people who saw my body” asked Abel again.

"he must have forgiven you Bel, you don't have to talk to him about it, he must have known everything, and you don't have to apologize to him, he must have forgiven you first” Arya replied.

“Can Tomy accept my mistake like you accept Mila's fault?” ask Abel again that makes Arya feel tired of facing the plain attitude of women in front of him, ‘why Tomy can stand the same woman as Abel’ her inner confused.

“for sure can Bel, believe in Tomy, and immediately to the hospital, Tomy must be waiting for you” Arya said slowly to Abel.

"Bel, what was Mila like when you were close friends?” arya asked who started to shift their conversation.

“Just like me, we often walk to the mall with clothes like this, we used to also have been to the club when High School friends, we used to also often wander, we used to hang out, then go home at night, we also often have a new girlfriend every month, we used to be the idol of the school lo Arya” explained Abel without thinking long. While Arya can only swallow her saliva hearing Abel's innocent speech.

‘astaga, why do I even regret asking that earlier’

“Bel, I have plans for us, me, Tomy, you and Mila, but I'll talk to Tomy,” first

“plan? what plan?”,,

“visit our parents, I have a promise with Tomy to bring Mila to meet our parents in the village before you get married, I think it would be better for you to come along, I think, in order for you to recognize our family, and not regret choosing Tomy later, our family is just a simple family Bel, our father is only a farmer, and our mother a housewife, and our mother is a housewife, unlike your family and the Mila family, I think it would be better for you to recognize your future in-laws first” explained Arya.

“ really?, I really want to go there, said Mila your mother's cooking is good, I want to learn to cook with your mother, so I can cook good also for Tomy later” said Abel with enthusiasm.

Arya scrunched her forehead seeing Abel ‘when Mila met with aunt?’ arya's mind is confused, ‘and this, my God, I came he looked very sad, and now he's gini spirit, how quickly his mood changes, he's seriously not angry with Tomy?'.