THE BARA OF THE PAST

Time Doesn't Answer

It turns out that an answer is not about time. The task of time is just ticking, not busy answering questions. Liodra steadfastly anchored his heart to Ryo Gibran Adiwinata even though love has not yet greeted him. Is it not that in an unwritten marriage there must be love? The failures and trials stirred up the religious side in him. The famous ustaz-ustaz studies one by one he listened to.  

Between despair and surrender to destiny is indeed a thin difference. Liodra chose the second. Ustaz said, man cannot give up. A person is always presented to his life for a reason. If Ryo replaced Devano, Liodra could not refuse. His soul was written when his soul was blown into the body, Liodra could do anything but accept. 

The news of this marriage was greeted with joy by two families, Dewanti and Joni Adiwinata. Not much to delay the time, the application event is over. The wedding will be held in the third week. Everyone moves fast. Wedding files are taken care of immediately, different wedding organizers are contacted and then the preparation begins. 

Liodra only has Sashi where he tells stories. About Ela's betrayal, as well as Ryo's new love. Tonight they are engrossed in video calls spilling the longing of friends who are separated by distance.

"You sure you're taking Ryo? Do you think? I'm just worried about Ryo being a runaway." 

"At first yes. I want to spill it all on him, Sashi. Who told him to decetin me when the condition of my heart again ravaged. But I soon realized. The Ela incident that took the boutique made me horrified if I wanted to harm people." 

"Relax Liodra, I asked my genk to track down Ela's whereabouts. He might not say that. There must be a trail. I asked Bang Jimmy for information."

"Bang Jimmy's head thug Tanah Abang?"

"Yoi, my cousin is sandelinable. Just be patient first."

"Gue's not interested in boutique business, Sashi. I just want to know why he's doing all this, after what I love him."

"That's it, I don't understand either. When he was hospitalized for two months, you payin, you're a facility. He paid the same kind of kindness for this kind of trashy behavior." 

"I'm sorry to talk about him. How's your job?" liodra asked to switch the conversation.

"Cool paris, anyway you should ask Ama Ryo to make a honeymoon here. Must come. Uh betewe, Devano know you want married?" 

Liodra was silent for a moment. Actually he was also lazy to discuss Devano. Ela and Devano are two names she wants to erase from memory. 

"Honestly I do this so I can immediately forget him," he replied slowly. Sashi could hear a heavy sound with a deep breath. 

"Liodra, you deserve to be happy. I know you can do this. Forget it all, Devano likes it or doesn't, accept him as a big brother. Slow down everything must be fine." 

"You sure I'll be the same as Ryo?"

"Gue isn't sure of you. If it's the same Ryo, it feels like he'll be able to keep you, your part, Liodra. You want to fight too." Sashi strengthens his best friend.

"Sashi I'm tired of wishing on someone to please me. I just have good intentions, a normal life, actually my worship is still this chaotic."

"Oh God, Liodra. Ryo's cute ama period is you have no taste at all?" 

"Gue the fall of respect ama him, Sashi. Hope this is a good start, you do'ain me, yeah." 

They talked until midnight. One by one the disappointments that had been swallowed turned into hope. Liodra sleeps with a dream of being on a hill full of flowers. His smile returned after a long time. 

Sashi knows Liodra is struggling with his own feelings. As a friend who understands the situation of Liodra's heart, Sashi is very supportive of Liodra's move to get married. 

His hand will just put the phone on the table, when there is a direct message on Instagram. 

[Sashi, how are you? Sorry to bother you, is Liodra okay?]

Devano Pramudya sent him a message.

[Your WA number is how Dev? I want a phone. It matters!]

***

Devano drove his car to the showroom. He did not leave the office today. Some of the visitation schedules he rearranged. The news from Sashi last night about Liodra deeply unsettled her heart. The news of his ex-girlfriend getting married did not surprise him much. However, the news about Liodra Moda made him inexhaustible. Devano took a deep breath. 

'In the end, we get used to it. You get used to the new story. I'm used to trying to erode memories of you. Then about the new story, I hope as lucky as you.' His mind was a little relieved when it came to knowing Liodra was fine. 

Ah, if only he had been there. At least present as a sister. Liodra was too stubborn and chose to break contact with him. 

A call in broke his daydream. From Zara, the girl who has now officially become her boyfriend. 

[Dev, I can't have lunch in a normal place, I have to go to Bogor with papa. There's a house for sale. Strategic location, the price is also affordable. Looks like papa is interested in turning it into a villa.]

Devano wants to have lunch with Zara. The girl who had been bandaging her heart wounds. Zara is different from Liodra. Zara who was cold and reserved was similar to herself, but was able to calm her heart. 

[That's sudden. I stayed in the office today. If you need me, I'm ready.]

[You're weird. Don't come out to get me. What's wrong with you, Dev? I don't think that's spirit?]

[If you may let me come, I must be excited. I always want it to be the same for you.]

[Ih, what the hell, anyway? Very dreadful. Tar I used to say Papa. If we are allowed to meet in the middle so as not to last]

[Definitely acquired. Okay I'll wait, yeah, lemes' if there's no you.]

Zara heard her lover's conversation. The more days he becomes convinced Devano is the man who will be the last patch of his heart. After a brief chat with her papa, Zara again sent a message. 

[Dev, it turns out Papa has a lot of business, so hurry up. You follow it if the villa has been renovated]

[Well, today I will definitely drill really not meet you. Okay, have a nice day. Take care, Darl. Love you]

[Hang out aja ama. Love you more]

Devano read Zara's message with a troubled heart. The longer he's been afraid of losing Zara. Maybe it's time to move on. If Liodra had calmed down and planned a wedding with someone, wouldn't he also have the right to rebuild his life? 

The sun keeps rising. Devano completed the work by contacting the customer via phone.

Some reports he's been working on.

Dusk crawled down. Devano smiled in light of Zara's birthday moment where she prepared the surprise of a new car. Red car, Zara's favorite color. 

With a white sleeveless dress, Zara looked very pretty. Thin-thin makeup on her face makes her natural beauty even stand out.

Zara has high cheekbones, as well as charming lips. Thick lips are symmetrical which if the angle is raised makes one cheek left carve a chisel called dimple. His eyebrows were naturally thick black, contrasting with his white cheeks. The calm carrying of Zara fits perfectly with the originally quiet Devano as well. 

"You ... You prepared all this? Since when did you and papa conspire?"

"Happy birthday, Zara. Happy maturing, congratulations on being a blessed and loved one. May the universe continue to reflect your beauty." 

Zara was speechless. Devano does not wear a neat suit or formal shirt like other invited guests. He wears dark blue jeans, a white t'shirt with a famous car brand logo and white sneakers.

However, Devano's charm was able to invite subtle denyar on his chest. The simple young man only briefly regretted it, then disappeared amid a crowd of friends who also wanted to regret it. 

The vibrating sound on the cell phone disperse Devano's daydream. Zara sent a message. When it was opened, it turned out to be a photo.

[Good, right?]

Devano. 

A photo of a second-floor white house with a high fence that he once visited with Liodra while searching for Baskoro.