The Perfect Happiness

S3 - Eps 172

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Still Haikal POV's.

One by one, the guests began to arrive. In fact, invited guests are only from the family. Like the Shilla family, the Jefri family, the Reza family and of course the Clara— family.

Yeah, I specifically invited both of Clara's parents. Because I want to propose to their children formally at this time. In front of my family. This idea initially surprised me. But after I thought again, it's true what mama said, maybe Clara always put things off because of this. Maybe he wants me to really acknowledge his position in my heart.

Max and I greeted the guests happily, telling them to come in and enjoy the appetizer. While waiting for my main guest to arrive.

"Where's your boyfriend? What time is it? I'm hungry ...," whined Max while whispering to me.

I turned to her, she showed a face pleading with me, piquing. "Aish! Don't cake the little ones, Max. Be patient." Max was really upsetting this time.

For half an hour I was standing at the front door of the house, extending my neck, looking over and over. Nor did I find any sign that Clara was coming. This afternoon I made sure to go back to him and he said he would definitely come along with his parents. Then now?

'No, I can't be discouraged. Maybe they're stuck in traffic, ' I thought to myself.

Then I decided to go inside the house, leaving Hans and Roni on guard. They always seem on at all times, astonished, whether they have time to sleep.

I turned my back and stepped inside the house, approaching all those who were together in the living room. Tumultuous. That's what's happening right now. The voices of those who were chatting with each other sounded so crowded and echoed. Bouncing each other on the side of the wall of this house.

Some of them greeted me and invited me to talk, until someone suddenly patted me on the shoulder. I turned my head and found both of Clara's parents now standing behind me. Instantly the corner of my lips was drawn, commenting on a smile for the two of them. Then suddenly the lights went out.

Blup up!!

Suddenly everything became quiet. In the darkness I tried to turn my head and grope around me which was suddenly empty. Whereas before there was Max and also both of Clara's parents standing near me. Until finally a light appeared. I saw the face of my heart behind that light. She walked closer to me while singing a song for me with a birthday cake that she threw at me.

🎶

*Today is a happy moment for you

Increase your age by a year

Sing a song

To be special your day

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Today is special

Because it's your birthday

Today is happy

Enjoy it*

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I was surprised by it. He sang Happy Birthday, a song popularized by the band Ten 2 Five. So sweet and so charming both my eyes. Which man is not happy to be treated like this?

'Alright, it will soon be my turn to surprise you, ' I said in my heart while looking at his face.

As soon as he finished singing the song, a boisterous sound of applause instantly sounded. The more the birthday cake was picked up right in front of me. Then she said, "Don't forget to make a wish" Clara suggested to me with her sweet smile.

With a happy smile I closed my eyes and prayed in my heart;

'Lord, launch my plan to ask for it. Made her the third woman after my mother and also my sister. To perfect my work for you. Take care of him and make him happy at the end of his life and my life.' Then I slowly opened my eyes, looked at the woman in front of me and then blinked one eye at her, before I finally blew all the candles that lit on the birthday cake.

A few seconds later the lights were turned on. Now I can clearly see the beautiful face of this woman standing in front of me. With her grin that brimmed polishing a bright pink lipstick on her lips. Makes his face look fresh.

"Thank you" I said to him.

Prook prook!!

The sound of applause grew clearer as I turned around and found all of them gathered. Then Max invites everyone to move to the dining room where all the main dishes are served there.

I caught Clara's hand as soon as she handed the birthday cake to bi Mince for storage. Then slowly pull it to face me, when everyone has made it to the dining room.

He looked at me with his eyes so clear. Makes me always want to linger to keep seeing it. Can you believe in love with a view? Not the first glance, but for the umpteenth time with the same person. I felt it and I loved him more. Really am!

"Let's eat .. I was quite hungry because of the traffic jam on the way here earlier," he asked me excitedly.

"It's my show, I should've taken you."

"That's exactly what, if you wait for the old. Hunt me unconscious." He pulled my hand and took me walking towards the dining room. I chuckled at the answer to that.

Arriving there, everyone has started to choose their seats. It was irregular and seemed random, but it made us all more familiar. And what was quite surprising when it was mamah, he finally occupied the papah chair. The chair we always empty. The chair that we always considered sacred and no one can replace the position of papah.

Then suddenly Max patted me on the shoulder, I turned to look at him flash. Then from a distance we glanced at our sister—Tika, who also looks surprised to see the position of mamah sitting, as if in disbelief. Then the three of us looked back at Mama, and finally the four of us gave a smile from their respective positions.

Everyone has sat in his place and Mama has also invited everyone to start her dinner. The dining table, which we thought was too big, now feels too small with extra chairs deliberately used so that everyone can eat on the same dining table.

Festive. Maybe the word is very appropriate to explain the atmosphere that is happening at this time. Laughter, warm chatter, even the sound of spoons and forks that collide with the surface of the glass plate so it sounds very melodious. Tonight everyone was swept away by such a happy atmosphere. Until I finally decided to stand up, after I saw all the average guests had finished their dinner. Then I took my drinking glass and also a clean cookie spoon in front of me.

Ting ting!

Banging that spoon on the glass in my hand. Then suddenly all the silence, the hustle and bustle that was so echoing, suddenly silence and all eyes are now on me.

I put the glass and spoon back and said, "Tonight I want to say a big thank you, especially for Mamah, who wants to be bothered with this event. Trus for my brothers and also my brothers-in-law, who helped make this happen. Thank you also to everyone who wants to attend, even if invited impromptu. And again thank you to all of you." Strictly and with a smile I convey my heart.

"Actually tonight is not just a birthday and dinner together. But tonight I want you all to be witnesses, I want to say something to my heart once again." Laughing happily I reached into my pants pocket and took out a small black box and showed it to all.

From my current standing position, I can see Clara sitting beside her father looking up at me. Covering his mouth with both palms.

The noise was heard again. Some of them were cheering, clapping, even I saw Max teasing me with his whistling. The atmosphere is now like in a music festival.

"Everyone knows which girl I'm going to" I added as I asked them to calm down with my hands as a gesture.

"Well, can I do it?" seruku asked permission to mamah which he then answered with a nod and a sweet smile.

I retreated my chair then walked slowly towards the direction where Clara was sitting. Accompanied by a smile that I always showed everyone, especially Clara.

When my footsteps stopped right near the seat Clara was sitting on, I threw myself down, put one of my knees on the floor and opened the little black box and thrust it at Clara. A teardrop in the corner of her eye was ready to welcome me at this moment, before I told her an honesty.

"I've been bedridden before and I don't want to repeat. So ... You want to not marry me in two months? Exactly on the eleventh of July this year."

"Don't you, what the hell, Kal?! Do you want to invite Clara to marry if you want to take her on vacation anyway?" tika protest.

"Ga very romantic," exclaimed Shilla.

"Haikal wants that. Mupeng him!" max Goda.

The others just laughed. I ignored them all. My eyes only looked at the two eyes of Clara who had now been flooded with her own tears. And I still faithfully knelt down to wait for an answer from him.

He had one of his hands covering his mouth. Coinciding when her father patted her on the shoulder. It was as if beckoning him to come back to his senses with what he was currently seeing. Then he slowly nodded his head, until finally the nod became more and more clearly visible. Slowly but surely.

The atmosphere of the rumbling again depicts the sense of joy and thirst for everything. And in between the crowd, Clara let go of the other hand, which had covered her mouth and said, "I want to."

My smile is so wide, I can feel it. This feeling is so happy. Heartbeats that were not caused, immediately disappeared changed a feeling that is difficult for me to explain.

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All are now in their respective places in the corner of this house, after the dinner is over. Talk to each other. Some are enjoying dessert in the backyard.

I was alone with Clara in the dining room. She kept crying, but she smiled too. She momentarily wiped away her tears that continued to fall without her wanting.

"You've never done this before, why repeat it again?" grumbled Clara to me.

"And I told you, this one isn't a repeat. So this isn't a proposal." I insist on not taking this as a proposal.

"What's thrus dong?"

"This is marriage. If the proposal is uncertain. While this must be because the date has been set."

Clara patted my hand slowly. His face blushed, his cheeks blushing so clearly. I really like his face like this. It looks funny and also funny.

"Trus why did you choose the eleventh of July?" search again.

I let out my breath. Then tell Clara that the date is actually the date of papah's birth. Where usually at that date, the two women I had before her always cried papah. Yes right, mamah and Tika always feel sad when that date. And I intend to turn their grief on that date into happiness.

"I want to see Mama and Tika smiling happily on that date and even if they have to cry, at least the ones that come out are tears mixed with happiness" I said slowly.

Clara smiled at me and cupped one of her hands to the side of my cheek and said, "Are you sure all this is the same? You know all the risks? You remember I have a disease, right?"

I exhaled my breath. "I don't care about the disease. And I want you. Not another one," I replied definitely and firmly.

The night is getting late. After all the series was completed, one by one they all started to say goodbye to me while saying once again for my birthday and also the process of determining the date that I deliberately did. Because if it wasn't like that, I'm sure Clara would be back worrying about living alone with me.

Now the last two of Clara's parents are left in the middle room of this house. Mamah invited them to sit side by side seriously. Together with me and Clara of course—their children.

"I'm sorry if my son is too presumptuous, proposing to a girl as pretty as Clara with just a date." Mamah started a conversation that embarrassed me and wanted to laugh at the same time.

"It's okay, anyway we agreed to that date. And given their age, it's appropriate to be hastened." Clara's father smiled at me.

Then the longer, the chatter got more serious. Discussing all sorts of things related to the needs of my wedding procession with Clara. They—parents, look so excited and also enthusiastic about discussing all the details. While Clara and I just listen and listen well to what the will of Clara's parents.

After everything was finished, they finally said goodbye to go home.

"Sorry, Om, Auntie, I should have brought my family to meet you. Talk about all this." I politely apologize to them about the awkwardness of this event.

They understood everything and they instead thanked me because I could be this serious about asking for her son.

After the return of Clara and her parents, my sister Tika, Jefri and their two children also joined to say goodbye. They went home to Jefri's parents. Mama and I drove him to the front door.

"Be careful on the road, yes" I cried while patting Jefri's shoulder which he replied with a nod of the head. And they immediately got into the car then passed, lost from the distance of my eyes.

"You want to go back to the hospital again?" tanya mamah suddenly after the house went quiet again.

I put my arms around my mother, walked into the house again and said, "Tonight I slept here. My room hasn't been adopted by people's children, has it?" candaku cackled softly.

And Mamah landed her pinch on my waist. Which again makes me laugh.

Immediately I told my mother to go get some rest. At the time bi Mince and Shilla were cleaning the dining table and other parts of the house. At first, Mamah refused and wanted to come clean her house, but I insisted on banning her and promised to help clean the house to take over her duties. Mamah relented and finally went to her room to obey my advice, cleaned up and rested.

Carefully and thoroughly I helped ease the duties of bi Mince and Shilla tonight. Lifting the cutlery that was used on the dining table to the kitchen to be washed by bi Mince. And some of it again I put into the automatic dishwasher rack.

Shilla picked up a tablecloth given by bi Mince and prepared to wipe it. However, I blocked him and asked him to give me the task.

"Here is the lap, let me clean it. You go in that room. You have been helping mama all day. Yeah, right?" guess me origin.

"Ta—tapi ...." Shilla's words were immediately written.

"There, Max must be waiting," as I.

I immediately grabbed a piece of washcloth in his hand and started cleaning everything. After all the work was done, then I could breathe with relief and permission to leave bi Mince also I could do. Bi Mince allowed because his work was only a little more.

I took my feet out of the kitchen, then walked into my bedroom. Arriving in the room, I immediately threw my body on top of my bed.

I exhaled with relief, lay down on my bed and looked at the ceiling of my room that looked so innocent. Unchanged, the contents of my room remain the same. Mom never changed the location of anything in my room.

My mind drifted, glaring back at the first time Clara and I met in the hospital. So innocent she chose to sleep next to me. After he was earlier sentenced by several piles of hospital patient files.

Then innocently, he just wanted me to work to compile the file for days. Which is actually all my wits, so that he is punished. Coupled with some carelessness he did to me.

Unknowingly, a smile returned to fill the look on my face. Clara really made my days come back excited, back in color. Only he has been able to break down my defenses all along. And slowly I closed my eyes to try to get into the dreamland.

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Gedebak!

Brak bruk!

Aaaakkk!!

A noise, uproar and noise was also heard from outside my room. It made me have to open my eyes and immediately walk out to check what the source of the sound was. All the noise was so clear because the door of my room wasn't closed tightly last night and I didn't realize it.

'Disturbing my beautiful dreams!' rukkukku in the heart.

I grabbed the doorknob with my other hand rubbing my eyes and rubbing my face violently. Then how surprised I was to find Shilla at the dinner table with her pale face and a box in front of her.

I got closer when Max, Mom, Hans and Roni were standing not far from me and Shilla. "Where did you get this box?" hardikku when looking at the contents of the box. Then he looked at Shilla who had fallen on the floor.

"What's it all about?!" screech Max who then approached and look at the contents of the box. I could see the look on his face that had suddenly changed.

Max closes the box and exhales, approaches Shilla and helps her to stand up. "Ko—the box su—is already there and there's my name in tu—the close," explains Shilla rather spaced.

Then Max and I looked at Hans and Roni together, for they were guarding the front door of the house and the back door of the house.

"Ma—maf, I fell asleep last night" said Roni who looked trembling.

And so did Hans. "Sa—I also accidentally fell asleep.

"Already, already. We don't have to blame each other. Ever since Hans and Roni were here, we've always felt safe. Even mamah see, they rarely rest, while we sleep soundly on the bed without being vigilant. Shouldn't we be thanking them both? So don't blame each other anymore." Mamah approached Roni and Hans and asked them to immediately remove the box on the table.

Then Mamah greeted Shilla and brought her back to her room. Max and I looked at each other.

"Don't you say the house is safe?" I growled at Max who was still frozen. He's been pecking ever since Mom brought Shilla.

"This house is guarded by several people from far away, it can't possibly get this way." Max muttered which murmured I could hear so clearly.

Max's eyes looked blank but also hinted at anger. I've never seen him like that. Then suddenly Max moved, took his car keys on the buffet and left using only his pajamas.

"Max ... Max ...," I shouted as I walked after him, intending to stop him until I could grab his hand and then again said as he turned to me, "Where are you going?"

Max brushed my hand so hard, then got into his car without saying a word to me. He started his car and darted away until it disappeared from behind the fence.

I don't understand what he's thinking right now.

If it is true that this morning's terror also came from that mad man, is this a sign from him that revenge is about to begin?

Because slowly the crazy man continued to interfere with our lives. Even now spread to other family members. Did he know of his brother's death? Until he dared to do even crazier things before.

All of this must end soon, but how? But the man was always hiding. Even an Igo alone could not trace his whereabouts.

Then, what should we do?

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