The Unexpected Love Journey

ARC II: CHAPTER VIII

Fortunately, when the confession was posted. Yunita and Andre, are almost done paying, so don't stay there too long. And, because of such posts, the two of them plan to eat first before returning home was forced to cancel.

Yunita, in the car, was very anxious about something; the reaction of her family, especially her father. Just now he was sitting in the car for about a minute—when Andre and Pak Budi were putting in their groceries. Seeing his mother who called, without thinking for a long time he immediately picked her up.

“Ha..”

“CLOSE YOU NOW!!”

Hearing his father's voice that screamed like that, his father must have seen the news.He could also guess a little how his father's expression was currently like. A glutinous face, bulging eyes, a wrinkled forehead, and a mouth ready to fire off the words of pedis that will make anyone hurt to hear it.

“Ah, hello, Yunita. Don't mind what your father said, you just got home, right? Just rest first, tomorrow morning you come here. But, by the way, posting on IG is real?” ask his mother not long after.

“Hmm,” the answer is rather slow. There was a bit of fear in him just in case his mother would be disappointed with what was happening right now.

“Wah, congrats yes!!” his brother sounded very enthusiastic. Hearing that, made her feelings a little relieved and could smile.

“Hah, fortunately you can quickly run away, can get me if you have to face them earlier,” Andre said when entering the car.

“Eh, he's on you again? Here mama wants to talk for a while,” without delay, Yunita immediately gave her phone to Andre.

Andre, who had just entered, was shocked to see who was calling on Yunita's screen. He quickly picked up the phone, cleared his throat several times before finally speaking.

“H.. Hello aunt,” look at Andre who flutter when talking like this, Yunita smiled widely. No one would believe it possible, if Andre, a person who looks charismatic and authoritative can also wave when talking.

I don't know what his mother talked about with Andre for so long, but one thing is clear, Andre looks so nervous. In fact, his jaw was seen moving up and down quite often due to gulping. Not until there, the back of his ears also look sweaty. Though it was not at all and also in the car is very cold, so sweating in a fairly cold temperature this feels less normal.

“Nih,” Andre whose forehead looks sweaty returns Yunita's phone.

“Why else mom?”

“Too him to your pain. Report to mama, let mama teach her a lesson. Okay?” hearing his mother's words just now, Yunita was a little able to guess what her mother said earlier to make Andre so nervous.

“Iya, yes, I'll call you later,” Yunita said then let her mother end the call.

***

The next day, according to what his mother said. He and Andre went to his parents' house. The two of them can actually be said to be rather reckless. Because actually, his mother Andre and also Kak Alika last night— when he asked about their plans this morning—quarter warning not to appear too much in public until the rumors subsided. But that doesn't mean they don't allow it. In fact, Mr. Budi, came to pick them up with so many gifts from his mother Andre placed in the trunk.

“Wah, quite famous also you two huh? Not down from the top 5 highest search list since the announcement in the post,” said Mr. Budi while driving on his way to Yunita's house.

Somewhat surprisingly too, Yunita muttered in her mind. Why did he and Andre get this famous? Moreover, if you want to think carefully, he is just a newcomer artist who has not even a year of career. But, on the plus side, his IG followers jumped nearly 300 thousand followers in just a few hours from 800 thousand, to 1.1 million. Got Andre, who rarely even highlighted, jumped from 280 thousand to 700 thousand.

“Yes it's because of the notification that it's all about you two. In fact, the initial page of the gossip magazine on the internet all the contents of the front of you also,” protested Mr. Budi who seemed not to accept what Andre said.

She, Yunita, chose not to interfere. Because he knew, if Mr. Budi and Andre were like Uncle and pounded. So familiar, even sometimes almost like friends too, joking around with each other that others might sound disrespectful. To be honest, he was a little jealous of Andre who had such a life; not a treasure yes, but how the people around him were so caring and supportive.

“When will you, Dad stop being a selfish person and force his will?” he murmured in his heart. He could only hope that his father would not say or do something that would offend Andre.

When he arrived at his house, his brother became the first to greet him when he arrived. Her sister even wore her usual flagship perfume they both wore when going to formal parties only; CHANEL No.5 Eau De Parfume Red Edition.

“Perfumes you two are the same huh?” ask Andre, who seems to be aware of this. Well, not surprising anyway, because Andre's mother also once wore the same perfume if she did not remember wrongly.

“Wah, also know about good perfume lo. Already often give girls perfume gifts huh?” ask Brother Yunita. His eyes now look like a psychologist who is investigating whether his interlocutor is lying or not.

“Kak.”

“Ah, no. My mother used to wear perfume. So which is a certain type I memorized,” Andre answered Big Brother Yunita's question quite smoothly and calmly.

“Already ah, enter yuk. Come sir, come in too,” before her brother asks a no-no, Yunita holds Andre's hand, invites him and also Mr. Budi to enter the house.

Not much has changed since he left the house 6 months ago. His relationship with his father became very tenuous, the number of their meetings over the past 6 months can probably be calculated with fingers. Even so, only when there is an official event and he was forced to come because of his mother's request.

But that doesn't mean he forgot his father. Every brother goes to the apartment, or when his mother calls. He always asked his father's condition through the two of them. Deep in his heart, he actually wanted to go back and hug his father. However, it felt like there was still something that stuck his heart to do so; he himself did not know what it was.

“Mom, our special guest has arrived,” exclaimed her brother Yunita in a rather loud voice as if announcing something important.

Yunita is actually a bit embarrassed by her brother's behavior, but that's how it relates to her brother; full of cuteness and absurd things.

“Antar to the living room aja, mama again mengchek this cuisine,” said his mother Yunita.

Walking into the living room, the two of them and Mr. Budi were shocked when they saw Andre's mother was sitting on the sofa, facing off with his father Yunita and was sipping tea from the glass he was holding. Yunita initially thought that Andre knew this, but when she saw the look on Andre's face, her doubts disappeared. In her heart, Yunita wished that her father would not say something that was not in front of her mother Andre before they came.

“Cause, mama just came by. It also wants to go, there is a meeting with clients,” said Andre's mother who is now standing from her chair, “Lagian anyway, you said she wanted to come a little early. So mama shifted all the meetings to noon,” her mother Andre's style of speech may sound relaxed, like being nagging but also joking. However, the look on his face slightly accentuated the dislike because Andre and Yunita were not on time. “Excuse me sir, I live first yes,” added Andre's mother interspersed with a smile after she finished talking and then left the room.

Her father Yunita looks back at her mother Andre's smile as well with a friendly smile; and makes Yunita a little wonder, what have they missed?

“Not the right time to think about that now, the important thing is to face first what will happen,” Yunita said in her heart. Step by step, his nervousness grew bigger. In his heart he continued to pray, hopefully this day will not end badly.

“You help Mom and your sister were there in the kitchen,” orders her father Yunita with a very serious face when Yunita, Andre, and so on, and also Mr. Budi—who was sitting at some distance with Andre and Yunita—just sat on the sofa around a minute. Even the smile was when Andre's mother said goodbye was gone.

Yunita initially did not want to move and remained silent in her place. However, Andre squeezed his hand, looking at him with a smile as if he wanted to say that this situation could be handled by himself.