
“Di, you can go home by yourself?” yudha asked as she returned to the living room.
Jodi looked curiously. “Ha? You—”
“Yes, I'm here first for a while,” Yudha interrupts.
“Why?” jodi Tumewu asked with a spread of her hand. “Why did your mind change so suddenly?”
“I can't leave him. He was because of me. I have to be in charge.”
“You're serious?”
Yudha nodded. “At least, until he can walk as usual again. She's alone here.”
“Soften solve your problems so that you can quickly return. All your family is waiting for you there. Especially ... Rahma.”
“That's for sure.”
Jodi Tumewu got up from her seat. “Who can take me home?”
“You can order ojek to base.”
“I don't know the place. This place is new to me.”
“You just follow this straight path, there will be a base there. We passed it. But please, you're introspective if you don't want to be the same fate as me. This village is not safe and many traps.”
Jodi stood up, then the newlyweds whispered, “You are also not to be trapped.”
Yudha frowned, in fact she did not really understand what was being said to her and the trap she meant. But he let the man leave after saying goodbye to them both. In fact, the presence of Yudha in this place will be a disaster for them in the future without them knowing.
“Sorry, Mi. Yudha postponed Yudha's return today,” Yudha said on a phone call late in the afternoon. He immediately contacted Umi so that he would not expect it too much.
“Why, Son? You should go home already. Your letters have to be taken care of. You said the letters were all gone?”
“Yudha has come to the local police station with his friend Jodi. Not only that Yudha also borrowed money on him.”
“You're troubling a lot of people there.”
“This was beyond my expectations.”
“Having finished Jodi's wedding?” Umi asked something else.
“Already, only ijab kabul and simple reception so fast.”
“This is a lesson for you, son. Don't be like this anymore. Go it may, but cantongi permission first from parents so that your journey is made easier by God, also as an effort to prevent things that are not desirable.”
‘Everything that Umi worries about has already happened, Umi. Yudha please, Umi wants to understand him.’
“Yudha?”
Suddenly Yudha flinched and regained consciousness from daydream, “Ya, Mi?”
“You daydreaming?”
Yudha did not answer.
“Yes already, take good care of yourself there. Quickly home. Abah keeps asking you. Umi's dizzy to hear it.”
“Insyaallah asap, Mi. Yudha waits for all Yudha affairs to be finished.”
The call was interrupted after the two begged each other. Yudha put her phone back on the table. Luckily Yudha still memorized the emails along with her password, so she was able to move her data to her new phone.
“What about Rahma?” Yudha sighed repeatedly. Feeling guilty about that woman. His first love, as well as the woman he promised to marry after this. “I miss you,” he stared blankly.
In the evening, after the prayer, Yudha lay down her body in the long wooden chair of the living room. His eyes stared at the roofs of the sky of Vita's house which was blocked by the gray and worn ceiling, like his heart.
Yudha's hands were very itchy to contact Rahma. But her guilt was so great towards the woman that she chose to refrain from telling lies.
Yudha wanted to return soon, but could not leave Vita in this state. It is a hassle to be a man who is not like him.
Until mid-night, Vita came out of her room to bring Yudha a blanket because the air was very cold. But when Vita went to the middle room where Yudha was, she still found the man lying with his eyes wide awake.
“If Mas Yudha is less comfortable, Mas Yudha can sleep inside.” Putting her thick blue blanket on the bed.
“Vit?” Yudha somewhat flinched and turned to the source of the voice. Then the man replied, “Yes, besides my body is sore, I am also less comfortable here. Lots of mosquitoes.”
That is not what Yudha really wanted to say. In addition to not being able to sleep because of his achy body, Yudha was also thinking about something that continued to stick in his head.
“You cannot lie. Mas Yudha misses someone.” Vita smiled smirkily. “Barin told you, didn't I? It's okay Mas Yudha left today as well. I have no problem and will not sue you.”
Yudha looked at Vita in silence. Didn't know what to answer because what Vita said was so.
Presumably, a man would be harder to dive into the depths of this girl's heart. He was too strict and a little stubborn.
Her face is not as beautiful as Rahma, her skin is also not as white as her pinangan girl. Maybe because he lives in the village of—lantas less able to take care of himself. But she was beautiful like the Javanese in general. His face was not dull when he kept looking, his teeth were also pure white. There was a dimple on her left right cheek that made her even sweeter if she smiled. But do not expect the self of Vita to be as calm as her face. Vita is like a man. He can even fight like a champion. Maybe it was because of circumstances that required it to be so.
“Sleep in my room. We're married, aren't we?”
From his words like implying another meaning. Does he really consider this marriage?
No more talk after that. They slept together in one bed. But do nothing but close your eyes until the morning welcomes again.
***
Vita's legs have started to run smoothly today although it still feels a little painful. But Vita is not his name if you have to stay at home.
The plan was that he would go to the fields to pick vegetables and chili. The girl took a basket and hoodie cap to cover her head which was overgrown with straight and long hair. Which is often tied up in the original.
“I stay first, yes,” Vita told Yudha not to look for him.
“Ke farm.”
“Your feet are healed?” yudha asked somewhat shouting because Vita's voice was getting away.
Yudha immediately picked up her sandals and walked quickly after Vita. Of course after locking the door because the village is prone to vane pans and household furniture.
“Vita .. has your foot healed?” yudha asked because she had not yet received an answer.
“Yes, you can see for yourself right,” replied Vita without caring about the men who are now walking quickly offset his path.
“What will you do there? Can't you wait for your feet to heal first?”
“I'm not used to doing nothing and I want to pick vegetables in the fields.”
“I can even buy you outside if you want.”
What use am I here if not to help you? Thought Yudha.
“If anyone lives meth why buy?” Vita answered.
“Vita!”
“Hmm.”
“Didn't you see I was following you?” again Yudha called. “Wait for me!”
“In the field it's hot. You are a city person. Later your body can also itch.”
Not wanting to be left behind, Yudha ran and stopped her steps. “Stop it! Wait, your way is fast once your legs can hurt again.”
“Do not be there, let me pass ...”
“Why can I stop you?”
“Can't, I'll still go to the fields. It's a responsibility if I have to go back. It's already a quarter way.”
Yudha approached him more so that Vita would turn around. "Go home."
“Please do not approach me,” because I do not want if I fall in love with you, continued Vita in heart. "Don't stop me from going there" he continued.
“Yes already, if that is what you want. You are a stubborn girl" Yudha said, unable to get in the way. "But let me follow you. No need to hurry the path.”
Vita pressed her shoulders. As if to say, ‘Ya is up!’
Arriving in the fields, the two teamed up to collect vegetables that they could later bring home. Usually if a lot, Vita will leave it in the stall. Otherwise, just for his own supplies in the kitchen.
The vast field is the only legacy of his father who is now a snatch by his Uncle. But Vita still maintains it in various ways.
Lots of fun in the fields. Yudha, who had not been to the farm for a long time, suddenly felt happy and better when she found a beautiful scenery that she had never met in the city.
“Mas Yudha really katro,” pout Vita to men who are admiring the beauty of nature.
“This is my way of being grateful. But you will also definitely fall asleep if you look at urban buildings.”
“Not interesting. No comfort there.”
“Is that? Looks like you know it once. Have you ever lived there?”
“Just imagine it I already know.”
Yudha looked at him and Vita did the same.
After the basket was filled with various vegetables, the two took a break to the hut to pull over. Due to the scorching heat of the sun, it felt like it was burning its skin.
Their hearts are blossoming. The two were never this close to the opposite sex. Even Yudha has gotten smart about flirting now. The man deliberately threw the caterpillar leaves at Vita so that she repeatedly screeched in amusement.
As a result, Vita's skin became bumpy because of his actions. Like having a new toy, it was fun to also tease a girl to the point of almost crying.
The journey home that they were supposed to go through in ten minutes, now passed them within an hour. Because they had to stop by the river to clean the skin of the hands of the Vita affected by caterpillars, so that the itching quickly disappeared.
“Mas Yudha is really annoying,” grumbled Vita when he was on the river bank.
“I'm glad to make you scream.”
“Ngga funny!” he said lip smashing.
Vita rolled her trousers up to the knee limit so that her trousers are not wet with water. Yudha had turned her gaze in another direction so as not to see the aura that should be hidden. But free. It was useless because a moment later the girl called out to him to come closer.
“Mas Yudha won't wash your face? Or wash your hands? The water is fresh, you know. It's a real spring. There is nothing like this in the city. One day Mas Yudha will surely miss him.”
Yudha smiled seeing Vita playing with water by splashing her like a child. His heart was called to approach.
But as she was going down to the rock, Vita said again, “Eh, don't ding. There, Mas Yudha's clothes will get wet. Let me clean your hands, will I?”
“Let me down,” he said in a soft and melodious voice. Somehow Yudha was more handsome many times in the eyes of Vita, very different from the first time Vita saw. Or just his feelings?
Vita poured water on Yudha's palm. But Yudha drew Vita's hand to wash together. Both of them smiled and looked at each other. Then it happened to rub each other's palms.
Was it the warmth that inspired her? Or an entwined familiarity?
***
The To Be Continued.
Honestly, I had a bit of trouble using the plot because it became kek gini. updates are not smooth. Sorry yeah. But I try a lot2 let you guys be satisfied. wkwk. who is waiting for the MP?😂