DIORAMAS
17. You're...
It's been almost ten minutes since Evan's outlander sport has been perfectly parked in the parking lot of the building where Jendra and Hesti were getting married, but we have absolutely no intention of getting off. No, I mean I'm not ready to be invited down by Evan and ask him to wait a little longer.
Even though there was no conversation between us and allowed silence to take over the gap between us, I guess my feelings were much better. Although sometimes I have to look down embarrassed when I remember what happened between me and Evan yesterday afternoon and how stupid I was to cry in front of him in the midst of the heavy rain that flushed the city.
He breathed deeply once more and closed his eyes for a moment before turning his head and got Evan also looking at me. Tonight Evan looks handsome once with the heart-red shirt he chose yesterday afternoon and the black suit that perfectly wrapped his body. It was as if the suit was indeed made specifically just for Evan. While I had to settle for my long gray dress and the hijab that was also gray. The choice of clothes that made Mita sneer at me and spy on me as the gray girl at my ex-boyfriend's wedding party.
“Don't be nervous so. Just make sure you look beautiful at the wedding party Jendra and his wife.”
I'd bet that Evan and I never said anything about the new dimension of our relationship. We are still friends like before. It's just that I don't understand why since yesterday afternoon this guy has always treated me like I'm his girlfriend. As of now, Evan even fixed the location of the brooch on my shoulder that might look ill-fitting.
“How about later in there I act stupid, mas?”
“For example?”
“Shed my orange juice or dropped my food plate?”
“Then let me hold the food for you in there.” Timpal Evan while laughing that makes me tick do not like.
“ I'm serious, mas.”
“There won't be such things, Alia. Everything's gonna be fine. Didn't I promise you that everything will be fine in there?”
Also true. This man has promised me that everything will be fine even if I deal with Jendra and Hesti in the guarantee later. Evan promised that everything would be fine and I believe this man will keep his promise.
“We're down and logged in now?”
Evan naturally even asked me to stroke his left arm and we entered the building, and we both observed the entire contents of the building that we were able to reach with our gaze.
“I think this wedding party was prepared in a short time, Al.” whispered Evan after a while observing the contents of the building, while I focused my gaze on a man with brown batik and a girl beside him. Farhan and Desta.
“Hm? Maybe they don't want to postpone the wedding, mas.” Actually I don't care at all how much time Jendra and Haesti need to prepare for their wedding.
“True too,”
Evan had just received the drink I gave him when our attention was distracted by the chatter of some girls near us. I recognized the girls as Nesti's friends on campus even though I'm sure they didn't recognize me at all.
“I think Jendra is still dating Alia the economic child, you know. But how do you know getting married to Hesti?”
“Before going out with Alia, Jendra was already dating Nesti, you don't know.”
“I know, gosh. I mean, why are they in such a hurry to get married when all I know is that Jendra and Alia are still okay?”
“Well, it would sound impolite to say something like this at a time like this. But I think everyone has the same guesses and thoughts as me.”
“You think so too. Hesti is not typical of women who easily let go of their bachelor just because they do not want to lose Jendra for the second time ‘kan? So the reason that there is a baby in her stomach is more reasonable to think about.”
“Come on, a case like this isn't the first time it's happened. Why should you guys be having trouble? Toh Jendra is in charge and wants to marry Nesti.”
I sighed deeply and put down my drink glass that I had not even sipped in the slightest. Choosing to turn around and look for the whereabouts of Farhan and Desta who had somehow gone where the two of them were. I don't care at all about the reason why Jendra and Hesti are in such a hurry to get married even though sometimes I want to know. But hearing the foolish thoughts of those who only knew Rajendra Yudhistira's name but had dared to judge him upset me. After all the reasons for this marriage have become the responsibility of both of them ‘kan?
“Roby. Coming alone?” but in fact Evan did not seem to mind the call at all and instead greeted the young man named Roby was friendly.
“Jendra is outrageous once, sir. Giving us an invitation when I was single like this.” And Evan's laughter made me smile and start to think about what Evan Adiatma was like when he was working and leading the team in his office. “But it seems that Mr. Evan did not feel what I felt.” Roby continued as he glanced at me and extended his right hand to me. “Boyfriend, fiancee, or his wife sir Evan?”
“Calon Rob,” I was just about to answer ‘friend’ when Evan first interjected and answered Roby's question. Made me raise an eyebrow that actually got a reply a smile from Evan.
“Alhamdulillah, finally there is one woman who managed to make Mr. Evan give up.” again, roby's sentence makes me speculate what kind of romantic life Evan Adiatma who I think already has a well-established life at his age that has not even touched the number 27. I even had a chance to think about the beautiful girls who approached Evan, which must have been very potential to be made a wife by this man. But I think thinking about it at a time like this is not a good thing to do.
“Mas Evan, Roby.”
Again, I was just about to interrupt when someone came back to greet Evan and make me sigh short. But this time it was like something was gagging my throat when I realized who the person who greeted the two men near me was.
Jendra and his wife. Right, the two people standing two steps before me and smiling broadly were Jendra and his wife. I have to admit that Jendra looks handsome with after her tuxedo and Hesti is very pretty with a wedding dress of toska color that is long sweeping the floor. But really, I came here to congratulate Jendra and Hesti, not to admire the good looks and beauty of them both.
“Halo, happy couple.” Say hello to Evan who inexplicably pulled me closer and grasped my right hand with his left hand while his right hand went to Jendra and Hesti.
There was a warm glow that Evan sent through his hand that quickly spread throughout my body. It was as if the warm glow replaced the uncomfortable feeling I had felt with a calmness. It was like through the grasp of his hand that Evan told me that everything was going to be fine. Like the guy told me yesterday afternoon.
“Alia? I thought you didn't come because I haven't seen you since.”
“Of course I'm coming, Hes. This is my friend's wedding and you invited me.” And as I felt Evan's grip tightened, I became more and more convinced that everything was okay. “Congratulations for your wedding. May be a family full of blessings.” I had absolutely no intention of letting go of Evan's hand even though I was well aware that Jendra and Hesti were demanding an explanation for Evan's and my attitude. “Mas Jendra?” yes, I even dared to call Jendra who looked confused by our current situation until the man gasped for the next second.
“Oh, yes. Thanks for the prayer, Al. And I didn't know that you knew Evan.”
“It's been about two months now, huh Al?” I even bet that Evan's answer this time managed to bring up thousands of speculations in Jendra's head to make the man frown so deeply. While I just nodded and put on a thin smile.
Ah, who cares about the messy speculation in Jendra's head?
“You guys dating?” hesti asked without being able to cover up her curiosity.
“No, our relationship is more than that.” well, for this time I will let Evan take over the role of ‘safe prince’ for me in front of Jendra and Hesti. But later on, this man would definitely receive a spate of questions and a punch from me on his stocky arm.
“Wah, it turns out the world is really narrow ya.” Roby's chirps made us all look at him. “You all know each other and are met in a beautiful place like this. I'll take Evan and Alia soon after Jendra and mbak Hesti.”
“Aamiin, thank you for praying, Rob. You too, soon find the woman who made you stop looking.”
“Like Jendra found Nesti and Mr Evan found mbak Alia?”
“Something like that.”
A woman who makes a man stop looking. So as long as Jendra is with me, unknowingly the man is still looking for another woman who will make him stop looking? There's one fact that slapped me tonight. The fact that made me open my eyes despite the fact that it was so bitter that it made me lose the sentence to say.
That, as long as Jendra is with me, he's still searching. That while I was with me, Rajendra Yudhistira still kept thinking about a woman who made him stop looking. And destiny says that the woman Jendra has been looking for all this time is Hesti.
I don't know, can't I just accept all the written life scenarios for me? And I'm doing it. Accepting with great air who the woman who was destined to be with Jendra was, and who the man who would be with me to spend the rest of our lives together.
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