EL NATH (Glorious Regrets)
Chapter 5 Takes Time

"Ra.. are you sick?" Zoya asked when she saw Tiara looking pale this afternoon. Yes, this afternoon Zoya just returned from her parents' house.

"Engg... Not brother." Tiara replied stuttering as she walked from the kitchen. Tiara had just come home and had a shower.

"Go to the room first, yes brother, bang." She tells Zoya and Ezra who are watching tv.

"It's kind of weird, isn't it, Zra?" Zoya asked her husband, who was busy stroking his wife's belly.

"He's tired, honey. Let him rest." Answer Ezra.

Inside the room, Tiara kept looking at her vibrating phone. Today it may have been more than a hundred times that Nath contacted her, but there was nothing she answered.

The messages on his phone were also countless. Only he opens it so that Nath knows that Tiara read his message without wanting to reply.

📩 Bang Nath

Tiara, pliss pick up the phone.

Tiaras

Tiaras

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Tiaras

I'm sorry.

We need to talk, Tiara.

I'll take responsibility.

We're talking about this all right.

You can be angry, please! But don't hide.

Tiara's.

Reply.

Ra!

A tiara!

Okay. If you don't want to talk.

Let me know when you're ready.

Again sorry.

Tiara shed tears. It's so easy to say sorry. While I'm here, I lost my honor. You want responsibility? What kind of responsibility?

Tiara bit her lower lip so that her cries could not be heard by Zoya and Ezra.

Oh my God, how should I? Dad, I'm sorry that Tiara let you guys down.

Tiara looked back at her phone. A message from Ethan that he hadn't read since last night made him curious. He opens a message from Ethan and his tears break out.

📩 Bang Ethan

Tiara's...

Sorry I didn't mean to, but it looks like our plastic bags are swapped out.

If you can't drink, it contains a little alcohol. 😁😁😁

You throw it away, because I'm again in Bandung.

Sorry again, Tiara.

Too late, too late. The drink ruined my future. Ruined my hopes.

Tiara wiped her tears. "But wait!" His brain started working. "If I'm married to bang Nath, that means I can avoid Reyfan." Said slowly. It was like a fresh wind to him.

"And this way is much more effective than making college an excuse." Tiara smiled happily.

"But? What form of accountability is meant by bang Nath is married? How about he offer some money like in the novels." Tiara scratched her forehead.

Huuf!

"Stop comparing real life with novels, Tiara!" He's monologuing.

"Reyfan and Nath? What difference? I don't put any feelings on those two." Tiara's monologuing again. The inner war was happening within him.

"But Nath never tried to rape-, ah! It was he who had succeeded in mengk*saku." Tiara ruffled her hair, scratching the rough of her head. "If Reyfan is still trying and hasn't succeeded."

Tiara sat hugging the bolster and knocked on the surface of the bolster with her fingers. His brain continues to work weighing the best thing he should choose.

"Reyfan's. The mother can definitely accept me."

"But he's br*ngsek. He's been influenced by the habits of westerners."

"If aunt Lintang, not necessarily able to accept me. Especially the mother who is just a washing worker and the father who is just a taxi driver."

"Aarrrggghhh!!" The screams unconsciously.

"Tiara, what's wrong with you, Ra!" The sound of Ezra's cry was heard from outside.

Ow hell! Die me! Inner Tiara.

"Nothing bang! Tiara's watching a movie on HP." Shouts lie.

"Oh, why kirain." Ezra's voice sounded slow.

Huuf! Tiara breathed a sigh of relief through her mouth. Just barely.

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It had been three days since the incident, Nath had been trying to contact Tiara, but he had not responded. Until this afternoon Nath ventured to meet Tiara at the reading house.

Nath went inside and sat down in front of Tiara's table. The two of them were silent without anyone talking. Tiara remained focused on her computer screen. While Nath occasionally steals a glance towards the girl in front of him.

"We need to talk, Ra." Nath said to the point because after more than 5 minutes of sitting, the girl before him did not think she existed at all.

"Not now, bang! I still want to be alone." Tiara without switching from her computer screen.

Nath looked at the girl fixedly. The girl who looked pale and her eyes were blackened.

Are we the same, Tiara? Same as not sleeping?

Nath sees Tiara wearing a shirt that he buttons up to the neck. You covered something up, Ra?

Nath felt sad to see Tiara who seemed to suffer from her actions. He realized too much left red marks around his chest until Tiara tried to hide them behind the clothes he was wearing.

Tiara glanced at Nath at a glance. You don't sleep bang? Your face looks tired. Your eyes are clearly visible. Inner Tiara.

Nath stood up from his seat. Too much talking in this place is also not the right choice. The sophisticated CCTV that Rion installed could have made it suspect. That's what's in his brain right now.

Ck! Being suspected? I'm even a suspect in a rape case*saan.

Nath out of the reading house. He sat on his motorbike parked in front. Nath sends a message to the girl and immediately goes on his motorcycle heading somewhere.

While in there, behind the glass wall. Tiara stared at his disappearance.

Ting...

Notification of Tiara's phone. He opened it right away.

📩 Bang Nath.

I know you need time, Ra.

Let me know when you're ready to talk.

I'll take responsibility.

I'm not gonna run.

You know where to look.

Tiara read the message with mixed feelings. He was sad that all this happened to him. She is moved by Nath's good faith trying to meet her. And he was afraid, because that person was Nath whose incident was from a family of being.

He was afraid of being sneered at, and was afraid of being accused as if taking advantage of the circumstances to become the son-in-law of a rich man.

What's wrong with me? There are a lot of girls out there reporting to the police to hold them accountable. While me? He came by himself and I ignored him. Inner Tiara.

Tiara covered her face. But why did the man have to be Nath. People who have family relationships with good people who always help him. Like Zoya's brother, Ezra bang, Rion bang and Bi's sister.

"Why brother?" The voice of a 14-year-old boy shocked her. It's Rizal. Junior High students who always stop by the house read every day to help Tiara and colleagues. Rizal is a boy whose mother Rion helped and currently works at his home.

Tiara shakes. "It's okay Zal."

"You want to pray? Let's change." Tawar Rizal's.

Tiara looked at the wall clock. Already entered the Asar prayer time since 30 minutes ago.

"Titip yes, Zal." Tiara got up from her seat and walked to the back. Where there is a kitchen, prayer room and toilet.

Tiara prayed in her heart. He asks forgiveness from the creator for the sins he has committed.

With his hands raised up he asked for guidance from the creator.

O Allah, if Bang Nath is indeed responsible for our mistakes, then I beg to ease the way, O Allah. Help us through every difficulty we will face in the future.

Amin ya robbal 'alamin.

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Nath wants responsibility... Not in the name of love, but out of guilt 😢

But you know. He must will the mountain pass through the valley, wading through the sea and the ocean first... 😂😂😂

I spirit 45 nih nulis part suffering Nath 😂

Trace you guys, let more spirit 💪💪💪😙