I'm Growing Old But I'm Afraid of Getting Married
story part 21

the day was getting late, the sun began to feel hot and the mothers began to wrap the food that will be brought to the mosque to be given to the pilgrims who were doing Friday prayers.

Intan from the beginning did not talk much with the mothers because they did not know them too well. But a few moments later came a new friend named siti diamond and is a woman who is liked by her uncle muszakir.

Siti was also present at the dinner held by Nek ilah in her home. Siti came alone, incidentally when the musician was preparing to go to the mosque for Friday prayers.

Intan welcomes the arrival of siti because he is the only one who can talk to Diamond at this time.

"assalamu'alaikum diamonds.

Siti greets the diamond first when the diamond is wrapping the food.

"eh siti finally came too kirain did not come, thank God I finally have a friend chat.

Intan then invited siti to sit nearby.

From the beginning, no one's mothers asked diamonds, maybe because they were awkward or indeed they did not want to ask to make diamonds feel a little lonely and neglected. Luckily the siti came on time when the musician had just left the diamond.

Soon everything was in order and the day was getting noon, the muszakir was helped by doni and fatih brought the food parcels to the mosque as well as Friday prayers.

While the mothers temporarily go home each and will return again in the afternoon.

grandma diamond who was very busy now finally able to breathe a sigh of relief because all the cooking is finished, live the study and eat later in the afternoon.

Siti kept quiet in the diamond house accompanied the diamond to chat on the front porch of the house because the lady immediately rested after cooking half a full day.

"intan, how long are you going to stay here?

Siti asked diamond.

"maybe until grandma finished the harvest in the fields and fields, why mba siti?

Intan then asked the city.

"actually I have a diamond secret, which I've been waiting for a long time but I don't have any friends to tell.

Intan then looked at siti, he did not expect that she did not have any friends even in her own village.

" huh! Mba is right, this is my own village, time no friends mba?

Siti shook her head, a sign that she does not have friends at this time.

"iya intan, I tend to rarely go out of the house, because most stall guards so rarely hang out with the villagers. But as soon as I saw diamonds in the coffee shop that night, I thought it would be nice to have friends.

Intan just quietly listened to the curhatan siti.

"so what's the secret of mba siti? May I know? Or if you don't want to tell a story also nothing mba I don't maksa.

Intan tries to be more familiar with siti.

"but diamond don't tell anyone including mas zakir, promise?

Siti then made a deal with diamond, because she really wanted to tell her secret to her new friend, and now they look more familiar like old friends.

"okay mba, mba siti serene aja diamond will definitely keep it a secret anyway diamond does not know anyone here except uncle zakir, grandma, mba siti same uncle friends aja.

Siti then starts telling her secret to diamond.

"actually I like a diamond, but maybe she doesn't like me!.

Siti reveals her secret to diamond.

"well good dong mba, who's the guy? Does diamond know? Or does diamond know the guy?

Siti then glanced at the diamond and nodded her head in a sign confirming that the man she liked was someone she knew.

Siti glanced to the right and left fearing the person she called suddenly came after Friday prayers.

" actually I've liked your uncle diamond for a long time, but I'm afraid he doesn't like me. Promise ya intan don't tell anyone, I'm really embarrassed not to let your uncle know ya please!.

Intan then smiled at the confession of the siti, that he had liked music for a long time.

"just remember mba, I won't say the same uncle kok, or mba want his uncle's number This is diamond kasi.

Intan wanted to give the musical number to the city, but the city refused.

"no diamonds, I'm afraid later your uncle ilfil with me, have let this feeling I keep myself as long as he does not have a wife and I can see it I'm happy.

Intan felt happy as well as moved by the word siti. Diamond also wanted to reveal the secrets he had.

"it's so hard to keep that feeling of your own! intan has also felt it and that is the reason diamond is here.

Siti then holds a diamond hand and strengthens each other.

"you mean how's diamond? The reason you're here?

Intan then smiled at siti.

"well now it's diamond's turn to tell the story.

Siti nodded her head.

"so before moving to the village, diamond had experienced a breakup with a lover who loved diamond for 7 years. We have promised to get married this year but this year also diamond finally found out that the man who loves diamond turned out to have changed hearts a long time ago, and what was painful was that Diamond saw himself walking with the woman.

Siti fell silent and rubbed her shoulders slowly.

"and diamond had sought an escape to be able to forget it by trying to find a job in the city, but mother and father diamond is not willing if diamond works with pressure, but mother and father are not willing if diamond works with pressure, until finally they send diamonds to the grandmother's house to study independently and forget the former diamond.

Siti looks like a good listener, she does not interrupt the diamond story and asks diamond to continue the story.

"continue? Continue intan!

Diamond continued his story.

"but mba, it turns out that the choice of mother to tell diamond to stay here is very wrong.

Siti frowned hearing the word diamond.

"why diamond, what's wrong?

Intan then went back to his story.

"so on the first day diamond was here at first everything was fine, diamond felt to have a brother now because there was an uncle who always took care of and spoiled diamond, diamond, but at night diamond came home from a coffee shop owned by mba siti intan even met a man who was diamond avoid mba.

Siti became increasingly curious about diamond stories.

"what do you mean, diamond?

now the diamond's eyes are slightly reddened, diamond feels the heartache comes back when remembering rian.

"former diamonds turned out to be here mba siti. He lived in this village, and diamond only found out that night when he came home from the same mba stall with uncle zakir, so now diamond must be how mba?

Previously diamond always told his mother, but this time his mother was very far from him and he felt very lonely but diamond is grateful to now have friends to tell stories.

Siti then hugged the diamond and patted the shoulder of the diamond slowly, which is how the siti to calm the diamond.

Soon the musician came home from Friday prayers and saw siti and diamond hugging.

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