Missing In The Heart
Chapter 32.The story of Raya and Rey...

The whirlwind of the nightly sea that blew felt cold pierced to the bone. Two pairs of legs walk casually together on a soft stretch of white sand.

Raya made her hands tightly hugged her body to try to warm herself up a little. Realizing that Raya looks cold, Rey opens her dark grey t-shirt jacket.

"Wear this...." Rey wrapped her jacket against Raya's back from behind.

"No need..." Reject Raya while releasing the jacket on her back.

Rey stared into the face of Raya who was faintly visible in the tinge of sunlight.

"Is it something this small you can't accept?" Rey said in a disappointed tone, her hands moved back to wrap her jacket to the back of Raya.

He bowed slowly, "Thank you...." He then let the jacket wrap his entire back. "Speak...!! What do you want to say, say...! Tonight I'll listen."

Raya threw his body sitting on a bench made of coconut tree trunks. Rey sat next to him.

"That time.... Why did you break off our relationship that had only been running for three days? Don't you think that's so cruel to me?" Rey asked curiously.

"Because.... Because I can't."

"What's the reason?"

"You're a playboy!!" Raya reasoned.

"I? Playboy?? What proof? Even since High School I've liked you, there's never been a woman other than you Ra! all my life I've only been dating one woman, that's only three days...!! Whether it's a date or something! Even during those three days you never looked me in the face..."

"You think I'm innocent so you can lie to me?"

"Bec... Lied what?"

"Your girlfriend is a lot!! In college first, every day a different woman comes to you."

"Huh??" Rey was amazed to try to remember.

"You want to dodge??"

"I really don't know what you mean Ra! Which woman? The oath!! I never had a boyfriend.

"There's even a rumor that says you're an...."

"Someone..???" Rey is curious.

"Se.. A gi..gi..gigolo!!!" Raya stammered.

Rey scrunched her eyebrows together then chuckled.

"Why laugh? Funny?" Tanya Raya was upset.

"Good Ra!! Where's that rumor you heard??" Rey asked still. "And you trust him?" Further.

"Because I see with my own eyes. Every day there are women who come to you, some are even pregnant. Some say you have a child. I've seen you holding a little girl"

Rey kneels her temple, trying to remember. Until then Rey realized it and smiled broadly.

"Good Ra!! I remember!!" Call Rey while patting her head. "Geez that girl is all my brother!"

"You think I'm that stupid? How many are your sisters?"

"The oath was all my brothers, rather they were all my sisters-in-law. I have nine brothers, eight men and one woman. I'm the eighth child, and the little boy you saw was my youngest brother." Rey then took the phone in her pocket and showed a photo of herself with the girl who became her wallpaper. Raya grabbed the phone and enlarged the look of the girl's face.

"Sugary...Pretty fuckin..." Lirih Raya, looking at Rey's phone screen.

"His name is Risya, now he is 13 years old we are 15 years apart. When I gave birth to her, my mother died." Said Rey in tears. He raised his head upwards looking at the starry sky, sighed for a moment then continued his words.

"Thus I was with my brothers taking turns to look after him. So it used to be that every day my sister-in-law took turns coming to campus to leave the house keys to me, because those who took turns carrying and caring for my youngest brother when I had a lecture schedule."

Rey looked at the silent Raya, then pulled her phone back from Raya's hands. Open the gallery of his phone and select a photo. "This is a picture of my family, are those women all you see?"

Raya watched closely, and she remembered the woman's faces.

He immediately clenched his lips together, already not knowing what else to say. All this time he had misunderstood Rey.

"Bec...I am still a tinting virgin!! Even until now, I never kissed!!"

Raya turned around and raised her head to look at Rey in astonishment. "What's the evidence?" Challenging Raya.

Rey scratched her non-itchy head. Confused to answer what.

"Nothing is it?"

"Not nothing, but how can I prove it?" Rey grunts. "Let's get married, then I'll prove it!!"

"Married? Withyou? Oh wow!! Why am I marrying you?"

"Aren't you asking me to prove my virginity? Or how about we start kissing first?" Canda Rey's.

"Don't cross the line!!" Raya then pulled her hand from Rey's grasp.

"Why? You still don't trust me?"

"I believe."

"Then??" Rey scrunched her eyebrows, confused.

Raya sighed softly. "Well, I'll be honest with you!" Raya then touched the back of Rey's hand. "That question was just one of the reasons I rejected you" he continued, patting Rey on the back of the hand.

Rey stared confusedly into the bead of Raya's eyes.

"Forced however, I feel nothing for you, but what I feel is fear."

Rey's face shrunk, not understanding the meaning of Raya's words.

"Rey, what do you think if a woman who's crazy about you keeps stalking you?"

"Wait..wait a minute, what do you mean?" Ask Rey.

"I know you've been watching me secretly since High School. You went to the same college as me for following me, right?"

Rey nodded slowly.

"You know, I was so relieved when I found out we were different majors. But then you show up often and keep sticking to me. I thought, at least if I gave you one chance, it would take a little of your madness away, but in fact you're becoming. Show up all the time and call every time. Your attitude is getting possessive, making me feel very uncomfortable. That's why I'm asking you to break up and secretly move to another college."

"So you've been afraid of me all this time?" Rey asked with disappointment. Didn't expect all that.

"Which girl is not afraid when there are men who keep stalking her?" Tanya Raya, trying to temper her emotions.

"Sorry, I didn't realize it all...! All I saw was a beautiful girl who was always on my mind. Is it wrong if I only see you? Is it wrong if I want to stay close to you?"

"It would not be wrong if the woman was not disturbed. But on the contrary, it would be very wrong if it even made the woman feel uncomfortable!"

Rey lowered her head, digesting all of Raya's words. Rey realized her actions chasing Raya used to be too excessive.

"Rey, I was happy to talk to you at first. I secretly fell in love with you, too, but....."

"But what?" Rey asked, her eyes twinkling to hear the Kingdom that had once fallen for her.

"But once you get close to Dirman, I get upset. I don't know why you're being such a bitch. Even more and more your behavior changes like Dirman behavior. You cut off interactions with other friends and just hang out with a Dirman."

"The president? What is Dirman's relationship with our relationship?"

"There! because of your closeness to Dirman I ended up harboring my liking for you, you became very familiar to the person who was very shunned by schoolmates. That dirman has a bad influence on you!"

"Raya, watch your mouth!!" Maki Rey's. "It's not Dirman who has a bad influence, but you and your other friends who are too arrogant and underestimate people who are far from your level."

"What do you mean?" Raya rose from her seat with emotion.

"I think you're different from everyone else, you're the same!"

"REREY!!!!" Shouting Raya did not accept. "Dirman really taught you to be a stalker? You followed me through all my movements like she was stalking Rachel. I never judge people by their level. I'm just talking according to the facts!"

"Ra, Dirman never taught me to be a stalker! as long as you know Dirman is more sincere in making friends than you are who often bully him. No matter how much you insulted and mocked him, he never felt vengeful.

You call Dirman dirty, ugly, geeky, poor, beggar he is not angry in the least, you blaspheme his appearance he just smiles. Then what's wrong until you all hate him?" Rey spoke in a tone full of tenderness.

"I don't know the reason other people hate him, but I'm personally unhappy because Dirman is always annoying and hurting my best friend. Even being a prankster in Rachel's family. You know how scared Rachel is when Dirman keeps trying to get close to her, how lonely Rachel is because Dirman is mastering all of her family's affection. And how sad is Rachel because Dirman is slowly shifting her position both at school and at home?" Raya expressed her frustration.

"Your best friend is a selfless man, it's a good thing he made amends by saving Rac......"

"YES!!!" Snapped Rey cut Raya's word. Makes Raya flinch in shock. Rey's emotions are ignited, she doesn't accept her best friend being cornered.

"you don't know the truth, you better just shut up!!!" continue Rey again.

Raya fell silent, her eyes glazed over trying to hold back the tears that began to fill her eyes. Just this time there was someone who was yelling at him.

"If you insult me I still accept, you reject me many times I also have no problem. But never involve Dirman in it, let alone blame him for things he never did."

Raya bowed, her lips tightly clenched. Both of her hands were to the right left of her body while squeezing the hard Shummer dress she was wearing. His shoulders were already visibly shaking, trying to withstand the turmoil that was within his chest.

"I just realized I like the wrong girl!! Thanks for waking me up!!"

Rey was full of emotion.

Raya fell limp, sitting on a stretch of sand. The tears are no longer contained.

Her sobs broke when she saw Rey's back moving away from her face.

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