CHASING THE LOVE OF THE TEACHER
About Matchmaking

Unlike the situation of Cilla who was feeling happiness because finally Papi Rudi could be reunited with the family of Sylvia's mother after a long time away from each other, the current condition of Arjuna was full of tension.

At 5 pm Arjuna arrived at his family home to see Papa Arman and solve the matchmaking problem and ask for blessing for his relationship with Cilla.

Just as Arjuna got off the pedestal carrying him from the boarding house, Papa Arman's car also arrived in front of the gate.

“Log !” papa Arman's orders without further ado. Arjuna complied and sat in the back seat with Papa Arman.

“Muridmu is the one who brought here again?” papa Arman asked coldly without looking at Arjuna.

“Nggak Pa, Juna ride ojol here,” said Arjuna with a face still looks tense but he was grateful because papa Arman still invites him to talk.

Arriving at the main door, there was only one servant waiting for the return of Papa Arman and the arrival of Arjuna. After being asked, it turns out that Diva's mom is out with Amanda and has not come home.

“We talk on the back porch only.”

Arjuna just nodded and followed Papa Arman towards the back porch while looking around his house. There is a longing for the atmosphere of the house that is long enough to leave.

“What problems do you want to talk about ?” ask Papa Arman when the two are sitting opposite on the back porch.

A waiter has delivered drinks and treats for Papa Arman and Arjuna.

“Juna wants to be given the opportunity to meet with papa's friend and daughter. Juna please papa give permission to cancel the matchmaking plan,” said Arjuna while looking at Papa Arman who turned in the other direction.

“Why ? Because your student is ?” ask Papa Arman in a cynical tone.

“iya,” replied Arjuna without a doubt. “Because Juna loves Cilla.”

Papa Arman looked at his son with a mocking face and his cynical laughter.

“Aren't you resolutely refusing to have the future wife of a small child ? Then how is it different from the daughter of a papa friend who will be betrothed to you ?”

Arjuna was silent for a moment and let out a long sigh while looking down. He knew that his father would ask such a question.

“Sorry Pa, forgive all Juna's words before leaving this house. I'm sorry that Juna didn't listen to my advice about Luna. I'm sorry that Juna ran away at dinner with papa's best friend, and I'm sorry that Juna couldn't commit to Juna's own words. But this time, Juna please give permission to love Cilla and release the obligation of the match.”

“Are you sure that your student is better than papa's friend's daughter?”

“For that matter Juna can't say anything, Pa. But even though papa's friend's child is better, Juna has established the heart of choosing Cilla.”

“What can you expect from your student?” asked Papa Arman with a sharp look.

“If you mean papa hope of the future, Juna has not said anything with Cilla. But the girl makes Juna feel different things even Juna had never felt when with Luna before. And just for information that Luna is Cilla.”'s former half-sister

Papa Arman looked surprised and frowned.

“So they're still one family ? Get off bed you mean ?” ask Papa Arman with a cynical smile.

“Luna is not Cilla's older sister, Pa. Her mother Luna is also not the legal wife of om Darmawan, they only married siri and are divorced, so Cilla has no blood relation with Luna, Luna,” firmly Arjuna because he does not want Papa Arman to think that Cilla will be like Luna.

“Armawan ?” papa Arman frowned.

In the heart of papa Arman is sure that his eldest son did not know the name he called is the friend of papa Arman left by Arjuna that night.

“Iya, Pa. Cilla's papal name is Marcel Darmawan. He owns the school where Juna works, but it seems that the school is not Om Darmawan's main business. Juna has found out that Om Darmawan has several hotel businesses and office buildings for rent.”

Papa Arman smiled faintly. His best friend is still the same as before, not writing his middle name in his personal data. Marcel Rudi Darmawan's.

“So you feel that by making Cilla your future wife, your life will definitely be guaranteed even by leaving your own family ?” papa Arman asked with a cynical laugh.

The mood was silent for a moment. Arjuna waited for Papa Arman's comment or reaction, but saw the middle-aged man staring at the garden while sipping a warm tea provided by the waiter.

“You know why papa wants to match you with papa's best friend's son ?” asked Papa Arman without looking at Arjuna.

“No, Pa,” says Arjuna while shaking his head.

“Maybe you won't feel the air of life until today if papa's best friend doesn't help papa and mama.”

“Mean papa ?” Arjuna frowned.

“Mama fell on the road while pregnant with you in the eighth month and experienced bleeding. People immediately helped him and took him to the hospital. Papa followed there, and the doctor required that you have a cesarean section at that time.”

Papa Arman took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. The tea cup was put back on the table.

“That time papa's business was nothing, still at home ordinary, because of that the money we have is also not how much. The doctor asked papa to immediately sign a letter of approval for surgery but the administration also gave papa a time limit until tomorrow morning to pay a sum of money as a down payment. The innate cost we had prepared for the normal lahiran and that too for the 3rd class, so there were still many shortcomings needed to cover the cost of your lahiran at that time.  When Papa's mind tense thinking about the cost, papa accidentally met with om Rudi, who was in the same hospital. He just opened his family with his future wife. Long story short, finally om Rudi helped solve the problem of money for your birth costs. Not only that, the future wife om Rudi gave a blood donor to your mother who needed additional because she had lost quite a lot of blood when she fell.”

Arjuna felt filled to hear the story of Papa Arman who apparently had a difficult time also in his youth.

“To this day, om Rudi refused the money to reimburse you for your birth fee. He sincerely gave it as papa's best friend since Junior High. Even after that, om Rudi helped papa to build a business so that it could run as it is today. Not only capital assistance, but some teachings about papa business get from om Rudi.”

“What om Rudi asks papa to marry Arjuna with his daughter ?” asked Arjuna carefully, afraid of provoking Papa Arman's emotions.

“Not at all,” papa Arman shook his head. “That night Rudi asked papa to meet to get acquainted with our children. Om Rudi wanted to ask Papa for help, but not a matter of matchmaking. Om Rudi asked that papa be willing to consider his only daughter as a biological child papa. It turns out that Rudi had long suffered from lymph cancer and tried to do treatment everywhere for the sake of his only daughter who no longer has a mother. But some time ago, it seems like Rudi should resign because his cancer cells have spread to several vital organs.”

“So I mean papa, no more hope for om Rudi ?”

“Iya, even papa had accompanied him to Singapore to find alternative treatments there, but it is quite difficult to treat om Rudi's disease until healed,” sounded a tone of sadness in papa Arman's speech. His gaze staring towards the garden also looked sad.

“What om Rudi has no other family ?” asked Arjuna while frowning his forehead.

“Papa was not very familiar with his wife. Their age was quite far apart and not from our friends, so papa was not very familiar with his wife. Om Rudi himself an only child and both his parents died in a plane crash when his wife was seriously ill.”

“Then papa intends to marry his daughter to Juna ?” asked Arjuna while sighing heavily.

“At first papa didn't think of setting you up. But hearing all the explanations om Rudi, according to papa it would be better if the child om Rudi is not just an adopted child, but a daughter-in-law of papa. Om Rudi will definitely be calmer because his son already has a life partner that he can trust. After all according to papa, this is the right time to repay the kindness of om Rudi to our family.”

“But marriage is not just a bond on paper, Pa. It takes two hearts that love each other to be able to build a whole household, not on the basis of coercion,” denied Arjuna while linking his eyebrows.

“Many people are successfully married because of matchmaking, Juna. Besides papa sure that princess om Rudi is a good girl.”

The atmosphere returned to silence because both Arjuna and Papa Arman dissolved in their respective minds. Papa Arman is considering whether this is the right time to tell Arjuna that the son of om Rudi is Cilla, Arjuna's favorite student who is currently being fought by him.

“Can papa still accept princess om Rudi only as adoptive child papa and not prospective wife Juna?” ask Arjuna carefully.

“If papa is not good because he has confirmed this matchmaking problem to om Rudi, Juna will meet om Rudi directly and explain everything. Juna does not want to hurt the child om Rudi, because at this time, Juna really loves Cilla, “ continued Arjuna with a pleading face.

Papa Arman fell silent and picked up his phone. It looks like he's typing something in his phone.

“Meet om Rudi in two weeks, after his son finished with his general replicates. Papa's decision is still the same if papa's blessing is only for your marriage with his daughter om Rudi. Remember Juna, your life was saved because of the sincerity of Rudi and his wife, so now is the time for you to pay all that debt.”

“How about Juna keep Cilla, Pa ?” arjuna asked still with a pleading face.

Papa Arman who had gotten up from his stool stepped up and looked at Arjuna with a disappointed face. Papa Arman just let out a heavy sigh and left Arjuna without giving any answer.

Arjuna rubbed his face with a million thoughts that made his heart tense. It felt so heavy to have to wait for another two weeks until the final decision, let alone his relationship with Cilla was very bad these few days.