𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 || 𝒅𝒋𝒔

mama said no

"Mama!"

Aza menarik kopernya dan mengambil langkah cepat mendekati Liliana yang juga sudah merentangkan tangannya menyambut kedatangan putrinya itu.

"God! I miss you sweety!" pekik Liliana saat sudah mendapati Aza mendekap dalam pelukannya. "Miss you too, Mama."

Liliana melepas pelukan itu, tangannya beralih menggenggam tangan Aza lalu merapikan rambut Aza yang tampak sedikit berantakan dan tentunya dengan senyum bahagia yang belum lepas. Wanita yang sudah cukup tua itu kembali mengingat jika ini pertama kalinya ia melepas Aza sejauh ini sendirian dan ia sendiri masih belum percaya.

"How was Los Angeles?" tanya Liliana.

"Words can't even discribe how happy I am."

Liliana tersenyum, "Guess you're having fun there. Tell me all the places you were going to."

Aza membalas senyum Liliana membuat perempuan berusia empat puluh lima tahun itu benar-benar penasaran. "It literally just beach, Maddie's office, book store and some restaurants."

"I think you don't have to go to LA just for those places. What happened there? You meet him again? Wha- what's his name?"

"You won't believe this, Mama. But can we get coffee first? I will tell you later ... like the whole story." Liliana langsung mengangguk antusias lalu membantu Aza membawa barang bawaannya menuju mobil.

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"Then she thought I do that 'thing' with Daniel because his shirt was on her laundry. And I can't forget how her mad face looks like."

Mendengar itu Liliana tak berhenti tertawa sambil tetap mencoba menghabiskan makanannya. "Then what happened?"

"She helps me to wash it."

"She's literally the best. She also helps me for a few months in florist before she goes to LA."

Aza meletakkan gelas kopinya yang suda habis, "Yeah I know that. I love her."

"So after I heard this stroy, I think you're just getting closer with him. You're friends with him now?"

Aza tampak tersenyum lalu sedikit memperbaiki posisi duduknya. Sempat melirik dulu pada sekitar kafe yang mereka datangi kemudian mendekatkan wajahnya pada Liliana. "We're more than friends."

Pernyataan itu membuat Liliana langsung terbatuk dan segera meminum hampir setengah gelas dari air putih. "Is that mean you ... I mean you guys are in a relationship?"

Aza langsung mengangguk antusias, "I can't believe this. Like- it just happened."

"I wish you say no."

"Mama, what?"

"Aza, this will be a worse choice."

"No, it is not. What are you even thinking, Mama. I thought you're gonna be happy just like me."

"I have told you to do not dating a mucician. Then he's ... he's famous."

Aza langsung menampakkan wajah bingungnya, lalu menertawakan keadaan yang ia hadapi sekarang. "Mama, I swear to God you've never said that."