“ Manalah kita tau, budak-budak sekarang punya style, lelaki perempuan boleh jadi kawan rapat.” Cawan berisi kopi, En. Saiful angkat.

Pn. Shahida angguk. Mereka sama-sama tengok Iman dengan Amar yang tengah sama-sama duduk dekat tepi kolam ikan tu.

“ Zaman aku dulu, usahkan nak berkawan, nak buka mulut pun, jangan harap kalau dengan lelaki.” Opah geleng.

“ Tapi, bagus jugak Iman kawan dengan Amar. sekurang-kurangnya, matang dah pemikiran anak saya tu.” Pn. Syarifah senyum.

En. Hashim angguk setuju. Mungkin, pasal tu sebenarnya yang buat dia nak Iman nikah dengan Amar. sebab dia, tak nak Amar yang dulu, muncul balik.

“ Amar pun, banyak dah ubah Iman.”

Pn. Shahida angguk setuju dengan apa yang suaminya cakap.

“ At least, dia dah tau berkawan. Takdelah duduk je terperap dalam rumah.”

“ Thanks.”

Amar senyum. Dia letak cawan berisi Horlicks yang dia buat atas meja. Nak buat Nescafe, pening pulak Iman ni karang!

“ It’s not that hard, though.”

Iman pun pelik. Senangnya abah, umi dengan opah setuju dengan proposal Amar. dia punyalah siap buat drama nangis-nangis, mogok lapar semua, gagal! Amar, cakap tiga ayat macam tu, terus je setuju?

“ I guess I do have magical power. Don’t you think?”

Amar pandang Iman. Dia pun terkejut senang sangat En. Saiful nak setuju. Punyalah dia cuak nak susun ayat tadi! And, mujur ayah tolong.

“ Syirik tu!”

Amar gelak. Main-main je. Iman ni, serius pulak dia!

“ Now, go and get your dream.”

Iman mengeluh.

“ You nak I tolong cakap dekat your parents? Tapi, bayarlah. Takde free.”

Nak minta tolong Amar? Mau betul-betul dia kena nikah dengan Amar ni nanti. Mau je umi dengan abah memang ingat Amar ni someone in her life. Tamau!

“ Apa geleng-geleng pulak? I charge murah je.”

“ I’ll tell them myself.”

Amar senyum. “ Macam tulah. Ni baru Iman yang I kenal. Confident!”

“ Macam mana you boleh terkeluar proposal tu tadi?”

Amar kerut kening. “ Maksud you?”

“ I pun takut tau nak bantah!”

“ Mesti you beria-ia drama bagai kan?”

Iman rasa pipinya panas.

“ Dari first time ayah I bagi tau pasal ni, I dah bantah dah.”

“ You what?”

Amar angguk.

“ Bila ayah keluar proposal dia, I terus je kata tak nak.”

“ Then, he just agreed to you?”

“ Not really. I kena bentang proposal jugak.”

Iman gelak. He is a great person.

“ Your life, is full of proposals.”

Amar gelak.

“ What to do? I am project executive after all. Memang dah hari-hari kena siapkan proposal”

Mereka sama-sama gelak. Lepas tu, kepala masing-masing dongak pandang langit. Banyak pulak bintang malam ni.

“ Wonder who are you in the future?” Amar senyum cakap macam tu dekat Iman.

“ I wonder who are you too.”

Amar pandang Iman dekat sebelah sekilas. Dream cathcer, girl, can’t wait to meet you in the future. I’ll work my hardest to be by your side.

“ Do me a favor, Iman.”

Iman angkat kening. Nak cakap apa pulak dia ni! Saja je! Mentang konon dia dah jadi penyelamat! Tapi, kalau takde Amar, mau sekarang ni, dia tengah suffer umi suruh tengok katalog baju kahwin!

“ Never give your dream up.”

Iman angguk. insyaAllah.

“ Never planned to do so, pun. Told you, I hate stop halfway.”

Knowing you, memang I kena lari laju-laju double speed nak kejar you, Iman. Wonder, can you slow the pace for me? Amar senyum nipis.

“ No matter how tiring it’ll be, how frustrating it’ll be, never give up, will you?”

“ Is this a favor or order?”

“ Take it as a favor that you must never disobey.”

Amar pandang tengah kolam. Even it’ll make me, the one who’ll tired with the upcoming joruney.

“ I will. After all, you save my life.”

“ Marrying me will be a disaster to you?”

Iman gelak kecil. Kesitu pulak! Nak kata disaster tu, taklah. Tapi, penutup segala posibility untuk dia tu, mungkin.

“ I never planned to be the one yang akan stop your journey.”

Dari ekor matanya, Iman nampak Amar pandang dia.

“ I never planned to hurt my closest person.”

Iman kerut kening.

“ Looking at you, always makes me wonder, is there any limit for her to stop? What will be her future? How much potential did she has to achieve the highest point of life?”

Teringat ayat sama yang dia cakap dekat Amar dulu malam last diorang lepak dekat Lido. Dia senyum.

“ Promise me, to achieve your dream, ok?”

Iman angguk. Terasa sebak dekat dada. Ikhlas suara Amar cakap macam tu.

“ And, promise me, not to neglect ‘that’ future.”

Iman kerut kening.

“ What’s ‘that’?”

Amar senyum je. Malas nak ulang. Biar Iman fikir sendiri.

Iman teringat lagi perbualan dekat Lido. Dia ketawa kecil.

“ Thought the session ended.”