Our Love Story: The Night of the Proposal (Part 3)

“I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.”

- Charlotte Bronte in Jane Eyre -

It was ordinary day, ordinary night to come. The special thing was him. We had planned to go to a restaurant in Dago Highland. It had been a long time I wanted to go to that restaurant because my friends said the view was awesome. Lets see... I really hoped he would like it.

We started at 6.30 from the hotel. I didn't dress up nor change my clothes because I didn't bring any spare. I was bit regretful that I didn't bring any good dress with me but later I thanked God for not because the weather in Dago Highland was very cold. Can't imagine if I wore short dress in such temperature. 

Once we arrived there, the parking space was already full. The parking guy told us to park at the road side a bit far from the restaurant so we had to walk a bit to reach it. No wonder many people came to this restaurant. First of all, it was Saturday night, the time of lovers. Another thing was the view was indeed awesome. Here is the view of the restaurant from the front.

 

Magnificent!!

The distant glimmering lamps in Bandung city made a very beautiful scenery. So romantic... To get into the restaurant, we had to take an elevator. It was truly like we were in the sky. Never been in such a great restaurant before. I was wondering about his feelings. What he felt about me in this romantic atmosphere? Did he like me? Did I make a good impression on him? But I tried to throw away those thoughts for now because this view was to awesome not to enjoy.

We got the table inside. I wish we could have gotten a table outside but there was no vacant one there so like it or not we had to take this table. Here is the view of the inside of the restaurant

We decided to have  a portion of sushi, a bowl of donburi, a glass of strawberry juice, a cup of tea and a scope of red bean ice cream. All the food were great. Especially the red bean ice cream. (Even recently I've been craving to eat red bean ice cream but I couldn't find the same taste *hiks* ). hahaha... (all food are delicious for me :p). Unfortunately, we didn't take proper pictures of those foods. Here are the pictures of them.

Hahhaha... Oops... It was him <3 So cute, isn't him? I mean not him, but the pose he made :P

I asked him whether he had tried donburi before, he said he had never tried that. Donburi is a Japanese dish consists of Japanese rice, with eggs on top of it and chicken or meat or prawn and special sauce. It was so tasty. He gave a try of the dish and he said yes it was delicious. Hehehe thank God all that night's food choice was a success.

We had good time in the restaurant. We talked about many things. Here is the things I'm amazed every time I'm with him, we chat alot. But, I never get bored. I like every single word he says, every joke he makes, E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G... I felt like we had met before in the previous life, maybe as a passionately loving monkey couple, or two trees who grew together and stayed together for the rest of their lives.... I felt that we were like old friends who have been long time no see and chat. I just like everything in him.

I was enjoying my sushi so zealously when suddenly I felt pain in my stomach. NOT NOW PLEASE... I said to myself. But I couldn't help. Dago is a highland and a very cold place. My stomach cannot resist that. It is very prone of cold and windy weather. I tried to hide it from him because I didn't want to ruin my first date but I couldn't bear it any longer. I excused him that I wanted to go to toilet and went to the restaurant cashier instead to ask whether they had some medicine for that. Thank God! They had! I took a tablet and she gave me a glass of water. I was there for a while to wait for the medicine to react. Then I came back to our table.

He asked me what happened and I said I felt a bit cold. Sweetly, he gave me the coat he was wearing and told me to wear that. I said you would get cold and he said, "It's OK. I'm matahari. I will not get cold". I accepted the coat though I knew that he was shivering cold. We continued to chat and sometimes he would take photos with his camera here and there. But I still felt pain in my stomach and I thought I would have another medicine in my car. One more time, I excused him to go to the car. I said I had something to take in my car. I walked to the elevator but I felt very dizzy. OMG... That time I prayed God not to make me pass out there. It was my first date and it was a public place. I didn't want to make him worry about me. Luckily, I managed to get into my car and immediately took the medicine.

I closed my eyes. My God... 

"Pain, Pain, Go Away Come Again Another Day." hahaha it should be rain not pain. but they're rhymed right? :p

I didn't know how long I was in the car until I got much better and decided to go back to the restaurant. He was still there. Looking at him... healed away my pain for a while. Oh God... I really fell in love with this guy. How I wanted to be with this guy... as his girlfriend... But I didn't know what he was feeling about me. Did he feel the same? Was I only dreaming?

We had finished all the food and I said to him I wanted to go home because I felt bit unwell. He said OK and paid the bill. We went straightly to the car and when I was about to start my car, the pain in my stomach came again. This time I couldn't hide it from him so I honestly told him that I had this stomach problem everytime I had late eating time or cold weather. He offered to replace me to drive but I refused. I didn't trust him with driving because he said he didn't have driving license and he was used to driving a left side wheeled car. So that time, we just sat in the car and he started to tell me some stories to ease my pain.

Seconds by seconds, minutes by minutes passed. the atmosphere between us suddenly became romantic. Only both of us in the car right? So, suddenly he asked me about someone I liked. I was surprised by his sudden and straightforward question.

Me: "Yes, right now I have someone I like."

Him: "Who is that?"

Me: "How do I say this? I can't tell you laaa."

Him: "It's OK la. If you have someone you like. Just tell me his name. Do I know him?"

Me: " I don't know." (my heart was pounding so fast that time)

Him: "OK. Just tell me the initial letter."

Me: (shy) "Hmmm... It starts with M. It has 8 letters."

Him: "Hmmm.... M? 8 letters?" (seemed thinking)

He started guessing wrong answers. I didn't know whether he simply didn't know or pretended that he didn't know and let the answer come from my mouth. I gave him one by one the next letter until it formed:

M - A - T - A - H - A - R  - I

Him: "Matahari? You mean Matahari is Surya right? You like me?"
Me: *too shy to answer*
Him: "Agnes, is it me that you like?"
Me: *nodded* *still shy n scared how he would respond*
Him: "Actually... I like you too Agnes." 
Me: *surprised* "REALLY?"
Him: "Yes. You are different with other girls. I've never seen any girl like you. You work very hard. You're understanding. Your thought and words are very mature."
Me: *flattered*
Him: "Do you want to marry me?"
Me: *unexplainable feeling* "U want to marry me?"
Him: "Yes. I want to be a family guy. Settling down with my wife and my children. I want to take care of you."
Me: "I want to marry you. You are a very good and kind hearted guy. But you have to wait until my master degree is completed."
Him: "How many months it takes until it completes?"
Me: "Around 10 months is the fastest."
Him: "OK. I will wait for you. Once your master degree is completed, I will meet your parents to ask for you as my wife. How does it sound?"
Me: *too happy* "Perfect."



WE'RE ENGAGED!!!! <3

So I guess since that romantic conversation, we were officially dating, right? I am his girlfriend and he is my boyfriend. Therefore, we began to talk more about our personal lives, future, families, etc. We didn't even realize that we had been in the car for more than three hours. OMG, it has been a long time I've never felt this kind of feeling. Like you don't have any weight, you believe that you can fly. something is blooming inside my heart and light is coming to my life. I want to treasure those lovely feelings so that I can recall them over and over again for the rest of my life. 

Want to know our days after that? You would not believe what we had after that. I'll share it in another post. See you :)