365 Days Towards Halal

04# Meeting with Antoni

At exactly 6 p.m., Queen arrived at the train station. This time he was delivered by Mother. Mother deliberately drove Queen to while giving her girl's wobbles along the way to the station.

"Bun, Queen's leaving first huh."

Mother who sits behind the wheel looks at Queen with eyes that indicate she somewhat objected bika Queen left for Bandung alone.

"Bun, come on.." Queen whines like a 5-year-old.

"Yes, be careful. Don't be naughty, don't mess around, take care of yourself, remember everything you said to you along the way."

"Yeahaaaaaaa Bundaaaaaaaa..." Said Queen with a smile.

"Yes, be careful" said Mother while peeking Queen's cheek.

Queen smiled again and got out of her mother's car. He waved to his mother before he entered the train station.

After check-in, Queen waited for the train to arrive in the passenger lounge. He was busy playing mobile phones while looking at his lover's social media, Sky. He smiled looking at the photo of Sky who was playing basketball with his student friends in Bandung.

"I'm coming baby, wait for me yes," he said slowly as he rubbed the screen of his phone with a photo of the man he loved.

Half an hour passed, there was a call for passengers on the Jakarta-Bandung executive train from loudspeakers. Queen rushed to the train parked on line 3. After finding the carriage, Queen entered and searched for her seat.

After finding her seat, which corresponds to the number printed on the ticket, Queen put her suitcase in the trunk of the train car. Then, he sat comfortably right next to the window.

Queen stared out the train window. He kept smiling, imagining himself meeting the sky who would grow old tomorrow.

Unimaginable happiness in his heart when he met the sky after he did not meet for 4 months.

Accidentally, someone nudged his hand as he fantasized about the Sky.

"Sorry" said the man who had nudged his hand.

The queen looked over and looked at the man closely. He frowned as he seemed to know the man.

"Queen?" Said the man who had just sat beside the Queen.

"Mas Antoni?" Queen said in disbelief.

"Queen.I can't believe it, we met here. You alone?"

"Eh, yes. alone. Would you like to go to Bandung too?" Queen asked who was confused while talking stale with Antoni.

"Yes, there is a duty from the office" Antoni said in a misbehavior.

"Oh, are you working?"

"Already, work while studying again," said Antoni with a groggy smile.

"Yourself, why go to Bandung?"

"Ahhhhh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember,"

Queen did not have time to answer, Antoni had immediately understood the purpose of Queen leaving for Bandung.

Queen just smiled in embarrassment.

The trip that Queen thought would be boring, turned out to be so much fun. Meeting Antoni, enough to keep himself entertained.

They both told me a lot about their experiences. Not infrequently Queen laughs to hear the story that sometimes sounds silly in her ear, when Antoni tells about his experience.

As for Antoni, reuniting with Queen is a gift that he is truly grateful for. Talking to Queen has its own chemistry for Antoni. He longed to talk to the girl.

But 3 hours is a very short time. Antoni kept glancing at his watch which already showed at 21:45. Which means, the meeting will end in 15 minutes.

With a heavy heart, Antoni must be willing to end the meeting there. Antoni looked at Queen who seemed to be smiling to herself as she glanced at her circular watch in her tiny hands.

"Where are you staying?"

"Huh?" Queen who was busy fantasizing looked at Antoni with sparkling eyes.

"Where are you staying?" Antony repeated his question.

"What hotel?" Ask Antoni excitedly.

"Hotel grand."

"Yes!" Antoni's sad face turned into an excited one.

"Mas was staying there too?" Ask Queen.

"Yes! We can get a taxi, right?" Antoni asked who kept smiling, as he could continue to be close to Queen.

"Bi-can," Queen nodded with a puzzled face, seeing Antoni's cheerfulness.

"Ok, we'll be down in a minute" Antoni said, smiling and looking at Queen.

Queen returned Antoni's gaze. For a moment they looked at each other. There's no word between them. Antoni's smile disappeared from his face, changing with a gaze that greatly admired the girl who was sitting beside him.

"You are getting more beautiful and mature," Antoni's words made Queen realize, if she did not blink for a while, because she looked at the man.

"Thank you" said Queen, bowing in shame.

..

The train they were riding stopped at the train station in Bandung. Antoni helps Queen to drop the girl's suitcase. After that, he accidentally held Queen's hand until he got out of the train car.

"Bag,"

"Yes?" Antoni turned to Queen and looked at the girl who looked uncomfortable with Antoni's hand that continued to hold her hand.

"Ah, sorry." Antoni was wrong. He had actually accidentally done that to Queen.

Queen just smiled and walked beside Antoni.

"I-I'm not aware, sorry," Antoni said as he rubbed his face in panic.

"It's okay, let's get a taxi" Queen said.

"Yuk," Antoni again took Queen's hand. After a few steps they walked, Antoni again realized if he held the Queen's hand again.

"Ah, forgot, sorry. Kirain's own boyfriend" Antoni said as he patted her on the forehead.

Queen laughed again, feeling Antoni was the funniest man she had ever met.

...

On arrival at the hotel, they check in together. Two different rooms they had. Each of them holds a key with a different number.

Antoni, who asked for the room next to Queen, continued to smile when he saw Queen walking in front of him, while in the hallway leading to their room.

As they arrive at the door of their respective rooms, Queen looks at Antoni and thanks him for paying the taxi fare that has brought them to the hotel.

Then, they split up and disappeared behind each other's doors.

Antoni leaped for joy while inside his room. He laughed happily, finally he was able to meet the girl who always stayed in his brain memory.

While Queen, trying to straighten her waist on a comfortable bed in her hotel room.

"Am I samperin tonight, at twelve o'clock tonight?" Queen Mumbles.

He immediately looked for a cake shop that was still open, through the application on his phone.

Finally, Queen saw a cake shop that was about to close in 15 minutes.

"Bismillah, may someone accept my order." Inner Queen.

Fortunately for Queen, her order was immediately accepted. The cake shop was ready to deliver tarts of his order to the hotel where he stayed.

Unstoppably happy, Queen immediately jumped out of her bed and rushed to take a shower, before tarting her order came. He wants to look beautiful when giving a surprise to the Sky. On this night, he wanted Heaven to love him even more, for he had gone to great lengths to come only to see Heaven, on the night of his birthday.