A Cold Frozen Hearts
Eps. 30 Sympathy — Raysa

Wake up to hope in the future. Passing through obstacles that are in front of the eyes, feel comfort.

— Alan Aditya Raysa —

The atmosphere ahead of the sunrise at the border is quite extreme. The heat is so cold, because it is surrounded by the ocean and also the forests are still very green. Using one jacket still feels cold, until it feels into the bone marrow.

I stopped my car, nearby, and told him to get in the car.

Her face looked puzzled, why did I call her into the car. Looks like he forgot about what he said yesterday, if he wants to come to town to buy something.

On the way, I explained the distance between the city and Kam, and also the activities of the shops in this place. There was no response coming out of her lips, as if she did not want to talk to me. That cold attitude really makes me want to warm him up, or he's shy.

She was very different from the usual girl, even she seemed to have no interest in me. Along the way he just closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to talk to me until I parked the car on the hill, and tried to wake him up.

Vaguely seen at the end of the ocean, sunlight. I took him to see the sunrise.

“After arrival?” tanyanya when she woke up. “Eee..”

It seemed that he was surprised to look around because he was now on top of a hill.

“You said you wanted to take a picture of sunrise, so I brought you here,” I said explaining why I brought him to that place.

“Ooohh. Though I can take pictures sometime,”

“This is in line with the one we are aiming for, so all of you,”

A large rock became the place to sit while watching the sunrise. Like he was enjoying a moment like that. I saw that the camera was not in his hand, maybe he wanted to capture that moment in his memory.

It was the first time I saw a sunrise with a girl. I still remember my promise to bring someone to see the sun together, now that person might be the second person I would invite.

I took the camera, and saw some photos there, nothing special was there. In fact, there's not a single picture of him in there.

Cracks!

I took some pictures for him. Her hair that was being broken, while staring at the sunrise made me capture the moment. His body, which was behind him, stared at the sunlight, as if there were so many burdens in his heart.

Wanting to hug her from behind, trying to calm her down with a hug. I stopped my footsteps from approaching her, so that I wouldn't hug her.

I didn't even take my eyes off her, when shopping for food. He looked warmer when he was talking to the person on his phone. Sometimes I even see him smile. And it makes me smile.

“Ehem... Mas picked up the wrong item,” scolded the shopkeeper to me while following the direction my eyes saw. “Oh, it turns out that anyway, which makes Mas out of focus. Girlfriend yes,” seductive waitress of the store.

“Iya,” answer.

Unknowingly, I even acknowledged her as my girlfriend. It's weird, and it feels good.

“Nayla... Please help me carry this,” call me to him who is on the phone. Because my luggage is enough to put in the car.

“Have finished calling?” ask me when he comes to me.

“Have been,”

Kkrp...

Suddenly the sound of his stomach rang.

“Ah. I'm used to sara..”

“Let's eat first,” said I chuckled, momotong said.

White rice, some vegetables, and fried chicken are now served to us.

“It looks like you're really hungry,” I said, when I saw him so greedily eating his portion.

“Tidaak. It's just that it's delicious,” he said.

“Ah so yes,”

Seen food scraps near his lips, I tried to eliminate it by gently rubbing the affected part of the food. He just fell silent, not even continuing the food he chewed.

He just fell silent, didn't answer and continued eating as if what I was doing wasn't bothering him.

“Why?” ask me in my heart what I just did to that girl. It was as if there was no barrier between me and her, a sense of comfort that I had never felt before, even when I was with someone I liked. Is it possible because she was the first girl I found that didn't make me allergic? Hm.

“This is his order,”

A middle-aged woman came to deliver a large seplastik order that he asked earlier, to below return to Kam.

“Oh wait for me bay..” from the look on his confused face, it seems that he does not carry a wallet. “I forgot my wallet,” he said while looking at me.

Tuk...

I touched his forehead, because of his carelessness.

“Aauww..”.

“Everything before the message tuh check first there is money or no money,” I said mockingly.

“I have money, wallet is left behind. The money was just enough to buy the phone earlier,” he said tried to defend himself if he was not wrong.

I saw him puff his cheeks. I can only hold my laughter.

“I'll change,” he said in an annoyed tone.

So many groceries today. Along the way, he just fell silent not talking much, maybe his nature was like that.

“Why did you break up with Aufal?” ask suddenly.

“Can I come back next week? I had to vedio a call with my editor,” he switched the trial, as if I didn't want to if I found out about his past together with Aufal. Perhaps, it was too painful for him to be known by the crowd.

“Not good to discuss,” he explained. “I don't want to discuss it,” he said again while carving a forced smile.

“OK. Maybe I'm too curious about you,” I said as I refocused on driving.

Along the way, I was curious as to what it had to do with the man named Aufal, I would also like to know what exactly the girl sitting on the chair beside me was like.

The earphones stuck to his ears, as if he didn't want anyone else talking to him. Ck! A girl full of mystery.

We were in plain sight, so many people gathered in front of us as if welcoming us both came. The eyes filled with questions and dislike.

Nayla chose to come out first while showing what she brought from the city with me, it seemed like she wanted to take heart not to be looked at with a dislike gaze.

“Ah! Unlike what you guys think, I went to buy a cell phone so I came along. The store was open for so long, so we had to wait until the store was open,” Nayla said trying to explain the true state to the people who were staring at her.

“She's my girlfriend,” I said as I approached her. Then pulling it towards me, must have surprised her. “Keep, than we gossip if they see us later, better say it now,” I said whispering in his ear.

“Are you crazy?” whispered.

“Better they know if we're both dating,” Raysa said.

He left in a fit of annoyance at my confessions to so many people. Kurniawan looked at me with a dislike look, maybe he wouldn't have expected if I would date the girl soon let alone I haven't told her yet.

————————To be Continued ————————

"This story is entirely fictional, Character Name, Place, Organization, completely unrelated to the real world,"

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A Cold Frozen HeartsEps. 30 Sympathy — Raysa

A Cold Frozen Hearts
Eps. 30 Sympathy — Raysa