Angel In Poetry

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Jalan Ahmad Yani is the main road in Banjarmasin. Starting from Kilometer 0 which is in Siring Sungai Martapura precisely in front of the Office of the Governor and there is a 0 Km point monument of Banjarmasin city. Afkar sedan car slowly walked down Ahmad Yani road, and now it is in kilometer 14 precisely in the District of Peat Martapura Regency. One passenger booked his services to be transferred to Banjarbaru Kilometer 35. A young man, not far from his age. The young man sat beside Afkar and greeted him. Cars slowly blend in with the traffic density at rush hour at exactly four p.m.

" It's been a long time grabbing"

(Have you worked as a grab driver for a long time?"

Afkar, who has lived in Banjarmasin for six months, has begun to master a lot of vocabulary, understand although it is still difficult to pronounce it especially with a typical Banjar dialect.

" It's been six months"

" Any rami is grabbing ne? motor is it ne?"

(The income of this group is enough, right? it's your own car, right?).

" Thank God, every day there's only a spare, this is a car rental mas"

Passengers felt Afkar was not able to speak Banjar language again asked

" I'm sorry, aren't you Banjar?"

" Yes, I am a Jakarta person, moving to Banjarmasin"

" Ooh, I'm sorry I spoke Banjar"

" It's okay, I understand, but I don't speak Banjar yet"

" Where's Banjarmasin?"

" Good, I love the place, love the atmosphere, love the friendly society"

" Yes, let alone the girl, right? hahaha"

" Yes longitude banar, the innermost bungas, hehehe"

(That's right, the girl is pretty)

Hearing Afkar answer him in Banjar language the young man laughed

" The turn of beucap bungas ikam mangarti, hahaha"

(Beautiful talking turn, you can)

" Hehe"

" Oh yeah, meet me Randi, who's ikam?"

(meet me Randi, whose name are you?)

" I'm Afkar"

" Ooh Afkar"

Because the passengers were very friendly, the talks were everywhere and very pleasant for Afkar

" Where are you going?"

" I was from my family's house, this is going to go back to my boarding house in Banjarbaru"

" Ooh, college?"

" Yes, I studied at Lambung Mangkurat University Faculty of Engineering"

Afkar again remembered the campus, already a semester passed, how can I go back to college?

" Acrossing college?"

(You went to college too?)

" Before going to Banjarmasin I work, but can be while studying and arranged schedule, but since moving here I was yesterday terminal, and have not connected"

" Ooh, if you want it could be later connected here"

Afkar glanced at the passenger next to him

" Can?"

" Yes, there are also my friends at the boarding house, but different faculties anyway, transfer from Central Kalimantan"

Afkar nodded

" Eehm, can I keep your phone number? I want to ask you more about the move"

" Oh yes, just keep my number, or you can stop by my hostel to ask me directly with my friend who moved it"

Afkat suddenly became excited again at the offer of his new friend.

" Yes, if I want to ask a lot I'll stop by"

During the 20-minute journey they arrived at a special boarding place for boys, not far from the Roundabout Simpang Empat Banjarbaru and close to the Lambung Mangkurat University Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering.

" This is my boarding house Afkar, call me later if you want to play here, who knows I'm in college you'll wait"

" Yes Randi, thanks for the information"

" Oh yes, there are still two empty rooms, yesterday just came out because of graduation, maybe later you intend to continue college, you can stay here"

" Ooh, I'll tell you later that I'm ready to go back to college, thank you Randi"

" Both Afkar, hopefully many passengers yes"

" Aamiin"

Randi closed the car door, Afkar back to run his car, it's almost 5 pm, I'm tired, I just go home first, later after the magrib just walk again.

Arriving at the boarding house, Afkar immediately took a bath and lay down for a while waiting for the adzan magrib. His hand grabbed a photo on the table. Look at and kiss him occasionally. How else am I supposed to forget you Alya? if you know how, tell me. How's scripti? fluently? does he make you happy? can you love him already? should I not be crazy about you anymore?

Shortly with his own conversation, there was the sound of adzan magrib, Afkar woke up and went to the kitchen to fetch water. At exactly 7pm Afkar was ready with his preparations back to work.

Tok tok tok tok

" Ashloraikum"

" Greetings waalaikum"

Afkar opened the door and Cindi's smile greeted him sweetly

" Want to continue working Afkar?"

" Yes"

" Aren't you tired of working all day? better rest"

Afkar sighed, always has, Cindi loves to set my clock.

" I need to work for my future"

" I know, but can't you make time for us? we're rarely together"

Afkar held back his emotions.

" You're doing the thesis, don't waste time always walking around, your parents are waiting until you graduate, while you play a lot"

" I don't play, I just want to be with my girlfriend once in a while to spend a Sunday night together, or just have dinner together, is that natural Afkar?"

Cindy's voice began to rise.

" Don't talk loud and tall in front of me, I don't like women like that"

Cindi felt guilty

"I'm sorry Afkar"

" Once, I want to work, I don't want to start a job with this kind of bad mind"

Cindi held Afkar's arm

" Alright, I'm sorry, this is me buying sweet martabak, you eat first"

Afkar lowered his emotions for a moment and saw the package that Cindi brought, he remembered his mother's message, if you want to go anywhere, then someone offers food, do not stay, eat first even a bite. Afkar nodded

" We just eat in front, we can't afford to spend both of these, we eat with the other kids, soon they'll play badminton"

" Yes, I'll get you a plate first"

" I'm waiting in front"

Afkar walked to the terrace, while Cindi headed to Afkar's back room to pick up dishes and a hand wash. Inadvertently his eyes looked at Afkar's open room, curious, his feet went inside and.

Still with the view first, lined photos of the sweet girl on the wall and on the table near her bed. Afkar hasn't dropped it off yet, didn't he promise to take down the photos.

His hands were trembling in anger, what does it mean I am Afkar.

Cindi is able to control her emotions, walk forward and find Afkar talking to Joy. Seeing Cindi come out with a plate containing sweet martabak Joy immediately reprimanded

" Well, there's the light of the moon, the fitting of the banar ne"

(There's a sweet martabak, it fits this well)

Afkar patted Joy on the shoulder

(We eat together, Fani Sandi come here there sweet martabak)

Cindi put the dishes and handwashing on the small table, those called Afkar immediately approached and enjoyed the sweet martabak, Cindi plucked one, Afkar laughed at the behavior of his friends, Afkar laughed, he took a part. Finished with a flash, this is a special skill for boarding children who are not visited by home children.

Afkar stared at Cindi as soon as his friends returned to playing badminton

" Cindi, I'm leaving first"

" A minute Afkar, I want to talk"

" What's up?"

Afkar, why are you changing now? not the gentle and calm Afkar I found, your deadly smile sometimes turns into a smile that is really deadly and scares me.

" We're talking inside"

Cindi went inside followed by Afkar who was confused

" Afkar, what is it?"

Cindi pointed at the photo hanging on the wall

" You said you'd drop him off soon, but what? nothing moves from its place"

Afkar stared at the wall of his room

" Don't always interfere in my life Cindi"

" I am your lover Afkar, it is my right to demand only me that you think of, and it is your responsibility to make me feel that I am the only woman you love"

Afkar was speechless, this time he really could not contain the emotions

" I told you I don't like women who talk loudly and tone high in front of me"

" I don't care why I have to comply with your request, while my request for the past three months has not been followed. You still love her? then why did you say you liked me too? make me hope and build deeper dreams with you. While you still freely look at your ex-lover every night and before going to bed, do you place his picture beside your bed so you can hug him before you go to bed?. Every time you open your eyes in the morning, he's the first one you see, and every night you sleep, he's the last one you see. Your whole mind belongs to him, what am I? do I mean nothing to you?"

Cindi spoke loudly with teary eyes. I saw you wanting to cry Cindi, ahh, I remembered the pair of eyes that were often crying in front of me, with words that brought me to my knees in her heart, she said, then I would hug and wipe every tear that fell on that eye with my own finger, I would calm it down and give it confidence that all would be well. Then those eyes would stop crying and smile back. But now seeing those tears will fall not on the pair of eyes that I longed for, I became angry, you said it was my fault?

" What do you want Cindi?"

" Fix our relationship, starting with you taking down those photos, whether you keep them anywhere until I never see them again"

Afkar looked at Cindi sharply.

" Well, I'm gonna put it down and make your eyes never see it again"

" Now!"

" I'm going to work first, believe me, after work I'm going to put it down immediately, you can see this wall will be empty tomorrow morning"

Cindi wiped away her fallen tears

" This is your second promise, we'll see tomorrow morning"

Cindi walked towards the door and went straight home without saying any greetings, leaving disappointed.

Afkar closed the bedroom door, picked up the hat hanging near the door and took the car keys. Greet friends who are playing badminton in the yard and back to work

Tiit, up,,

" Hello"

" Am sorry is Randi?"

" Yes"

" I'm Afkar, may I ask, the empty room was still not filled, right?"

" No, it's still empty"

" I want to rent it, pay it how?"

" Don't want to see the contents first?'

" No, I seem to like it"

" Ooh pay it every 3 months with a rent of 500 thousand per month"

" Well, tomorrow morning I'm there, the hostess is there?"

" There, the house of his boarding mother is next to the boarding house, if you are serious tomorrow I wait, I happen to enter tomorrow afternoon, morning can accompany you to meet him"

" Okay, thanks Randi"

" Together Afkar"

Clik.

Afkar is back in concentration, there are two passengers for tonight, enough already at 10 p.m., I have to clean up my equipment to move in the morning

Afkar took down all the photos on the wall and put them in a suitcase. The clothes neatly arranged in the closet also began to be put in a suitcase, a shirt belonging to Alya, kissed her shirt with a smile, imagined again the incident at the hotel, Alya,,,,, and,,,you came to the hotel for a surprise and I was really surprised to see you at the time.

Beres with Afkar's clothes turned to the next room, kitchen utensils were thrown into a large box and arranged neatly so as not to fall apart, finished. The only thing that can not be arranged is a gas stove, gas elpiji, dispenser and magic jar. It can be for one time transported, not many objects, it is easy to move.

After dawn prayers Afkar sat on the terrace, deliberately waiting for Cindy before saying goodbye to her friends and boarding mother

Sure enough, Cindi soon comes to prove whether Afkar's promise is true.

" Why sit here?"

Afkar smiled

" It's waiting for you"

Cindi tried to cover up her misdeeds, this time your smile made me calm Afkar.

" How? have you put it down?"

" It's all done, it's so empty, please come in"

Afkar opened the door wide, Cindi was very surprised to see in the main room there were two suitcases, there were 3 large boxes, magic jar, gas stove and dispenser. Cindi entered Afkar's room, empty, even a bed without a mattress without a pillow without bolsters.

" According to your request to empty the wall, I feel the responsibility if only the wall is empty, all of which I empty"

Cindi stared intently and emotions overflowed

" Afkar what does this mean?"

" You're the one who wants this?"

" I'm just asking you to take down that picture of your ex-boyfriend"

" You're asking for the hardest thing in my life, it's the same as asking me to walk out of your life"

Cindi cried with her anger

" You evil Afkar"

" I'm just following your request, and now I want to say goodbye"

" What about our relationship?"

" Find someone better than me, who can accompany you a lot, who is much more honorable than me, and who has no past like me"

" Afkaaar, you can't leave me like this, what's my fault?"

" It's not your fault, it's my fault, I'm sorry"

Cindi held onto Afkar's hand tightly.

" Who is that woman? why would he make you hurt me like this? I want to meet him"

" Don't look for it, because if you find it, it'll hurt more"

Cindi takes Afkar's hand off violently

" He must be responsible for this heartache"

" Why is he? I was wrong"

" He made you this way, he made my lover unable to love me, he made my lover treat and hurt me this way. What has he given you? he handed his body over to you so you can't forget it?"

Afkar pulled the hand of Cindi who had already released him. I really can't forgive what you said Cindi.

" She's an honorable woman, never insult her in front of even behind my back. I've never threatened anyone, let alone women, but this time I'll make sure if I hear that again from your mouth, you'll feel something even more painful"

Plaaac.

One hard slap landed on Afkar's face

" Your bastard Afkar, for the sake of him who has somehow hurt you, you even hurt me who is trying to make you happy, quickly go and never show your face again in front of me"

Cindi ran inside her house, while Afkar rubbed his face which had just been hit by Cindi's slap.

" I'm sorry Cindi, it's not your fault, it's my fault"

Afkar bids farewell to his boarding friends and Cindi's parents as the owner of the boarding house he has occupied for the past 6 months. The question of friends and parents Cindi only answered Afkar if he would continue to study in Banjarbaru and moved the boarding house not far from his campus.