Arinda, First Love

Doctor Raka

After his encounter today with Satria's mother and the incident last night where he slept in Satria's apartment, Arin becomes unable to close his eyes.

The clock showed at 1 am, finally Arin decided to get out of his room and walk towards the balcony to breathe fresh air.

Who knows, after breathing fresh air at night he could immediately close his eyes and rest his body. Arin also brought a cup of capuccino for him to enjoy on the balcony overlooking the highway.

There are several wooden chairs to relax for the residents of the boarding house. Arin placed his cup on the table after sipping it a few times.

Smoke is seen poking from the cup indicates if the coffee is still hot. Arin stood up and leaned his stomach on the fence and inhaled the night air deeply.

His eyes were straight forward staring at the streets that had started to deserted vehicles. One hand looks to massage his head that feels really dizzy.

His heart was completely agitated and could not calm down thinking about what he now had to do. When he looked to the side, a man looked at him with a gentle smile.

Yes, Arin boarding house is a special boarding house for women while next to it there is a special boarding house for men. The owner is still the same, therefore the house is made lined up just have a different gate.

Arin was a little surprised to see a man who was looking at him. He did not know the man but the man looked at him so kindly while giving a gesture of greeting him by swinging his glass cup.

"Hi." said.

While Arin looked astonished at the man for greeting him even though they did not know each other. Instead of answering Arin decided to turn around and return to his room.

"Hey, wait" said the man, stopping Arin's steps.

"I'm sorry, I don't know you" Arin said trying to stay polite.

"Yes, I don't know you either. But I often see you here." said the man again make Arin look astonished.

"Can we get acquainted? Looks like we'll fit in to be friends enjoying a cup of coffee." said the man with a smile.

"I'm Raka." said the man introducing himself.

Arinda was silent for a moment looking towards Raka. He needs a friend now.

"Arinda." replied Arinda briefly back close her body with a guardrail staring back at the atmosphere of the streets in the early hours.

"I've seen you daydream here before, it's just that I never dared to say hello to you, afraid" she said, making Arin smile.

"Why afraid?" arinda asked as she looked at Raka next to her.

Their position is now parallel only about 10 meters because they are on the balcony of a different house building.

"I've seen a lot of boarding kids here trying to talk to you. Don't answer, you almost

never looked at them for a second" he explained with a funny gesture.

"Yes, you're right. I never even paid attention to others around me because I was too busy with myself" Fika said after exhaling violently.

"You mean ?" tanya Arin did not understand the direction of Raka's conversation as if knowing what she really felt at this time.

"Hem, sorry if this sounds too meddling to you. But I've been looking at you for a long time, and I can see clearly if you've grasped a hatred and disappointment that hurts you more and more every day." he made Arin grieve in disbelief.

"Are you a psychic?" arin asked with a slight laugh making Raka fixated for a moment.

"Sadly, I am just a psychiatric doctor" replied Raka with a reassuring smile.

"Really?" asked Arin a little unexpectedly.

"If you want to be one of my patients, you can look for me at Mitra Sejahtera hospital. I practice on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays there" he explained solemnly.

"You're really serious?" tanya Arin again made Raka chuckle softly.

"Is my face not so convincing as to be a doctor ?" her question made Arin finally try to believe.

"Yes, well I'll try to believe it. At least you don't look like a psychic." joking Arin again dismissing him a little smile on his face made Raka a little charmed.

"This is the first time I've seen you smile. I hope I will be able to see it again later, even every day." said Raka made the smile on Arin's face fade slowly.

He himself only realized it, if he can smile in front of strangers. They also spend almost 1 hour talking and even occasionally discuss something that is not important.

Arin is usually always difficult to adapt to new people around him. But unlike Raka, he has something in him that makes Arin comfortable even to complain when they first get to know each other.

The time is almost 2.30am when Arin returns to his room. Somehow, talking to Raka could make her really comfortable. Maybe because the profession is used to dealing with various types of personalities from someone, thought Arin.

Raka gives advice for Arin to go to the hospital where he works. Raka advises Arin to talk to a professional like herself.

If Arin is uncomfortable with her because they know each other, Raka promises to recommend the best fellow doctor in her hospital to Arin.

Arin does not directly approve of Raka's suggestion, he also gives Arin time to think. If indeed Arin will be interested, Raka also gave her mobile number to Arin so that she can contact him later.

Arriving Arin in the room, he immediately closed his eyes so that he could immediately rest. Because early tomorrow morning Arin will go home to Bogor to see his family.

It did not take long until Arin could fall asleep for a moment forgetting all his problems with Satria which seemed to make his head want to break.

At 10:30 WIB in the morning Arin was at his parents' house in Bogor. Arin did not board the train that day because he brought a lot of goods and gifts for his family.

As soon as Arin got off an online taxi and was taking out some of his luggage father suddenly came out of the house and approached him.

Arin immediately approached his father, kissed the middle-aged man's back and hugged him for a moment. The father who had been waiting for Arin this morning was so excited to help his daughter bring her luggage into the house.

"Assalamualaikum." said Arin as he entered his house with his father.

"Waalaikum salam" replied the mother who was in the kitchen immediately stopped her cooking activities and approached Arin in the family room.