Chasing Dusk

Nightly

The sun began to sink, only a little light left Oren as if the sun was peeking for the last time..

Dusk breathed a long and heavy breath, staring at the sky that was beginning to blacken.. Bird birds seem to race to return their respective lags before the world is enveloped in darkness..

"Ndreamy.... Later kesambet new sea demons tau rasa..!!"

Dusk looked at Bimo who walked up to him and sat down beside him..

"Think what? I have a heavy burden..."

"Where are you from?" Twilight asked without answering Bimo..

"Copy.. I was so sleepy heavy.. I'm afraid of falling asleep like you who's sick to where..."

"About..." Denying the twilight that immediately wiped the edge of his lips..

Bimo smile.

Dusk Shame, hoping that she slept beautifully like a sleeping princess who still exuded her charm.

They then quietly welcomed the coming of the night.. The cold wind began to feel..

"Ja, can I ask you a personal question?" Tanya Bimo hesitated..

"On what??" Dusk looked at Bimo confusedly.

"Emmm... You would have said that Oma you are Makassar, you must have a family here. Don't you want to stop by? Tomorrow we have to go back..

Dusk silence..

"No need to answer Ja if it does not want the story.."

The twilight is still..

Bimo stared at Dusk who kept silent with a blank look..

"Sorry Ja. I didn't mean kepo."

"It's okay what Bim. It's not a matter of weight. I just miss Oma... " Dusk cuts off Bimo's speech..

"Oma is not a native Makassar. Just happened to live in Makassar since childhood, join my great-grandfather who was an Army assigned in Makassar.. Oma's an only child. His son is just my father and my uncle.. My uncle died 5 years ago of Pancreatic Cancer. After that Oma joined my family living in Jakarta.. My uncle's not married, so there's no family here.."

"Ohhhhh.."

"My mom died two years ago and.." Dusk hang

Bimo stared at the dazed Dusk. Two clear crystals escaped from the corner of the closed twilight eye.

"Sorry Ja......." Bimo felt guilty for asking. "I don't mean..."

"And I told you it's okay.. Everything's gone by. It's been a long time too. I just remember Oma" Dusk trying to smile..

They're silent again. Drowning in each other's minds.

"We went to the beach next to Yuk.. Look at the firefly..." Bimo pulled the hand of Dusk walking towards the eastern side of the island..

Dusk followed Bimo's steps which tightly grasped his hand. They walked together without a word coming out of their lips. Dusk felt the thumping sound of his heart at this time might be heard Bimo, The vibration might be felt through his hands.. 'I like Bimo..' Speak twilight in heart while staring at his hand that Bimo tightly grasped. Face blushing. They passed by several couples also who enjoyed the atmosphere of the night.

"Until..." Bimo said immediately released his hand after walking for almost 10 minutes..

Dusk looked around, his eyes seemed busy trying to find fireflies, but there was none in sight..

"No Bim firefly.."

Bimo smiled then his hand pointed towards the city of Makassar which was clearly visible from the island.. Flickering city lights look like fireflies. What a beautiful view..

"See that. The firefly is large and numerous...." Bimo said excitedly.

Dusk smile,,

Bimo smiled at Dusk. His heart was a little relieved after being overcome with guilt for making the girl cry..

"Sit here for a while and we'll eat for dinner..." Bimo invited dusk to sit in a laybag under a neatly lined umbrella house..

There was the sound of laughter of two children who joked with their parents. The twilight stared at them. Their happiness seemed to be on him. The twilight returned smiling.

"Ja, tomorrow we leave in the morning, right? At 11 o'clock we have to Check In at the airport.." Bimo finally broke the silence between them, after almost half an hour they just sat in silence..

Dusk nodded slowly..

"After this we're on vacation where's Ja?" Continued ask..

"Next week I'm going to the top. For the next week it has not been thought of.."

"Then we go to the top together.."

Dusk looked at Bimo in disbelief. "Do you not have a job Bim? You usually come in once every two or three weeks.."

"You forgot I'm a photographer?? I can take the Job any time I want.."

"No other work??" Ask Dusk spontaneously. "UPS sorry.." Dusk curses his mouth that cannot be brake..

Bimo just smiled..

"I'll call you next week.."

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After dinner, they went straight back to their inn..

"You sleep in Ja's bed, I can be on the couch.." Bimo repeated the word this afternoon..

"Yes that. I'm a girl. So you have to give up.."

"What are you girls??"

Dusk picked up the pillow and threw it at Bimo who was giggling..

"I took a shower first.. " Dusk took a change of clothes and hurried to the bathroom..

Dusk out the bathroom in blue pajamas with a picture of Doraemon..

Bimo giggled at the twilight.. "Ja, for the first time I can see you without a boxed shirt, but why should I see you in Doraemon's pajamas anyway??" Bimo laughed..

Dusk shrugged his shoulders indifferently.. "What's wrong?"

"There's no one. But when can I see you like any other woman? Little look pretty cake.." Bimo smiled widely as if staring at the real Doraemon in front of him.

"Whose looks good to you? Ye? We're going to sleep, not..."

Bimo shook his head and took a change of clothes and went to the bathroom to clean himself..

He looked at himself in the mirror.. 'Am I that funny?' Ask him inwardly while observing the pajamas Doraemon is wearing.. 'Am I wrong in these pajamas? Uhh... Bodo. What do you do anyway? Huuufffttt... Maybe I should've worn Hello Kitty pajamas so I'd look cute..' The cheeks of the Sun are back..

Dusk shook his head as if to chase away the strange question that popped up in his little brain...

"Why are you Ja?" Bimo asked when he saw Dusk shaking his head was unclear.

DEG.. 'Since when did he finish his bath?' Inner twilight.

"Drowsiness." he answered briefly and then to the bed to lay down..

Dusk stared at Bimo who was lying on the Sofa looking busy playing the Game on his phone..

"Why see me keep Ja?" Bimo asked without staring at Dusk and his fingers remained agile playing his phone..

'How did he know I was looking at him?' Inner Dusk...

"Do you have no problem sleeping on the couch?"

"Can I sleep in bed with you???" Bimo glanced at Dusk at a glance then returned to play his phone, Smiling at the red hue on the clear-cut face of Dusk...

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