CHASING THE LOVE OF STARS

ARRIVALS

The moon drives its motor at a moderate speed. His head was heavy, not because of the helmet he was wearing, but because he was crying for too long. Look at his eyes, swollen like a jengkol.

At exactly 17:30 months to his home, he took off the helmet that originally wrapped his head, then got off the motorbike and stepped straight towards the terrace of the house. But at the same time the Earth seemed to be coming out of the house, the middle-aged man was not alone, there was someone behind him.

“Star?” Moaning the Moon, his legs suddenly felt stiff to walk, his body pegged with a straight look at the man who he said would soon be engaged. He glared, and when the Star looked back at him, the girl turned away.

“New home, son?” Ask Earth.

The moon nodded, trying to smile at the papa even though his lips trembled withstanding the cry.

“Om, thanks for the time, I say goodbye. And I hope om can come in my show later,” said Moon. The man saluted the Earth respectfully, hugged the middle-aged man for a moment and then took it off again.

“Thank you for the invitation, om definitely came. Say hello om same mom and papi you,” replied Earth while patting the shoulder of the Star several times.

“Sama-sama, Assalamualaikum.”

“Waalaikumsalam, be careful son.” order Earth, then he bailed to enter the house. He knew the two young men needed to talk, Earth wanted to give the Moon and the Stars time to tell them something they might have wanted to say but never delivered.

“Month.”

The moon turned its head, looked at the Star at a glance and then turned its face back. He could not look at the man's face, his tears as if he was marching out.

“How are you?” Asked the Stars, he stepped closer to the Moon, looking at the girl with an inexplicable look.

“I'm good,” reply Month.

“Thank God, we haven't talked in a long time. Emmm, anyone want me to talk, you got a minute?”

A few minutes late in silence, the star who had gathered the guts to talk finally started the conversation, “Next week I am fiancee, you can come?”

The moon turned her head, along with that her tears just slid without being able to hold it anymore. It turns out that the stars are getting engaged. The Moon already knows the news is true, even Space justifies. It hurts, and it hurts even more when the Star delivers it directly. He looked at the man with tears flooding in, then turned back to face when the Star was about to wipe away his tears.

“Congratulations to you, I'm definitely coming. Thank you for letting me know directly,” said the Moon with trembling lips.

Star nods, “Sama-sama. Oiya, I want to apologize for all the mistakes I've done to you, whether that's what I did intentionally or not, I want to start a new life without the burden of past mistakes, and I hope you do too. I'm sure you will also be happy,” said the Star without looking at the Moon. His gaze was straight ahead, he was reluctant to look at the tears of the Moon, he had never been able to see the girl cry.

Hearing that sentence the Moon grew sobbing. He cursed himself in the heart, why he could show his weakness before the Star. Wouldn't that guy think he still loved her? but the truth is, isn't it? There is nothing to cover anymore, from now on it will all be over. They will walk each.

I wanted to start a new life without the burden of past mistakes, that sentence was like a dagger that pierced the Moon's heart to the bottom. Pain, soreness and tightness. From that sentence also the Moon understood, that the Stars want to start a new life without the shadow of the Moon, that the Stars want to forget it forever, that the Stars no longer want to remember everything about them.

About them? What memories do they have? Isn't there a sweet memory they should remember? Everything is just sadness, and maybe the Stars think that the jolt and vagueness of their relationship should be completely stopped.

“Iya, Star. You're right, I should be happy too. And may you also be happy, I will definitely come to your engagement event.” Breaking the Moon in the end, he wiped his tears with origin, although still his cheeks were wet again because the clear liquid did not want to stop coming out.

“Surely, I will definitely be happy. I'd be happier if you really came later, I'll be waiting for you.”

The moon nodded, he tried to smile even though his face looked chaotic.

“I have to go home, thanks for the time. Assalamualaikum.”

“Waalaikumsalam,” lirih Moon, he went and immediately entered the house even though the Star has not really gone from there. The moon was not able, he wanted to cry as hard as he could, roaring to vent the pain he had just felt this time.

“Sorry, Month. I'm sorry, I have to do this, I have to stop everything so that we can be both happy later.”