
It was a cold night. Stars scattered in the sky accompanied me sitting at the end of this balcony. See the beautiful city from up here. By ourselves.
Miris. Maybe that's what suits me right now. Longing and ego, it is difficult to decide between which one to choose. But the ends of the ego are still the winner, not sure until when can survive alone.
Am I such a coward? Might as well. Let it be, that's all I think is right. Stay away from their lives, or maybe don't come back.
The ringing of the cell phone made me turn to the table on this balcony. Counted dozens of times or maybe hundreds of times it reads. Show me the name of the person I miss right now.
Stay staring at the phone screen without intending to reach it.
Reno is calling.
Call disconnected, then call again. So next.
The tears fell back but I did not wipe, allowing the roar to pour out to relieve the disappointment. Stuffy.
Looking back at the crowded city accompanied by the incoming call it kept repeating.
Something's stuck here. I don't know what, but it felt like it made me want to turn to the phone, want to listen to its soft voice. A miss? Might as well.
Even so but I won't see you. Let me stay away from the heartache I'm harboring. Let the wishful thinking of the past go away to always be with him. It can't be anymore. This heart hurts too much when it remembers none of them remember me. In the hospital often alone, go home alone. To remember that.
Disillusioned.
I rubbed my eyes before turning around and stepping closer to the phone. Return the call from him in, then die again.
I wiped that flat thing.
1,231 messages.
565 Unanswered calls.
The tone of the re-entry call sounded. Whahuh? What am I supposed to do?
Slowly I shifted the green button. Silence, no one spoke at the other end until Isak's voice was heard. Why ... cry? Doesn't it really matter?
Still vividly remembered in my brain that sharp gaze pierced into my eyes. And that's just because of the girl. The girl who came out of nowhere, took away all the attention of the people I loved. I ... hate!
"Itaaa...."
" Where is ara?"
I quietly listened. Not intending to speak or answer. Sick, it still hurts here. Disillusioned.
"They're ." Back the sound was heard.
I put that phone on the table. Letting these tears pour out on their own without anything getting in the way. Speak, that this foolish longing is gone soon.
"Ara, go home, Reno .. dear Ara ...."
The darling? You idiot! I can't believe it.
"Name ...!"
I leaned my body on this bench, staring at the stars in the sky.
"Hey." The voice softened, but there was still a vibration within it.
"Go home! Why go hah ...! What's on your mind! Go home ... go home ...." The sound of crying at the other end grew.
Why, Reno? Isn't it enough to make me feel tormented so I'm going home to show off my affection with her? Naive! You are naive Reno!
"Nor , ... I love you .. always."
Stupidhead! I told you I wouldn't believe it!
"Where now? Reno pick it up."
What's in his brain?!
"Ara -"
"RENO CRAZY! I, HATE, LO!"
Silent.
Call disconnected.
"ah! Stupid reno!"
Brak!
My phone crashed and made a loud noise.
"Ah, smashed!"
Immediately I approached the phone that lay adorable. Shit, the screen broke completely. For Reno!
After picking up the phone, I got up and left the balcony. Walk towards the suitcase that is still on the floor. Look for a jacket between those rolls of fabric.
After getting it, I immediately stepped out of this apartment.
***
I put my jacket on my body when the cold of the night hit. The vehicles that run down the road make me not afraid to step alone. Looking left and right, looking for the nearest minimarket. As I remember when with Bang Rey, there was a minimarket not far from the apartment.
Right, not far from where I'm standing is what I'm looking for. Immediately accelerate the pace. Occasionally running.
But suddenly from the opposite direction there was someone running towards me. Not a chance to dodge, I fell with my hands as a body support in the streets. My wand thrown.
"Sorry." That hand stretched out to make me look up.
"Eh?"
"Ara ?"
Reno ? I haven't had a chance to make a sound, boisterous from the front there makes this guy seem to panic.
"Run," he said.
"Huh?"
The noise drew closer, revealing a horde of men carrying wood and other sharp tools.
"Here Lo!" yell at one of them.
I looked left and right. Wh who?
"Run, Ra !" Reno panicked, leading me to stand up.
While in the distance there a bunch of guys were seen running towards us.
"Ta-"
"Good!" The guy squatted in front of me.
"Don't run Lo!"
The scream from back there made me realize what Reno meant. Because of panic immediately I climbed on this young man's back.
Reno ran with me in her arms. Sometimes I look back. The group was still following.
"Hurry, Ren !" Pat the young man's shoulder.
Sounded of snorting from him. But the running rate is increasing. While a bunch of guys back there are still seen running towards us. Panic? Sure was!
The path that Reno walked was increasingly leading to darkness. Right in the alley seen in front, the guy turned into the alley. The narrow alley and flanked by two buildings left and right, the street light only looks dim.
I looked back again. Guys carrying sharp weapons were seen on the side of the road we passed earlier. They stopped, stared at us and straight at the big street in front of him. Maybe, because it's dark in here so the boys don't see us.
I thought they were going straight, but now the boys are walking towards us.
"Wa, they're heading this way."
The god looked back for a moment, right at the swarm earlier.
"We're crashing."
Running, Reno took me behind a wall with trash cans and other used items.
The guy dropped me off behind these walls and these big garbage cans.
There were feet clinging to each other towards us.
"Where did they go?!" There was a voice right to our left that I believe was the voice of the horde.
"So this way, Boss." Others argue.
"Find it!"
Reno put her pointer on her lips as if telling me not to make a sound. I'm nodding. The guy was getting closer to the body when one of them was seen walking in front there.
A small swearing came out of Reno's mouth . The guy's eyes closed. I just kept silent because this position was very strange in my opinion. In fact, the stench of rotten trash had already been replaced by the fragrant smell of this young man.
"Wa." I call him lirih.
The originally closed eyes slowly opened. Reveals a pair of eyes that look sharp even in the dark of night. His hand stretched out to rub my head then carried in a hug.
"Sstt, just calm down."
I'm nodding.
"Boss, they don't exist." Back came the sound of the crowd.
"Sniff! Search again!"
"Boss, I think they're going straight, boss."
From the sidelines of this wall and trash can, I saw the figure the boss called out nodding and waving at the others to leave.
Right, they all went to turn towards the big road earlier.
"Ren, they're gone."
***
"Where can you get chased?"
Two bowls of meatballs were in front of us. Indeed, after the mob had left, Reno took me to a roadside meatball as an apology had brought me into his troubles. I was resisting, but this guy with a black hodie was pushy.
Reno pulled a bowl of meatballs in front of her.
"Just a prank" he answered.
"White until pursued using sharp tools?"
"They are better."
"What are you doing?"
Justjust anyone? What does it mean he did more?
"Not to think about it" Reno said.
I nodded, then started to spoon the meatballs into my mouth.
"By the way, what are you doing around here? Isn't Lo's house far from here?"
"And again, use a stick."
I stopped eating meatballs, turned to stare at him. Those sharp eyes are back in sight. I let out a breath.
"Just be a stray."
I went back to eating meatballs. Sometimes staring at the street ahead.
"Let me drive you home later."
"No, I live in an apartment not far from here, not at home."
"alone?"
I'm nagging.
"Let me go."
Suddenly I coughed. The guy patted me on the back and then poured some water and I drank.
"No, I dare sleep alone."
Reno's forehead looks shriveled.
"I don't mean sleep, but go home to your apartment" he said, which embarrassed me. I think nemenin's asleep.
I smiled and looked at him. Continue eating something that was delayed.
Before long, we finished eating. The guy crouched down in front of me, immediately I climbed on his back. I was gonna walk, but Reno said let me get there fast. Yes already, anyways better to carry.
"More ."
He nodded as he continued to move.
"You're good."
Reno silent.
"Don't like Zain, when I asked for a sling to say spoiled? What kind of twins he is. Yeah, right, Reno?"
"Hm."
"You know what, Ren ? They don't care about me, they're kind, they just care about the girl, Ren . They all missed me."
I wiped those tears that came down without command.
"Reno too, you know, why are my legs so gini? It's because of Reno, she's more willing to take that girl home than me, ."
"Grandmother and grandfather never looked at me when I was in the hospital, until they came home they didn't care about me."
Silent. The guy just kept quiet as I chatted about what I was going through.
I leaned my head against his shoulder, staring at that pair of sharp-looking eyes from the side. Is this my feeling or not? He looks angry.
"Suck!" He looked straight ahead.
I immediately held my head up. Is he mad at me?
"Ren, if you're tired of carrying me, get down."
Reno remained silent.
"You ... angry with me?"
Reno's footsteps stopped. His head turned to me, revealing back those beautiful sharp eyes.
He smiles. "Gue's not angry."
"I thought you were angry."
He smiled again as he continued his halted steps towards Bang Rey's apartment.
Arriving in front of the apartment I immediately opened the door.
When the door opened, Reno stepped back with me still in her cradle.
"Down on the couch."
Reno nodded then stepped towards the sofa.
"Thank you" I said.
"Together, I'm hitching a ride to the bathroom first, okay?"
"Come, right there."
Reno nodded then walked over to the bathroom I showed her. I crumpled on the sofa, facing the ceiling of this room while closed. How are they doing? Were they happy when I left?
"Gue go home first."
I nodded at Reno. The guy's gone. I noticed the clock showing 10:26.
I immediately got up from the sofa, moved to the room and opened the jacket I was still wearing.
Brak!
I turned around when I heard the door slam.
"Who?"
"Reno ?"
Silent. You idiot! Why didn't I lock the door earlier. What if it's a thief? Oh, God.
I slowly opened the door and walked to the outside door.
"Nobody, the door's shut, too."
I spread my eyes again. Stay the same, no one. I'll lock the apartment door immediately.
"Hey."
The deg!
My heart is beating fast. Who's behind me? I felt that hand start to hug me. His breath seemed to sweep the nape of the neck.
"Nova ..." My body goosebumps when something sticks to the neck accompanied by heavy breathing.
"Nature ...."
Reno's?
"Please!"
I rebelled but the figure strengthened the embrace and threw the stick I was using.
"Darling ...."
Why do I feel like something is wrong with him?
I threw it all my strength. It worked! He staggered. I held on to the door to refute myself.
Reno slowly looked up. Her eyes are red.
"Ara .. let's spend the night together." The man walked towards me with a stagger.
She drunk?
"So!"
I threw a vase of flowers at the door.
Prangs! The vase broke.
Seen a grin from the corner of his lips.
"No Reno, wake up!"
My tears are pouring out. Walk while holding on to the wall quickly to avoid it. Nah!
"Where are you going, honey ...?"
My body floated as he lifted me onto his shoulders. My body feels upside down.
"Reno! Off!" I kicked the air so he could let me go.
I grimaced as my back ached against the sofa.
"Well, honey."
My tears broke more and more filling this room as the body fell on me. Nah!
"Aware Reno!"
Cupped his cheek. His eyes look very red. He looked at me for a long time.
"Fra !"
"Fra !"
I blinked when I opened my eyes. Reno ? He was crouching on the edge of the sofa.
I sat down and looked around. Where's Reno?
"Hey, what a nightmare?"
"Huh?"
"So, you cry when I'm in the bathroom, nightmares?"
I let out a breath. It turned out that was just a dream. I'm nodding.
After that the guy said goodbye to go home. I pinched the base of my nose that felt dizzy. Why do I dream like that? Scary.
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