
Tap Tap Tap ....
Tap Tap Tap ....
Footsteps that rang out repeatedly quickly, instantly filled the middle room in one of the magnificent houses located in the elite housing of the city of Sidoarjo.
"Aulia? Slow down if you walk down the stairs, don't run around like that!" The soft, firm voice stopped the action of the white girl with the body as it reached.
"Hehe, sorry, Bun!" he said, laughing and then approached his parents who were sitting at the dinner table.
"Let's have breakfast first, it's almost half seven!" timpal the Mother.
Aulia just smiled, her eyes glowed beautifully looking at the food on the table and without saying anything else she took a piece of bread, then smeared it with Nutella Choco Spread.
"Would you bring supplies to school?" asked Mother Aulia while looking at the princess, who was greedy eating her favorite breakfast.
"You, I'll have some fried rice, Bun!"
"okay." With deft Mother Aulia then moved from her seat to take the lunch box, after which she also prepared fried rice desire of her daughter.
Not until 5 minutes later, everything was ready and at that time Aulia's breakfast was finished.
"Thank you, Bun!" Aulia smiled broadly as she picked up her lunchbox and put it in the bag.
"Together, Honey!"
"Oh yes, Brother Mungga has left for school?" ask Aulia.
"Yes, there was a friend who picked me up."
"Oh, if that's what I'm leaving for, too, Bun, Dad!" aulia kissed her parents' hands.
"Be careful, yes! Cepetan also you know, Thoriq must have been waiting for you from earlier," said the father when Aulia had almost arrived at the doorway.
"There's no Thoriq, Dad!" Aulia turned a glance towards her two parents who were still sitting at the dining table.
"Wait a minute, maybe he's still at his house" replied Aulia's father as he moved from the chair.
Aulia simply nodded slowly and walked back outside the house. After he put on his shoes, he walked to the courtyard and turned to look at the house of Thoriq whose door seemed to be tightly closed.
"Well, is the door still closed? Never mind that Thoriq has gone to school, and continues not to take me anymore!" aulia Gumam.
Samperin, the inner Aulia.
***
"Assalamu'alaikum," said Aulia half-calling while knocking on the door quietly.
It seems like Thoriq's parents have left for work, because the car is not there, Aulia's mind when looking at the trunk of her best friend's house that is empty leaping.
"Assalamu'alaikum?" shouted again.
One second ....
Two seconds ....
Three seconds ....
"It's a long time ago that Thoriq opened the door, huh? Where the hell is a kid, don't you know what time is it?" grumbled Aulia with a lame face.
Unable to wait, Aulia brought her body closer to the window and squinted her eyes to see the atmosphere inside Thoriq's house.
"Sepy, there are no signs of people present" murmured Aulia.
"Assalamu'alaikum, Thoriq? Is it inside? Where the hell is it?" aulia shouted back while knocking on the door loudly.
Hadeh, I'm going. It seems that Thoriq has indeed left for school, Aulia's mind while grumbling.
***
"Why, Ul? Where's thoriq?" mother Aulia asked when she saw her daughter coming out of the courtyard of Thoriq's house with a bent face.
"There's no Thoriq, Bun, maybe you've gone to school. I'm leaving too yeah, Bun!"
"alright. Be careful, son!"
***
"Hi, Thoriq! So you're here, while I've been waiting for you. To the extent that I pushed you home, knocked on the door and even shouted, but nothing came out!" aulia grumbled when she saw that Thoriq was already sitting sweetly in the classroom chair.
"Yes-yes, sorry!" timpal Thoriq's.
"Hmm, what's up? You look that limp?" asked Aulia in full search.
"No!" thoriq said spontaneously while staring at his best friend.
"Tomorrow! Your face is also a little pale or maybe you're sick, huh?" Aulia stared fixedly at Thoriq's face, there was a trace of worry behind her beautiful face.
"No, I'm not papa!"
"If there's nothing, then why are you being so weird? So that you didn't go to my house to go to school together!"
Thoriq was silent.
"Oh I know, surely you haven't had breakfast, have you?" Aulia gave a small laugh, then deftly she opened her backpack and took out her lunchbox.
"Now you eat, than you suffocate like that!"
"Eh, no, Ul! I had breakfast anyway, I'm fine!"
"Seriously?"
"You've been told!"
"Yeah, but if there's anything don't mind me, Riq!"
Thoriq simply nodded with his trademark thin smile.
After that the atmosphere became quiet, occasionally only the sound of babbling and small laughter of students in their classes. While waiting for the teacher, Aulia chose to struggle with her reading book, in contrast to Thoriq who looked pensive again and repeatedly he glanced at the watch that perched sweetly on his wrist, it seems Aulia's guess is true that her best friend is not okay.
Until finally ....
"Aulia?" call Thoriq slowly.
"Emm, why?" aulia replied without looking at her best friend, her eyes focused on her reading book.
"I want to say something."
Hearing the word 'something' that was thrown from Thoriq's mouth, Aulia suddenly closed her book tightly and then turned to her friend with a very serious look.
"Something? What's?" aulia asked as she scrunched her forehead.
"Actually ..." Thoriq seemed confused to say the thing that disturbed his mind.
"Yes, actually?"
Thoriq took a deep breath, after he looked a little calm he said, "Actually I want to move to Bondowoso."
"Huh? Seriously?" aulia replied with half a shout to the point that everyone was looking at her.
"Yes, I have to go with my father, he was transferred to Bondowoso!" obviously Thoriq with a very lethargic look.
Hearing the words of his best friend, the smile that had been continuously on Aulia's lips instantly vanished. And for a few seconds, he just fell silent regardless of Thoriq being nearby.
"Aulia, I'm sorry, yeah. Even though we can't be together like we used to, but I promise, I'll be here a lot!" thoriq said as he stared fixedly at Aulia's face.
Aulia simply nodded slowly without turning her head towards Thoriq. Behind all that he seemed to be in disbelief with what Thoriq had just said, repeatedly he was seen twinkling his eyes, even pinching his hands slowly. But true, all of that is an inevitable reality!
"Aulia, don't cry, you have to be strong without me!" thoriq continued while holding the shoulder of his best friend.
Again Aulia just nodded and without looking at Thoriq.
"Smile dong, don't bend his face like that!"
Aulia turned to Thoriq and smiled faintly, but no one knew how troubled her heart was.
"Well, that! Oh right, I'm leaving this afternoon." continued Thoriq while staring at Aulia at a glance.
Aulia was silent, but her eyes were still staring at the friend who had turned her eyes in the other direction. Behind those beautiful eyes, there was a drop of clear liquid that was as strong as it held back.