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Chapter 56 - Lifting the Fire

Towards the weekend, the routine is not getting less and less, it is getting more and more with the density of activities. Especially for Mira. Some days the spirit decreases to make work on tasks delayed, piled up, and must be completed immediately before the deadline requested.

As soon as he remembered the brother who was coming, Mira became intrigued to finish. Mira did not want her brother to grumble when he knew his college assignments were not completed.

"More tomorrow, Mir. I'm tired! It was late afternoon, too!" lament Salsa, Mira's college friend.

"You go first, deh. I want to go on!" Mira answered without looking. Her hands were busy dancing on the laptop keyboard.

"Rare you sure you want to go home? The task deadline is still 24 hours away, youh."

"It's because it's only 24 hours. I could have nagged Kak Intan," said Mira.

Salsa who knew about the name of Mira's older brother was spontaneously widened his eyes.

"Your teacher's brother, Mir?"

"Yes that. Which brother is it again?" Mira stopped for a moment. He looked at Salsa who was still in her seat. "She said she'd go home? How not to be?"

Salsa rattled, then switched seats right next to Mira.

"Mir, I just found out that your brother is also a famous novelist. Greetings, huh? Tell me I'm a good friend. Hopefully your brother will be inspired by me, and I will continue to be the character of the story" Salsa explained, playing both eyebrows.

"No promise, yeah. I'm forgetting." With a casual answer Mira so, then continue to focus on the laptop.

"Repot then. Come on, I'll go home first." Salsa tidied up her laptop. "Promise don't stay up late, Mir. It's getting quiet, huh."

"Yes, okay. Come home, spit!"

Salsa also came home after saying goodbye ala bestie attention. Now, Mira is alone. He remains focused on the task. Completely focused until unaware of someone's arrival.

"Not home yet, Mir?"

"Yet," Mira answered briefly densely clear. But, he immediately turned his head when he came to his senses with the voice he heard.

Spontaneous alone Mira's eyeballs widened. Direct motion fast look left right, worried there is a prankster spying.

"What's Sandhi doing here?" Mira half whispered.

"Just met the lecturer in the building there, tuh!" Sandhi's tone was made relaxed, not confused let alone panicked like Mira.

"Keep what's going on here? Cepetan go home, sir!"

"No way."

Sandhi smiles kindly, then takes over Mira's laptop. The task that Mira was working on was peered for a while, nodding when he understood, then returned Mira's laptop in its initial position.

"You're alone here until what time? Don't go to night, especially if you're alone. Go home, gih. Continue again tomorrow."

With just such a sentence alone, Mira's heart was already pounding with rhythm. Spontaneous Mira also gulped, then turned her gaze in any direction so as not to look nervous in front of Sandhi.

"Mir, Mira? Are you okay?" sandhi asked as he found Mira focused on looking the other way.

Mira then turned back. With a heartbeat that is still tight, Mira also conveys the truth, especially about the brother who will come to visit him.

"If Kak Intan comes tomorrow, Mira must be inomelin because of her strenuous duties," I'm Mira.

Sandhi showed a reaction. Intan's name was the trigger. Honestly, Intan still has a huge influence in his life, even though Sandhi is currently in the 31-day challenge.

"Want to visit here? When?" sandhi asked, spontaneous without a second thought.

"Tomorrow afternoon. Coming home from teaching, we went straight away. It looks like it will be staying over as well," Mira blatantly said.

"Where to stay? Your boarding?" ask Sandhi again.

For this one question, Mira half-thought. Suddenly the idea came out. Mira ignited the fire, for the sake of being able to see Sandhi's expression.

"Lack of knowing where to stay. Maybe .. in his contract Dev Kak."

"Huh? Whahuh? Devano's? Is he here? How can? Then why stay with him? Aren't they married?"

Sandhi's question really already resembles a railroad. So long, that Mira held back her laughter so as not to get out of the way.

"Mir, don't joke. I seriously asked you. Please explain immediately!"

Sandhi's face looked serious. Mira who caught the change was immediately followed seriously. No longer did he continue his fad. Afterwards, Mira apologizes and admits that what she just said was just a joke. However, Sandhi has already underlined about Intan who will come to visit Mira, also about Devano who turns out to be in the same city as him. With a light insistence, Mira finally gave an explanation.

"Sir Dev is only here for a month. If Kak Intan wants to stay overnight, yes certainly in the boarding house of Mira, not in the contract of Kak Dev." Mira confirmed once again after giving a lengthy explanation about Devano and Intan who currently have to LDRan for one month.

For a moment, Sandhi was silent. His mind was disturbed, but then muffled. Sandhi immediately realized the position, that he had no right to interfere in Intan's affairs. After waking up, Sandhi's face returned to calm. In fact, his smile again adorned his handsome face.

Sreth!

A leaf suddenly fell right on Mira's shoulders. Now, replace Sandhi who deliberately ignited the fire. Actually, Sandhi just want to make sure the feelings that lately burden the mind.

"Excuse me for a minute" Sandhi said. His hand stretched forward slowly, took a leaf on Mira's shoulder, then threw it away. Doesn't stop there. Sandhi's gaze was deliberately cast to Mira from a close range before she returned to her original position. Yes, that attitude Sandhi deliberately showed for the sake of ascertaining his feelings.

"It's normal." Inner Sandhi.

At once Sandhi was aware, the incident when in the car at that time, when he hugged Mira, it happened none other than because Sandhi was imagined by Intan. Yes, the reason is because of Intan, not because of Mira. After the incident Sandhi was indeed thought, often thinking about Mira anyway, even to the point of not focusing on the 31-day challenge. However, today Sandhi realized as well, that everything she had felt these few days, was nothing but an uneasy feeling for her inappropriate attitude towards Mira. Sandhi should not have embraced Mira at that time, especially with the reason of the image of Intan.

"Once again, don't go home too late, Mir. I'm headfirst. Careful." Sandhi.

And, Sandhi's departure left a tremendous impression on Mira. Mira's heart beat amazingly. What Mira felt was completely different from what Sandhi felt. Sandhi is mediocre, while Mira responds with a sense of.

"Please! Please Mira, Brother. What should Mira do?" Inner Mira, she hopes to tell a story while asking for help from her brother.

***

The next day, Intan, he immediately traveled out of town after teaching. Intan followed Devano's advice not to drive. Luckily, buses to the destination are immediately obtained, as well as conditions that are not too crowded passengers.

About two hours on the bus. When it was close to the stop, then he contacted Devano via phone.

"Hi, where have you been?" ask Devano.

"You get to the terminal. Fifteen minutes to go."

"OK, ready. Wait for me at the terminal's front stop, yeah. Remember, don't trust strangers."

Intan. His heart was certainly pleased with Devano's attitude which increasingly shows attention.

Fifteen minutes later, the bus on board Intan arrived at the terminal. Again Intan was lucky because the stop across the terminal was not crowded with people. In fact, there are absolutely no people, so Intan can freely choose any seat. Intan immediately told Devano, but this time via a short message. However, Devano actually replied via phone.

"Tan, sorry. His car broke down midway" Devano said.

"Eh? Then let me meet you there. I can order a four-wheel drive. Which way is it, Dev?"

"No-no. It seems that this can still be repaired. I saw the front engine first. You don't mind waiting for me for a second, do you?"

"Yes. Its alright. I'm waiting for you, yeah."

After agreeing, Intan waited for Devano. However, until ten minutes had passed, Devano still had no further news. Intan also did not want to continue sending messages, worried that Devano was in the mind.

In order to fill the waiting time, Intan sent a message to Mira. He reports that it has arrived and is still waiting for Devano to pick him up. In reply to his message, Mira tells Intan not to rush to his boarding house. More than that, Mira actually told Intan to take a walk with Devano first.

"This is the kid why, anyway? Even tell me to walk with Devano first." Intan astonished.

The message continues. From there Intan got an explanation that now Mira is still on campus. There are courses that suddenly change schedules and have been agreed upon by students in that class.

"Ouh, there's been a change of schedule. Yasekah then."

Intan was a little relieved after getting an explanation from Mira. However, the relief was nothing compared to the impatient feeling he was currently starting to feel. Devano is really long. Thirty minutes have passed since Devano last contacted him.

Suddenly, a car drove slowly and stopped right in front of Intan. The car glass also went down slowly. And, look at who is behind the wheel while developing a smile.

Who her? Could it be Devano, or something else? Follow up this story, yes. Greetings Purple Luv 💜

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