DRIZZLE IN THE EYES OF THE HEART

eps. 13

CHAPTER 3

SECOND LOVE

The reunion is present but different from ancient times, although not too much different.

july 17th, 2017

As I walked into the wide-open campus gate before these eyes. I spent half my time in this place. I don't know why I like being here any longer. The drizzle outside the campus looks so beautiful in my eyes, I unconsciously smiled without knowing why. Someone patted me on the shoulder and it made my daydream go up.

"Amelia aisya princess! Is this really you? Ask."

"Yes I amel, and you're kelly angelista right? I asked."

"It's me, Kely said."

"How are you, I'm so happy to see you here again, I said."

"I miss you a lot too, and as long as you're in bandung I'm very lonely because there's no you, '' Kely said."

"Keep Al and Dion going to college where? I asked."

"They are also studying here though with different majors."

"really? I want to meet them, I miss them a lot too, I said."

Kely Angelista one of my true friends, I met and started making friends since High School and now again our campus is the same. The characteristic of kelly is that he can not be silent, cheerful and likes to laugh.

Me, Al, Kely and Dion have been best friends since High School, and today we had time to gather at a cafe near campus. We sat facing each other. Kely and Dion remained as perverted as ever, though they saw me and Al as a gallstone. Al did not take a glance at me at all, maybe he was still angry about the incident two years ago. I wanted to greet him but he did not give me time to start the conversation, he was busy with his laptop and books. Not long after Al left us, I felt very sad to see Al like this.

"Al, where are you going? I asked to start talking."

"It's none of your business, said Al."

"But Al, I want to talk to you, I said."

"No need, said Al."

"But...Al wait, I said."

But Al left us anyway, he didn't seem happy to have me back or now he's got another. I asked Kely and Dion about Al during my move to Bandung.

"Kely, dion, is al still mad at me or is he going to forget me because there's another girl? I asked."

"Since you moved to bandung, Al's attitude changed drastically, he rarely wanted to hang out with us, if we didn't invite him, maybe he was devastated because of your abandonment, he said, and just so you know that al went after you at the station but he was late, and to get close to another girl like him didn't, I've never seen Al with anyone other than you, kelly said."

"I don't know either, because al never told me about anyone other than you, '' said Dion."

Once at home I started writing what I was going through today.

You remain in the corner of my heart but slowly your heart is anchored away, is it possible that you feel the same as me? I thought it was impossible, I also could not understand it at all, I felt like a shadow lover who shadowed you at all times.

Then I tore the paper and folded it and then I put it in a pink envelope with a cracked heart. Then I put it back in the drawer.

"Is my love still in your heart? do you want your heart with me? or maybe you purposely gave me this suffering? just so you know how much my love is more than your love for me. My heart seems to be drowning in a lake of tears."

All night I thought about what really made Al like that, if I was wrong then forgive me and if you are wrong why don't you apologize?

I tried to contact Al while I was in bandung but Al's number could not be reached and Kely knew all that. And now I tried to call him back but there was no answer and I decided to send him a message.

"Al I want to talk to you tonight at the cafe where we were two years ago, I said."

Not long after, a message came in from Al.

"Alright, 20:00, said al."

I was also getting ready to go to the cafe. Arriving at the cafe clockwise already showed at 19:50, I came early, I waited and kept waiting but Al has not come yet. It was 22:00 and the cafe was closed and I had to wait for al outside the cafe with rain with me on a grey night. I was cold and hungry because I had not had time to eat, only a sip of coffee entered my body.

Al came up to me and set myself down with an umbrella that he held.

"Why are you so stupid to keep waiting for me, you torture yourself, Al said."

"I'm not stupid and I don't torture myself, I do this for my love's sake, I said with a trembling tone and lips."

"Al took me to his car, and he also gave me his jacket so that I wouldn't get too cold."

"Now I will take you home, said Al."

I showed you the way to my kosan. Arriving at the boarding house I stayed for a moment in Al's car to say something.

"Al, do you have a new boyfriend? I asked."

"No, said Al."

"Why? I asked."

"Because I love one woman that is you, said Al."

I feel happy with Al's words, I also went into the boarding house with a cheerful face. Al went home to his house.

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