Fly With Me (REVISED)
Episode 5: SEVEN YEARS LATER
FLY WITH ME
CHAPTER 5
7 YEARS LATER
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THE POV
Seven years ago today I turned twenty-five. Every year, I remember my birthday that Daren and I celebrate together. Ah, I think I just want to go. I'm ashamed to remember Daren and all the feelings I've expressed.
I'm trying to think of that moment, Daren would have hated me so much. I always hear him talk, he doesn't like women who express their feelings to him. He'll hate that girl.
And I'm one of them.
For seven years, I've been gone like a madman. After the last day I met Daren, I deleted all my friends' numbers. Blocking Daren's social media and numbers. And get out of the city where I live.
In less than a year, I returned to this city. I graduated High School, and chose to work to help my family. Mama and Aila moved here two years later, they moved because Aila had to go to high school.
As for me, I've worked five years more at an airline as a flight attendant. With a fairly decent salary, I was finally able to rent a simple house for my family. But I don't live with my family, I live in a company-prepared flight attendant mes.
I glanced at the wall clock, already showing it at seven o'clock in the night. I'm getting ready soon because tonight I'm going to see my friend, Reza. I need to explain, Reza is a pilot at my job.
We met on a flight from Jakarta to Japan two years ago. After that flight, we became friends on social media and ended up being close friends. We have been together several times, we can say often.
And like any other day, Reza took me on an impromptu schedule. Yes we are often like that, the job as a flight attendant and pilot is indeed the schedule is uncertain. Sometimes we can work on holidays, and then off on weekdays.
I had sent Reza a message, reminding her that I was going to a restaurant that we visited quite often. Then he just replied and said that he too would leave.
After sending the message, I combed my hair in the booth and polished a little bit of my face. After looking good, I got out of the mes while booking a car to drive me to the mall where Reza and I met.
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Raya enters the shopping center, and enters a dining place that she often visits with Reza. Raya ordered her favorite drink, after she finished paying and sat in one of the chairs.
Tonight Raya only uses plain black shirts and jeans. Make it stalls and grow graceful. He also only carries a small sling bag that he often uses when traveling.
Raya drinks the latte she ordered, while waiting for Reza Raya to open her social media. He saw some DMs coming in on his Instagram. And read some pessans from unknown people.
“Onti, Acel boyeh sitting here?” ask a little boy who brought a meal and immediately sat down next to Raya.
Raya's attention turned to the little boy next to her. “Whose name are you?”
“Acel, whose name is Onti?” Acel ate his food voraciously, whereas Raya only watched the child.
“Raya?” the call of someone made Raya look for that voice. There was a woman in her fifties who approached her. “You Kingdom right?” ask the woman again.
Raya tried to remember this woman in front of her, her face was very similar to Renata, Mama Daren. He hesitates to call her, but still says. “Tante Renata?”
Renata sat in front of Raya and spoke, “It turns out you still want the same aunt. Aunt thought, you forgot.”
“Tante how are you?” tanya Raya put her phone on the table.
“Okay, how are you? Lost years, no news. Aunty only found out after two years ago follow your Instagram account.” Renata's words surprised Raya.
“Serious aunt follow my Instagram?” tanya Raya does not believe.
“Uti, I want to drink.” Not yet had time to answer Raya's question, Renata was busy helping Acel take his drink. Raya only noticed the two, it seemed like the two were close.
“Raya, Rachel this son Daren.” Said Renata, and Raya already understood, the eyes of the child were also very similar to Daren.
Raya smiled, the man was apparently married, “Cantik ya, must be beautiful Mama.”
“Yes so,” said Renata, “You are still a cabin crew?”
“Still aunty,” Answered Kingdom. “But today I'm again off.”
“Oh yes, you play to dong's house. It's been a long time right, later we bik—”
“Ma?” that voice.
It's been seven years that Raya hasn't heard of it. Raya's face turned towards the voice so that she could see the face that had been plaguing her mind.
“Papa!” rachel shouted and stood up to Daren. Quickly, Daren held the boy, who he said was his son. The kind of father who loves his son.
Daren stood there with an expression Raya could not explain. That face was very handsome, just like Nine years ago, when Raya first liked Daren. He was confused whether he should smile or act ordinary.
“Take a guess, Who did you meet?” Renata let out his voice so that this atmosphere melted. Renata certainly understands, the feelings of Daren who hates Raya. Even when Raya left her son, Daren became an angry man.
“Important also for me.” Raya lowered her face, so sad she. Hope Daren does not hate it extinct, the fact Daren does not want it right?
Renata patted Daren's arm rather loudly, then scolded Daren with a voice that even Raya could not hear in the crowd.
“Raya, you still remember Daren right?” the tears that would flow Kingdom hold, his eyes looked back at Renata's eyes.
He smiled, “Still, Aunt.” Raya's attention was distracted to Daren who was looking at her sharply.
“Can you go from here?” tanya Daren then nudged Renata.
“Daren!” Renata did not accept Daren's words. “Can't be ih!”
It's realized, Daren doesn't want it. Daren still hates him. After seven years, this harsh reality made Raya swallow her saliva. “Tante, sorry I have to go first.”
Raya crucified Renata and got up from her chair. “Onti, peyuk Acel.” Said Rachel who was still called Daren.
Daren lowered Rachel and let her child walk then hugged the crouching Kingdom. “Onti, we play to the house of Acel yuk?” bring the four-year-old.
“Besok if Onti does not work, Onti main yes.” Acel took off his embrace.
“Raya?” Not far from him, Raya saw Reza approaching him. Raya immediately withdrew and approached Reza who was only two meters away from him. The two head straight to the cinema and leave Renata, Rachel, and Daren.
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