
The time leading up to the KKN was drawing near, and Qania had just finished her proposal exam. Two days passed without Arkana, as he was busy helping his father take care of the case at the trial and also started helping run his papa-owned hotel.
Both can only communicate by phone, video call and short message only. Before going to bed they took the time to make a video call and Arkana always waited until Qania fell asleep and then he turned off the call.
There is no boredom for both of them talking on the phone for hours, talking about things that are not important and unclear but both are so engrossed in the conversation. Sometimes Arkana laughs at her lover who has fallen asleep but the two are still connected in a video call.
“Sweetness” murmured Arkana when she saw Qania fall asleep.
Sometimes if they do not have time to make video calls, they just make regular calls and again Arkana was left asleep. That Arkana knew when he heard the subtle snoring of his lover and that to him was adorable.
Like tonight, Arkana made a video call while holding a guitar.
“Darling singing dong lullaby” pinta Qania with spoiled.
“Tentu” reply Arkana.
Qania, who was lying sideways with her cell phone, rested on her pillow. Qania hugs a large-sized hello kitty doll Arkana gave her.
“Yes already singing hunted, I've been sleepy nih” orders Qania and it looks adorable for Arkana.
“Sabar dong babe” kekeh Arkana.
Arkana began to play guitar, he sang a song from a famous band in one of the provinces in Indonesia.
*Good sleep, my dear
Close both of your eyes
Do not worry and doubt
I'm here to complement your dreams
I know you're tired, go for it today
But don't you give up
I am here to accompany
...Even a night without stars...
...I will come, that you may calm down...
...Even though the moon refused to smile...
...I promise to accompany until morning*...
Arkana smiled very sweetly to see her lover was already sound asleep. He shed tears because he felt a longing very much but he could not meet because he was outside the city taking care of the branch hotel owned by his father.
“Good sleep my dear, may you have a wonderful dream”,.
“You know baby, I'm out of words ah more precisely I don't have a proper word to express what my love and love for you is like. I feel like I'm gonna lose you every time I miss you, but I always assure my heart that we're afraid to forever love each other,.
“I was so afraid of losing you again, it was enough that I felt empty and frustrated when you left me with my stupidity that I accidentally”, he said,.
“I love you so much Qania. Look at you being so adorable in that deep sleep, it feels like I want to lie next to you, take you into my arms. Ah I can't wait to immediately justify you dear” Arkana chuckles at imagining how she will sleep together with Qania on their first night.
“Sleep baby. Being away from you feels so stifling, I'll be right back. I miss you” Arkana's tears managed to escape her nest.
Arkana turned off the video call and then stepped onto the bed as drowsiness had already struck her.
Qania slowly opened her eyes as the video call ended. He was just pretending to be asleep because he was curious about what Arkana was doing when she fell asleep every time they made a regular call or video call.
“You are so adorable baby, I love you so much. It turns out these sweet phrases that I always miss every night, ah I feel so sorry not to listen to your romantic words before I fall asleep” kekehnya, but with tears that have soaked his cheeks.
“You're so sweet and I'm lucky that I have you, Arkana Wijaya”, and,.
Qania got up and walked towards the direction where she placed the small camera. Irritated at her falling asleep every time Arkana sang lullabies to her, she wondered if after she slept Arkana would turn off their calls or if there was something she was doing. So Qania put a camera to record their activities, just in case he went back to sleep.
“The romantic, when I want to sleep and au to lull me in with your sweet voice. Romance is when I miss you so much and I also feel the same way and we are blocked by distance and we are both sick. Romance is when you I fall asleep and you express your feelings when I don't know it. Romantic it, romantic it was you my Arkana Wijaya, I love you very much” said Qania then wiped her tears.
Qania lay back on his bed, re-imagining the beginning of his encounter with Arkana, considering the time when he was raining in the park while playing on a swing and also when Arkana was carrying him a few days ago when they were walking.
Qania laughs amusedly as she remembers how Arkana forced her to become a lover in a strange and extreme way.
“Only my Arkana who has crazy thoughts and crazy ways when asking someone to be her lover” kekeh Qania.
Qania picked up her one phone, which she used to record Arkana's voice while calling earlier. Qania continued to play the recording until she fell asleep with a smile on her pretty face.
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Time goes by so fast and it makes Qania more and more frantic because it is approaching the day of departure KKN but Arkana has not returned from outside the city.
Even yesterday Arkana didn't contact him at all and it was frustrating. Fortunately, he had recorded Arkana's voice when they made a video call a few nights ago. A little bit of it could treat his longing.
Qania was frenzied in the room until the evening before, she was always waiting for news from her fiance who until now had no sign of her arrival.
Qania's phone rang, a short message instantly making Qania smile. Who else would have sent him if not his lover, Arkana Wijaya.
“Sorry dear I yesterday from reviewing the location that will be used to build the villa and the place is very difficult to get a signal because in a remote village but has such amazing natural beauty. Later I will take you to this place when we are going to honeymoon”,.
Qania was smilingly reading the message as she rolled around on her bed.
“Haha honeymoon, it feels so tickling to say the word” muttered Qania.
“Arkana hurry back, I miss you” great-grandchild.
A few minutes later a video message entered Qania's phone. In the video, Arkana is singing while playing guitar with a song belonging to the band D’masiv entitled miss half to death.
“I miss you half to death, I really want you to know, I can't live without you, I miss”, I miss,.
Apparently the voice message contained Arkana singing a piece of the song he had sent through the video message.
“I love you Arkana, love you so much. I even love you so much” Qania said while hugging her phone.
Qania's phone shook again and contained another voice message
“Sayang”,.
“Iya my dear”,,
“I miss, very miss”,.
“I miss you a lot”,.
“I'll be back” soon,.
“And I waited for you”,.
“Sorry tonight I just got a voicemail, I'm so tired and it's even midnight. Don't you want to sleep?”, yet,.
“I'm waiting for someone who will sing me a lullaby”,.
“Alright, as you wish mr. putri”,.
“Then this princess will wait”,.
The already very sleepy Arkana undoes his intention to immediately pick up his dream because to him Qania's wish is an absolute order for him. Arkana walks and sits on the couch where the guitar she borrowed from her hotel was placed.
*If you were here with me
Maybe I'm not alone
Your shadow always accompanies me
Decorate my night
I want to be with you
...Never will you turn away from me...
...Even if you're far from me now...
...I'm always anti because I love you...
This heart always calls your name
Hear my melat
I promise only for you my love
There will never be another
Is the longing in your heart like the longing I feel
I can continue to fall asleep
Without you by my side, I will always be waiting for you
...Never will you turn away from me...
...Even if you're far from me now...
...I'm always anti because I love you*...
Qania and Arkana both shed their tears. If Arkana is sad because the song is an expression of his heart. He misses her so much, misses her so much.
The tears of Arkana flowed rapidly, how not, he actually could not go home because he had to stay for two weeks there and certainly Qania had left KKN without meeting him.
“I miss her so much” isak Arkana while hugging the bolster and imagining the smile of Qania.
Arkana thought how he would tell Qania that he could not go home before he left for KKN. He was very afraid to make his girl disappointed and sad because of it, but he also did not want Qania to wait for him without certainty.
Arkana could not close her eyes, she kept thinking about what actions she would take so as not to disappoint her beloved.
While Qania is currently crying bitterly while continuing to repeat the recording of Arkana singing for her. He hugged his phone tightly as if he were hugging Arkana, even though only his voice accompanied him through the night felt so lonely and gripping.
“Hikss, I miss you so much sir sucks. Hurry home, hikss. I really want to hold you tight, hikss” cried Qania.
“Lies, all this time I lied to you saying I have no problem being left by you, away from you and passing my day without looking at your smile. I miss your never-suspended behavior that pisses me off in the morning, I miss everything that's on you. I lied by saying I'm fine right now, I'm not okay without you baby. I miss you very much, hurry back I can not bear this miss” isak Qania.
The two pass through a gray night with tears of longing, without knowing that the two are lamenting the fate that keeps them far apart. Arkana thought that Qania had fallen asleep so much with Qania that they did not continue their communication.
Who would have thought that fatigue and weariness simply vanished was replaced by longing that gnawed at their hearts and minds. The fear of loss haunts both hearts and minds until they are afraid to close their eyes.
Qania refused to open her eyes, as she was well aware that when she opened her eyes Arkana was still not at her side.
Arkana, meanwhile, did not want to open her eyes because she knew very well that what she saw when she opened her eyes was a room so spacious and luxurious but felt empty without her girl.
Arkana longs to go from this place to meet his lover, but he must be patient because this will be the forerunner of his success and also so that he can finance the life of Qania later when they are married.
Let it be, just be patient for a moment to start a better start, he thought.
Almost entering the dawn of time both just closed their eyes because they were tired of thinking about the situation like a song from Bruno Mars entitled Long Distance.
“Yes, long distance is killing me” muttered both together but in different places before finally both entered the dream realm.
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