I Am Yours, Mr Chevalier!
The Part 87
Barrel checked his phone screen. Today is July 29th and it's been almost two weeks that Ben can't be reached. The girl was really frustrated. Several times he came to Ben's apartment or to Rebellion's studio at the Time Warner Center, to find information about Ben, but nothing.
Rosita says Ben hasn't returned from Europe, and Rebellion's studio is empty.
Laras looks at the screen of his old phone, thinking of contacting Greg, to ask him about Ben. Laras' heart was filled with doubt.
The barrel breathed deeply. Thinking for a while, his fingers began to search for Greg's phone number and with a single movement of his index finger, the push of the phone's virtual button connected him to Greg's number.
"Hi, Laras .. glad you called. Can I help you?" Greg's voice is across there.
"Emm .. hi, Greg .. I .. I . ee .. I'm sorry to both you, I was .. Mean .. I .would like to know .emm ...." Barrels.
"Ben is out, but I don't know where he is, the streets seem to be .emm, we're in Berlin right now" replied Greg, who immediately knew why Laras called him.
"Owh, I see .. emm .. is he alright?" asked Laras, his chest pounding.
"Yeah, I think so .. a little quiet now, but he's fine," chuckles Greg.
"Okay .it's good to know. Thank you, Greg."
"You okay, Laras?"
"Ah, yes . I'm fine."
"Great."
Laras sighed softly. "Okay, Greg, I gota hung up, see you," Laras said, then hung up after Greg told him see you.
Laras threw his phone away. He leaned his back on the sofa and closed his eyes.
Don't you miss me, Ben?
The heart of Laras feels sore. Ben was really tormenting her with this guilty feeling. Ben was really disappointed in him.
Barrel cupped his face with both of his palms. It was like spilling all the raging taste in his heart. It really torments him.
He grabbed a plane ticket print paper located on the table in front of him. Watched for a moment. Then with a gontai step Laras walked towards his room. Take one big suitcase and put it on the floor, open it and fill it with clothes.
***
BERLIN, GERMANY.
Greg walked up to Ben who was sitting while straightening his legs to the table. The man's eyes closed.
Sensing the presence of someone, Ben opened his eyes. He saw Greg smiling as he thrust at him a bottle of beer that had been opened.
"Look at you" Greg chuckled as he sat next to Ben.
Ben grabbed a beer bottle from Greg's hand. Then downing it half over.
"Laras called me" said Greg, who made Ben open his eyes wide.
"Ohya?" tanya Ben tried to hide his surprise. "What's he saying?"
"Ask you."
"That's all?"
"Uh - huh."
Ben turned his face away from Greg's full gaze.
"Are you guys okay?" ask Greg.
"Yeah" Ben answered lazily.
"You sure? Barrels sound desperate."
"Hmmm ...."
Ben did not respond to Greg. He drank the beer bottle until there was nothing left. Then closed his eyes again while occasionally smoking a cigarette in his fingers and exhaled the smoke slowly.
***
JOHN F KENNEDY AIRPORT, QUEENS, NEW YORK CITY, AUGUST 1, 2020.
Safe flight, v*tch. I'm gonna miss you.
One message from Catherine appeared on the screen of her phone. Smiling to read it.
Then the reply of a message from his best friend with emoticons kiss.
Barrel looked back towards the entrance of the waiting room, one long-haired blonde figure appeared. The chest of the barrel is pounding fast.
At first glance he thought the man was Ben, but Laras had to swallow the disappointment when he found out that he was not the man who turned his feelings upside down in the space of a month.
Baras again sighed heavily.
Ben, I miss you. You're driving me crazy.
The barrel awakens from his daydream when the voice of the operator calls the passengers to get on the plane. The girl got up from her seat, dragging her large suitcase towards the connecting passageway between the waiting room and the plane door. Again the girl looked towards the door. Hoping that in the last seconds Ben would appear, running towards him with his big smile that was so sweet. Niente. Baras felt his eyes ache and heat up.
With gontai Laras again dragged his suitcase and joined the other passengers towards the door of the plane.
***
"Cathy!"
One call led Catherine to stop her steps from exiting the campus gate. The girl's blue eyes were rounded. Then his smile rose towards Ben who was walking towards him.
"Hi, Ben," she said.
Ben shook Catherine's hand. "You alone?" ben asked as he looked around the girl. Slender.
"Mmm . yeah." Catherine knew the direction Ben was talking about, she must be looking for Laras.
"There's something I have to do." he said later. "You yourself? What are you doing here, isn't it summer vacation?" ask Catherine to go fishing.
"I didn't find Laras in his apartment, and also at his workplace, I was thinking maybe he was here."
Catherine squinted her forehead. "The barracks didn't tell you?"
"About what?"
"He came back to Indonesia two days ago."
Oh, ****!
Ben remembered the plane ticket he gave to Laras. The plan is that he will also come to Indonesia with the girl, if Laras accepts his proposal. Ben wants to get acquainted with the Laras family.
"Okay, Cath, thanks for the info, I gota go." Ben touched Catherine's shoulder at a glance, then rushed his foot towards the campus parking lot.
Catherine stared at Ben's departure in surprise. Then he shook his shoulders and stepped out of the Columbia.
***
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Laras was still curled up on his bed that afternoon, at his home in Kota Gede. Jet lag keeps him from sleeping all night. Five o'clock in the morning Laras could close his eyes.
"Ras, get up, eat first, son." The mother stroked the cheek Gently. The girl opened her eyes heavily.
"Shortly, Mom .. I'm still so sleepy." The barrel just rotated his sleeping position.
"Eat first, then you can go to sleep again" said his mother again.
Lazily Laras reopened his eyes and slowly rose from his bed. The mother sitting on the edge of the bed smiled.
The barrel dragged its steps into the dining room, checking out the dishes that had been available at the dining table.
"Ras, I want to go to campus for a while, yes, there is business" said the mother who has been dressed neatly.
"Okay, ma'am .. Where's hara?" tanya Laras while feeding herself with a spoonful of rice and a mouthful of fried chicken. Laras asks Hara, his younger brother.
"Just come out." The mother kissed Laras cheek and said goodbye.
The atmosphere of the house feels lonely. The barrel breathed deeply. Ben's face filled his mind again. Now Ben really feels far at the other end of the world. The Heart of Barrel is empty. Whether Ben won't forgive him, or he just needs some alone time. Various questions came to his mind.
Ben, come here.
