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Fara regained consciousness from the flashback when she heard the sound captured by her sense of hearing. Fara's phone lit up, indicating a message came in. Fara picked up her cell phone lying on the table, then read it at a glance. It turned out to be just a notice of the rest of the quota. Fara stared lazily at the phone screen, because she realized her internet quota would soon run out.
Almost his hand took off the cell phone that Fara put back on the table, a reverberation sounded. A notification from one of the chat apps appears on the front screen.
Nova's name is clearly there.
***
Nova suddenly woke up hungry. He got up from his lying position to sit on the bed. Nova yawned, her index finger moved to rub her left eye. After his sleepiness had subsided enough, he just stood up. Nova gathered her hands together on her head, pulled her body up, made her croptee sweatshirt come up and displayed a slender belly with white skin, both of his legs were on tiptoes which made him several centi taller. After feeling his muscles had been a little weak Nova stopped his activities.
Slightly bowed, with his right hand Nova grabbed a flat object with a pinkish back. It was a cell phone, but nothing. The phone that had run out of battery was put back to where it came from. Stupid time with a cell phone, for now he has to eat!
His short legs run down one step at a time. When he reached the first floor, Nova headed straight to the dining room. There she was greeted by Elis—housemaid at her home.
“The cooking aunt that Nova ordered yesterday right?” His eyes were implying hope.
“Yes, Aunty preheats yes,” Elis replied with a smile on her face.
Nova immediately landed herself in the chair. Elis passed by to go to the kitchen.
Before long Elis returned with both hands holding a tray filled with food. Elis looked down, staring at the fried rice-sided plate with a half-cooked cow-eye egg and a glass of warm white milk. He smiled thinly. His smile grew wider when he found his master's son waiting at the dinner table. Visible head that moves irregularly while his mouth that opens small. He could hear the song sung by the woman.
Nova stopped her singing when she saw Elis walking towards her. A wide smile immediately appeared on his face. Her smile grew wider, as Elis slowly put down a plate filled with fried rice with her half-cooked beef-eye eggs. His right hand immediately grabbed the spoon.
“How?” elis asked the girl in front of him who was eating his cooking voraciously.
Nova replied with a thumbs up of his left hand, as his mouth was full of fried rice.
Elis who saw him only smiled happily.
***
Nova was not hungry and his heart was happy because of the delicious cuisine of Elis.
Nova sat on the edge of his bed. His hand grabbed the phone he just charged and turned it on. It didn't take long, Kim Seok-jin's handsome face clearly filled the screen of her phone.
Nova surprised.
No. gabe. It was not because of Jin's extremely handsome face.
He was shocked when he saw a digital clock on his phone that showed it at 10:36
Lothawat!
Nova remembers if she had an appointment with Fara. However, that was true for half an hour ago. Last night he asked Fara to accompany him to hang out at the cafe they visited yesterday. He feels very guilty, plus the absence of any back-to-back messages or missed calls from Fara. Nova cursed her stupidity who thought it was still nine o'clock. The food he digested just now instantly made him nauseous. Nova wet her lips with saliva. He's a little panicked.
But wait a minute.
Suddenly a thought flashed through Nova's brain.
Did Fara really come?
Because yesterday when Nova asked for it, Fara repeatedly refused, but at the end Fara accepted Nova's invitation. From that we can conclude that Fara came. Nova knows Fara's not a bullshit guy. His words always corresponded with his actions.
What is the burden on Nova's mind now is—
Is Fara waiting for him?
As Nova knows, Fara is a peace-loving human who doesn't like troublesome things. Fara doesn't like anything uncertain. Is not waiting is an uncertain thing, because Fara does not know the person who is waiting for actually coming or not. But again, back to the first conclusion. Fara is not a person who likes nonsense. If he says ‘I will come’ he will definitely come, if he says ‘I won't come’ he really doesn't come. And Fara agreed to Nova's call. That means Fara came and waited for him? Or did Fara believe that Nova was coming, so she was waiting for him?
I don't know.
Nova doesn't know, understanding Fara is hard. The most important thing at the moment was that he had to inform Fara.
***
Fara's thumb moved to press the notification.
Sorry, I just woke up. Last night I watched a Korean drama marathon.
The sentence ends with a crying emoticon. Finished reading it, Fara grieved. Fara looked at the time on the top left of her phone. It was more than 30 minutes late from the promised time. Fara was annoyed. His two thumbs pressed down on the square thing he grasped, stringing words there.
Yeah, continues?
Somewhere else.
Nova doesn't know how Fara's emotions are at the moment. All she knew was that Fara was still in the cafe and was waiting for her. Nova's feelings are getting worse with guilt. Moreover, Fara only answered as usual. There were no emoticons like he used to do when sending messages.
It's almost eleven o'clock. Papa's weekend must have been golfing with his friends, and he's been gone from two hours ago. Neither did Mama, and Nova didn't know where she was going.
Is there Mr Mulyo?
Nova forgot, if he had a family driver who would happily drive him wherever he wanted. However, as soon as he forgot as soon as he remembered that Mr. Mulyo was driving Mama away somewhere. Nova was about to cry, as her thumb typed in a reply to Fara.
Mr. Mulyo seems to be nganterin Mama, I don't know where. Looks like he hasn't come home yet.
***
Mr. Mulyo seems to be nganterin Mama, I don't know where. Looks like he hasn't come home yet.
Fara's fingers lifted slightly from the phone screen. Right now he was thinking of something to reply to Nova's sentence in their chat room.
Take a taxi online.
Only that idea that crossed the brain was not Fara's genius
Not ah, fear.
Fara had predicted that Nova would reject the idea outright, but Fara still grieved as a form to voice the growing irritation.
Continues to?
It took a little while, until Fara's phone finally went off. Signs if Nova is replying to a message from Fara.
I'm sorry, but we didn't meet today. In addition to no one sending, I just got a message from Mama, tell her to be ready to make her go to her friend's wedding.
Fara sighed, only able to surrender.
Yes, no papa.
If this is how else? There's no way Fara, who is just a classmate, is forcing her to put more importance on meeting her and rejecting Nova's parents' request.
Huhu, really no papa right? Sorry, Fara. Don't be angry, I'll buy food sometime. This one's a promise!
Yes, get ready.
Okay, I'll get ready first. Goodbye, Fara. I'll chat again.
Adios.
Their chat ended with a chat from Fara that was only read by Nova. Fara stared at the phone, then tried to drown out this useless annoyance. After exiting the application, Fara put the rectangular object back to the table with the state that is still on.
Fara sighed. Even though Fara did not want to be angry, but the cockiness was still there. Though Nova made a promise, Nova also canceled.
Sucks.
Fara's feelings are still heavy. The sense of not accepting it exists. At least if not so meet immediately tell him early. So that Fara does not have to wait and end miserably like this. Fara did not mean to overdo it. The problem today is the weekend. Holiday!
Fara has given up her precious holiday. Fara has given up her weekend plans. Fara felt wasted.
Very unfortunate.
Fara imagines herself sleeping and waking up if she is hungry. Then, spend time in the room all day with a lie while watching some anime or movie that he has downloaded pirated, pirated, and accompanied by potato chips and milk boxes that Fara just bought yesterday and ended up getting nagged by Mama. It's nice unless one thing in the section is hit. Until suddenly that night—Fara with a heavy heart must accept the invitation or rather Nova's compulsion through chat to meet him in this cafe—which finally did not get carried out. Back then, he said he wanted to see the face of the handsome big brother who served them yesterday.
Fara held a plastic glass whose contents were reduced by a quarter. Fara looked at the glass long ago with her mind glaring far away. The sound of ice cubes clashing with each other was heard as Fara lifted the plastic cup and left a wet trail of imperfectly round water where the glass was.
However, if you recall that Fara has not seen the man since, seeing "big brother" which is the reason Nova forced himself to meet in this cafe. The same reason that made Fara approve of Nova's invitation, from the beginning of his arrival until now which has counted for about 60 minutes, the man who was given the nickname "big brother" by Nova was not yet seen. a little disappointed when I found out the figure behind the cashier table was not the same man who served Fara and Nova yesterday.
Fara drank an ice latte held in her right hand. Fara wants to go home and sleep. However, suddenly accidentally the tail of his eyes caught the presence of the male who was the reason Fara came to this cafe. Soon Fara ended her drinking session and raised her head. Fara's gaze was immediately fixed on the object that was quite far in front of him.
The man came out of a room, Fara did not know what the room was, rather Fara did not care. Fara continued to stare at the man to notice his movements. The two men's hands were on the back of his body, visibly tying the apron strings. His feet continued to step towards where Fara had first seen him. When he arrived, the man patted the shoulder of his male friend who filled the place earlier.
The two men were seen talking about something that ended with a nod and the passing of the man whose shoulders were patted. For a moment Fara watched the man who passed into the same room where her heart was raised.
Fara refocused on her original goal, which was to look at the man she liked. Fara subconsciously smiled faintly, looking at the tall male body behind the long table. Fara kept looking at him, then judged his appearance. Plain oblong sweatshirts are gray with arm lengths that only reach the upper middle, and do not exceed the elbows. On top of the shirt was a black-colored apron that hung down to his thigh. Black jeans are perfectly attached to the legs of the male level.and white sneakers as a protector of his feet.
Fara supports the chin, enjoying the beauty offered for free. The turmoil inside Fara's chest grew even more intense as his gaze turned towards that handsome face. Fara paused for a moment, then looked down. The curve that formed on her lips she removed. Fara's right hand grabbed something wet at the table. Fara sucked up the liquid inside, it was not cold because the ice cubes were melting completely. While drinking her drink, Fara again straightened her head, then looked at the face of the man who was smiling thinly at serving customers.
The male's hair was curly black and left long until it exceeded the ears, but still above the shoulders. The color of the skin is in the white category for the size of Indonesian people. The male's eyebrows were not too thick, but curved perfectly. His eyes were not large with beautifully tapered ends, the man also had deep eye folds. Pinched nose. The male lips were like the lips of the average person, with a round philtrum. Between his lips and nose is overgrown by a thin mustache which adds to the impression of an adult. The man's chin is pointed. As well as his long neck with a bulge that would move up and down if he spoke.
Fara felt her chest pop. His heart was racing with a fast rhythm. Fara chose to end the activity of staring at the look of the man. Fara quickly finished the conscious drink, and she was sucked.
Fara packed her things. While standing, Fara wore a small black sling bag on her shoulder. Fara stepped in a slightly fast rhythm towards the exit directly opposite to where the man was standing. Fara held her breath as her hand opened the glass door, her heart still racing. He quickly got out of the place that had low oxygen levels.
***
