Mahabbah Love Khalisa

13

Since the incident at Mangan Gelato a week ago Azfan has never met with Khalisa again. Every day Azfan always hopes Khalisa suddenly come to his workplace. Azfan had never seen Khalisa. He was worried about Khalisa's condition, whether that afternoon Khalisa fell ill due to his fear. Azfan couldn't do much, he could only pray that Khalisa would be fine. Many times Azfan tried to dare to send a message to Rindang to ask the state of Khalisa after the incident that afternoon. But Azfan didn't have enough guts to do it. Azfan also felt guilty about Khalisa because he should have warned Ayu Unyuk not to take out his cat.

"I've seen lately you're like an abis breaking up with Fan." Bimo approached Azfan on one of the chairs under the sapodilla tree after they came out of the last class of the day.

Azfan did not reply, he only glanced at Bimo sitting beside him.

"Nih eat, believe me a full stomach makes us happy." Bimo thrust potato chips at Azfan who had stayed a little.

"Eat it." Azfan pushed back the packet of chips.

Bimo chuckled, apparently Azfan understood that the chips were a little and he gave them so that all Azfan threw the packaging into the trash. It was an old trick of a lazy friend throwing away his own food wrapper.

"Your work?" Bimo asked because he had never seen an Azfan daydreaming. Usually after finishing the last course, Azfan will rush home or go directly to Mangan Gelato. The days of Azfan are filled with busyness unlike first year students who usually still have a lot of time to relax.

"A little while." Azfan turned on his phone screen to check the clock. There was still a little more time for Azfan to ponder on this chair.

"Why are you?"

Azfan shook his head while raising his shoulders, perhaps Bimo's intention was why his phone screen cracked and the color looked strange. The phone Azfan had since he sat in 1st grade High School, it was time to break down. But Azfan did not have enough money to buy a new one, after all this can still be used.

"Smooth work, buy hp only use thought a thousand times."

Azfan immediately turned to Bimo with a sharp look, his friend was indeed sharp mouth like a newly sharpened blade. Azfan wanted to reply to Bimo saying that it is possible for others to buy a new mobile phone is easy but for him even though working in two different places is only enough for the cost of living here and buying a college book. Luckily Azfan got a scholarship from campus so he paid 50 percent of the total cost of his college but still it is not a small number. But Azfan again swallowed his sentence that was at the tip of his tongue because he did not want to argue with Bimo because he knew the debate was useless.

"Depart." Azfan moved on before Bimo beat him again.

Azfan's view looked up at the clear sky with few clouds, perhaps that's why he didn't have many friends because he didn't have a cell phone like them. Is this not the place? The main purpose of the lecture here is only to find knowledge but it turns out the presence of friends is also important. Azfan is not a friend who is fun to chat with. Even attending campus organizations he rarely can attend. It seems like Azfan is destined to be alone on this magnificent campus.

"Why do you think of macem-macem gini anyway?" Azfan shook his head strongly. Some time ago he felt his life had been like someone else since there was Khalisa who treated him like a close friend even though he had not known for a long time. Now that Khalisa is never seen again, Azfan is lonely again.

Bruk!!!

Azfan collided with someone who was running from the side. Then the sound of falling objects sounded quite loud. Azfan turned his head to see his phone slammed into the paving because of the collision. Azfan lowered his head to grab his phone inwardly hoping it could still be used.

"I'm sorry - I didn't mean it!"

Azfan looked up to hear the voice. Instead of being angry or sad after his phone fell, Azfan smiled broadly after seeing someone hit him.

"Khalisa." Azfan left, finally after a week of not meeting the figure of the story girl now he can see her again even hear her voice. "Why are you running around like that?"

"Sorry Azfan, that was Clarin carrying a small cat in class and kept his cat loose."

"Seep a danger you run around that, then if it falls how?"

"Well, are you okay?" When Azfan worried about Khalisa's situation, he was afraid Azfan's phone was damaged after colliding with him. Khalisa's eyes rounded to see the screen Azfan's phone broke almost all over the part. "Astaghfirullah hp you're broken!"

Azfan laughed softly put his phone in his pants pocket, how else the phone was supposed to rest for good. It's just that Azfan hasn't had more money to buy a new one.

"I'm sorry Azfan, I just accidentally." Khalisa bit his lip regretting that he had made Azfan's phone fall to pieces.

"It's okay, it was broken before." Azfan rubbed his neck which suddenly felt itchy.

"Sorry to Azfan." Khalisa doesn't know what to say but sorry. Of course he can replace Azfan's phone with a new one. But Khalisa thought more about Azfan's feelings, surely the phone was storing a lot of Azfan's memories.

Azfan shook his head, "does my face look angry?"

"I tried your phone number." Khalisa pulled out his phone looking for a contact named Azfan and then tapped on the green phone icon.

Azfan was surprised, since when Khalisa had his mobile number. Azfan felt his phone vibrate from the pocket making him feel relieved because the phone can still operate, at least to call and send messages. Although since the last 20 years the features of the phone have been very sophisticated more than just communicating but now Azfan does not need anything else from his phone.

"Come in." Tyre Azfan.

"Yes I'm sorry for you, don't keep asking." Canda Azfan made Khalisa laugh. Finally Azfan could see Khalisa's laughter again. Azfan did not want Khalisa to cry from fear anymore, he just wanted to see the girl laughing cheerfully as usual.

"Oh yes Fan, I'm sorry that time did not take the gelato you already served me." Khalisa suddenly remembered the vanilla gelato he had not touched on the table.

"It's okay, I'm eating gelato."

"Thank God it was that."

Azfan smiled, seeing Khalisa reviewing his sweet smile.

"You want to work?" Ask Khalisa.

"Yes." Yeah." Azfan nodded, "this is the way there." He doesn't have to go home because his work clothes are here. "You want to go home"

"Yes." Yeah." Khalisa nodded."

They walked together towards the main gate of the campus.

"You're all right, right?" Azfan turned to Khalisa, actually he wanted to ask this question since then but did not dare. After gathering mental finally Azfan dared to ask about the state of Khalisa.

"Rindang must have told you about my condition."

"Yes." Yeah." Azfan nodded, Rindang only told a glimpse of the phobia that Khalisa was experiencing.

"In fact, I have regular visits to psychiatrists but because I was busy in college and rarely could go back to Banyuwangi so I never went there again because finding a suitable psychiatrist was not easy."

"I understand." Azfan nodded again, despite not having any phobia but he understood how Khalisa was. "But how are you feeling now?"

"It's okay." Khalisa shook his head developing a thin smile.

"When have you been phobic?"

"Hm?" Khalisa didn't think Azfan would ask about it, "from childhood it was like."

Azfan was silent and did not want to ask further because it was the same as digging up the deep wounds of Khalisa's heart. Of course the unusual fear comes from something painful and Azfan does not want Khalisa to remember it again.

"Papa I'm a veterinarian." Tukas Khalisa seemed to understand what Azfan had in mind at this time.

"Oh yeah?" Azfan did not think that Daniel Alindra CEO of Alindra Group was actually a veterinarian, apparently he had to read more articles about the Alindra family."wah, Mr. Daniel is great, so, he comes from veterinary medicine but can be successful in the business world."

"Of course it's because of family demands that require Papa to continue with the business."

"Then?" Azfan wants Khalisa to continue the story of his phobia.

"I don't remember exactly how it happened, Mama once told me that Papa almost died because he contracted the rabies virus from the animals he handled, Papa said, because I'm a hard person to forget, that story will always be a bad memory for me."

Azfan was silent waiting for Khalisa's next story.

"Then when I was about 5 years old, I saw Papa again ngobatin one of the cats in the cat shelter had Mama and her friends, she was bitten until her arm was torn and her fever continued, fever, I'm afraid Papa is sick again and can't be helped, maybe that's what makes me afraid of cats, thinking of his name just makes me dry cold." Khalisa gripped his robe wet from sweating during the story.

Azfan took a deep breath after Khalisa ended his story, he never expected that a Daniel almost died from his work directly related to animals. Azfan understands Khalisa's feelings, everyone has their own fears whether it comes by itself or because of the dark past. Azfan thinks Khalisa has no dark side to his life. Of course it is hard to be Khalisa with his phobia in cats which is an animal that can be found anywhere.

"Khalisa, as long as I'm in your deck then I'll try to keep the beast away from you." Azfan tried to calm Khalisa down.

"Rindang also said that, thank you."

They parted ways when they arrived at the gate, Khalisa turned towards his apartment while Azfan stepped to the other side towards Mangan Gelato where he worked.