Married With My First Love (Travel Story of Lantern Love And Scintillating)
48. After one year
...❤️❤️❤️...
..."Directly one year yes.hehehe, let's not last, because the part is still long..."...
...Happy Reading everything..."...
Without feeling it has been a year Lanterns are in the Land of people.
Language school is over.
In the second year, he was finally able to attend college and would meet other students.
His relationship with Gilang is still fine.
Although sometimes Tera feels tired because every day must be notified by phone or video call.
Tera still liked Gilang as much as when she first saw the young man.
But due to the long distance, it made it a little difficult.
Even his mother only asked to be notified once a few days for fear of interrupting his study time and fear that Tera only always wanted to go home if every day heard his mother's voice.
But Gilang always asked that he contact her every day.
He never expected Gilang to be a possessive person when talking about relationships.
...*...
Today because Lantern was busy with college affairs and taking care of his move to the one room dormitory, making him forget to contact Gilang, even his phone all day was not heard ringing because he deliberately turned on silent mode so that his activities were not interrupted.
Until almost one o'clock at night, he laid himself on a cramped mattress in his new room.
She felt comfortable even though it was only one small room that she now occupied, at least she could freely cry at any time without worrying her friends looking.
...*...
He stared at the screen of his phone that was already running out of power.
Twenty calls have been missed since this morning.
There are even dozens of chat and voice notes from Gilang.
Tera astonished herself to stare at Gilang's writing.
He did not think, the person who used to hate him, now has changed drastically and is very afraid if left alone.
Every day he heard or read the writings of Gilang who always said the same thing.
..."Please don't change, and don't leave me alone."...
Isn't he alone.Tera thought.
It is precisely Tera who has to fight alone here, passing everything without a single person understanding it.
Tera had already passed her nineteenth birthday alone here, while Gilang celebrated her twentieth birthday with her parents, even with Tera's mother.
Tera has gone so far, but their circumstances are still very much different, making Tera feel sick of everything, she does love Gilang sincerely, but somehow because of their circumstances, because of them,makes Tera never feel truly happy.
...*...
Gilang's phone rang long over the nightstand next to his bed.
It's morning, Lantern just got back to him.
..."What was your busy last night?"...
..."Busy taking care of college I was Gilang, kept moving, last night because it was late, so I did not dare to call back, not disturbing, I was also tired, so I stayed asleep."...
..."But I waited until almost dawn...!"...
..."Yeah sorry, don't I know."...
..."So reply dong chat me, or call back to let you know..."...
..."I'm afraid of being disturbed..."...
..."It's up to you, Ra, I want breakfast first, and I'll call you back if you remember."...
..."But it's Gilang..."...
..."Now, don't say anything else if you're tired, just rest there..."...
The phone connection was cut off, Gilang disconnected without thinking about Tera's feelings.
Tera knew his mistake, for not replying to Gilang's message before going to bed, but didn't she already tell him the reason.
Tera lazily got up and sat down at her study table.
He thought hard again.
Glad it's still Gilang.
Himself remains himself.
Crossed with her irritable attitude, and Tera who had difficulty explaining her feelings honestly.
Sometimes they have trouble regulating their emotions.
Especially if it is related to long distance as it is now.
It felt like Tera just slammed her phone, so she had a reason not to be contacted, but what about her mother...
No one else will notice it secretly, let alone blatantly.
He liked his current state, as well as the time he hated it...
...*...
Until two days Gilang did not contact him, Although Lantern felt strange, but still hope Gilang call him.
For a year he was here, not being called by Gilang for two days like this was rare.
Lanterns are only afraid if Gilang decides it unilaterally and then has fun on top of his suspicions.
Because of his fear, he finally chose to call first on the sidelines of his break.
..."Hello mas Gilang..."...
..."Yes why?"...
..."Is Gilang angry with me?"...
..."No?"...
..."Continues yesterday deadin phone until now never call, this is the first time mas Gilang like gini, mass Gilang want us to break up?"...
..."Eh no Ra, yesterday I was upset, but if not call because it was busy again."...
..."Mas Gilang busy what, usually also while in college can send messages to me?"...
..."Want a test Ra..."...
Gilang quibbled, because he was upset two days ago, finally he had to refrain from calling Tera, even though it was the hardest to do.
..."Mas Gilang lied..."...
..."No Ra..."...
..."No way, where the exam was completed last January, goldsmith did not pretend to forget, this is already April."...
..."I have an additional exam..."...
..."Mas Gilang, I want to break up..."...
..."Tera..."...
..."Why?"...
..."I don't want Ra."...
..."But it was Gilang who started."...
..."I'm sorry."...
..."Apologize for what?"...
..."Because yesterday was angry, and didn't call you?"...
..."So Gilang is angry, right?"...
..."Yes, yesterday, it's not..."...
..."Mas Gilang likes it if you do not have to be tired of contacting me every day?"...
..."No Tera, you don't know, I'm almost crazy because I'm reluctant to call or send messages to you..."...
..."Then why not call?"...
..."Want to know, you'll call me first or not."...
..."Not clear."...
..."Pardon..."...
..."I go to class first, I'll call you back next year..."...
..."Teraa..."...
Tera's turn to disconnect the phone first, making Gilang cluck upset across there.
They are childish, a little quarrel like this is a bad start to a long distance relationship.
Gilang who does not really understand the meaning of their relationship feels hate for himself or Tera.
He could not control his emotions because Tera seemed to deliberately avoid him.
The first year alone they were almost unsteady.
How can they survive for another 5 years.
Gilang is really upset, it feels like he caught up with Lantern there, but the lecture has been running for two years, if he wants to move, then he has to repeat everything from the beginning, and it will make his father angry.
He did promise to wait for Tera, but if it was like this he couldn't possibly keep his promise.
He doesn't think everything can get weird and change so fast, even though he loves lanterns so much.
He did not hate the lanterns, only hated the circumstances that kept them as separate as they are now.
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