Moon & Stars (Revised)
Section 36. First Meeting
In the silence of the night, the Star sat pensively on the balcony of the room while looking at the beautiful sky view. The star-studded sky accompanied by the evening moon makes the atmosphere of the night really perfect.
Accompanied by a cup of warm coffee plus sweet made by Bi Ira, the maid at the Bintang house, plus a cigarette that slipped between her index and middle fingers, further added to the enjoyment of the night.
The puff of smoke that comes out of the mouth and nose of the Star every time it sips the cigarette, soaring into the sky, then lost in the air. The star looked up to follow where the smoke went and disappeared.
It was a few minutes later, but Bintang had no intention of moving on from there. He was faithful to look at the beautiful sky. I don't know how many cigarettes were used up.
The star sipped once again his last cigarette which now lives a few inches. The irregular circular-shaped puff of smoke again soared high into the air. The stars watched him with a wave. When the smoke disappears, the star diverts its attention.
The star swiped the tip of the red-flaming cigarette into the edge of the ashtray, then threw the cigarette butt into it. Star Attention then switched to a cup of coffee that was still warm at the side table. The star ambushed the glass and drank it in one gulp. Jakun the guy looked up and down.
The star put the glass back on the table after sipping the coffee. Then, he reached into the pocket of his shorts like home pants and took his mobile phone from there.
The star examined the flat object which was incessantly beeping from earlier. Once the screen is on, Bintang can see hundreds of incoming messages in the WhatsApp app. The star also opens the green application. The star only glanced at the hundreds of chatterings that turned out to be from his class group which was again crowded. I don't know what his classmates are talking about. The stars don't care.
Ting!
082xxxxxxx
Bi, I'm being honest...
I still love you, Bi. I know, you must still like me too, right?!
Bi, would you like to turn me around?! Pliss, Bi!
Yeah, I know I was wrong. But I'm sorry. Plis, Bi I'm sorry! Give me one more chance. I promise I won't waste you again.
Pliss, Bi!
When Stars is about to exit the app, successive messages coming in from unknown contacts manage to grab the limelight of Stars. The star scrunched its forehead. His number is not foreign. The star opens his chat room with that contact.
^^^Read.^^^
The star simply reads the message without any intention of replying. Star out of the application and turn off the power of his mobile phone. The star puts the flat object back on the table with a rough lidkit. Then put his head on the back of the chair.
The star closed its eyes, trying to dispel all that was wandering in its mind. Now, the guy knows who's behind the unknown contact who just sent him the message.
Yes, he is the same person who has taught what it feels like to fall in love too deeply with the Stars. As well as teaching how it feels to be betrayed by a loved one.
In the past, it was a number that the Stars had always been waiting for a message from. Yeah, that was before. Now, the number of even the girl's name that had been engraved beautifully had already been erased completely from her heart. Stupidly the stars used to not directly block those contacts. Now he's sending her another chat right?!
Ah, nevermind! Still talking about the past. After all, the Star had already found a replacement. The star believes he's the soulmate he's been looking for all along. Ahai!
Flashback...
After school, the stars did not go home. He took the time to practice futsal with Surya at their usual training ground, after missing a few days. Many of his friends questioned that.
“Kok, just logged in again, Bro? Yesterday, where was it?”
Smiling stars respond to their questions, then answer them briefly and simply.
“Again my mager, Bro!” So said.
The cliche reason is. But how else? No way, right, the stars tell their friends the truth?
And stupidly, they even believe the answer just like that except Surya.
Yes, Surya. Only that guy was the only one who knew all about the Stars. And vice versa, the Star also already knows all about Surya. It was because they had been friendly and familiar since childhood. In fact, they already looked like a pair of brothers.
It's getting late afternoon. The sun in the Western horizon is almost drowned replaced by the rising of the night moon in the Eastern horizon. Futsal training ended a few minutes ago. After changing clothes, now, the stars are ready to go home. All of his friends who were sitting in the guest room were staring at the confused Star. Because, after they exercise, they usually take the time to hang out first for half an hour while drinking before going home. Eitss, don't get me wrong .. not the alcohol, really, they consume.
Again, many questions that the Stars get from his friends. Like ...
“Star, you want to go back?”
Fortunately, there is Surya who helps Star answer the questions of his friends. Huh, thank goodness! The boy was useful to him as well.
“Yes already, I unplug first. Sorry, can not join today,” fare stars while bertos ria ala guy on his friends one by one.
After the ceremony was over, the man stepped out of the room and rushed to the parking lot. Approaching his sport bike and plugging gas out of the parking lot.
The cold of the night accompanied the star who was on the motorcycle alone. This Malan street looks very quiet. The number of vehicles passing by can be calculated with fingers. Tumben once an hour this way the road is not jammed.
A gentle breeze came upon the face of the Star, waving the man's hair which was beginning to thicken. A smile emanated on his lips looking at the supermarket in front of him not far from where he was now. The guy pulled his bike over in front of the supermarket that was open 24 hours.
The star came down from the bike and parked it as safely as possible. Then the man in a short blue sports outfit stepped into the supermarket. The cold air coming from the AC of the room directly pierced the skin of the Star who only used short-sleeved clothes.
The stars cast their eyes all over the room. Not too crowded, but the end can be said to be a lot. The boy's steps led him to the corner of the room, where there were several large freezers that housed a variety of cold drinks.
Yeah, that's the only goal the Stars got into this supermarket. Cold drink. Already since then the man held back his thirst that continued to burst.
The star gulped its saliva and approached the freezer. Because of his unfocusedness on the streets, the guy got hit by someone's shopping trolley so that his body fell and ended up on the floor.
BRUK!
“Articles!” the stars are upset.
The star tries to rise from its position, but it cannot. Until she felt another hand grab her shoulder trying to help her stand up.
“Eh, sorry. Lo ... lo no papa, right?” ask the girl who just hit him.
“Lepasin.” The star snatched an upset then brushed aside the girl's hand that was perched sweetly on her shoulder. He tried once again to get up from his position and succeeded. He also felt the girl who hit him rise from his squatting position.
“Lo no papa .. lo no papa ..”
“Lo don't see me—”
The star patted the back of his pants as if it was emitting dust stuck there. Initially, it was about to nag the girl for her carelessness to the point of making her fall. But when his black netra met directly with the girl's netra, his words instantly evaporated in the air. The girl standing in front of him managed to keep him silent. His tongue was too weak to continue his words.
The star ended its dumelan. The full face of his emotions earlier, now changed brightly. The smile of the sumringah was etched beautifully on her lips.
"Beautiful," muttered the Star filled with admiration.
The star looked at the girl deeply with a smile that kept on being imprinted on her lips. While the girl only returned it with a flat look. Only the eyes of the two of them were clashing against each other. No conversation has taken place.
Slowly but surely, a faint smile rose on the girl's ayu face. The smile of the stars seemed to rub off on him.
“Ngapain see that kayak? I'm handsome, huh?” tanya Bintang managed to disperse the girl's daydream.
The star giggled inwardly as the girl regained her senses and shook her head. The star knew the girl must have been fascinated by him.
The Star Daydream caved when it saw the girl pass away leaving him. Instantly both of his eyes widened looking at the back of the girl who had been swallowed by the passage in the corner there.
“HEH, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!” the shouting of the Stars made some visitors glance towards him. The star smiled stiffly as he lowered his head as if apologizing to them. “WAITIN GUE!!”
His shout was ignored by the girl, he continued to step his legs.
As fast as lightning, Bintang approached the freezer and took a cold drink from there. Just taught the girl who is believed to still be around here.
Off Flashback...
The stars opened their eyes slowly. A sweet smile was simply etched on her lips. A smile that would make anyone melt when they saw it. A piece of the incident on the way home was replayed in the memory of the Star. Where he met a beautiful angel who went rough in the supermarket. The first meeting that was not so wearing.
Ah, remembering that makes the Stars can't stop smiling.
“Beautiful,” murmured her praises.
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