NO DIGAS ADIOS (Don't Say Goodbye)

NDA -123-S

Adam and Selenia went in and out of one store to another in the mall to look for some of their baby-to-be needs. There were already four bags of groceries hanging on Adam's arm, but Selenia felt there was still something to buy. She was so excited for this shopping event. All the baby-related items looked cute and adorable in his eyes. But patiently, Adam gave him the understanding that not everything should be bought now.

"There's still 2 months left, baby. We shop again sometime."

They stopped in front of the seventh baby supply store. Selenia. He then checked one by one the contents of his shopping bag and then the mangosteen. It turned out that he had bought a lot today.

"Well, sometime again. Still have to buy stroller, bouncher, baby bed... aaaaaaaaa!" screeches and squeaks.

Adam shook his head at the happy expression of his wife. The other day, Selenia smiled happily. He grabbed Selenia's shoulder and invited her to leave the store.

"Where else are we?" ask Adam.

"Eat?" Selenia. "I'm laper and thirsty" he stroked his stomach.

Adam looked straight ahead, at the restaurant inside the mall. By the way, he's hungry too. In the office at lunchtime, he did not have time to rest because his work was very busy. Luckily there is Lukman, one of the assistants who can handle his work so that he can go home early this afternoon. Otherwise, it might be possible that he will come home again tonight, and of course it will make Selenia disappointed because the promise of shopping must be delayed.

"OK, we eat there yuk," Adam pointed to a restaurant that is not so crowded with visitors.

Arriving at the restaurant, Selenia immediately sat on one of the empty benches while Adam went to the food reservation counter. While waiting for Adam to return from the counter, Selenia checks her phone. Just in case someone called but he didn't hear because he was still busy hunting. And it turns out to be true, in addition to the missed call from Cia, there are some messages also from Cia and... Tony's?

Selenia's forehead shriveled. It's been two weeks since Tony never contacted her again. Kok tumben's. Selenia pressed a message from Tony.

Tony: [Sore Cell, where are you?]

Selenia: [Hey, afternoon too. I'm outside again, what's up Ton?]

Message sent but no reply. So Selenia opened another message that came from Cia.

Cia: [Cell, when do we double date? We are free with the same school materials! You promised]

Selenia tepok. Yes, he had promised his best friend that he would make a double date.

Selenia: [Kapan2. I'm out there with Adam.]

As soon as the message was sent, Selenia's phone immediately rang aloud, which turned out to be a phone from Cia.

"Hmmmm yes hello," said Selenia.

"Lo what about Cells? How about Adam Doang? Iiiih. he said he used to want double date, this even ngedate itself. No bangeeeet!" cia's long strangulation made Selenia reflex keep the device away from her ears.

Selenia looked towards Adam who was still standing in front of the counter table, waiting for his food to be ready. Her husband threw a smile and waved at her, hinting to be patient 'just a moment' and Selenia nodded.

"Heh!!" reply Selenia snapped as soon as Cia stopped babbling. "Who is that? I went to the baby shopping mall..."

"Haaa?? why don't Iueee....??" whine Cia. "I'm so excited about shopping.... "

"Hmmm.. can not dong Cia, I'm shopping for the needs of my son, yes definitely I did not meet the husband. If you want to shop this way, then marry first..."

There was a grunt that made a rumbling sound at the end of the phone.

"Lo it's the same now as me," Cia's voice swallowed. There was a sad tone in it. "Lo don't need me anymore? We're not friends anymore..??"

But that expression just made Selenia giggle amusedly. At that moment his eyes saw Adam walking towards him with a tray of food and drinks for the two of them.

"Yes dramatic bangeeeet. Don't baper dong, yes you need my best friend," replied Selenia. "Eh Ci, yes, this is Adam. Later I call you again, we set the time for a double date. Hye!" he said later and immediately hit the red mark on his phone.

"A really big one?" adam's comment saw Selenia smiling after receiving a phone call. He served a serving of food and a glass of drink to Selenia, then sat in a chair in front of Selenia. "Who's dear?"

"It's customary, Cia..." Selenia glanced at her phone again, knowing there was a reply message from Tony, but nothing.

"Ooh, why her?"

"Call an appointment to double date. We used to have a double date plan after the exam."

Adam hung a fork on his lips hearing Selenia's words. Double dates?

"You want Dam, if we double date Cia and Marvin too?" ask Selenia.

Adam swallowed his food with great difficulty, causing him to cough. It's nothing at all. Suddenly it crossed his mind if they were double dates. Doesn't she look like she's babysitting three teenagers?

Seeing that, Selenia immediately thrust a drink to Adam who was immediately gulped by him.

"Ehhh... Why are you?? dong slowly ate it..."

"Honey," said Adam after swallowing his food smoothly. "I don't want to double date. But... Is it not funny? The impression I'm rich again ngasuh you three later."

"Wmmmppffhh..." Selenia held back a laugh and covered her mouth to prevent her food from spouting out. "Why are you talking about that anyway? Yes, no. There's-there's just.." the laughter exploded again. "Yes to yaaaaa...please....!" Selenia shook Adam's arm.

Not to be, Adam nodded. Indeed, all this time he could never refuse Selenia's request, whatever it was.

"Selenie?" a voice called from behind him.

Selenia looked up and Adam looked up.

"Remissed?" adam and Selenia were almost at the same time.

"Well, how are you?" balas Selenie's.

"Well, too" Renata looked at Selenia's grocery bag, and instantly her eyes twinkled at the bag and turned her eyes to Selenia's stomach.

"Shop baby needs? Geez.. means we haven't met for a long time. How many months is it now?" she stroked Selenia's stomach gently.

"Seven months' walk" Selenia replied, glancing at Adam.

"Gee, good luck until the birth."

"Amiiin!" adam answered firmly. Intentionally to take attention from the excitement of two women who release each other kangen in front of him.

Realizing that he had been acting excited, Renata hurriedly lowered his head when he heard Adam's words and saw the man who had just smiled looking at him and Selenia.

"Oh, sorry Mr. Adam. E. This, if you look at a pregnant person, the inn likes my gurgles."

"Hmmmppffhh. By the way who's here? Where's nola? Why not come?" ask Adam at last.

"I'm the same. e..." Renata. He bit his lip as a man walked towards him. And instantly his face turned red as the man stopped right beside him. The man's hand tore into a plastic bag containing four food boxes.

"Lho, Adam? you here too? how are you?" the man patted Adam on the shoulder.

Adam and Selenia look at each other to welcome the presence of the man. He's Irham, Adam's former co-worker back in Mr. Anton's office. From this unexpected encounter made Adam conclude one conjecture. He pointed at Irham and Renata alternately, then wide-eyed.

"You two....." Adam did not continue his sentence.

"Hehehe. yes, I am Renata...." Irham embraced Renata's still timid shoulder. "We're engaged."

Selenia clapped her small hands. "Well, congratulations, Ren" he was happy to hear the news.

"Woy bro!" Adam stood up and punched Irham slowly on the shoulder. "Good news this afternoon. Long time no see, once I see happy news. Congratulations!" he shook Irham's hand tightly.

"Thanks Dam." replied Irham.

The accidental meeting eventually led them to an impromptu double date. Adam asks Irham and Renata to join him and Selenia at the same table. The four of them enjoyed the meal while having a great conversation. But Selenia was amused herself, considering the promise of a double date with Cia and Marvin who had to be delayed and now even with this new pair.

One month after Adam resigned from Mr. Anton's company, Irham was appointed GM to replace him. While Renata, after Irham openly proposed to her on her 29th birthday, she immediately decided to resign a week after their engagement. It's not good to feel that there is a relationship with fellow colleagues in one office, even though Mr. Anton is not so concerned about it. Now Renata has his own busyness in managing the distro business that he just pioneered for the last two months.

"Sometimes maen dong to my distro," Renata offers. "Still small anyway. his name is also just pioneering."

"It looks like, where the hell is it?" asked Selenia enthusiastically.

"Not far from my house. It is deliberately choose a place close, so it can ngajak Nola also sometimes."

"Oh yeah, Nola how are you?" ask Selenia.

"She is healthy, and. thank God, get more understanding with her mother."

"So when are you going to inaugurate it?" Adam interrupted.

Renata and Irham looked at each other, then smiled together.

"We will definitely be informed" replied Irham confidently.

"Yes, yes" Adam said.

"Yes. Yes, the next time we marry you, don't invite you" Irham replied.

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Not far from where the four of them were chatting, a pair of eyes seemed to be staring at them with a gaze that was difficult to interpret. His hand held the phone that was displaying the screen of a message. He looked down at the phone screen, and his thumb slowly pressed the delete icon. In an instant, the message he was just about to send vanished.

"Gue thought where you were, instead standing here," a voice and pat on his back jerked himself. "What the hell is Ton here?" Yoga, Tony's friend looked inside the restaurant area.

"No pa-pa really," Tony hurriedly stuffed his phone into the hoodie bag he was wearing. "Yes, he turned around and pulled Yoga's hand away from the place.

Up ahead, Petra and some of her friends were already standing there waiting. This afternoon, they went to the mall because there is a new film release that they will watch together in theaters in this mall. While passing in front of the restaurant, Tony accidentally turned his head inside and saw the bench occupied by Selenia, Adam and two other people. At that time he was just about to reply to a message from Selenia that he had just checked when he got out of the elevator. But once he saw the scene, the intention to reply was he undo. Selenia was happy and she didn't want to bother.

But still that scene he could not ignore just like that. For some reason the more I came here, the harder it was to forget about a Selenia. Though all this time he had tried to refrain from contacting Selenia. He even blocked WhatsApp Selenia a few times, but still in the end he unblock again. And it torments his own mind immensely. Before he had never felt that moving on would be this difficult. Back when he was in old High School, not only once twice he had a relationship with a woman, but when the humungan was over, yes already. There was no burden in his heart. But why else now? Why is Selenia so hard to forget?

Is it possible because these feelings were never revealed? Do I have to express it to feel a little relieved? But what if it will only make a friendship that has been fine to stretch?

She already has a husband, and she is also pregnant. What kind of man would I want to express my heart to someone who already belongs to someone else? But why is it getting sicker and sicker to keep it?

Tony stood among the other queues to buy tickets to watch with a troubled mind. His mood for the movie was instantly gone. But he is not happy with his friends if suddenly he has to go and not so watch.

"Mas, hunt forward," someone behind him patted Tony on the shoulder and pointed at the front row that was already far ahead of him.

"Ee. i-iya sorry," Tony replied nervously as he stepped up.

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...To be continuous...