Pursuing Love in the Past

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The race event has ended, but the heartbeat of Ayunda is still racing, considering tomorrow will leave with Alfian to his hometown. Ever since Ayunda found out that the man with the initials A had been paying attention to her during her internship at the Santoso Station company, her face had always been met with red imagining Alfian's face.

"Mas, later stop at the supermarket, yes", pinta Ayunda kindly.

Tony smiled as he glanced at the rearview mirror. "Well, Non", he replied.

Not much chatter in the car. Highlight the eyes of Ayunda who continues to look out the window glass, down the streets that still look crowded. I don't know what was in his mind, so that the two corners of his lips were pulled upwards forming an arch. Ayunda's sweet smile is peeked at by Tony's amazed eyes through the rearview.

"It's over, Non." Tony said that the daydreams of Ayunda.

"OK Mas. Wait a minute, yes", she asked with a friendly smile, which Tony responded with a nod.

Ayunda got out of the car, then stepped into the supermarket. Tony, looking out the windshield, again amazed at the friendliness and sweet attitude of Ayunda, which is slightly different from Reina.

"Reina", Tony muttered. "Why do I compare it to Reina" he said, shaking his head. Then Tony locked the car door and played a song, to get rid of his boredom, because he knew when women shop there would never be enough time.

Tony's discordant voice filled the cabin of the car that was indeed soundproof. Tony grew bolder and bolder in his loud voice, when the song finally ended. Even the sound of a knock on the windshield creates harmony between sound and music.

"Mas Tony!" yelled Ayunda in panic. Tony was aghast as he glanced to his right side, Ayunda's face suddenly appearing outside the windshield of the car. Tony rushed to open the car door, with a parched face. He did not expect Ayunda to return so soon.

"Sorry, Non. I thought that Non had been shopping for a long time, just like - "Tony hung up his words while scratching his non-itchy head.

Ayunda smiled at Tony, who was still standing at the side of the door. "Just as Reina meant Mas Tony", guess Ayunda by winking her eyes.

"Bu-no, Non", he said. "So I would say, just like any other woman" Tony argued.

Ayunda shook her head. "Come, let's just go home, Mas. If over time here, I briefly changed my mind.. continue shopping, how?" threaten Ayunda.

"No, Non. Let's just go home, yeah." Tony got into the car and rushed to sit on the steering wheel. He drove the vehicle at moderate speed while occasionally glancing at Ayunda who had smiled out the window of the car.

It seems that non Ayunda is very happy because he can win first, guess Tony in his mind.

***

"Assalamualaikum Mother's... " Ayunda said his greetings when he was in the apartment owned by his brother. Ayunda repeated it, but the mother also did not deny it.

"Mother."., call him by looking around the apartment. "Where are you going, huh?" Ayunda wondered, because not usually the mother was not in the apartment.

Chequek.

The open apartment door turned Ayunda's attention towards the entrance. The mother appeared from behind the door on the sister's side.

"Mother." call Ayunda while approaching the mother. "Pantesan, Yunda cariin everywhere. Hem, it turns out Mother went shopping with Kak Adrian" said Ayunda while glancing at the mother's grocery bag.

"Mother's not shopping, son. It's the ole-ole we're gonna bring tomorrow, get our old neighbor in there."

"This much, Bun?" Ayunda grabbed the bag of groceries from the hand of the mother, to see what had been bought by the mother.

The mother nodded her head with a smile. "Some mothers want to share for the children of the orphanage there."

Ayunda smiled broadly at the mother's words. "Let Yunda share ya, Bun. Oh, yeah, which one's for the orphanage, Bun?" ask Ayunda by opening the mother's grocery bag.

"Ready, Brother!" sahut Ayunda's.

"Mother if tired, rest first. Let Yunda settle it all", persuaded Adrian to the mother, because he saw her tired face.

"Mother nemani Yunda for a moment. After that, you must rest."

"Okay, Bun", Adrian replies with a smile, then walks into the room.

***

Ferdo was in the room lying on his king-size bed. I don't know how long he's been looking at the ceiling of his room, and I don't know how many lizards have greeted him. Even his position still remained the same, ever since he started lying on the bed.

"Huft, I can't forget, and I will never forgive, whoever did it!" Ferdo breathed heavily recalling the bitter memories, as the fateful event that befell his two parents occurred before his own eyes. The hard strokes on his face showed a grudge he could not shake.

"I'll definitely find the culprit" said Ferdo. Then he grabbed his phone on the nightstand, to see some of the messages and phone calls he had ignored.

Ferdo scrolls the phone in his hand, ignoring messages from Siska, even dozens of missed calls from him. He was more interested in one message than Adrian. Ferdo's gloomy face was cheerful again, when one name was tucked into a message sent by Adrian. Then Ferdo sent him a reply.

"When time can be turned back. They must be happy when they meet the woman of my choice." Ferdo took a deep breath, then walked over to open the closet. A pink towel, which looks still clean and folded neatly was grabbed. Ferdo then hugged with longing, "may I make you happy" she said with a smile.

***

A cheerful morning gives warmth in the apartment Adrian. Some of the list of names of their neighbors, which has just been given by the mother, is like the list of groceries the mother.

"Bun, forgive Yunda. It's all Yunda's fault, for asking for a list of the names of our neighbors who will be given ole-ole."

"You anyway, deck. Strangely enough, use ask to make a list of everything." Adrian walked while carrying his suitcase.

"Yes, Brother. Yunda I was wrong. This is the list Yunda threw away" said Ayunda regretfully because it had inconvenienced the mother.

Ting.

Ayunda rushed to open the door, as if she was waiting for someone to come. Adrian who saw the behavior of his sister shook his head.

Chequek.

Ayunda's smile expanded as she looked at the man before her. "Come on, come on, brother" he said with a friendly smile.

Brother Alfian is really cool if you wear casual clothes, Inner Ayunda.

"Hi, bro", greet Adrian while giving each other a tos. "You shouldn't have bothered to go up here."

"Hem, tired of waiting downstairs", he said.

"Okay, if so, let's go!" bring Adrian. Then pull his travel bag and the mother.

"Let me help" said Ferdo.

"Don't bro! That's Tony helping, really", Adrian pointed out, when Tony was just coming in.

They went outside the apartment to the elevator.

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