Roller Coasters
Episode 5's. Jalaran Saka Kulina's
The third semester, Octia often sits in front. Sitting in front makes it more comfortable because the view to the blackboard when the lecturer explained not blocked the shoulders and head of friends in front. Moreover, Octia's eyes were already nearsighted.
Dammar. From the first moment he came in, he was always sitting in front. Even until now. Damar, the person is always cheerful and smiling.
“Type of people like Damar if sad how is it? I rarely see Damar looking moody.” thought Oktia. Damar is also plain. Once upon a time when there was an exam, Octia sat in front of him. On the ring finger Octia coiled a ring. Damar innocently asked Octia about the price of the ring and Oktia was not afraid of being robbed if Octia wore a ring. He always comes first among the other friends. Although the house is quite close. He was always excited when he was in college. Although always excited, sometimes Damar can sleepy also in class. He's nice to anyone. He was, often confided and told stories to friends. Before telling me about the secret thing he will say ”Don't tell anyone ya!” but the fact is when he told others, he said so too.
Wulans. At the beginning of college, sometimes he often ran out of favorite seats for most people, so he often sat in front. Even when the test he was like a priest in a prayer line. He sat in front of himself while the others sat in the back. He is always cheerful and likes to tell stories, except when he is sick.
The frequent sitting in front made Oktia familiar with Damar and Wulan. Sometimes Octia sits between them. Sometimes Wulan sits between Octia and Damar. Close to Damar and Wulan who have a cheerful character has a positive impact on the quiet and calm Octia. They transmit cheerfulness. They also
likes storytelling. Octia who used to rarely tell stories, slowly contracting those who like to tell stories.
Oktia so often told stories to Damar and Damar often told Oktia. Whatever Damar tells you is usually connected to Octia. Canda laughs accompany their story. Until one morning before the lecture began, Damar who was standing on the front balcony of the class saw Oktia walking towards the classroom from the back of the building they were using for college.
“Kost you where the hell? How's the road from there?” ask Damar while pointing towards the back of the building.
“Kost-ku in the front area of the Faculty of Social Sciences Mar. Why why?”
“Nothing really. Just ask.”
Some time later.
“Ti, I borrowed a Math note! You brought no?”
“Nearly Mar.
“La later if there is a pause you go home to the boarding house? If you go home to the boarding house take notes Mathematics yes!”
“Wah, kostku far Mar. So, I won't go back to the store. Tired back and forth. You know I'm on foot.”
“Ya. I'll go back to college to your boarding house, huh?”
The school went on without anything special. The school closed with prayer.
“Ti, I'm not going to your hostel. Tomorrow you bring a Math note yes!”
The college days went on as usual without anything special. Oktia and Damar are on schedule to become practicum assistants. Damar usually comes early. Damar is often the first to arrive in the lab compared to his other assistant friends. Octia usually arrives at the lab after Damar arrives. Until one day.
“Ti, tomorrow I go to your boarding house to match the report.” Damar said on Octia. Understandably, the analysis of practical report data this time is quite complicated. Even Oktia often asked how to analyze lab data on friends who could analyze it.
“Yes, come to my kost. You know my hostel address?”
“Nggak.”
“Ya tomorrow I SMS, do not give the instructions.”
The sun began to sink into his quarrel. The cold night was shrouded in stars, slowly warming as the sun inched from the east. The day has changed. Time has shown at 5:30. Oktia stater her motorbike, to Rini's boarding house for a bath. Because, in the Octia boarding house there is no water. The well water in the cabin is dry. Long drought causes rain that never comes and makes it dry.
The clock is 6:30. HP Octia reads. Damar sent a message.
“Okti, I OTW to your kost.”
Oktia is waiting for Damar. Unarriving. It seems Damar is confused looking for the address of the Oktia boarding house. Finally Oktia picked up Damar on the street in front of her boarding house. From a distance, someone was riding a motorcycle. “That must be Damar.” thought Octia. And true. After confusion looking for the address of the boarding house Oktia, he finally arrived.
“Come in Mar!” octia invited Damar to come in.
After passing through the boarding gate and being in the living room, they began to work on the report. Damar has worked on all the parts except the analysis and conclusion section. Halfway through the reports, Damar seemed nervous.
“You why Mar?” ask Octia.
“I panic. I was in a hurry.” Damar replied while calming himself down.
While working on the report, they talked. In their conversation, Damar told me that he once wanted to be like the regent of Kulonprogo. Being a doctor, but also a leader.
After they finished working on the report, they went to college. Damar left first, Octia later. Upon arrival at the campus, there are several versions of the data analysis method. Finally Oktia decided to stick to her stance.
Days change, weeks change. The practice is running as usual. Sometimes data analysis is confusing. One night Octia was washing dishes in the kitchen. Suddenly, the sound of HP sounded. Oktia immediately ran to the room to pick up HP and then picked up the phone.
“New number. Whose number is this?” think Octia. Oktia is still afraid to pick up the phone from an unknown number. Oktia is still traumatized. Oktia almost got tricked for picking up the phone from an unknown number.
“Halo!” greet Octia.
“Halo!” answer someone from across there. Male voice. Oktia was really afraid that the person who called her was the one who was running her mode to commit a crime.
“Okti, this is Damar.” said the person across there. Knowing that who called Damar, Oktia immediately breathed a sigh of relief. “It turns out Damar is still trying to analyze lab data. There are some parts he does not know. That's why he called me.” Inner Octia. After explaining a few things then Damar closed the conversation via phone.
“Oh, yaudah tomorrow I'll go to your hostel. Assalamualaikum.” said Damar hung up his phone.
“Iya. Waalaikumus salam.” replied Oktia answered Damar's greeting.
The dark night revealed the beauty of the stars, the cold air that blew and drowsiness made Oktia go to sleep unwind. The next morning around 6:30 Damar called. He said that he was going to the Octia boarding house. Oktia asked him to wait in the living room. After Damar arrived at the Octia boarding house, they talked for a while.
“Okti, are you fasting?” ask Damar because today is dedicated to the fast of Arafah
for those who run.
“Iya Mar, I fast.”
“If I don't. I actually ate sahur, only the next morning I had a fever. So, I'm not fasting.”
“You have a fever? Quickly healed yes Mar.”
Getting close enough to Damar, Oktia feels that there is something different about her. Oktia felt something else. Maybe it was not only because Damar had twice come to the Oktia boarding house to work on the report. Once, Octia came in early and sat in the front guard rather sideways. Damar comes he sits in
beside him. Usually Damar sits in front of the center. However, he sat somewhat on the sidelines, to the left of Octia. Moreover, he often invites to chat or joke. That's what adds to Octia's turmoil. The Javanese proverb witing tresna jalaran saka kulina begins to show the truth. Its potency.
octia's advice to herself. Sometimes in a loud voice she sings a song.
Loving you I'm calm
Having you I exist
Every time you open your eyes
Missing you I always felt
Always hugging you in love
That's what I always wanted
You can make me smile and
You can make my breath more meaningful
You always take care of your heart
When away from me
Wait for me to come back
I love you always until
End of closing eyes
You always take care of your heart
That's the song that Oktia often sings when her heart feels something else if it's near Damar. Always Keep Your Heart song does describe a man who asks his lover to keep the heart when the man is away from the lover. However, the story is different with Octia. Oktia doesn't have a boyfriend yet. However, Octia wanted to guard her heart. Oktia is afraid one day
hurt if only the taste was only Octia who felt. And Damar
no. gabe.
One day, in class there was no teacher. Oktia heard someone singing a song
Untie you. The song was sung by Dayat. As a friend once
have been a practicum group and often work on practicum reports together
plus he once invited Oktia to study together, making curious
Octia.
“Who is in love with that body again? How she sang the song Let you go. Doesn't the song describe a man falling in love with a woman. Where the arrival of a woman coincides when the man is in trouble with his lover. Until one day the woman was able to treat
heart injury. Then the man fell in love with the woman. However, because the man does not want to hurt the woman. So the man took off the woman. But whose woman Dayat meant? Is it possible Gita?” inner Octia wondered.
Can't blame the time
It is impossible to blame the circumstances
You were present when I needed you
Of my life with him
The more I love you
The more I have to take you out of my life
Don't want to hurt your heart more than this
We can't possibly stay together
Someday you will get
Someone who will live your life
Let this be a memory
Two hearts that never merge
I'm sorry I let you
Come into this life
I'm sorry I had to take you off
Even though I don't want to
The more your love feels
The more I have to let you out of my life
Don't want to hurt your heart more than this
We can't possibly stay together
I’ll let you go
“Kok Dayat sing the song to release you huh? Who else would he be willing to let go of everything? Who does he want to let go of?” inner Octia wondered since Octia often studied with her.
