See You Tonight

Chapter 147: Time that seems to stop

Celine quickly replied to Galang who had just sent it, "So I want to invite you to eat, I happen to be in the Deket area of your house, too, but you didn't have to be yaudah deh hehehe."

"so yeah. Sorry, I was reading a book so I didn't notice if there was an incoming message. It's just now I open HP," I reply through WA.

"Well, read a book? Diligent learning well hehehe," replied Celine.

"Not a textbook. I mean a novel," I replied.

"Owh novel well. Oh yes, you like to read novels. By the way lately you've been reading what novels?" ask Celine again.

"Here, Moon Knight," I replied.

"That sounds interesting:D," wrote Celine.

"Yes, I find it interesting. So interesting, I was even so fond of reading it. What a shame if the story runs out I read," I reply.

"Hihihiwhy is that? Strange as well yah you," Celine replied again.

After that I don't know what else to repay Celine with. In the end I also prefer not to reply again and my mind thinks back about Cindy earlier.

***

After a few minutes of thought and contemplation, I finally got the idea that I could meet Cindy. I thought about going back to her grandmother's bookstore. If Cindy still hasn't come home, I'm just waiting for her to come home. Anyway, if I call or text her, Cindy will just ignore me like before.

Before going back to her grandmother's bookstore, I first told my mother that I would be home a little more tonight. I'll have dinner outside after that. So, I told my mom not to buy or make dinner for me, just enough for her, Mom and Hana.

When I started walking, suddenly the wind blew quite hard and felt so cold. Incidentally, today I did not bring a jacket, so the coldness freely pierced straight into the inside of my body.

As I walked this moment, the sky was already filled with stars. The moon was already in the place where it should have been when the sun had disappeared.

I often think to myself, has man really ever set foot on the moon? In the moon that we see every night? I don't know. If they had done it before, they would have been very lucky.

I also had time to think that could it be that the moon and the sun were actually playing hide and seek? Where one and the other froth not to meet each other. If this is true, who will win it at the end? Who will find the others first? I don't know.

I am walking pretty fast now. The growing cold, forcing me to move faster so that I can get to my destination quickly, which is in the bookstore.

Those very bright street lights, for some reason, could not reach my heart. Those lights can only light up the streets, while my heart somehow in there feels so dark and lonely.

***

I finally got back to the bookstore. I went in and asked Reza if Cindy had come home. Apparently, said Reza Cindy until now still not home.

I walked out of the store and began to wait for Cindy to arrive right next to the entrance. Because at this time I was not moving in the sense that I was just standing here waiting for Cindy, the cold this time felt colder and more piercing. I put my backpack on the front of my body. So, I can hug the bag and at least reduce the cold which is also interspersed with gusts of wind that add to the cold.

***

I've been waiting here for Cindy for a few minutes. In this wait for me, I always hoped that the footsteps that sounded around here belonged to Cindy. Maybe I currently look like a freak waiting for uncertainty in front of a small bookstore on the outskirts of town. However, I don't feel ashamed or anything like that. My anxiety about Cindy overcame any embarrassment or anything like that.

If only I had superpowers that could read people's minds, it probably wouldn't have been this curious and perplexing. However, even if I had that kind of strength, it was likely that my life would be more filled with trouble.

Just imagine if you can read people's minds, it means you will be able to hear what they think when they first see you. A good impression may not be a problem, but what about a bad impression? Not to mention every time whether on the street, at school, in the park, in the store, or wherever you will listen to the problems of people who are around there. Thinking about our own problems is sometimes very frustrating, what else if you have to listen to the problems of everyone you meet. Just imagining it makes me feel nauseous.

Shortly after, I heard footsteps approaching from the right side. From the rhythm of her footsteps, I seemed to already know who the owner of the footsteps was. To make sure I turned to the right side with a heart that was already pounding.

Just as I thought before. The footstep that just came was Cindy's. Finally, I met him after quite a while I searched and waited for him. Right now, my feelings are very mixed. Restless, confused, happy, worried, tired, sad, everything mixed into one.

Under the moonlight that was not too bright, you finally met Cindy. Our eyes are now meeting each other, but our mouths are still tightly locked. His steps stopped, about 5 steps ahead of me.

Right now, my time and world seem to stop. Right now, I can't see and feel anything around me. Everything looks so blurry and faint. It's just that, at a time when everything seemed to be at a standstill, all I saw was Cindy's figure.

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