Short Story (Cerpen)

Ball Round

Category: Romantic Love Short stories

Title: Round Ball

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If guys like football it's common, even if guys don't like football, it feels weird. But if girls like the same soccer is not natural? It's natural actually, but if for this one woman, how is it?.

Aci perdana wardani, student of UNPAD psychology faculty semester 1. He could go to college because he got a scholarship from his High School first. He is a smart child, but behind his cleverness there is an unnatural hobby from within him, which is very fond of football. If you like only to be limited to menonoton if there is free time it can still be said to be reasonable, but this? He always watches the ball under any circumstances and anywhere.

Today, at 15.00 Aci plans to watch a counter-persiba football match live on the field of harupat starlings, Bandung. At 14:00 he had gas.

The team really enjoyed the match. But, there seems to be a player that he gave more attention, the right wing jersey number 8, he had put 1 goal into the Persiba goal earlier in the 48th minute. It felt, Aci knew the figure of the young man.

The sound of a long whistle marking the end of the match had already been heard. Just take a fad down from the stands of spectators to the field for the same photo of the player, the same one done by several people. He walked over to the young man he had noticed earlier. The young man who is number 8.

“Kak Adri, can you ask for a photo together no?”, greet Aci politely to the young man he called “kakak Adri” it. “by”, replied the young man briefly. They posed several times.

“Still yes kak”, said Aci politely back, a sweet smile attached to his lips, as well as with sister Adri.

“Iya the same, you Aci perdana wardani right?”, asked brother Adri while watching Aci's face. Aci blushed embarrassed by the treatment of brother Adri.

“Yes, brother still remember me? Ehh... Max, brother knows me?”. brother Adri walk invite Aci to sit.

“Yes know, Alik will often tell stories about kamu”, explained brother Adri.

Brother Alik? Stories about me? How can? What was I guessing all along was true?, a thousand questions popped into Aci's mind. Alik is a young man who Aci gave more attention to High School time. Aci's eyes were always on Alik. This Adri is Temen Alik, that's as far as Aci knows. You see, Alik where must be the same Adri.

“Kak Alik? The story about me?”, asked Aci repeated Adri's statement.

“Iya, Alik often stories about you. You know that Alik likes you?”, obviously and asked brother Adri. Duarrr.Aci was shocked by Adri's statement. Brother Alik likes me? How can it?, Inner Aci.

“That's the richest there is a difference is the same Alik's big brother's gaze to me, but do not understand if it turns out love”, replied Aci sekhenya.

“o, so. But, honestly you have the same taste Alik? Cie..”, ledek kak Adri.

“just pay more attention to Alik, hehe”, replied Aci embarrassed.

“Emm.. You are in Bandung again on vacation continue to watch the ball, is it settled here?”, asked brother Alik to divert the conversation.

“I studied at UNPAD, and post around campus”. Aci.

“Take what faculty?”, ask Adri again.

“Psychologi”, answer Aci briefly.

“You can beasisiwa right?”. For the umpteenth time the question was thrown from the mouth of Brother Adri.

“Kok know si?”. Aci does not understand why Adri can know he got a scholarship.

“From whom else if not Alik, he knows everything about you, he is very in love with you”. One drop.. Two drops. Seeing that, Brother Adri was confused himself.

“Why you? Brother didn't pinch you? Brother also does not anger you, why do you cry?”.

“If Brother Alik likes me, why does he not approach me, it does not make sense a man likes women but he let the woman walk alone”. Aci told her heart. And as much as possible he did not shed any more tears.

“already! Don't think! If the problem is brother does not understand, it is a matter of heart, brother does not want to interfere”, said brother Adri trying to improve the situation. He just fell silent, it was hard to open his mouth.

“Yuk road!”, take brother Adri arrived. Aci turned to look at Adri who turned out to be looking at him as well. His eyes hint at seriousness. Why am I even sad like this, stupid!, Inner Aci. “Ayo”, reply Aci with 100% changed expression%. And, brother Adri is happy with that. “But, you just played, 90 minutes full again, you must be tired, next time deh”, added Aci who really understands the state of Adri.

“It's okay, if that nemenin you, tired it must immediately disappear”. Immediately protest. “Yeee...”.

“Hehe.. Yes, let's go”. Adri stood up, extending his hand to help Aci stand up. Aci accepts, he puts his hand on Adri's brother's hand. They left the stadium.

They stopped at a cafe that was actually too grand for an Aci. Adri's sister leads him to enter the cafe, taking him to sit at one of the empty tables.

“You pesen what mbak, mas?”, asked a waiter who arrived to arrive. Adri mentioned what he ordered, as well as Aci.

“Enak yes place, convenient. Sister often here?”, asked Aci who still sees the cafe.

“If you run out usually come here with Affi”. Brother Adri told.

“This is his order”, said someone arrived. The waiter brought their ordered food.

“O yes, sister has long been in Persib? I saw brother play anyway just earlier this season”. Aci picked up his drink and began to gulp it slowly.

“O”, answer Aci briefly.

“You majored in psychology because of what parents want their own? Didn't you get into the IPA? Story dong, interesting like”, said brother Adri while playing his eyebrows.

“More interesting sister like”. Aci smiled with his own seduction, as well as brother Adri who was even more excited.

“Cie.. Can wilt also”, ledek kak Adri. Scratch just a whimper while squinting his eyes.” Enter psychology itself, from the first it wants to be a psychologist, if the first IPA major and now major in psychology there is a problem? I like something challenging, psychology is very opposite to IPA which is all full of formulas, hehe”, added Aci.

“Can you. If according to your observations, for the future career can be brilliant brother not?”, asked brother Adri.

“Sister, I'm a psychologist not a fortune teller, so I can't look at my brother's future, but if according to theory, a face like this sister's face is less fortunate”. Aci laughed loosely with his words, as well as brother Adri.

“Don't dong, this time rich kece face is said to be less fortunate, this sister-like face is usually said face less lesson, less given formula”, said brother Adri with a very funny expression. I laughed again with that. Comfortable, maybe that's what he feels the same brother Adri.

“Stop laughing, afraid brother will come to your mouth”. He stopped laughing and immediately protested.

“Yee.. If the pantes brother not enter my mouth, but enter my heart”. For the second time, Aci managed to seduce Adri.

“Cie.. Say again, you pantes follow Indonesian Idol”.

“Queen gombal sister, mass can woo the entry of Indonesian idol, kan strange”, scolding Aci.

“Iya deh yes. Request your mobile number dong”. Astounded, he plunged his gaze into the eyes of Brother Adri.

“Mobile number? Nay! I have an idea. I will give my phone number to my sister if we meet again, okay?”, explained Aci. Adri just nodded.

“Oke, Persib played in the cage on March 18, 25, the same March 5, you came on the 18th ya”, said brother Adri with hope. Aci just smiled thinly.

1 Day. 2 days. 3 days have passed. Aci is still too busy with his task that every day must be presented. He forgot his promise today to brother Adri, which is watching a persib match.

Adri Pradipta's. He was trying to find a female figure that might currently already be in his heart. He said yesterday that he would see a persib match and would give his mobile number. But, 35 minutes had he circled the stadium hoping that figure was in front of him now. But reality says otherwise, there is no one but him in the stadium. “Maybe he can't give you his mobile number. Maybe Alik is still in his heart”, said Adri who little by little passed leaving the stadium.

Today is February 25th. Persib will fight again. Adri is still very hopeful that Aci will come and encourage him. Hope also will give her a sweet smile that she already misses so much.

75 Minutes has gone. Adri played very ugly. He had to be pulled out by the coach. On the bench, he tried to find Aci in the stands. But the result is nil. That figure still doesn't exist. Those negative thoughts popped up again in Adri's brain.

Task completed, Aci got an A from all existing materials.1 week he got a day off. He immediately remembered with Brother Adri and also his promise. See the calendar and march 5! Now Persib will play against PBR, I have to watch, Inner Aci. Is Brother Adri waiting for me? Was he expecting my arrival? A thousand questions popped up in Aci's mind. Not wanting to get too late, he started preparing himself to watch that match.

Adri has been too disappointed with Aci who has 2 games not come to the stadium. He felt that believing in Aci was a stupid thing. Today he will focus on the game, and already will not expect the arrival of Aci.

Adri played very well, it was proven with 1 goal that Adri had contributed for Persib. Seeing that, Aci is very happy, it feels like brother Adri is already in that special place, Inner Aci.

Match over. Adri intended to leave the stadium. But his steps stopped because he heard a voice that was no stranger to him, the voice approached him.

“Still want my mobile number?”, said someone arrived. Adri turned his head, his heart laughing, but his face had no reaction at all. He turned around and started to move his legs back. The figure of the person prevented him, pulling his hand. As a result, their eyes managed to meet, they were the same as seeing the eyeballs of people in front of him.

“Angeder brother? I'm sorry”, said the man gently. He's Aci.

“You already understand”, replied Adri with his chuckle.

“Two weeks I was busy, every day had a presentation, went home to college directly prepare material for presentation the next day, I apologize”. Aci explained, but it has not been able to melt Adri's heart.

“What can not only 90 minutes come here, and casually give your mobile number so that we can communicate”. The words of brother Adri lirih, but very hurtful Aci.

“I'm really sorry kak”. Again, again and again. An apology came out of Aci's mouth. Adri doesn't pay attention to it. Little by little he passed away leaving Aci. Aci had lost hope, Adri was so angry with him, he turned his body and intended to go home.

“Aci..”, cried brother Adri. Brother Adri thought, too cowardly when he did not forgive Aci. Aci stopped his steps.

“Aci.. You know why you're so angry with you?”. Aci shaking. “You know not what makes you so angry, you didn't come to this stadium on the 18th and 25th? You know not?”. Cecil could only shake his head.

“That's because you are in a special place in the heart of brother”, said brother Adri. Aci was stunned to find Adri's explanation, his eyes immediately highlighted sharply to Adri's eyes.

“This is what you like the most, your gaze”, added brother Adri. Cecil immediately hugged him. A few drops of tears had wet Adri's jersey.

The lights went on one by one. Adding to the increasingly romantic atmosphere. Aci let go of his embrace and looked back at Brother Adri.

“Kakak is also in a special place in the heart of Aci, the brother who makes the eyes of Aci only focused on sutu point that is the eyes of brother, brother also who makes Aci more like football”. The aci makes things clear. They both smile. “Still want mobile number Aci?”, added Aci with a sweet smile that adorns her lips.

“No need mobile number, the important thing is I am at number one in your heart”. Smiling aci. He played the ball that was nearby. He gestured for Adri's brother to grab the ball. They're happy…

Love is like a ball, round! Wherever we go, surely we will return to the starting point, to the point that really makes us comfortable.

Love theory is hard to understand, but if it is to run, maybe it is easier.