
'Ms. Yashna, Mr. Alan's heartburn seems to be relapsing. Some days he was sick, had no appetite, and complained of discomfort in his stomach.'
A text message came in when Yashna was filling out a class event with her fellow Nature Lovers Community friends and some literacy activists. Today he actually plans to sleep all day after finishing doing a series of learning activities with children who live in the rusunawa.
The girl let out a sigh, her sigh made the man sitting next to her instantly turn his head towards her. Yashna who noticed it immediately let out a frowning gaze until the man let go of a faint smile.
“What's up?” The man no longer listened to his community teammates who were storytelling in front of the children.
“I can go home early?” Yashna stuffed her phone into the backpack while glancing at the clock that was coiled around her wrist. It's still two o'clock in the afternoon, he's sure Alan hasn't come home from work.
“There's a problem? Who called you?" Setyo asked while exhaling agitated breath.
”Alan is sick,“ Yashna said without interest to explain. ”Speak my apologies to friends, yes," she was about to leave.
“He's not a baby, Yashna.” Setyo's hands try to hold Yashna back from leaving her place.
“Setyo, we discussed this issue, right?" Yashna's gaze was no less sharp than the man before her.
”Isn't he not the same as you? Until when will you be stuck—“
”I go,“ cut Yashna off Setyo's hand and get out of her chair.
The adult girl was getting upset. Surrounded by men who often force him to obey is certainly very annoying for him. After getting to know more and more, it feels like Setyo is like Alan who has a tendency to argue. He was tired, feeling that no man could appreciate what he wanted to do without negative thoughts tucked into his mind.
Yashna noticed when a trail of steps was heard following her as she walked down the Rusunawa corridor. Without even looking, he realized that Setyo must have walked behind him. Anxiety also makes Yashna continue to step without looking back.
”Let me drop off!“ Setyo blocked Yashna's arm to slow her steps towards the main exit.
”No need.“ Yashna answered listlessly. More precisely not wanting to offend the man.
”What is so heavy?“ Questions that are like hanging are very annoying for Yashna. Although he understood the direction of the man's conversation, but it felt very lazy to answer.
”Yashna!“ The man's voice sounded demanding despite not snapping. ”Our relationship is getting closer even though you and I don't want to pledge ourselves as lovers. We are mature enough to understand what the purpose of this is, right?“
”I just want to see him, Setyo!“ Yashna was provoked by emotion.
”You will be drowning in a dilemma again, bottom—“ Setyo swallowed his curse. Jealousy that burns itself as if igniting emotions wants to be evaporated.
”I haven't seen him in two months. For me it's enough to know what he means.“ Yashna breaks away and walks regardless of Setyo's call. There was nothing wrong, when he decided not to have a special relationship with anyone. He feels free to do many things without feeling guilty and restrained.
Yashna is now inside the City Bus which will take her to Alan's branch office in Solo. He knew Alan was deliberately based in the area of the city where he lived in order to be able to meet him occasionally even though it was impossible because he would quickly avoid. There was nothing wrong, but it felt like he was not ready for the man's rant about marriage and saw how scared the man was that his love was sidetracked for Setyo. It's ridiculous for Yashna to remember all this time that it was her anxious self that Alan would let go of her during the sight of how the man had become friends with so many women.
”Our score 1:1, Alan.“ Yashna muttered amusedly.
Secretary Alan told him that the young man was sick. Whether there is any wind until he feels that seeing Alan does not hurt when all this time he is good at avoiding.
Now that the bus is passing through a highway intersection, the building is not as high as in the Capital City, but the traffic jam might start to spread to this city, Yashna felt sure.
Yashna got off right at the front stop of a hotel building. Down the newly renovated sidewalk road with some trees that are starting to thrive spoil the pace. The clumps that fill the empty land of the park began to green and trimmed neatly. Yashna enjoys the ride to Alan's workplace. The status is starting to get confusing. When he felt that he had broken up from the man, break for a moment, but the man still claimed that he was still his fiancee.
”Toketan without end?“ yashna asked in the breeze that brushed her brownish hair. He deliberately changed the color because it was always teased by his coworkers in a minimarket that his gray hair had begun to peek. My God, he's almost twenty-nine years old. It felt like he wanted to give up on finding a companion. Her desire to marry a grown man seems like a dream. All that was left was a rese man trying to tease her to play around or a husband who humiliated himself for betraying their wives. Yashna wanted to spit.
This afternoon a blue sea was adorning the sky. He had set foot in a commercial area where Alan's office was located. Shaped third floor shophouse building with European-style exterior design. Yashna was stunned in front of the glass door before entering the room.
”Isn't it weird that I'm suddenly here?“ muttered monologues. Not until he turned around to leave, one of the OBs working in Alan's office called him.
”Mbak Yashna!“
”Well, it's time to mature according to age, his inner“ reassures himself that what he is doing will not make the man big head.
”Eh, Roni,“ say hello Yashna nicely looking at the man with a smile as young as possible.
”Mas Alan is inside, Ma'am. Just go in,“ said the friendly man opened the glass door of Alan's office.
”Three floors, yes, Ma'am. Mas Alan always messages, when Mbak Yashna comes, tell directly to the third floor,“, said the man stopped accompanying Yashna stepped down the stairs.
Yashna just nodded. Many employees work for Alan. The property company that the parents inherited from him. Yashna stepped in the direction she was going, Alan's room was. Many whispers were certainly addressed to him. Too bad his ears are not so sensitive that they can penetrate the vacuum and listen to what they are talking about.
”Eh, Mbak Yashna is coming!“ A beautiful woman who had just sent a message for him welcomed. His smile was crisp when he took Yashna down the room in which there were several cubicles where employees worked. Some who were not too busy waved at him. Yashna was quite astonished because in fact he himself only came to this office once, but some employees apparently remember him.
”Pack Alan's room is here, please come in,“ the woman said while carefully knocking on the door.
”Ya!“
A sometimes annoying voice for Yashna was heard from inside the room. The sweet words of young people who confidently offer a future. He was sometimes quite doubtful, how could the person he should be guiding now even grow beyond him? Yashna gulped nervously.
”Mbak Yashna coming, Sir!“ The woman turned the doorknob.
It felt like Yashna's heart wanted to escape from its place, once opened the figure of the man she had been avoiding all this time was standing in the doorway staring at her with an elusive gaze. Yashna looked back in confusion.
”Why just came? Are you lost?“ the man's nagging gave her a sour face.
”Sial! I shouldn't have come,“ snorted Yashna reluctantly to be friendly. He felt that the man was healthy, only his soul might not be sane.
”Eits! Wanna go where? Login, already arrived!“ the charming-eyed man pulled Yashna's hand into his room. Not forgetting Alan smiled faintly while winking one eye at his secretary.
”I'll prepare a jumbo-size ice cream,“ said Risma—Secretary Alan, teasing his boss and laughing cheerfully.
”For what?“ Yashna who was following Alan who pulled him into the room turned to the woman. Risma just smiled.
”Oh, that ... to cool the heat of my beloved hot aunt during the trip here,“ Alan chirps immediately grinned as a sharp gaze casted Yashna on him.
”Please don't pinch! I was sick,“ summed up the man grabbed Yashna's shoulder to follow her towards the sofa.
The real Yashna spontaneously wanted to stop Alan in teasing with a stunned cursory pinch. He looked up at the gentle eyes of the young man as he looked at him. True what Setyo said, his heart again wavered.
”Not bad, only GERD. Really,“ said the man reassured.
Yashna sighed, feeling very annoyed, she let the man hug her even without any intention of retaliating.
”Mother will definitely kill me,“ complained Yashna with a grim face.
”Of course, I've reported that you no longer want to see me for two months,“ Alan whispered a boosy laugh in his sentence. ”You didn't take good care of me during my stay here.“
”Mother won't believe!“ Yashna wants to explode.
”I miss you. Is two months not enough to torture me?“ The question is simple, but it can penetrate the walls of Yashna's heart to make it freeze.
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'Not the angel I want, because you're enough by my side, I think I've found perfection.'
(Kalandra Tama)
Noted: GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) or acid reflux disease is caused by a weakening of the valve or sphincter located in the lower esophagus. (Source: Hallodoc and Google)
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Hi everything 😍😍😍😍
Greetings from me that disappeared long enough. Must be a kef? whatan nih update likes wkwkww ngeselin, yes 😅
This novel is actually finished, I was the one who just put the story of Alan and Yashna here 🤭, hihihi. Not a pa-pa, right? to treat longing.
Anyway we enjoy their sweet bitter story 🥰🙏