STORIETTE
Short Meeting
Short Meeting
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The sound of the chicken woke me up. Actually, it wasn't a real chicken, it was my alarm. I opened the window, I stared at the blue sky covered with soft white clouds, I breathed in fresh air, slowly the breeze blew my hair and the window curtain of the room located on the 2nd floor.
It's my first day at my father's villa. Looks like I'm gonna spend my high school graduation vacation here. I'm here with my father, mother and sister. I guess here I'll calm down because I'm free from air pollution and the hustle and bustle of the city. Yep! Of course here I also did not meet my sister Noni who was chatty and always pretentious about love because she was busy in college. He always advised me about love because I often choose wrong in love and eventually heartbreak.
“Rayya... Breakfast first!!” Call my mom from downstairs
“Yes mommy for a minute ya” answered me while looking at tidying up my hair and cleaning my face. I opened the door and went down the stairs. We also ate together. After eating I went back to my room to pick up and put on my jacket.
“Yeah, Mom. Rayya can walk around here right?” my permission to mom and dad
“Iya can.”
“But be careful ya” says father and mother together
“Aldo can follow, sis?” sahut my sister
“Can't be yes, brother. Anytime follow hehehehe” I said grimacing
I came out of the villa facing north. The road in this villa has not been paved and there are still many small stones scattered on the road. It is very cool because there are so many trees. I've never been around before. So, I'm a little confused.
“Hmm.. Road to the west what is east?” ask in my heart
“East if the west even goes to the highway” replied myself
I slowly walked to the east. I see right left all the way this villa area. Slender.. Very quiet, there were only cars parked in front of some villas. Perhaps the owner of the villa is busy in the house.
I keep walking through this area. Finally, I stopped because I was already in the villa located at the very end.
“Hei!”
I looked surprised as someone patted my right shoulder and called out to me, my neck goosebumps.
“Ka.. Who are you?” just nervous
“Known me Reihan, call me Rei. You must be on vacation here, right? Whose name?” answerable
“I, yes. I'm Rayya. You live in a villa here?” ask me again
“Iya. It was villaku” he said while pointing to the white-painted villa that had a red car in front of him located south of the road.
I just nodded and rounded my mouth to form the letter O.
“Street with yuk?” bring
“Hmm. Where to?” much
“To be straight, there is the same park lake Kok” he replied while pointing to the path next to the most end villa.
Me and Rei immediately walked together, chatted, and joked. But I don't know why I still feel creepy, maybe because the air here is cold. Sure enough, here there are parks and lakes. Rei plucked one of the flowers and placed it over my right ear.
“Aaaa Rei you are romantic anyway feel in the land of fairy tales nih jadi” candaku
“Hehehe regular aja kok” said Rei with a smile
I scratched my pants pocket to get my phone. Turns out, I didn't bring my phone.
“Search what the hell?” ask Rei curiously
“Handphone Rei. I want the photos here the view is so beautiful. Unfortunately my phone missed” I replied with a disappointed face
“Yes it's okay, tomorrow you can still come here. Tomorrow we go here again deh”
“Rei Really??”
“Iya bener Rayya”
Since I was walking for almost 30 minutes, I decided to return to the villa. When he reached the front street of Rei's villa, Rei walked away from me and smiled at me.
Arriving at the villa, I immediately entered the room, I picked up the little diary book that I always carried everywhere in my bag. I wrote an outpouring of my heart about this morning with Rei
It
“Dear diary's…
Today is so beautiful.
I really found a different person. I don't know why even though I only met Rei once I felt so comfortable with him. He's a nice and innocent figure. I wish I could get to know him closer”
I just remembered. It turned out that the flower that Rei had given me in my ear had not yet been picked up. I took the flower and placed it on a diary that read my heart today. I lay down my body on the bed and hugged my diary book while smilingly staring at the ceiling of my room, I recalled Rei's face and smile. Ohh.. Really handsome like a prince.
Next day. After waking up I took a shower, so I could take a longer walk. I came out of the villa, to my surprise I saw Rei was already in front of my villa.
“Rei you know my villas anyway?”
“Tau dong's. Great right?”
“It's great deh”
“Handphonenya not miss again right?”
“No dong Rei”
I immediately walked with Rei, we shared our stories with each other. He really makes me very comfortable. Arriving at the park, Rei and I took pictures, about 20 photos that I got with Rei. In the park, Rei and I were also joking and chasing. Suddenly Rei told me to close my eyes, I wondered what Rei would do, when Rei told me to open my eyes it turned out that he had a necklace made of flower arrangements around my neck. I don't know where Rei got the necklace from, which I'm definitely very happy with Rei's gift. After that, I took a picture wearing the flower arrangement necklace that Rei gave me.
“Rayya to it yuk!” take Rei with you while pointing at the lake
“Ayo ayo” I said while nodding
At the edge of the lake, Rei sat to my right. Rei threw a small stone into the lake and was speechless not saying a word here. Unintentionally, my right hand touched Rei's left hand.
“Rei your hands are so cold? You are sick huh?” ask me for worry
“Mmm.. ok” he replied with a smile
Sometimes I look at the clock on my phone, without realizing it has been 1 hour more I left the villa. I decided to go home, but Rei did not want to go home and still wanted to be by the lake. Rei invited me to take another walk later in the afternoon, I agreed to Rei's invitation. On the way home I just realized that the flower arrangement necklace Rei wore was not there, it was possible to break up on the road.
Arriving at the villa, I sat in the living room of my villa. I opened my gallery of phone photos, I saw my photos with Rei, it made me smile to myself. There is a pose that I like the most when the photo with Rei, which is the pose when Rei ruffled my hair, I also made the photo as a wallpaper phone.
“Hayoo smile-smile yourself!” joking my mother who suddenly sat beside me
“Ciye Rayya's sister is in love again huh?” sahut my sister
“Ih mother same aldo whatan sih” said me with a shy blush
“Honest dong brother. Kan his brother a handyman in love tuh” tease my sister
“Aldo what the hell is a child of SD aja sok know so much” said me while pinching anxious cheek of my sister
“By the same way dong Rayya's mother fell in love with whom” said my mother with a smile
“Not ma'am, Rayya is no longer in love. This lhooo Rayya read the story of Rayya in a funny text so Rayya smiles herself deh” explained me by having to lie
As time went on, the afternoon came. I hurried to tidy up my appearance and walked out of the villa. Again, Rei was already in front of my villa. I wonder why he always comes on time, he says he doesn't want to keep me waiting.
The sky was cloudy and filled with black clouds. It seems like it will soon rain. Rei took me to his villa. When I walked into the living room of the villa, I stared around the living room which was very neat and clean. I approached the small table in the corner of the living room and took one of the photos of 4 people wearing batik whose frame was the largest on the table.
“Rei this photo who is it?”
“That's my family photo. That's my dad, mom, me and my brother. Oh yes I made a drink first ya”
“Oke Rei”
When Rei was in the kitchen, I was alone in the living room, for some reason I shivered in the cold here. A while later, Rei came with 2 glasses of warm tea, he gave 1 cup to me.
“Rei your house is so cold ya” said as I folded my hands in the cold
“Tuh ACnya aja” he said while pointing AC on the wall above me
“Oh yes” sahutku brief
In my heart I muttered, when I entered this villa there was no AC I saw in this living room. But maybe I am not careful or not aware if there is AC. I also drank the tea given by Rei.
“Rei, are you in college or still in school?”
“I've been in college for the 3rd semester, majoring in computer science at University X. If you?”
“I just graduated SMA nih plan to follow up at Y University Department of Nutrition. So should I call you Brother Rei dong?”
“Wah nice dong hopefully accepted yes. Ah no, call Rei only okay kali”
“Iya deh Kak Rei, uh means Rei. It's like it's not raining so I go home first huh?”
“You want me anter Rayya?”
“No thanks hehe”
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“Ciye Rayya kok is now a great hobby of streets ya” said the father who was reading the newspaper on the terrace of the villa
“Kan to be healthy yah” said me with a big smile and sit close to dad
“Kok his smile is so sweet that what is it anyway?” ask my dad
“Emm.. ehh. kan abis streets become seger continue to be seneng deh. Well, I go in first ya” replied me with the excuse of a little not connecting and directly into the villa.
I approached my sister who was watching tv and snacking on cassava chips. I'm going to snack on the cassava my sister brought. Not finished I chewed the food, the words of my sister surprised me greatly.
“Kak Noni wants to come here, Kak”
“What Do? Please repeat once again”
“Kak Noni wants to come here, but do not know when Kak”
I coughed. I felt like I was falling on the moon and being struck by lightning hearing those words. If Brother Noni comes here for sure he's chatty and pretentious, I'm not allowed this it's this it's that.
Evening has arrived. I saw the clock in my room showing at 20:00. I picked up my diary and opened one by one. When I opened up to the outpouring sheet of my heart while with Rei, as fragrant as a flower stung on my nose, the window curtain was blown by a strong wind. Even though the flower that Rei gave him yesterday had almost withered, somehow the fragrance was still so stinging. I went back to writing my heart
It
If I remember the figure of Rei, it feels so happy this heart. He had already managed to slip in the small space of my heart and become a new figure that managed to color my life. Is it too soon to call this love? But... why didn't he ask for my phone number?”
When I finished writing, I kept my diary under my pillow. I lay down my body to sleep. Before going to bed I took my phone, opened my photo gallery and looked back at my photo with Rei while in the park. Slowly I started sleeping. Just as I was sleeping, I woke up because I dreamed of Rei. I dreamed that Rei and I were in a very large white room, Rei initially held my hand and thanked me because I had accompanied him, slowly Rei let go of his hand began to move away and disappear. I also tried to go back to sleep.
Cring.. Cring.. Crates
Now my clock is waking me up, not my phone alarm anymore. I opened the curtains to my room window, looking beyond the dripping rain. Actually I wanted to take a walk this morning, but I undo my intention to take a walk because of the rain. Every now and then I looked down from the window, I saw Rei down there. I couldn't believe it, I rubbed my eyes, I saw it again under there was no Rei. Maybe it was just my imagination.
1 Hour later, the rain started to fall. I say goodbye to my mom and dad for a walk. I also came out of this villa.
“Rei where are you? Tumben no” murmured me in my heart while looking right left of the villa courtyard
I started to slowly walk away from the villa with a bit of disappointment as there was no Rei who usually waited for me.
Suddenly
“Hayoo nyariin me ya” Rei patted my shoulder from behind
“Ih makes you surprised. Yes nih” I said with a bit of annoyance
“Do not be angry sorry deh sorry” said Rei felt guilty
“Oh yes to lake yuk?” continue Rei
“Bolek” answered me nodding
Arriving at the lake, we sat by the lake while playing feet in the water. There was a conversation between us
“Rei you in this villa who the hell?”
“Selone”
“Not scared? Where's your ort?”
“No dong is big. Ahh apa.. mm. orku busy working”
“It.. by the way I never saw you hold a mobile phone ya”.
“Handphoneku broken”
“Rei??? How come your face shoots that anyway?”
“Yes but I'm okay kok”
“Oh Yes Rei. Last night I had a dream you said thank you and left me. I'm so scared of Rei”
“Ahh I won't leave you alone, Ray. You do not pray before going to bed becomes a nightmare so”
“Hehe Yes really Rei I forgot to pray”
I spent my time at the lake taking pictures with Rei, until I finally decided to go home.
“Inget yes Rayya, which is invisible does not mean there is no. Being far away does not mean not being able to blend in” Rei said with a smile and held my shoulder
“Means?” just a lot of confusion
“That's why you'll know for yourself” said briefly and released his hand from my shoulder
When I got home from the lake I passed by Rei's villa. I paused for a moment and smiled at the villa.
Arriving on my villa porch, I saw my sister reading comics. I approached him too.
“Aldo, how quiet? Where's mom dad?” I asked my sister
“Father pick up kak Noni, sis. If you are cooking in the kitchen” he replied by still looking at comics
“What??? Brother Noni??? Nooooo!” I shouted while repeatedly patting my forehead
“Rayya.. Aldo's.. Eat first come on. Udah masakin nih” fried rice called mother from inside the villa, me and my sister rushed to mother.
“Rayya, 3 today you are diligent to go for a walk what the hell? Though usually you males loh” said mother while taking rice to my sister's plate
“Kan mumpung here ma'am. If in the city can not walk the streets” said me by forced to lie again
I don't want to lie to my mom. But I was afraid that if I told you I was taking a walk with Rei I would be scolded because Rei was not yet known to my family.
The sky is getting late. Evening has arrived. I'm asleep. When I woke up I immediately got out of bed in shock on the floor of my room many backpacks were splattered. Suddenly someone opened the door to my room.
“Halooo Rayyap wood chick wake up during the day.. I miss you so much. Ih long time no see you still smell yaa” Kak Noni hugged me tightly
“Ih Kak Noni what the hell new dateng play rusuh aja” said me with eyes that can not be fully open because it is still sleepy
“And I miss you. Ciye has a crush on a guy named Rei huh?” Said Brother Noni while taking out the diary from his pocket
“Ssttt. Where did my diary come from?” I said with eyes that suddenly widened and my hands immediately closed the mouth of Brother Noni
“From situ” kak Noni let go of my hand and pointed towards the pillow
“You are careful when you fall in love. Ntar upset again, vent again, cry again, pretend promise not to fall in love again” continued kak Noni mocking me
“Denger ya Kak Noniku beautiful dearest, Si Rei that person different from others..very special deh!” I said with a made up tone
“Very much you. Look at the ntar!! Usually if you fall in love again you praise tuh guys, if you have broken your heart ugly-ugly deh tuh cowok” ledek Kak Noni
“Ah laper talking to you Brother, eat first ah” I stand from the bed and leave Kak Noni.
In the dining room, various foods are served there. The five of us gathered and ate together. In the midst of the silence we were busy chewing food suddenly Brother Noni broke the silence
“Yah, mom.. Rayya su... su.. su..ka sssss. sam..ma...” said Kak Noni while staring at father and mother.s
“Yes!! Rayya likes very much the same mother's cuisine, let alone this grilled chicken hmmm really good” said I cut off Kak Noni's words with a smile and under the table my feet stepped on Kak Noni's feet
Father and Mother were just astonished to see my behavior and Brother Noni.
Tililililittt
The sound of my phone that I left in the room, I rushed to spend on my plate which stayed a little and headed to the room. On the screen there was an incoming call but the number was privatized, I picked up the phone.
“Halooo who is this?”
“Rayya it's me Rei”
“Your phone isn't broken? Where do you get my number from? Rei I miss you. This morning we did not go for a walk
“Iya. Distance is not a barrier, right?”
“What do you mean Rei?”
“Farewell is not the end of everything. Meetings may end in separation, but this love may be like the endless earth. In the world nothing is eternal”
Tut tut tut tut tut tut tut tuttt
The phone is cut off. Exasperated, I threw my phone into the bed.
“Ehm called Rei huh? Be careful that many guys are just dreadful here and there doang” said Kak Noni who suddenly entered my room
“But Rei is not like that. He's handsome, kind, romantic too” said me with a smile and took back my phone that I threw in bed
“Nih... I saw fo...” is not finished I forward my words I was surprised, very surprised.
Actually I want to see a picture of me with Rei that I made wallpaper on Kak Noni. But on my wallpaper I was just a photo alone. The pose when my hair was ruffled by Rei, was now a photo of myself as if my hair was just a mess in the wind. I immediately opened my photo gallery with Rei while in the park, but just the same, I was seen alone. When I took pictures wearing a flower arrangement necklace, there was no flower necklace. I closed my mouth tightly, slowly my tears dripped, I did not want my cry to explode in this villa.
“Rayya? You're okay, right?” said Kak Noni with teary eyes looking at me
“Kak, Rei kak. Yesterday I took pictures of Rei for 3 days walking with him. But, why is the picture now that I'm alone?” I said while crying
“Ya has gone. What if we go to villa Rei?” take Brother Noni
“Iya kak” I replied while wiping my tears with my hands
Arriving in front of Rei's villa, this surprised me even more. There is no longer a white-painted villa in front of which there is a red car. There are only the remains of a white painted villa that was charred by fire.
“Rayya, are you sure this is villa Rei?” ask Brother Noni in a soft tone
“Iya kakim” replied I cried sobbing
I approached the villa, standing among the charred remains of the villa. In front of me, there was a photo like the one I first saw in Rei's villa, a photo of Rei's family. It's just that the glass is a little dusty. Instantly I sat down and wiped the photo glass.
“Rei.. Where are you? Who are you really? Why are you mysterious? Why did you go that way? Why are you the heart? You said you wouldn't leave me. I love you Rei, I feel comfortable with you. I miss you.” My cry exploded and my tears dripped down the photo
“Udah have not cried Rayya, we go home yuk we discuss at home” Kak Noni hugged me and pulled my hand so I stand
At the villa, I told Father and Mother about my story from the beginning of meeting Rei until Rei suddenly disappeared. It was a lot of awkwardness when I was with Rei. Starting from him who always suddenly appeared, his cold hands, strange AC, and others. I remember Rei telling me that he went to computer science at University X.
“Dad. Reihan was studying computer science at X” University, I told Dad
“Yes, we're already there. We find the certainty” said Mother
“Mother seriously?” ask Brother Noni
“Iya mom seriously” replied mom
We are also getting ready to go to University X. Father also told us to pack our things and leave this villa to return to the city so that I wouldn't get any more drenched in grief.
Arriving at University X, Dad asked the employee in charge of processing student data.
“Mbakwas. Is there a student in computer science named Reihan?” ask my dad
“For a while sir, I found you replied the employee while typing and looking at the computer monitor
“There sir. But sorry, he's dead” continued the employee
“Died because of what? What date?” chink-bung
“According to the data it seems that due to his villa experiencing a fire, his family members died all. Dates so many times” sahut the officer
“Oh yes thank you” we also left University X
Along the way, in the car I just daydreamed and little by little shed tears from remembering Rei. And if I count down today's date to the date Rei died, it would be 40 days. Now that I get it, I won't forget Rei and my memories with him.
Rei, you exist even if you're not real.
