The Boy Next Window's
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"There's still something to revise. But, not papa. You can start enrolling for the hearing," for the first time I saw my guidance counselor smile. I don't know, he's not on the killer lecturer list. But, if it faces me. He doesn't smile once. Maybe from the beginning he knew that I was his laziest tutelage.
That's vivid. Of his few tutelage children, I was the last one to graduate like him. Most of them are waiting for graduation. While I still have the final trial as well as the compre exam.
"Prepare well for the trial as well as the compre exam. Understand the material from the beginning of your lecture. Learn general things even if they are not related to one of the courses though. Turn off the material you understand best and can. Usually, the examiner will ask you which material is expert." he continued. "See you later in court. Good luck and do the best."
I don't care if my instructor just smiled at me this time. My feelings right now are completely non-descript. Now, I understand what it's like to have the thesis done. There is a sense of satisfaction in itself. Although, there is still a final trial and a compre exam waiting. That's still later. I will study hard to graduate and graduate.
After a somersault during the night working on the thesis. I can finally finish it too. Indeed, the euphoria of pleasure that happened to me probably wouldn't be as overwhelming as when I walked out of the courtroom. But, let. I just want to enjoy the moment.
Coming out of my guiding room, I couldn't bear to not tell these news to my three best friends.
RRS. Echoes A. Princess: I'M COURT
RRS. Echoes A. Princess: TRIAL!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!
RRS. Echoes A. Daughter: YOU ALL KNOW THE DEFINITION OF THE TRIAL
Keyna Wilona Geraldi: asian
Keyna Wilona Geraldi: congratulations to my beautiful monkey
Keyna Wilona Geraldi: I am proud of you, proud bitches!
Viola Siesyadipta: finally you escape the holiday period on campus
Viola Siesyadipta: finally I also heard god let you pass
Viola Siesyadipta: hhhh but I'm happy to read it!!!1111!!!11
Viola Siesyadipta: must be looted dong
Kanasya. Nameera: HAHHH GRAHSSSS
Kanasya. Name: AAAKKK SENENGGG
RRS. Echoes A. Daughter: must dong!!!! Must be!!!
I decided to invite my friends to the boarding house on Saturday night. Ordering several kinds of delivery orders from junk food to kuorder national settings. My room is full of food now.
"Damn! I'm the first one to notice that wings have me!" Vio brushed off the hand of Keyna who was about to take the wings of the chicken that I ordered.
"What the hell, Vi! When did you say it?! Don't want ah! I love the wings!"
"Gue likes it too!"
Kanasya who was troubled by the commotion mediated. "Don't rich boys deh lo on. Sana suit!"
Keyna and Vio were upset. But follow Keyna's advice to do a suit. "What Japanese soup is common?" Ask Keyna.
"Obsolutely normal. Japanese style everything."
"Yeah, paper stone scissors are also the way they mean it." Keyna scowled in annoyance. "How many times?"
"Every once. Why so much?" sahut "Udah ah. Ordinary suit. Chivy. One, two, ti—" both put their hands in the air. "..sa!"
Keyna had to resign because he lost a suit to Vio. Makes me who had enjoyed pizza finally laugh at their behavior.
"Not to suck! Here, I share! Okay, right, me?" Keyna found Vio willing to share the chicken with her.
"Maaci, my monkey."
Kanasya nudged my shoulders slowly, making me turn my head. "Do you know Aksa and Abi?"
I looked at Kanasya confusedly. "Huh? What did I tell you?"
Kanasya rolled both her eyes hearing my answer. "Yes, you often say. Aksa tuh so the encouragement of lo. He's been revising a few times, right? Then, Abi, if there is no Abi, your thesis will not run."
Also true. Why didn't I think of that? Maybe because I was too happy.
"But how do I say it? Suddenly I sent that message to both of them?" Kanasya nodded quickly. "So, I'll make a group chat with them both times, right?" Gurauku's.
Kanasya snorted softly while I chuckled. "Lo has to say thank you to both of them." Vio.
"Kalo Abi is obviously his help because it is very obvious from him to help you write a questionnaire. Well, Aksa nih which macem explicitly implied that, there is no Aksa kaya you already sentin to drop out of college in the middle of the road." I threw Kanasya with a tissue. Although I inwardly confirmed Kanasya's sentence.
"Sana says to Aksa with Abi." Sahut Keyna's.
"Yee.. Yakali now! I want to abisin food first!" Suddenly my call got a blow from my three best friends. I just chuckled and went back to enjoying the food. Enough about Abi and Aksa. I want to enjoy my happy feelings that I finally get to hear.
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Thinking about having to tell Abi and Aksa this news kept me from sleeping. It was almost 11pm but I still opened my eyes while grasping my phone tightly. I dialed Aksa's number several times. But, a second later I turned it off again.
I got up from my position and walked to the front of the window. Staring at the window of Aksa's room which was covered in curtains. His habit of always closing the curtain sometimes pisses me off too. I can't see what he's doing?
"Hello?"
My eyes looked up and found a slow voice. My head turned to my whole room. I think I heard Aksa's voice. But, where?
"Eye?"
When I realized the grip of my hand on the phone was a little throbbing when the voice again sounded like a reflex lifting the phone in front of my face. Shit, when am I dialing Aksa's number again? For a few moments I only saw the screen of the phone that showed the seconds the clock was running. My throat was still choked by my own stupidity.
"Echoes? Why?" Again, his voice sounded. "Hello?"
At that moment I saw the window curtain of Aksa's room open. Appearing the figure of Aksa wearing a black casual t-shirt. My heart was so fast that Aksa's reaction opened the curtain of her window when there was no answer from my lips.
Our eyes looked at each other. For a moment, Aksa fell silent. Just watching my dream in the window of his room. Unknowingly I smiled. Subconsciously, there is a sense of worry in Aksa that I caught. If he wasn't worried, he wouldn't have had much trouble opening the window curtain. Well, don't know anyway. Maybe it was just my kegeeran. Maybe my gut is right too.
"Sa," the call made it out of my lips. Even though I have to hold my breath when I say it.
Breaking up from Abi does not make my relationship the same as it used to be with Aksa. I hardly ever eat with Aksa again. Speak as necessary if by chance meet below. Actually I've wanted to invite Aksa if you want to eat out. But, the deadline was my son-in-law so I had to be satisfied with the delivery order.
I'm afraid if I keep seeing Aksa, my focus will be broken. Even though he was an encouragement I worked on this thesis. Still, his face is more attractive to me than a laptop screen, right?
"Why do you sleep?" Stupid, Echoes. No papa, it's common for me to do stupidity and also carelessness in front of Aksa.
"Belom is sleepy. Echoes to yourself, why do the balloons sleep?"
"Belom is sleepy." I smiled to myself when I realized I was following Aksa's answer.
"But it's a shame." There's a sigh from there. "Gema is still working on the thesis what is it?"
"Nwg.. I'm going to hear a hearing, Sa."
"Seriously? Well, congratulations on that. Very tense. Finally the struggle for the Echoes to resolve the thesis is not in vain," he said sincerely. "What is so much I know?"
I took a breath too. "Lo is not late. Abi aja belom tau."
There was a pause he took after my words. "Couldn't you? Why does Echoes Belom tell Mas Abi?"
"Gue," I bit my lower lip, agitated. "Gue broke up with Abi."
I heard Aksa's reaction for a long time. We looked at each other behind the windows. The look on Aksapun's face can't be seen clearly. Aksa again thought what the hell? Why so long answer?
"Wouldn't you please turn off the phone?" What the hell, Sa?! "Keep, get downstairs. We talk live better." Relieved. I thought he wanted to tell me to turn off the phone.
I nodded. "OKAY. We're going down." Me and Aksa both lowered the phone from next to our ears and went down.
"Too chat malem-malem here. Not good for people. How are we going along? Take my car." Bring along.
"Can." I answered slowly.
Aksa Car stops at a minimarket parking lot that is open 24 hours. Maybe you'll wonder. Why should Aksa stop his car in front of a minimarket like this? Believe me, I also wondered.
"This is not lonely," he said slowly. "It's lonely, afraid of being mistaken."
Inevitably I laughed at the reason Aksa parked her car in front of the minimarket. The awkwardness I felt at first slowly eroded.
"When is the echoes of the trial?" Finished laughing at me, Aksa asked.
"Hm.. Don't know yet. Next month maybe. Must be a compre test first before anyway."
Aksa nodded in understanding. "Soal Gema and Mas Abi—"
I could not help but hold my smile. Kulirik Aksa next door. He seemed to be quite hesitant to ask that.
"Gue broke up with Abi?" Aksa raised both her eyebrows and gave a smile. "Hm.. How is it clear? I'm the same Abi— can actually be said not to date too," I don't want to say about the agreement to Aksa. I thought of an answer that wasn't very much a lie but sounded reasonable.
Aksa frowned. "Lo same Arum can not turn back because the word lo 'things didn't get better', no matter how strong we want to change the past, the results will certainly not be the same. And you can't handle that. Consider it, I'm the same rich Abi."
I let out a breath. "After all, we're dating because of mutualism symbiosis." God, why can't I not say this?
"What is symbiotic mutualism?" Aksa was confused.
"Gue," I was silent for a moment. "We both want proof if there is no more taste between us. Like, we again try to make peace with the situation. We didn't break it all right." Ah.. This is the most appropriate reason it seems.
"And?"
"And I made peace with Abi." My next.
Aksa smiled with satisfaction. "Seneng if Gema finally want to apologize Mas Abi."
"Well, the angry times keep going? Will I be old dong?" Aksa chuckles.
"Kangen is joking with echoes."
I smile at the smile. "Times?" Aksa nodded quickly. "You think I'm always kidding, huh, Sa?" My toot.
"Yes. And the jokes are always funny. That's what makes me feel at home talking for a long time with Echoes."
"So, if I'm not kidding you don't feel at home for a long time talking to me?" Cetusku.
"That's not what it means," felt guilty Aksa added. "Joking or not joking, I always chat with echoes."
"But if you're joking, what's the story?" My teacher who got the******* sweeter smile from Aksa.
"It's so sweet."
I wet my dry lips. Regulating my breath. This time I looked at Aksa with a slightly more serious face.
"So I said now I'm not kidding," I gulped. "And say I like you, how?"
Surprised by my question just now. Aksa's face stiffened when she finished hearing it. And for the umpteenth time, that reaction I found only a few moments. After that, the reaction I found was the same as before. To think again that I was just making a joke the umpteenth time.
"That expression," I murmured and sighed softly. "Lo always shows that reaction every time I say rich gini same lo."
Not strong enough to always hold back my feelings. With all the remaining courage I had, I took everything out. About how I feel. Everything was.
"Make you know, Sa," I said. "Gue never jokes every time you talk to me. I seriously. No kidding. I really like you from the first look. And now I'm confused to have my face where because I'm ashamed to say this to you." I took my face away from his sight. Staring straight ahead, saw some people enter the minimarket.
"The echo" call Aksa.
I shook my head quickly. "Have a minute, Sa. I'm still embarrassed!"
"Just a minute." The answer.
"Why?" I turned my head again. But, not looking at his eyes.
"Make Gema know it," she started the conversation just as I began to express my feelings for her. "I don't mean nanggepin every sentence Echoes just joking. It's my reflex reaction,"
This time I dared to look into his eyes. "React to my reflexes when I'm nervous again."
*** The End ***
