The Chased Heaven

Dani

"Ish..." Zulfa just smiled behind his veil. Zulfa treats Dani's wounds while looking down because she does not want Dani to see herself holding back her cries.

"They hate you?" ask Dani suddenly.

"Eh, you want to eat something I made ya".

"Fa don't switch the conversation, now you look at me". Dani smiled because Zulfa obeyed his words "Sorry because of my emotions, you become a victim. Desi and Hendra someday they'll forgive you. Trust me the same".

Zulfa smiled and wiped away her tears, "I'm sorry, I'm too crybaby and so often so cryy".

"No problem you're even more cute".

"I can't return your feelings, because that love can't be forced once again I'm sorry if I can't reciprocate your feelings Dan".

"Hehe.." Dani stroked Zulfa's veil full of affection "Don't think someday you'll like me too".

"Such ngarep" joked Zulfa who made Dani also laugh. Zulfa knew only Dani made herself smile when she was sad but God did not predestine her to love Dani.

Dani looked at Zulfa's face, the girl's hand pressed the wound from a blow from Hendra, Dani continued to look at Zulfa making the girl misbehave.

"Fa", call Dani in a sad voice. "Gue tomorrow to London".

"Mum..at what?".

"Gue was told to move in. He said there was more advanced, and I had to go to high school so I could be worthy of being the successor to my bokap company".

"Ba. gus, I think that's good. Studying abroad must be exciting anyways there must be more advanced education".

"And do not forget to tell me, after arriving in London if you can new friends do not forget to tell this friend of yours. Later tell me how the food there, hiks.. hiks.. continue not lu.pa photos send to. me. hiks".

"You ja. hat, you evil dinggalin me Dan!".

Dani from earlier only heard Zulfa talking to ngawur, he knew that Zulfa was very heavy to release his best friend especially their friendship was being destroyed. Dani stroked Zulfa's back to stop crying.

Seeing a loved one cry makes his heart ache. "It's the Fa, I'll tell you what London is like".

"Don't cry anymore, promise me. Don't cry because of men. If I knew you were crying because of a man, I'd make sure you were battered".

"Promise" said Dani staring at Zulfa.

"Promise", nods Zulfa who gets an elusan Dani at the top of his head.

°°°

The sun has changed with the moon, tonight the cold makes the body shiver. Zulfa looked out the window to see people dancing in joy.

In front of his house there is a village celebration, one village agreed to make a dangdutan event and as a result Zulfa only enjoyed from inside the house. The happy voice of the people made Zulfa smile.

Her smile was carefree but only a few minutes as her mind refocused on Dani, her best friend, was leaving tomorrow for London. Zulfa spends a day at Dani's house before her best friend leaves.

Zulfa just thinks Dani's just a best friend is nothing more. While Hendra Zulfa considered a good male figure, Zulfa smiled wryly considering the man's ridiculous behavior.

Once Hendra was a friendly and cheerful man, he was always gentle with anyone having a polite nature that made him fall in love because of his attitude.

Hendra he was also a grown man, sometimes Zulfa came home late afternoon just to see Hendra reading the Koran in the mosque while waiting for his sister was attending school activities.

Actually Zulfa liked Hendra because of his character and nature, Zulfa smiled considering the masses at first glance remembered by him. Hendra was and is now different, he used to be very fond of smiling at him let alone making jokes that resulted in Zulfa not stopping laughing.

But when Hendra entered college he began to change, never again smiling in front of him. Hendra used to love making jokes to Zulfa but now he can only watch Hendra give the joke to Desi.

"It hurts. Why is this sick".

Zulfa tightened her arms to her teddy bear that was about the same size as her body.

Without him realizing his tears were falling, "I'm sorry I love you so bad" Zulfa said, looking back at the crowd in front of his house.

°°°

Zulfa played his small bag of anxious, cold was felt at the airport located in the Jakarta area. Zulfa waited for Dani from 4am this morning, and the figure he was waiting for was finally in front of him.

Dani stared at Zulfa's face, a face she will miss. A sense of unwillingness to leave re-emerged, in fact Dani prefers Zulfa not to come at the airport so that he does not forget his purpose of going to London.

"Back, don't forget to come back" Zulfa said in a sad voice.

Dani stared with a forced smile "Yes, you have to wait for me when you come back huh".

"Yes, call me".

Dani's smile was engraved on her handsome face, "Fa can I ask for something no?".

"What Dan?".

"The first one is not crying" said Dani who got a nod from Zulfa "And the second one, can I hold you?".

Zulfa was silent on hearing that, he thought out loud. Their eyes stared at each other a few seconds later Zulfa bowed and nodded, Dani who heard that smiled in satisfaction. Without warning Dani hugged the tiny body of Zulfa.

"Thank you, thank you Fa. I promise I'll be back".

"I wish it was like that".

Dani smiled then further strengthened her embrace of "I love you".

Zulfa's reflexes pushed Dani's body away from her, they've crossed the line. He shouldn't have accepted Dani's request.

"Go, you'll miss the plane".

"It turns out you haven't opened your heart to me yet, I'm leaving first" Dani said after stroking the top of Zulfa's veil.

Zulfa just smiled and continued to watch Dani's back move away. Saw him get on the plane and waited for the plane to leave the airport.

My gaze was seen in his eyes, holding back the feeling of wanting to cry from earlier was the heaviest thing that Zulfa felt. Losing her three best friends, Desi now returns to her hometown, Dani who goes to London and Hendra is still a campus but she is away from me.

"When?" ask the voice beside Zulfa. Zulfa who heard that was startled then turned her body to stare at the figure of the voice earlier.

"You".

Yusuf smiled at Zulfa's shocked face, which was now filled with tears. Their eyes stared at each other, Joseph gazing out the airport window to avoid adultery.

"I told your father to pick you up, you want to go home now or later?".

"I want hot chocolate".

"Huh?".

Zulfa looked at Joseph who was still staring out the window "Let's get some hot chocolate".

Yusuf's sincere smile was engraved on his face, his future wife turned out to be very adorable. She started crying and then stopped and asked for hot chocolate.

"Then it's home".

"Yes" Zulfa answered briefly, Zulfa followed the man from behind. Had crossed his mind whether there was a cafe that opened so early, and his mind immediately Zulfa removed and re-looking out the airport window.

"Go back And, God willing, if you propose to me I will accept it. With the permission of God".