The Letter To My Albino

The Promise of Taste Shoots

"Promise first!" ela said in a pushy tone.

"Yes, Promise," Ado replied with a soft voice.

"Promise yes! you will never leave the cave alone here. Cave fear, cave ... cave do not want to lose lo, So you have to be with me until we graduate and forever."

Ela's words immediately make Ado's feelings chaotic, Ado is not sure if he can continue with Ela.

Ado just kept quiet and answered Ela's words. It was too hard for him to answer that word.

Umma once said, "You if you want to promise someone it must be kept yes, if you can not keep your promise, you will get sin. Because a promise is a debt that must be paid."

'Kan Ado diem again, did the cave say wrong huh? or indeed Ado will leave the cave alone here?' ela's mind kept staring at Ado's shoulder.

They both play in their minds. The sad face of Ela suddenly appeared in the rear view of the motorbike and it made Ado think twice.

"Yes, inshaallah. But I don't promise ya La," Ado's reply made Ela's heart calm.

"Yes" a short answer was accompanied by a sweet smile.

Finally their hearts can be equally calm now, the journey to the home was not felt even though the distance was quite far from the market.

"Assalamot."

"Wa'alaikumsalam," answered umma welcoming them both.

"This mom Valdo has toys for little kids here, some clothes from Ela and we bought a shoe rack outside."

"But I'm sorry umma, umma not offended if we buy the same shoe rack some of these clothes?"

"Ahahaha who is offended to Ela, umma even seneng if young people like you can pay the same attention to this home and children here."

"Umma has also long wanted to buy this shoe rack, but because some obstacles have not been achieved. Thanks Valdo, Ela." he continued

"Thank you back umma" said Ela accompanied by a sweet smile.

Coincidentally this home is quiet, maybe the children of the home are playing in the back garden.

Not long after, the sound of children's footsteps approached Ado and Ela, but strangely there was the sound of adult women following the child's steps.

"Yey. ngeng..wait for me," the voices of the children approached Ado, Ela and umma.

"Hey! you guys don't run around falling over."

Ado was a little confused because umma never hired anyone else to take care of this home, except one security guard.

But Ado dismissed his thoughts, 'Maybe umma's sister came to visit.'

Srek.. (opens the blue hordeng.)

"Aa Valdo" said the children smiling happily.

Ela also had one little child close to her, only she was a little shy to get close.

"Teh Ela ... What ...news?" ask the boy in a puffed up body with a shy blush face.

Ela was a little amused when she was called "tea" but she was also happy that there was finally one little boy who managed to get close to her.

Bruk!

"I told you not to run, now it's falling."

"Huaaaaaaaa umma" cried another child who was still behind the blue curtain.

"No need to cry, look at umma." His words stopped when he saw Ado.

A beautiful woman looked towards Ado and also Ela. Umma who saw the incident of the gaze can only laugh a little.

"I want to go down" said the little boy who was carried by the woman.

"You never knew anything" Ledek umma.

"This is Valdo ya umma?"

Umma just raises his shoulders like the answer, "don't know." Ela could only stare at the woman who looked puzzled.

"Jeez Valdo, long time no see ya. You must have forgotten the same cave," said the woman while sitting next to Ado.

"Huh? Who are you?" ask Ado.

"You forgot, Gea Cave. The first child left in this place."

"Oalah Gea, I'm sorry I don't care about you Ge."

"This is your girlfriend, Val? finally Valdo has a girl too hahaha." ledek Gea.

"Cut Cave Gea Vieka, Valdo's friend when we were living in this home," Gea said as she reached out to get acquainted.

"Cave of Ela," the usual short answer that Ela made.

After a brief introduction, the three of them put together some shelves for outside and a few more shelves in the back garden.

Ela and umma installed shelves for the front while Ado and Gea installed shelves in the back garden.

"Lo's in the back of Riky?" gea said bluntly.

"No, no" answered Ado, dismissing Gea's words.

"You don't have to lie! the cave already knows everything from umma."

"Now that Riky has changed Ge, she's apologizing to me too."

"Lo gave that box of time to Riky?"

"Well, maybe Riky read it all."

"Emang lo same Riky why the hell? how can your friendship break up and you even become a victim of Riky?"

"The story is long and does not need to be repeated, I am the same Riky has made peace. So this story is only me and Riky know."

"Huh.. Valdo, Valdo, your good nature hasn't changed."

Ado could not have told Gea that all this time their friendship was destroyed because of the box that Gea gave to Riky. This 15-year event is just a misunderstanding that has not found a bright spot.

"Wouldn't you meet Riky?" tanya Gea stared blankly at the back garden.

"Can we invite Riky here, right?" Ado gave advice.

"Yes, but... Huh.." (sighs)

"Why?"

"A few months ago the cave met a guy, he was very good with Val cave, he got into the criteria of a cave guy. But the cave is still confused as the cave's own feelings to Riky,"

"How does that mean?"

"Gua was afraid of Riky's attitude being even more brutal to you or to others."

"It can't be Ge."

"Cave confused Val."

Ela stared from a distance at the backs of the two of them, there was a bit of a strange feeling inside Ela that she herself did not know what.

Instantly Ela imagined herself like the princess the prince had left for a journey of peace and in the middle of the road, the prince was instead heart-bound by the graceful and beautiful village flowers.

'Why the hell njir? how is the heart of the cave so tight? what is this taste? though it's just an old friend of Ado but kok cave even overreact gini anyway?' ela asked deeply to herself.

"Teh Ela why? want this chocolate?" said the boy in Ela's pocket.

"Why do you love chocolate? want to buy it again?" ela asked with a forced smile.

The boy just nodded his head and his face looked very radiant.

Seriate...

..."Though our distance is very close, but why do I always feel you are so far away from me."...

...-An🍃...