THE MENTARY FOR THE ESTUARY
CHAPTER 32, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DAYS
A month has passed after the Student Culture Week Festival. Riana is at school, now teaching, to be exact, she has just received a daily replay sheet of her students, and will be examined later in the teacher's room.
“Well kids, time's up huh,
This has gathered all the answers, right?” riana asked, as her eyes scanned the entire classroom.
“Already, buuu,” reply all compact pupils.
“Ya already, mom stay first. You guys do not fuss yourself yes, listen, next class again there is a material explanation as well.” Riana said while pointing to the next class window that was directly next to her current class window.
“Iya buuu,” answer everything once again. Riana nodded. And with a slow step, he left the classroom.
***
[Hi] one message came in from Abhi, when Riana had just finished with the 15th answer sheet of her class earlier. He still had to check eighteen more answer sheets, but, he could reply to Abhi's chat for a while.
[Die, Abhi.] Abhi is typing.
[Again?]
[No, just another correction of anak2. Where are you, Bhi?]
[I was also in school, having finished practicing hehehe. Don't forget it's noon, Temenin, can you? I was gonna volunteer, uh but full, on the can't.].
[Yes, done, one o'clock, right? No jmput nti.] replied Riana again. He did not intend to reply to Abhi's message briefly, but there were fellow teachers who called him, so he had to stop chat first.
***
“Where? Cocky gak?” riana asked, just after she and Abhi arrived at a cafe, after the afternoon activity.
“Cockmark, Ri. Thanks yes, already want nemenin..” said Abhi slowly.
“Iya, equally. Whenever you need a temen, say I am yes.” Riana said as she picked up the menu list, preparing to order something for them.
“What do you want to order, Bhi?” ask Riana while looking at the menu list.
“Samain same as you..” Abhi said while leaning her head on the table.
“Lho, you why, Bhi?” ask Riana worried.
“I'm dizzy Ri, so dizzy..” Abhi answered slowly.
“Hey, don't worry, just plain... We eat here first, later, I go home by taxi online only, yes, okay?”
“Big no!” exclaim Riana.
“Why?” Abhi wonder.
“Your condition is not possible to go home alone, Abhi. Let me anter ya?” riana said softly.
“But my house is the same boarding you are not in the same direction, Ri, is it not twice muter later?” ask Abhi.
“No problem, Bhi, which is important during the trip, you have a companion. Yes already, we pesen pasta yes, after eating, I anter you go home,” said Riana. Abhi nodded, then smiled. Thankfully, everything remains the same, except perhaps Riana's feelings for him, who only considers him a friend, have never been more. But perhaps, the only thing she could be grateful for was, Riana's attitude never changed to him, after that confession.
***
The following days, Abhi left, and Riana accompanied him. He does not know why he still does that, even though he does not love Abhi more than he feels as a friend. Even so often Riana as good as – helps, accompany everywhere, Abhi was once angry big, very big. It felt like it was really the highest peak of the emotional embers eruption that he had been storing so tightly all along.
“What do you want, Riana?” his screams are uncontrollable.
“Us-You mean?”
“Why do you stay here? Why don't you go? If you don't feel the same way about me, why are you still here? Whyaaa?”
“Abhi enough!” in the end, Riana screamed as well. His heart was so hurt over Abhi's current attitude.
“ Am I wrong if I can only love you in a different context? Is it my fault that I don't have the same taste as you? I never knew Abhi, if our closeness hurt you in the end. I'm really sorry for that. But Bhi, if I were here right now, would not want to hurt you at all, or to add to the wound in your heart. You're my best friend, the one who taught me so much about life. But if with me now you're not comfortable, you keep getting emotional, you keep getting angry, okay, I'll try to get away from you. Who knows, everything will improve. Excuse me, Abhi..” and in the end, their quarrel that night ended with Riana rushing home to her boarding house, crying. And the quarrel was also finally witnessed by Mayang, who is the younger sister of Abhi, as well as Riana's student at school.
“Hey, Bhi, why dumbass? Waiting for me a long time? Oh yes, this helmet was made first,” said Riana cheerfully while handing a helmet to Abhi.
“Mmm... I'm just thinking, kok,” said Abhi while wearing a helmet and climbed on top of the bonfire.
“Think what?” riana asked while running her bike slowly, leaving the cafe.
“Mmm... How huh? I feel like I'd be sorry for a lifetime if I lost a friend like you, Riana. You know, how bad I felt after making you cry at that time, Mayang also came to my room, change the cry plus angry with me, he said, I'm not grateful, I'm not grateful, use the event to make you cry all, hurt you and all kinds. And after he was angry from my room, I kept thinking... Yes too, huh? Why do I keep judging you just because of this unrequited feeling of one-sidedness, though, not wanting you too to be in a situation like that anyway, moreover, you've been good all along with me. Honestly at first, I thought you were just sorry for me..”.
“Heh, what the hell are you? Why should I feel sorry? There is not one thing that can make you enter the category of pity, you are the same with my other friends. Even if (sorry), your condition is not visually impaired, I will still care about this as you possibly can, with a note, if your attitude is still polite anyway. If you have always been a bar-bar and brash, maybe a different story,” said Riana. Abhi laughed, stroking Riana's shoulder. From that day on, and at this moment, her perception of Riana had completely changed. Okay, her feelings may still be the same, but about her baseless accusations to the girl should be exterminated already. Because in reality, Riana was indeed a good person. And one thing is certain, every day with the girl, are beautiful days for Abhi. These were the days he would be able to remember, had that time come.
(BBC).
