The Night After You

CH - 11: Remaining Questions

"No, no need, no need, do not bother," Sena told Sanda

"No, I'm not troubled" Sanda told Sena

Sena shut up and started thinking.

"But" said Sanda

"But what?" ask Sena

"If you want me to take you home, I have to go home first to get my bike" Sanda said

"No need, I just ride the motorcycle, it's okay" said Sena

"My house is not far from here, let me take it first, if you are afraid to be alone here, you can come with me" said Sanda

Then Sanda immediately rushed away from Sena.

Sena who saw Sanda continued to walk without looking at him again, she would not want to have to come, because she was afraid to be alone there, too, and also the ojek there is quite far from the school, while Sena is not carrying her cell phone.

"The object base of our school is far away, so it is too waste of time to go there" said Sanda

"Indeed, is your house close?" ask Sena

"Near enough" replied Sanda

They continued walking, where the sky had already started to let the sun almost sink.

Arriving in front of Sanda's house, Sanda knocked on her door.

"Assalamualaikum, Ma'am, Salisa, Sky, Brother came home" Sanda said as he knocked on his door

A young woman came out of the house.

"Waalaikumsalam" replied Salisa, the younger brother of Sanda

"Tumben later you're home late in the afternoon?" ask Salisa

"Yes, there is some business outside" said Sanda

"Please grab the keys to your bike, Lisa. Brother wants to take Sena home, because it's almost night now" said Sanda

Salisa looked at Sena and smiled, then Sena reached out to shake her hand.

"Sena," Sena said as she reached out her hand

"Salisa, Bang Sanda's sister," replied Salisa while shaking hands with Sena

"This is who Bang is? Brother's girlfriend?" ask Salisa to Sanda

Sena and Sanda were silent for a moment and looked at each other, after the question that came out of the mouth of Sister Sanda.

"No, he's a school boy brother too, quickly take his keys, later afraid of the sun sinking first" Sanda told Salisa

Sena immediately rushed into the house and took the key.

Since that incident, Sena and Sanda had felt a little strange.

During the trip, Sanda just kept quiet, talking once only to ask which direction he should take this bike.

"You don't like to talk, do you?" ask Sena from above the Sanda motorbike

"Sometimes," replied Sanda

"Why don't you talk to me?" ask Sena

"I don't know what to talk about" Sanda said

"It turns out to be true, people who are good at writing, are not too good at finding topics to talk about" said Sena

"Who said I was good at writing?" said Sanda

"Me" said Sena

"Because I can't write, so when I look at your rhyme, I feel that you're good at writing" Sena said

"You could say, I'm not good at expressing my feelings, so I just write" said Sanda

Sena also understood why Sanda read more than talk.

Then Sanda stopped his motorbike, right where Sena said.

"Thank you for the ride, sorry to bother you," Sena said after removing the helmet lent by Sanda

"No problem, equally," said Sanda

"Be careful on the way home" Sena said

"Yes" said Sanda

Time continued to pass, that afternoon was a very strange and beautiful afternoon for Sanda. Strange because Salisa suddenly asked like that, and quite beautiful for her when it comes to passing the twilight with a woman other than her Mother and Sister.

Evening day came.

*From Sena's side

"Mama thought you had come home with your friend," said Mama Sena while serving dinner

"No, Ma. I went away for a while to escape" said Sena, who was sitting at the dinner table

"Run from what?" ask Mama Sena

"From Tomi, who used to drive me here" said Sena

"Why him?" asked Mama Sena who had just served dinner on the dining table, then sat right in front of Sena

"He forced me to go home with him, but I didn't want to, and he kept forcing, inevitably I had to get out of there, and yes, not long after that, I went from there, too," Sena told her mother

"Only?" ask Mama Sena

"No," replied Sena

"Who did you go with?" ask Mama Sena

"Sanda," replied Sena

"Sanda.." said Mama Sena while thinking.

"Oh, a guy you borrowed a book from?" ask Mama Sena

"Yes, Ma" Sena replied

"How can you be with him?" ask Mama Sena

"When it happened, he passed by in front of me, and I was also confused as to what reason to reject Tomi's invitation. Then yes, I just call Sanda, then I take her away from the school" said Sena

The two of them spoke while eating the food that Mama Sena had served.

In the middle they were enjoying the meal.

"How's Sanda?" ask Mama Sena suddenly

"What's what?" ask Sena back to her Mama

"Yes his man, his attitude," said Mama Sena

"She's nice, but a little bit indifferent, like not caring about other people and the environment around her," Sena told her mother

"Maybe it looks outside, in her you don't know anything about her. Maybe he is more than you expect" said Mama Sena

"Maybe, Ma. Sena also does not know and does not understand him," said Sena

"Are you starting to fall in love now?" mama Sena said with a smile looking at Sena

"Mama, what the hell," said Sena while looking at her Mama

Mama Sena also smiled and now she realized that her child had begun to grow up, and had begun to know what love is.

"Mama's son is now big, yes," said Mama Sena

"If you really like her, there is nothing wrong with that, right," said Mama Sena again

Hearing her Mama's words, Sena's cheeks turned red. He felt disbelief, why did he feel this strange feeling.

"But I may not like him, it may be someone who is in the library with him earlier, is his lover," said Inner Sena

"Yes even if he says no, he may be lying, right. Who knows the ruse of a man," said Inner Sena