The Night After You

CH - 4: Dining Table And Night Question

Sena then ran down towards the dining table.

"Papa," said Sena while hugging her Papa

"Oh my son" said Papa Sena

"It's been 1 week and Papa hasn't been home, where have you been?" sena asked in her Papa's arms

"I'm sorry baby, Papa has a busy office, which requires Papa to overtime every day" said Papa Sena

"So then, Papa's still overtime again?" ask Sena to her Papa

"No, hon. Papa is no longer overtime" Papa Sena told Sena

"Eh, it's Sena, Papa just came home in the arms, let Papa rest, eat first," said Mama Sena who had just arrived down the stairs

"Yes, Ma" said Sena as she took off her hug from her Papa

Sena, or Rasena Angelika, is the eldest of her parents, her only child from a wealthy family in the city, the Bram family. The Bram family is one of the most visible families in the city, and Sena is the daughter and only child.

Sena is so very spoiled by both parents, because of the great affection of both parents to Sena. Sena hardly even knows what is going on outside her home, because from her elementary school until Junior High, she only went to school at home, or commonly called homeschooling. When he went to high school, Papa and Mama Sena agreed to inevitably send Sena to public school, because one day Sena would definitely meet new people and she had to learn to socialize.

Sena is the type of child who is obedient to her parents, she loves both her parents very much, she almost never refutes the words of both her parents.

*From Sanda's side

Now, he had reached home, and was in his room.

"It was so beautiful that twilight" said Sanda's heart as she looked at the sky outside the window

Reflex he immediately opened his bag and looked for the small note he had.

"Well, where's my notebook going," said Sanda still trying to find

Shortly thereafter.

"Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm borrowing it from a girl, who I don't even know what her name is. But, yes, it is" said Sanda

Then he went down to the courtyard in front of his house, sitting in front of his terrace more precisely, he sat down while drinking the tea he had just made when he came down earlier.

He sat alone, in front of the porch of the house with twilight and a cup of warm tea.

*From Sena's side.

Now Sena is in her room, after passing the dinner with her small family, she chose to relax by enjoying the round of time in her room.

He again took a small notebook loaned by a man named Sanda.

He looked at the cover of the book, front and back.

"The small notebook is ordinary, but feels so luxurious because a human fills it with words" said Sena's inner voice while looking at the book

Sena looked at the last page of the book, still blank, no writing. Yes, it was really the last page of the book.

Sena tried to take the initiative to tell his name by writing it on the last page.

He took his pen, he immediately wanted to write.

"But is it okay to write here? This is not my book" Sena said

"Ah already, it's better that I just write, than he does not know my name at all" said Sena's heart

Sena began to put the tip of her pen on the paper, she wrote something down before her name.

"Thank you for lending this rhyme book to someone you don't know, even if it's not the book I'd like to look for in the beginning. But, when you look at your writing, it seems pretty much interesting, oh yes, this is my book back right, even though I haven't read all of it. Greetings to know," wrote Sena in the book, but she has not mentioned her name

He closed the book and opened his phone, then he went to one of the apps to listen to music, then he put his phone on his desk, and he began to lie down on his bed while closing his eyes.

*From Sanda's side.

Late at night, it began to raise a lot of questions inside Sanda's head.

"It seems, I also want to know, what was the girl's name?" ask Sanda's heart

Sanda, who was looking out the window, was amazed to see the stars.

"At every distance away, do the stars signal each other longing through their flickering?" ask Sanda's heart again

"If so, do 1 star to another star know each other's name or origin? If so, how do they understand each other and what language does he speak?" ask Sanda's heart

The more the night, the more questions that even Sanda himself could not answer.

Soon, Sanda began to get sleepy, and she began to close her bedroom window, and began to lie down on her mattress.

"What is the girl's name? Where'd he come from? Why for almost 3 years I went to school there, I just saw him this afternoon, in the library. Does he like to disappear from the crowd? Or pull away from all the other people at school?" ask Sanda's heart

"But, does the girl already have a lover? Or not?" sanda's question in her heart was becoming more so

Shortly from his drifting Sanda from within his own mind, he finally fell asleep on his mattress that was so comfortable.

Not long after, the morning arrived in the middle of his cold last night, Sanda was awakened by hearing a knock from the door of his room.

"Abang, wake up, I tell you to get ready, I want to ask you a friend of his to the market this morning" said Sanda's sister, named Salisa Alaska

"Yes, Salisa, for a moment, Brother just woke up," said Sanda while opening his eyes

"Well, hurry up" Salisa told Sanda

Sanda slowly got up from her sleep, and opened her bedroom window first.

"You finally arrived too, Morning" said Sanda