The Night After You

CH - 8: Library Stores Feelings

Days run as usual, Sanda back to school with usual, Sena was the same. Now those who have occupied the 3rd grade where it is the end of high school.

Sanda and Sena are busy studying to prepare for the national exam in about 3 months. So the two of them had not met maybe since 2 weeks ago, from that incident.

But one day Sanda who was busy like usual sitting in the library and reading a book, suddenly approached by someone.

"You're Sanda?" asked a woman who was wearing clothes that were very different from other women in school, the woman looked very neat with the school clothes she was wearing, unlike other women in the school.

Sanda who was happy to read the novel, suddenly disturbed his concentration by the sound. He turned his eyes to that voice.

"Yes, who are you?" ask Sanda to the woman

"My name is Farisa, Farisa Farmana, you can call Risa" said the woman named Farisa

"Well, what's the matter with you meeting me here?" ask Sanda to Farisa

"You're the Sanda who won the city-level short story race, right?" ask Farisa

"No, you're wrong" Sanda replied as she read the book

Farisa was confused as to what to respond, while to the best of her knowledge, Sanda was just a man in front of her, there was no other man named Sanda in this school.

"How is that possible?" said Farisa

"The guy named Sanda in this school is just you, right?" ask Farisa again

"There may be something else, other than myself," Sanda told Farisa

Farisa was confused and then she wanted to turn her body back while apologizing.

"I'm sorry, like I'm the wrong person" Farisa said

He turned his body and was about to walk away leaving Sanda there.

"Wait a minute" said Sanda stopped Farisa's steps

"What are you looking for me for?" ask Sanda

Farisa turned back and looked at Sanda.

"I wanted to ask you to teach me how to write a poem or a poem, but you said, you're not Sanda, you're not the man I'm looking for" Farisa said

As Sanda closed his novel, he began to speak seriously.

"All right, I'm Sanda. I'm not good at writing, you can learn to write from an Indonesian teacher at this school, or maybe you can find a way to write on the internet" Sanda said

"No, I want to learn to write directly, because I want to quickly be able to write poetry or rhyme, because soon my mother will have a birthday, I can't give her anything but beautiful words" Farisa told Sanda

Sanda was silent, and he began to think of something.

"Well, it looks like I have to tell you something" Sanda told Farisa

"Sit down, don't stand up" Sanda said

"Well," said Farisa then pulled the chair next to Sanda

"First, there is no secret whatsoever in writing poetry or rhyme" said Sanda

Sanda's words were enough to make Farisa a little confused.

"You mean?" ask Farisa to Sanda

"Yes, like you said to me, you want to learn to write poetry or poetry fast, right?" said Sanda

"Yes" answered Farisa

"Therefore I tell you, there is no secret in writing it. And I don't know what beautiful words are" Sanda told Farisa

"I just write, write and write. I don't know anything about champions, I'm in that race just because I don't know what else to do, and about me winning it, maybe my writing is just like the taste of the judges," sanda said to Farisa

"Then, how?" ask Farisa

"What should I do now?" ask Farisa again

"You just need to express your heart, and just write what you want to write from that heart, maybe that's all I can tell you" Sanda told Farisa

"But I don't understand" said Farisa

"Don't understand what?" ask Sanda

"About my heart" said Farisa

"How is it possible, your own heart problem, you don't know" Sanda told Farisa

"Really, I don't understand with my own heart" Farisa said

"Maybe you have to learn a lot to know how to understand your own heart" Sanda said

Farisa was silent, she indeed from a long time more harboring something in her heart, rather than revealing. He prefers to keep a big secret from his heart, until he forgets how to reveal it.

Sanda who saw Farisa was confused, began to try to explain more clearly.

"Just think, what does your heart feel about your mother?" ask Sanda

"Love, affection, care" Farisa said

"That's the key" said Sanda

"You mean?" ask Farisa

"Yes, that's the key, those 3 words are the key to what you should write later" Sanda said

"Can you please explain it more clearly?" said Farisa

"Like your words, you can start writing with love, like "thank you Mom, because of your love I have the same love" and the next blablabla, you can add your own," said Sanda

Farisa who began to understand Sanda's words, now she began to get an idea of what she should do.

"Oh, well, I understand now what you mean" Farisa said

"Writing is very easy, depending on whether you want to write it or just let it sit in your head" said Sanda

Farisa nodded at Sanda's words, a sign that she understood now.

"Thank you Sanda, for your help" Farisa said

"Together" said Sanda

Sanda just went back to reading the novel that he just closed because he had to talk seriously with Farisa.

While Farisa who was right next to him was now looking at the book that Sanda was reading.

"What is the book about?" ask Farisa

"About longings that have never been conveyed" replied Sanda

Just a moment Sanda answered a question from Farisa, suddenly the class bell rang.

*From Sena's side

"Sena, why were you standing at the door of this library earlier?" ask Sena's female friend to Sena, who was watching Sena from a distance and Sena just silently gazed into the library.