The Secret Love Story (End)

Lecture Reunion

"It's been a long day without you, my friends

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again

We've come a long way from where we've been

Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again"

~See You Again, Wiz Khalifa VS Charlie Put~

After a few weeks of struggling with my heart I finally decided to go to my college reunion.But reunion with my class mates during college first more precisely, rather, but the reunion with friends one assistant who was the same age first.Actually I was lazy to come to the event soan, meet with friends one school first that was close to where I lived sometimes I was reluctant, I was reluctant, but this time I decided to leave. If you ask him why, of course it's because of him. Yes, because of her, the girl with the small stature that I used to call "the boy. I don't know why I became so curious about the girl now.More after my meeting with her a few weeks ago.She didn't seem to know me when we passed each other on the street.

You know, back then I thought I was just thinking too much about the girl until my vision became blurred and assumed someone else was her. I even protested my own thoughts and conjectures that how could the girl be in this place, right around the city where I live. However, for some reason the belief came to my mind that it was him, that, until I finally did something that I had never done before, I followed him who walked in a black skirt suit and pink shirt accompanied by a hijab that matched the color of his shirt.

He stopped by the store and bought something I don't know what it was because I was watching him from afar. Then the girl stood by the red light and was about to cross the street, he walked towards me while I walked towards him.I could see his face clearly that it was him when we walked across.He smiled knots at me, whether it's true towards me or it's just my prejudices I don't know.But then he was lost in the crowd, people and school children who were bustling about to cross the road also made me lose track of the girl.Yes, the, he's missing he's disappeared in that crowd.

A few weeks after the incident I sat there thinking about our meeting at the time. I brushed aside all my prejudices with many question marks surrounding my head.

"If it's true that he saw me and smiled at me, why didn't he greet me and just walked and passed away and then disappeared in the crowd?" my inner.

I convinced myself later that it might just not be him and just someone who looked like him.If it was him, it was him, three months ago when I went on vacation to Yogyakarta with my parents I accidentally met him he still greeted me though a little awkward when we met.But, the second meeting a few weeks ago he was different, he was completely different because that's why I decided to go to this reunion event.I have to know the answer, whether my vision and my guess were wrong, or it's true.

*****

I was still on the Sragen - Surabaya train when my phone suddenly rang. I saw my flip-phone which then displayed a name on the screen. "Son" the name of one of my assistant friends. I immediately swiped the green button to receive the call.

Son Calling :

"Hallo..hallo. "Hallo...Gha..," he said when he had not received a single reply from me.

Calling of Erlangga :

"It's me, why the hell are you screaming on the phone, I don't budeg times....,"

Son Calling :

"Hehehe.ya ma'aph bro, the end of his loe anyway on the phone is not directly answered that it was just appointed," said the son with a giggle that could not be seen by Erlangga.

Calling of Erlangga :

"Yeah, yeah...Sorry...sorry...," What's the matter?"

Son Calling :

"Gue just want mastiin loe ntar so come to the reunion event? I want a reservation now you know, afraid of running out of place if the message is later...,"

Calling of Erlangga :

"Yes.iya.gue dating, here also on the train in two hours nyampek. BTW, why are you coming?" erlangga asked probing to find out if the girl was coming or not.

Son Calling :

"Duuuhhh.which is a secret anyway.Ntar not surprise dong. I'm the only one who knows...,"

Calling of Erlangga :

"Duh.rempong really loe pack secrets of all. I'm like a mother...,"

Son Calling :

"Let the wis be important I'm the head of the committee.hahaha...,"

Calling of Erlangga :

"Like loe deh..yeah if so I go back to sleep again.bye...,"

Son Calling :

"Duuhhh nie people.riding the car favors the view or what cake even mollor...,"

Calling of Erlangga :

"Bodo'..bye..," said Erlangga hung up his phone and re-directed his gaze to the scene as if moving on the left right of the road.

"Gue failed to find out, loe datAng or not?" and a few seconds later he fell asleep on the train.

*****

Ara was ready to leave with her black backpack wrapped in some red on her side. She sat on the porch of her house.Long dress is green mint with flowers motifs mixed with red and pink on it while the plain skirt dangled until it reached the floor. Her long, maroon-colored veil fluttered about in the wind as she walked in the doorway after discovering a silver Avanza had landed right in the yard of her neighbor's house.

A young man with black curls came out of the car. He was wearing a blue, checkered short-sleeved shirt paired with jeans and sneakers blending black with white. He walked towards Ara's house not far from where he parked his car.Dibutnya glasses perched in his eyes and cleaned it with a handkerchief that is kept in the pocket of his pants, and, a few seconds later he was at the place where Ara was standing next to her father about to say goodbye.

"We're leaving now" she asked.Ara simply nodded and then kissed her father's hand to say goodbye. The man did the same thing Ara did.

"Please take care of Ara ya Mahdi..," pinta Ara's father.

"Well," answered the young man named Mahdi.

Ara and Mahdi walked to the place where the car was driven.After entering the car they immediately shot to the location in the direction.In the car silence a few seconds later Mahdi also broke the silence created it.

"Are you sure of your decision?" ask Ara. Ara simply replied with a nod.

"But you will later.." Mahdi's words were stopped by Ara's words later.

"I'm fine, however I want to meet them.Maybe this is difficult for me later, but I would love to meet them. After all, I can still remember some of them right...?" firmly Ara.

"Yes, fine if that's what you want. But promise me one thing.."

"What....?"

"Don't try to remember, how much you want to remember them don't try too hard to remember. Because it's gonna make you sick..,"

"OK ready, doctor." said Ara accompanied by a small smile.

A few minutes after the conversation, Ara fell asleep while Mahdi was still busy with her thoughts. He was worried about what happened to Ara later. The anxieties always appear when it comes to the condition of the girl next to him who is asleep.

"What if among those you're about to meet is someone who caused you to become like this?" inner Mahdi.

*****

Sky Way Cafe, this is where they met for the reunion event.Erlangga had sat together with 12 other friends.And from far away seemed someone who carried a little girl walking with her husband to the cafe as well.And they can guess that it was Christy one of their married friends.Finally they all gathered together into one in the cafe. They come from different regions there are from NTB, Batam, Kalimantan and many others but more or the majority of the anyway comes from the island of Java, whether it is East Java, East Java, Central Java or West Java. They were gathering and chatting.Some introduced their partners, some were engrossed in gulping and eating the snacks that were being prepared, and some were busy with other activities, there was one person who still had not come among them.

"Didn't you come....?" Inner Erlangga who was sipping coffee milk in front of him.

However, then his gaze was diverted towards the same gaze as his friends who were waving their hands while shouting one of his highly awaited names.

"Hey...Ara...here...here....," said they simultaneously and excited.

The girl with small stature ran towards the place where people were shouting her name. He vaguely remembered the faces of his friends, though, because a few weeks ago he tried to remember from the album his old photos also recognize them from the sosmed accounts where some of their contacts are still stored on Ara's mobile phone.

One of the girls got out of her seat and hugged Ara.

"My dear.at last we meet again..," he said, hugging Ara. "You're okay.you're better now, you know I'm very anxious. But, forgive me, I can only visit you again now.

"I'm fine Vreya don't worry.." said Ara.

Some people were surprised to hear the conversation of two friends. They both seem to owe the story to everything.Because that's the eyes of their friends demand clarity staring at the two who are still hugging each other. Realizing that, Vreya finally told Ara to sit down and would immediately explain to them.

However, they were more demanding to explain first who the man standing behind Ara was.Someone in plaid blue shirt clothes threw a smile at the others after Ara introduced the man to her friends.

"Mas, sit...," Ara asked the man to occupy the remaining seat.Their account deliberately ordered more benches just in case."These are Mas Mahdi." he said.

"Wahhhhh..Who is Ara, your boyfriend huh?" ask Putra.

"Emmm..now you have the courage yes courtship and the same path of men.not that it used to be just...," Ahmad glanced at Erlangga and everyone understood the meaning of Ahmad's words.

"Oh.no..not this is my doctor..," explained Ara who looks slightly reddened her cheeks due to the tearing of her friends. "Lohs.... Who is he...?" asked Ara while following the direction of his friends who were heading towards Erlangga. Ara's question made her friends demand more explanation.

"Hahhhhh..loe does not know him..," asked the son surprised to get out of his seat so surprised.

"Loe seriously did not want Erlangga, Ra...," timpal Mela one of the girl friends who sat right next to Erlangga along with her lover.Ara also nodded to answer her friends' questions.

Vreya also explained the reason why Ara did not remember Erlangga.She explained that a few months ago Ara had an accident and she lost some of her memory. Previously, Ara did not remember who Vreya was when Vreya visited the hospital where Ara was treated. He also told her how sad she was when Ara did not remember her but a few days slowly Ara could remember her.Everything because she saw a photo album and I explained some of the things she experienced first, she said, he also remembered some of his past memories. But, every time he tried to remember he would feel a lot of pain in his head.

"Oh, so that's why.." said Reza.

"Eh, try me out, you still know our names, right? Try what's my name...?" Vein Vapor.

Ara also remembered all the names of their faces as taught by Vreya back then and as taught again by the Mahdi a few days ago.

"Hmmm.kamu Vena, Yola, Zeta, Reza, Arif, Dinda, Putra, Ahmad, Tama, Azrel, Mela, and.... What's her name...?" ara asked the Mahdi who stopped naming her friends' names just as her index finger pointed at Erlangga. Mahdi, trying to remember what the guy's name is but he also forgot. "Vrey, you never introduced him. Who is....?" Ara asked Vreya her closest friend.

"Di.dh....Erlangga. Yep...Erlangga." said Vreya.

"Oh, yes you are Erlangga," explained Ara."Ma'af I forgot a little bit.." said Ara then while scratching her nape.

Erlangga simply nodded as if accepting the ma'af request from Ara. "You really forgot me..?" inner Erlangga. However, what disturbed his mind was that it was obvious that the girl had lost her memory, but she could still learn to recognize everything but why not with him. Why didn't Vreya even tell me about her.

Vreya knew Erlangga was staring at her from her seat.She knew that the man demanded an explanation from her.But, Vreya just kept quiet and chatted with the others. Some asked about how they were doing, how they were doing and others and even still some were curious about what happened to Ara and demanded further explanation.

"Dok, may I ask." asked Ahmad.

"Don't call doc, call Mahdi. What do you want to ask?" ask Mahdi.

"Hmm.it's not good to call a name directly. You are older than us. How about we call Mas Mahdi, let it be like Ara's call," explained Vena.

"Can.can be up to you... BTW what do you want to ask?"

"Em..gini Mas Mahdi, how could Ara just lose her memory partially?"

"Oh, it could be due to traumatic reasons.There are some events that cause Ara to experience trauma so that her subconscious tries not to remember it, maybe for that reason Ara only lost some of her memories..," obviously Mahdi.

"Ah,, that means, Gha.apa loe has the same fault Ara..," asked the son who suddenly made Erlangga surprised.

Erlangga shook his head. "No, I never made a mistake with that boy." said Erlangga, twitching his forehead and staring at Ara cynically.

"Eh...uglik why did you call me a boy...?" said Ara while looking at Erlangga cynically as well.

All were stunned to hear Ara's words.They thought whether Ara had started to remember Erlangga.If not why did Ara mention the word call to Erlangga.

"Ra...kamu already inget the same Erlangga...?" ask Putra.

But the only thing asked was howling. "Hahh.I mean....?" ask Ara.

"That you called Erlangga "ugly", isn't that the name you used to call Erlangga?"obviously Son.

"Huhh...do you really cook anyway?"Ara was even more confused because she did not even remember a single memory of her with the man.

"Keep if you don't want to, why did you call him that?"Zeta.

"Since before Ta, cook him why I'm a boy..," explained Ara who is still with a unique accent. Who still speaks semi-formally unlike his friends who have now begun to speak with a little cheeked slang.

"Emank loe kita.kalau still a boy yes aja..," said Erlangga hope that Ara's memory can be a little back if he often do things he often did first.

"Tuuuhhhh, he was a mussel.

And all that his friends laughed saw the face of Ara's manyun and Erlangga's ignorance.They seemed to return to the events of a few years ago.Where the quarrel of the two creatures (Aradan Erlangga) is often an interesting spectacle for his friends.

"Hahaha.the atmosphere like gini nieh that makes us miss the past, yes." said Tama.

"Yes, I really miss seeing you guys having a big fight every day." added Zeta.

While Mela who was sitting beside Erlangga, saw Erlangga's flat face.She knew that the friend who was also closest to her was thinking about something.

"You why? It's all right, isn't it...?" ask Mela.

"Yes, I'm okay.," he said then again circulated his gaze to another so that Mela no longer investigated the look on his face. "Loe really doesn't want to be the same as me Ra...," he said softly until Mela who was next to him did not hear him.

All were engrossed in chatting and telling each other again leaving the story of two creatures that never got along in the memories of the past. Until the unfortunate day and the moon that drifted in the sky was getting brighter finally they ended the meeting on that day. The meeting will continue tomorrow, considering their holiday is still two days left before everything returns to their respective routines and activities.

"Okey.then we split up now and see you tomorrow. Tomorrow comes at the place and hour that I certainly yes." said the son who was immediately answered with a nod by his friends.

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