The Story of the Ordinary Girl

Video Call from Aji

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"Mi, can I stay at Lexa's?" I asked umi who was watching television.

"Now? no ... no! this is Dis, what's wrong? sampe should nginep-nginep everything?" Umi was immediately excited by my permission request.

"Yes, no, no, no, tomorrow!" I explained the misunderstanding I thought.

"Umi guess now, why use the event nginep-nginep all?" ask umi back.

"Pengen nginep aja Mi, I'm usually sleeping alone mulu," I whine to Umi.

Ever since Masitah got married, I have been sleeping alone. Unless there are friends staying at home. Back then, while still sleeping with Masitah. Whatever I felt, I thought, and I was troubled, I must have shared it with my only female brother. But now, in this kind of condition. Looks like I need a confiding friend, like Lexa or something.

"If Lexa's house is nothing, she'll be close to your workplace. That's it, as well as Lexa also Umi already know. So you can get down there." Unexpectedly, Umi was so easy to give me permission.

"Seriously Mi?" My happy face I can't hide. From childhood to adulthood like this. If I asked for permission to stay anywhere, it would be 'No' except like yesterday. For urgent reasons and for my own good too.

"Where are you going Dis?" ask Umi when I see I'm about to enter the room.

"Lah's room! where are you going again?"

"Tumbens! still in the afternoon I was just going to say something," ledek umi to me.

I pursed my lips to face Umi. Then it passed without a word leaving umi in the television room.

Actually, in my room there's also a television. But, I watched more often together in the living room. It's just, if each does not want to be disturbed, then I watch myself in the room. Like if there's a boxing event, then I have to give in to Abah who notes that he's a fan of hard sports. Or if there is a football event then, Umi will step away from us.

Abah, me and my little brother are fans of football events. We will compact watch together, even though our heroes are different. Understandably, abah used to be a sports coach. So almost all sports like.

In the room, I glared at the paper birds that were still faithful hanging from decorating the sky of my room. Suddenly, I remembered the letter from Aji. "What time is it in Vietnam?" muttered.

I started typing messages in the green app with the 'W' symbol.

[Hi Ji, Assalamualaikum it's me, girl.]

In the application, then before long seen Aji's sign is online. And, a blue double check mark was immediately visible on the message I sent. However, Aji does not seem to be typing anything.

A video call from the name Aji is now seen filling the mobile phone screen, for a moment I was stunned. Between accepting it or letting it go, my heart suddenly just beat like hell.

I took a long breath, then took it slowly. I swipe the green phone sign up on that screen. Having previously tidied up my hair which I think is a little messy.

Aji's face filled the screen *Handphone, Me,

"Hi Chinese*," he said.

"Hallo," I was a little misbehaved when I saw him on my phone screen.

We were both stunned for a moment. It seems, Aji also felt the awkwardness that I felt. Several times we asked the news at the same time, and it happened more than once. Until finally, Aji asked about the answer in the letter he sent.

I hesitated, to say 'Yes' even though I was eager to say it. Finally, I could only say "Loe sure of how you feel?"

"I'm sure China, one hundred percent I'm sure!"

"But our distance?"

"If you are sure too, and wait. I must have returned to my homeland. This distance, which will bring us closer by longing."

"Ji .. actually, I was sad when I found out you were leaving and not saying goodbye. But I realized, I'm a nobody, and have no right to be sad or disappointed."

"Is that a sign that you have the same feeling?"

"Let's know Ji, that feeling I've buried for a long time."

"If that feeling ever existed, it might be possible to try to grow China again!"

"Either Ji, that feeling I've gotten rid of years ago, because I'm afraid to hope for the uncertain."

"Now that feeling is definitely Chinese, I love you."

"O right there what time is it, Ji?" I tried to divert the discussion, because I did not want to be pressed to give an answer.

"The time here is no different from the time in Indonesia" he replied.

"Yes,"

"Yes first, Ji. Tomorrow we have to work, afraid of bad luck," I want to end this video call immediately, to avoid Aji's question.

"okay! good evening China, we'll connect again, yes" he asked before ending the call.

"okay! bye Ji, good night too." I hit that red phone sign, to end the call.

I took a slow but stressful breath and then lay back on the bed. Where did my mind drift? I don't know myself.

I tried to ignore my memories from the video call with Aji just now. Then busied myself by preparing the clothes that I would bring to stay at Lexa's house tomorrow.

When I finished, I tried to close my eyes. Despite the shadow of Aji's request, it just kept spinning in my head's memory.

As usual, I'm going to turn off all the lights and put a headset on my ear, to listen to lullabies on my phone and, that always works, even if it takes a while.

...*****...

This morning, I was ready to go to work. If I usually carry a small backpack, I currently carry a sports sling bag that fits a lot of stuff. Because I intend to stay at Alexa's house. And, because I also have permission.

Arriving at the factory, I saw many foreign faces sitting on a bench near the security guard post. I thought they were new recruits. When viewed from the clothes they wear. White shirt and black material pants.

I passed them without a word. In fact, only a single smile I put on that unintentionally suddenly looked into the eye.

After putting the bag and jacket in the locker, I walked towards work casually.

suddenly,

"Himself loe?" Alexa grabbed my shoulder from behind.

I turned my head, and when I found out it was Alexa I immediately answered it.

"Two, really."

"Who's the guy?" alexa asked who was then looking for the figure I called, with a slightly anxious face.

"Loe sama! hahaha ...." I laughed at his expression.

"Soundless! I think really the same who is it .. loe is a shaman's son, the maenannya mystical creature," Alexa demonstrate the style of fortune-teller with a crystal ball.

"Pe'a loe!" I hit Alexa hard on the shoulder and we joked all the way to the post,

I'm always comfortable with Alexa. The age that was only one year between us, made us have no limits in joking. Yes ... that's how close we both are.

While we were walking around joking, suddenly Alexa's shoulder was grabbed by someone. The man, without feeling guilty, continued to advance in his footsteps. Even looking to just see the condition of Alexa was not, arrogantly she walked ahead of us.

"Who's the?" alexa asked me, holding her shoulder.

I put my shoulders together, not knowing who it was. However, from his clothes I am sure it is a prospective new employee.

"Crazy! yeah, you guys, don't know who I am?" Alexa grunted as she rolled up her sleeves.

I was instead made to laugh by Alexa's behavior, and immediately smoothed the arm of Alexa's clothes that had stretched the top of her hand smooth white and slightly accentuated the muscles, saying.

"You want to be a hotshot?"

"Loe look at dong Zie, so bad for people!" the sarcasm.

"Udah, patience. Oh yeah, I'm at your house."

"Seriously?" ask me with a glowing face.

"Yes, jeleek. I've brought clothes and have permission also from nyokap."

Alexa hugged me and pranced, like she was happy to hear that I was staying at her house. I pushed her body away, but Alexa kept hugging me.

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