#Move On, Jomb!
Chapter 26: The Mask of life

...THE MOVE ON PROCESS...

...#Learn to accept reality and don't hate your ex...

...“Hating will only hurt you. Learn to accept, even if you refuse to forget.”...

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Aul's change, sometimes making him confused by his own feelings. Various articles that Aul read, about 'How to Move on the most accurate' until finally Aul found the article with a fairly ridiculous title, 'Make Move on to be as easy as a Gallon lift!'

“Basic netizen,” comment Aul in heart. He laughed and read the article.

Aul pensively sat on the balcony terrace near his room. The cold gust of wind that hit his face, did not make Aul move at all. Even bravely, Aul only wears short-sleeved shirts and knickers.

No one understands ourselves better, if not ourselves.

Aul looked up towards the quiet sky. Normally, the sky would be decorated with stars, at the very least, it managed to make the sky not look gloomy. Like Aul. There was an invisible mist, enveloping his grieving heart.

The memory of one man who was memorable in his teenage life, is re-recorded in memory. A peppered smile, looking sincere as it is. However, it did not last long. Aul sobbed quietly which ended up being a cry as he pleased.

“Why should I be weak gini...” softened while hugging his knees and hiding his face behind the gap of his knee.

Aul felt a brief pat on his shoulder. Just kontan, Aul gasped. He hurriedly wiped his tears, then turned his head completely to the person standing behind him. Before being able to recognize the person, Aul was again surprised by the sudden action taken by the person, hugging him very tightly.

Aul's breathing hunted down, he felt his heart being hit by the strong concrete. The heavy weight on his shoulders, further made him feel like a helpless weakling. Aul froze in place. He was very familiar with the perfume and the sound of the beating of the heart which also rhymed the same as the rhythm of his heart.

“Do not cry .. I can at least see lo kayak gini,” said the man who is very familiar Aul.

Aul wants to curse. Yelling at the man who held her, all the meanest words. Aul wanted to protest about all the raging feelings. But all of that is stuck on the tip of the tongue. His lips were mute, even just to catch his breath Aul felt difficulty.

At first Aul's body stiffened from getting a sudden hug from Riziq, but over time, his heart was unable to lie to him. Only the crying voice that Aul conveyed to Riziq and the night sky bore witness to Aul's silence about the difficult feelings to unfold.

“Perfectly sick, yes?” ask Riziq carefully. Aul answered with a nod.

Riziq's hand did not stop gently rubbing Aul's beautiful hair mane.

“You just have to believe, that not everything you see is bad, it will end badly anyway. You have to be sure, that in this life it is about how we choose,” said Riziq.

Aul let go of his embrace, he looked at Riziq wistfully. He was confused by Riziq's seemingly different presence and attitude. It's too sudden and hard to get Aul to digest.

“Because the heart was chosen, not chosen,” Riziq continued.

Riziq's gaze seemed to pierce Aul's eyes. He did not take his eyes off the slightest item, and in the end, Aul decided to never hate Riziq. Nevertheless, Riziq remained a person who would matter to Aul.

With a hoarse voice, Aul painstakingly said a few words. “What do you think, our farewell, is the best?”

Riziq smiled thinly, heavy to reproduce Aul's question. There are times, something that does not need to be revealed, just felt. And enough he knows it.

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In the free time of Mr. Willy's absence in Broadcast-1 class, Aul grabs a pencil and opens his notebook. His hands skillfully, scraping a few words into meaningful sentences. His inner voice was unceasingly chanting one name as Aul wrote.

Be thankful to the Divine

For the favors and tests given

Be thankful to yourself

Don't be troubled

Because the present, the determinant of the future.

~Hana Aulia's

After writing the description of the word, Aul again kept his book in a backpack. Moreover, Kaila had been watching him since Aul started writing with a curious look.

“Why look around, anything weird?” ask Aul, surprised.

Kaila put the back of her hand on Aul's forehead. “Hot weight,” murmured. “Truly lo ... healthy, Aul?” mengagu.

Aul nodded slowly. “Well, why me?”

“Lo broke up, yesterday rich people who are not sane, but why now, look okay-okay really?” push Kaila again.

Aul chuckled softly. He propped up his chin and looked at Kaila gently. “Gue is sad,” is honest Aul. He breathed for a moment. “But ... I'm also relieved,” Aul said later.

Kaila looked at Aul with doubt. “Yakin?”

“Yakin!” sahut Aul with certainty.

No matter how long after Aul said that, from the window, Aul and Kaila simultaneously turned their heads on one object that made them both hold their breath, especially Aul. His chest felt squeezed and made him cramped. Kaila who noticed Aul's change of face patted him on the shoulder, to resuscitate.

“Bapace, Aul!” kaila Tegur.

Aul blinked slowly, he looked absentmindedly at Kaila. Like an amnesiac, Aul's vision was blank and Kaila could see it all. Only one person was the cause of Aul thus, seeing Riziq who walked from the corridor of the Department of Automotive to the Department of Broadcast, with Gaila.

Moreover, they seemed to be enjoying the jest that they had no idea what they were discussing. Kaila was half-dead, he wanted to teach Riziq a lesson so as not to arbitrarily apply to the feelings of his best friend. But Aul's hand prevented it first.

“Do not, La! Yesterday, it's okay,” said Aul in a low voice.

Kaila. “Aul, but you can't keep knowing! Riziq it's been playing lo!” reply Kaila.

“Tapi—”

Kaila cuts off Aul's conversation with what Aul already knows as a statement he must face.

“He's a jerk who told you he didn't want to hurt you, but with the opposite reality.”

Aul tried to keep a firm smile, even though his heart screamed bitterly. “What's wrong, La. Partly free if you are angry now, will not affect him,” he said.

Kaila did not want to lose, she still assumed firmly. “Lo is the bego person I know, Aul,” taunted him and proud.

“And lucky I, have a super great friend rich lo,” said Aul while embracing the shoulder Kaila.

Kaila pinched her lips, but kept smiling at Aul. “Can only lo!”

Aul and Kaila laughed together, forgetting for a moment the problems that befell them. Moreover, Kaila was not ready to tell Aul about his problems. Not that she didn't want to, but Kaila thought, she shouldn't burden Aul with her weird problems either.

“Maybe at another time,” muttered Kaila, slowly.

Kaila looked at the ceremonial field that was being used by the children of the Multimedia Department. The smile from someone Kaila saw through her classroom window, making Kaila smile just by looking at her, was more than enough.