Beautiful Monster
Come on

...Rajendra ⁇ ◝ ⁇ ◜...

^^^There is a special kind of day |^^^

^^^Every weekend |^^^

^^^I want to go there next time |^^^

| I want to go too

| The city sounds good

^^^This city is also suitable for dating |^^^

| Hah? Is this code?

^^^Haha that is |^^^

Ignacia distracts from the phone when she hears a knock on the door. It seems he's not waiting for anyone. Ignacia doesn't remember an appointment with anyone or anything.

A knock back rang out, making him rise to see who was knocking. Oh apparently the hostel guard. Women in their early 40s who knocked earlier brought a kind of package with bubble wrap in black.

"Miss, there's a package. I'll drop you right here after the courier leaves."

"But I don't wait for any packages" whispered Ignacia.

"There's the sender's name, miss." The woman showed a name on the package identity.

Ignacia immediately received it after knowing who sent it. Thank the lady guard of the dormitory and then close the door. The package was brought to the middle table of the room, picked up the scissors and immediately opened it.

A smile was engraved on Ignacia's face as soon as the package was finished opening. Appeared an album from behind the package made very neat. Someone who sent this definitely did not want the package to have any damage.

Photograph album.

His memories with friends are in there. When at Rananta's birthday party, a picnic on the lake, photos that were taken sometime, and even graduation photos that his friends captured. Her picture with Rajendra with two bouquets of flowers was also there.

"Rananta prepared a lot of time for this. I doubt he just sent it to me."

Ignacia grabbed her phone left on the bed for opening the door. Rananta's roomchat opens to say thank you. Rananta must be busy. But the message will be read later.

...Rajendra ⁇ ◝ ⁇ ◜...

| Ignacia, where are you going?

Even Ignacia almost forgot her promise with Rajendra to send a message. Seeing old photos with friends takes his mind off for a moment.

Ignacia took a picture of a small photo album she got from Rananta. Send it to Rajendra. The one at the other end was delighted with the gift Ignacia had received from her best friend. Especially after knowing if he was also printed in this sweet album.

...*****...

"Ignacia, let's have lunch in the cafeteria. You don't have an appointment with your friend, do you? Let's go now before the canteen gets crowded. I'm hungry." Danita waits for Ignacia who still puts all her books in the bag.

The faint nod of the quiet girl's head before him made Danita excited.

People who live in dorms will love the lunch hour in the campus cafeteria. It is better than eating alone in the dormitory or pantry on each floor. Ignacia also did not want to miss seeing the other students chatting and laughing with her friends. That amused him a little.

Danita's picking the table. Pick up a table that is in the middle of the room because the table elsewhere is already full. There are also no school canteens. Students are old enough to know the limits when in public places.

"Ignacia, do you like chocolate milk?" Today's lunch companion is boxed milk. There was a different taste, but the canteen keeper said there was only chocolate left.

"I don't really like the taste of chocolate," continued Danita while giving her milk box to a friend.

Ignacia just nodded. He didn't mind any milk taste. Although the taste of chocolate somewhat reminds him of someone he knows as the chocolate ice cream maniac. There was a small smile on Ignacia's face, but she hurriedly removed it so that Danita would not ask.

"Your friend, what major is he?" Danita asked as a chat in the middle of eating.

"Language education."

"Oh means the building is close to the canteen. He didn't come to lunch? Maybe you want to join us?"

"She had lunch at her friend's place today."

"Next time introduce me to him, Ignacia. Maybe the three of us can be good friends." Ignacia just nodded. About that later Ignacia will ask her friend whether or not. His friend is busy with new life.

"By the way I remember if you had a lover. Where's your girlfriend going to college? What if next time we double date? I'll take you for a walk around this town. Definitely fun. What say?"

Danita's easy to find talking materials. Either because Ignacia tends to be quiet and boring or Danita who has a lot of talk in her head. Maybe both. Ignacia didn't know what to talk about. She only knows if Danita is a fan of hers.

That'sallthatis.

"My love is far from here. I think it will be difficult to get her time," Ignacia smiled wryly, glancing at the two boxes of chocolate milk near her tray.

"Is that so? Then, if he visits you here, let's go together. My girlfriend lives in this town, so it's easy to meet her."

Their lunch was almost over due to the amount of talk Danita brought. No one talks about gossip about other people. After discussing the matter of lovers, he gave recommendations on where to eat, where to hang out, and where to do tasks.

After putting the tray in place, Danita's phone rang. "Ignacia, you go first. I'll pick up my lover's call for a second." He pulled over, sliding the button on the phone screen while walking away. Ignacia was also about to leave, but something was holding her back.

"Hi Bahri, have you had lunch?" Danita's words to someone at the end of the call made Ignacia turn her head. Bahri's name wasn't just someone she knew, was it?

...*****...

New Message from Rajendra ⁇ ◝ ⁇ ◜ ⁇

Ignacia, how was your day?

You had lunch, right?

You have to eat well

Ignacia stared at the old screen of her phone. Check the time and time again for watches, cell phones, even the clock in class to be sure if it is not night. But why did Rajendra send a message? Just before Ignacia entered the next class anyway.

...Rajendra ⁇ ◝ ⁇ ◜...

^^^^ Certainly already |^^^

Ignacia replied with a flowery heart. Rajendra said there were about five minutes to send the message. It wasn't a long time, but at least Ignacia got a reply quickly. If this were to happen every day, glad Ignacia while still replying.

This unravel brunette girl was still busy with her phone. Not even aware that Danita was sitting next to him and staring. Rajendra was gone, Ignacia was happy to be busy rereading his message just now.

"You know," Danita said, "I've never seen you smile so happily. A message from your girlfriend?"

"Oh. Yes, from my beloved." Ignacia kept her phone, switched to taking out a notebook because her lecturer was coming soon. But that smile certainly can't be saved for later. It feels great that every message from Rajendra gets on his phone.

"Well, you must be in the stage of falling in love again with the same person. It was a good time."

"What are you talking about hm?" Ignacia chuckled, "falling in love with the same person over and over again was very thrilling. Fun yet still thrilling."

...*****...

Tonight Ignacia won't be texting Rajendra. The man at the other end wanted to hear Ignacia's voice suddenly.

"I miss your voice. You don't talk much, so I miss him" she said at the start of the call when asked why.

"I miss you too. We haven't seen each other in a long time. Rajendra, I got an offer for a double date. Tata invites us if you can. But I think it'll trouble you. You're not anywhere near here."

"Double dates? I don't mind. As long as I can meet you, what can make me feel burdened? You seem to be very close to this woman named Tata. You guys even planned a double date."

Ignacia got up from her seat near the study table. Approaching the bookshelf on the other side of the room. "The order that wants. I've never thought about that before. You know for yourself if my closest friend, has not had a partner."

"This is about Nesya? Hasn't Nesya found the right person to date?"

"Eitherway. Nesya only told me that she used to like someone in our class. But then he didn't like it. Now he probably hasn't thought about it because of his college."

His hand reached for the photo album that Rananta had given him. There were a few empty spots so Ignacia could use them for the photos she wanted to print.

"Ignacia, if that double date invitation were to come, you wouldn't refuse me to come, would you?"

Ignacia was surprised by the question her lover asked from the end of the call. Even his hands stopped opening the photo. "What does that mean? Now I really want to see you as soon as possible. What made me reject it?"

"You used to reject me if you were among friends. I'm just worried that you still hold the same principles as before. And you also just met Tata recently after the book signing."

Rajendra's tone sounded wry. Perhaps recalling a time he disliked when Ignacia was seen rejecting him while in the middle of his friends.

"I'm sorry, Rajendra. But this time I was confident. You're a man I'm sure will never leave me after people find out about our relationship. I've forgotten my past. So don't worry. I can even hug you in front of Tata later."

Rajendra chuckled for quite a while, "are you sure you're going to hug me in front of your friend, hm?"

"I don't think it's really in front of him, '" the Ignacia correction. He also chuckles. "But take it easy. I won't let you go when double date later. Don't forget to call me about your holiday, Rajendra."

"of course. I'm excited now."

"But I feel bad if you come. What if next time I come to your place? So we're even."

"Hey, I should have just come to you. What man let his lover come to his place? There was me who felt bad and worried. Let me just come. You just have to wait for me to come, hehe."

They still chat until they almost forget the schedule like when sending messages. It's getting late now. Ignacia was busy chatting when in the past she did not talk very often. Is it because they haven't seen each other in a long time? There's a lot they can talk about.

"All right, let's just end up here. You have to get up early for class tomorrow. See you tomorrow, Ignacia."

...*****...

Someone ran towards a girl whose hair was tied to a ponytail. His plan would shock Ignacia. But the girl had to turn around because she accidentally dropped a bullet that she did not have time to put in the bag. Ignacia caught someone behind her.

"What are you doing?" Ask Ignacia to him.

"I'll surprise you. Why did you turn around first? I brought this." Nesya is offering candy. Just want to give it without context. "I happen to pass by here and see you. So I want to give it to you," he continued.

"Thank you."

"Let's have dinner together outside, Ignacia. I'll send you the address. The place is near darisini. You can go back to the dorm before curfew."

Ignacia agrees. After all, this would be her first time having dinner outside other than in the dorm.

"This candy as a dinner invitation apparently." Ignacia smiled slightly, showing her the candy while looking at the friend. Nesya nodded, confirming Ignacia's speech then determining the meeting time.

"Do you still have classes after lunch?" The glasses asked. Go with Ignacia.

"Yes, my last class after this. How're you? Is your class finished? If you walk in this direction, you can get out of the building."

"Yes, that's it. I'm free today" joked Nesya.

...*****...

In the evening Ignacia was ready to dress up before going to dinner with her friend. The girl was busy tying her shoelaces when the clock showed the time before the appointment. Ignacia shouldn't be late because her friend invited her. He hurriedly left, grabbed a bag nearby and locked the dormitory door.

While using the phone as a hint, Ignacia quickly charged. There is no need to take a bus or taxi because the distance is quite close. Ignacia is not too late. The friend who invited him has not yet arrived.

Ignacia looking for a seat. Spread your eyes until you find a table in the corner of the room. The place is pretty easy to see. His friend will find him easily.

While waiting, Ignacia opened her phone. Telling him that he has arrived at the place of the friend. Shortly after the message is sent, someone sends a message on another roomchat. Ignacia scrunched her forehead as she read the first message sent.

...Rajendra ⁇ ◝ ⁇ ◜...

| Ignacia, I'm sorry

| I'm going with friends tonight

| Can we just send a message tomorrow?

It was obvious that Ignacia was disappointed right now. They haven't sent any messages today. Saying 'no' was not something Ignacia would do. Rajendra needs a friend too. Ignacia better not interfere.

"Ignacia," someone called. Apparently the one who made the promise has come. The rush to remove the disappointed face that was drawn very clearly earlier. Giving a smile to the person who had just stood before him.

"I sent you a message earlier."

"really? I didn't check the messages in a hurry. Sorry I'm late." Nesya took her place in front of Ignacia.

"It's okay. What matters is that you're coming."