Beautiful Monster
Come And Go
Back to the crowded station. People passed by and up and down from the iron capsule that took them from and to a place. In the midst of the afternoon rush, Ignacia was not tired of grasping Rajendra's hand, forbidding him to leave because he still missed. Unfortunately Rajendra's leave schedule is up and tomorrow he has to go back to work.
"Why did you have to come back so soon? We haven't done much yet" the long-haired girl curled up in front of Rajendra.
Whose hands are still in hold since then is not the truth because the train has not come. Later if it was time to leave, Ignacia would definitely let go. Also looking at Ignacia who very much did not want to be left looked sweet. Especially with a short-sleeved black shirt and a brown skirt makes Ignacia look different.
"Why are you still working on vacation? Don't you want to just go home? I have plans to go home next week." Ignacia's brown eyes stare straight at Rajendra's bead, trying to influence.
"I also have permission from my superiors if I want to go home. I'll try to go home and see you, how? There are still many holidays." Rajendra touched Ignacia's shoulder, "wait for me in a minute. I'll see you again."
How long is that in a moment?
"I haven't found an idea for my birthday present yet. What if I asked suddenly? What can?"
"Of course," convinced Rajendra, "if I am able, I will grant it in no time. But please don't ask for anything out of my way."
Ignacia nodded. Now Ignacia just needs to figure out a way for Rajendra to grant her little wish. Whatever it was, Ignacia would think about it carefully. Perhaps the gift coupons could be exchanged for Rajendra's return to his city.
"Oh yeah, I have something to tell you." Rajendra got rid of the haircut that was blocking his lover's face, staring long before speaking. A long pause made Ignacia nervous. Moreover, being stared at so intensely like this was no ordinary matter.
"Let's have your eyes and heart for me, Ignacia. If there's anything I can do, just tell me, ask me. Unless it's really an emergency and a college thing, it doesn't matter. I trust you won't cheat, so we'll take care of this relationship."
Ignacia heard wrong, right? This guy in front of her is really her lover? And what did Rajendra just say is that it opens a remake of a movie?
The girl nodded, smiling kindly. Ignacia raised her little finger, "yes, let's keep it together until distance is nothing to us." Ignacia is getting carried away now. Rajendra hooks his pinky on Ignacia's property, touching her thumb as well to tie the promise.
The train arrival schedule is broadcast. It's time for Rajendra to return to his town. Ignacia had to let go immediately in order to meet again at the next opportunity.
"I'll miss you." Ignacia's hand was pulled slowly, carried into her arms, "sorry because I can only settle for a while. Next time we date all day? I'll buy you lots of good food and do whatever you want. I don't know when, but we'll plan."
Ignacia chuckled, patting her lover's back, "not know when, that's right if we've both had time and don't have to sacrifice anything else."
Rajendra's train finally arrived. Hugs loosened slowly, the warm hand grip was forced to be released. Rajendra walked towards the train that had stopped perfectly. Not forgetting that he waved his hand when he got to his seat, saying his last goodbye.
Ignacia replied with a smile, waving cheerfully so Rajendra would not feel guilty. The next time the two can be together. Sure.
A few minutes later the train left the station. Ignacia won't see her lover anytime soon. And after the departure of the train on the third line, the atmosphere of the station became very quiet for Ignacia. He was standing in the crowd, yet it felt lonely.
"Why is letting go of someone always this hard?" inner Ignacia.
...*****...
Ignacia returns to the dormitory, she must get ready to go home to her parents. Next week is coming because it is not the beginning of Sunday. No need to bring all the stuff. Just the clothes and some books he needed to study.
The plan was not for Ignacia to return alone, her family would pick Ignacia up in front of the dorm and take her away on vacation somewhere. He said Athira wanted to leave the most. Ignacia guessed if her sister wanted to go to an art fair or something.
Because the one who asked for this is the little artist of his family. Sometimes Ignacia sees her sister's work on social media. Sometimes produce their own work, sometimes with their siblings, and even their friends also come to the house.
Someone knocked on the door, making the activities inside the dormitory distract. Ignacia walked with heavy steps towards the door, opening it slowly. A smile appeared on his face when he saw who was behind it. Apparently the short-haired girl from next to her dorm.
"What's up?" ask who the room is knocking.
"Nesya made the cake and wanted to share it with us," she held the cake box in her hand, "Nesya could not send it herself because she would meet her brother outside the city. There was a courier who delivered Because there was ice cream, keep it in the fridge to get back cold" Danita explained.
"thank you. You're going to go out?" Ignacia saw the clothes her friend was wearing, apparently not clothes that were only for the sake of going out for a while.
"I'll get my suitcase which is being repaired. I'll go home after this. I need my suitcase. Is there anything you want to leave? I'll buy food too."
Ignacia shook her head, rejecting her friend's offer. He brought Nesya's cake inside, put it in the cooler before reaching for the phone on the bed. Ignacia searches someone's roomchat and sends a short message.
...Nesya...
^^^Thank you for the cake |^^^
^^^I heard you met your sister |^^^
^^^Cautious on the road |^^^
The friend of his relationship probably will not open his phone until it reaches the destination for the comfortable atmosphere of traveling. Even if it is completely comfortable, the phone will only turn on the next day after waking up. By the way why is Nesya making cookies? This was the first time he had made food. Instead of being dissatisfied, Ignacia was simply astonished.
...*****...
"You just eat now" his father suggested from behind the wheel. Because it is still filling up, the Ignacia family car will have to stop for a while. Moreover, Ignacia had just entered the car after putting her bag in the trunk. The warm atmosphere immediately greeted him.
Ignacia stared at the view of the city where she studied while eating. Several times the long-haired girl got interference from her two little sisters who were too curious. Arvin asks why Ignacia lives in the dorm building and does not come home while Rafka is confused as to why her brother did not wear a uniform while in college.
"Once, interview later. She was still eating" the middle of her mother. "Oh yeah, Athira brought cold drinks as well. Please get it for your brother."
Again Athira who became an intermediary between the mother and her brother. Yeah how else? Athira is the most strategic place to help pick up items stored in the lower back seat. The luggage was too crowded with other luggage belonging to the father.
"Later you interview while looking at the beach," lead the father. Suddenly there was an idea that flew out of nowhere to the head of Ignacia's father. He said all the holidays Ignacia is on college holidays. Vacationing without one of the family members is less fun.
Ignacia assures her family's invitation. At home, he has nothing to read. In addition to books related to the course. Ignacia was already content to read and wanted to breathe some fresh air.
His father explained that the beach they were going to visit was not too far from the city to study. The travel time is approximately 1.5 – 2 hours by private vehicle. But if calculated from home, it could be almost 3 hours calculated with the density of downtown vehicles.
Finished with her breakfast the next morning, Ignacia kept her former eating face, switching to open a cold drink from Athira. His father was great because he could take his family to the street when it was early morning. Even when Ignacia had just woken up, her father was done making coffee.
His family vacation worked out according to Dad's plan. He suggested staying overnight at a hotel nearby because it was still hard to leave the sea. The smell of fresh salt mixed with a very distinctive salt odor is difficult to release.
"How's it?" reprimanding father, he approached Ignacia who was sitting on a pedestal while carrying a head that was ready to be enjoyed. "Would this vacation calm you down? It must be hard to be at university. And away from home."
Ignacia nodded, accepting her father's gift. He thought the father would come back with his two sons playing water on the beach there, but apparently not. The middle-aged man he had called father all his life was sitting next to Ignacia. Sit cross-legged and spread your eyes.
"When you got a phone call from me last time, I hurried off to talk to you. Our father had something bad, so mom looked worried. I can't ask because mom says it's no big deal."
Is it possible that his father is worried about this call Ignacia when he finished dating? His father must have thought that his mother's behavior was related to the life of his first child overseas.
"I didn't get into trouble on campus. I seem to have misunderstood." Ignacia chuckles at the same time as the father. The axe the last time he could sit next to the head of this formidable family? It seems like a long time ago.
During this time Ignacia had not talked much with her father, it was only natural that this middle-aged man was a bit uneasy. His son did not open up, did not contact him apart from his mother's story, and his son was in a foreign city alone. Which parent is not worried about being in this position?
"Kukira Athira is planning something for today? I thought he was gonna take us somewhere." Ignacia was very curious where her sister wanted to go. Going to the beach was not his idea.
"He's planning something, but the plan will be implemented later. Finish the water. Dad would go swimming," his father said as he got up, walking away from his two sons who were busy making sand castles.
Ignacia breathed a long breath, trying to calm the mind of her overactive feelings. The girl circulated her gaze, looking at the tip of the right and left beach lips that were not so crowded. It seems like there are only a few families coming. Because it's not a holiday now.
The corner of Ignacia's eye caught something moving. Apparently the mother and her first sister were waving at him, taking pictures together with the view of the blue sea. A loud enough call from the two made some people turn their heads.
Ignacia should come quickly before those who approach. He put the coconut that he just gulped a little earlier, rose to meet the call to take pictures. The sky was supportive enough that they did not need to squint to show how beautiful the ocean waves behind were.
"Rajendra how are you?" Knock her mother until Ignacia stops pressing the button to take a picture. Athira who had posed beautiful with a smile immediately disappeared because her brother was exposed to electric shock from the question of the mother.
"Just ask later," she said, "we take pictures first."
The head of the family brought his two sons to rest where Ignacia was sitting. Bring two more coconuts and secure his first son's possession from the little brothers' uniform.
"Let's drink the black water, after this we have lunch," said the father while carrying other coconuts. I don't know when his dad prepared all this. Ignacia who had been watching her family having fun just did not see where the coconuts came from.
Dad finished drinking his wet water quickly, soon passed to pick up something in the trunk of the car. "Ignacia, Athira, Rafka, Arvin, let's help dad get all his stuff down." It was like missing class. All his father's sons were called.
Rafka carries a paper bag of apples, then a box of grapes taken care of by Arvin, drinks in the cooler box are brought Ignacia alone and the rest of the boxes contain food so that Athira takes care of it.
When all the prepared provisions are laid out on the mat, it feels like a meal. The menu was more than when Ignacia had a double date that day. Of course the background is because the Ignacia family has 2 more members.
Mama prepares salted martabak, samosa, sandwiches, and sushi. The last one was Athira prank making him out of curiosity after seeing the cooking show on tv. "I put out an extra energy to make it" Athira said proudly. Making sushi is not as easy as making a new color on a palette.
The focus of his father and mother was suddenly on Ignacia. He asked if Ignacia wanted to add her milk, what her apples were, how her mother's samosas and sandwiches tasted, and what Ignacia tasted. Athira and her two sisters did not get the same attention.
"Why are mom and dad acting so weird?" rafka asked in amazement at Athira. Ignacia could certainly hear him because his second sister was sitting next to him.
"I also want to know why," whispered Ignacia right in the ear of the first brother.
"Rajendra, after releasing you back, my family came to pay more attention as you did when you were with me," inner Ignacia.