Between Me, You, And The Past
Story Introduction

In a lake far from the crowd, a 20-year-old girl was sitting on her back under a tree. Nothing he did there, just sit there and contemplate something? in all probability.

Her name is Zaina Arfha Nashafa. She is a kaka from her 1st sister named Cheryl Sausan Putri. The age difference between Nasha and Ucan (his second call at home) is about 2 years.

They are not from family, but also not said not to have. They live in a simple family. Her father worked as a Civil Servant in one of the government agencies, and her mother was just an ordinary housewife.

Accustomed to simplicity because both are not accustomed to squandering, sometimes they are more silent at home than going to shop or whatever. Simplicity is indeed attached to nasha, even her appearance was too late, especially she is now in college in a department that is rarely there are women, so she is not too concerned about her appearance because of environmental factors.

Actually, without the knowledge of her parents, she also worked as an office girl in one of the big companies in the city. Not without reason he did that, maybe indeed his parents are still able to pay tuition and also pocket money. But he wanted to try to ease the burden on his parents. The money from them he took, but he kept it in his own separate savings so he wouldn't touch it. About 2 years he worked there, because he started working in the early 3rd semester and now he has the final 6th semester.

Nasha would often come to the lake if his mind is confused or remembered someone in the past when he was a child. Maybe for others when the child is used to playing with anyone, but little nasha is not too able to blend with others. You could say he used to be bullied, and also because nasha was the first child so his parents were less able to control their emotions. Because every time he made a mistake then his parents will be angry, sometimes also to hit the feet or flushed with cold water.

From there he may be too careful not to make mistakes, and if anyone snaps he doesn't know what to do. And a little boy who was 5 years older than him, come and make him feel safe from friends who often bully him because the child will be in front of the little nasha to face them all until no one else dares to bully him.

They often play together in a park that is a little far from their homes. Nasha doesn't know where the boy's house is and vice versa. One day this boy was angry at nasha because when it was going to rain nasha did not want to go home and chose to stay silent in that park, even Nasha told the child to go home alone because nasha still wanted to be there because if he came home and the rain had fallen then he would be scolded again by his parents so he chose to stay there until the rain subsided a little but he just wanted to stay in the saung for a while and after the rain fell he would go home. The boy unintentionally snapped at him and the reaction of nasha just silently closed his eyes with trembling body holding back the cry for fear that he was angry like his angry parents and would hit him. The incident did not escape the attention of the child, because the child was older than him and was even going to go to junior high school while Nasha was still in 2nd grade of elementary school. The boy paused for a moment and when he asked Nasha what was going on, he told her if she was afraid of an angry person, and she thought everyone who was angry would beat her up, therefore he will be silent while closing his eyes preparing to be hit. From there the child no longer yells or gets angry at nasha, he will be gentle and will tell slowly if indeed nasha made a mistake.

The day goes by and the month also the year. Now the child is about to enter the final junior high school and nasha the 5th grade of elementary school. Before the test they were still playing together. But after the day approaching the test the boy rarely played in the park again, even up to a week. Nasha kept coming to the park because she was sure that she would see the boy again. On the 7th day the boy came to the park with his sad face, nasha did not know if it was the last day they met because the boy would move out of town with his parents.

“I hope we will meet again someday,” The boy said.

“Didn't we always meet every day?” nasha.

“I mean ka? Kaka why the hell ko weird,” Say nasha confused.

“You need to understand now, all you have to know, until then I will remember you and when the time comes I will come back to look for you and I will make you all mine. Until the time comes I hope you will always wait for me,” said the boy.

“Mm. yes ka, I will always wait for you,” Nasha said although still confused.

The last piece of conversation that nasha always remembered until now. At first he did not realize if it was a parting sentence from the boy. But over time when he came to the park and the boy no longer appeared, and as he got older he only realized that the boy was no longer with him. Nasha rarely came to the park again.

Time keeps turning, days change weeks, weeks change months, months change years. Little Nasha has turned into a beautiful girl. Coupled with the hijab she was wearing increasingly made her look beautiful.

During this day that he went through was heavy, maybe others who saw him would be ordinary because he was good at covering his sadness. The girl who was known to be cheerful was actually very fragile. When sad he will come to a lake or park where he reminisces about his past.

Until his current age who is only about to enter the number 21 years, he has never been in a relationship with the opposite sex. His parents did not forbid to be close to the opposite sex, in terms of religion his family is not too thick, with little known knowledge about the Quran and Hadith.

Not a few who sometimes come to him to invite acquaintance, but basically Nasha is not sensitive to interpret it to be those people are considered just friends only. Plus the high walls he put up for his heart made him see no other intent of them.

If asked he is sensitive or not he is sensitive to the mood of his friends or family. He has always been a listener to those who complain. But the problem of the heart itself, of course, the answer is no, because his heart is filled with boys who often help him first so he does not want to know if anyone is approaching.