
“Shel, what are you feeling right now? Hmm?”
Today is the Monday on which the universities of Shelina and Argantara celebrate the national holiday. So the flag ceremony was held.
At the end of the event, when the lecturer delivered his last sentence before the event closed, Shelina instead fell unconscious. Shelina actually did feel pain in her head, but He ignored until He lasted until the end of the event, but unfortunately her body is no longer strong to be forced to stand well until the event ended. His head was getting sicker, his body was getting weaker, the more cold sweat poured out, then he remembered nothing more.
When he opened his eyes, he was in a room. Right next to him was Argantara clasping tightly to his hand.
“Shel, please answer me,”
Because Shelina is still adjusting, so He has not given an answer to Argantara's question just now, which is about what He feels right now.
“Still sick? What hurts?”
Shelina touched his head, He gave a gentle massage there, and Argantara immediately understood. Argantara moved her finger, replacing Shelina's finger to give a gentle massage on Shelina's head.
“Have you had breakfast or not? Keep you rested enough that night?” Ask Argantara.
Shelina nodded her head to the question had enough rest last night. But when it comes to breakfast, just before leaving, he does not have breakfast.
“You haven't had breakfast yet?” Argantara asked because she had just heard Shelina's stomach ring.
Shelina nodded her head in response. Argantara immediately sighed softly and shook his head.
“Why don't you have breakfast? Jesus, Shel, you hurt yourself like this. Yes I have bought breakfast first yes, you want chicken porridge ‘kan?”
“Iya,” replied Shelina with her voice still weak.
“Okay, I ask Sarah to help you to buy you porridge, she again makes you warm tea,”
Argantara immediately called Sarah who had taken care of Shelina earlier. Like massaging Shelina's legs slowly, smearing aromatherapy oil in some parts of Shelina's body. And now Sarah is making warm tea for Shelina, while Argantara is holding on to her position right next to Shelina.
“Sar, I ask you to buy chicken porridge for Shelina yes, I do not go anywhere, here alone, so I ask for help lo, can ‘kan, Sar?”
“Okay, here's the tea,”
When Sarah came again after making warm tea, Argantara immediately conveyed his request for help to Sarah while giving money to Sarah whom He asked for help to buy porridge.
“Shel, drink the tea first let you see,”
Argantara helped Shelina to sit down. Argantara placed a pillow with a standing position right on Shelina's back. Then He took a warm cup of tea that Sarah put on the nightstand next to the ward that Shelina had just laid.
“You can't believe it anymore, Shel. I'm really worried,”
“Yes, who wants to faint? I don't want to either,”
“You don't want to faint but you don't even eat, it's the same ‘kan angling so you faint,”
“I wasn't hungry, and males had breakfast too don't know why. Mama actually made it earlier, only I still do not want,”
“Don't believe it anymore anyway, I don't want you to get sick, Shel. I'm so worried about you, Shel,”
“Yes, sorry to worry you. But I want to ask you, who brought me here?”
“I am,”
“Hah? How can?”
“I am the one who carried you here, I forbid if there is a friend of yours who wants to carry you,”
“Why are you carrying?”
“Ya why? I want to carry you, not just anyone who confessed it,”
“Why? ‘And can someone else bring me here,”
“No permission, Shel,”
Argantata wanted her to be there for Shelina. When others wanted to help, he forbade. He wanted himself to help Shelina.
Argantara believes in herself more than letting someone else hold Shelina and take Shelina to the campus health room.
Just as he was focusing on the ceremony, he heard whispers from friends around him that Shelina had fallen unconscious. Then the line He was standing not far from where Shelina was standing, without a second thought He immediately approached Shelina who was about to be taken by a man who was a friend of Shelina. But he immediately took on the role.
“Let me just do nothing ‘kan?”
Without any intention to offend, he asked like that. There's no ban from Shelina's boyfriend. He allowed Argantara to bring Shelina.
“Do I need to tell your mom you don't? You know, because you fainted, your phone ‘kan fall continues to be held by your friend who is a girl I do not know her name, she continues to give your phone to me, not long after that, your mother called. But when I want to answer, uh dead phone,”
“No need, do not tell mama later mama so worried,”
“Oh okay then. Your mobile phone yes, I put it here,” Argantara said while pointing Shelina's mobile phone on the nightstand. Shelina immediately grabbed her phone and opened the message. Not only did she call, her mother also sent a message.
-Shel, have you finished the ceremony? You must be hungry and not have breakfast. Anyway eat the mama's lunch
Shelina smiled, apparently her mother sent a message to remind her to eat the provisions brought by her mother before she left for campus.
-yes, Ma. I eat it. Just finished the ceremony, Ma-ma
“Why smile? Read whose chat?”
Argantara frowned when she saw Shelina smilingly staring at the screen of her phone. She wondered what Shelina was reading. Because it looks like Shelina is reading. That is why he asked to resolve his curiosity.
“Mama me, ingetin me to eat,”
“Duh, aunt Indah does not know if her son just fainted,”
“Mama don't know. Must be really worried, and maybe mama can tell me to go home, and I don't want to. There is a quiz later so I have to go to class,” said Shelina who knows very well how her mother will react later after knowing she was unconscious when the ceremony was still going on.
Sarah came to bring chicken porridge which she immediately handed over to Shelina and Sarah gave the rest of the money after buying the porridge to Argantara but Argantara refused it.
“Save aja. Thanks for helping me,”
“Still too, Ga,”
“Shel, the tea hasn't lo drink?”
“Oh yes forgot. Because of holding the cell phone. I just drank a little,”
“Gue to class yes,”
“Iya, thank you very much yes, Sar,”
Sarah nodded and smiled back at Shelina. After that Sarah left Shelina with Argantara who was opening a container of chicken porridge that had just been purchased by Sarah.
“Nih, eat first. I'm bribing ya?”
“Eh no need, I eat alone,”
“Udah I just bribe. Why don't you want me to bribe you? ‘Kan delicious if bribed, you just open your mouth, Shel,”
“Yes but I can eat by myself, Ga. I ‘kan not a child, my hands are also normal—“
“Iya I know, Shel. Who said you were still a leak? Who says your hands don't work normally? I ‘kan not talking that way. Come on, I'm bribing. You just open your mouth, do not need any effort,” said Argantara persuaded Shelina who had insisted on wanting to eat with her own hands. It's nothing, Shelina just doesn't want to complicate Argantara. Argantara had brought him here, now with him, He did not feel good if he ate alone Argantara should help as well. But he can do it himself.
“Still yes, Ga,”
“Iya both. Don't say thank you again yes, I can get tired of hearing it,”
“Sorry to bother you,”
“Kok you said that anyway?”
Argantara looked at Shelina with a look of dislike. He didn't like it when Shelina spoke like that. He did not feel that he had been bothered by Shelina.
“Since when the hell did you take me? Never, Shelina. Don't say it again yeah, I'm sorry to hear it,”
“Still,”
“Yes, my goodness. Once again you say thank you, I'm dying to disappear from Earth,”
Shelina immediately chuckled. Argantara was happy to see Shelina was able to chuckle even though her lips were still pale, and still looked weak.
“You even though the sore face can not be closed, but the beauty is still a look, yes,”
“Udah stop, don't praise me. You make me ashamed. I don't like to be praised, Ga,”
“People everywhere love to be praised, you are different anyway,”
“Yes anyhow you why muji me? I already know my face is not because of sure, because abis fainted,”
“No ah, who said? Stay beautiful really, yes even though the pale is still noticeable anyway,” said Argantara while moving his hand slipped a few strands of Shelina's black mane behind his ears. The gentle treatment of the man, his attention, certainly warmed Shelina's heart. A female Shelina who is easily made to fall in love with one's sweet attitude or behavior.
“You never make up if you go to campus?”
“Pake moisturizer, same lipbalm really, why? Ugly huh? Hahaha is yes. I'm males make up. Later cleaninnya more lazy again,”
“Seriously? How pretty mulu anyway? Not make up?”
“Ah, don't say that again,”
Shelina was not even happy when praised, He considered Argantara's praise there is an element of lies. Because he sees himself not beautiful, very different from his friends who always intend to go anywhere, especially to campus. While himself, in terms of appearance spelled out never intention.
But for Argantara it is the opposite. Which Kia said was not intent, but somehow Shelina still looks charming, even though juxtaposed with her friends who intend to look beautiful to campus.
“That's what it is, but it's still pretty, take it seriously,”
“If you've been kayak-gyak, I'm not sure you only dated once, Ga,” Shelina said as she chuckled shut her mouth.
“Why not believe?”
“Yes because your mouth is sweet, how many girls do you praise and baper as you?”
“Yeah, no one, Queen. I honestly only ever dated one person,”
“Dating with one person but close by how many?”
Shelina asked while chuckling. Then he apologized for asking that question. Fear Argantara heartache.
“Not close to a lot of people really, I'm not the type of guy who is like that. It's okay, Shel. Naturally, don't apologize,”
“Fear you are offended,”
“No, I'm not easily offended, not easy to deket girls too. If that muji, I'm not a guy with muji prestige,”
“Your mama has never been praised? Don't forget kho, praise your mama first,”
“Udah, Queen. Often, you just don't know,”
“Well, that's dong, so don't muji me mulu. But why do you call me queen mulu? No, call a name, can ‘kan? I'm not a queen, my name is also Shelina is not a queen,”
Argantara so happy to call Shelina with the designation ‘ratu’. “Nnothing dong, ‘kan aja could be the second queen I, hopefully yes,”
“Ya but—aneh just like that. How is the queen?”
“You want me to call the king? Hm? If the king yes I am, I ‘kan boy, time can be your second king after Om Gani yes,”
Shelina immediately patted her forehead softly. This argument is getting more blatant. “Argantara like to be really serious huh? How does he say it's in that direction, huh mulu? Confused me, he really wants me to keep marrying me? This serious?”
Shelina looked at Shelina in silence. Stares within. Shelina who was about to feed the porridge again into Shelina's mouth was immediately confused to see Shelina's gaze.
“Hey, how do you think of me? Open his mouth, this is a plane carrying gasoline to enter,”, the man said with a smile. Shelina blinked her eyes then opened her mouth immediately.
“Again again, Ga? I'm full,”
“Okay, but you really feel enough? Not hungry anymore?”
“Now cocoon,”
“Still lemes yes, Shel?”
Shelina nodded her head. In addition to still feeling weak, his head is also still a headache but not as severe as before that finally makes him groove down.
“You usually have breakfast or not?”
“Usually breakfast, I like breakfast. But I don't know why it was too bad. That's why I don't eat breakfast and keep getting mama,”
“Udah usual breakfast suddenly not even breakfast earlier, yes how not to faint. You are looking for it because of it. My advice is to let you go home, let's rest at home. Tomorrow if it's really better, you're in,”
“Ih can't, I have a quiz today. I can't leave it,”
“You are very loyal to the same quiz, same lecturer, same matkul yes. Faithful to me later too yes,”
Shelina also chuckled at Argantara's misbehaving speech after talking like that and finally chuckled while scratching her non-itchy forehead.
“I'm a loyal girl, God willing,”
“Lucky dong who will be your soul mate later, Shel,”
“Hahaha don't know yes he's lucky or even consider it bala,”
“Sstt heh! How the hell is that? A soul mate is called a gift, not an army. Especially if the match is like you,”
“Udah-already, stop talking all kinds of yes, I do not focus on eating, now want to drink first. Your words make me thirsty,”
“Cie salting,”
Shelina chuckled while shaking her head. Interacting with Argantara is very entertaining, especially when the conditions are like today. He needs entertainment. But in addition to entertaining, Argantara did make it wrong behavior.
“This is really eating it?”
“Iya really, I'm full. Thanks yes, Ga,”
“Yes, once again say thank you, I am truly from earth, Shel,”
“Yes don't dong, tell your mama if you are from earth. Where are you going anyway?”
“Ke kayangan nyariin bidadari eh nunya bidadari already down,”
“Hah? What does it mean?”
“He realized udha was no longer in heaven, had already come down to earth. Well he realizes it's in front of me now,”
“Astaghfirullah, you know why the chirp is there. Don't like to digombal ah,”
Argantara was increasingly reluctant to invite Shelina to joke, praise Shelina, and even say sweet words that Shelina called a munchy.
“Nagging it actually is. You really are an angel,”
“Udah stop yes! Don't freak. I'm a human, not an angel, not a queen, not whatever it is,”
Shelina raised her index finger right in front of Argantara's face without touching it. Argantara who saw that instantly smiled faintly and grabbed onto Shelina's index finger. Unexpectedly by Shelina, Argantara grabbed her index finger for a brief sniff.
“You want to take a break, or go to class?”
Argantara's question made Shelina finally realize that she almost just floated because her index finger was held gently by Argantara then frowned Argantara. Although it happened so briefly, but enough to make him shocked, as well as feel his heart is not safe.
“I'm going to class, not good for long here,”
“Lho, why? Yes it's okay dong, you ‘kan emang abis fainted. Who are you not good at? You tuh besides insecure, rang not good too huh? It is not good, it must be eliminated immediately. Because you can lose yourself if you think too much about people, do not enjoy the same people, do not trust yourself aka insecure,”
“Thank you for me,”
“Not good who tried it? Same lecturer? Geez, you just say that you are from here because you fainted just after the ceremony, or do not enjoy the same temen?”
“Yes not good when it's late. I have class because. I can't stay here too long,” Kia said, smiling until her eyes narrowed slightly. Argantara who saw it growled. Not because He was upset Shelina smiled, but Shelina's smile was adorable so it made him growl. He held himself back from pinching Shelina's cheek. Excessive touch is still unfamiliar to them, especially for Shelina who Argantara knows the experience with men is still minimal. He was scared to get slapped for doing that. Just when He let loosely touched Shelina's index finger and even kissed her, He was already afraid of Shelina's reaction which seemed to freeze a few seconds before Argantara finally felt them awkward. Shelina is still not used to it and she understands it considering they are also not official.
Argantara guessed, in his heart maybe Shelina berated him who had been presumptuous just that Shelina did not throw it because it still had a heart.
Shelina did not know, if Shelina did not think of cursing, it was even made to panic with her own heart that felt like being pounded, which was in her head the heart wanted to be dislodged, unthinkable to swear.
“Yes let me take you to your class,”
Argantata reached out her hand to help Shelina leave the ward, but Shelina shook her head and chose to go down by herself.
“I can do it myself, Ga. Don't habit of helping me, later I become dependent,”
“Ya already if you don't want to be helped,”
Argantara lowered her hand that was originally outstretched to hold Shelina's hand so that Shelina could easily go down the ward.
After standing in a perfect position, Shelina exhaled a rough breath while fixing her clothes to be neat again. His clothes were a little wrinkled because he had been lying down earlier, but it was okay, just a little.
“I'm not like a person who wakes up really sleep ‘kan?”
“No, still perfect,”
“Yang really? Not a big mess ‘kan?”
“No, Queen, uh I mean, Shelina,”
Shelina smiled and then stepped out of the infirmary along with Argantara next to her.
“Ga, you don't have to take me to class. You go to your own class, okay?”
“Emang why?”
“Yes it's okay, I can do it myself,”
“I know, but I want you to get to class safely, no fainting again,”
“Ya do not take dong, besides I have been very light,”
“Udah don't have to tell me to go to my own class. Anyway I want to take you first,” said Argantara firmly. As hard as Shelina refused to be ushered in, He would still do it so that He would feel calm. He would rush to his own class if Shelina had entered his class just fine. Actually Argantara knows Shelina has not been a hundred percent better. So he was worried about letting Shelina alone into his class.
“Arga stubborn yes it turns out. Udah said no need to anterin me but he is still aja,” Inner Shelina while glancing at Argantara who walked next to him.
“Shel, later go home with ya. My class is just a moment today, I'm waiting for you to come home yes,”
“No need to wait for me, Arga. You go home first,”
“No ah, I want to wait for you. I want to go home together, so be it,”
“But I feared it long ago,”
“Yes is okay, later I wait in the campus cafe yes, I will tell you if I have finished class. I went straight to the cafe anyway, I waited for you there yes,”
“I go home by myself secretly later,”
“Well is that? In vain dong I wait for you if you want to go home alone,”
“Yes abisnya you say do not want to be horrified, do not wait for me, Ga. I'm going home by myself,”
“But I want to go home with you, Queen,”
“Ih Arga! You said don't call me Queen! You don't understand, yeah,”
“Iya-iya sorry, Rat—Shel. I mean, Shel. I want to go home with you. So I'll wait for you at the campus cafe okay? Please don't refuse,”
“Emang you have no activity after snampus? Empty again? Why wait for me? ‘Kan very craft it,”
“I will play badminton later in the afternoon, but it's afternoon, I'm in the cafe waiting for you while doing the job, let's not be bored, and there are benefits to nongki in the cafe,”
“Oh yes already if you still want the same pulbar me, cie pulbar. It stands for me,”
“Iya anyway I want the same pulbar you, sometime we mabar yes, you I ajakin mabar never want because he said he could not. What is that reason? Learn to be able,”
“Ngapain learn to play games? No benefit tau,”
“Eh you do not say that, the game has benefits. Can say stress, challenge yourself, make us not insecure, anyway there are benefits deh origin of the game according to the portion of yes,”
“I'm not good at playing games like that, Ga,”
“I'm not good either, Shel. Who said I was a good guy? I just could. Because I tried to play the first time, it turned out to be fun so deh. If the task is already stretched, confused about what to do, yes I have played online games aja,”
“If I watch the same novel. That's enough for me, Ga. I can't play a game. Dizziness existing,”
“It's okay, you like it. But sometimes I want to be with you. Only you ‘kan always say you can't, so yes it's no problem. Admit what you like, what you can. I will not ban it, we have our own hobbies, the name is also human,”
“But I also sometimes want to try playing games, mabar same you. I'm just confused about what to do,”
Hearing Shelina's outpouring of heart about the game, Argantara laughed. Shelina is really innocent about the game. He only knows about drama, and novels.
“I also want to mabar same you so often I ajakin but you can not. I've taught you still ng I can't, don't understand,”
“At last I gave up myself,” Shelina said with a laugh. Several times Argantara taught himself to play the game but he still did not understand. Even if he understood, but eventually even lost, he upset himself, and finally chose to strike. That's how he is when faced with games. Instead of eating his own heart, he returned to his own world, returning to his own hobbies of watching Korean dramas and also reading novels.
“Udah is almost in front of your class. Spirit yes ngadepin material from the lecturer, remember later to go home with me. Anyway I'm waiting at the campus cafe, okay?”
Shelina nodded her head and raised her thumb. He waved briefly at Argantara then stepped into the classroom.
********
“Lo tumben here, rarely you know,”
Argantara immediately turned his head when he felt someone pat his shoulder from behind. He chuckled and immediately invited his friend named Ryan to sit down.
“Tumben nongki here,”
“Iya I'm waiting for people here, all at once nggerjain task,”
“Waituin who?”
“Shelina,”
“Oh the girl who again lo pepet it huh?”
“Pelet yes, inget dipepet, not dipelet,”
“Anjrit, serem it mah. Do not need to be dipelet, girls mah fancied equally lo. Including him, yes ‘kan? I saw you two very close,”
“Waduh don't know if he has a crush on me or not, never did he anyway. It's afraid it's weird that suddenly it's like that. If deket anyway emang deket,”
“No dating, bro?”
“Gue again want to dare to marry,”
“Hah?! Seriously lo? Anjay, I totally agree. Feasibility matches yours,”
“Ah time anyway? You see that?”
“It is, I ‘kan temen class lo, really like to see you guys leave together, go home too so. Diana's birthday even made her,”
“Iya that I mulu who ngajakin. Let more deket ‘kan,”
“Anjerrr romance-romance will sat set nih,”
“Sat set what? Not yet, Bro,”
“Wait another? Direct gas, do not use long,”
“The problem is I'm afraid of being rejected, I have to convince his parents again, I'm afraid they are not sure of me,”
“Hah? Are you afraid of being rejected? Anjir, Arga classmate afraid of being rejected? Not out of thought anyway I, anyway it's tied yes even though it's not official,”
“Yes, his name is also human, sometimes likes to feel unsure,”
“Lo tuh spec prince, Ga. Why not be sure anyway? Yes, sure enough. Kia will not refuse you, believe me deh,”
“Soalya I have made a decision to refuse matchmaking, Shelina is also like that. I keep changing my mind, I want to get him, hoping to get married. But what does he want? I'm not sure deh,” Inner Argantara who chose not to tell much to Ryan. He laughed at Ryan's words.
“What exactly are you disinclined? He's the same old guy again? Or how?”
“Not really, Yan. Only I really want to convince myself before going any further, as well as dampen the sense of not being sure that is in my heart or he might, and the heart of our parents,”
“Lo both match tau, serious deh,”
“That according to lo, according to God fear is different again,”
“Lo's baby who is her match, don't shadow other guys, Ga. No, I'm sure you're the same Kia's soul mate,”
“Why do you have that feeling?”
“I don't know how I feel. I never feel wrong, Ga,”
“Waduh, horrified if you've brought up the feeling. Where are the other soulmates discussed,”
“Iya feeling I y'all mate,”
“Must I Aamiin ‘does this? Because this is a good prayer,”
“Oh yes obviously, don't forget that my legal marriage is yes! Beware if not,”
“Gue invite really, but the problem is not yet my knowledge when I release the status of single, Yan. Ah have you don't make me upset dong,”
“Why be upset? I have a lot of prayer, which is the spirit so that you can be a mate, or if the soul mate is close, yes ask that everything be facilitated, really not?”
Argantara immediately patted his hands briefly. He confirmed Ryan's words and thanked him for his open mind after talking to Ryan.
“Iya right,”
“Lo nice crush same girl who chance to make together was big, was I have a crush on the same girl who turned out to already have a guy, anjir,”
Argantara blinked her eyes at Ryan's words, which this time opened up about his feelings.
“Hah? Yeah, look for another one, don't be the same girl. How can I have a crush on a girl?”
Argantara did not want Ryan to like other women. Because there are so many women in this world, he sees Ryan as a good man. Instead of looking for things to like women who already have lovers better look for others according to him.
“Yes, it's me again trying to move on, Ga. So we had that, uh recently knowing that he already had a guy. Severe yak, already have a guy but deket same me, not really also tuh chick. He should have kept me. This is not, invited to walk around,”
“Dah, find another one,” Argantara said as he patted the table in front of him.
“Iya, I'm trying to move on first, find another one first,”
“Many women in this world, you just choose deh,”
“The problem is that no one wants to be with me, nyet,”
Ryan laughed amusedly. While Argantara clucked and shook his hand briefly. I can't believe that no woman wants to be with Ryan.
“Not sure I am. You're good, handsome too I look around, yes no one wants?”
“The reason is hard to find a girlfriend, I was really surprised by,”
“Not on time, just relax,”
Argantara raised his eyebrows after saying that. He calms Ryan who is upset because he thinks it is very difficult to find a lover. That's why he thinks no one wants to be with him.
“Arga,”
Argantara and Ryan both turned their heads toward the source of the voice that turned out to be from Shelina. Argantara smiled seeing Shelina walking quickly closer.
“Sampe ngos-ngosan that, relax should be, Shel,”
“It's a bit drizzling, so hurry up,”
“Yes sit down first, oh yeah there's my friend, Ryan's name,”
Argantara lets Shelina sit down, introducing Ryan to Shelina who may be wondering who she is with.
“Halo, Ryan,”
“Hai, Shelina. Want to go home with Arga, huh?”
“He was taught to go home with Arga. Ryan's a classmate of Arga?”
“Yoi, one class. I know how Arga is. Uda, he's really nice. Directly tap gas aja,”
Shelina still did not understand suddenly Ryan said like that like he was convincing her. He never doubted the goodness of Argantara.
“Heh why did you say that all of a sudden?”
“Yes let him be sure, bro. Lo stay ajakin sat set aja,”
Argantara laughed. There is a good thing Ryan did that so that Shelina is sure to stay close to Argantara and agree when invited to a more serious level without much consideration again because Argantara is a good man.
“Eh I'm back first yes,”
“Oh yes, ati-ati yak, find another, inget!”
“Yoi, relax I'm looking for another. I'm back, Assalamualaikum,”
“Waalaikumsalam,”
Shelina immediately called out to Argantara who was staring at Ryan who was already away from his desk. Argantara turned “Why, Shel?”
“You told Ryan to find something else?”
“Yes, she has a crush on a girl who turns out to have a boyfriend,”
“Oh, so Ryan why did you say that? Let me be sure he said, you stay ajakin sat set what does it mean?”
“I'm sure you marry, he means let's just chat, don't be long, don't hesitate,”