I Don'T Want To Be Cinderella #1
43. Rapunzel
Rapunzel
“Kiki in Surabaya?” Anto asked with a big smile.
No, Medan! I want to answer like that. I mean, he knows we are in Surabaya, not in Medan or New Week.
“Iya.”
“Waaah, why not just mutation into the hotel, so we can be together again.”
“Hehehe.” I can only laugh discordantly imagining having one more workplace with tempe kriuk.
“Sopo iki, Chocolate? Ayune ... knowno opo’o (Who is this? Beautiful ... know dong).”
“Hahaha, iki konkoku teko Jakarta (This is my friend from Jakarta).”
Anto introduced me to his friends who work at hotel M which is in this superblock area. If this is the story will often meet the same tempe kriuk and the gang, let's just say they are bakwan, know the contents, and lumpia contents of vermicelli.
It was fortunate that Willy who had just come from research greeted me so I used Willy to escape. In any case why the hell tempe kriuk can roam the mall during business hours? Ah, I don't know what is certain for me personally at this time let alone for a walk, my time this week really I spend only – apartment offices, just like that every day. And since my apartment is in the same building as my office, so the conclusion is that I have never been outside of this building!
“So where have you been in Surabaya?”
“Nyindir – download!”
“Hahaha.”
Right now as usual every night I'm going to do a video call with the one only Kang coffee that makes kangen.
“Know no, I haven't even been outside of this building. I suspect you're deliberately looking for an apartment for me here so I don't go anywhere. For a long time I was not Cinderella but Rapunzel.”
“Hahaha, your hair is not that long, dear.”
I heard him tease me.
“Don't you intentionally yes, looking for an apartment here, let me not go anywhere?”
“It was unintentional. I was just thinking about your efficiency and safety. At least with the apartment there, you do not need to jammed after work right.”
“Oh, believe me, I really miss the traffic of going home and going to work!”
I saw that he was sitting on the balcony of the apartment with a cup of coffee and a cigarette. While I just finished taking a bath, praying isya, and now is wearing a night cream preparing to sleep.
“Yaaah, even the same kangen stuck, girlfriend herself not dikangenin.”
“Hahaha.”
I laughed seeing him sulking. Oi! When else could one see a Caraka Continent sulking like that, and it was so adorable!
“I also miss Kang .. coffee.”
Caraka furrowed her brows looking thoughtful.
“Who the hell is this Kang coffee? Siska used to say you dated Kang kopi.” Her tone sounded serious making me smile.
“Coffee shop?” I casually climbed onto the bed, enveloping my body to the chest. Not caring about Caraka who seemed to be jealous of herself. “The coffee bean was someone very extraordinary.” I rested my phone on the next pillow until I could still see his face.
Caraka furrowed her brows. “What's amazing?”
“Hmmm ... very amazing in my opinion.”
Caraka smokes her cigarette inside and exhales her white smoke looking irritated, and it makes me hold back my laughter.
“Terus?”
“Hmmm .. he's a man who can look mature, serious, clever, very reliable on one hand, but on the other he's very childish, possessive, sometimes spoiled and stubborn.”
“Not look great. I think he's normal.” He came back to smoke his cigarettes.
“Really? But I think he's someone extraordinary. She didn't give up when I repeatedly rejected her, she stayed by my side even when I felt disgusted with myself, she regenerated my confidence, she said, he was also the one who made me realize my own advantages.”
Caraka was silent, looking thoughtful, a knotty smile now adorning her face seemed to begin to realize who Kang coffee was.
“He prepared everything that was best for me, made sure that I was fine even when I was far from his sight, and every day he bought me coffee even when the distance of hundreds of miles separated us.”
A big smile now completely adorned his handsome face, making me smile.
“He sounds amazing.”
“So you said he was ordinary.”
“You misheard, I said he was amazing.”
“Hahaha.”
He put out his cigarette and stood up and walked into his apartment.
“Hmmm ... I have to prepare various immune also war equipment.”
“Hahaha.”
“How about a week after my abandonment? Are there any green flies trying to get closer?”
He just shrugged his shoulders casually, making me cluck.
“Hahaha, no, dear, just relax.” He laughed at me who looked at him with an incredulous look. “How about you? Has anyone dared to approach you?”
“Oh yes, I almost forgot!” I remember what happened this afternoon. “Thank you who I met?”
“Hmmm ..” Caraka shook his head.
“Anto!”
“Anto?”
“Iya, Anto si tempe criuk.” Caraka seemed to think. “Still remember nothing happened in the elevator? Who someone greeted me? The accounting child who was finally mutated?” I gave him a hint that made him round his eyes.
“Which calls you Kiki?”
“Iya.”
“Why is he there?”
“You forgot he was mutated to Surabaya, and it turns out he was mutated in the hotel area Superblock Surabaya.”
Caraka seemed to think, making me suspicious.
“Don't think of re-winding it!”
“Hahaha, how do you know?”
“Seeing from your face that is planning something.”
“Hahaha .. but if he dares to mess around, I do not hesitate to mutate it to a place far away.”
I smiled while clucking. Caraka the possessive .. aaah I miss him a lot, although every night we will video call, but still different feels when we just talk through the screen of the phone by talking directly.
He was silent watching me who had started to yawn, and the eyes that had started to feel heavy.
“Tuk?”
“Heeh”
“Just sleep, I'll park you here.”
I smiled and closed my eyes.
“So must have been very tired in the office huh?”
“Iya, passable ... How about you?”
“As usual I have to clear up some work, meeting there, meeting here ..” he started telling me about his activities one day. His voice began to sink as slowly the dream realm began to hug me.
I heard Caraka whispering,
“Sleeping tight and sweet dream, Honey .. I Love you (Sleeping well and having good dreams, Dear .. I love you).”
I smiled at him then whispered, “Love you too.” Before he finally fell asleep.
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Caracas, pov
Seeing him fall asleep like that every night made me really miss him, it even felt almost crazy. I really want to fly to Surabaya right now to hug her, smell her soft soothing perfume.
It's insane! Absolutely insane! For the first time I could be like this just because of a woman.
I saw that his breathing had begun to settle, his mouth slightly opened which meant that he had fallen asleep soundly. I turned off the video call, before I went crazy kissing the phone screen, like a kid yesterday afternoon who was in love.
I contacted someone to distract me from the woman who had fallen into a deep sleep unaware that she had driven someone almost mad by missing her.
“Halo, everything is fine right?”
I was silent to the reports.
“Please watch and take good care of him. If anything suspicious, report it to me immediately. One more ... remember, do not let him suspect that he is being watched!”
I turned off my phone, and threw my body on the bed. Sprawled with eyes staring at the ceiling of the room that feels lonely. What would Kirana do knowing that I assigned someone to watch over and take care of her?
I smiled at Kirana who was angry, and began to connect her with Korean dramas or soap operas that are often watched mamahnya.
Ah, I've really gone crazy, how could I even miss her anger. Do I go to Surabaya tomorrow, and I am prepared to accept the rampage?
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