INFINITE LOYALTY
SHADOW OF THE PAST

On the other hand Riani paddles his bike leisurely down the road to the hills and cliffs that are by the sea.

Arriving under the cliff, he immediately put his bike on the sand, then with great difficulty he climbed on the cliff.

After arriving at the top of the cliff he sat on the edge of the cliff, in front of him the waves crashing ferociously under the cliff, then his gaze was turned towards the front, and then his eyes were turned towards the front, the vast expanse of sea brought his wishful thinking in the past...

Flashbacks...

Riani's teenage years were a little different from other teenagers of the time, she lived with her simple family in a small town in Central Java.

His father was only a civil servant in social affairs, while his mother was just an ordinary housewife who took care of him and his two younger brothers.

While next to him he is close neighbors with Aunt Grace, he has a son who is the same age as Riani, the boy named Ethan Fayrisi.

The two were friends since they were four years old, until they sat in the Junior High School or Junior High School.

While in Junior High they attended a different Junior High School, Riani attended a favorite State Junior High School, and Ethan Fayrisi attended a second-choice Christian Middle School, because Ethan was a Christian.

But it does not affect their friendship that continues to run, until finally Riani and Ethan decided to try to foster a relationship more than a friendship that is a courtship, namely courtship, they decide to become lovers without the knowledge of their parents.

They secretly establish a relationship until entering second grade Junior High.

.............

On February 14, she and Ethan celebrate their Valentine's Day, as they decided to date one year ago to coincide with Valentine's Day.

Although their love at a very young age, which the term is monkey love, but both have serious thoughts for their future.

For example, when they celebrate one year of their anniversary, seriously and diligently they set aside their allowance to be in the tube so they can order a pair of silver rings engraved with pegasus, the favorite Greek mythological animal of them both.

Then they consider the ring as a form of sign and bond of their love, when they are in the house of the ring they keep, and when they are outside the house they will both wear the ring, and so on they do until their relationship stepped on a year of dating.

.............

Today Riani is very happy, as she and Ethan will be celebrating their two-year anniversary.

After school he immediately brought a gift that he had prepared a month ago.

He waits for Ethan at the usual place they meet, which is on the beach of mangrove forest.

Riani's heart began to feel anxious and anxious after seeing the clock had shown two hours late Ethan came.

Until finally Ethan came with his breath and sweat that poured all over his face because of running.

Seeing Ethan's arrival, Riani breathed a sigh of relief while gently wiping Ethan's sweaty face.

"I'm sorry dear Riaku, because it's too late" Ethan said as he gently kissed Riani's finger embedded in the ring.

"My dear Fay-Ri...It's okay..." Riani replies while kissing Ethan's finger which is also embedded in the pegasus ring.

"Happy second birthday..." Ethan said while giving the gift box to Riani.

"Happy second birthday, too..." Reply to Riani who also gave a gift box to Ethan.

After they received each other's gift exchange, the two opened the gift.

And how surprised they were when they knew the contents of the gift that turned out they gave each other the same gift, while previously they had no agreement on what goods for their anniversary gift.

The contents of the gift were silver necklaces with pegasus-shaped pendants, which made the two laugh happily at last.

"Surely we should be my Ria? here let me put a necklace on you" said Ethan.

After the necklace has been attached, Ethan kisses the soft nape of Riani's neck which makes Riani instantly shocked and immediately turned her body.

"My Fi-Ri, have we not agreed to do such things and wait for our age to mature enough to do so?" ask and protest Riani.

"Yes I still remember our deal was my Ria..." Ethan replies while kissing Riani's full of affection.

"But...I'm afraid we don't have time for that..." Ethan said again with a blank look staring at the sea.

"Why indeed?" riani asked curiously and there was a feeling of uneasiness in her heart, she was sure something had happened when Ethan arrived late earlier, because it was not usual for him to arrive late, but he was not always late, every time he meets he is always on time even Riani who sometimes comes late which makes Ethan have to wait for him.

"Later I'll tell you after we celebrate our anniversary first, lest it ruin our happiness today, now it's your turn to put this necklace around my neck" Ethan said as he thrust the necklace.

Riani nods and smiles, then takes the necklace from Ethan's hand and puts it on Ethan's neck.

"Happy anniversary we are my Fay-Ri..." Riani said while looking at Ethan's face for a while then she looked at Ethan's necklace and played the pendant.

"My Ria...Happy second anniversary exactly..." Ethan replies while doing the same thing as Riani, but then Ethan's hand lifts Riani's head up until his face faces him, then he gently kisses her forehead, riani's cheeks and lips.

Riani is shocked by Ethan's actions, but eventually lets Ethan kiss her lips, as this is the first kiss for her and Ethan during the two years of dating.

And because they had just tasted their first kiss, they were almost washed away and dissolved in further and deeper deeds, but soon they realized each one and stopped it immediately, when Riani feels pain and screams to make Ethan scared and immediately stop his actions.

"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry, my Ria..." Ethan said with a full cry of regret.

"It's okay my Fay-Ri.we are both wrong, because too washed away and lulled with this passionate pleasure..." Riani replied with a quivering voice and her tears welled up.

Seeing Riani crying Ethan immediately hugged Riani's body tightly.

"Luckily we have not gone too far, thank God..." Ethan's words of gratitude are still in his tears.

"Yes my Fay-Ri, Alkhamdulillah..." Riani's gratitude in Ethan's arms.

.............

After the two of them tidied their clothes, then they both sat down while staring at the sea.

Riani rests her head on Ethan's shoulder while Ethan's hand hugs Riani tightly.

"Maybe this is the last time we can celebrate our anniversary, because in the years that follow we may be more difficult to be able to celebrate..." Ethan said after a few minutes they fell silent to enjoy the sea view.

"You mean?" riani asked confusedly and did not understand what Ethan had just said.

"Mamah and my papah intend to refer back, then papah will bring and take us to move to his house in Jakarta..."

"So you're going to move to Jakarta and we're not going to meet again?" riani asked in shock and sorrow after hearing the news from Ethan's own mouth.

"I'm sorry if I'm being too selfish, I think it's for the good of both my parents and I want a full and complete family like yours..." Ethan clearly with his sad look.

"I will always support you, as long as it's for your good, even if we have to sacrifice our relationship, I'm willing my Fay-Ri..."

"Thank you very much for your understanding, I promise every day I'll call you and every month I'll see you and we'll meet in this place..."

"You promise?" asked Riani to make sure again.

"My dear Ria...I promise, because it's also my agreement and my terms with my parents if I want to move to Jakarta"

"Alkhamdulillah...Then, and may your family that returns intact will add to your happiness, Amen..."

"Ameen's...Praise God..." Ethan's prayer.

The two finally dissolved back in a meaningful kiss before the breakup, without being tainted with actions that were too far away...

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