Jogja, You & Memories
The Twelfth Temple

The duration of the day and the hot overcast weather made the bouquet of fresh flowers I picked up in front of the room on a blue plastic chair after attending the wedding of Setyo and Putri quickly wither. I carried her out of the room carefully as if carrying fragile items while looking for this free florist to her room.

“Dom,” call me while looking into his open room, tall men who often use distro shirts and drawstring pants are lying down.

The wall fan above the door leaf turned right to left, turning the wind, giving the room an additional air turn even though the window was open. The skin of his feathers are overgrown with feathers that make me nosy pull it out like I do now.

Dominic clinched my name while throwing a ball dummy. “Sick yo, here's your fur change I unplug!” he said fiery while stroking the part of the leg that lost hair.

“Emang dare?” Dominic snorted while picking up his phone again. I woke up and sat down in his chair. “Dom,” call me.

“Ngapa, Race?” ask before you yawn. The parasite that I had not yet bathed did not reduce the resounding impression that emanated from his face.

“The material has withered, what to throw in the simple?” I was looking for a deliberation.

Dominic pulled away from the comfort of the mattress and watched the bouquet of flowers whose petals splattered from my room to his room. Address if you know, ‘Rastanty, sapuuuu..’ Old habits are repeating.

“Down ajalah, ntar if you want again I buy a new one.”Dominic opens his trash bin while breaking a flower stalk and bending over. He crammed the bouquet into the trash quickly. “Ntar you just dump into the front trash can, Ras.”

Dominic patted me on the shoulder and put himself back in bed and played with his phone. I don't know why his attitude became cold and indifferent during these few days after the wedding of Setyo and the Princess yesterday. I received the flowers even at home.

“Again't the mood, Dom?” my question, cross my legs.

“Cuma males say, Ras.” said lethargic.

“Continue the results of the additional reunion meeting yesterday how?” I was curious, Dominic did not divulge at all what secrets they discussed with Paijo et al. He just kept quiet and changed. His rancid attitude changed as well as the disturbances he created for me diminished.

Dominic smiled at me even though his face wasn't as happy yesterday.

“Taking your happiness is not my wish, Ras. As long as Pranata is alive in your heart, forever you cannot see how much my existence means to you right now.”

Kok so meloww like this to, why should bring the feeling when I want to see the twilight in the square kidul with him pumpung today the weather is certainly not going to rain.

“Terus?” my many.

“Ntar finished the additional reunion with the children, I returned to Malang. Packing your clothes is the same as taking your cat. It is time we move on alone for our own future.” Dominic smiled longer.

“You have the same heart as me?” My eyes look at him sadly.

“Not the heart, but we need to pause to think about what we want from this friendship is Ras, we can not keep gini-gini until tuek. After all I've been embarrassed, Paijo koar-koar I like the same me, but yes it is the reality. I love you and so far I have never hated you or Pranata. I was happy and joined the call. But if someday you'll be mine, yes I'm kekep every day!” his joke then chuckled.

Dominic's... How easy it would be for us to both see the future if I made peace with my memories and I was starting them, Dom. I'm starting, but you chose to leave. My steps must have been stumbling around without you on the side.

“Sorry, Ras.” Dominic continued later while reaching for my hand which was in the lap. He held it, while I didn't care if he did. I can only smile to respond to him.

“This feeling I can't prevent. It felt like a brake blong, bablas kept crashing, only I realized. Difficult to replace Pranata position.” Dominic sighed. “One thing only you should know—”

Dominic paused his words to add to my curiosity.

“Your nitipin plan to me before he leaves... I didn't know what to do that night other than to make him go home quietly. He took a voice note that I never told you. I'm afraid you won't even accept my existence. So actually you are between being my girlfriend or not yet I also do not understand Ras. So all this time I have no girlfriend just to not betray you or Pranata.”

Unknowingly my tears flowed by themselves. My chest is very painful, either because of the pain of losing Pranata or the feeling of being cut off to Dominic. The two best friends were still together even when Pranata and I were together, hurting Dominic who was holding a taste in me.

O God, I should have warned myself from the beginning not to drag on in this friendship, because how could this be fair to Dominic.

I smiled regretfully at what happened to Dominic, I couldn't even pull out a paragraph to reply to his words other than just hugging him.

“Give me time, Dom. Let me find you myself!”

Dominic slumped up while stroking my back gently.

“Gak—no need, Race. If you are ready, call me. I'll be here with my mom's dad and keep nagging!” he said without hesitation.

Replace the broken me in the middle of my sobbing cry. That simple? No need to date either? What does this mean? Pranata knows Dominic likes it the same I keep him down the status of his girlfriend the same I to Dominic. Secretly crazy as well Pranata and I seem to go crazy because of them.

I squeezed Dominic's back. “Sebel. Let's go for a walk, Dom!” We broke down the embrace, Dominic sighed while wiping my tears.

“So?” he asked with his voice trembling.

I paused while taking a deep breath and exhaling. I'm sure Dominic will be just like me, it's hard to move on at the moment, on this sunny day and we were like a lovebirds who were secretly alone in the hostel room I refused it just because of my memories with Pranata.

“We try.” I replied with a smile. Dominic wettest, “Rastanty, Rastanty... Kiss it here first!”

“Yeks!” I nodded her forehead while coming out of her room. Very nice, not to kiss yet...

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