
The needle of the wall clock is constantly moving, reminding the human of the time that continues to run. And in this ivory-white painted house there was a man standing looking at himself in the mirror. Arfin looked at his face in the glass, a handsome face that would make any girl go crazy. Arfin moved to comb his hair, and also wore an expensive watch that he had.
Arfin caste is arguably the same as Vishnu, they both come from a conglomerate family, so their lives are nothing short of money. However, the status of the Aksanta family is still higher than his family, so Arfin must obey Vishnu, because the pleasure of Vishnu determines the fate of his family's company in the future.
Arfin opened the room door after putting the backpack on both shoulders. Arfin walked towards the dining table where there was Arfin's father, mother and two older brothers. Arfin sat next to the man in a blue shirt with a black tie—The man was Arfin's second brother. To be honest, Arfin preferred his second brother to his first, because Arfin's second brother was a little more concerned with Arfin than his first brother.
Arfin had breakfast in silence, though both Arfin sisters chatted about the company's condition with their father. Arfin did not join the conversation because he did not understand the company and did not want to interfere too, it was not Arfin's passion.
"If you're in management, you'll join us, Fin." Arfin put the spoonful of rice back on the plate. The man's appetite is gone when his father goes back to discussing the same thing every day, Arfin is tired of hearing what his father does not get tired of saying.
"Papa has told you, choose a college major that guarantees, but what? You even chose that major, you want to be unemployed after you finish?" ask Papa Arfin.
Never mind answering, Arfin was even lazy to listen. Arfin stood up from his seat, away from the dining table that still contained his family.
"Where are you going?" ask Papa.
"You drowned," replied Arfin without turning his body.
"You still don't want to move majors?!" Papa Arfin stood up, approaching his son who stopped stepping but still turned his back to him.
The man violently turned his son's body to face him. "Don't be Arfin's son of a dissident, you want to move majors or you quit college."
"Not both!" press Arfin again.
"You want to be a burden forever? Aren't you ashamed of your brothers who are now in good careers?"
"Again wayin company, he's the heir is not a pioneer. Their careers are good because the reputation of the company is also good, and I don't want to like them. I'll be a pioneer not an heir, like Papa and Brother!"
After those words were thrown out, a loud slap also landed on Arfin's cheek. Spicy taste felt, sore too. Arfin stroked his hot cheeks and turned straight to face his papa.
"Aren't you ashamed to say that Arfin?!" snapped the Papa.
"No! And I won't obey Papa's orders!"
"Why? Why don't you listen to me?!" It was still early morning but a commotion and quarrel had already taken place in the Alyas family residence house.
"It's my passion, Pa. I love this, and I'm comfortable walking it too. Once in my life, I moved through my own decisions not out of Papa's will. I, will not move majors, if Papa does not want to pay for my college anymore, no papa, I can find my own fees."
Arfin came out of the house, leaving family members who were silent to see him quarrel with his father. Arfin entered the car, taking the car out of the yard after the high white fence was opened.
...***...
Binawa University is the University of everyone's dream, many students are struggling to get into here and also struggling to become the best graduates at graduation later. Therefore, many of the students study in earnest because of the intense competition, such as in one of the classes of Binawa University, once the lecturers enter they hear carefully, as well as in the other, and think critically about the material being taught, but that does not apply to one of the students in that class, Vishnu.
Vishnu turned the pen blankly without blinking since then, so it was no wonder that Baim and Gilang were wondering.
Gilang moved Vishnu's shoulders slowly, "Why young master?"
Vishnu still did not change the direction of view, but he stopped the activity of turning the pen. Vishnu was silent, still with a blank look without answering Gilang's question. The man's mind wandered towards the incident at his home last night.
When Rama came home at night wet. Vishnu sat on the sofa of the room and the first time Rama saw once entering the house was Vishnu who was playing a game. Rama looked at Vishnu and was gazed upon by Vishnu. The two iris hazel meet in one face, Vishnu is very similar to Rama, not only in terms of face but behavior as well.
Vishnu saw Rama from head to toe. Everything was wet, nothing was missed, as Rama stood in the rain for a long time, letting every drop of rain hit his body. Rama approached Vishnu, and saw that Vishnu immediately rose from his seat. If he's still sitting, it could be a different story later.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" As soon as Rama got closer to Vishnu, he immediately asked. Vishnu rolled his eyes lazy, why now Rama turned into busy fathers asking when his son had a girlfriend and when his son married, it sucks.
Vishnu shook his head slowly. "Remember, time goes on, if you don't have a boyfriend, I'll betrothed you" Rama said. "One more thing, look for a woman who can change your jerk attitude, Wis. The woman who changed you for the better, so that without her you return to the wrong path again," continued Rama with a sad start.
The man walked out of the living room so wet that the floor became wet from Rama's steps. Vishnu stared at Rama's slowly disappearing back while thinking who would be his girlfriend. Come to think of it said Rama has a point too, time goes on and Vishnu has not got a girlfriend at all. It has been a week since Rama made an offer for Vishnu to find a girlfriend of his own. Rama was unpredictable, indeed what he said was given time for 2 months, but when 1 month Vishnu did not have a girlfriend can-can the man immediately match him without asking permission again like that time.
Vishnu is confused now, until he does not focus on the material taught by their lecturer. Thankfully the lecturer was not a killer lecturer so he did not pay attention to Vishnu who daydreamed in the middle of his lesson.
"How do I get a girlfriend?" inner Vishnu.
...***...
The last class was completed, all students dropped out of their respective classes, including Vishnu, Baim and Gilang who are now in the campus cafeteria for meals. Vishnu ordered Whitecoffe and burger, Baim ordered fried rice with Dutch eggplant juice and Gilang ordered french fries with sweet tea only, said Gilang again. Don't forget the Arfin that was there too. The man ordered the juice and ordered spaghetti.
The four men were chatting while eating the food that had been ordered. In a short time their drinks stayed half and the food they ordered was up with no leftovers.
Vishnu drank the Whitecoffe he ordered, the man saw an empty glass without filling. Vishnu got up from his seat to the coffee seller's place to order coffee again but this time he used a cup instead of a glass to take home.
"Bu Whitecoffe's one," said Vishnu as soon as he got there. The seller's mother just nodded, she served the students who got there before Vishnu.
While waiting, Vishnu struggled with his cellphone, but the tail of Vishnu's eyes saw there was a posture that seemed familiar to him. Vishnu raised his gaze and both eyes of Vishnu saw Eleena next to him. Looks like the girl ordered coffee too.
The strange taste came back again, a strange taste that Eleena did not understand every time she looked at Vishnu. The gaze of Vishnu but not the sharp gaze as usual he gave a deep gaze and was able to make many people drown.
"El, we'll see you again." Eleena threw away her gaze immediately, unwilling to linger in Vishnu's eyes.
"This is the coffee, Mas" said the seller's mother. Vishnu took his coffee immediately and paid shortly after that Eleena's coffee was also ready.
The two men walked in the same direction. Vishnu headed for their seats back there and Eleena headed for the empty seat that was also in the back.
Vishnu glanced at Eleena nonstop, wanting her to start a conversation with this girl next to him but she had no idea what she should talk about, even when she got to their seat, Vishnu had not opened the conversation on Eleena even when he knew Eleena was sitting next to him nor did he open his mouth to start the conversation.
Vishnu again drowned in thoughts about Rama's speech last night. He must immediately find a girlfriend, immediately Vishnu felt jealous of Arfin. The man was too easy to say hello and befriended many women including dating them. Just as Arfin had done, he greeted a beautiful girl in the cafeteria, a girl who had never been seen in Vishnu's eyes, but Arfin was able to recognize her.
Vishnu turned to look at Eleena. Eleena who was sitting peacefully while reading a book with glasses perched on her nose. Eleena's hair this time in the booth without ribbon. Eleena's appearance was always simple but it was very elegant.
Vishnu could not stay still longer, he had to say that immediately. Of the many girls he met only Eleena was a match.
"You want to be my girlfriend?" All pairs of eyes pointed at Vishnu as soon as he said that. Including Eleena who was immersed in the novel reading now turned to staring at Vishnu. The girl knitted her brows, staring at Vishnu full of question marks.
So did the three friends of Vishnu, Arfin to choke on hearing Vishnu say it. The first time in Arfin's life he heard Vishnu say such a thing, and it was on Eleena—the girl who never got along with Vishnu.
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" repeat Vishnu again.
"What?" Eleena did not hear wrong this time, Vishnu invited himself to date. Since when are they close and have to date.
"Gue, I don't like you don't get me wrong." Vishnu tried to explain his point to Eleena even though it was a little ambiguous. "Gue, there's a reason behind that. I have to have a boyfriend, because if I don't have a girlfriend there is a big problem. So, I have to have a boyfriend, I think you are the most suitable to be my girlfriend. But I don't like it either."
Eleena could not hide the look of confusion over Vishnu's words. So did Baim and Gilang who threw eyes at each other. And Arfin, the same man as Eleena, was confused by Vishnu's words.
"Lo want to be my girlfriend, not for long, which is important I believe I already have a boyfriend," continued Vishnu.
"No." Eleena's answer shattered Vishnu's hopes. Eleena is the first girl he has dated and the first girl to reject him. Eleena created history in Vishnu's life because she was the one who rejected Vishnu many times in any case. Usually no one dares to reject Vishnu even though they know Vishnu is wrong but they prefer to be silent especially after knowing the name of Aksanta is behind the name of Vishnu. Eleena, like Rama, always rejected Vishnu.
"Why?"
"Gue doesn't want to. Find another girl there." Eleena stood up, closing the unfinished novel she had read.
"Don't dong, you want to." Why now Vishnu intonation as if begging, usually the man forced.
Eleena shook her head strongly. "Gue doesn't want to," repeated Eleena emphasizing each word.
"Udah ah, I want to go, males meet lo." Eleena walks past Vishnu's seat, but the girl takes the time to smile at Arfin.
"Eh, how can you invite him to date?" arfin asked as soon as Eleena had completely vanished from the canteen.
"Long story," retorted Vishnu.
"Yes if the length is shortened," said Baim and he was touched by a blow to the arm again by Gilang. Baim stroked the arm of Gilang's former punch, the man often hurt Baim, Baim became sad.
"Why young master?" If Gilang had asked, Vishnu could not bear if he did not answer. Gilang is a confidant of Vishnu.
"Rama nawarin I—"
"Use the name ah, I hate as much as my bokap, I never call him use the name. It's not polite, you" interrupted Arfin just like that.
Vishnu clicked back to continue the words but this time with a more polite version. "I want to make a fool of me." The eyes of the three men were rounded at once, information Vishnu always gave a surprise.
"Again?" ask Gilang.
Vishnu nodded. "But he also offered me an offer. Said if I could get my own girlfriend, she wouldn't be fooled. That's why I want to have a boyfriend."
"But it does not have to be El as well as the times that are courted," added Arfin. They could all feel a sense of jealousy from those words.
"Gue knows you like him, but I need an ege boyfriend."
"Gue's got a lot of girl acquaintances, Wis. You could time walk the same way they kept their macarin. Temen my girl who is always ready to be anyone's girlfriend." Arfin gave me advice. But the advice of Arfin this time a little make Vishnu worried. What Vishnu is looking for is not a woman who wants to date him but a woman who can make him change for the better as Rama said last night. Vishnu must find a good woman.
"Gue is confused."
Arfin patted Vishnu's shoulder. "Relax, there I am, later I teach you how to deketin girls, if you want a model girl like El, then, it's hard, but I have met a girl who is eleven twelve is the same El." Arfin puffed his chest proudly saying that.
Vishnu quietly did not answer, this suggestion from Arfin must be really thought by Vishnu. The man was looking for a good woman, but most importantly he was not from the Agustama family. Aksanta's family had never been in contact with Agustama's family, so Vishnu had to avoid Agustama's members at all costs. But Vishnu did not know that Eleena was the son of Agustama's own members. Although the girl came from the blood of the Dirgantara family but still her mother is a member of Agustama.
Aksanta and Agustama will never be together and that is a fact that must be accepted.