Love In Longing
Ct. 44 (The Heart I Will Live with)

And they arrived at the beach that was deserted. The sun is no longer visible. Only the remnants of light still illuminate the sky at night. Leaving a strong wind and air that will feel cold, a moment more of course.

Barefooted, the two walked side by side along the shore. Grasping each other's fingers, both tread on the sand of the beach that is occasionally splashed by sea water waves.

The lights on the beach began to light up. And some of the sellers there even chose to close their stalls. Because at night it is certain that visitors can be counted using the fingers.

And it is on the shore that love grows, as the body is struck by the same night wind.

"Regarding the seven years that the man said earlier.I just made it up.." said Cla suddenly. "You're not angry, are you?"

Arsen glanced at the sky, and he had been chasing after the answer, but the lover chose to divert the conversation. And now, without question, he speaks for himself.

"Why seven years?" tanya Arsen turned her head to the left, where the sweet girl was by his side.

"I'm just counting the time we get acquainted. Didn't we know each other for seven years?" Cla glanced at Arsen through the tail of his eyes.

Arsen smiled, "And we wasted seven years not being together since then." said Arsen replying to Cla's glance with the same glance.

"If we were together long ago, our story wouldn't be what it is today, would it?" ask Cla.

"Yes!" replied Arsen looking to the right, towards the open ocean that no longer looks bluish, where the moon began to look small there. "Maybe I will become a Binus Student like you. And you don't need to know that college idol!" he continued to be upset every time he remembered that one person.

Cla nodded and chuckled, "And it could have been seven years we fought, peacefully fought again, peacefully again. Like Naufal and Gwen."

"The most important thing can be like them, there's never a breaking word!" sahut Arsenic.

Cla nodded, confirming Arsen's sentence, because indeed Gwen and Naufal never broke up despite frequent disagreements. Especially the result of the LDR they lived for 3.5 years.

Arsen stopped his footsteps, and Cla reflex did the same. Arsen pulled on Cla's arm, directing the slender body to face her.

With the position facing each other, Arsen grabbed both hands of Cla, rubbing the lover's fingers gently. Staring fixed pretty face that despite not bathing in the afternoon it looks still beautiful until now.

"And we also have to be like them" he said staring at the black bead that he would surely miss. "We have to trust each other... Do not think that one of us is lying or betraying... Moreover, we will be like them, LDR since the third day we have this serious relationship" Arsen said with eyes that did not switch at all from a pair of black beads.

Cla who was like being lectured also returned the gaze of the lover with his own eyes. Nodding agrees with the rules or rather the commitment built by the lover.

"There are a lot of pretty blonde girls. You sure you're not gonna mess with them?" cla asked with a slightly sharp look but his facial expression was full of spoiled whimper. And that made her recall the blonde girl who called Arsen's cell phone last night.

Arsen chuckled, he also remembered when he hacked his cellphone when held by the lover. That must be what the lover meant. The blonde who has been known to Arsen since the first semester.

"If I meant to play with a blonde girl, I would have a lot of date there by now" Arsen replied. "But I never wanted them. So my relationship with them is just a college friend."

"Even I ignore them more often, both on campus and in chat," continued the young man as honestly as possible.

But the smile on the girl's lips hasn't come up yet. Alias was still pouting and seemed to not believe Arsen's words.

"But the name of a handsome beetle, flying everywhere.there must be a tempting flower." he said deliberately provoked the feelings of the lover. Is there jealousy if a girl approaches her.

Cla's fingers that were originally left in the hand held by Arsen at the pull just like that and placed on the right and left waist. Stringy eyes rounded sharply staring at a handsome face that actually smiled without guilt.

Arsen chuckled and twisted to see the beautiful face now nagging not dumbass. Advanced lips, sharp squinting eyes and visible breathing up and down.

Arsen's burly hand swayed, approaching the pretty face to cupped him in the hand. But who would have thought, the girl actually stepped back one step, so that her touch missed the target and ended up embracing the air.

Arsen's laughter began to wane, turning into a faint smile and an extremely saddened look in his eyes.

"I can't imagine, there must be a lot of blonde girls there trying to touch you! Or even kiss you!" cerocos Cla with shadows that start everywhere.

"If there's one blonde girl who's been chatting to you a lot, it means she's struggling to get your heart out, too, and competing with other blond girls, right?"

"The one who texted you last night! I've read it." Cerocos Cla goes on. "In beautiful, white, smooth and dazzling with her blonde hair!"

Arsen put on a smile with various words spoken by Cla. In a way, what Cla said has a point. It was just that he never felt happy when many blonde girls tried to get close to him.

Not to deny sometimes he also feels proud, when many are fighting over his left side for him to hold his hand when walking together.

"Have you?" arsen asked softly, but the girl just kept quiet.

Feeling that Cla was done talking, Arsen took one step forward, until their distance was close again. With a faster movement, Arsen added another half step, and instantly cupped a pretty face in front.

And Cla could no longer back down even half a step. Because Arsen's gaze has its own gravitational force that makes him interested in approaching.

"Past.." he said. "I carry my heart everywhere, because no one has it but myself." said the young man. "Before this, perhaps even to this day... There was a blonde girl or not trying to get close to me there."

The sad look from Arsen, made the girl more interested to stare deep into it.

"I used to respond to them occasionally. Receive a lunch invitation together, hang out at a cafe, or watch a concert. Sometimes also watch the cinema." continued the racer.

"But none of the girls managed to reach my heart. And that was before I came back here yesterday" he said staring fixedly at an eye bead that was only a inch away from his face.

"And now, I have decided to give my heart to you, just you, Baby!" he said he'd kissed Cla's tiny nose.

"That means I'm going to leave my heart here with you, even though my body and brain have to go back to New York to finish the final semester" he continued in a very serious and heavy tone, until it penetrated into the heart of the girl who was covered with jealousy in blonde girls that he had never even seen in person.

"Are you sure you won't be tempted by that blonde girl over there?" cla asked still with a bent face.

"Hm... I'm so sure, Baby!" replied Arsen nodding confidently. "I've got a blonde girl here" she continued, stroking Cla's blonde hair with a handsome, charming smile.

Cla smiled wrongly by answering Arsen who always amazed the softness of the man.

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NB: According to you... Who is Arsen and Clarice?

Sometimes ngebayangin this is not really suitable.