Love In Longing
Ct. 49 (Before Parting )

Using a red car owned by a girl who is a connected child of one of the Capital conglomerates, two young people are on their way to the airport with the man as the driver.

Has seen and recognized this mini cooper car since five years ago, but only this time the young man entered and drove one type of luxury car in Indonesia.

Unlike Naufal and Gwen who have been in and out of the car, even since they were in school.

It was all due to misunderstandings and newsless parting between the two that made no sense .

"Do you eat out or at the airport?" arsen asked as the car under his control stopped right at the red light of the intersection.

"When at the airport, how?" advice Cla. "So you're not late." he continued.

"Hmmm..." Arsen nodded slowly and and looked in the shade at the lover.

He gently pulled the lover's right hand gently, linking the fingers of his left hand to Clarice's clasped fingers. With the same gaze, he gently pulled the fingers and placed them close to the lips. Arsen landed a gentle kiss on the back of the girl's hand.

Closing his eyes, he breathed deeply into the still very vivid fragrance of the lotion Cla was using. This fragrance will be missed. Maybe even when the plane starts to take off.

A beautiful face shames shyly when feeling and seeing every soft treatment given by the lover. A gentle touch, and a kiss from the young man's thin lips that felt so tender touched his delicate white skin.

Not satisfied with his hand in his hand and kissed by the lover, the lights have shown green, and Arsen returned to drive his car calmly.

***

Sitting together at one of the restaurant tables at the airport, Cla and Arsen side by side as usual. They just finished their breakfast. And now Arsen is just waiting for his flight to depart. Amongst that all Cla asked the question ...

"When are you coming home?" cla asked a soft glance at the lover.

"I don't know, honey." replied Arsen leaning back on his chair, one hand relaxing on the back of the chair used by Clarice. The comfort of the hand was not as relaxed as the look of his handsome face.

Split.one word which means very stifling because it takes a long time. To grow the word upset and suspicious. Not as short as when I say that word.

Though there is still the word go to forge knowledge, and go home to love. Still a long distance relationship would not be as easy as they imagined it to be today.

Even an hour from now, the commercial plane that would deliver Arsen left the homeland was already about to take off.

And from that second on, the two will not be able to touch until the time cannot be determined. The closest they can have is a video call. Removing the longing in a way that increasingly makes the longing fertile and spread everywhere.

"You don't have any more holidays?" cla asked expectantly. "Next month, or next month again, maybe?"

Taking a deep breath, even using his mouth, there is a tightness that is also held by the man. Want to explain, but also not bear with the reality of his busy life in the land of uncle sam.

"You know?" muttered Arsen leaned the elbow of his right hand on the dining table, holding his temple to look at Cla who was on his left side. A pair of eyes stared fixedly at the deep loving aura.

"Even my schedule for two months or even three more months has been set, Baby." continued with his left hand swinging to grab Cla's fingers on the table, and rub it gently with your thumb.

"What are you busy?" cla asked sounding sad. "Said Aunty Rania, even you haven't slept at 12 last night." she continued staring sadly at the man in front.

Arsen was silent for a moment, staring at the beautiful face of the lover with a sense of admiration, until his sturdy fingers brought back Cla's fingers to his lips and kissed him gently and deeply.

"When I got to New York, I had to go back to college. And from then on, maybe our communication will not be as smooth as it is today" explained the young man. "But I promise! I will always try to reply to chat messages from you as soon as possible!" reply Arsen.

Cla let out a heavy sigh, "Then last night what did you do?"

"Just do some of the college work I can do for now..."

Cla took a deep breath and let him restless. "That means tomorrow you will meet the blonde." Cla muttered.

Arsen pulled out his phone, and placed it on the table. "You still remember the password, don't you? Our anniversary date." said Arsen.

Cla narrowed his eyes, thinking what it meant for the lover to give up his phone and the real password was still very clear in his memory.

No need to wait for the second command, the girl immediately grabbed the lover's phone. Thinking, this might be the last moment he could double-check Arsen's phone before the young man left the country.

The first time in view of Cla, is a home screen where a photo of him who was kissed suddenly while at the Jakarta Aquarium yesterday. Cla smiled at the knot seeing his photo look very clearly without being covered in any application box.

"You'll always look beautiful on my phone screen!" Arsen looked at his phone screen and the lover's face in turn.

"And you will always look handsome on my phone screen!" bala Cla landed a brief kiss on Arsen's cheek.

Arsen smiled, returning Cla's kiss with an anxious pinch on her cheek.

Cla continues with his action to check Arsen's phone. And what he opened next was a chat application owned by the lover that certainly there is something there that he should know.

The heart is filled with joy, when the mobile number with the name - e plus the white love sign on the pin, so that it is always in the top row.

Next his gaze went down, where there was the name prof. Francois. Cla opened the message, and what he read was only about the tasks of the business world that he did not understand at all.

Get out of that name. Cla saw the message below. An anonymous number with a profile picture he had seen before. There is a short message that says see you entered at 00.12 WIB.

Cla glanced at the lover with a slight squeak. Of course Arsen understood the meaning of that glance. And Arsen only smiled faintly, blinking his one eye.

Cla opened the chat immediately, and what he saw was a lot of messages from blonde girls who he considered as competitors. Although there were no messages responded by Arsen, still Cla did not like anyone contacting the lover marathon like that.

"Where does he live?" cla asked as he read the message over and over again.

"We live in the same apartment building."

Cla turned her head and listened to the blonde and her lover live in the same apartment building.

"Just he's downstairs. And I'm on the top floor!" continued with a calm smile.

"So, the potential for you guys to meet is quite great?" cla asked gazing enviously at ARsen.

"Not really," replied Arsen casually.

"But you're one roof, aren't you?" ask Cla. "Don't look for an alibi, yeah!" lamented Cla.

Arsen took a deep breath and greeted him slowly. "Baby.." call her soft, while bringing her face closer to Cla. "We were in the same building and the same roof. But we have different apartments. The elevator we can use is different. So we rarely met."

"It rarely means a few times..."

Arsen chuckled silently, "What matters is that we don't talk like we do and our friends, do we?"

"You sure, never had a close conversation with him?" ask Cla.

"Hem.." Arsen nodded as he landed a kiss on the pouting thin lips.

"As long as we're apart, don't be prejudiced, okay?" pinta Arsen is serious. "I'll keep myself from any girl."

"Hmmm..." Cla nodded small. Even though you are not sure you will not be jealous and prejudiced.

"And you also have to guard yourself from the other Victor-Victor."

Smile faintly, "Ready, Sir.." replied Cla.

Not long after, the sound of flight calling for Arsen was heard. And that made the couple inevitably have to separate.

Staring at each other, still in the same position, both frozen by the time together that must end.

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