Love In Longing
Ct. 55 (After Eight Days Without a Mobile Phone)

[I left first yes, bye.].

A sour face emoticon is in the last part of the sentence.

The short message received from the lover ended in regret by Cla. Because when the girl replies to the message, tick the two it does not read anyway.

"Where is he?" cla muttered after waiting for half an hour there was no answer. "Isn't it still late in the afternoon?"

The girl's waking face looks lethargic and full of regret. Especially when he saw the last active lover about four hours ago. Same time as the last message he read.

"That means that it's been four hours that she's not with her phone!" he muttered while rereading the message he sent.

A short message indicating that he is still not completely fine due to an overnight problem.

[Where are you going?]

There was no apology or explanation for why he deliberately turned off the phone and did not read Arsen's message.

The girl's ego soul is still quite high indeed. But these are all processes that he went through at an age that is still not fully stable. To then stabilize after various life problems hit him.

Cla reopened the photo with Arsen's job desk. Read one by one what was written on the white sheet.

"It's all complicated... This kind of research does require extraordinary concentration." he murmured softly.

"Is that what Arsen went through there?"

"Fight desperately for two titles at once..."

Feelings of guilt begin to slip at the door of a grieving heart. Imagine the lover must struggle with numbers and theories that are not easy to work on.

Taking two majors at once does make the young man like a man who is chased by a full 24-hour dog.

There is no time to relax, let alone take a vacation. His free time he spent communicating with the lover should also be hindered by the time difference.

"I'm sorry, Arsen.." she pouted.

Regretting the girl for making Arsen indirectly must also be dizzy to face her anger. Evidenced by the various messages sent by Arsen.

One of them ...

[Please, Cla... I can't focus if you're still angry like this.].

[I swear, I've never seen a Lady's face in more than 1 minute!]

Arsen gave an explanation. But when Arsen was busy making the girl return to what she was before, Cla was carried away by the romantic atmosphere in the Korean drama scene that he watched before he fell asleep.

And now, when Cla has admitted his mistake, Arsen has been inactive for some time.

***

Time has been running since Cla sent Arsen a message. Until the sun was in the east, it has now returned to the west. And prepare to sink with its rays.

But the two ticks sent by Cla never turned blue. Even the last time the lover was active did not change.

Even so, he is still so proud to apologize for thinking badly about Arsen.

Until finally the fingers lentiknya all day dancing on the keyboard for the final task of the semester began to move to type on the screen of his phone.

[Is this busy?]

[Until when can't I reply to my message?]

[Are you not sleeping anyway?]

[I'm sorry.].

Dizziness the girl all day thinking about Arsen who never returned a message. At least one reply to make the ice melt, thought the girl.

Until finally an apology was said to him.

# # # # # #

In New York, the man who is also much in the lyrics by the student, was in a room that was only filled by a few students.

Arsen took a deep breath, when he had the challenge of breaking into a system that was formed by his lecturer very well. The system is made specifically for the practice of students in the middle of the thesis that has made the head feel like it wants to break.

Sighing heavily, Arsen was startled by the voice of the lecturer who had been behind his chair for some time.

"Concentration.." whispered the lecturer, giving a warning in a soft voice but explaining enough if it was a warning.

"Yes, Prof!" arsen replied flatly but slightly gasped.

"I see you are not as focused as usual" said the lecturer. "Is there anything that bothers you?"

"Nothing, Prof.." replied Arsen shook his head and smiled flatly.

"Hmmm..!" murmured the lecturer nodded while gently patting the shoulder of one of the Students he relied on.

"Do your best! You will gain knowledge that you will never forget in your entire life. You're very good at this."

"Ready, prof!"

The lecturer stepped past Arsen who glanced at the lecturer's whereabouts through the tail end of his eyes. He is very aware if this one lecturer is very firm but also very good.

' Is my face clearly visible when I have a mind? '

The ex-racer muttered in the mirror on one of the laptop screens that would definitely not be seen clearly.

Sighing deeply, glancing at the watch on his left wrist, Arsen muttered inwardly...

' There it's back in the night... Has Cla returned my message? '

' Even if I did, I don't know when I could pick up my phone at daycare! Since yesterday I have not been able to pick up my phone! '

' This task rule is indeed very strange! Don't they think, what if there's emergency news from home? You may not bring a cell phone to enter this room. '

Grunt Arsen in heart.

Simultaneously an officer entering the lab came with a pile of lunch boxes.

"Breakfast has come." murmured a student sitting opposite to Arsen's table.

"Sen, eat Sen!" he said while receiving a dining box from campus officials.

"Hm!" arsen answered flatly while receiving the lunchbox from the attendant.

# # # # # #

The days Arsen spent in prison. He could not use his cell phone for eight days. And so did those experienced by other friends.

The promised time is no more than one week, it turns out to be widened until the day is not necessarily allowed to go home.

Even rest them in the lab. Every day only given 1 hour to go home to the apartment, even though the cellphone is still in the hands of the supervisor. The young man's life seems to be going crazy.

For eight days he was unable to contact his girlfriend. For eight days he did not know what his girlfriend was like. Eight days he was made only able to dream and imagine the beautiful face of the lover who is always in memory.

"Tonight you can rest at home! Get your cell phones at the watchdog. And come back tomorrow morning at 9! The sooner today's task is completed, the sooner you can go home!"

One news that makes Arsen's heart beat faster. He did not expect that this afternoon would come out such a sentence that shook his soul.

"YES!" students chuckle in one room at the same time while cheering happily.

There are only 6 students who have the opportunity to be part of this job.

Arsen was very impatient for this day to end. He wants to know what messages he has received over the past eight days. If the lover has sent him a message.

' I miss you, Baby... Hope you don't misunderstand me for the umpteenth time... '

Is there a message on Arsen's phone after eight days of not opening?

If there are many, what message has Cla sent for the Eight days?

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