My Ex
Chapter 13
This made the two very close. I don't know who started it, I don't know who's wrong. Even though they are ex-lovers, they look like they are dating.
“nah finished, this is how gini aja, if you do not understand me again, ok?” Arka finished setting smartwatch for Nadine.
“mau dipakein?” tawar Arka's.
“ga need, can be alone.” Arka just smiled knot.
Nadine wears her watch on the left hand,
“thank you yes, I went back first, bye” Nadine went to work and worked as usual.
But when his friends realize Nadine is wearing a watch on her left hand, his friends begin to tease him,
“wow, baruuuu.. clock from Ark yes..ciee,”.
“hour expensive this”
“seriously packed Arka?”
And so, Nadine just nodded briefly not wanting to increase the length of the sentence. Because he actually does not want to also wear this clock when working, dear later blisters. But for the sake of appreciating Arka he wears it almost every day.
“Lucy, the latest data I have copied,”
“wah thank you very much Nad, how much is this??” said Lucy was happy.
“already do, Only 2 sheets doang,” reject Nadine smooth.
“so how was semalem? Smoothly?” asked Lucy was curious, Nadine did not mind telling about Arka to Lucy because indeed she often confided about Arka, then Lucy knew very well how Nadine felt to Arka.
“surfing, he sent me this for a farewell gift he said,” said Nadine showed her new clock.
“wahh...great, good also him,” praise Lucy.
“yah.. that's it, baby have someone else,”.
“alah Nad, later also you dapet replace more than him,” persuaded Lucy
****
Somehow the story has been told in recent times Arka often calls him just for trivial reasons, and Nadine still serves him. And that's sometimes until 2am.
One afternoon on Jum’at Day,
As usual, Nadine and Arka sat relaxing in the back gazebo, busy with their respective phones, Arka with her game, and Nadine with her YouTube spectacle. But that day the sun was quite blazing so that it was so highlighted in the direction Nadine sat.
He also moved to the edge of the weed, because there is more shade. Nadine sat quietly and played the weeds and wildflowers. Suddenly Arka came and sat down in front of him. The distance was very close to make Nadine shift backwards.
“again think what?” ask me gently arka.
“not thinking what.”
“sure??”
“iya, do I look forward to thinking of something??”
“yaa who knows,” Arka just silently looked at Nadine, making Nadine confused.
“why? Anyone want to talk??”
Arka shook her head, she pulled out her phone and showed her screen which was displayed in a picture of a painting she sent the other day.
“why use wallpaper??” ask Nadine.
“good aja, likes,”
“lu likes??”
“iya,”
“already I'm pasting the original picture,”
“eh what is gapapa?? It's your work. This photo is enough for me,”
“gapapa, as a token of thanks for this hour,”
Before long the bell rang and they had to work again, making Nadine immediately darted from before Arka, leaving the pensive Arka looking at Nadine's back.
******
Work hours have ended, today the overtime is not too crowded. Nadine sat on the back of the bus, sitting alone. He put his earphones in his ear, and started listening to some songs.
However, after feeling it, he felt that there was something strange. He did not recognize this trip after a long time maybe almost 10 minutes after he sat down. Until suddenly the bus stopped, Nadine immediately stood up and was about to get off.
But how surprised he was when he did not recognize where the place was. And worse all his friends are no longer there, only he is alone passengers on this bus. And by the way, the bus lights are off.
The atmosphere became very horror, dark and no other passengers, plus a very foreign place. Nadine walked over slowly to the bus driver.
The driver had a heart attack.
“WAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!” his screams were shocked to see Nadine suddenly emerge from within the dark bus.
“AAAAAAAKKKKHHHH!!!” Nadine screamed in shock.
“hei.. I thought you were a ghost,” said the driver stroking his chest.
“sorry sir, where is this?? No other friends???” ask Nadine parno.
“this is where I am, I did not take it to the apartment, earlier another came down why did you not go down??”
“down?? When??” Nadine is confused.
“so they switched buses, you didn't hear?”
Nadine slapped her cheek due to her own stupidity,
“ga hear me, do wear earphones,”
“lah pantesan, fortunately you do not fall asleep, if my sleep locks you in the bus..”
“can mampus I pack,” cut Nadine,
“terus this where is this?? Can you anterin me home??” nadine said memelas.
“duh can not, so tuker bus, because I have other business, order aja taxi, I wait until I can taxi, the danger of women alone nights, especially here the area is prone to drunk people,”
YUCK!!
‘oke Nadine how stupid in..’.
Nadine immediately ordered a taxi onlen before her phone died, and unfortunately the battery was only 15%.
He reported to Arka while waiting for a taxi
Nadines
Look where I am
(a lonely street photo)
Arcs
Nad..lu where?
Same who?
^^^Gue stray ka, I also do not know where..^^^
Ko can?
Didn't you take the bus, did you??
^^^^^^^
^^^^ I am not aware that the bus exchange is in the middle of the road^^^
^^^Soalya I sit behind myself using earphones^^
^^^So not astonished^^^
Nadine....
Shareloc try, let me pick it up, please,
^^^Kaga need, taxinya already come^^^
ARKA CALLING'S
“ya hello??” said Nadine
“lu have you been in a taxi yet??” arka's voice sounded rude.
“iya already this again on the road,”
“other times do not use earphones, if you can sit not behind, still mending not locked with the driver,”
“iya,”
“already by the time the house kasi tau I”
Pip's!
“hah?? What the hell, ko I even scolded, sebel,” grumbled Nadine especially because the phone was turned off just like that, it feels like he was just scolded by Arka this time.
Arriving at home, Nadine immediately improved as usual. And done everything he went up to the bed and sent Arka a message at her door.
- homely
Before long his phone rang back, Nadine immediately picked it up.
“ya hello?”
“already home?”
“udah”
“thankur deh lu kaga why napa, next time heart,”
“iya thanks,”
“already sleeping yes, malem” already
“not yet sleepy,” reject Nadine.
“already I'm temenin until sleepy,”
After that they continued to talk on the phone about things that are not important, every time his phone died, Arka would call him back. It feels very satisfied. Luckily tomorrow is Saturday so there is no work.
Nadine was really satisfied to have a long conversation with Arka, it felt even trivial things felt interesting if discussed with Arka. Similarly, Arka, he was not bored serving Nadine who sometimes difficult to capture the core of the story.
The words Nadine remembered that night were...
“Nadine, stop thinking of me, I don't want you hurt, I don't want you disappointed, I love you very much, but the fact is I can't stay Clarissa, my responsibility to him is bigger, I hope you ngeti, so stop thinking about me, so don't keep baper ya, just be normal, just us just friends, no more, understand??”
Honestly, Nadine cried at the words, why Arka could be so hearty towards her. Or maybe Nadine is too stupid???
Sometimes Nadine thinks what the hell makes her put a lot of heart on Arka, even though the man is ordinary. Sometimes he feels what because he is alone while Arka is already with the others.
Is it just because Nadine feels so lonely that she can't get away from Arka??
Or is there something else they don't know??
Don’t know
*****
It does not feel like Nadine's working hours are one week left, and good or bad maybe, waiting for this last shift with Arka.
And Nadine actually secretly wrote a letter to Arka. And yes the letter is quite long there are 5 folios and Nadine wrote it very carefully. It's nothing, he just wants the writing to look neat and easy to read compared to his normal messy writing.
And there's something strange, though,
Every Nadine makes the status in whatsApp Arka no longer see the status, this is strange because up to a few days. Nadine thinks Arka erased her number?? Or intentionally skipping his status?
Don't know..
That night Nadine and her friends held a dinner together for her farewell and other friends. But what was waiting for did not come either. Yep. Arka did not come, there was a bit of disappointment and relief to Nadine, and it made her feel a little strange.
This past week Nadine's sleep schedule and insomnia were really very severe. In fact he can sleep only 1-2 hours every day. His thoughts were very chaotic and piled on each other.
Arka does not know, she knows very well that Nadine never sleeps enough, because Arka sees Nadine's status on Instagram. Turns out Nadine had another way to send Arka code.
As a result Arka was a little worried about the state of Nadine who rarely slept.
“semalem didn't sleep, did he? Why work?? Why not MC???” scan Arka suddenly in front of Nadine and obstruct her work,
“gue no papa, sleep ko an hour,” Nadine trying to get rid of Arka.
“don't be rich like that,” Arka still prevents it.
“move dong, lu ngalangin tau,” protest Nadine honestly.
“gue worry you're sick,”
“already sick,” chirps Nadine makes Arka shocked.
“hah? Seriously?? What pain??”?
“sickness! Udah ah move,” expel Nadine rough make Arka relented.
*****
Tonight Nadine was really upset that she looked at the scrolls of letters and scrolls of her drawings that she would hand over to Arka. Nadine put it on a paper tube. Then he wrote on the tube cap.
“from Nadine to Arka”