
Lia went home from night lessons, then headed to the cafe to pick up Alora so she could go home together.
On the 10-meter journey to the cafe the beautiful girl saw Alora coming out the door of the Cafe. But before long Beni immediately pulled Alora's hand away 5 steps from the cafe. Of course Lia was following them to make sure what happened.
"What? The cave's coming home!" Alora looks tired.
"Just like college!" Beni's words that managed to make Lia as a spectator opened her mouth wide.
Lia immediately glanced at Alora waiting for an answer, but Alora just kept quiet while thinking. Beni also waited for Alora who did not open her mouth.
"Why are you quiet?" Ask Beni.
"Lecture by yourself!" Alora then set foot to go home.
"What?" Beni again pulls Alora's hand to stop the girl. "God! Loe messing around with the cave?"
"What? If you want to go to college, go to college!" Reply Alora relax.
"A few days ago, you jumped a cave..."
"But now it's not! You have to learn the benefits of time dong! For a week the cave wasted cave time for nawarin loe, but loe nolak. Now you're even volunteering? It's late! The cave will make you a cave boyfriend!" Clearly Alora then tried to leave a third time.
Beni just silently mused over the long sentence of the straight-haired girl earlier.
On the other hand Lia chased after Alora to go home.
"Loraa waitin Liaa" he called.
Alora stopped her steps and then grabbed onto Lia's shoulder as soon as she arrived.
"Gua saw Beni standing there, how did you manage to persuade him?" Lia pretended to ask.
But Alora took a deep breath and then sighed heavily.
"Cave failed!" Reply Alora.
"Isn't it because you refuse him to go to college together?" Lia asked with an annoyed look.
"Kok loe tau?"
"Gua shits all that! Loe pretended to be timing again the same, loe himself wasted all the great opportunities that you should take. Now ruined is the hope of the cave"
"Hope?"
"The hope of the cave for loe clay can live by shining, without having to worry and enjoy the life of loe, and the cave wants to see Lora who is happy ending" said Lia who is sullen but looks cute.
"Thank you Liaa already love the cave, the cave also wants to see loe happy and can live without worrying about the cave every time" Alora embraced her best friend and continued.
"But Lia, because you're a friend of the cave, the cave can't tell you. But the cave has to go after it's done, the cave's enough with all this"
Lia felt that there was something awkward about Alora's words from having heard it several times, but ignored her for now.
***
Slowly Alora prepared herself, she transferred some of her savings to her grandmother. Almost every weekend he visited his grandmother's house and always ordered
"Grandma take good care of your health! If there's anything, call Aunt Ina right away"
"Where is Lora going?" Ask grandma.
But Lora just smiled.
"Lora, grandma wants you to live happily, it's enough to send money to grandma. Time to use your money for fun, grandma let Aunt Ina take care.
"Yes Lora, said grandma!" Sahut Ina is the second child of a grandmother who just returned from abroad.
"Tante has long since gone mamah without knowing anything. No one calls aunt, all aunt numbers try to connect but all are not active. Aunty wants to go home but can't yet. But now aunt is relieved, all is well just minus Annira's sister."
"Lora, now your aunt will be your guardian! You are a real school" continued Ina who seemed to love her family very much.
"Yes aunty"
"Well, where did you go to college and what major?"
"Lora's not going to college auntie"
"Loh why? You do not need to worry about the cost, aunt and aunt husband who will charge you. In the past sister Annira, her mother Lora always helped aunty, pas aunty with mama's nagging, or pas aunty make fun at school mama Lora always help aunty and ending aunty do not get scolded, even Kak Annira who was romelin mamah" Ina laughed while reminiscing about her brother.
On the other hand Alora's eyes glazed involuntarily. He missed the woman he himself could not remember her face. Such sadness made him seem unworthy of being loved.
"Oya mas Yanto how are you doing now?" A random question Aunty Alora made the girl confused.
"Yes, papa you!" Ina again.
On the other hand the grandmother tried to stop Ina from asking about Alora's parents by hitting Ina's back for the woman to turn her head, then put her index finger to the lips so Ina understood to close her mouth.
"Alora is already almost hours you work should you leave not be late"
Alora leaves by public transport. When finally Alora had completely gone grandma explained her reason for stopping Ina earlier.
"Both of his parents are dead and he forgot his memory! You should it dong, don't ask about it, Lora must be sad again now"
***
On the other hand, Lia who raided Alora's house out of curiosity actually what Alora meant by always saying "will go". Using the spare key he entered the house and went straight to Alora's room.
The room was neatly arranged with items that partially disappeared, especially all the photos have been moved into a cardboard box. The usually messy room, according to Lia, currently looks not to describe an Alora.
After searching but more into looking around, Lia found nothing. The girl only saw items like piles of trash Alora had collected to burn.
Highlight Lia's eyes found a foreign book that caught her attention. The girl took it and opened it. Once opened it turns out his life notebook or often called diary.
Each page contains only a sad story and ends a picture of a smiling emot at the end of his sentence. On one of the pages full of question marks, it says
"Do I not deserve to be happy? How happy is that? I forget the last time I was happy, have I ever been? I'm tired :)"
Lia's tears unbearably flowed in every engraving of the word she read. The last page says
"I'll go, August 23. on the same road..."
The only words written in red ink. As far as Lia is concerned, August 23 is her birthday.
Lia dropped the book and ran to the stop and hailed a taxi to the cafe, and Alora was not there. Then he decided to go to Alora's grandmother's house.
Arriving at Alora's grandmother's house, of course Alora was gone. Lia decided to ask
"Grandma know it's Lora's birthday?"
"What are you really? Why didn't he say it?" Ask Ina.
"23 August? Is it today?" Grandma looked worried.
"Why grandma? Where'd Alora go?" Ask Lia who is worried.
"23 August is not Alora's birthday but the day of her parents' deaths"
"What?" Sahut Ina and Lia.
"His entire time he's been lying?" Lia looked shocked to cover her mouth with both hands.
"Not lying but, in his birth certificate misprinted to his diploma. Because it is difficult to change, they (the adoptive parents) let it go. Because the day Alora was born is August 29 is not much different".
"Every August 23, she felt tight and sad even though she knew it was her birthday. If his memory returns, what will happen?"
"Where is Alora now?" Ask Lia again.
"1 hour ago left for work" said the aunt.
"But Lia has been to Cafe Lora does not exist, already Lia tried to call as well but not active number".
...
On the other hand, Alora was standing by the side of the road near the red light and forced her smile. The girl walked slowly in the crossing zone while the lights were still green. The road looks a bit lonely because of the holiday.
There was a car that was speeding, but Alora just arrived stuck and returned in the shock. Fear, crying and pain but his body was unable to move.
Instantly the picture of his childhood memories appeared random in his memory, like a mixed scene.
The car tried to press the brakes, but still could not stop right before it touched Alora. The car ended up hitting the girl. Although not severe, but the girl's head hit the asphalt.
A young man got out of the car to see the victim of the collision and wanted to take responsibility even though it was not entirely his fault.
"Alora?"
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tbc