Prince From Another World
Approach of Alex

The crane! The crane!

Alarm sounds loudly. With my eyes still heavy I woke up and turned it off.

Houmz .... Still sleepy even though last night had slept early. Even though you are still sleepy, you need to wake up too. I was about to get out of bed when I realized something.

"It felt like last night someone was caressing my head. It may be a dream but it feels real," I murmured while holding the head that felt stroked.

"Ah, maybe a 3D dream. The times are sophisticated, "I said to myself while holding back an amused laugh.

Not wanting to bother anymore, I immediately took a shower and prepared for college.

...******...

My phone suddenly rang while I was reading the news from a magazine on the back porch of the house. Without seeing the name on the phone screen, I raised it.

"Hello!"

📲[Hello, Riza!] greet the voice across.

I just looked at the phone screen, Alex's name on it. And back to the conversation.

"lex? Tumben once?" I said.

📲[Yes. Didn't I say I'd call you?! Am I interrupting?]

"No. I happen to be relaxed."

📲[Oh, good if I'm not interrupting. So, we can talk longer. You don't mind, do you?]

"Of course not. How's Mandy doing today?"

📲[He's back to normal as usual. Haha ... I still like to laugh remembering her behavior yesterday.]

"Good, there's a little entertainment. You yourself seem to have quite strong legs?"

📲[Of course. I go down the stairs every day and get used to it. By the way this week I'm going to Losa again. And take you for another walk. Hows it?]

"Away from Jackville just to take me on the road? Aren't you tired of Jackville-Losta?"

📲[I'm used to traveling long distances by car. After all, it's only three hours to Losta. It was not a long journey for me.]

"Oh, so. And Mandy's coming too?"

📲[I don't think so. This week he is busy completing his final thesis.]

"So, you're alone?"

📲[Me and Justin. He couldn't possibly miss it if he knew I was going to Losa.]

"Have you told Sienna?"

📲[Justin must have told him first. The kid's most excited if I take him there.]

"Oh ...."

📲[So, you can't refuse, right? I just want to make you happy. I love you smiling like we did when we went to Green Hill yesterday.]

I'm speechless.

📲[Hello? The riza? Are you still there?]

"Yes. I heard."

📲[Why shut up? You busy? Okay, next time I call again. See you on Sunday, yeah! Bye ..]

"Okay, Bye ...."

The phone is also closed. I put the phone back on the table. Alex really doesn't give up.

"Hi, Eriza!" greet Sienna who had been in the kitchen since when.

"Eh, Sienna. Already home?" my reply.

"Daritadi. Who's calling?" tanyakanya.

"Alex," I replied.

"Oh. He must have told you he was coming this week, right?" ask Sienna.

"Do you know?" I pretended to ask.

"Justin told me," he replied happily.

"Oh .... Yeah, he told me earlier. He really hasn't given up yet" I said.

"He's trying!" Sienna ruined my words.

"What are the terms" I said cuek.

Sienna smiled. He walked up to me and sat next to me.

"You're still thinking about that mysterious young man?" ask carefully.

"Maybe" I answered less honestly.

"Surely yes," Sienna again confirmed my words.

"Absolutely nothing can be done to contact him?" ask Sienna.

I shook weakly. Sienna sighed.

"I don't understand that feeling. How can we like someone we know in less than five minutes? After that think about it all day. That feeling is both sweet and painful. Sweet when thinking about it and sick when ...." Sienna shook his head, he did not want to continue his sentence. He even spoke another.

"I don't want you to keep on falling down with your feelings. True love does require struggle and sacrifice but if only one side sacrifices, it is not true love. I don't think it's wrong to give Alex a chance to fight, but if you think he's intruding, you can talk to him about it" Sienna said in the end before he left his seat. It looks so wrong on its own.

I kept silent digesting all Sienna said. I understand why Sienna did not continue with her last sentence. I also knew what he was going to say, he was just trying to keep my feelings in check. But for his last suggestion, I think it is necessary to consider it.

...******...

It doesn't feel like Sunday has arrived. Where Alex and Justin are coming today.

At exactly 09:00 in the morning they were waiting in front of the house. They must have left earlier than last week. Stay with the same car. Today's destination is the beach. Not as special a place as possible, but enough to have fun and get rid of fatigue.

Before leaving aunt Jane offered Alex and Justin to come have breakfast with us. After breakfast we leave.

The trip to the beach takes only 45 minutes. As soon as Justin pulled Sienna apart from the two of us, I didn't want to have to go with Alex.

Alex didn't take me to play the waves on the beach. He even took me to sit in a cottage that jutted to the beach.

"I don't know why you brought me here. You don't shower, you don't play in the waves, you don't walk on the beach" I told him.

"Because Justin and Sienna want to have fun" Alex replied calmly.

"So, you're not happy?" my many.

"I'm happy to be sitting like this with you" he replied, smiling coolly.

I threw away my face pretending not to see.

"Stop flogging!" I said.

"I'm not flirting. I'm telling the truth!" said Alex.

"Why are you so insistent?" i said judes.

"Muscled how? I'm not forcing anything!" alex says stay calm.

"You don't have to push yourself just to please others. While you don't like it," I said.

"I didn't say I didn't like it, did I?! I didn't say I wasn't happy either! I told you I'm happy wherever you are. You wanna play water? Come on, let's play!" alex said with passion.

"No way!" reject me.

"Then, what do you want? Don't frown, I came here to see you too. One week for me is long. To be able to come here and see you," Alex said gently.

"I didn't ask you to come" I said no matter.

"Don't do it, Eriza. I missed you so much that I came. Smile slightly. You're sweeter when you're smiling" Alex teased trying to please my heart.

"Don't tease me!" my word.

"I'm not flirting, I'm saying what it is. Comeon! Smile ..." said Alex while showing off his smile.

I looked at her with a smile but also smiled.

"Well, that's so sweet, isn't it?! I want to keep staring at you" praised Alex, who kept looking at me.

"Don't look at me like that!" I protest because I feel uncomfortable.

"Why? You are beautiful!" alex asked, but looked at me.

"I don't like it. If you keep fighting me, I'll go!" I threatened.

"OK, okay .... I won't look at you often. And I'll never fire you!" alex said immediately taking his eyes off me.

"You want to go on the beach? Time just sitting here? Aren't you bored?" ask Alex.

"alright. Come on!"

And we left the lodge walking down the shore. Occasionally walk near the waves.

Time has been playing on the beach all day. By late afternoon, none of Alex and Justin had taken her home. I'm surprised because they shouldn't have come home too late considering the journey they took far enough.

Alex and I were sitting on the beach. While Justin and Sienna are at the lodge.

"It's afternoon. Shouldn't it be time for you to go home?" I asked Alex.

"Yes. After sunset" Alex replied.

"Isn't it too late? Isn't it too late to get to Jackville? Why wait for the sun to set?" I asked again.

"It's okay. Mumpung is on the beach, I want to see the sunset with the people I love," replied Alex kalem. His eyes were straight ahead but he smiled. I was silent not to reply to his words.

The sky slowly faded. The sun slowly sank behind the clouds. Leave a reddish hue behind the clouds. It disappeared and the sky went dark.

The beach is getting cold. Only the sound of the waves roaring and the boisterous wind. I got creepy because the weather was getting cold.

"Come, go home!" take Alex who has stood up and offer me his hand.

I awkwardly grabbed him and stood up with Alex. For a moment he had not yet let go of my hand. He just let go as soon as we started walking off the beach.

"Hey .... Come on, let's go home!" alex shouted at Justin and Sienna who were still in the dorm.

Soon they joined us as soon as Alex called. On the way home, I was quieter. He led us to the front of the house. Once again the two young men say goodbye to Jane's aunt to return to Jackville. Aunt Jane also seemed pleased with the two young men.

"They're good lads!" praise aunt Jane as soon as Alex's car drives away.

And I went straight into the room. I threw my body on a soft bed. The feeling of fatigue is now felt. I stared out the window that I had not closed for a few days. The sky tonight has more stars. I was swept back in my longing. At nightfall, the heartbreak came again.

I smiled bitterly. I got up from the bed walking to the front of the window. Look again at the stars that sparkle beautifully. In the hope that the stars will convey my sense of longing.

The little prayer I prayed in my heart,

'Star, give me my miss to him. I want to see him again.'

Tonight while I was asleep I was suddenly made awake. With my heart pounding, I felt a cold hand touch my head again. But there was no one in my room. There is also no object or item that changes position. I didn't want to think anything and decided to go back to sleep.

...---poV2--...

But actually Eriza was not aware of the presence of Wallace there. He hid his existence from Eriza's vision.

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