Still In Love's
Ep. 1. Sky In The Afternoon's

Note: This novel is in the editing process to make it more readable.

Sky In the Afternoon

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Bandung, 2013

The sun's yellowing of eggs and orange tinge in the afternoon are like hypnotizing anyone who looks at them.

By seeing the process of the sun return to its contest, it can create gratitude for the creation of God who is all-round. Grateful to still be given life until now.

Orange, a beautiful girl with a peach-colored birthday dress on her knees stood with her hands crossed on the concrete barrier on the roof of a hotel while paying attention to the scenery below, spacious outdoor garden designed in such a way with a typical birthday decoration.

Sometimes, his eyes squinted to avoid the thin light of the afternoon sun that accidentally hit the beautiful face like a fairy.

Orange closed his eyes, scooping a lot of air to fill his airy lungs. Orange, she let the afternoon breeze greet her face and play her slightly wavy shoulder-length hair.

Orange then pensive, his eyes look at the people who one by one began to arrive filled the hotel park below.

The outdoor concept hotel park that will be the venue for his birthday party began to be crowded with the noise of teenagers his age. They are excited and busy taking pictures looking for the right angle.

Orange snorted lazily seeing what his classmates were doing. But what makes him even more lazy is his birthday event that should be celebrated.

Today is the 16th anniversary of Orange. Because of his parents, Orange had to be trapped in this birthday party that he thought was very childish. Moreover, this birthday party was celebrated together with his little friend who happened to be they were born on the same date and year, and it had been going on for many years, and it had been, since they were in Kanak-Kanak Park ten years ago.

Her parents are really childish, aren't they? They still treated her and her little friend like a five-year-old little boy.

“Happy birthday, hopefully long hands, head, shoulders, knees, ka. . ., aww.” Orange stopped the ravings of a teenage boy his age by kicking the boy's shin.

“Sick, Ji.” The boy's protest grimaced as he rubbed his feet, Sky.

While Orange just stared irritated Sky that is always the plot. He then noticed the appearance of the sky from top to bottom, the guy was quite handsome with a colored tuxedo in line with the birthday dress he was wearing.

Orange swiggers keki. Again, even his parents asked them to wear the same clothes every year. Everyone would think they were twins.

“Can say true congratulations, no?” Seru Jingga.

“Nggak.” Reply to the Sky while sticking out his tongue, then justify his position to stand right beside the Orange.

Orange hissed, then hit the arm of Sky's shoulder hard to make the man complain of pain.

“Can't, anyway, don't be ferocious?” The sky is back in protest.

“Nggak.” The orange Law while sticking out its tongue, exactly what the heavens did just now. The sky glared, his eyes glaring.

“Girl if fierce, later will not sell.” Sky Spark.

“Sebodo.” Orange twitched his shoulders indifferently, then shifted his attention to the late afternoon sky that began to inflate. The scenery is always orange like and enjoy every day.

A moment of silence took over, Sky chose not to continue their childish debate. His eyes followed the direction of the orange view. The charm of the afternoon sky with a sweep of orange color that stretches like a painting, very beautiful.

“Gift.” Said Sky while handing over three free food vouchers fast food chicken restaurant he took out of his tuxedo pocket to Orange.

The girl turned her head, then rolled her eyes lazily. His brain turned around, counting the free meal vouchers that Sky had always given him on his birthday since ten years ago, and that meant Sky had given him 30 vouchers to date, and during that time also Orange never use it, he just keep the voucher in his room like a chicken voucher collector. Somehow the guy thought of giving him the gift, Orange astonished himself.

“Can't, anyway, give me a rather expensive gift a little?” Orange Protest. But even so, he still received the voucher.

“Oke, next year the number is 200 thousand.” each Sahut Langit relaxed, considering the meal vouchers he gave currently amounted to 100 thousand each.

“You want to make me a fat pig for eating mulu chicken?” Gerrutu Orange sewot.

“Emang why do you look like a pig? Piglet is funny, tuh.” Sahut Langit was softened, making the orange again lash a hard blow on his shoulder arm.

“Ihh, Langiiiit.” Shouted Orange annoyed. The sky only laughed amusedly, content to make the girl annoyed.

The mood went quiet after that. Orange pursed his cute lips with the remnants of his annoyance over the Sky's snub that always pranks him almost every day. The girl looked back at the afternoon sky, even with the sky.

“Ji. . .” Call the Sky after a moment of silence.

“Hmm.” The orange vow is lazy, without intention

looking to see the handsome face of Heaven.

“Kabur, yuk! Males is so big that birthday is still loirayain.” Invite Sky who has already devised a plan of escape from yesterday, stupid with the anger of his parents later.

“Where?” Ask Orange.

“Yang obviously out of this hotel.” Answer the Sky. “Udah, deh. You don't have much money, just come with me. "Yok.” Continue later while pulling the Orange wrist.

“Burn first, deh. I want to see sunset.” Orange Speak, making the Sky exhale lazy and release his hand.

“Yeah, Jii. 30 minutes later the show starts, can not escape us if it is.” Sky Protest. “Part of you is really weird really like watching the afternoon sky every day?” His grunts then while throwing his gaze towards the hoteh garden. Just surprised by the behavior of his best friend who really likes the afternoon sky. He even had to accompany her every day to look at the afternoon sky until it revealed its throne.

“Ya likes aja.” Short orange sahut.

“Not because you were born after the sun sank, right?” Ask the Sky again.

Orange smiled thinly and shook his head slowly, then said. “Because the orange sky comes just for a little while. By looking at the orange sky, we can see the change of day and night directly.” The clear orange eyes seemed to sparkle saying that.

“Yes but we don't have time for that, Ji. You can see the sunset on the road. Udah, ahh, come.” Said the Sky without caring, then pulled back the Orange wrist to go with it.

Orange snorted, but did not protest because the words of Heaven did have a point.

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The two teenagers began to frantically leave the hotel area, heading for the underground parking lot where the Sky motorbike was stored there.

But when Sky found his motor, they were suddenly startled by the voice of a woman calling out to Orange.

“Mbak.” Call the woman.

Heaven and Orange were clearly shocked, timidly the woman was someone their parents had hired for

supervise. Both of them turned to the source of the sound. They looked at the person with a confused look, it turned out that a hotel maid was calling out to Orange.

“I-iya, Ma'am?” Ask Orange a little flutter, one eyebrow raised.

“Mbak Orange, right?” The hotel maid asked back as if to be sure, Orange just nodded.

“So there's a friend who entrusted this.” The waiter handed him a small box of 8x8 cm pink with ribbon as decoration. Jingga frowned while accepting the gift box given by the hotel maid.

“Which friend, Ma'am?” Ask Jingga confused while flinging around to find the friend in question.

“So the guy hurriedly left, Mbak.” Answer the hotel maid, considering she only accidentally met the person who asked her to give the gift to Orange.

“Then, I excuse Mbak, Mas.” Pamit the hotel waiter then passed away without wanting to

give further explanation.

Orange and Sky stared at the departure of the hotel maid with a confused face. A moment later, Orange opened the gift box and saw a polaroid photo in it.

A photo of the afternoon sky on the roof of the starry hotel that just Orange and Sky left.

“Who's fad about you ginian photos, Ji? Ck, not really capital.” Sky's comment scoffed scornfully, then snatched the gift box to see who knew there was the name of the sender there, but nil.

Orange tickled amusedly at the comment of Heaven as if he was talking to himself. Didn't that guy also give her a cheap gift? Huo.

Orange then looked back at the photo, then turned it over. He was a little surprised because behind the polaroid photo was a sketch of himself standing on the roof of the hotel building. Exactly like the Orange did a moment ago while it was there.

“Bi?” Muttering orange with frown confused when reading the inscription 'Bi listed in the lower right corner of the photo.

“Bianca, Bima?” The sky who read the writing was second-guessing, considering all their friends who had the prefix Bi.

“But, right, they came here, Ji.  Why try to give a gift of mysterious pretentious like gini?” Sky again commented, considering he had seen the friends he mentioned coming to their birthday party.

“At least a prankster. Ahh, no need to think. Come on, ntar desperate people again we want to run away.” Sahut Jangga does not want to think about it anymore. The sky just agreed.

The sky then thrust a helmet before the orange climbed to the back of the motorbike.

After Orange wrapped his hands around the waist of the Sky, the man then drove his motor, through the afternoon sky which began to be replaced with night dimness, apparently the sun had really returned

to his place of contention.

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To be continued….