The 18 Year Bride
Graduation Day

Day after day, our love felt stronger and wetter, full of coolness.Every day I circled the numbers on the calendar this month. finally the Final Examination has passed and today is exactly one month after my waiting period.Elias graduation announcement read this afternoon, what news will I receive from him?

as usual I was waiting at the end of the road in front of the school gate, but this time there was something different, yes, I rented a car to pick up my perennial lover because today is a special day for us...

not to forget, I have also prepared three stalks of his favorite white lily, as a gift.

from a distance there, the students were already scattered with broken happy faces.they were the students who received graduation today, he said, they have been through this with full struggle so this expression of love is very touching.

When the state of the school was starting to quiet, from the car I was getting ready to welcome Elijah who had been seen in front of the gate. I hope his struggle paid off by break even, about the top score board itself, about the top score board itself, I will not mind, for me graduation alone has been able to change my taste that may be too flat and boring.

I got out of the car and then waved at him, he ran towards me and I greeted him with his favorite white lily.

"I, have graduated" he said smiling.

"Yes, congratulations." I said flatly, trying to calm down. "What do you want to do now?"

he whispered his purpose into my ear, as if he were giving me some very important news. "I want to hold hands."

Break me up like a lump of rock that explodes into pieces, simple but I become misbehaved.like a collection of small balls that are randomized in the prize draw. not swayed.

finally, I stuck my hand out in front of him and his hand came immediately.

"Your hands are small, and cold." I said.

"Mister Damian's hand is warm, and big" he replied.

then he lifted the grip of the hand stuck to his round cheek, my hand that was said to be large turned out to almost meet half his face.

"I'm glad to know Mr. Damian."

"There's nothing new in my life before you came. I'm the one who should have said it." I said.

I took Elijah into the car, before following me again to look at the school building that had shaded us all this time.

if tomorrow comes, this place is no longer ours, and someone will make a new history again, all the things I doubt here, all the things I think about here, will remain within me, and will be a force towards the path I will tread from now on.

any memory of joy, sorrow, everything will be my strength.it has always been a historic place in the journey of love between me and Elijah.

I immediately got into the car. I saw Elijah already sitting sweetly while looking to the right and to the left, observing every inch of the interior of my terrible rental vehicle. the skin of the front seat had been peeled off here and there, like someone who had sustained injuries, while the floor was uncoated so that the vibrations felt so hard. The room was dark and narrow, like the atmosphere inside a safe, like the atmosphere inside a safe, so that makes the breath feel tight.

"Where's the car from?"

"I hired her from grandpa's end of the garden.just she has a car around our house."

"The car is very eccentric." he commented on my old vehicle that looks like a scraped old engine.

we continued to drive along the road that was still wet and slippery.I had to be more careful driving so as not to slip. Elijah continued to hold on to the skin of a bench that was already badly full of tears. "don't speed Damian sir. than a rental car, it's better to take the bus alone. the place is quiet, the cost is cheaper, the price is less, and there's no need to bother negotiating with the owner." he said out loud, as if I was ten meters away from him.

"Yes," I said.

we continued down the crowded streets, conversing while holding on.

"I'm ranked seventh, that means making it to the top score" he said slowly. "Hows it? mr Damian proud no?"

I trembled at his voice.I was silent, silent stiff.What he had just said sounded clear in my ear.he managed to achieve his dream, so happy that it made him sob.

I looked at her. she still sobbed and wiped her tears with a scarf. I was moved, not because of the tears I had just witnessed this time, nor by her electrifying beauty, nor by her, but rather by his perseverance and determination in achieving desire.all of it is expressed through an expression that is so pure and humble.

"Congratulations, I'm so proud of you." I smiled wryly while rubbing her hair.

when I got home, I found a letter on the front desk of the terrace.the letter sent by someone, the family that is far away there.

Damian, we've come home from a business trip.I heard Elijah graduated today, huh? say hello to him, yes?! move here tomorrow! I can't wait for you to come back.