
Among the sounds of birds chirping melodiously on the roofs of every house. Among the sunlight that was beginning to be seen in the sky. There was a knock on the door of the room that sounded louder to listen to the ears of a beautiful girl who had just returned home last night at about 12.
Tok tok!
"Cla...?" someone's voice started to call out his name.
And it was the voice of Mommy Calina who wanted to enter her room to give a box of gifts that a young man had given to her.
Upon hearing Arsen's name mentioned, Clarice who was still very sleepy immediately gasped, revealing a thick blanket and got up from her bed.
"What's it all about, Mom?" clarice asked immediately to snatch the box from the mother's hand.
"Where does Mommy know.." replied Mommy Calina with a small smile as she spread her shoulders.
"Who left?" ask Cla.
"Arsenic..."
"Arsen?" pekik Cla could not believe that the young man had returned to his house after a long time had never come.
"Yes.."
"He's still here?" cla asked hoping with wide eyes.
"It's gone." replied Mommy Calina. "She just came for this, and then she left. It seems like he's in a hurry." replied Mommy Calina.
"Oohs... Alright, Mom.. Thank you.."
Clarice immediately brought the box to sit on the edge of her bed after the mother left the room. Staring with mixed feelings between curious, confused and nervous. Even more nervous than when shot by Vino in front of hundreds of eyes last night.
More dag dig dug than when riding a roller coaster. This beat, this vibration he so missed.
"What's it about?" he could not see if it was something bad. "May this be a special surprise..."
Cla's heart was beating much faster than before. His blood flow also moved abnormally. In addition, there is a breath that he must adjust to neutralize the feelings that he has long been craving.
Clarice opened the light purple lid very slowly and carefully. The more open, the more his heart beat faster and his curiosity also increased. And I'm hoping this will be a good start.
Put the lid next to the box. Cla's eyes immediately centered on some of the contents contained in the box. A little surprised, but all this is like no stranger. The girl knows quite well where these things come from.
"Hand watch?" cla's murmurs picked up a box similar to a watch box, and added a fairly well-known brand, Swatch.
Cla opened the box, and right! The small box contained a sweet pink watch with a famous brand that he knew was from Switzerland.
Cla opened his mouth in disbelief at what he saw and what he received from the young man. Is it true that Arsen gave him a watch that can be ascertained if this one item is purchased directly in his home country made?
Because that's what Arsen is like.
Like a bracelet with a small string decorated with letters made of pure gold formed his name. Which until now is still often used even though not every day. For fear that the bracelet will break and so on.
After wearing a watch that looks very suitable to his skin, Cla switched with the object underneath.
A miniature Eiffel Tower is a keychain and a perfume that Cla believes is from the same country. Because the writing on the perfume is also the same, Paris.
Although Cla had not yet taken a bath, the girl confidently sprayed perfume with a distinctive fragrance towards her body and neck.
"I'm sure all of this was a result of him traveling around the world during a school holiday that somehow... What is clear is that I remember him coming to Paris." murmured Clarice with a happy smile. Because think if Arsen still always remember him even though the attitude of the young man is very cold and indifferent to him.
"Arsen..this is very fragrant." he said inhaling the smell of perfume from Arsen. "I thought you'd forgotten about me all along." His smile with a roaring chest was carefree.
Taking out the two objects, Cla now finds a miniature from the tower Big Ben. Yes, the young man also chose London as a country to visit to spend a long semester holiday.
He recalled in a post during the XI semester break, Arsen was in London with a man he knew as his older sister, Axelle Wilson.
In the bottom layer, Cla found a white t-shirt with the words London in size is quite large.
"Thank you, Arsen.." muttered the beautiful girl with a smile that could not be separated from her lips since.
Then he took off his top sleeping pajamas and replaced them with those tee shirts. Clarice's tall and petite body was seen drowning wearing a very oversized t-shirt on her body.
Cla got off her bed to look at herself from the mirror reflection of her bedroom closet. He chuckled at the sight of his body that was about to drown using Arsen's t-shirt of choice. Even the hot pant she was wearing to sleep was drowned by her.
Finally, Cla found a photo that he remembered, if the photo was taken by one of the housekeepers, when Cla taught Arsen to swim. When asking the young man to know and befriend with depth.
"It used to feel very ordinary... Even you almost always sucks every day!" cla muttered in memory of that time. "But now all that feels very much missed, Sen.." he continued muttering began to smile softly and bitterly.
"Why don't you wait for me to wake up? Or ask me to get up?" muttered. "Why should you hurry?" tanya Cla began to put on a sad face.
And at the bottom of the pile, Cla finally found a piece of paper folded in half. Cla picked up the white paper with a rumbling chest holding a heartbeat in the chest.
"Is this a letter?" he murmured because he had not found any writing on the outside paper.
Before opening the paper, Cla hoped everything would be fine. The heart is like a pump using a special machine. Though he just smiled happily by receiving things from the young man.
Blood flow freezes again for the umpteenth time. The 18-year-old heart has repeatedly made it impossible to withstand the uncertain turmoil lately.
Slowly the girl opened the letter, and read Arsen's handwriting in her heart full of passion.
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Dear, Brighta Clarice Agasta ...
This is a small part of the souvenirs I give you every time I go on vacation abroad.
In every country I visit, all I remember is buying souvenirs for you.
There's a lot in my room, but I think this is all I deserve to give you.
As a human being given thoughts and feelings, I hope you understand why I remember you so much...
So confident to buy souvenirs, I don't know if I have the chance to give them to you.
Clas...
I know it's late...
I know this isn't true...
But I'm ready for whatever risk I'll take after this.
Clas...
If I still have a chance...
Can I tell you this?
I've liked you since we first met at the Mall almost three years ago.
When I was a new kid at Alexander International School, it was full of memories.
And I've always liked you, even though you've been so snubby and seen as rude to me.
I'll still like you...
You need to know, Cla..
Whatever you did to me at that time, it would never make me stay away from you.
I-i know... You're not that bad and that's how it really is.
Haha! But let's forget that. It's just a fragment of our teenage years. Without feeling it, we are adults now.
Oh yeah, Cla...
Long time no talk, right?
I miss every moment when you scold me.
Nagging me like Mrs. Maria, teacher BK.
And also to give me that is not not.
One of them. land crocodiles, rancid boys and so forth.
Ahaha!
I still remember very much.
But... I'm not a land Crocodile, honey...
Uh! Can I still call you, darling?
When you belong to someone else?
Though I used to be very happy when I had a silly reason to be able to call you that name.
But baby, I only had the chance to call you that name for a moment.
The rest of me no longer dare.
When I found out you liked Vino, I felt like my heart had collapsed by then.
And my heart broke when last night I heard Vino already express his feelings for you, in the most memorable moment along our journey at Senior High School.
I'm sure you've already accepted it, haven't you?
Your dream of becoming Vino's lover has come true.
And I'm glad to see you look happy, Cla...
Congratulations to those of you who already have permission to date.
And also congratulations on your relationship.
I'm happy about that.
And messaging... Tell me if any tears will fall on your cheeks because of Vino.
Tell me if he does anything that makes you uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
My own hand will repay you.
You get hurt, I get hurt too.
Last... You just need to know...
If love for you ever slips in my chest, in my deepest heart.
Let me call you dear for last.
*I love you...*Honey...
Send warm regards,
Arsenic Wilson.
**********
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" clarice shook her head quickly. "No.... It's not like this." he muttered.
The smile, cheerful joy that had once looked unstoppable on his lips and face had now disappeared. It turned into a confused expression with the two eyebrows that met when the young man wrote...
When you belong to someone else?
And it disappears as the reading gets down. Where could he think if the young man really considers himself to have been in a relationship with Vino.
"You're wrong, Arsen! You're wrong!" clarice said with a rumbling chest for fear that Arsen was completely misunderstood.
"Vino and I aren't in a relationship, Sen!"
A pair of Clarice's eyes began to glaze over when at the end of the sentence Arsen wrote the word I love you, but the young man felt too late to say the sentence.
"Arsen.... What are you really thinking!" clarice's growled. The girl's hand shook with the manual.
Feeling that something must be straightened out, Cla immediately jumped from the top of the bed, looking for a phone that he even forgot where he was.
"Where's my phone!" gerutu Clarice was upset to snatch the clutch that she used last night but apparently no cell phone.
"Finally!" cla exclaimed when he found his phone turned out under his soft pillow.
Soon he dialed Arsen's chat number. But until a few seconds there is only the status of calling without connecting at all. And that makes Cla even more frustrating.
Three times there were no results, Cla typed something. However only tick one and there is no result until it sends a random message that reaches dozens of times.
"Where is Arsen really?" murmured with tears that began to drip even without a sob and sound.
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