THE SOUND OF LOVE
DO YOU HEAR ME ?

...Let me be...

...Something that means something to you...

...But not for a moment....

...-dhyo...

...***...

I felt my blanket move down until it fell to the floor. Let me guess Brandon My sweet pet. Nope. He's not my girlfriend, my brother, or my parents. Brandon is a Husky breed dog who when he was 2 months and a half entrusted by his owner to my sister, but until now Brandon still lives with us.

"Aaaaa Brey, 5 minutes again" said I who closed my eyes and hugged the bolster. Dear Husky too smart for a pet, with a tongue sticking out Brandon barking next to my ear. Until the third bark I decided to obey him.

" Fine's. I'm wake up. Shut up now!!" I said while sticking my index finger to my lips. Brandon understood and sat down and wagged his tail. Really great code to play.

"I haven't to play with you, i'll go to campus" I said again as I stroked her soft feathers and kissed her. Aaaaaaaaa gems very.

Then I rushed to take a shower. After a few minutes I came out of the bathroom, Brandon was still in my room. He moved, sleeping on my bed.

Ck. Come on, he's more spoiled than Agas

My mind shook my head and continued my activities preparing to go to the campus. In between my activities, my phone rang singing Ed Sheeran's Photograph song. I wrote the name on my phone before I answered it.

"Yes, Xel? What was? Tumben called early in the morning?" I answered while drying my hair. I intentionally loud speakers because I do not want my hasty activities hampered.

"..."

"Ck. I'm patient I'm ready again, I haven't gone to Aldira's house" I replied to someone across the street.

"..."

"Yeah. Bawel lo kayak chick. Yaudah met at the canteen ok, bye." I said end the connection unilaterally.

Then I quickly continued my activities after I finished inviting Brandon to go downstairs. As usual this house is deserted and only leaves me, Mbok Surti. Oh don't forget my other darling Brandon.

Before leaving I put Brandon in my backyard. Usually here I spend a lot of time to reflect, read a book or write whatever is in my brain. This place is cool because there are quite shady mango trees, also ornamental plants.

I don't have to worry that if Brandon scrambles the plants, he's been trained to keep his attitude and I believe he doesn't disappoint. And one more thing he is also quite friendly with mbok Surti so I don't have to worry about leaving him alone with mbok Surti.

After closing the back door and locking it I rushed to the garage, then started my car engine. Before darting away I sent a voice note to Aldira that in a few minutes it would reach his house.

I put my phone on the steering dashboard, not forgetting I put a seatbelt before driving to Aldira's house. To fill the silence I also turn on the music connected via bluetooth from my phone.

I finally arrived in front of Aldira's house. I got out of the car and went into the gate, and Aldira came out. With his face bent Aldira also walked past me and entered first into the car. Oh My's. Get ready to spray Calista.

I got in the car immediately. Earlier I gulped down my saliva and wet my lips. I've prepared myself in case Aldira gets angry and chooses to jump out of the car. I've prepared an alibi for that.

"A long time lo. Buset bye, your house in Afghanistan? Or polarized?" I thought it was only a few meters from Aldira's house he had already pulled out a horn on his head. You're done, son.

"Yes, sorry, Dir. Axel used the call event to call everything he said emergency." Honestly, Axel called me, he said there was something important he wanted to talk about.

"Seriously? Aboutwhat? Btw if you speed me up hopefully angry" said Aldira a little threatening. As a result I also increased the speed of my car so that in a few minutes we reached the campus.

The canteen..

"What the hell is it? Lo know? Because I got to spray this Arab-lombok girl" my mouth while putting food in my mouth. For God's sake because of Axel my mood was wiped out this morning.

"Yeah. What the hell is lo Xel? Any issues?" Aldira asked curiously with the look on Axel's tired face and occasionally rubbed his face in frustration. By the way, we were just the three of us on hand. Our other friends have classes.

" A promise if this problem does not spread?" Axel said seriously. I looked into his eyes in search of lies, but I could not find a single lie in his eyes. Eventually Aldira and I closed our seats and lowered the volume.

"Lo can hold our words" I replied firmly. After that I heard a sigh of resignation from Axel before he spoke.

"Hmmm.. Before you already know if I'm the same girl I was dating for a long time. Even from smp?" Axel started the conversation.

" Yes, keep going?" Aldira was curious and we listened carefully to what Axel was telling us.

"And a week ago I was almost engaged" unexpectedly Axel also lowered his face. Aldira and I just kept quiet and looked at each other.

"Nearly mean?" Aldira asked impatiently.

" Xell. Lo if the story is not half-why" I said gregetan.

"Later I continue if I am ready and my feeling is calm I will tell you. So I beg you not to be as loud, huh? Before I tell you myself" Axel said, ending the conversation. He picked up the bag and got up from his seat and left me with Aldira filled with question marks and curiosity.

"They? It turns out that dating for years does not guarantee that we will be able to get to the happiest moment that occurs once in a lifetime, huh?" I also choked on food as a result of Aldira's words. Then Aldira gave me water.

I think you are Dir. Sometimes we just take care of people.

Batinku. Then I continued my delayed eating before I entered the classroom. Honestly, today might be a tough day.

In class I noticed Axel daydreaming all day. She smiled as if crying. Laughing as if he was broken. It was sad, more precisely sad. Breathing as if dead. I think only women can feel pain and broken turns out that men are more fragile than women when it comes to feelings.

"Xels?" I said patting her shoulder. He just smiled and plugged the earphones into his ears and closed his eyes while leaning against the wall.

"That mood needs to break Xel so you know that what you have is not entirely yours. Maybe God knows what's best for you, he doesn't love what you want but he knows what you need" I said as I left him.

Turns out Axel wasn't listening to any music he just closed his eyes and unexpectedly listened to what Calista said. It calms him a little.

A person who had once been injured so deeply, would not be able to recover in a flash with silence. Everything takes process and time. Everything has to be better than the day in the past. Axel too. He must be able to rearrange all the fractures caused by someone from his past.

Did you realize? Some people end up leaving not because of love. Sometimes, they get tired of being forced to be perfect. You tau? Being someone who always follows whatever the will of others is exhausting.

A week ago was the day Axel left his past behind. Nope. Not because he was abandoned but he decided to leave because there were indeed some things that could not be forced to be together again. There are fractures that cannot be glued back.

"Calistas? I sit next to you, I want to vent" said Axel who pulled his chair beside me. Honestly, I'm not comfortable sitting close to a broken hearted guy.

"Yeahak" I answered, looking at his haggard face.

"Ask for tips move on instant dong" he asked to open our chat. Since the lecturer had arrived in the classroom I just wrote something on a blank sheet of paper.

Sometimes we are faced with instant conditions. But not by forgetting.

"meaning?" Reply to that piece of paper.

"So how should I?" Said Axel who was dissatisfied with my explanation.

"The man has his own way of dealing with the problems that exist on this earth. Especially the feeling business. Fall and Love until Broken. Who knows how to heal ourselves Xel." I said answer the question.

"Why ourselves?" Ask while paying attention to the lecturer explaining the material today.

"Because each of us has a different point of view on a problem" I replied, ending with the turn of my group to come forward for the presentation.

I finished my presentation back to my seat with Axel. But it turns out that the seat on my left is occupying so the three of us are now.

"Don't you sit on Calista Xel's deck? Wah lo temen eat temen Xel." The magical beast that just occupied the seat next to me spoke.

"Why is Lo sitting next to me? It was noisy again. Move there, return to the origin of lo earlier" ketusku who was upset because of his actions.

"Well so angry Calista lo the hell Luke" annoyed Axel because of Luke Wijaya.

"Move or I'm the pin-" before I actually get up from my seat, both of my hands are pulled by the two of them. So I don't move seats. Damnit.

Ting..

My phone's clinking. Jeez it turns out I forgot to activate the silent profile lucky the volume of the sound is very small. It was a message from Anggia. Who's Anggia? If you forget try to read it again in the moment chapter of Bukber SD.

The girl is thick and sweet but if you advise or give advice her speech sometimes likes to slap and spicy. To be honest he didn't mean to hurt anyone while speaking so as his best friend I had to understand and get used to his words. If I could learn crazy like him. Hahaha I'm kidding.

Anggia Lampir: Heh cuy? Tomorrow as hunting no? 😐

Calista Cabe : Iyeeeeee so 😒

Anggia Lampir : Bete at home. Online college. Feels like there's no life I 😿

Calista Cabe : Kasian. Already Singles, ive again lo 😅

Anggia Attend: 💩 I swear JOMBLO lo 🙊🙌

"Anjiiiir" I said spontaneously while the other group was presenting. My reflexes are also apologizing. All because of Anggia.

****

Evening was met with a sprinkling of star blips. With a pile of tired gnawing I also got out of my bed to clean myself up.

After a long time of meditation in the bathroom I immediately put on my pajamas and went down to the dining table. A different atmosphere is seen at the dining table. Father and Mother were discussing something while eating their dinner and Kirana was watching television accompanied by Brandon.

"Calista here son. We ate together" said the father, who saw me only on the stairs. I also immediately obeyed my father's words.

"Mom knows we rarely make time for you, even we rarely have time together" said the mother who started the conversation.

"Yes so to atone for our guilt to you. Next week we go on holiday to Holland" said Dad, who choked on me for food. Spontaneously my mother gave me water.

"Well, what do we do to Holland? Opa same Oma also has not been there" I said shocked by the decision of this holiday.

Next week I am 21 years old and I certainly can't go when they can; Agas, my friends and friends surprise me. Getting angry? No. gabe. I am not angry at the decision of both of them, just upset why should I go to Holland.

I get upset every year when I go to the windmill country. Because my family there are all perfect. Even my sister who is a bit crossbred like my great-grandfather. While me? Don't ask me I look more like a native mixed with a little Chinese. That's why I don't like to spend my vacation there.

But the decision remains a decision and inevitably I have to go with them. May the moon godness give me something beautiful on the day of my birth. Hope so.

****

"Try to stand there Gi" said I was busy aiming at the camera while looking for a good angle.

"Where? In here?" He said with a little scream

"Again back. Yak, uh don't back down. Go forward aja. Okay perfecto" I said directing Anggia. I wonder how stiff his body is until it should be directed to pose.

Ckriyic.. Ckriyic..

After getting some photos that we thought were Best out of almost a hundred photos we got today. We went to an ice cream shop where Aldira and I used to spend time together.

"The list?" Call him while bribing ice cream into his mouth.

"Hmm?" I answered while fiddling with the slr.

"Snow kali. His man in front of lo" Anggia's piqued.

"Yeahac. What's the?" I said while responding with a laugh without a sound.

"Look for me cake man? I've been dating for years not too much pedekate time, diapelin malem sunday, to the cinema alone that I certainly have not long ago ngerasain diucapin safe sleeping from far away" confide Anggia while biting the ice cream spoon and propping the chin with both hands.

"You've seen a guy like Brandon. Straight away, how do I want to know you're just like me, later?" Cibirku while enjoying my greenea flavor.

"Yes too? I'm just embarrassed and confused I have to behave how later if I meet a guy. Aaaaa I can go crazy myself Lis" Anggia lamented to me.

"Yes, you have to ask your heart first Gi, you are ready not to make another decet same guy or even make more deket same guy later" I said in response to his outpouring.

"That's yeah? What is abis?" He said curious again

"Abis is a nabraaaak!!" My laughter exploded considering our topic of conversation was about 'How can we decet another same bloke after all these years of Singles'.

"Danish. Seriously I'm Kamvret" was upset because my laugh just now.

"Nih yes, dear Anggia. If you are not ready to open your heart again you should not. Because being in a relationship with someone when you are really ready is not because you want or fear not to do it" I said who was replied with a nod of approval.

"How is your relationship with Agas? Healthy?" It was the question that made me put my eyebrows together.

"healthy? Meanin?" Ask me back

"That means fine or not. Calista Hartawan" replied with a laugh.

And one day we got closer after a few years of separation. I hope it's not just today that we spend time together. It used to be a time of envy at the warmth of our joy but the universe reunited us who were stolen by time in a similar moment.

Later when we have each other's lives I will tell all my memory boxes to my children. And they should know that life always has beautiful surprises like fireworks at night.

Happy Reading guys 🙌