THE SOUND OF LOVE
I Write Memories of the Way I Get You

...One thing I realized...

...We are together as...

...Is counting down...

...The time of our farewell....

...***...

Last night's events still loomed over me like a movie playing out in my brain. I exhaled tired, frustrated breaths while replacing the gauze and plaster that decorated my left temples.

Our accidental meeting brought me far to know you. The period of student orientation that becomes the starting point of our story is strung together. There was a cheerful twinkle when I was with you, talking about silly things like when was Mr. movie. Bean retired or why does the monalisa painting have a wide forehead? Unknowingly we are caught in an unavoidable sense of comfort.

I've always been by his side from the age of 16 until now. Celebrating birthdays together, growing up together, painting our stories on the same page. The thing I always wanted to repeat was our accidental meeting.

After her, is there someone like home for me later? Should I curse the destiny that brought us together? I don't know. Maybe after her I'll close my heart tightly, trying to occupy myself with anything.

Our plan ahead is just a plan where the dreams we have assembled will never happen. Let me accompany him when he is not yet a thing. Someday I don't know when, I hope the person who will accompany the rest of his age will never disappoint him like me.

"Aarrrgh. Shit" I said to the air.

"Lo why the hell?" Aldira asked astonished to see me like a madman. We walked away from the public toilet.

"Gue blush, Dir. I lost" I said as I combed my black mane backwards. Hearing my words Aldira raised next to his eyebrows.

"Actually that's just me-because-gue-recently-disconnected. How come you're a crazy person anyway?" Her lips looked at me cynically.

We were spending time together in a recreation area. Waiting for Jihan, Ivanna, Bang Ami and her partner, Axel, Luke and her partner, Ardhan and his partner, also Ayla and Sisy.

Speaking of Ardhan and his partner, they are our juniors who are familiar and often gather with us. And Ayla, she's a classmate of mine who's close to Mario. I repeat again Mario. Mario Xaverius Erlangga's.

Flashback.

"Aldira, can you borrow your phone? I want to promote my new ig" cried Ayla Gatari.

"Oh yeah, I borrowed your phone, too, List?" His love for me with his pupy eyes.

Aldira and I nodded their heads. It then made him scream happy we were also chuckling because of his behavior. A few minutes later something happened. I cursed his words that were like a death bell.

"Eh, who is Mario Xaverius Erlangga? You guys know me? He's also friends with you guys on ig" he asked curiously at us.

Hell

I was stunned, stunned and quite shocked to hear that. Wh why? Why should that name? It feels like something squeezing your heart is reducing the oxygen supply in your lungs. Stuffy.

Realizing that Aldira answered Ayla's question helped hide my surprise.

"He was our senior back in High School, the same church as Calista" Aldira turned his head and gave me a look as if it were normal.

"I..Aye right. Mario and I are one school and one church" I said with a stiff smile.

Flashback off

A heavy breath escaped from my ripe lips, making the girl beside me who had grown up turn my head. He was right, he should be like a madman considering a few days ago his relationship ran aground in the middle of the road due to a seductress who stole Mahendra Rizaldi.

"Foolish man" I said, inviting his curiosity.

"Cowok it's two, Dir. If not 'fuck' yes 'fuck' Dir" added me while chuckling trying to entertain himself.

"Gue is fine now Lis" he said with a stiff smile.

"Nothing is okay after Dir's split. Not physically you even your heart. Moreover, you separated not in a good way"

"Gue has sincerely everything Lis, for me happy it's about mengikhlaskan, Lis" he said staring at the nanar view in front of him while smiling miris.

I let out a breath of approval to enjoy the view in front of us. Downstream visitors make us inevitably pay attention to them. The togetherness that looks there. Whether it's with their friends and friends, young couples or even families. They appear.. I hate to admit it.

I smile while smiling. Unknowingly my eyes glazed over at their nanar. I want it to feel like them. It's not that I'm not grateful but that there's a deep longing to see such a thing.

"Sometimes we have to sacrifice first to be happy Dir, the world is cruel, Dir?" Unknowingly my tears escaped one by one without a sound.

"Say people if we want to be happy, we must learn to take Lis, including the past" Aldira also leaned her shoulders against me as tears poured more and more through her cheeks to her jaw.

Now it's not just me who's hurt but the guy who's leaning his head on my shoulder. The wound is still new no matter how deep it scratches. Rizaldi never knew that Aldira was always there for him even when he was a loser. Aldira sacrificed everything for Rizaldi, not everything but the sacrifices that Aldira made were not enough?

Until whenever I could never understand a man.

"Lo whiny also turned out. I guess lo kayak guy can't cry" he sneered as he chuckled then re-enforced himself to his original position while wiping the wet trail from his cheeks.

Hearing her joke I just rolled my eyes lazy "Just because I don't like wearing skirts doesn't mean I'm a boy. I'm a patent girl" I said, wiping a wet trace on my cheek while poking at my lips.

After that they came with their frenzied behavior, making us shake our heads in amazement. It's a solid new name, a very rare thing in friendship. One day we spent together, we tried all the rides in this place. Aldira and I pulled over as they rode the roller coaster. We phobia altitude. Knowing that, they laughed at us and kept mocking. Sucks.

****

Day after day we passed together, it did not feel that Agas was facing his proposal before the thesis. While I will face PBL (Direct Learning Practices) or commonly called 'Dinas' at puskesmas near the campus area.

So fast time took us into the vortex. Keeping us busy and not thinking about anything, the further time I take with me. A few months and it will all be over. Oh, how I really want to curse a meeting.

As far as I am, my heart will always be there for you. We're luckier. In another story, many people have each other but do not love each other.

"They? Before I graduate, we'll have a vacation together, right? We're going to the beach, right?" The man behind the wheel beside my seat.

I also turned to not believe him "Beach?" I asked with a glowing face. Trying to find a lie in my hearing and nothing.

He also smiled charmingly like an angel "Yes, he said you want to see the sunset? You like twilight, right?"

Reflex I kissed his left cheek "Thank you, Gas" he was a little surprised by my previous actions then smiled back, this time more dazzling.

Damnit. I want to bite his lips.

I sat in my heart and turned my eyes to the view outside the window.

Somewhat dewy because it was raining outside and we are currently looking for a place to eat, today Agas picked me up on campus because this semester the schedule is very greatly reduced to make it have unlimited free time. It made him frustrated to do what in his spare time.

"Gas? I want soto" I said as I put up my flagship pupy eyes. It's kind of disgusting, but someday I can't feel a moment like this.

Agas also refrained from spouting his laughter seeing me "Ck. Since when did you become the spoiled girl Lis?" The question still held back his laughter.

"I've been the head of two Agas, I'm not a girl anymore but a woman" Cibirku as he kissed and cut my lips.

Then his laughter exploded, he couldn't stand "I don't agree with your opinion because your face, your dress and your behavior are not like a mature woman"

A single breath out of me "Indeed being a mature woman should be that boring? I don't want to change myself" I said as I looked at the dewdrop on the car window.

Agas let out his laughter, his hand tightly grasped one of my hands and carried it to his cheek "Don't change Lis, I don't want to. Stay like this to be Calista Hartawan who can make me fall in love"

His words made my cheeks flushed. I'm sure my heartbeats aren't normal, my blood ripples violently when I touch it. I feel like I'm gonna shake his head so I don't make it like this.

I don't want you to go, really.

Because I'm not ready to let you go.

We will always take care of the people we love the most. Including me who wants you to always be there for me. I don't expect it forever, I just want it all. That's more than enough. Not having it is a matter of fate, not having it whole is a matter of the heart.

...Happy Reading guys 😄...

...No need to feel T.E.A.R.S want TO FINISH 🎉...

...But I'm sad yes, I want End aja 😭...

...Thank you who are still loyal to my beautiful work. Before parting Author apologizes if there are inappropriate words, rude etc. Because Author is not perfect and perfection belongs only to Him 😂...