Virally
11. Journeys

Every morning is a new day, a blank slab is again available ready to be written. Let's wake up and enjoy the day..

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"Hi".

I knitted my brows trying to remember the man greeting in front of the yoga club.

"Still remember not the same as me, Orchid? I'm Doni your Junior High School friend, we've had one class in first and two.

"Jeez Doni huh? Yes I still remember. Didn't you move to Bandung?"

"Hehe.. I forgot kirain"

"Have you come back here again?." I was a little nervous when I found out who this athletic guy who greeted me was. Someone from the past who was ever present filled the dream of a teenage girl named Orchid.

"Not full anyway still back and forth but because it is still covid 19 so yes gthat's it. Nahan went back to Bandung. The old man is here again".

I'm a beard like a dashboard toy in a car. Unaware of Natasha's arrival.

"Not in class yet, Nggrek?".

"Yes, this is just coming in. Oh yeah Doni meet this friend of mine, Natasha. Natasha it's Doni"

Natasha smiled, slightly nodding her head.

"Yuk, just start again". Natasha glanced towards the watch on her wrist.

"Ease Don, I want yoga first".

Natasha tersenyum ke arah Doni sebelum menggamit paksa Aku. Natasha datang pada saat kurang tepat ketika aku dan Doni baru mulai berbincang dan jantung ku berdegup seperti ada konser didalamnya.

"Siapa sih?"

"Teman SMP"

" Oh.. ganteng ya hihiii"

"Apaan sih Nat, ingat Gege"

" Sesekali-kali cuci mata"

"Cuci mata pakai air biar segar". Aku mencebik ke arah Natasha.

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Doni masih ramah seperti waktu dulu tiba-tiba wajah ku memanas teringat kenangan saat SMP. Doni adalah pria yang selalu membela ketika ada yang meledek fisik dan penampilan ku.

Doni merupakan atlet karate di sekolah kami. Dia disegani teman-teman. Postur tubuhnya tinggi dibandingkan anak seusianya selain atlet karate, Doni juga drummer di grup band sekolah.

Band sekolah yang digawangi Doni saat itu begitu populer dikalangan anak sekolah. Gabungan dari siswa SMP dan SMA. Kebaikan Doni membuat angan ku menjulang tinggi, ya dia cinta pertama ku sedangkan Adiwarna merupakan kekasih pertama yang ku cintai.

Usia kami masih terlalu muda di bangku SMP untuk menjalin kasih walaupun beberapa teman sudah berpacaran tapi sepertinya Doni bukan salah satu dari mereka begitu pula Aku.

Melihat kepopuleran Doni Aku juga tidak berharap lebih. Bisa berteman dengan dia sudah menjadi kebahagiaan bagi ku.Selain itu juga Doni bukan pria yang bisa ku jangkau. Aku tidak pantas bersanding dengannya.

Kenaikan kelas tiga SMP. Doni pindah ke luar kota mengikuti Ayahnya yang pindah tugas. Dia memberikan ku pin powerpuff girl katanya aku harus kuat dan berani seperti powerpuff girl. Lucunya masa itu.

Kelar kelas yoga ketika sedang berganti pakaian dengan Natasha. Aku teringat sesuatu.

"Ah, Kamu Nat"

"Apaan?" Nat menoleh heran sambil menyeka keringat di leher dan ketiaknya.

"Doni jadi gak nanya nomor telpon Ku"

"Lha Kok Aku yang disalah?" Nat melongo heran.

"Iya harusnya kamu gak muncul saat kami sedang berbicara sehingga memberi kesempatan dia menanyakan nomor telpon ku"

"Hahaaa.. Tau dari mana neng dia bakal nanya nomor handphone mu? diihh jangan-jangan naksir ya?." Natasha mencolek hidung Ku dengan telunjuk lentiknya.

"Apaan sih"

"Nah kan wajahmu merah, Nggrek. Kalau dia mau nanti bisa DM kan katanya selebgram"

"It was a time but I didn't read it". I answered annoyed.

"This little boy but by the way he's handsome. His posture is high athletic".

"Yes." Yeah." I answered short because I'm still in a dick with Natasha. If you think Nat is not wrong.

Natasha sneered to see me answer briefly but I was even more arrogant just as she should have been able to talk longer with Doni. We went out of yoga class together.

"Fuck, it's Doni". Natasha whispered towards me.

In front of the fitness center which is only separated by a chicken restaurant. Doni was in the parking lot riding his motorcycle. He looked at me and nodded his head before putting on the helmet and leaving.

"Lho he went not nyamperin you, Nggrek".

"Kok Me?"

"Just all your fault." I said stiff.

"Yaaaa I was wronged. Want to boba? ". I smile at the smile. Natasha knew it was hard for me to refuse a cold glass of boba to sweat during yoga.

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"What are you doing, Orchid?". Mama screamed loudly when she saw me shuffling the closet in the family room.

"Mommy look at the powerpuff girl pin from I Junior High".

"Geez where Mama knew it was a dozen years ago".

"Mama will still keep a photo of the time of I Junior High".

"Oh it was deliberately so that if you are lazy to look for money see the photos of the Middle Ages how funny. You immediately realize to be diligent again so you can buy skincare ma salon treatment".

"Mamaaaa".

I threw myself in the bed. Where to pin powerpuff girl. Doni took my mind all day. How many times have I miscalculated the intake of unyu pentols and almost entered the wrong caption in the feed.

Doni does not have social media is really strange in today's times there are people who do not have social media. I had entered his name in the search but never managed to find Doni. He was not included in the SMP alumni group in the green message.

Even friends no one knew of Doni until today I was reunited with Doni.

Uh wasn't Doni in front of the gym. Now he is a member there. The fitness place was not long open after having a vacuum during this 19th covid. Do I have to try fitness but I do not believe that alone there must be friends who accompany.

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Natasha followed my steps with a frown.

"Why should fitness? ".

"Ntar you know too".

"Uh must be because of your Junior High friend. He's not here. Would it not be better if you asked directly to the people here? ".

"Don't we shouldn't look too aggressive".

"We? I already have a husband-to-be know". Nat pinched my waist.

I glanced at the sewot giving a silent sign to Natasha. On the treadmill, he's still on.

Until the completion of fitness there is no sign of the existence of Doni in this room. Where should he be I know Doni's fitness schedule so don't go home empty-handed like this.

Today is my second week of fitness. Natasha did not join him, preferring treatment at the salon ahead of the wedding which will be held later this month. Want to look beautiful prima she said.

Doni hasn't been seen yet even when I finished today's session. On the way to the exit, someone greeted me.

"Flowers".

"Eh Doni". I pretended to be shocked when I was excited.

"Meet again? ".

"Yes". I answered briefly but tried to give the sweetest smile I had while praying that My face would be as attractive as in a snapgram filter.

"Eh just saw you fitness, wasn't you yoga yesterday? ".

"Hehe. yes. I just saw you too? Fitness too? ". He nodded his head.

"I returned to Bandung again after we last met so came home yesterday I swab and self-quarantine first". Doni explained without being asked. She tidied up her hair which successfully made me warm cold like a dispenser.

"Oh there's work in Bandunh? ".

"No business, eh Orchid sorry can ask for your mobile number? ".

"Can". Doni thrust his device a bit strange also he asked Ku to type his own number on his phone even though this 19 covid season is usually I keep my distance but it feels safe. He's just swab and quarantine.

"Thank you Orchids, may I call you sometime".

I nodded my head because my esophagus suddenly could not get the words out.

Along the way I smiled to myself. Car overtaken people I keep smiling even braking suddenly because I met Mom-emak sein left turn right I keep smiling. Sebahit this. It's like I'm ABG's first time in love. Ah silly not so fast.

My car entered the courtyard. On the terrace behind the lush tanama looks Mama is talking to someone whose position is turned back to me.

"The go-home baby". The guest looked over when Mama greeted me. I gasped when I saw who was coming. Mother Adicolor who looks at me with teary eyes. She didn't change much like when I first met. Still simple with his shady eyes that calmed every look at him. The patience of a woman in it.

Adicolor had been abandoned by his father since childhood. Her mother struggled to raise Adiwarna. All the work was done by Adiwarna's mother to raise her only son. A rough hand with veins on the fingertips signifies how hard life he lived.

What did Adiwarna's mother visit me?

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