"Mer, where is your friend Kalyana staying? The place looks interesting. Let’s stay there sometime too!”
"Oh, yeah?" said Merina, stopped her reading and then reached for the phone Arsyad had borrowed earlier. In the timeline of Kalyana's social media accounts, her friend is seen posing intimately with Rajata on the front yard of a kind of resort. She smiled then hit the 'like' button and left a line of comments. "Looks cool!" she continued to Arsyad. "You’re right! Let’s stay there sometime later!"
"But that's why I can't see the news feed from of Rajata account, huh?" murmured Arsyad.
"Why, are you interested in him?" asked Merina while still stared at the phone screen, hoping Arsyad did not see her expression harden a little.
"You are crazy! I'm not even interested in other girls, let alone, boys!" said Arsyad. "I'm just curious, how come his name is written differently from other account names of your friends."
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“So you are ‘Rajata’,” commented the man who was sitting cross-legged on the living room chair.“I am, Sir,” said Rajata with a slight nod. He sat in a chair opposite the well-built man with his elbows resting on his knees.The white-haired man looked at Rajata investigatively. “Frankly, I don’t know what Kalyana sees in you,” he said a few moments later, “especially when compared to Harso who is a scientist and Armand whose successful career has led him to his assignment abroad.”“Papa …!” protested Kalyana who sat in another chair facing the two men. Kalyana’s fierce face then suddenly changed. “Errr, wait a minute, Pa. How can you know about Harso and Armand? “The father turned to Kalyana. “Na, your papa is old-fashioned, not nonsociable,” he said, “I have many friends who are happy to tell Papa about many th
"Harso!" exclaimed Karthikeyan at the laboratory door with his three teammates. “We'll go home now! Happy weekend!"Harso just waved back their greetings. He smiled at Kalyana's message about her airplane seat, then put the device on the table, fell silent.Before long, he heard the sound of a door opening and closing in the distance. Harso got up from his seat and headed to the capsule area. He then went into one of the capsule and closed the door, then concentrated for a moment giving a Reference Point to Lidia.A few moments later he was in the figure of a man who was holding and watching the hand of a woman who was sitting in front of him. The man's hand was trembling slightly and broke out in cold sweat. Harso could feel the turmoil of the figure he entered, the turmoil of a young man who had the opportunity to touch the hand of his idol.Suddenly various images of the woman's future events hit Harso's mind. The description of the meeting of th
The horse on which Jalabadra rode carefully walked along the banks of the Tarum river. The air was humid that day. The Maharishi body swayed slightly in rhythm with the horse's steps, his eyes wet with tears that had welled up. The times when the Apple of His Eye closed her eyes still lingered in his mind. The old man felt very, very tired. A few moments before, he had put all his strength and power into carrying out that elegant woman's last wish.Their party arrived at a wooden bridge that stretched across the river. One by one walking across. Water was rushing beneath them, as if it was raining downstream.Jalabadra's horse was walking in the middle of the bridge when a stabbing sensation struck the priest's left chest, then spread to his shoulder blades and left shoulder. His face twisted in pain, his chest tightened, trying to catch his breath. Jalabadra smiles. He let out a deep breath, then all the muscles in his body relaxed. He was no longer trying to endure the
Smiling, Armand watched the girl sitting in front of him enjoying his affogato. Spoonful after spoonful disappeared between her red lipstick covered lips. Her black hair fell on the shoulders of the dark blue blazer that she was wearing. Even in work clothes, the girl is still charming. Armand took a deep breath, trying to calm his uneasiness.Kalyana slowly finished the last spoon of affogato. “What's wrong, Mand?” she asked, placing the spoon on the plate, blushing at Armand's gaze.“How is it?” asked Armand.“It's delicious, Mand!” exclaimed Kalyana as she sat and leaned back, “extraordinary! Thank you for asking me out here, even though I'm still confused, what kind of celebration is there.”Armand smiled. He pushed aside the two plates of dessert they had finished, then stretched his left hand towards Kalyana.Confused, Kalyana straightened her seat again, then welcomed Armand's helping hand. The lover's hand was cold and damp.Armand held Ka
Soon, their car left The Jannah hotel and merged with the heavy traffic on Mayjen Sungkono's road. Armand drove the vehicle while Kalyana sat there beside him."Armand ...," muttered Kalyana suddenly."Yes?""When are we leaving?" asked Kalyana."It's still a while, maybe two or three months. Anyway, we have to get married as soon as possible so I can register your name in the company's relocation department."Kalyana felt her cheeks heat up. She smiled awkwardly. "That fast?" she asked, "is there enough time to prepare everything?""I've arranged everything," replied Armand, "the party is simple, I hope you don't mind. For the honeymoon, we'll live it when we're there.""Wow, last week you were really busy, apparently," muttered Kalyana. "Why are you so sure I will accept your proposal?" she teased, smiling idly.Armand chuckled. "I'm just thinking positive, Na."Kalyana grunted with a smile, then looked out the pass
The girl sat stretched out on a cast iron chair by the lake. Her hair that covered the back of the chair was slightly played with the cool November breeze. She seemed engrossed in writing while occasionally looking at Jet d'Eau.Harso's chest skipped a beat. It was the exact same sight he had seen years ago. He could feel himself stepping closer to the girl.Getting closer to the sweet girl, the wind brought a glimpse of the fragrance of the familiar perfume. Then, as before, some static disturbance began to appear in Harso's sight and hearing. The scent of fragrance came and went. Harso tried to ignore the noise.It was useless, about ten feet from where the girl sat, Harso's vision became chaotic, full of colorful lines. His ears only heard a meaningless sound, like dozens of radio stations playing simultaneously, while various smells burst forth, sickening. Only the beating of his own heart he could still feel in his chest, the pounding heart and fluttering f
Towards lunch break, from the open door of the study, Mrs. Rina seemed to be fully concentrated in front of the computer screen. Several silvery strands adorned her left loose hair. Reading glasses perched sweet in the middle of the nose bridge. The leader remains elegant in her long-sleeved white shirt. She draped her blazer on the back of the chair. “Excuse me, Ma'am,” Kalyana said, knocked on the door of the study.Bu Ani turned her gaze towards Kalyana. “What's up, Na?” she asked. “Come on, come on, sit down!” she asked, nodding at the empty chair in front of her desk. Kalyana's heart skipped a beat. Swallowed hard and cleared her throat slowly, she entered Mrs. Rina's study and sat on the chair. “Look, Ma'am,” she said after sitting up straight, “in two months I will most likely have to resign.” For a few seconds, Mrs. Rina just stared at Kalyana deeply. Then, slowly she took off then folded the glasses, and put them on the table. “You mean,” she
Lenses always managed to keep Rajata out of trouble. Behind the camera's aperture, he didn't feel the hot sun over the village of Bokoharjo that weekend, nor did he feel that he was in a hollow mood. He also didn’t care about the tourists bustling around him. The man was busy looking for photo objects and shooting angles around the Prambanan temple area.A relief attracts attention. Rajata took a stone, then stood on it so he could take the photo from the direction he wanted.Suddenly, a voice full of joking screams in the distance startled Rajata. Reflexively, he turned toward the sound. However, it seemed that the movement made his footsteps shaky. The man fell off the rock and his body swayed towards the temple.In a panic, Rajata tried to protect the camera he was holding. It works. The base of his thumb hit the relief, protecting the camera. An instant later, thousands of fireflies flooded Rajata's eyes when his head hit the temple wall.For a moment, Ra