Call Me Rain
Her shadow

Oxford University, known as the oldest university in the UK, where Mirza spent the past year.

He should have returned to Indonesia, but somehow he chose to stay there for a few days.

Mirza sat on a bench near the wall, he played a digital camera that is now in his grasp.he looked up, staring at the nanar of a magnificent building that stood firmly in front of him.

A Victorian building that can attract millions of eyes to make it a tourist spot or a place to take pictures. The shape of the building is also the existence of the Oxford campus is the attraction of tourists who come there. In fact, Oxford University is also known as the filming location of the Harry Potter film.

As with the other tourists, today Mirza has completed her S2 for one year. Choosing to spend time there, before the next few days he will return to Indonesia.following Mama Indri, Pa Sanjaya, also Gweny who has returned since yesterday, after the graduation ceremony.

Mirza focused her camera lens on the object that attracted her attention. The largest library in the United Kingdom, the library with a collection of more than 11 million copies of the book is now the object of his camera shots.

Mirza refocused her camera on the corners of other buildings that caught her eye. As he was looking at his shot, someone came patting Mirza on the shoulder.

"Bro, haven't you returned yet?" ask that someone.

He is Niko, the only one of Mirza's faculty friends who is also Indonesian. Mirza only glanced at Niko and smiled bitterly.

"Why ? Stay here ?" asked Niko while sitting next to Mirza.

"Well, you yourself why haven't I asked ?" Mirza grunted in annoyance.

"My parents don't live here now, forgot you ?"

Mirza was indifferent, he was again busy fiddling with the camera in his hand, capturing one by one objects that look interesting.

"Buy the way, the girl who came with your parents who ? beautiful too." praise Niko to Gweny, who at the graduation ceremony yesterday wore a pastel blue brocade dress with lace motif on the chest. very contrast with the color of his skin is white and the hair is broken. Gweny looked more graceful and prettier than before.

"My betrothed." replied Mirza lazily.I don't know why he seemed reluctant to introduce Gweny as his allowance.

"WHAT," Niko was surprised, her eyes were wide-eyed.

"Are you serious ?" Niko laughed, then punched down Mirza's arm.

"Hmmm," replied Mirza who only glanced at a glance.

"You're very cold with the girls here, your fiancee is cute." said Niko while nodding her head.

"The body of my nature is like that." elak Mirza.

"Lu from Orok is cold ? Kasian dong mommy you carry refrigerator every mallem."

"Breng sek." maki Mirza, but he and Niko were laughing together.

"Gue wait in Jakarta Bro," Mirza told Niko who was still laughing.

"Entar if you marry me."

Mirza smiled lazily, for some reason she felt uninterested in hearing the word marriage. Because as he knows, Pa Sanjaya had planned her wedding with Gweny, after she finished her education. And he thought the time was coming closer.

Mirza and Niko were still enjoying the crowded atmosphere of tourists around them, when suddenly the phone ring distracted the two.

"Nyokap," said Niko when she saw the name of the contact on her mobile phone screen. Niko raised the call, while Mirza refocused the camera lens.

Mirza was stunned when she saw the scene in front of her, a woman with long hair down, smiling gently at her. That smile made Mirza speechless. She missed him, the beautiful woman with her sad eyes was now waving her hand.

Mirza wanted to get up, and ran towards the woman, clutching her tightly, not wanting to let go. But his body was restrained, his legs felt heavy to step.

Until a pat on the shoulder made him realize, that it was all just wishful thinking.

"Gue went back first, nyokap call." said Niko after she patted Mirza on the shoulder.

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Mirza is now walking on the Magdalen bridge that runs over the river Cherwell. The atmosphere of the afternoon was still crowded, but somehow his heart still felt lonely.

Many of the tourists who choose to cycle around the places that present a beautiful view around the Magdalen bridge.

There are also walking tour guides and professional photographers to take some photos when they stop at an interesting place. But there are also those who walk side by side hand, making Mirza smile bitterly when she saw it.

In addition, tourists who are riding a boat under the Magdalen bridge, enjoy the beauty of the Cherwell river in the afternoon. Mirza stood at the edge of the bridge barrier, looking at some small boats that were not operating down there.

Mirza is preparing to take a picture from the camera in her hand. He began to focus his camera lens on the row of small boats down there, again he was stunned when he saw the figure of a woman sitting on a boat while smiling at him.

Mirza was silent, she shook her head quickly, casting off the shadow of the woman she had been trying to forget.

"La, it has to be in a way that I forget you" said Mirza.

His eyes stared at the afternoon sky above the Magdalen bridge, painting a beautiful face that had been disturbing his mind. Mirza took a deep breath, she gave up.

He went away to calm himself, but he was bound to his own shadow.

"Help me forget you La."

"One year feels so quick to pass, yet forgetting you feels so slow to me."

Mirza returned to her residence while studying there, she tidied one by one her belongings. Tomorrow, he will return to his homeland and start a relationship with a person he cannot yet accept his presence, Gweny.

Mirza still remembers her conversation with Mama Indri, before she left for England that night.

"Did you go to get away from Gweny, Mir ?" mama Indri asked as she was checking her belongings.

"This mama says what the hell." elak Mirza.

"Mir, if you are forced to accept this match, Mama will talk to Papa to cancel it."

"Ma, Emir just needs time." Mirza sat next to Mama Indri who was sitting at the front of the bed.

"Emir knows, Papa has the same life debt Om Handoko. because Om Handoko once helped Papa who almost died due to lack of blood at that time, did not Ma ?"

"Emir will try to take care of Gweny, in order to fulfill Papa's promise with Om Handoko." said Mirza, then he smiled at Mama Indri who looked at his only son.

"You ... sure ?" ask Mama Indri who still feels doubtful.

Mirza nodded "Emir just needs time."

And the time Mirza needed, it was not as easy as he said, because until now he still could not forget his feelings for the woman he had loved for a dozen years.

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Happy Reading's.. 😊

Sorry for all the readers, because the old author once up 😭 hopefully readers all in good health 🙏

Thank you to those who are still faithfully waiting for the Emir to come home from the hermitage. 😍