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Flash Back Part 4

Riani can not sleep, or just close her eyes, her heart is restless, because tomorrow morning blind after dawn Ethan will move with his family in Jakarta.

As she looked at the clock on her phone already showing it at eleven o'clock in the evening, and since she was unable to sleep at all, she ended up reading her favorite online comic, but just a few episodes of reading suddenly Ethan called him through a video call.

Soon Riani picks up her phone, but because her heart is very sad, and afraid that seeing Ethan's face will make her cry, Riani turns her phone camera in the other direction and hides her face.

"Darling...Where's face? I'd love to see you..." Ethan asked in a clear voice.

"Why are you hiding your face?" ethan asked again after waiting for a while, but there was no response from Riani and still did not want to show his face.

"My dear ria...Don't you want to see me before I leave?" ethan asked with his heavy voice holding back his feelings.

"I'd love to see you, but...I'm afraid when I see your face I'm gonna cry and not let you go, baby..." Riani replied with a stammering voice holding back her cries, but still did not want to show her face to Ethan.

"It is precisely if until I leave later, I still can not see you then I will not calm down and I will definitely go crazy for missing you...I beg you, dear..."

"But I won't be able to take you off if I see your face later, won't be willing to leave..." Riani replied with sobs until heard by Ethan.

"Don't cry dear.show your face" said Ethan persuaded Riani.

"No..." Reject Riani was still in her sobs.

"If you still want to not show your face, then I'd better hang up"

"Don't!" riani replied somewhat shouting, she immediately showed her face with eyes that had been swollen from crying.

"Don't cry, dear dong...If you see you like this, it makes it hard to leave" said Ethan who was very sad to see his lover sobbing in front of him.

"I...I will definitely miss you, honestly, I'm afraid we can't be together anymore and we can't meet again later..." Riani said with her sobbing cry, to the confusion of Ethan who saw it.

"You don't be so dear...Rest assured of the strength of our hearts, feelings and bonds of love, and also rest assured we will surely be able to meet and unite again..." Ethan said trying to calm Riani down.

"I know, but somehow my heart isn't sure and I'm afraid of my Fay-Ri..." Reply Riani who stammered and bothered.

"Sstt...You don't talk like that, we have to be sure that we can be together again, whether tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next year or even until whenever it is"

"But if God's destiny has other wills, then what should we do?"

"Then we can't refuse it, but for me if it happens then I prefer to keep my heart and try to be faithful even though maybe we finally have a partner each later..."

"So you're going to marry the woman who's going to be your soul mate's destiny?" riani asked with her sad eyes.

"One thing I can promise you is that if we don't match up, even if I have a partner in my life, but I will keep my heart and feelings for you, my first love..." Ethan's promise.

"I will also keep my heart and my feelings locked in my first love, you..." The promise of Riani who had stopped from crying.

"Well...Now let's talk about our plans after my family and I moved to Jakarta"

"What plan?" riani asked confusedly.

"Before I am willing to move with my father, I make a deal with them, so that I can often play in this city every two weeks"

"really? did your mom and dad agree to it?" asked Riani again enthusiastically.

"Of course they agreed to it"

"Aren't you trying to persuade them that you can stay here until you graduate Junior High?"

"You're right too, I'll try to persuade them, then now I try to talk to them, I hang up the phone first, you sleep and pray for me to be able to persuade my papah mama..."

"I certainly pray that God grant our wishes, then I sleep first baby, tell me soon"

"I'll call you as soon as I can..."

"All right, good night my Fay-Ri..."

"Good night my sweet Ria..."

After kissing each other good night, the two instantly closed their video call.

.............

Riani woke up from her sleep when her mother's noisy voice was cooking in the kitchen.

Immediately he woke up and washed his face, when he was about to open his phone it turned out last night he forgot to charge his cell phone battery, until it died completely, he said, he hurriedly went out and headed straight for Ethan's house, which was right next to his.

Ethan's house looks lonely, when he peeked at the window of Ethan's house turned out to be empty.

Heartbroken, Ethan failed to convince both parents last night so he could stay.

Riani ran into her room regardless of her mother's call from the kitchen confused by her daughter's attitude.

While Riani directly slammed her body on the mattress, while immersing her face under the pillow, she cried.

After he was satisfied he cried, he took a cell phone and checked the contents of his new battery filled with ten percent.

And because he thought his phone was still strong with the new battery charged a little impatiently he immediately turned on his phone .

At see a lot of messages from Ethan who entered, and when opening the message from Ethan Riani's face changed sumringah.

"I'm sorry my Ria, because I can't convince my parents that I can stay, but next week I'm allowed to come back, so be patient and wait for me baby, we'll meet again"

"Well, I will be patiently waiting for you, where are you now?" reply Riani in message.

"I don't know, but it's only half the journey"

"Yes, be careful and take care of your health, love you bye..."

"Yes my sweet My Ria, love you to bye..."

.............

Riani's days without Ethan, there's been a feeling of emptiness in her heart ever since Ethan moved to Jakarta.

Although they communicate every hour through messages or video calls, Riani and Ethan are lonely.

Until Sunday morning, Riani intends to go to the pasture near the church and play the swing that Ethan made for her.

After she said goodbye to her mother, by cycling despite traveling a considerable distance, Riani took it with a carefree heart.

The fresh morning breeze that accompanies pushing his bike faster, to make the pedal of his bike feel lighter.

And it took a long time, until drenched in sweat finally Riani arrived at the grassland that was still wet with morning dew.

After Riani rested her bike, she walked towards the swing and sat on it, gently swinging her legs until the swinging rhythmically.

His eyes combed through the landscape of the entire prairie, the sun began to shine his morning light, as if accompanying him in a lonely sketch emblazoned in his eyes.

Slowly his hand took out the necklace behind his shirt and then he held his necklace pendant, kissed the pendant with the roar of tears.

Back to the present...

Riani who was staring at the sea took out a necklace that until now was still in use, in the kiss of the pegasus pendant whose rays began to fade.

"May you be there calm and happy, I will always keep this sign of our memory..." Riani said in her heart.

"Bak Riani! come down, it's late afternoon!" shouted Randi who turned out to be standing under the cliff staring at Riani who was still sitting on the edge of the cliff.

With a smile Riani just nodded and waved at Randi.

Riani stood up and looked back at the sea...

"Goodbye past, my monkey love, my first love, goodbye my Fay-Ri..." Riani said softly, then she stepped out of the cliff with a smile welcoming the future...

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