Blue Blouse
TWO

A circle-shaped table in front of the cafe looked empty. A girl brought two chairs and put them face to face on each side of the table. He also arranged another table, unfurled the table umbrellas on the outside porch and began to clean up some furniture that had not been correct. Not to forget he cooked some snacks also heated dispensers of various types of coffee. When everything he felt was in order, he turned a small paper hanging on the glass door of cafe—which was originally "close" into "open". He also reassembled the menu table next to the cashier table where he would spend a lot of time all the way to keep the cafe.

Lyra really hopes visitors to the cafe today more crowded than usual. At present many large cafes stand, it is natural that if the simple cafe he manages loses interest, the menus prepared are too simple. However, Lyra still accepts it even though there will only be one or two customers who come until later in the afternoon though.

Idle. Lyra just spent her time pensively on her cashier table, accompanied by light tempo music on a mini tape recording on a table, the song "Bad Thing" owned by Jesy Nelson. He did not know what to do, there was no definite entertainment other than listening to the emotional song. Lyra does personally like songs about abusive relationships, even though she herself has never known what it's like to date.

Before long, a familiar man entered the cafe with puffy eyes and a dull look on his face, looking as if he had not taken a bath. Moses changed his mind, he had no choice but to endure the pain of his teeth. There was no one he could ask for help this time but Lyra. After thinking long and crying alone in the kitchen of Lyra's house, Moses decided to come to the cafe where Lyra worked.

"Hi, Lyr," said Moses.

"What's wrong, you don't usually come here?" lyra went to Moses to come into direct contact with him.

"You want to take me to the dentist now?" ask Moses.

Lyra looked for a moment at the wall clock that showed nine o'clock. "I'm not sure if there's a poli gist that opens at this hour, dentists usually practice late afternoon in the clinic" he said, staring into Moses' eyes as usual. "If the dentist of my acquaintance is open practice in his own house at night, just that today is closed, because it is Sunday," he continued.

"No, I'm not strong, I can't eat from earlier" Moses complained as he sat in one of the cafe chairs.

Lyra didn't know how to respond. He also sat in a chair accompanying Moses who was now silent looking at the floor, lamenting the grateful clenches of his teeth that he could still hold.

"Here there is only sweet food, you can not eat sweet," said Lyra slowly. "Do I need to buy bananas at the supermarket? Mumpung is still at this hour," he bargained.

"No, I'll wait until the afternoon" Moses said. "This part of the cafe should also be open until the afternoon, right?" he added.

Lyra sighed. "The problem is, this cafe is like no longer selling. Since the new cafe near the square was open, no one stopped by, so yes I'm just idle here" he said.

Moses watched her friend's face intently, realizing that the girl before him was now quite beautiful when compared to the other girls he had met. Lyra is the most beautiful. Unfortunately, Lyra is just his best friend. He could not have liked his own best friend just because he admired his face.

Seeing Moses silently looking at him, Lyra shook her hand before Moses' eyes, making the man's daydream fade.

"Dreamy?" ask Lyra.

"No, I was thinking about something" Moses replied.

Lyra concluded a smile for a moment at Moses, then accompanied him to sit there for hours without any topic of conversation. Until a fat middle-aged man came to enter the cafe. Lyra approached the man to speak to him with four eyes.

"The cafe's still quiet, huh, Lyr?" ask Mr. Chao, the owner of the cafe. The first good person Lyra knew while living in the city.

"Yes, sir, the cafe is always quiet, there are almost never any customers" Lyra replied.

"Yes, actually I came here to tell you something" Chao said. "I hope you're okay" he continued hesitating to say what he wanted to say.

Lyra's heart suddenly stopped. He started to have bad feelings. Mr. Chao came to see him this time like he was about to deliver a bitter news that he would find hard to accept. He was so afraid to see what he would get.

"What's up, mister?" ask Lyra worriedly.

"Given the declining income of the cafe, I gave up the land of this place to someone, so in these five days the cafe began preparations to close" Mr. Chao said.

Lyra did not blink at all, surprised by what Mr. Chao said. "For ever?" tanyanya. His eyes began to tear, about to shed tears.

"Yes, Lyra, I don't think my baristine business is working anymore, it's time I retire, thanks for your cooperation so far, I'm really sorry," Mr. Chao said, concerned, slowly he heavily stepped foot away from the cafe he had founded for twenty-five years.

Lyra was still silent on the spot. Stupefied.

Moses curious. He could not clearly listen to Lyra and Mr. Chao's conversation. But he had thought that the topic of their conversation was bad news because it made Lyra sad. It was just that he did not dare to ask Lyra directly, he wanted to give the girl some time to calm down. At this moment he did not want to disturb the situation of his heart.

***

In the afternoon, Lyra was pensive in a long chair located in the polygonal corridor of a pratama clinic, waiting for Moses who is currently being treated by a dentist in the dental examination room. Being alone, Lyra feels calmer even though she is now stricken with sadness and mixed thoughts about the future. He does not know what he will face in the next few days, because the expensive tuition fees are also unclear work.

If it's like this, I want to quickly teach. Inner Lyra, think hard about what work she can do on the sidelines of college hours. He did not want a clock collision between college and his job. Nor does he want to get a job that would put him under pressure.

The question is, how do I register as a teacher? Graduated from college yet! Inner again. Does the educational foundation also hold auditions like the X Factor? Maybe teachers applying for jobs should compete with each other! He thought again, thinking increasingly of the strange.

Suddenly the cell phone belonging to Moses who is currently carrying rings, seen on the screen board reads "Mama", Moses' mother called. Of course, the mother must have been worried, since yesterday Moses spent time with Lyra. But due to the unsupportive situation, Lyra let the call continue to ring and did not pick it up. He did not want to be suspected by the mother of Moses, nor would he want to mispronounce if he had just raised the call. Moses' mother did not know who Lyra was, and Moses never introduced them.

Before long, Moses came out of the room and examined his teeth with a smile that spread towards Lyra. His teeth are fine. Lyra was surprised at first when she saw Moses smiling happily, but she immediately handed him the man's cell phone, making her know for herself that her mother had just called.

"Loh, mama's out of phone?" moses asked plainly, and now went to a hallway near the toothpaste to call back his mother.

Lyra was still sitting on the chair, letting Moses talk to her mother on the phone. He doesn't want to interfere. All he could do right now was to remain patiently waiting while enjoying the breeze of the afternoon breeze that blew lightly.

"What's wrong?" lyra asked when she found that Moses had returned from the hallway and put his cell phone in his pants pocket.

"Mama told me to take care of the house tonight because he wants to go out of the city equally," answered Moses.

"Oh, good, you can stay in your own home without bothering anyone else" Lyra said.

"Loh, means all this time I've been bothering you?" moses felt bad.

"If so, why?" timpal Lyra jutek, but actually he was just joking.

"I'm sorry, his name is someone else's toothache. In any case if there is no duty Professor Lewis, I might stay in your house, mendingep in his boarding houses Liam same Tom, rent a hotel can also," said Musa.

Moses felt strange. He also kissed both of his armpits which turned out to smell musty. Naturally, he had not bathed all day, especially now he was still wearing a black hoodie that he had been wearing for two days. No matter how insecure she is when Lyra comments on her body odor, she feels fine because Lyra is her best friend who deserves to know every point of deficiency in her.

Both Moses and Lyra stopped by for a while to a quiet hot spring that afternoon. They were both soaking in a pool separated by a large stone veil, the bulkhead between the women's pool and the men's pool. The warm water that flows in the place feels fresh in the body. Anyone who soaks there will be relaxed.

With no one to bother, Lyra still fills her solitude by figuring out what plans she will be doing these days, choose to drop out of college or not for the sake of work and let his ideals run aground in the middle of the road.

Unlike Moses who continues to be imagined by the beautiful face of Lyra in his head since he tried to relax himself in the pool. He did not think that his best friend was so beautiful. Moreover, the motherly side he had towards her, he felt lucky to have a friend like Lyra. Whether he was carried away by feeling or awe, surely he began to have the desire to repay Lyra's kindness to him all this time.

After the bath, the two fresh men went home together. Of course, Moses hugged Lyra with his motorbike even though Lyra actually had difficulty sitting because of the back position that leaned upwards.

Arriving at home, Lyra got off the motor first to open the front gate of her house so that Moses could go inside to park the motorbike. In addition, a courier suddenly appears while carrying a package intended for Lyra.

"On behalf of Lyra Hartley?" ask the courier.

"Yes, me?" timpal Lyra approached the courier.

"This, the package for mbak," the courier chimpanzee.

"Oh," said Lyra while receiving a box of mysterious packages wondering. I rarely shop online, what is this package? Inner suspicious. "How much screen?" tanyanya.

"No need to pay mbak, just package delivery, free fare too. I say yes, thank you." said the courier resigned.

Lyra was silent on the spot while carrying the package. Moses approached, curious.

"Who's package?" ask Moses.

"I don't know, there is no name, '" Lyra said, checking the package's text, which only contained her name and home address, without the sender's identity.

In the living room, Lyra immediately checked what the package was for her. It was wrapped in newsprint which was also filled with strips of striped paper. Among the pieces of paper was a small envelope with the words "For Lyra". The curious Lyra opened the envelope and read the letter inside.

...For my dear Lyra...

How are you doing, son?

Dad missed you so much. Take care of health. Don't think too much about Dad. Dad's fine. Father here always prays for you. May you be successful. I'm sorry if my gift is a little annoying, maybe you're busy today. I have no gift for you, ...

Lyra cut the reading of her letter and examined the object behind the newspaper she had torn. A large photo album with an anime cover of Candy Candy. Lyra never knew what the album was, what she might have forgotten or how. He opened the album one by one, looking at pictures of a girl he did not know, but he seemed to have seen it. What made Lyra surprised was when she saw the photo of the girl with a moustached man whose face was very similar to her father's. Lyra begins to think that the girl is her mother's youth. He also read a letter from his father.

... I can only give you this, a photo album of your mother's memories when she was young. She's pretty, right? It's kind of like you. You must have missed him too. Always pray for your mother in nature.

Slowly the water flowed from Lyra's eye patch as she read the letter. Because Lyra began to remember her past, when she often spent a lot of time with her mother. He did not think that those times had passed quickly. He could not see his mother anymore.

... And here, there's a diary that I found under your mother's bed first, yes it may not matter much, but at least it'll entertain you. There are many writings of your mother and her friends while still in high school there. Once again I apologize for not giving you anything. Happy birthday, LYRA.

^^^Tertanda^^

^^^^^^^^

Lyra was unable to wipe away her tears. He was very touched to find a special gift from his father. He now grabs a thick yellow paper book with a green cover that is none other than his mother's youth diary. He also saw several pages on the front, amazed by his mother's neat and beautiful writing, there were even many creative typographies colored with colorful markers.

Lyra herself almost forgot that today is her birthday, she did not expect that her father remembered her when he had not returned home for years and even rarely called. Lyra wiped the tears on her sticky cheeks for a moment and immediately grabbed her phone to call her father.

"Hello, dad," said Lyra.

"Hello, sweetheart, how are you?"

"good. I didn't think Dad would remember my birthday."

"Hohoho, of course I remember. You're a father's son."

Lyra smiled to find her father's cheerful answer. "Dad himself how are you?"

"Healthy and fit dong, I'm diligent in sports."

Lyra didn't know what else to say. He can only cry now. His mind is still not good. He actually wanted to tell his father that he wanted to drop out of college and immediately go back to the village to accompany him. But on the other hand, he did not want to hurt his father who put a lot of hope for him. In essence, he must endure.

Outside of Lyra's and her father's phone conversation, unemployed Moses secretly retrieves a letter from the contents of Lyra's package that happens to be lying on the floor without Lyra's knowledge. Before reading the letter, he brought it inside so that Lyra would not see it. Moses was very curious because Lyra cried while reading the letter, as if it contained romantic sentences. Although his assumption was wrong, Moses still understood why Lyra was carried away when reading the letter, it was a special letter from his father.

Moses had never known the Lyra family, not even knowing at all about his background. He only knows Lyra as a smart college friend who is often a group with him. He was shocked to read the entire letter.

So Lyra's mom is dead?

Lyra's birthday today?

Word by word was spoken in the depths of Moses' heart. He knew some new things about Lyra that he had never known. Moses was silent for a moment, thinking. It is good that he should give Lyra something that would be beneficial for Lyra and Lyra likes the gift.

"But what is it?" muttered.

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