Find The KEY
Ep. 67

"Now how do you feel about her? Do you still like Rafa?" tanya Disil slowly.

Ela fell silent and looked at Disil.

"You don't trust me El. I'm your best friend, tell me, I'll hear" insisted Disil.

Rafa stopped his movement that was already holding the doorknob. With a pounding heart he waited for Ela's answer from inside the room that had not been tightly closed.

She took a deep breath and started telling stories.

"Either Dis I don't know for sure whether the feeling is gone or not. I used to be so scared to go back to Indonesia. Afraid to meet Rafa again and see him walking with Lisa. But after I thought it was time for me to come back. I have to face the fact that he's not for me. It's been six years I've gone and tried to erase that taste. Maybe he was created just to be my best friend" Ela said.

Ela blew her breath heavily.

"So when I first saw his face in Dojang for some reason there was a different taste. I.. how do I feel? I felt that there was no other feeling I should continue except affection as a friend. I can calmly face it and can look her in the eye out loud" Ela said.

"And strangely again I could be as relaxed as it was joking with him when we ate meatballs and even earlier when we played guitar together. I was also amazed at the new taste I was experiencing. It felt so light and I didn't expect it to flow that way. The fear I had before of reuniting with her just disappeared" Ela confessed.

Rafa was very surprised to hear Ela's reply. There was a pain in his heart when he heard Ela's reply. A sense of guilt remorse arose very large stifling his chest.

Foolishly I didn't realize it all this time. I've been hurting Ela all that time. Seven years Ela harbored feelings for me without ever knowing? Inner Rafa.

"Mmmm... if if the current status of Rafa is different how El?" tanya Disil was very careful.

"You mean?" ask Ela curiously.

"This is if yes... Had Rafa been alone by now?" tanya Disil's.

Ela took a deep breath again.

"I didn't know Dis, because the new feeling I just realized was still too short. I'm not so sure about that yet. Right now I just want to enjoy this relief in my heart. It feels so good to be able to joke and chat with Rafa again without anything stuck in the heart. I don't want to ruin that feeling with new hope. Let Dis flow like water, I go where fate takes me. Tired ah repeated the story. I just felt freedom" Ela said.

"I was going to say if El" said Disil.

"If Rafa's alone, he's not sure he's returning my love. If he likes me, he must have felt it a long time ago, not even now when I was far from him" continued Ela.

"Who knows how it is like the verse of dangdut song.if sudaaaah takaah teraaaa just teraaaaa.. because his presence is really meaningful" replied Disil while humming.

Deg. Rafa's heart stopped beating... He was aware of what Disil had just said.

Is it true what Disil said??? Inner Rafa.

"I didn't know you were a fan of dangdut songs. After almost twenty-five years of our age I just realized hahaha" Ela laughed.

"It's ah, it's late. You're not sleepy?" ask Ela.

"If you still want to tell me, my eyes can still be compromised" said Disil.

"I'm not sleepy yet" replied Ela.

"So what are you doing there?" tanya Disil's.

"I design fashion. If there is free time I go to beautiful places and paint there" replied Ela.

"I am already beautiful from sono nya bro" said Ela Proud.

"I mean I'm more beautiful than ever. It seems to be able to dress up a little" said Disil while watching the face of Ela.

"Your face is smoother, you can already paint eyebrows and lip polish" said Disil.

"Yes the name of fashion designer Dis, if I style as before do not know fashion, no one believes in my expertise. No one would want to order their dresses for me to design" Ela replied.

"Yes, too. But you're crazy here?" tanya Disil was curious.

"Yes not it. There is a country of bro people where I can carelessly. Must be able to put yourself in the circumstances. Experience taught me like that like a proverb where the sky is held there the ground is stepped on" said Ela.

"Back El" cut Disil.

"Eh yes yes.. felt it was true that I called it" kekeh Ela.

"Where the earth is cast there the sky is held" Disil corrected Ela's words.

"It's the same" Ela replied.

"Bas with you" said Disil.

The pubmn laughed together. Rafa undoes his intention to go out of Aby's room to retrieve her leftover phone.

Rafa lies back on top of Aby's bed. He stared at the ceiling of Aby's room trying to digest every word that Ela had discussed earlier with Disil.

El.. I'm sorry I was late to realize your feelings, if I had known it first I wouldn't have the heart to do that to me. You won't go far either and I won't feel Lisa's betrayal either.

Rafa touched his chest...

Is this the answer to why my relationship with Lisa feels bland after Ela's departure. Ever since Ela left I felt like something was missing. My days were not as happy as when I was with Ela. Ela managed to entertain and fill our daily lives together. We can joke, play guitar together, play together in Dojang, eat together, go together. Ahh. Especially with the joy of Ela who always makes the atmosphere alive. Although as Disil said earlier Ela was crazy but she was still within normal limits. Ela's a polite and sweet boy.

Well sweet and pretty. Why did I realize that Ela was getting more beautiful. Yes Tuhaaan....what am I feeling? Why does Ela's face continue to appear in my eyes? Inner Rafa is raging.

Rafa became unsettled. She changed her lying position. His eyes were reluctant to shut, but he had felt sleepy before.

Rafa got back up from the bed and walked towards the exit.

I better get out and join them. It might make me feel calmer. Inner Rafa.

Rafa immediately grabbed the doorknob and pulled it. When the door opens suddenly..

"Lho Raf, you haven't slept?"

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