RICH MAN

RICH MAN
ABOUT TASTE


Two days of travel because they rested too much. Finally the six of them arrived at the top of Rinjani. There was so clear all the sights. Even the eyes have been spoiled for their beauty ever since they got there. They arrived late in the afternoon ahead of the magrib and set up tents directly there.


The task of cooking was taken over by the women and the three men's task was to set up a tent and also light a bonfire just in case of the cold of the night. It always looks crowded there. The tents are bright and look so beautiful at night. Especially at the full moon. The culmination of all beauty. The stars also appear to be twinkling and the distance looks so close that it can even be seen with the naked eye that the light is much brighter than if only seen from ordinary places. With an altitude of over 3000 meters. It is not wrong to be tired it pays off with the beauty they enjoyed that night.


Before, when they were about to arrive. Jenny's legs sprained and had to be papah by Fendi, the goods were doubled to become a burden for Bayu and Reynand. Because they fell when they were about to get there. Jenny's leg slipped and eventually fell, causing the girl to be sprained and swept away by her lover.


Arriving at the top. They make a tent, and when it's done. Jenny was left to rest to relieve her fatigue, let alone the girl just sorted to tears by one of the visitors there. But the girl's condition improved a lot and not as bad as when they arrived earlier.


"Rey, which star?"


"Where in the tent is he going to try?" ask back to Bayu who was enjoying instant noodles to fill his stomach that night. Rey sits by the campfire drinking hot chocolate and warming herself from the cold of the night so piercing that even Reynand's face freezes from the cold.


There are so many who are engrossed with his friends starting from playing guitar, play a guess to look forward to the peak of beauty tonight where the moon will be so clearly visible right above their heads. They were not wrong when counting the day and the peak of that night, the night of the full moon. Everyone was getting ready to wait, but what was not missed was at dusk this afternoon. It was a very beautiful sight. Reynand secretly took a photo of the Star with a camera that he deliberately brought. Girl with black clothes and long black pants. Coupled with hair that is allowed to decompose, the orange sky in the west indicates the day will start to darken. He kept the camera again after taking the photo.


"The other star sat down with another person, Rey," Fendi came to tell Reynand who was engrossed with Bayu. Between believing or disbelieving, because he knew that the Star's shy demeanor was very unconvincing for Reynand not to believe.


"I don't believe in me?"


Rey simply replied with a smile. He stayed close to the fire in search of warmth. "Mending you see for yourself!"


"Where?"


"Back of their tent, there's a guy's tent and the stars are talking to the same guy,"


Rey got up from her seat. The colder it was, even when he exhaled it was already visible steam so clearly due to the coldness of the night. Rey proved what Fendi said, seeing the star who was joking with the foreign man made Reynand's chest tight when he saw the girl who was so messed up a few days ago was now engrossed with another man.


Rey remained standing behind the two men. He took a deep breath and exhaled deeply. He should not have felt the tightness so painful, for the Star had already rejected it. But every time he saw the girl he loved was with another man. The pain felt by Reynand spread throughout the body.


He let the Stars fill his heart hoping that the girl was the only love he was looking for and he made her the one who would stay forever in his heart. Not looking anymore let alone giving another girl a chance. His heart had already steadied to let the Stars there.


"Rey, when were you there?" The star stood cleaning his pants and went straight to Rey. Same with the man who was with the Star. The man approached her and reached out to introduce himself.


The star shook her head, "No, that's not my boyfriend. I'm like a schoolmate, too,"


"Yet, the stars. I was going to call you doang anyway, but because look at you as someone else. Yes it's done that, sorry I disturbed," Rey put on a forced smile and still looks like a person who has accepted the reality of her heartbroken because of the girl.


"Rey, I'm coming, '" The star ran and hung on his left arm. The man did not budge and still stepped towards the bonfire where there was Rista and Bayu.


"Where's fendi?"


"Again nyapuin the Jenny ate, it was awake just now. So there's more people getting alone,"


"No need to be allowed to be alone later to mess again," said Bayu who made Reynand nodded.


"How assortment? Tent in open gini, yakali I want to do strange. I denger lo Bayu, who there will be lo who do things like Rista with all her innocence that sometimes makes your faith waver," protested Fendi while throwing candy at Bayu.


"Are you guys there?" answer Jenny.


The star and Reynand were unaware that the four men were observing them. "What?" reynand asked as they all seemed to want to throw a question with such a gaze.


"Hehehe, is there a code?" said Fendi.


"What?"


"You guys are holding,"


Rey and Bintang immediately distanced themselves and immediately sat apart. The awkward feeling after they had joined hands made Reynand feel very stupid for letting Bintang take him and make all his friends misunderstand.


Rey actually just wanted to reassure the feelings of the two of them, instead of wanting to tie the Star with just that status. He wanted to know if the girl also had the same taste as him or not. Rey herself understood that the words of the Star had made her understand that her love was indeed clapping one hand and might avoid. After the rejection, maybe Rey doesn't know how else to behave. His friends assure him that the Stars have the same taste as him, only one way to prove it. That is by being close to Widya, want to know how the Star will respond if she and Widya become closer. Or maybe Rey will make Widya her lover just to make the Stars feel jealous. He needs clarity about the feeling, he is eager to convince the girl how he feels reciprocated or not.


'If my feelings are the same as you feel. It should be a long time ago when you have the same taste, you better say, if not also you should say. Don't hang me with this false hope. Maybe I'm trying to reach you, you're trying to get away from me. Or maybe I'm expecting you, instead you are chanting someone else's name in your prayer. And I need time to be able to bring it all back, about the unrequited sense of learning to be sincere. If in fact it is not me that you choose to be someone special to have the most beautiful place in your heart, then I invite you to go. But please think carefully about my feelings'