The After The Rain
Graduations

A few months later...

The sick days that he passed finally brought Kinara to this point, where he had successfully completed his studies and earned his Bachelor's degree. His heartache had also healed, there was no longer a little stuff left. The bruises that make it drain tears at certain nights are gone. Now, only good memories remain in his heart and head.

It was all thanks to Mama and Papa, of course. Also thanks to the people around him who continue to give a lot of positive effects that the more the day makes it grow in a better direction.

There was Lestari and Sinta, who had already taught him to accept all the destiny lines that God had determined.

There was Andanu, who taught him to stay upright despite the repeated storms.

There is Astari, who teaches her that a breakup is not the end of the world, and she can come back to find a better love when she is fully healed and accepts herself.

There was Jeremy and Dimas, who taught him that God's help was real, where two people who initially just hung their lives on the streets finally ventured to apply for a job only with ID cards and the belief that God never sleeps.

Then there was Sekala, who taught him that being good never harms anyone. That the good he sows does not always return from the same direction, but must return even though in a different form and direction.

Kinara had indeed lost a lover and friend, but after that, God so kindly replaced the two missing people with better people. They are all imperfect, though they all have their own defects and wounds.

Kinara swept a view of the entire area in Orion which today deliberately closed because Sekala as the owner has decided to use this cafe as a place to hold small celebrations for his success in completing college.

Everyone Kinara mentioned was present, rejoicing with her. Even Andanu, who was still upset because his thesis still had to be revised though, still attended and laughed with the people present.

"Thank you, yes, Mas Kala." His whisper to Sekala, who was sitting next to him while watching the others were busy chatting.

"Together, Kin." He replied with a gaze that was still far ahead.

Since a few minutes ago, he and Sekala were a bit away from the crowd, choosing to sit behind the counter to all discuss about the uploads that Sekala made on his Instagram account, @dyellow.

Yes, thanks to the dating rumors spread by Jeremy as well he finally knew that the figure @dyellow whom he had admired was Sekala.

That afternoon, he was resting for a while while waiting for his turn to exchange shifts with Ardi. He sat next to the counter, coolly scrolling the screen of the phone that at that time he used to view Instagram accounts that he had not opened for a long time.

Just when he was idly opening @dyellow's Instagram profile because he missed the post from the account that had been on hiatus for a long time, Jeremy emerged from behind the door of the staff room. Apparently the young man accidentally peeked at his phone and immediately screeched furiously as soon as he knew he and @dyellow were following each other on Instagram.

"That's Mas Sekala's account! How can you follow him, anyway?!" peeker Jeremy at that time. Kinara recalled that Jeremy's facial expression was very funny, the difference between being surprised, disappointed and upset at the same time.

Kinara, who at that time only knew that @dyellow's account turned out to be Sekala's, could not react much to Jeremy's screeches. He just fell silent while hearing the man's chatter. Listening to complaints about Sekala who apparently did not want quality with employees in Orion—ah what is the reason.

Since Kinara could not resist the curiosity, that day, exactly the night before Orion closed, he invited Sekala to speak four eyes to discuss about the @dyellow account. Starting from why Sekala does not want employees in Orion to follow his account, until the reason the account was on hiatus for a long time.

Thanks to that late-night chat, Kinara knew that the reason Sekala did not want to be qualified with the employees was because he did not want to make them see the melancholic side that he had not been shown.

After all, Jeremy the kepo did not accidentally also find his account when— once again— accidentally saw when he was opening the account to upload a photo. Luckily, Jeremy said. The young man did not leak Sekala's account so the other employees had no chance of finding him.

And for the reason why Sekala stopped making uploads apparently because the man forgot his Instagram password after his phone accidentally returned to factory settings. Then, Kinara helped Sekala reopen his account so that he could charge some photos to upload as payment.

"This one, I want to keep it. Can't, right?" Kinara pointed to a photo that Sekala had uploaded for a long time. The photo shows the back of the man, which he used to give a heart sign.

"Make what? It looks like his back is so,"

"Ih, this is beautiful, Mas Kala." Kinara was still trying to convince Sekala to allow her photos to be kept.

Actually, Kinara could have just taken the photo and then he kept it in the cell phone gallery. But because it was disrespectful, and instead made her look like a scary stalker, she convinced herself that the photo should still be taken after getting permission from the owner.

"It's pretty, period." Kinara was a bit stiff. Not to be given permission, but so that Sekala realized that every side of her body was beautiful. Kinara felt Sekala should start loving herself more, so she would tell Sekala how beautiful the man was at all times.

"Yaaa .. can yaaaa," he whined, shaking Sekala's arm.

As usual, Sekala would not have won if the opponent was Kinara. Especially when he saw the girl's bead sparkling expectantly like this. Let alone a photo, if Kinara asked him to buy even an island, Sekala would be happy to work on it.

So, he took out a cell phone from his pants pocket, then he thrust it to the girl beside him.

Instead of being happy, Kinara instead frowned in confusion. He asked for a photo, then why did Sekala even give him a cell phone?

"The photo is in this phone, you search for it, keep sending it to your phone. In addition to the photos, there are also other photos that I have never or have not uploaded to Instagram. Take everything you want,"

It was only after Sekala explained so, that Kinara grabbed the phone. However, Kinara did not directly do what Sekala had said before. Now he even wondered, why Sekala can be so confident to give his phone to others? Is not the cell phone the secret storehouse of every human being? In it there are many things, which should only be kept for yourself, right?

The confusion seemed to reach Sekala, so that after exhaling slowly, the man again made a sound.

"Why again?" his voice sounded so soft, that it made Kinara almost drown in the current.

"Can I open a gallery in hape Mas Kala?" ask the girl.

"Yes, I can."

"Can't you?"

This time, it was Sekala's turn to frown. "Can't you?" askalanya.

"It shouldn't be, it's not polite."

"What do you want to see to what extent?"

"Huh?"

"Just let me see the contents of the gallery, right? Not to see the others?"

Kinara was silent for a while, then returned to his voice after exhaling slowly. "That's what I mean, why would Mas Kala believe that I wouldn't look around?"

"Feeling." Sekala Tandas. "You won't ask permission to save my photo if you have any thoughts of peeking more than I allow, because you can just save my photo without my knowledge at all."

Yes ... true as well, anyway...

"Udah, you just find out which photos you want, I want to join another one again, it's not good to go too long."

Then, Sekala walked over to the others, scattering into increasingly lively chatter after his arrival.

While Kinara was dumb, did not carry out his intention to save Sekala's photo because suddenly he felt burdened, did not dare to open Sekala's phone even though it had been given permission by the owner.

"It was supposed to be another conversation, Ra. Why should I ask permission to save a photo?" he cursed his own decision, staring at the nanar Sekala phone in his left hand.

Apparently, being trusted by others can indeed cause a sense of responsibility that is this big, yes...

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