In One Night

I sat in the silence. My eyes looked out through the window of my boarding house. I felt the chill of the night wind began to pierce my bones. I stood up, and then I closed the door and the window curtains, and I finally laid down on the bed.

While lying down, my eyes looked at the two dolls that always were placed beside me when I slept. I grabbed one of them and hugged it tightly. Looking at the dolls, I started to remember about someone who gave me those pretty dolls. Suddenly my cell phone rang. I took it next to my pillow and I found there was a message. I got up, sat on my bed, and then I read the message.

“Eka, what are you doing? How’s it going?”

I reread that message for several times. I was so surprised and could not believe that the message was sent by a person who I just thought about. It was sent by Adi!

“Wow! Amazing! I just thought about you and suddenly you send me a message. I’m fine, Adi. How about you?”

After typing a message to reply to his message, I pressed the ‘send’ key hesitatingly. Then, I laid down again and tried to close my eyes while waiting for him. Less than ten minutes later, my mobile phone rang.

“Really? Why do you think about me? I’m glad if you’re feeling good now. I’m fine too, Ka. How are your studies? And how’s Reihan? Would you mind to say hello to Reihan?”

“Reihan? Why had Adi asked about Reihan in his message??” I talked to myself. I was very astonished because Adi asked about Reihan, my new boyfriend! Soon, my mind began to guess the reason why he asked about Reihan. The more I guessed; the more I felt curious as well. Finally, I decided to call Adi.

“Hello,” I spoke softly.

“Hello. Why do you call me Ka? Are you angry with my message?” Adi asked me worriedly.

I chuckled and tried to cheer Adi up. “I’m not angry with you, Adi. I just feel surprised and I want to know why you asked about Reihan. Would you mind telling me the reason why?”

Adi giggled. “I’m glad you’re not angry, Eka. Actually I just want to know about him. I hope you’ll be happy with Reihan and not often cry like when we were together.” Adi took a deep breath and didn’t say anything for a moment. I wanted to give any response but I didn’t know what I had to say. Suddenly Adi resumed,

“Honestly I still wish I could be your boyfriend again. But, as long as you’re happy with Reihan, I’m willing to hold back my feelings for you.”

Listening to Adi’s statement, I felt touched because I never imagined he finally was willing me with Reihan. Dots of tears started streaming down onto my face. I could not say anything.

Then, Adi started to continue his words that had been halted, “Eka, actually I just want to say thank you because you still reply to my message, you still let me share my problems although I’m not yours anymore. Thank you because you’ve taught me to esteem and respect others. I can only say thank you a lot and hope you’ll be happy with Reihan.” Slowly and with a little deep sound, he continued his words, “I hope you’ll forgive me because when we’re together I used to hurt your heart. Now the only thing I can do is I’ll let you to have a special relationship with Reihan. I’ll be happy if you’re happy with Reihan. I……. “

“Stop it! Please, do not continue your words. It’s enough!” I interrupted Adi’s words. “I’ve forgiven you, Adi. You’re not my boyfriend anymore, but I’ve considered you as my best friend, and that’s why I’m not leaving you. I still care about you.” Dots of tears started falling more and more. I sobbed.

Realizing I was crying, Adi felt sorry for me. “Eka, please do not cry. I don’t want you crying because of me anymore. I want you to be happy, Eka,” Adi said calmly.

I still kept crying anyway.

Then, Adi spoke again. “Well, I think we’d better end this conversation and turn off our cell phones. We can have another conversation another time. It’s getting night, and I think it’ll be better if we go to sleep and relax our minds right now.”

I tried to give a response for his words. “Adi, I cry not because of you or even sadness. Even though I cry, actually I feel happy because I can have short talks with you. Well, let’s end this conversation and go to sleep. God Bless you, Adi.” I turned off my mobile phone and I laid down on the bed again. I looked at the two pretty dolls from Adi. I wiped my tears, and then I hugged the dolls tightly. I raised gratitude to God for short talks with Adi this night. I felt amazed at Adi’s kindness who still loved me but he let me have a relationship with Reihan and kept his feeling toward myself. Now, I learned and realized that when we love someone deeply, we will do everything included acquiesce our love lives with another person. Unfortunately, even though Adi loved me so much, he made me feel disappointed many times so I decided to break up with him.

Then, I took a deep breath and promised in my heart that even though I was not in love with Adi, I’d consider him as my best friend because he was a part of my life. Afterward, I closed my eyes slowly and let myself sleep in peace.

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