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az-zuhruf

some stories and thoughts


Tangannya bergerak meraih selimut namun tiba-tiba saja ia terjaga. Matanya menulusuri ruangan kamar kos yang gelap lalu tangan kanannya bergerak ke samping mencari posisi ponselnya. Ia mengusap layar dan mendapati penanda waktu di bagian ujung menunjukkan tepat pukul 00.00 WIB. Perempuan itu sadar bahwa tepat pada saat itu umurnya sudah tak lagi sama seperti satu menit sebelumnya. Ia sudah beranjak dewasa. Ketika ia hendak memutuskan untuk tidur lagi, ponsel di tangannya bergetar. Sebuah pesan dari sahabat sekolahnya muncul, mengucapkan selamat dan beberapa baris doa untuknya. Ia tersenyum, namun jauh dalam hatinya ia sedang menunggu ucapan dan doa dari orang lain.

Menjelang tengah hari, puluhan ucapan dan doa mengalir membanjiri timeline facebooknya. Di sela-sela kesibukannya membalas pesan, laptop di mejanya itu menimbulkan bunyi-bunyi nyaring menandakan pesan masuk. Beberapa menit kemudian, ponselnya bergetar tak henti. Semuanya berisi ucapan selamat dan doa. Betapa bahagianya ia mendapat puluhan doa hari itu. Namun sekali lagi, ia masih saja menunggu.

Pukul tiga sore, ketika ia bersiap-siap menuju perpustakaan, ponselnya bergetar lagi. Bukan, itu bukan pesan dari orang yang ditunggunya. Namun pesan itu membuatnya cukup terkejut tatkala ia membaca nama si pengirim, adik tingkatnya. Hatinya bertanya-tanya, bagaimana mungkin adik tingkatnya itu bisa tahu dan masih sempat-sempatnya mengirim sms di sela-sela kesibukannya mengikuti ujian akhir. Lalu ia tersadar bahwa mereka yang lebih memilih sms atau mengirim lewat chat mungkin ingin pesannya langsung dibaca olehnya. Sayangnya, orang yang ditunggu-tunggu hingga saat itu lebih memilih tidak dua-duanya.

Pada akhirnya, setelah lelah menunggu, ia pun pasrah. Bukan pasrah yang tulus namun lebih mengarah kepada kecewa. Orang yang ditunggu-tunggu itu, orang yang sudah dianggapnya sebagai sahabat terbaik meski pun baru berkenalan selama satu setengah tahun, orang yang hampir saja mencuri separuh hatinya, tetap saja tak muncul memberi pesan. Sudah puluhan kali ia mengingatkan dirinya, "Mungkin ia lupa. Mungkin ia sibuk. Mungkin." namun semuanya gagal. Ia sudah terlanjur kecewa. Ia bahkan masih menunggu sahabatnya itu sekadar mengucapkan 'happy belated birthday'. Terlambat, harapannya sudah pupus.

Perempuan itu hanya tak tahu, bahwa orang yang ditunggu-tunggu itu sebenarnya memberi ucapan lebih dari yang ia minta. Lelaki yang juga menganggap si perempuan sebagai sahabat itu sudah lebih dahulu mengucapkan doa dibandingkan orang lain. Si lelaki paham betul apa yang diinginkan sahabat perempuannya itu. Bukankah sahabat perempuannya itu berkali-kali mengutip penulis favoritnya bahwa teman baik tidak diukur dari banyaknya komunikasi, tapi dari banyaknya doa yang diam-diam dipanjatkan? Sahabat perempuannya itu hanya tak tahu.

Kediri, Juli 2014.

September 08, 2014 No comments
Disclaimer: Let me introduce you to the new hero and heroine: Agha and Afrina. I’m writing this continual and based-on-my-mood flashfiction in order to improve my writing ability. So, I would be very happy if you correct my grammar or the word use. Just comment below and tell me the correct ones. Happy reading and don’t forget to leave your opinion!


I was completely taken aback by ten pieces of paper containing opinions from my classmates. A month ago, the teacher asked us to write an opinion and each should be directed to three different friends. It could be with name to show who the writer was or just anonymous. For surprise, it was me who got the most.

Of the ten messages, only one caught my attention the most. I dabbed my eyes and blew my nose. I tried once again to read the last few letters that were smeared. I bet it was the name of the writer and guessed it was written by my friend, Afrina.

After I had not met her for two days, Afrina called me out of the blue to meet up. Of course I was glad about it. That’s why I sat in one of the benches in the park waiting for her and reread the messages I got. It had been ten minutes and Afrina had not come yet.

“Hey, dude!” I turned back to look for the source even I knew for sure it was from Afrina.

“Hey, what’s up?”             
                                                                  
Before answering my question, her attention came to the piece of paper in my hand. “What is all that about?”

I gave a look the paper to her and asked, “Do you know who wrote this cute one?”

Afrina took the paper and read the message –‘You are a very good friend of mine’- and I noticed that she stood still longer, looking for the right answer. At that time I knew I was right.


-Agha
September 03, 2014 No comments
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Disclaimer: Let me introduce you to the new hero and heroine: Agha and Afrina. I’m writing this continual and based-on-my-mood flashfiction in order to improve my writing ability. So, I would be very happy if you correct my grammar or the word use. Just comment below and tell me the correct ones. Happy reading and don’t forget to leave your opinion!

I decided to sit on the park bench and turned on my laptop. I did not know why but when I got up this morning, I was not in the mood. I texted Agha before leaving for campus asking him to meet me but he did not reply. It just made me worse. Oh dear universe, could you please help me to boost my mood?
After ten minutes reviewing my blog, I saw Agha was walking toward me. I pretended not to notice him when he sat right next to me.
“What happened?” he insisted.
“Nothing,” I said acidly.
He opened his mouth to continue asking but after a while he just silently looked at me and I just ignored him.
The next ten minutes just passed in silence. None of us started to speak. I was busy with my laptop and he made himself busy too by doing something with his note book. Finally I ended this helpless meeting by going back home.

***

I was so frustrated because till the daylight ended I was still in a badmood. I pulled my body to the bed and tried to sleep but my cellphone vibrated.

Need your help. SOS.

It was a message from Agha.

Re: What?

Would you really like to help me?

Re: Hopefully, yes.

Smile for me

At that time, the last three words from him made me smile. It was just... cute? Without wasting more time, I clicked Agha’s number and hearing his voice on the line was more than enough for me to gain my mood again. Yeah, girls are often complicated!


-Afrina
July 09, 2014 No comments
Disclaimer: Let me introduce you to the new hero and heroine: Agha and Afrina. I’m writing this continual and based-on-my-mood flashfiction in order to improve my writing ability. So, I would be very happy if you correct my grammar or the word use. Just comment below and tell me the correct ones. Happy reading and don’t forget to leave your opinion!



I was just glad it would be the last day of student orientation. It had been three exhausting days. Although tomorrow we would still have another event, well, it’s okay for knowing it was going to end soon.
I discussed with the other friends of my group for tomorrow’s preparation. While we were busy talking to each other, the committee asked for attention because there were some students who had not gotten their group yet. I noticed a girl wearing a head craft spoke a little bit nervous on the stage. Nothing interesting from her but her smile was so heart-warming.
“Be serious, boy!” Kamal standing next to me exclaimed. I turned back to the topic we discussed after spending a whole minute staring at her.

***

Kamal was higher than me so I stood right behind him, two from the first row in this opening ceremony. As a boy, I knew Kamal included to those who had good looking appearances. This term, destiny chose us to become classmates. I bet he would be a best friend of mine after having amusing days in the collage orientation with him.
While delivering some materials, the dean asked us to sit on the ground. I turned back to examine the situation and suddenly a girl sitting a few meters behind me absorbed my focus. She was the one who was on the stage looking for her group. Clearly I could see her doing something. She was writing the material in her notes. Knowing her doing so, somehow it challenged me. I opened my bag, took my notes, and started writing. Then I wondered, she did nothing to me but her activity couraged me to do so. It seemed I did not want to be defeated, but from what? Writing a note? Hey, who are you?


-Agha
June 29, 2014 No comments

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Disclaimer: Let me introduce you to the new hero and heroine: Agha and Afrina. I’m writing this continual and based-on-my-mood flashfiction in order to improve my writing ability. So, I would be very happy if you correct my grammar or the word use. Just comment below and tell me the correct ones. Happy reading and don’t forget to leave your opinion!

After three days joining the tiring orientation, it was the time for me to face the last sequence, Student Day. The day before, I was very confused because my name was not on the list. Some students and I –whose name were not mentioned, should come forward in front of all the new students and spell the name as clear as possible but it just found out there was no group having my name on their list. Finally, right before we went home the committee handled it and I was grouped into Ocean’s group.
It took place in the parking lot of the faculty. Each grouped consisted of about ten students and we made a vertical line. On the right side of my group was that of The Moon. When we were having an opening ceremony, separated two people in front of me from the group on my right side, a boy with crew cut hair caught my attention. He was the boy who would be in the same class with me this term. In my opinion, he looks smart. Unfortunately I could not remember his name.
For a long time, I tried to figure out his name. It was rather difficult for me to read the name tag. Oh, well, why should I focus all of my attention to him? I guess he had a magic, -yeah of course not.
“What are you doing? I’m getting bored.” Laila who sat in front of me asked calmly.
“Hey, do you remember? He will be in the same class with us, won’t he?” I asked innocently to her when I realized we would be in the same class, too. She must have known him instead.
“Who?” she enquired.
I pointed at him. He did not know of course because he was focusing his eyes and –maybe his mind too, to the dean’s speech.
“Agha,” Laila commented.
I made an ‘Aah..’ respond.
“He’s cute, huh?” She rather made an opinion than asked.
“Well, that’s what we both of two think now,” I smiled interestingly. Getting an answer sometimes is a lot easier if we know the right person to ask for.


-Afrina
June 28, 2014 No comments
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Let me clear you something, my dear friend.

You asked me who the one that dare enough to steal my heart is. So here is the answer.

He was in the same class with me for a year and now our class is just in the opposite way. We keep in touch to make our friendship last forever but I often do hope that our relationship will be more than just a friend. We frequently study together and discuss a lot of things, included some unimportant and silly stuff that made us laugh out loud. We hang out every other day to refresh our mind because of those unpredictable subjects and end the week by exploring the city with culinary session. Spending a day with him is just another thing that made me realize that life is so wonderful.

That adorable boy, I’m sure you know him better than me because it’s you, Azra. The one who cares me not more than as a brother –you told me all the time.


It’s you, my best friend ever whom I fall in love with, Azra.
May 22, 2014 No comments
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