Stone Miners
Eps. 35 Miss

Since Faiz drove Tia safely to her boarding house, they have never met again.

"Ah, it's only been three days but why is the longing so blind." Faiz stared at his phone screen hoping for a reply to a message from Tia.

Millions of times he opened Tia's social media accounts, but none of the photos or just the latest status from her. Even the last time he went online was undetectable. As Faiz knew, the woman was still alive because every message she sent was always a blue tick even though she never got a reply or just a sign of 'typing.' then the message did not get sent.

For many days Faiz was like a man who broke his bones. He needs a shot of news from Tia to restore his depleted stamina from longing. For the first time in his life Faiz hated the holiday.

"If I were the rector, I would open the campus today." Missing can make a person become a halu. Faiz kept thinking how to meet his favorite stone.

His steps go down the stairs to the dining room. All were sitting sweetly waiting for Faiz's presence. The warmth created at the dining table made his turmoil overflow a little.

"So you want to pack more food?" Ask the mother gently.

"Yes ma'am," said Faiz while eating fish grilled pepper-rica flagship.

For three days, Faiz regularly brought food every day and night, although Tia never welcomed her arrival. Faiz simply left a bushel of food and greeting cards right in front of the woman's room door. It's okay if Tia doesn't want to see him. Seeing the food chain no longer in front of the door was enough to make Faiz a little calm. It means Tia took her food after Faiz left, right?

"Before Brother Aiz gets sprayed, you'd better give me back all of Mother's tupperwara." Uli Timpal. Everyone knows that his mother entered the category of mother-mom loving tupperwara like her own child.

"Yes, take it easy boss's mom is beautiful." Faiz assured the mother.

"I finally got a reason why Tia had to open the door for me." The wind of heaven as if it had just blown filled a heart that had been empty for several days. His brain began to work thinking of the right sentence to say when he met Tia later.

The smile Faiz had hidden earlier came off, when the father began advising his children through a light joke. His ears catch all the advice of the father, his tongue enjoys the cooking of the mother, while his heart is cool with its own pounding.

After the routine "dinner together" activities were completed, Faiz immediately headed to Tia's boarding house with a bushel of food packed full of love.

Geck.

Geck...

Toks.....

"There's a pakeeett." Faiz gave the special code that Tia gave him.

"Tiaaaaa, there's a pakeett."

Like yesterday, let alone open the door, say no.

"Good fun with the food." Faiz said then left with the sound of his motor gas being played.

"He's gone, right?" Tia stuck her ear to the door to make sure Faiz's motor voice really went away.

"Tumben doesn't have his card." He said when the door was half open

"Because I'll give you the word directly."

"Oh, so... Uh?" Tia's eyes widened when she realized there was a discordant voice answering her words.

"W-what?" Revelations. His mouth was open in disbelief

"Good night is beautiful" said a welcome that was enough to shock Tia

"Why are you here?" It was too late to close the door because Faiz was already in front of him.

"Why don't I do this trick from yesterday." Faiz smiled in satisfaction as his longing was slightly treated by the existence of the woman currently before him. "I'm gone, but I lied,"

"Damn, I'm lying." Tia grouse in the heart.

"What do you want?"

"Seriously you want to know?" Faiz

"What?" Tia held her nape, feeling like she was about to hear a terrible answer.

"I want you." Faiz whispered softly in Tia's ear.

It was truly terrifying, until Tia was silent for a few seconds.

"Your flirting is not funny!!" Tia pushed the face of Faiz who was so close to her

"I'm serious." Faiz stared fixedly at the woman. His right hand held the cheek of Tia's hand touch

"Pick which, I ask for your heart or I steal it by force?" Faiz's index finger pointed right at the woman whose heart was being talked about.

"Okay, anyway." - Throwing off Faiz's hand - "I don't have time for this stale base."

"E.ee wait a minute." Faiz held off Tia who wanted to close the door again

"What else?" Tia grunted annoyed

"Don't be angry, lady, your sweetness will fade."

Tia simply raised a vexed look

"That's a longing look, huh?"

"Ish, stupid! This look wants to kill." Tia turned her face away. He was really upset to see Faiz's response

"Yes, sorry.sorry..." Faiz was on standby afraid that Tia was really angry.

"That, can I bring home an empty tupperwara?"

Once again Tia looked at Faiz with a hostile look.

"My mom said, you know." Faiz smiled dryly.

"Wait there!" Tell Tia then go into the room looking for the object in question

"Huufffttt congratulations. His gaze was really a danger to my heart health." Faiz breathed a sigh of relief while holding his heart that was pounding incoherently.

"It." Tia handed over five tupperwara pieces in an alfamode brand plastic bag.

"Eemmm.. said thank you to your mother." Doubters

"Trus thanks to me where's Miss?" Faiz

Tia glanced cynically at Faiz with the tip of her eyes

"OK. ok...." Faiz finished his prank. That gaze once again presented a thump in the corner of his heart. It seems like the heart of a person who is drunk in love is indeed at risk to jump out of place.

"From tomorrow don't come again and stop bringing food here." Tia

"of course. From tomorrow you'll be back." Tandas Faiz's. Where maybe he forgot the day of Tia's departure which obviously made him anxious because of the longing will definitely disturb his loneliness.

Tia did not respond to Faiz's words. He felt the conversation was clear enough. Without lingering for long she instantly closed the door of her room. However, Faiz held him back for a while.

"Good meal. Hopefully my mother's cooking can reduce your longing for your mother's cooking." After Faiz finished his words, he let Tia close the door.

Again, Tia stuck her ear to the door. Make sure the sound of Faiz's motorcycle has really gone.

"Thank you."

Lirih. A moment Tia smiled then a few seconds after her face immediately changed 180°

***

Time has shown at 11:00. Faiz wants to take Tia to the airport. The departure of the plane at 14:00 but the distance from where Tia to the airport takes 1 hour so Faiz must arrive early. And again, he was afraid that Tia would leave first because this plan was purely on Faiz's own initiative without first confirming it to Tia.

Geck.

Geck..

Tock....

This time Faiz did not have a sound package. He really wanted to surprise Tia.

"Cekiten." The door opened faster than usual.

"Eeehhh meet again."

To Faiz's surprise, Faiz saw the woman who greeted him from behind the door.

~ Connect