The Angel of Time
Chapter 60

Back to the city of Jogja, this time he and I have to pass the road that I think is very long. The lights along the street are already lit up each other illuminating the road that has been shrouded in the darkness of the night. My shoulder felt a little heavy, I tried to look back through the left rearview mirror, Astrid put her head on my shoulder. He fell asleep in just a moment. His hands tightly hugged my waist, as if he had not fallen off the bike. I also kind of forgot the road we were on when we left this afternoon.

"You tired?" Astrid's voice broke the silence on the way,

"No, that's not it.." I tried to calm him down, though,

He went back to being quiet, I just focused on this dark path. I just realized that this is not the road I was walking on,

"How is this road different from the one before." I said in my heart

There are hills - hills that are rather dark, but the roads are smooth. I just keep going straight..

"Here we go to the left what to the right.." I asked Astrid when I found a branching road,

"To the right.." The answer is a bit lemes,

Either he's conscious or he's not, but I'll just follow what he says. Continuing onward had begun to enter the city, and had been somewhat jammed on the way. And I'm surprised there's a night market in a field right by the side of the road.

"This wasn't the way it was, was it?" I was wondering,

"This isn't the way it was.." Answer,

"Where will we go?" I'm confused, because I don't know this way,

"We'll walk, I'll drive." Answer,

After passing through the city we had finally returned to the path I remembered. A path no longer foreign to me.

"Later if there is a stall on the side of the road stop yes, we buy a drink for a while.." Said Astrid,

"Yeah.."

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We stopped at a small bamboo stall on the side of the road to buy water.

"You tired?" Astrid asked as she opened the lid of the bottle of the drink she bought,

"Not really." I answered briefly while looking at him,

"It's almost there.." Astrid said, He stood up and closed the bottle again,

We continued our journey, which I remember in a moment we had arrived at Bukit Bintang.

"Where are you going to eat?" Astrid asked her hand while she turned the left side mirror to her face, so I could see her face without looking back,

"Yes, what do you want in SC at the catfish pecel in Janti?"

"Pechel lele aja po?" My tofu,

"Yes, I've just pecel lele Janti.." Answer,

We headed to a place to eat pecel catfish favorite, yes initially it was his favorite, but after that this is also my favorite place as well.

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In a place under the bridge overpass Jogja, sitting on a mat-shaped lesehan rather thin, around people - people who look simple is enjoying the dishes he ordered in this place. Yes, pecel catfish here is delicious.

The wind blew but was unable to make my body feel cold, forgotten by the warm feeling when I sat close to him. He looked at me as if holding a word between his lips.

"I love you, too.."

As soon as the world stopped spinning, this heart stopped beating, but I could still live. I was silent, my lips locked. Don't know what to say, the weight of these lips. I just looked at him, his eyes emitting meaning he said honestly and courageously.

"I love you!"

Once again I made him stare, my God.. Wasn't this supposed to be the thing I was waiting for, I just fell silent just listening to what he was going to continue in this conversation.

"What do you want now?" Ask Astrid,

This atmosphere became gripping, like there was only me and him. I did not hear another voice interrupting the radiance of his power to express this.

"This is what you want? Now I say I love you." His eyes were very sharp looking at me, though,

"I've sensed, you're so outrageous.."

"I know you're tired, you're sleepy.. I know you lied when I asked you that."

"You're lying if you're not sleepy, you're tired, but for me, you're saying no!"

"There's a lot you've done just to keep my will.."

"Now I say, I LOVE YOU."

It's unexpected at all, but it's also fun, it's the answer I'm waiting for. Even though I thought you loved me, you proved that through your attitude and actions towards me. This time I was the one who was sedated by this situation. I don't know what to express. Between sleepiness and fatigue, you can say this. Our hearts are united. But there are other bonds that are unlikely to make us bond more than this.

I'm happy, this is history that has just been carved. Here under the bridge or flyover Janti, Jogja. I got your heart for me.

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