You & Dusk
Mysterious Woman

(Flashback Part)

The sound of an alarm at the dawn wake me up from sleep, for some reason at dawn like this the gravity of pillows and mattresses is so strong. I don't know.. Maybe it's just for me. For some believers it may be possible to suppress that gravity and set foot into the mosque for dawn prayers. I hope this happens to me one day too.

After I finished my duty, I immediately got ready to go to the square of the city square, there I would go for a jog. Yep.. Today is Sunday so there is no lecture activity and should be well-defined, one of them with sports so that the body is healthy and sturdy.

Jogging is my favorite sport, because I just need to run and do not need any skills like playing basketball or football for example. Where we have to be great at controlling the ball or dribbling the ball. While jogging, I just have to have strong legs and run as I please until tired.

On this sunny morning, I made an agreement with Adi to jog together. I don't know what makes Adi so diligent to wake up early, because usually during holidays like this he will spend his time to sleep all day.

When he arrived at the square of the city, it turned out that Adi had been seen doing a little stretching. "tumben you woke up quickly today." I said approaching towards him.

"yes the name also wants to be. Got to get up early.. Sports." reply while continuing to warm up

After warming up, we finally ran around the field. Just running one round of the field, Adi was bored and could no longer continue as a result I jog alone. When I got back to the point where Adi stopped, she disappeared.. A long time ago I found him with a woman in a tent who seemed to be selling used clothes worth using on the sidelines.

Out of curiosity I approached him.

"woe.." I said in a high tone trying to surprise her.

"ehh Man's. How's he jogging?" reply while cenge-ngesan.

"iya already. What's in here?" adi's behavior is now a little suspicious.

"this again look around the clothes, who knows if there is a match. Hehe." He said with a wry smile on his face.

"Adi's.. Sorry for serving the buyer." Said a woman who cut off my conversation with Adi while approaching us.

"yes, no papa. Just relax a few times." Adi kalem.

"it's good to wake up in the morning.. He said he wanted sport." I said sneakily. It can be guessed what is the strength for Adi to wake up early, it turns out because of this woman. His name is Rini, a student of English literature on campus. If said Adi, they have not yet become still in the stage of knowing.

Rini and her friends are currently fundraising by selling used clothes that are still worth using to fund the campus activities they will hold next month.

Activities like this are often done by children in my campus to cover the lack of funds in various activities. In addition to effective of course also with cheap capital, because we only need to take our own clothes that have been very rarely used and sold as now.

Adi and Rini have known each other since 6 months of practice, they are both members of the curricular in the SME choir student institution. Although they have been known for 6 months, their closeness has only recently been established. Not wanting to interrupt the conversation between the two of them, I decided to leave them alone to get to know each other more freely.

Having run for 3 km, I think jogging today is enough. Finally I decided to try to see the clothes that Rini and her friends sell, who knows if there is a suitable and the right price.

I then walked slowly while looking at the clothes, as my attention was distracted by the clothes I saw without looking around subconsciously I bumped into someone.

The guy I hit was a girl I saw last week around the Faculty of Cultural Sciences. Jaa.. Therehewas. For a few seconds he and I stared at each other. At that time I just hope this moment does not end quickly, it feels like I want to linger staring. After a few seconds the woman lowered her face. "sorry sister." Said the woman.

Just as I was about to reply to her apology, she immediately turned around and left me. I subconsciously held her hand trying to stop her footsteps from moving away because I also wanted to apologize and get acquainted with her.

Unexpectedly, he threw my hand hard and then pulled the hand I was holding. I was surprised at the reaction he showed me, which I saw he seemed angry because I had touched him. I don't know if what I did to him was right or not. It seems he was very angry because of the incident, even though I did not mean to be evil. I just wanted to say sorry to him because I hit him.

But I haven't spoken yet, without seeing me he turned around and left without saying anything2. After she left, I thought about what I should do, I felt bad for her. I thought about getting back to him. But I paused my intention because he didn't let her think I was a bad person.

I think I've messed up an opportunity where I could get to know him. What a bad first impression.

A few days later, it still weighed on me. I was still thinking about that woman, somehow I felt connected to that woman.

Today in class in class when not yet finished Ms. Ariana explained the public administration theory material The class was finished with us given the task to make a paper as material for discussion next week. "Arm.. Please Mom dad. Take this stuff to Mom's room." Ariana's mother said, pointing at the item on the table.

"ready, Mom." I said spryly.

Arriving at Ariana's mother's room, he then offered something interesting to me. So then.. There is a student exchange program to Japan which is planned to be held in semester 4. Although the time span is still around 4 months, but the recruitment process has been opened and who can follow only students who get recommendations from lecturers. This is one of the positives when you are close to the lecturer.

Hearing Ms. Ariana's explanation regarding the program, it seems I am interested and have the intention to join. Finally, on the recommendation of Ariana's mother, I then registered my name and then just collect the file as material for selection because it can study the appeal to Japan only 4 people.

After I left Ariana's mother's room, I contacted Ilham with WA ."where's Ham?" I said.

"in your heart." The word Ilham prank.

"seriously this.." I reply.

"again in the usual place, with the kids. But this is gonna buab the hell."

"oh, if so, I'll go home first."

"ok brother." Reply is short.

I also decided to go home. When I reached the corridor leading to the motor park, suddenly my attention was diverted to about 200 meters in front of me, I saw him. The woman I hit yesterday and the one I saw at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences a few weeks ago.

It's a beautiful coincidence, that's what I think right now because of course we'll soon cross paths. Maybe I'll try to say hello and apologize for yesterday's incident.

Actually, actually, to meet with him accidentally on campus has a great possibility because my Faculty (Faculty of Social and Political Sciences) and Faculty of Cultural Sciences and Faculty of Economics have a building adjacent so I could have met him every day by accident.

Every step then brought me closer to him, every step of my mind started to get messed up and every step of my heart had an unusual rhythm. Getting close.. Getting close.. And getting closer.. Until it finally passed and passed me, so did I pass it.

I walked past and thought blankly. What the hell's going on.. I kept quiet for a moment and remembered the moment. If I remember, I put my eyes on him and then I say hello. And it seems like when I say my greetings he subdues his gaze and just passes by. Jaa.. That's how it happened.

Again I failed. Maybe I was rejected before I met him. Ja. Know yourself is necessary, that's my mind at the moment.

Because of the thoughts that continue to interfere, I decided to momentarily pamper my eyes by going to my favorite place. A place where I can calm down and clear my head.

In this place, on this beach.. There is nothing more pleasant than the blowing of the sea breeze in the afternoon. That's one of the favors that I'm always grateful for, how not, the wind in the afternoon is always a panacea of the disease called world busyness. If I am free, I always take the time to go to the beach to enjoy the afternoon and the sea breeze while waiting for dusk.

Twilight.. One of the sights I like. Dusk is here to close my day as well as a reminder that tomorrow is there for better today.

I then sat in one of the chairs available on the beach while reading a book that I enjoy a few days. When seriously reading, the scenery in the future finally came.

The sun began to sink itself, with the beauty of the sun like saying to me "meet you tomorrow" I also took a smartphone and tried to capture this beautiful moment through my smartphone camera.

Then turn my smartphone camera on at dusk at the end of the sea that looks beautiful. I had not had time to press the screen to take a picture, suddenly there was someone walking right in front of the view where I wanted to take a picture. the woman stopped and stood where I wanted to photograph.

He looked like someone enjoying the wind. The blue veil covering her body began to follow the wind. With a posture of about 160 cm it seems like it would be a good picture if I make it a model in the picture that I will capture. But it's the same as losing the beauty of twilight.

Feeling disturbed I changed positions, but somehow after several moves there is no view that matches the place where I stood at the beginning.

Finally, not wanting to miss the best moment of what I liked, I approached the woman with the intention of asking her to move from her place as I took the picture.. Excuse mba. You can shift a little over here. I want to take a picture of the sun. Because it feels like only in this position is right. So I'm asking her to shift for a minute." I said while explaining to him.

He turned and smiled and left.

The sun went down and the sky started to blacken, the sound of Adhan was heard but I was still silent. A moment to digest what I'm doing here.

Again.. Turns out the woman I told you to shift was him.. The same woman I saw at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences a few weeks ago. The same woman I hit when I finished jogging with Adi in the square. What made me curious to know him, now gave me a sweet smile.

Then foolishly, I kept silent while he was gone without me saying a word.

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