Fly Away

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Chapter 13


I put my hands behind my head as I lied down on the soft green blanket of grass of the park. Danny was just sitting next to me looking into the sky.
Kebun Raya Bogor.
I remembered I came here once for a study trip when I was in primary school. I couldn't remember much but these 3 things. First that it was near a zoology museum that we also went to, second, that we got soaking wet because of the rain, and third, the toilets were so disgusting that I ended up peeing on one of the big trees nearby.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed the sun and the breeze. I liked the warmth of the afternoon sun on my skin. I'm still not used with the hot humid air, but the breeze helped. If felt soothing.

"You know, I was thinking, what we had just now at your house, it's like a scene from a movie. No, it was more like one of those endings of a bad episode from a cheesy American tv soap opera." I said it with my eyes still closed.

From the silhouette I could see that Danny looked at me for awhile before he stared back at the sky.

"All we need is a dramatic background soundtrack and a caption, to be continued...!" I gestured my hand across the sky to help me imagine how it would look with the caption. I laughed.

"You're such a dork, you know that, don't you?" He said slightly annoyed, maybe because he couldn't hide the fact that he could see what I was trying to portray.

I pulled myself up and sat next to him.

"Your parents and I were dressed properly for the scene. You on the other, with the flip flop and the shorts, yeah, not so much." I continued my joke ignoring his comments.

He shook his head off trying not to laugh. "I was getting my car serviced. I didn't realised they were shooting a film in my house."

"I'm trying to think which show it would fit in more, 'Days of Our Lives' or 'How I met your Mother' or 'CSI: Bogor' or may.."

I stopped as I heard him laughing out loud now. I guessed I got him with the 'CSI:Bogor'

"What do you have against american tv shows anyway?" He looked at me and challenged me back.

"I've got A LOT against those cheesy sickeningly sweet mind numbingly boring badly acted american tv shows..." I fought back.

He laughed again, and then he smiled and closed his eyes as he looked up as if he was enjoying the sunlight on his face.

He looked so divine. His face looked so bright as it reflected the sun. His hair was blown away by the breeze, without any gel or hairspray, he looked even more angelic and innocent.

I looked down and smile.
"But I'll tell you this, I have nothing against you."

He opened his eyes and looked straight to the open field in front of us. He looked sad.
I didn't know what had got into me, but I moved closer to him and I planted a kiss on his cheek.

"I love you, you know that, don't you?" I felt the need to reassure him of that. Just like last night, I didn't want him to be drawn in his sorrow again.

I stood up and extended my hand.
"Now, let's go back to your house."

He looked at me with his puzzled look.

I took a deep breath suggesting I was disappointed that I have to explain myself to him.

"If what you said is true, that I look exactly like your deceased brother, then we can't waste much time here and leave your mum and dad in that state. I don't know whether you're aware of this, but dragging me by the hand to your car without saying a word to them and driving me here didn't really give much of an explanation. Plus you said you left your phone at home, they are probably frantically trying to find you, right now."

He looked away and didn't say anything back.

"Look, I know this is hard for you. But I'm asking to consider that this could also be hard for your parents too. By the look on their faces when they saw me, I could tell they didn't take it lightly, just like you when you first met me. They deserved better than just being told that your new boss looked like their dead son and being left in the dark."

"So let's go home, and explained it to them. Let them get to know me, let me get to know them too. I think it would greatly help them."

He still didn't say anything but I knew he started to consider what I said.

"Oh Com'on! I maybe a cruel boss, but I'm not that bad as a person, am I?"

I crouched and smiled while still extending my hand to him.
He looked at me for a few seconds, and finally without saying a word, he took my hand and stood up.

"And one more thing." I said while stepping closer to him.

"Let's have less of these in front of them, shall we?" I smiled as I wiped the little tears at the corner of his eyes.

He stood still there while staring at me, so I decided to walked on my own towards the exit.

"You might want to stop that too, staring at me like I was a ghost. You know that I'm going to get enough that from them , right?" I walked pretending I didn't really care if he would follow me or not.

"And I'm so freaking hungry, I hope you've got something nice to eat at home, otherwise...., you're a terrible terrible assistant!"

I laughed as I heard his steps behind trying to catch me.

Ambigu

wuih asik udah keluar...nggak usah nunggu kalo gini mah...hehe

Ambigu

bahas tentang pergumulan semalam nggak ada om..? rasa bersalah atau apa gitu ..???
mana ternyata kayaknya si danny ini nganggep si john itu kakaknya...apa dia nggak merasa bersalah kayak bergumul sama abangnya sendiri ... ? nggak ada sesi dilema ... ???

gray_side

Ambigu wrote:

bahas tentang pergumulan semalam nggak ada om..? rasa bersalah atau apa gitu ..???
mana ternyata kayaknya si danny ini nganggep si john itu kakaknya...apa dia nggak merasa bersalah kayak bergumul sama abangnya sendiri ... ? nggak ada sesi dilema ... ???

iya ya, padahal pengalaman pertama, biasanya sh bakal jd komplikasi yg bagus jg d crita2 gay.

I thougt john was simply in love with a chris but now he is truly became a gay....

captenastro

@Ambigu and @gray_side: Thanks for the suggestion. Wah, kalian cermat banget sih baca alur ceritanya.

Pembahasan tentang what happpened the night before is coming in the next chapter. It'd share a light on what they think about it.
Tadinya mo selesain semalam, but I ended up going through the whole story again from beginning. I fixed a couple of grammar and spelling errors along the way, but really I was focusing more on the getting rid of the clumsy narrative and unnecessary complications (without changing the story), hoping it reads better as a whole.

Tapi entar malem focusnya packing nih, besok pagi buta bakal dijemput taxi untuk kebandara. Sabar yah teman2 :-)

Ambigu

@captenastro

hehe

maaf ya om kalo terlalu pedes komentarnya... soalnya gw kalo berpendapat ya apa adanya... apa yg gw liat, gw rasakan, biasanya gw utarakan....

sorry...

umm packing ya ...ya udah om... have a nice trip ... eh bener g si kata2 itu buat moment2 kayak gini...maap kalo salah...hihihihi

End

@captenastro kalo kata Ieyasu Tokugawa, "Slow and steady, that's how to win a race". And also, have a good flight!

mllowboy

Hem... Cepet rupanya ya. Gue tunggu dulu deh lanjutannya.

DItyadrew2

@captenastro first time when I read this story.. honestly, I'm bored.. but when i continue to read this story.. I addict with it,.. goodjob om..

DItyadrew2

@captenastro first time when I read this story.. honestly, I'm bored.. but when i continue to read this story.. I addict with it,.. goodjob om..

alabatan

Hwa,critay kren..w nyampe sdiain kamus..#nasib anak yg inggris'y pas"an.dl kbnyakan mabal sh.

mllowboy

@captenastro lu baik2 ajakan? Gue harap lu cuma sedang sibuk aja ya. Ditunggu lanjutannya.

xeifer

Salam kenal.... Beda banget ya penulis yang emang terbiasa nulis dlm bahasa inggris.... Kata2 sama ungkapannya bener bener pas... Salut!!! Gw harus banyak belajar nih.... Gw sering bikin tulisan dlm bahasa inggris dan flownya masih blom se alami tulisan2 mu.... Selamat anda sukses menggalaukan sayah heuheuheu....

coolmon

wah, ketinggalan banyaaaak....