2. Begin

I'll prove it myself

-Annandya Mahira Faiz-

Anna just finished her dinner a few minutes ago, then she started to rest her head back on her older brother's shoulder. While leaning back, Anna likes to play between her fingers by twisting and pinching them small, Anna's habit when she gets bored she will definitely do that.

"Why? Are you bored?" asked of Akta.

But Anna did not respond to her older brother's question, she chose to remain silent and continued her unclear activities. Annoyed by this situation Akta opened his voice again. “Why are you silent? Are you sick?" Anna only shook her head in response.

"You have to take medicine, now".

"Later before I go to sleep"

"But now it's time for you to take medicine" the older brother warned.

"But I'm lazy, later, okay?" Anna tries to negotiate.

If arguing continues it will not be finished. And finally Akta decided to take medicine for his beloved sister in the room.

"Now, for a moment I'll get some medicine for you. If you don't take medicine now, I'm afraid your illness will recur”.

Aftermedicine and water for Anna, Akta returned to its original place with the same position.

"Anna, tomorrow I can't go home because I have an event"

"What event?" she replied after finished swallowing the medicine with the help of plain water.

"Class reunion, but especially for my faculty" Anna just cleared her throat and nodded her head in understanding.

"Are you going home? If so, tomorrow I'll take you to the terminal "

" I don't want it better I stay at the boarding house "

" Do you want to come with me? "

Anna frowned as a sign that she failed to understand what her older brother was saying. What is he doing? students there or not, is it allowed? Anna thought.

"Come on, you can join with me. You said you wanted to meet him? "

"HE? Who are he? " Anna failed, seriously! what did Akta say beyond logical reasoning, who was he? I don't even have a crush. Her older brother really likes to insult her like this.

"You said you wanted to meet the radio announcer. Come on, come with me, he is an alumni as well as a student at my university" while raising his eyebrows. Akta tried to seduce his younger sister to join.

“I don't want to, it's not necessarily the radio announcer I mean. The name may be the same but not necessarily the same person, right? "

"You will regret it if you don't come".

Akta still insists that the person Anna meant is someone he knows. Although not certain, but Akta believes that he is the one. Because as far as he knew, the person he knew was fond of poetry and was famous for his poetic words. Even though Akta doesn't know him well, at least he has spoken several times about his college assignments with this person. Because this person is in addition to postgraduate students he is also a lecturer assistant in one of the courses he takes.

***

After thinking all night, Anna finally decided to accept her older brother's offer. So this morning, Anna told her brother  that she wanted to join her brother's faculty event. One of the factors that could make him accept his older brother's invitation was because he was curious. It would be a lie if Anna wasn't curious about what Akta said almost every day. Not really curious, just a little curiosity. But it doesn't hurt to confirm it yourself, Anna is reluctant to hope. Because he was afraid that his expectations would not match reality. But deep in her heart, Anna had a little hope that it was real, not just the same name but also the same person, a person who was considered her moodboosster all along.

"Hi, you realize Anna" said Anna to bring herself back to life.

Almost all day long, Anna is sorting out the clothes in her closet. He tried to find outfit the right to wear for the evening's event. Iza, who had been lying in Anna's bed, looked strangely at her friend who was acting today.

"How long do you want to choose the clothes? It's two o'clock in the afternoon, you'll be late ”

Anna was still confused about choosing and then Iza gave her advice. "Just wear what you are holding".

"This one?" Anna shows the clothes Iza chose for her.

"Right, you match that outfit, you look beautiful".

"Okay, I'll try it".

Iza shook his head in surprise. After trying and making sure the final decision is finalized, Anna will wear the clothes Iza suggested for her. Anna rushed to the bathroom to immediately finish her shower which was delayed by an hour, only to choose the outfit she would wear which took quite a lot of time. Luckily there is Iza who helped him choose if not? Surely he is still struggling with confusion.

After getting ready and dressing a little, Anna took her cellphone to order an online motorcycle taxi to take her to her destination, namely her brother's boarding house. Since the clock showed half past four in the afternoon, she had to hurry up so as not to be late for the event. Actually, Akta had offered to pick her up, but Anna refused because she was in the opposite direction. Anna doesn't want her brother to go back and forth just to pick her up, it's better for her to go there, because she can ride an online motorcycle taxi as usual.

After traveling forty minutes, Anna finally arrived at her destination. Upon arrival, Anna immediately took her cellphone. Then contacted his elder brother to let him know that he had arrived.

"I'm in front"

"Wait, I'll come pick you up"

Picking up the phone from his younger sister, Akta walked out to the entrance of his boarding house to pick up Anna who had arrived and was waiting on the front porch.

Akta waved his hand towards his younger sister who was in front of him with a radius of tens of meters. Anna waved back her brother's hand and approached her older brother who was waiting for her at the entrance.

Anna became the center of attention when she appeared in a male boarding house, when she passed the hallway to her older brother's room. Almost all eyes were on Anna, although there weren't many people but it was able to make Anna feel uncomfortable. The boarding house which is the residence of Akta is an exclusive boarding house so there are not many people. Maybe in one hallway there are only six rooms. Unlike the boarding house which has ten rooms per hallway.

Anna felt uncomfortable, that's why she always clung and walked tail to her older brother. The residents of the boarding house were fascinated and amazed by Anna's beauty, so they were reluctant to look away from objects that were unable to make them look away.

"Hi, beautiful" said one of Akta's boarding house friends to Anna. Anna, who was being greeted, felt uncomfortable, even though she knew the man because he was a good friend of her brother. However, because she was uncomfortable, she ended up preferring to remain silent.

"Why didn't my greetings be answered?"said again.

 This man is still trying to get sympathy from Anna. Last time, he once joked that he was attracted to his friend's younger sister. He said he fell for Anna's charm in the first three seconds of their meeting.

"Hendra, don't bother my sister, she's uncomfortable" finally Akta opened his voice. He was a little annoyed by his friend's behavior. His friend was very happy to tease his sister when playing at the boarding house. This is the reason why Akta forbids Anna to go to her boarding house. Because Anna is uncomfortable with him boarding house friend's behavior, one of them is Hendra.

"Your sister is beautiful, can she be for me?" he said, raising his eyebrows and winking at Anna with a seductive intention.

Who is not mesmerized by this cute creature created by God perfectly. Anna has a beautiful and sweet face, her face can make people who see her at first sight immediately captivated and even make her addicted. One of them is Hendra, he really admires Anna. In fact, he always persuaded Akta to allow him to approach his younger sister. Unfortunately, Hendra's babbling was only considered windy by Akta.

Like Anna's appearance this afternoon, she looks very beautiful. Because that's what makes Hendra unable not to tease Akta's younger sister. Anna's charm is very evident with the thin makeup on her face. Plus the clothes she wears today are jeans combined with a navy blue shirt, and her hair in a beautiful booth. Her simple appearance made Anna look perfect to the eye, as if her charm had become addictive.

"Hendra, stop!" Akta screamed his voice because he was too upset with Hendra's behavior. Not the real problem but Anna was uncomfortable with the reason Akta was like this, nothing more. Hendra actually knows that Anna is shy with people she thinks are foreign, because Akta never told him. But his mouth itches if he doesn't tease Anna, with the excuse that Anna is too precious to ignore.

"Don't be fierce bro. Want to go together, Anna? " said Hendra with one more attempt to seduce Anna.

His annoyance had already ended, so that Akta stared fiercely at his friend, signaling to stop. However, that would be impossible. Due to the situation that made it impossible for Hendra to stop with his babbling, Akta prefers to go with Anna to leave Hendra who is not in his right mind.

Arriving in Akta's room, he told his younger sister to stay quiet in his room.

"You were here, I wanted to take a shower," said Deed to Anna. After that he rushed off with a towel to go to the bathroom.

Roaring anxieties were able to make Akta stop in front of the door of his room, and reminded his younger sister again "if you need anything, wait for me, don't go out alone" Anna, who understood what her sister meant, nodded in agreement with her brother's orders.

"Yes, I understand, hurry up and take a shower".

***

"Why are you not ready?, the show will start soon" asked Bintang from the front door of Dio's room. Dio, who was reluctant to answer, chose to focus on the book he was reading.

 Furious with Dio who ignored him, Bintang shouted his friend's name aloud to distract Dio from him.

"Dio!" felt called the owner just turned his head. And still ignore the existence of the Star.

After a few minutes, finally Dio made a sound because his friend was still persistent with his will. Dio didn't want his tall friend to have cramps because he tirelessly stood at the door to get the answer.

"It's still seven at night, right? It's only five in the evening. ”

Not satisfied with Dio's answer, Bintang snorted in annoyance. It seemed futile, the effort he had made to convince Dio. But the answer is very disappointing.

 “You better get ready now, the sooner the better. Don't you see I'm neat and handsome, ”he said.

"Later, okay? I'm still lazy to prepare, "Dio replied still with his stance.

Because he was tired, Bintang passed away and left Dio, at least Dio would still come because he never denied his words. Actually, Bintang felt a little frustrated thinking about Dio's miraculous behavior, why should there be such a human friend? Bintang hopes that there is only one in this world, because of what? Just one can make a scene, especially if there are others. Later, the earth on which a normal human rests like himself will be tired if he has to face other creatures like Dio.

Actually Dio is a good person, but when lazy mode is active it's like that, so sensitive like a woman having her period. Dio is also very ignorant, rarely pays attention to his surroundings. Sometimes I just don't care about myself, let alone other people, it's a miracle that this one human. Luckily he's handsome, at least Dio has something to boast about. This was used as a guideline for Bintang for his friends, because it was able to dampen his emotions a little when facing Dio's behavior.

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 Pati, 11/01/2020

love from me, Nawujung