Rafa sat in a coffee shop not far from the karaoke place he visited earlier. Instead of a cafe, Rafa prefers to hang out in a small coffee shop like this. In addition to the cheap price, the taste is also not inferior when compared to coffee in the cafe. And in this shop, Rafa is free to do anything, including smoking and drinking wine to his heart's content without anyone forbidding him.
Rafa took his cell phone and looked at Diandra's number that Diva had sent him earlier. Rafa wants to send a message to Diandra, but Rafa is also confused about what message to send to the girl. What sentence would Rafa use to start their conversation?
Rafa ruffled his hair. Unusually, Rafa became restless like this just because he wanted to get close to a girl. Usually, Rafa will openly approach and tease him. And it is not difficult for Rafa to do that either. But with Diandra, it feels different. Rafa did not dare to approach the girl openly. Just sending a short message Rafa did not dare. That means that Diandra is indeed different from all the girls that Rafa has ever approached. Diandra is special.
"What are you doing, Raf?" Rio, one of Rafa's friends at this stall came and sat beside Rafa when he saw the man looking restless in his place. Rio looked at Rafa's cellphone screen which displayed a message homepage with the name Diandra. Rio immediately understood what happened. Rafa wanted to send a message to the girl named Diandra but he was embarrassed. Rio turned to look at Rafa and smiled seductively. "If you want to chat, just chat. You don't have to wait anymore."
"What are you doing. You really know," said Rafa as he pushed Rio away from him.
Rio laughed mockingly. "Where's Billy? Not with you."
"Billy is in D'zone. Usually, he's night activity," said Rafa.
"You don't come, usually you are always with him," said Rio again. It's no secret that Rafa and Billy like to go to karaoke. Rio also occasionally goes with the two when Rio is in trouble and wants to refresh his eyes.
"Be absent tonight," replied Rafa. Rafa looked back at his phone screen. What sentence should Rafa say to Diandra as a prefix?
"Just have a chat, Raf," Rio teased when he saw Rafa getting restless in his place. "You can chat with him by calling his name or chat with the word 'Night'. What's so difficult, anyway?"
"I'm ashamed," said Rafa. Rafa imagined how Diandra would react when she read the message. Would Diandra feel uncomfortable if Rafa sent her a message?
"Shy?" parrot Rio. "You have shame too," Rio teased laughing.
"Bastard!" cursed Rafa while hitting Rio's head a little hard. "Go away you. I don't need you."
"It's okay," said Rio. "But who is Diandra, anyway?"
Rafa was silent for a moment. Diandra is the only person who made Rafa fall in love again after a long time. Just looking at Diandra was enough to make Rafa's heart flutter. And for some reason, Rafa wanted to be close and be the girl's lover.
"The girl I like," said Rafa. "But I'm confused about how to chat first."
"Just use the way I said," suggested Rio. Rio is a playboy and he is used to approaching any girl in various ways. "Chat him using her name. But don't spam the chat. Let him be curious about you."
"Is that so," Rafa still doubts. What if Diandra evil feels to him.
"That's it, Rafa," Rio urged. "Just chat now. Don't wait any longer."
"Alright."
Rafa took a deep breath and then let it out slowly. Even though he only wanted to send a short message to Diandra, Rafa was very nervous.
Rafa opened his chat home again with Diandra and typed a message to Diandra.
Rafa :
Hi, Ra.
Hesitantly, Rafa pressed the send button and the message was automatically sent to Diandra. Rafa's heart was beating fast. Rafa waited for a reply from Diandra but to no avail. Fifteen minutes have passed and Diandra still hasn't replied to the message.
"Responded?" asked Rio.
"No," said Rafa sadly. "Maybe she's uncomfortable with me chatting like that."
"Why are you so pessimistic like this," said Rio while patting Rafa's shoulder. "Maybe he's not holding a cellphone anymore. That's why he hasn't replied to your chat. Just think positive."
Rafa nodded slowly. It was better for him to wait for Diandra to reply to his message. And don't send any additional messages before Diandra replies. But Rafa was also confused about what Diandra thought when he read the message.
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Diandra went into her room after her dinner with her parents was over. Diandra sat on her study bench and opened a book. Diandra's habit is always repeating the lessons that have been learned today at the same time Diandra will do her schoolwork.
After finishing the activity. She turned to open his laptop. If the night is like this and Diandra has no work to do anymore. Diandra will write stories on her laptop and publish them on her blog. Diandra's writings are in the form of short stories or serialized stories about what happened to her. Not infrequently also, the people around him she made into the main character in the story. But of course, Diandra changed the storyline a little so that it became more interesting.
Like now, Diandra is writing a story about her story with Jefan. Diandra will pour the relationship that she has lived for two years into the form of a serialized story. Diandra wants to share her stupidest experience with the readers of her story so that no one else will experience the same thing as her. And Diandra will disguise the name of the character so that no one can guess whose story she wrote.
About half an hour Diandra was struggling with a series of words. After Diandra had had enough for tonight, Diandra closed her laptop again.
"Sorry, Jefan, I used our story for mine," said Diandra, laughing. The reason that makes Diandra prefer to tell her own story rather than having to hallucinate is that the story that really happened will be more real to the reader's heart.p
Diandra walked to her nightstand and took out her cell phone that she had put in a few hours ago. Diandra saw that there were several messages from her class group. Luna wanted to talk to him. The diva asked for a reference for the story she was going to read next. Jefan called him several times and a number that Diandra did not recognize.
Diandra frowned and opened the message first. Only a short message that she did not know who sent it. Diandra's finger turned to open the display picture of the number she didn't recognize and Diandra was quite surprised when she saw who was in the photo.
"Rafa?"