If it was true that reincarnation was real, then what Anna had done in her previous life so that what she was experiencing right now was very hard. Since the beginning of his departure to the restaurant at that time, the girl had felt a lot of changes in Van, not knowing what was going on until finally, the young man was very different from before.
Sometimes Anna's worry is just one when the past wins. The girl was sure that before this Van had met a girl who became his first love, she admitted that the feeling possessed by the young man was so great that she could not match the figure who was truly loved by his fiancé.
But can Anna be selfish just this once? She loved Van and neither did she intend to seize or take advantage of a situation when the young man was not well. The girl also doesn't want to hurt anyone, but why does it feel like every step she takes always feels wrong? Could someone have cursed her because she felt she had snatched the person she loved?
All the confusion had to end until she heard someone's voice calling her name, which made Anna who knew that stop running and leaned against the wall gasping for air. She was tired and wanted to lie down immediately with her eyes closed.
"Anna!" called a middle-aged woman with such great concern. "Why did you run, honey? What happened? Why are you crying?"
Which woman wouldn't be hurt to see her own daughter's condition like this, everyone must be in pain so she took Anna into her arms just to calm her down. She didn't know what had happened to them.
Because all this time, all she knew was Anna, who was always excited whenever she told her about the figure of a man named Van Andreo Gerald.
Seeing a chair nearby made the woman immediately invite her daughter to sit there until now the two of them have been silent with each other. However, seeing Anna who had calmed down a bit more than before made her curious as to what had happened.
"Anna," the woman called with her eyes looking at her dreamy daughter. "May I know something about how you have been feeling all this time? Because … if I've noticed you've been daydreaming a lot as if you were thinking about something."
"Mom, do you believe that the love of someone who has been separated for a long time will not go away?"
Hearing what her daughter said made the woman immediately sigh, now she felt sure that there was a problem in Anna and Van's relationship so she, who knew about it, began to speak.
"Why do you ask such a thing?"
Unknowingly, Anna burst into tears again and quickly wiped them because she didn't want to be seen as weak by those around her.
"I … just wanted to ask a question," answered the girl who now turned to look at the woman beside her who never took her eyes off her daughter for a second. "Do you think it's because of love that someone will get back together?"
There was a lie in Anna's eyes, as a mother of course she knew very well what her daughter was feeling, but she would not force her daughter to tell what was going on between her and Van.
The woman grabbed one of her daughter's wrists and held them tightly.
"Listen to Mom, Anna. Love is like home, and if they are separated, as far and as big as the dividing wall for two humans who love each other, if both still think of their partner as a home for each other, then the possibility of being together is there."
Anna just kept silent with a forced smile and tight chest until finally, the girl said, "Is that love that great they have?"
***
On the other hand, a girl has just finished leaving campus, she was walking towards the bus stop and was surprised when she saw an incoming chat message notification from her best friend so she who knew about it raised her eyebrows.
[Via, where are you?]
Not long after, a notification from the same person reappeared.
[I have something to say.]
[Can we meet?]
Knowing this, Via took a deep breath before finally biting her lower lip as if she was thinking about the right answer to reply to a chat message from Aldera.
Until this is where Via is now, in a campus cafeteria where the girl is waiting for someone to arrive, so not long after, a young man walks up to her smiling.
"Hi, Via. Sorry for making you wait so long."
"Oh, Dera. It's fine, I haven't been here long after all."
"Okay," Aldera said as he nodded his head and pulled the chair in front of him. "Didn't you order food?"
"No need, I still feel full."
"Oh, I see."
Via who heard it sighed for a moment before finally smiling and looking at the person in front of her at this time.
"So, what do you want to say, Dera?" asked the girl with a look that had not moved the slightest from the person in front of her at this time. "Is it about this morning?"
"Seems like that," paused Aldera, who now lowered his head for a moment and then sighed for a moment before finally looking back at the person in front of him at this time. "Actually the reason I'm still here is …"
Via's gaze was so clear that she suspected that Aldera still had those feelings for her that the girl who realized it immediately cut off contact first with her head down.
Meanwhile, Aldera who realized the change in the girl made the young man immediately lower his head with both hands covering his face. Turns out, it was that hard to tell Via, someone who had been driving him crazy for wanting to spend time being by her side and taking care of her.
"Via, I'm sorry. Maybe this will disappoint you again, what if I said that the reason I'm still here is that…"
"Because of me," Via said with a look that was disappointed, "Aldera, please don't ever do this again. I know that you are my best friend, but to take care of me?"
The girl was silent for a moment before finally wiping her face with her eyes closed, intending to calm herself and then speak again.
"Thank you for caring so much for me, but … I hope this time you do it all for yourself. If your parents want you to go abroad, then I hope you go see them, Aldera."
However, Aldera still remained silent with his sad gaze. This time the young man tried to hold her hand.
"But I can't leave you that easily, Via. I still want to be by your side, take care of you, and accompany you under any circumstances."
"I promise you, Aldera. I will take good care of myself until you don't have to worry about me anymore."
God, is Aldera's job only enough to end here? The young man did not know where his life would go after this, because all this time Via was the only reason for him to be here until now.
Is it possible that Aldera is ready for this separation? How about Via? Can the girl be without him?