Like Lovers Do
Callia sekarang sedang duduk di sebuah kafe yang sejujurnya sedikit menyakitkan untuk kembali lagi ke tempat ini. Ia sedang menunggu seseorang yang sudah mengisi pikirannya untuk beberapa minggu ini. Mengajaknya bertemu saja sudah buat Callia susah tidur, apalagi bertemu, pikirannya mungkin sudah tidak waras lagi.
“Hi Cal,” kata orang yang sudah ditunggu-tunggu Callia, it's Heeseung. He probably doesn't know how she missed seeing those smiles. “Kamu udah pesen?”
Callia menggeleng, Heeseung segera beranjak memesan minuman lalu ia segera kembali duduk. Callia being Callia, still couldn't open a conversation even though she's the one that asks him to meet up.
“So, what's up?” kata Heeseung.
“Kak I wanted to apologize for disappearing when you needed an explanation, and perhaps a closure that I couldn't give you last time,” kata Callia, she does sound like she means it.
Sebelum Callia melanjutkan omongannya, pesanan mereka datang. Heeseung menaruh segelas teh dengan sepiring croissant. “Aku tau kamu belum makan, nanti kalo aku pesenin kopi lambung kamu makin parah.” How the hell can i talk when he's being the most caring man alive.
“Callie, kalo kamu mau bahas soal putus itu, I already let it go. I already know we can't go that far, and if I were you I would listen to my mom too, mom knows the best right?” you should see his face when he said that, the bitterness of his coffee couldn't defeat his expression right now.
Yes, it's been almost 4 months since they've broken up. Callia left some words unsaid when Heeseung wanted to know some. And suddenly Callia wanted to see him out of sudden, I wouldn't come if I were Heeseung, but he came. With the sweetest smile, you've ever seen.
“Kak, aku keterima kuliah di luar,” a long-distance relationship is such a sensitive topic when it comes to their relationship, that's why Callia couldn't dare to look at him.
“Kapan flight nya Cal?” tanya Heeseung, he would be such a liar if he said he's fine when he hears this.
“Besok, siang. Kak, can I ask you something?” Callia menyentuh tangan Heeseung.
“Apa?” Heeseung hanya membiarkan Callia menyentuh tangannya, he doesn't move his hands or even touch her's back. He just let her do anything she wants, like old times.
“I want to be selfish for the last time, can we be lovers again? For this one whole day, please? Take me everywhere you want, show me your newest playlist, sing me songs when we're on the road,” she looked at him in the eyes cause lips lies but eyes don't.
“Just like old times?” kata Heeseung dengan sebuah senyuman, I don't know if it's a “really? my wishes have been answered” or “it's only for a day Hee, don't be so full on yourself.” you couldn't really tell.
“Yes, just like old times,” just after a few seconds Callia answered, he holds her arm and flee out of the cafe. Opened the door for her and just starts his car.
Callia menanyakan Heeseung ingin pergi kemana dan langsung dijawab, “well, where ever we want.”
Every so often he would brush her hair and hold her hands just like she wants, like what lovers do. There is no awkwardness at all, it's just like a typical car rides like they usually do. Playing their favorite songs, sing their lungs out, and just look around. Jakarta and its tall buildings, not what Heeseung likes to see, but Callia loves it. He would actually nag her because the traffic is always so crazy but then again he sees Callia next to her, his anger level would just drop.
“Tuh liat Cal, pada marah-marah gara-gara macet,” Heeseung menunjuk mobil sebelahnya.
Callia tertawa, “kok tumben kamu gak ngomel-ngomel?”
Heeseung menggeleng, “ada kamu di samping aku, coba kamu ada di samping dia, dia juga gak akan marah-marah Cal.”
“Aku di kloning aja kali ya? Biar orang-orang pada sabar pas macet bukannya nge-klakson terus-terusan.”
Heeseung langsung menggeleng keras, “gak boleh, udah jangan tanya kenapa.”
Mereka menghabiskan waktu mereka berbincang-bincang di mobil dan memutuskan untuk drive-thru dan makan di parkiran. Talking while enjoying their burgers and fries. Typical Heeseung and Callia date, they actually did it on their second date while watching Harry Potter cause both of them like Harry Potter.
“Cal, I don't want this to end.”
“It has to, Kak,” Callia mengatur nafasnya sebelum mengatakan, “this has been such an amazing day thanks to you, last day aku disini jadi lebih baik karena sama kamu.”
It took way longer to arrived at Callia's cause Heeseung keep taking a long way instead, keep going back in a circle, keep making the wrong turns, such a waste of gas but he rather loses his gas than Callia, that's for sure. Callia just let him be, she didn't want this to end either. She just kept holding his hand when they're close to her house.
It's almost midnight when they arrived, Heeseung usually parked his car far from her house, cause he didn't want Callia to get in any trouble with her mom. But tonight, he parked near the front gate. Heeseung knows her mom didn't like him, but he always tries his best to behave, bring some things when he visited, always asks about her mom because he cared but he knows whatever he does it's just wasn't enough.
He opens the door and just stands there, he wanted to say something but it just seems so selfish of him. He didn't want Callia to go, not like this. He just spends the most incredible day after almost 4 months of suffering and then he just has to go back to those awful days, days without Callia.
“Kak,” Callia berjalan kembali memeluk Heeseung, “thank you for granting my last wish.”
Heeseung menangis, “Cal, please don't go, please.”
“I can't,” Callia melepas pelukannya dan menangkup kedua pipi Heeseung dan mengelap air matanya, “i feel really happy to spend my last day here as lovers.”
“If I have to leave Jakarta, I'm happy doing it cause I don't have any more regrets here,” Callia couldn't hold her tears, “I wouldn't remember Jakarta as a bad memory but a good one, cause I spend my last days here with you, as lovers.”