Pain(Tings)
Chapter 32: Last
Hideki stared at the gamang on the shabby piece of paper. He looked at Sita who had fallen asleep beside the journey to their dormitory. His heart seemed to doubt if he dropped the choice to give the letter to Sita. He was afraid, what had been a fear in his imagination, had suddenly become a reality that he did not want. But actually, the act of hiding this letter also becomes a time bomb that can explode at any time.
He breathed as much as he could. His forehead alone was already wrinkled, let alone his head that felt struck by a godam many times thinking of this action. When Hideki felt the movement of Sita's fingers next to the taxi driver's seat, he immediately folded the paper into a small piece and inserted it in his pocket ******.
***** sleeping, Sita squirms. He blinked his eyes a few times. Only after realizing that he was in the car, he immediately apologized for being awkwardly caught by the taxi driver who saw him wriggling.
“Your face is up, wake up, can it be as funny as that huh?”
Candaan Hideki makes Sita's lips pursed. He had no face to defend himself, as the taxi driver silently smiled witfully at him.
“Aish, shy yourself aja,” grumbled Sita in heart.
In order to save her remaining pride from the embarrassment, Sita looked to the side. Scrambling neatly arranged buildings, as well as dozens of people walking on the side of the road seemed organized. Even as far as his eyes could see, not a single piece of trash littered the city streets. Everything has been arranged in such a way that it is pleasing to the eye.
Too bad, if you compare it with the city of his birth, it is clearly much different. There is a little envy tucked away and Sita berandai, if the time is later Jakarta can model life in Japan. Of course follow it which is fine.
Satisfied with the view on the side of the highway leading to his dorm, Sita glanced at the watch in hand which showed at two o'clock in the afternoon. There is still an hour left on their journey to get to their destination. Sita also had time to evaporate widely because of the remnants of their seven-hour journey across the ocean.
“After you stay a long time here later, you will miss home gak?”
The random question from Hideki, managed to make Sita turn her head completely towards the man. Sita was silent for a moment to think about her answer.
“It is definitely kangen anyway, but for now, I have absolutely no thought to make a comeback in the near future,” Sita said with a straight forward view, to Tokyo city traffic.
Hideki looks like a manggut-mangut understand. “Not as good as any country people, still bagusan own country?” his argument.
Fortunately, they speak Indonesian. It seems that the taxi driver did not mind their conversation. Sita will certainly not feel good if the driver knew that Hideki indirectly conveyed his argument that compares his home country with this country.
“It all depends personal assumptions. As far as the country of the person can make us comfortable and safe, why not better than the country itself who likes to make pain?”
Hideki smiles mafhum when impliedly, Sita expressed his reluctance to return to their home country is due to these unpleasant memories.
“Again, we just arrived. I think it is not ethical to have talked about going home again,” continued Sita.
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The Japanese government is so concerned with education in the country, that they really encourage a modern education system and open up opportunities for foreign students to study in Japan. Not only that, the Japanese government also provides an opportunity for foreign students to get scholarships from the direct government, where this shows one form of their concern for the advancement of world education.
Although Sita had experienced culture shock, fortunately Hideki somehow helped her. After living his routine as a student at Chiba University, Sita who is now contemplating, flipping through his daily notes. There was not much he wrote for nearly five weeks back in Japan. Just some expressions of feeling that he could not describe to anyone. Including Hideki who has always been a "trash bin" of his emotions.
Sita is also very grateful, because even though she has not caught up with Trella in Canada, the girl again began to build communication that had been cut off with her. At first Sita also did not believe when getting an email from Trella's full name.
From: adirajadatrella@gmail.com
To : sitaperwariadiraja@gmail.com
How was your college this time? Fun, right? Honestly, I sometimes feel lonely to feel like I don't have friends as good as you.
The email was sent at 6 am, it means that when Sita was getting ready with the lecture activities and Sita had just read at night. It is certain, if it is currently in Canada, that it enters daylight hours. Where the class is busy. Sita decided to reply tomorrow only. His eyes could no longer be forced to stay awake tonight.
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While Sita by going to the cafeteria, Hideki sneaked into the eyes of Sita's lecture. Not many people know about their closeness. Besides not from the popular people, both Hideki and Sita are the most anti if it should be the center of attention of many people.
Hideki accidentally sneaks the shabby letter inside Sita's backpack. He has repeatedly thought about the risks and all the presumptions that might be the cause of the fear that he has been guarding himself will happen. But after Hideki counted after the incident of him leaving the letter, until now Sita acted as if nothing had happened.
Or maybe he hasn't read it?
That thought just came through. Buru Hideki likened his steps to Sita who was in the campus corridor. To hell with the distance of the faculty that is opposite the direction of the road that Sita passed.
“Wait, Ta!” exclamation Hideki managed to make Sita stop his steps.
Sita turned around and fused her two eyebrows together. “Loh, not your class is not in this building huh?” her question was astonished
...Hideki nodded slowly. The time left before his class started was not much. He has to make sure of it now or not....