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{daddy be strong!!}

Everyone at home knows that it's just about time for them to miss the dad so much—that it hurts. The kids barely see him at home, and mom would just see him in the morning while preparing breakfast.
And the day where it hurts was today.
Mommy was going to have some rest when suddenly the room's door was flung open.
"I'm home."
Baekhyun smiled as he walked to the bed with all of his might.
"Hey." She greeted when her husband threw his body to the bed just like that.
"What did you do today, hmm?" She said while rubbing his cheeks, it wasn't chubby anymore, he's getting skinnier because of the goddamn works.
"I just did soooooo much works." Baekhyun exaggerated before chuckling.
"Mmhm," She moved to rub his stiff back, "Busy guy."
"I want to sleep..." He trailed off in his last word. She merely massaged his neck softly to sleep.
At that time, Baekhyun's phone rang, it's from his friend that she knew, so she picked it up, "Hello?"
"Hi, is Baekhyun there?"
"Yeah, he's sleeping. Why? Is there any works left?"
The friend chuckled, "Yes, actually, but he looks so messed up so that our boss sent him home. He did so much, he thinks he's a robot." The voice sounded pitiful, "Anyway, he left his document in my car. Can you tell him?"
"Sure, he will take it back tomorrow."
"Hey. Don't worry much, all he need is a support, he kept on saying that he missed his family."
She felt tears welling up in her eyes, "Yeah. Thanks."
After saying goodbye, she continued rubbing his back, "I wish I could take you away from the job even just once."
Hwayoung, as if she was really an angel sent to the family to erase any sadness, she knocked the door.
"Mooommyyy?"
"Come in baby." She raised her voice a bit so that her daughter could hear.
Hwayoung came in with a basket full of fruits which seem quite heavy, Mommy immediately got up to help the little girl.
"Hey, baby, it seems so heavy ughh?"
But Hwayoung giggled, "Nooo, it's not." and her eyes went round when she saw her daddy on bed, "Daddy is home!"
"Yes! Is the fruits for daddy?"
"It's for the familyyy, Jung has got one." Hwayoung ran a bit and climbed to sit on the edge of the bed, followed by Mommy.
"Which one do you wanna eat?"
"Bananaa!" Hwayoung answered, eyes fixed on Baekhyun, "Daddy, don't cryyy."
"Mm? Daddy isn't crying." Mommy answered as she gave the peeled banana to Hwayoung.
"But he looks sad, mommy."
"Hmm, maybe because he's too tired?"
Hwayoung merely nodded and ate the banana, "Mommy eat too!"
Mommy took an apple and ate it happily, meanwhile Hwayoung moved to take some strawberries—daddy's favorite fruit—and crawled to his side, putting the strawberries beside him before laying on his chest, "Daddy, be strong! Youngie brought strawberries for daddy!"
Mommy merely smiled at the view.
"Daddy smells really good!" Hwayoung smiled happily.
"How does he smell like?"
"Like Youngie's perfume!" The little girl giggled, not knowing that his daddy has bought one to use when he miss her daughter.

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Di suatu sore ketika udah nggak ada yang bisa dipikirkan selain bibi masak apa buat makan malam nanti, Alexander duduk di teras rumahnya bareng sahabat kecilnya, Mabeline.
Mereka asik ngunyah snack favorit mereka—keripik pedas—sambil ngomongin hal-hal gak penting macam berapa lama makanan masuk ke perut jerapah karena lehernya panjang banget.
Tapi kemudian Mabel nanya satu hal serius.
"Alexander."
"Ya?"
"Sering denger gak sih orang-orang ngomongin 'itu Mabel sama Alex pacaran gak sih?'"
"'Mereka sahabatan dari kecil? Gak pernah pacaran sama sekali? Kok bisa sih?'" Lanjut Alex, niruin ekspresi orang-orang saat ngomongin mereka.
Mabel terkekeh kecil, "Iya kayak gitu. Sering ya?"
"Banget."
"Lo pernah gak sih mikirin soal itu?" Tanya Mabel sambil ngeliatin burung gereja yang hinggap di kabel listrik.
"Pernah."
"Mikirin kenapa kita gak pacaran?"
Alex ngangguk, "Lo pernah gak?"
"Pernah juga."
"Menurut lo kenapa, Bel?"
Mabel diem sebentar, lagi nyari jawaban yang cocok dan gak klise semacam gak mau ngerusak persahabatan mereka.
"Mungkin karena rasanya aneh kalau pacaran sama orang yang gue udah liat banget baik buruknya dari kecil."
Alex ketawa, "Mungkin karena gue udah pernah tidur bareng lo."
"Hah??"
"10 tahun lalu, gak inget?"
"Oh... yang gara-gara kita kecapean main sepeda terus lo nyelonong ke kamar gue dan tidur tanpa cuci kaki?"
Alex langsung dorong kening Mabel pelan, "Elephant."
"As in good in remembering things, right?"
Alex ngangguk, "Cos body-wise, you look like a giraffe." kemudian sok-sok manjangin lehernya.
"Leher gue gak sepanjang itu ya. Lo juga, flamingo. Look at those legs."
Alex langsung nekuk salah satu kakinya sambil senyum, "I know my legs are nice~"
Mereka pun ketawa bareng sebelum akhirnya ngomongin topik awal lagi.
"Lo pernah sayang sama gue kayak sayang sama pacar gitu gak?"
"I sayang you like I sayang my own brother." Mabel sengaja gak pakai bahasa Inggris buat kata sayang karena menurut dia itu punya arti yang lebih dari love.
Alex senyum terus ngacak rambut Mabel pelan, "Gue juga suka cemburu kalau lo lagi sama cowok lain karena gue ngerasa temen main gue direbut orang."
"We're so childish, aren't we?"
Alex ngangkat bahu, "I don't mind being childish around you. It's fun."
"Lo harusnya lebih dewasa sedikit, lo kan cowok."
"Okay, I'll tell you something mature. Ketika lo disakitin, gue ngerasa harus lindungin lo karena gue ngerasa bertanggung jawab atas apa yang terjadi sama lo."
Mabel terharu, "Aw. I feel like hugging you."
Alex immediately opened his arms dan Mabel langsung meluk sahabatnya itu, "Thanks."
"Thanks, too."

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(special episode: when everyone meets - alex vs bayu & syira)
notice: bebas request ff antara tokoh yang keliatan gak pernah interaksi sama sekali, yeay~)
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Seceroboh-cerobohnya Alex, hari terceroboh dia adalah hari ini. Gara-gara sibuk mainin hp, dia gak sengaja nabrak orang yang lagi bawa nampan berisi 2 piring nasi plus ayam dan 2 gelas coke. Semuanya hancur berantakan di lantai plus piring-piringnya, dan yang punya makanan pun keliatan udah siap nonjok Alex.
"S-sori... sori... gue ganti. Sumpah gue beliin lagi. Sumpah sori." Alex panik, sementara staf restoran langsung buru-buru bersihin kekacauan sebelum ada yang terluka karena pecahan piring.
"Bego lo ya?" Kata orang yang ditabrak, yang kebetulan adalah Bayu.
"Sori banget iya gue salah."
Bayu udah narik napas buat nenangin dirinya supaya gak nonjok muka licin Alex sampai tiba-tiba ada suara rintihan yang familiar.
"Aduh, mbak. Gakpapa, mbak? Duduk dulu duduk." Ujar staf restoran yang panik, dia tergopoh-gopoh bawa cewek yang baru muncul dan gak sengaja nginjek pecahan piring sementara dia pake flat shoes yang setipis-tipisnya.
Pas tau cewek itu Syira, Bayu langsung naik darah lagi. Dia langsung nyamper Syira yang kesakitan kemudian natap Alex tajam.
Alex meringis pas dipelototin Bayu, kemudian dia fokus ngeliatin wajah Syira yang udah merah gara-gara kesakitan.
Alex cuma diem di tempatnya buat ngeliatin Syira sampai akhirnya dia ngomong, "Lo Syira ya?"
"...hah?" Syira langsung natap Alex dan praktis ngenalin mukanya yang sempet masuk instagram kumpulan cowok-cowok ganteng di kampus, "Hhh, iya."
"Anjir anjir." Alex langsung nyamperin, "Sori, Syir." terus megang tangan Syira, tapi langsung aja ditepis sama Bayu.
"Ngapain pegang-pegang?"
"Ini cowok lo ya?"
Syira ngangguk, "Lo kok ngenalin gue sih?"
"Pernah liat lo di instagram Jauzan."
Muka Bayu makin jelek aja pas nama Jauzan disebut.
"Oh—ADUH!!!!" Syira teriak kenceng banget pas pecahan piringnya akhirnya kecabut, sambil (gak sengaja) ngejambak rambut Bayu yang emang lagi jongkok disamping Syira.
"Aaak!! Ra!"
"Duh, bahaya gak sih ntar infeksi. Gue ganti biaya kliniknya deh."
"Gak u—"
"Bagus deh, abis ini ikut kita ke klinik lo ya." Bayu langsung motong omongan Syira.
Alex ngangguk aja meski dalam hati mengutuk, 'Galak banget udah kayak abis makan api.'
Sementara Bayu nenangin Syira, Alex ngurus kekacauan yang udah dia sebabkan. Ganti apa yang perlu diganti, dan minta maaf ke semua orang, sebelum akhirnya ngajak Syira dan Bayu ke klinik.
"Syir, perlu gue kasihtau Jauzan gak? Dia temen deket lo kan?"
Bukannya Syira, malah Bayu yang jawab, "Gak usah."
"Buset... iya iya, galak amat."
Sementara mereka jalan ke parkiran, Alex mikir, kalo misalnya Mabel lagi jalan sama cowoknya terus kayak gini, kira-kira cowoknya bakal ngelarang buat ngasih tau dia juga gak ya?
'Ih, ya gue harus tau lah!!' Batin Alex, 'Awas aja Mabel sampe punya cowok protektif cemburuan gak jelas kayak gini. Gue jedotin ke ring basket ntar.'

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(2)
"Kamu inget, kamu pernah bilang, 'once the relationship is over, it can't be built back'?"
"Iya..."
"Do you still believe in it?" Suara Bayu pelan, pelan banget.
Syira bingung, di satu sisi dia mau berpegang sama pendiriannya, tapi di sisi lain, dia masih sesayang itu sama Bayu.
"I don't know."
"Kenapa?"
Syira langsung ngeliat mata Bayu, "Kenapa kamu mau tau?"
"I just want to predict your answer to my question later."
"Apa?"
"Kalau aku mau berusaha perbaiki semuanya, kamu mau terima nggak?"
"Kenapa?"
"I can't stop seeing your face in every thing I see. The clouds, the walls, the windows, even the raindrops. I keep on missing you, and I just think it was not a good idea to separate from you."
Syira berusaha mencerna setiap kata tanpa ngeluarin airmata. Tapi gak bisa. Kata-kata Bayu terlalu tepat buat gambarin perasaannya sekarang.
"Nyebelin gak kalau aku tarik kata-kata aku sebulan lalu?"
Bayu langsung senyum meski matanya berkaca-kaca, "Nggak, sama sekali nggak."
Syira langsung senyum balik, meski masih ada jejak airmata di pipi.
"God, I miss you so much." Bayu langsung meluk Syira erat seakan-akan Syira gak boleh kemana-mana lagi, kemudian dia otomatis ngangkat badan Syira supaya bisa sejajar dengan dia. "Can I kiss you?"
Syira senyum, kemudian nyium pipi Bayu, "Belum."
Bayu cuma ketawa tipis dan ngubah cara gendongnya jadi ala-ala bridal, Syira otomatis mukul lengan Bayu, "Bay! Malu ih!"
"Gak ada siapa-siapa." Kata Bayu sambil jalan ke mobil lagi, "Kamu tambah ringan, habis ini aku teraktir daging 2 kilo, kamu abisin ya."
"Emangnya aku buto ijo apa!!"
"Kamu jadi buto ijo pun aku tetep sayang."
"Bohong banget."
Bayu gak jawab, dia cuma naruh Syira di kursi mobil dan ngecup kening Syira. It felt so good to have her again.

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(1)
2014, Oktober.

Katanya, cewek itu move on nya lebih cepet daripada cowok, soalnya cewek selalu nangis pas baru putus, ngeluarin semua perasaannya. Sementara cowok ngeluarin perasaannya sedikit-sedikit, makanya lama.
Dan saat itu Syira mikir, 'cepat' itu lebih tepatnya berapa lama? Karena udah sebulan mereka putus, Syira tetep aja gak bisa berhenti mikirin Bayu.
Apalagi hari ini Syira gak sengaja ngeliat activity dari following di Instagram nya. Dia ngeliat Bayu ngelike satu post yang tulisannya, 'You meet thousands of people, and none of them really mean anything to you. And then you meet one person, and your life changed forever.'
Maksudnya apa?
Buat siapa?
Syira itu yang don't mean anything atau yang bikin his life changed forever?
Syira gak berhenti mikirin itu sambil natap langit-langit kamarnya, sampai akhirnya hpnya bergetar karena ada chat masuk.

Bayu: Lagi apa?
Bayu: Boleh ketemu sebentar?

Syira langsung deg-degan ngeliat pesannya, dia langsung cepet-cepet bales, 'Boleh.'
Bayu pun langsung ngirim chat berikutnya, bilang kalau dia udah di depan rumah Syira. Syira langsung panik dan ganti baju seadanya sebelum keluar rumah.
Bayu udah berdiri di depan pagar rumahnya, senyum tipis, "Keluar yuk? Jangan disini."
"Oh... okay."
Syira pun langsung ngasihtau Mama kalau dia mau keluar sebentar, terus langsung pergi sama Bayu.
Entah Bayu mau bawa dia kemana, tapi ternyata itu agak jauh, Syira langsung bergerak buat ngasihtau Mama kalau kayaknya bakal pulang telat, dan kembali diam tanpa kata.
Bayu juga nggak ada inisiatif buat ngomong sama sekali, bikin suasana makin canggung.

Mereka tiba di sebuah tanah lapang yang hijau, Syira gaktau itu dimana, dan dia gak mau tau apa-apa kecuali maksud Bayu bawa dia kesitu.
Dia liat Bayu berkali-kali menarik dan menghela napas sampai akhirnya bicara, "Syira."
"Hmm?"
"Kamu inget, kamu pernah bilang, 'once the relationship is over, it can't be built back'?"
"Iya..."
"Do you still believe in it?" Suara Bayu pelan, pelan banget.
Syira bingung, di satu sisi dia mau berpegang sama pendiriannya, tapi di sisi lain, dia masih sesayang itu sama Bayu.
"I don't know."
"Kenapa?"
Syira langsung ngeliat mata Bayu, "Kenapa kamu mau tau?"
"I just want to predict your answer to my question later."
. . .

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