Forever
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"If one day I ask you to run with me, will
you?"
"Well, no, you know how much I hate
running."
Tanpa menolehkan kepalaku pun aku bisa
membayangkan cemberut yang terpasang di wajahmu. Hembusan nafas kesal, kemudian
dua lengan familier muncul di ujung penglihatanku. Satu melingkar di
pinggangku, satu lagi meraih novel yang sedang kubaca. Memutar kedua bola
mataku, karena tingkah lakumu sangat mudah diprediksi, aku berputar
dipelukanmu.
"I was reading that, you know. For
research."
"I know. Sometimes, I think you love your
books more than me."
"Well, duh."
Kamu tertawa, dan sejenak aku melupakan
kekesalan yang sedari tadi perlahan menghampiriku, dan terdiam melihatmu
tertawa. Sudah puluhan, bahkan ratusan kali aku melihatmu tertawa. Masih saja
tidak membosankan.
"When will you start your next book?"
"As soon as I finish research. Which, you
know, you're kinda interfering with it."
"I always love to read your art."
"I know, thats why you are my
pseudo-editor."
"And yet you didn't pay me."
"I pay with making you the next hero's love
interest."
"Not the hero?"
"Nah, it will be me."
"Well, then, I satisfy if its you."
"Why, thank you for your vote of confident.
So, why did you ask me to run with you?"
Kamu tersenyum, tapi aku tahu senyum itu berbeda
dari biasanya. Aku tahu, kamu masih sedikit tidak yakin bahwa kita akan
bertahan.
"You know I will always say yes."
"Really?"
"Only if there will be books and coffee,
yes."
Kamu tertawa lagi.
"Okay, okay. Maybe next year, hmm? When you
finish your book."
"No, make it next decade."
Kamu terdiam, sementara aku menunggumu untuk
berkata sesuatu. Karena, diantara kita berdua, kamulah yang paling sering
meragukanku, meragukan kita.
"You think we're going to last until next
decade?"
"We're going to last forever. Because when
a writer fall in love with you, you will never die."
Tawa lagi. Lengan yang melingkar disekitarku
mengerat, dan aku membalasnya dengan memelukmu erat.
"Sounds omnious, but I love you, too."
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