SELARAS KASIH

𝒦𝑎͟𝑠͟𝑖͟𝘩 bertemu selarasnya, sunyi pun bertekuk lutut pada kelembutan tak terperi, memanggul takdir tanpa dalih, kendati sadar diri tak seluruhnya bening.

[SELARAS KASIH @kandhaloka]

⠀⠀⠀
serupa 𝑛͟𝑖͟𝑠͟𝑘͟𝑎͟𝑙͟𝑎 yang menjelma
nyata, tak memerlukan 𝑝͟𝑒͟𝑛͟𝑎͟𝑛͟𝑑͟𝑎
ꦭꦫꦱꦶꦁ​ ꦏꦠꦿꦱ꧀ꦤꦤ꧀,
️️ ️️

[SELARAS KASIH @kandhaloka]

️️⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀
beneath every excuse I’d constructed, the truth remained painfully simple. I wanted to spend a little more time with him. Just another hour borrowed from a night that should have ended long ago.

That was all. @Roekayasa

️️ ️️⠀⠀⠀

[SELARAS KASIH @kandhaloka]

️️⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀
𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. How convenient. The same reason we’d ended up in the same car.

I looked back out the windshield before he could notice the warmth creeping into my cheeks. Somewhere beneath all the careful reasoning (cont.)

️️ ️️⠀⠀⠀

[SELARAS KASIH @kandhaloka]

️️⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀
Then, I rested my forehead lightly against the cool window, watching the city blur into streaks of light beyond the glass. Pretending the knot slowly tightening in my chest had nothing to do with the man sitting beside me. @Roekayasa

️️ ️️⠀⠀⠀

[SELARAS KASIH @kandhaloka]

️️⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀
Whatever was happening between Mahendra and his wife was none of my business. I had no right to wonder. No right to connect fragments that had never been offered to me.

The silence inside the car no longer felt the same. It become heavier.

️️ ️️⠀⠀⠀