It's the real story of my boyfriend. He made this for us (me and him), he just wanted keeping this as our memories.
And I promised him, I would post this as soon as possible. I was the one who really wanted to do this, but I didn't tell him that it would had been posted in my blog. By the way, today is my first month with him, that's why I really wanted to post this from yesterday. So, enjoy it ;)
I am happy with my new campus life. It is so much less stressed, friendly environment compared than my previous campus. I am converted student from more well-know-university, and I think it contributed quite significantly to my popularity in this new campus. Almost everyone surprised when they knew I wasn't ordinary student, but converted student from Jakarta.
Everytime I walked pass C building, there are always some people who knew me and stopped me. Even I was treated like an artist there, I didn't quite enjoy that. One day they got it quite too far, someone even asked which one was my car (while in fact it was borrowed car from my father), I didn't want to give an answer, then suddenly a girl told me.. "Hey! I know which one! That blue one. Isn't it? I saw you were driving it yesterday, if you lie than that car will disappear!". Then she laughed hard. That girl... she just answered the question for me, which I didn't want too.
I used to be active in english club in previous university, and decided to continue active here. One day, I entered english club room, but before I entered the english club room, I heard the loud voice. Wait..... I thought I ever heard that. Whose voice was it? Huh.. that girl, the one that answered my question. I told to myself "is she interested in english club too, especially scrabble?". Because at that time, she was playing scrabble with her friend and made astounding noise. I didn't know her name, but I was curious about it.
Then Kefas, one of senior in english club told me. "Oh that noisy little girl? Her name is Maria, she is one of my student." Ah! That's why I never saw her playing scrabble before.
Day by day after that, she kept appearing in english club room, sometimes she asked me to play together with her friends, and she already knew me by that time.. Kefas or Fangky must be talked about me to her.
On February, about 3 months since we first met, I just went back to Lampung after runner-up result in THE ICON, one of annual national competition, and decided to linger to newbie competition in Unila, called "Be Champ". I was quite surprised that she was willing to join that competition with Kefas. Then she asked me to give toss to her, then she said "by doing this, you transfer skill and luck to me". What a coincidence, she kept winning the game after that LOL. She even finished above Kefas. Now I wonder if it's really because her skill or fluke. But one thing that certain, I saw she really loved scrabble and willing to join another competition.
A few weeks after that, she kept asking me to play together, then ISF announced that this year biggest national competition, called "Indonesia Scrabble Challenge" would be held in Palembang. And guess, she was the one who seemed most interested and really wanted to join that biggest annual competition.
Later, I got so much closer with her. First, she wanted me to train her everyday. Second, she also started to hangout with some of my best friends. I was happy that I got new scrabble student, especially after I stopped working as scrabble tutor in one of SHS there. But sometimes, I also felt that my free times reduced severely because of her. But then, once again her fast learning made me happy to have student like her. There were also few other that trained by me, but she was the brightest.
A few weeks after that, I took her to her home, and she asked me to introduce myself to her parent as well as let her parent about Indonesia Scrabble Challenge. Then she told to her parent. "This is Christian". I started to introduce myself while suddenly her mother said "Angel already told me that you were first winner in national scrabble competition", which made me thought first because I usually called her Maria, not Angel. Well, that mean she had already told her parents much about me. The first met her parent run smoothly and I managed to leave a good first impression to them. But at that time, I thought I didn't have any feeling with her. She was just my student, we got close because of scrabble.
Finally our hardwork asking our university to support us with some fun worked. Just about 2 weeks before that competition started, and suddenly she got problem and doubt whether she joined ISC or not. I was very sad to hear that.
I said to her. "no, you have to join this competition". Lemme solve your problem that hampered you to join this competition. First thought was, so what are all training are for? I had sacrifice maybe more than 30 hours to teach you. But then, some eerie or strange feel kicked off. No, it was not just because I felt all my hardwork to teach her were wasted, it was just I finally realized that it would be something missing if she didn't join this tourney. Something that always made me to cheer up in last few weeks. Yes, she made me happy lately. But I didn't know why. Maybe I just felt comfortable with her.
Luckily, finally she decided to join. We both enjoyed our trip by train to Palembang, which took more than 12 hours. Then she woke me up from my daydream by shouted "DOR!!!" and I speared her hand to my stomach. I was very surprised and my first reflex reaction was grab her hand, she kept our hand touched, until I let it go. Again I felt happy and strange because of that.
I decided to revenge what she did in train. Hmm by what? Maybe tickle her stomach? I was curious about her reaction if I did that. She went mad and replied with even more "painful" tickles. It happened so many times until I got used with her finger.
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We missed our train when we came back to Bandar Lampung, then we decided to travel back by car. Such a lucky coincidence I sat in same row in car with her. I felt happy, but didn't know why. It just happened, I felt happy for no reason. Just because she sat beside me.
Few weeks later, her father stopped me when I took her home. He complained about UBL that gave us too little money, and told me that "He won't pay and let her daughter joins competition again if he must gives money from his pocket". I thought so hard how to keep her join another competition, especially ZEST. The solution? train her more until she can win scrabble competition in <1200 rated category. I told her next day about my plan and she asked "what about your free time?". I talked to myself, "I don't care I just want you to keep joining tourney". Again, I didn't know what force drove my heart to say that.
Few days has passed since that. We got even closed. We met Mrs Yul, to submit our result in ISC. I was quite sad that she said "No, in this case only Christian can apply full scholarship in next semester."
Participant certificates were not good enough. A few lecturer also there, and of them asked me. "Is that your girlfriend? You two look alike". I said NO, we just happen to get this close because of scrabble
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
We made small reunion with our closest friend in ISC. They are Aldo, Imron, and Olvi. We met in UBL canteen, canteen with free sauna facility, and planned to go to waterboom, finally we decided to go there at Saturday, June 7, 2014.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Like our plan, we all went to waterboom. This was my first time to enjoy waterboom in Bandar Lampung. There are few, yet quite long waterslide that available there. She said she wanted to try it, but when she reached the top, she was too afraid to slide alone, and the instructor said that she could ride together if she wanted. She sat right behind me.. I grabbed her hand, and held it tightly until we reached "shallow pool". Then did it again, I felt very happy just because of it.
After tiring day, we went to diggers. I knew my feeling with her wasn't just as tutor to student only now. But I hadn't decided yet to keep it grow, or turned it off. Then suddenly Aldo and Imron asked her how long the correct PDKT until someone confesses his/her feeling. She said without doubt. "Of course, 3 or 4 months!".
I counted how long we had been closed, started from BE CHAMP.
DAMN! I said to myself. It's 3 and half month. But wait, Did I PDKT to her? I don't think so. It just happened because scrabble training, and she was the one who kept following me at first, but then she emphasized that PDKT is when you're close to somebody, whether you already like her or not. So I have roughly 2 weeks to grow this feeling, confess or switch it off, and back to beginning.
Then I took her home, she wondered why I recently go churching, all she knew was I had said. "I was very seldom go to there. Maybe once a year". I knew the reason, I was happy recently and it was because of her. But should I tell her? Noooo nooot yet!
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
I was given extra task by ISF to become PIC (Person in Charge) in WYSC selection. It was quite boring task, honestly. Because I couldn't play. Luckily, Aldo came and I could play with him but still watched other tables play. Then I told to Aldo, "There is a girl who seems interested in me, and I think I am too".
Then I told him what she did, at first he didn't realize what girl I was talking about. Until he got curious and I said. "That girl who swam with us yesterday". That really shocked him LOL!
Monday, June 9, 2014
Selection day 2. I had important presentation in this morning, but also had my task to become PIC. Worse, this selection today was held in Mrs Endang's house. I never went there before but quite sure could find it because one player told "Her house is near to SMA 5, it should be no problem if you know it". I went back from campus with Maria, and decided to find that house. Then it turned out to be very difficult task, finally I gave up, mainly because her face started to change from happy to something. Then we decided to go to PKOR, one of few beautiful places to hang out and dating in Bandar Lampung, then have dinner together. We ate satay near my house, which I believed the most delicious. I was happy to see her face happy. What sorcery was it? Ah there important lesson for me when this happened. Never accept task from someone to you very easily, you should make sure that you can do it perfectly before accept that.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
I was sleepy in campus, when Yuyun (one of maria close friends) asked me "hey! what about going to Lembah Hijau in this spare time?". Huh, I thought I was sleepy and tired, then you asked me to drive the car there. But then I remembered Maria wanted to go there again. So I said, "I was tired but if both of you wanted, it was okay." but then another thought came to my head. "Don't you remember a few days before when you got stressed because you couldn't handle 2 important jobs after you accept them both?". So I said again to them, "But I was too sleepy and tired".
At the end, we cancelled it and only went to Robinson, small supermarket located near campus. I saw disappointment in her face, and felt so sorry for her. But this was weird, I usually stayed calm when a person was disappointed because of me. Which finally I realized she had stolen my heart. I apologized to her and promised to go again there in few days ahead.
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The english club held intercom which consist of scrabble and speech contest. At first, I wanted to join that too but finally realized that this competition was not suitable for me. Maria decided to join it, and we decided to train her, but then I was shocked when my scrabble board was lost. It must be mixed with LSC scrabble board. Then I said to her "Maria, my board was missing, we couldn't play." , she only said "it's okay."
Friday, June 13, 2014
We went to gramedia, just two of us as usual. Looked for scrabble board. Unfortunately, the scrabble set that we wanted couldn't be found there. There were only magnetic scrabble board, which far more expensice with much smaller letter. Then we decided to watch a movie. We bought "cat in the box" movie ticket Maleficent. I said the cat in the box because both of us were clueless about what movie it was.
Luckily, we all were satisfied with that movie. We went home, I chatted to her that his week I was forced to take difficult choices, and gave her my decision. But the most difficult choice still hidden deep inside my heart and brain. Did I want to confess my feeling and commit to myself to become her boyfriend if she accepted, or killed this feeling before it was too late.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Our small group (Me, Maria, Olvi, Imron, and Aldo) made a small scrabble training in Maria's home. Olvi couldn't come to Maria's home because she didn't feel very good today (not delicious body). I had two games against Aldo and his play gave me some serious trouble, including surprising nine-timer barriers for 140.
Then they went to Olvi's home to see Olvi's condition, but also because me and Maria went to church.
By the way I loved her dress that day, she was so beautiful in green. After that we reunited and had dinner together at Raja Kuring, one of most delicious restaurant here.
Monday, June 16, 2014
I didn't go to bed until 2AM. First, I was not sleepy. Second, because I promised to wake her up. Back to sunday evening she said she hadn't finished her final assignment, which required for UAS, but she was tired at that moment, so I said "How about sleep earlier and I will you wake up at 2 AM. You hear my call and woke up, then I sleep".
When I woke up, I opened my twitter and found her tweet. "Thanks<3<3"
She wrote it at 3 AM. Was that tweet is for me? If not me, who? But why she wrote it with heart emoticon? At that time I still hadn't made a decision to tell her what I felt, or forgot it.
That afternoon she asked me to hangout together to Lembah Hijau. Once again, only two of us. We were having fun much more than before. I dared to hold her hand and she never let her hand go. Instead she played with my hand too, and never let it go too. Lembah Hijau is one of the rare place in Bandar Lampung that suitable to love confession. But at that time, I thought I still had to make sure that I really wanted her and made commitment with her.
Back to home, I still wondered that actually happened between us. We still didn't know why both of us felt very happy together, held each other hand and never let it go. It just happened, out of nowhere, unexplainable and no one of us experienced it before, or even heard it how 2 people could be like this close without any statuses. Anyone saw us in Lembah Hijau must thought we were perfect couple, without any doubt.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
We planned to watch movie together, again. That time movie was Divergent. We went there just in time, but a long queue line made us impossible to buy the ticket. So we cancelled and tried to get ticket in next show, about 2:30 PM. Then she said she wanted to watch doraemon from my laptop, of course. We watched it until that ran out of battery, again our hand touched and no one wanted to let it go. When the laptop died, we finally bought ticket for our movie but it was still 1 and half hour before that movie started.
Back to car, we waited movie there but she was sleepy and almost fell asleep there. That when I made my decision, confessed my feeling to her.
I thought even she didn't want a mature girl like her can maintain the relationship (best friend or tutor). If I waited longer it was maybe too late for me also to turn back if she rejected. That was what I thought there. Finally our movie started and as always, we kept our hand touched in almost entire movie.
We went back to car, I decided to tell her, but it felt so hard just to say that. Then she said "why we don't go to gelael now?". Gelael is our favorite place for scrabble training, and I thought it was better place to tell her about that. But after we wanted there she made some conversations about our next competition, ZEST. We talked much about that. It was 6PM after about 20 minutes talked about that. Then she said "I think I must go home now." So, I had to cancel what I wanted to say to her.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
My little brother birthday, I said happy birthday for him but couldn't celebrate with him. Also there were internal competition in UBL, and I appointed myself to become PIC in this competition. Maria joined it, she got high chance to win this competition. And I planned to tell her what I felt in that day. I had chosen Diggers Cafe as it place. No cafe in Bandar Lampung as far as I know has spectacular view and romantic environment as it. That cafe built in cliff, also some tables only use candle to light them, make romantic candle light dinner. We already did that at least 2 times before that date.
The competition ran smoothly and it was great pleasure to see her strongly placed 2nd with 1 round to go, if she won the last game, she would become champion if that tournament. Sadly, she lost in endgame after leaded in most part of the game. She got stressed, depressed and became bad mood after it. Mainly because she dumped back and finished at 5th. But we still didn't cancel our plan to diggers. I was about to cancel the plan to tell my feeling, because she was in very bad mood when suddenly she asked "By the way, you still remembered your promise yesterday, you wanted to tell me something". But I said "It's better to discuss it in Diggers Cafe."
It made me think twice, and made decision, yes I will tell to her. Finally, her mood became much better than one hour before. and if not now, then when?
Finally we got nice place in Diggers Cafe with outstanding view. To be honest I got nervous, I finally managed to almost tell it but the meal came, just before my word. So we got dinner first. When both of us finished it, I said to her..
"Maria, I am very comfortable with you and I am in love with you."
She only said "Oh..then? Only that?" Then she kept silent for a few second.
Then I started to ask her. "By the way, what all these statuses and your answers in ask.fm? especially your tweet with "THANKS <3<3"??" Her face turned into red. Then said "LOL your face is red. Funny face.", not realizing her face also became red, maybe redder than mine. Then she took a deep breath and said. "Yes, they were for you.", she then also told what her feeling about me, about everything that proved she also had same feeling as me to her.
When we went home, I asked to her. "So, this is official, isn't it?"
Then she said "Huh? Official? Status? We are couple now? Haha you hadn't even shooted me yet!"
But then she said again charmly without any doubt "YES WE ARE."
It all happens naturally, we both don't even know from what point both of us fall in love each other. I hope this will last forever. Thank you so much God for giving and trusting her to me. Thank you Maria Angelica Lusuandie for choosing me out of so many men that decided to put their hearts on you. Thank you for anyone who thinks me and her look alike and that makes us perfect couple. LOL.. Last not but least thank you for reading this story.
Christian Oktavius Biantoro.
And I promised him, I would post this as soon as possible. I was the one who really wanted to do this, but I didn't tell him that it would had been posted in my blog. By the way, today is my first month with him, that's why I really wanted to post this from yesterday. So, enjoy it ;)
I am happy with my new campus life. It is so much less stressed, friendly environment compared than my previous campus. I am converted student from more well-know-university, and I think it contributed quite significantly to my popularity in this new campus. Almost everyone surprised when they knew I wasn't ordinary student, but converted student from Jakarta.
Everytime I walked pass C building, there are always some people who knew me and stopped me. Even I was treated like an artist there, I didn't quite enjoy that. One day they got it quite too far, someone even asked which one was my car (while in fact it was borrowed car from my father), I didn't want to give an answer, then suddenly a girl told me.. "Hey! I know which one! That blue one. Isn't it? I saw you were driving it yesterday, if you lie than that car will disappear!". Then she laughed hard. That girl... she just answered the question for me, which I didn't want too.
I used to be active in english club in previous university, and decided to continue active here. One day, I entered english club room, but before I entered the english club room, I heard the loud voice. Wait..... I thought I ever heard that. Whose voice was it? Huh.. that girl, the one that answered my question. I told to myself "is she interested in english club too, especially scrabble?". Because at that time, she was playing scrabble with her friend and made astounding noise. I didn't know her name, but I was curious about it.
Then Kefas, one of senior in english club told me. "Oh that noisy little girl? Her name is Maria, she is one of my student." Ah! That's why I never saw her playing scrabble before.
Day by day after that, she kept appearing in english club room, sometimes she asked me to play together with her friends, and she already knew me by that time.. Kefas or Fangky must be talked about me to her.
On February, about 3 months since we first met, I just went back to Lampung after runner-up result in THE ICON, one of annual national competition, and decided to linger to newbie competition in Unila, called "Be Champ". I was quite surprised that she was willing to join that competition with Kefas. Then she asked me to give toss to her, then she said "by doing this, you transfer skill and luck to me". What a coincidence, she kept winning the game after that LOL. She even finished above Kefas. Now I wonder if it's really because her skill or fluke. But one thing that certain, I saw she really loved scrabble and willing to join another competition.
A few weeks after that, she kept asking me to play together, then ISF announced that this year biggest national competition, called "Indonesia Scrabble Challenge" would be held in Palembang. And guess, she was the one who seemed most interested and really wanted to join that biggest annual competition.
Later, I got so much closer with her. First, she wanted me to train her everyday. Second, she also started to hangout with some of my best friends. I was happy that I got new scrabble student, especially after I stopped working as scrabble tutor in one of SHS there. But sometimes, I also felt that my free times reduced severely because of her. But then, once again her fast learning made me happy to have student like her. There were also few other that trained by me, but she was the brightest.
A few weeks after that, I took her to her home, and she asked me to introduce myself to her parent as well as let her parent about Indonesia Scrabble Challenge. Then she told to her parent. "This is Christian". I started to introduce myself while suddenly her mother said "Angel already told me that you were first winner in national scrabble competition", which made me thought first because I usually called her Maria, not Angel. Well, that mean she had already told her parents much about me. The first met her parent run smoothly and I managed to leave a good first impression to them. But at that time, I thought I didn't have any feeling with her. She was just my student, we got close because of scrabble.
Finally our hardwork asking our university to support us with some fun worked. Just about 2 weeks before that competition started, and suddenly she got problem and doubt whether she joined ISC or not. I was very sad to hear that.
I said to her. "no, you have to join this competition". Lemme solve your problem that hampered you to join this competition. First thought was, so what are all training are for? I had sacrifice maybe more than 30 hours to teach you. But then, some eerie or strange feel kicked off. No, it was not just because I felt all my hardwork to teach her were wasted, it was just I finally realized that it would be something missing if she didn't join this tourney. Something that always made me to cheer up in last few weeks. Yes, she made me happy lately. But I didn't know why. Maybe I just felt comfortable with her.
Luckily, finally she decided to join. We both enjoyed our trip by train to Palembang, which took more than 12 hours. Then she woke me up from my daydream by shouted "DOR!!!" and I speared her hand to my stomach. I was very surprised and my first reflex reaction was grab her hand, she kept our hand touched, until I let it go. Again I felt happy and strange because of that.
I decided to revenge what she did in train. Hmm by what? Maybe tickle her stomach? I was curious about her reaction if I did that. She went mad and replied with even more "painful" tickles. It happened so many times until I got used with her finger.
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We missed our train when we came back to Bandar Lampung, then we decided to travel back by car. Such a lucky coincidence I sat in same row in car with her. I felt happy, but didn't know why. It just happened, I felt happy for no reason. Just because she sat beside me.
Few weeks later, her father stopped me when I took her home. He complained about UBL that gave us too little money, and told me that "He won't pay and let her daughter joins competition again if he must gives money from his pocket". I thought so hard how to keep her join another competition, especially ZEST. The solution? train her more until she can win scrabble competition in <1200 rated category. I told her next day about my plan and she asked "what about your free time?". I talked to myself, "I don't care I just want you to keep joining tourney". Again, I didn't know what force drove my heart to say that.
Few days has passed since that. We got even closed. We met Mrs Yul, to submit our result in ISC. I was quite sad that she said "No, in this case only Christian can apply full scholarship in next semester."
Participant certificates were not good enough. A few lecturer also there, and of them asked me. "Is that your girlfriend? You two look alike". I said NO, we just happen to get this close because of scrabble
Since that day we got even more and more closed than before. No one of us deliberately did this. It just happened. It maybe what some people called it "natural PDKT". We hang out together frequently, not because we wanted to play scrabble, instead we watched movie together, or even had dinner together at Diggers Cafe. Then my brain said, hey dude learn from your past, she just felt comfortable with you. Wasn't hang out with just one girl already happened with you? what happened next? she left you when she got boyfriend. So enjoy when it last, till she got boyfriend. No extra feeling. So, I assumed she already friendzoned, or maybe tutorzoned me at first.
Then about 1week later, she wanted us to go to Lembah Hijau. It's one of the most perfect place here for dating actually. None of our friend wanted to join us. Then I said, "just two of us?", she said "I think so, why? Is that matter?". Which I immediately replied. "No, no at all."
We talked much there about everything. Then the conversation pointed to Fadlan Satria. I told he ever had Girlfriend from his student. Then she replied, "Only he? Only he ever fell in love and dated his own student?". I said, "from what I know, yes."
But then my heart said. "Hey, look isn't you are dating now?" But I ignored it.
At home I remembered 1 of her quote. "FOLLOW YOUR BRAIN. BECAUSE YOUR HEART IS AS STUPID AS SHIT". Then I used it to diagnose my feeling to her, then again I carefully used my brain, but this time, it said differently.
The first think came out was "Idiot, you should differ whether it is a lesson from previous experience, or your trauma".
Back to SHS era, long long time ago when you decided perfect criteria for your girlfriend. You wanted a little chubby girl, with cute face, with long straight hair and white skin. "That girl has to be cheerful and strongly recommended understands scrabble, so she can cheer you up when you join competition. And remember, it must be much better if she is also catholic and pure chinese". Now look at she. Is that any girl that give you chance in your life matches more than your dream girl than her? You could fall in love quickly, even with a girl that really far away from that criteria, including that 2 wrong girls. If you could fall in love and love that 2 far matched girl, why this one can't? Then I started to realize, that actually she had stolen my heart, but maybe partially. It was myself who kept ignoring and preventing my feeling to fall deeper. It was also myself who assumed she already friendzoned me or tutorzoned me. Then I started to realize, that she treated me differently with her other friends. It wasn't a lesson from past that drove me to think that at first, it was trauma.Wednesday, June 4, 2014
We made small reunion with our closest friend in ISC. They are Aldo, Imron, and Olvi. We met in UBL canteen, canteen with free sauna facility, and planned to go to waterboom, finally we decided to go there at Saturday, June 7, 2014.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Like our plan, we all went to waterboom. This was my first time to enjoy waterboom in Bandar Lampung. There are few, yet quite long waterslide that available there. She said she wanted to try it, but when she reached the top, she was too afraid to slide alone, and the instructor said that she could ride together if she wanted. She sat right behind me.. I grabbed her hand, and held it tightly until we reached "shallow pool". Then did it again, I felt very happy just because of it.
After tiring day, we went to diggers. I knew my feeling with her wasn't just as tutor to student only now. But I hadn't decided yet to keep it grow, or turned it off. Then suddenly Aldo and Imron asked her how long the correct PDKT until someone confesses his/her feeling. She said without doubt. "Of course, 3 or 4 months!".
I counted how long we had been closed, started from BE CHAMP.
DAMN! I said to myself. It's 3 and half month. But wait, Did I PDKT to her? I don't think so. It just happened because scrabble training, and she was the one who kept following me at first, but then she emphasized that PDKT is when you're close to somebody, whether you already like her or not. So I have roughly 2 weeks to grow this feeling, confess or switch it off, and back to beginning.
Then I took her home, she wondered why I recently go churching, all she knew was I had said. "I was very seldom go to there. Maybe once a year". I knew the reason, I was happy recently and it was because of her. But should I tell her? Noooo nooot yet!
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
I was given extra task by ISF to become PIC (Person in Charge) in WYSC selection. It was quite boring task, honestly. Because I couldn't play. Luckily, Aldo came and I could play with him but still watched other tables play. Then I told to Aldo, "There is a girl who seems interested in me, and I think I am too".
Then I told him what she did, at first he didn't realize what girl I was talking about. Until he got curious and I said. "That girl who swam with us yesterday". That really shocked him LOL!
Monday, June 9, 2014
Selection day 2. I had important presentation in this morning, but also had my task to become PIC. Worse, this selection today was held in Mrs Endang's house. I never went there before but quite sure could find it because one player told "Her house is near to SMA 5, it should be no problem if you know it". I went back from campus with Maria, and decided to find that house. Then it turned out to be very difficult task, finally I gave up, mainly because her face started to change from happy to something. Then we decided to go to PKOR, one of few beautiful places to hang out and dating in Bandar Lampung, then have dinner together. We ate satay near my house, which I believed the most delicious. I was happy to see her face happy. What sorcery was it? Ah there important lesson for me when this happened. Never accept task from someone to you very easily, you should make sure that you can do it perfectly before accept that.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
I was sleepy in campus, when Yuyun (one of maria close friends) asked me "hey! what about going to Lembah Hijau in this spare time?". Huh, I thought I was sleepy and tired, then you asked me to drive the car there. But then I remembered Maria wanted to go there again. So I said, "I was tired but if both of you wanted, it was okay." but then another thought came to my head. "Don't you remember a few days before when you got stressed because you couldn't handle 2 important jobs after you accept them both?". So I said again to them, "But I was too sleepy and tired".
At the end, we cancelled it and only went to Robinson, small supermarket located near campus. I saw disappointment in her face, and felt so sorry for her. But this was weird, I usually stayed calm when a person was disappointed because of me. Which finally I realized she had stolen my heart. I apologized to her and promised to go again there in few days ahead.
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The english club held intercom which consist of scrabble and speech contest. At first, I wanted to join that too but finally realized that this competition was not suitable for me. Maria decided to join it, and we decided to train her, but then I was shocked when my scrabble board was lost. It must be mixed with LSC scrabble board. Then I said to her "Maria, my board was missing, we couldn't play." , she only said "it's okay."
Friday, June 13, 2014
We went to gramedia, just two of us as usual. Looked for scrabble board. Unfortunately, the scrabble set that we wanted couldn't be found there. There were only magnetic scrabble board, which far more expensice with much smaller letter. Then we decided to watch a movie. We bought "cat in the box" movie ticket Maleficent. I said the cat in the box because both of us were clueless about what movie it was.
Luckily, we all were satisfied with that movie. We went home, I chatted to her that his week I was forced to take difficult choices, and gave her my decision. But the most difficult choice still hidden deep inside my heart and brain. Did I want to confess my feeling and commit to myself to become her boyfriend if she accepted, or killed this feeling before it was too late.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Our small group (Me, Maria, Olvi, Imron, and Aldo) made a small scrabble training in Maria's home. Olvi couldn't come to Maria's home because she didn't feel very good today (not delicious body). I had two games against Aldo and his play gave me some serious trouble, including surprising nine-timer barriers for 140.
Then they went to Olvi's home to see Olvi's condition, but also because me and Maria went to church.
By the way I loved her dress that day, she was so beautiful in green. After that we reunited and had dinner together at Raja Kuring, one of most delicious restaurant here.
Monday, June 16, 2014
I didn't go to bed until 2AM. First, I was not sleepy. Second, because I promised to wake her up. Back to sunday evening she said she hadn't finished her final assignment, which required for UAS, but she was tired at that moment, so I said "How about sleep earlier and I will you wake up at 2 AM. You hear my call and woke up, then I sleep".
When I woke up, I opened my twitter and found her tweet. "Thanks<3<3"
That afternoon she asked me to hangout together to Lembah Hijau. Once again, only two of us. We were having fun much more than before. I dared to hold her hand and she never let her hand go. Instead she played with my hand too, and never let it go too. Lembah Hijau is one of the rare place in Bandar Lampung that suitable to love confession. But at that time, I thought I still had to make sure that I really wanted her and made commitment with her.
Back to home, I still wondered that actually happened between us. We still didn't know why both of us felt very happy together, held each other hand and never let it go. It just happened, out of nowhere, unexplainable and no one of us experienced it before, or even heard it how 2 people could be like this close without any statuses. Anyone saw us in Lembah Hijau must thought we were perfect couple, without any doubt.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
We planned to watch movie together, again. That time movie was Divergent. We went there just in time, but a long queue line made us impossible to buy the ticket. So we cancelled and tried to get ticket in next show, about 2:30 PM. Then she said she wanted to watch doraemon from my laptop, of course. We watched it until that ran out of battery, again our hand touched and no one wanted to let it go. When the laptop died, we finally bought ticket for our movie but it was still 1 and half hour before that movie started.
Back to car, we waited movie there but she was sleepy and almost fell asleep there. That when I made my decision, confessed my feeling to her.
I thought even she didn't want a mature girl like her can maintain the relationship (best friend or tutor). If I waited longer it was maybe too late for me also to turn back if she rejected. That was what I thought there. Finally our movie started and as always, we kept our hand touched in almost entire movie.
We went back to car, I decided to tell her, but it felt so hard just to say that. Then she said "why we don't go to gelael now?". Gelael is our favorite place for scrabble training, and I thought it was better place to tell her about that. But after we wanted there she made some conversations about our next competition, ZEST. We talked much about that. It was 6PM after about 20 minutes talked about that. Then she said "I think I must go home now." So, I had to cancel what I wanted to say to her.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
My little brother birthday, I said happy birthday for him but couldn't celebrate with him. Also there were internal competition in UBL, and I appointed myself to become PIC in this competition. Maria joined it, she got high chance to win this competition. And I planned to tell her what I felt in that day. I had chosen Diggers Cafe as it place. No cafe in Bandar Lampung as far as I know has spectacular view and romantic environment as it. That cafe built in cliff, also some tables only use candle to light them, make romantic candle light dinner. We already did that at least 2 times before that date.
The competition ran smoothly and it was great pleasure to see her strongly placed 2nd with 1 round to go, if she won the last game, she would become champion if that tournament. Sadly, she lost in endgame after leaded in most part of the game. She got stressed, depressed and became bad mood after it. Mainly because she dumped back and finished at 5th. But we still didn't cancel our plan to diggers. I was about to cancel the plan to tell my feeling, because she was in very bad mood when suddenly she asked "By the way, you still remembered your promise yesterday, you wanted to tell me something". But I said "It's better to discuss it in Diggers Cafe."
It made me think twice, and made decision, yes I will tell to her. Finally, her mood became much better than one hour before. and if not now, then when?
Finally we got nice place in Diggers Cafe with outstanding view. To be honest I got nervous, I finally managed to almost tell it but the meal came, just before my word. So we got dinner first. When both of us finished it, I said to her..
"Maria, I am very comfortable with you and I am in love with you."
She only said "Oh..then? Only that?" Then she kept silent for a few second.
Then I started to ask her. "By the way, what all these statuses and your answers in ask.fm? especially your tweet with "THANKS <3<3"??" Her face turned into red. Then said "LOL your face is red. Funny face.", not realizing her face also became red, maybe redder than mine. Then she took a deep breath and said. "Yes, they were for you.", she then also told what her feeling about me, about everything that proved she also had same feeling as me to her.
When we went home, I asked to her. "So, this is official, isn't it?"
Then she said "Huh? Official? Status? We are couple now? Haha you hadn't even shooted me yet!"
But then she said again charmly without any doubt "YES WE ARE."
It all happens naturally, we both don't even know from what point both of us fall in love each other. I hope this will last forever. Thank you so much God for giving and trusting her to me. Thank you Maria Angelica Lusuandie for choosing me out of so many men that decided to put their hearts on you. Thank you for anyone who thinks me and her look alike and that makes us perfect couple. LOL.. Last not but least thank you for reading this story.
Christian Oktavius Biantoro.
