ONE of MY FRIEND

Karya: Hilwa Raisa Socheh (VIIIF)

His name was Frank. He was my classmate and he sat next to me. Let me tell that he was a cruel boy, I would not say that he was a bad boy, because he was not that bad and he had amazing personality, I thought. You would know him when you met and became his friend at least a month or whenever it was. He was one of my friend that usually listened to anything I said, he knew my story,although was just a shit. So this was me, with my laptop and a little story of us. “Oh dear, your story is not that bad, trust me!” he laughed. And I just shutted my mouth up, he never took this seriously, but I was pretty sure he understood. “At least I’ve told you what already made me sad,” I rolled my eyes, and he kept laughing. “Okayokay. I win, because you already annoy first. So what is the matter, girl?”

I sighed. “I lost everything, like all of my friends were gone. It sounds like a classic story, but I can’t, I can’t lose them, I know I’m such a selfish girl, but a selfish girl still needs her friend.” He was being quiet, and I was just looking at him for a long time. I saw his face turned pale, angry, but his mouth smiled. “That’s okay, you know,” he finally replied. I felt like his answer was not what I wanted to escape from his mouth, but what? He did that, became like he used to, calm and not taking thing seriously. I was annoyed, really annoyed. Didn’t he understand my feelings? My heart was broken and he took this easy? Was I too selfish or what? “You don’t have to feel like you’re the only one who is hurt, the only one who is sad, the only one who is lonely. If you say you don’t have friends anymore, so who am I? I’m here for you, I know I’m not a good advisor, but I can listen to everything you say. And okay, sorry.” He said, and looked at me for a second. I don’t know what to answer, he was never this serious but that was good, that was what I wanted, I wanted him to be serious at least for this moment. “You only lose your friends, just it, they are not good for you, that’s why they’ve gone. There are 7 billion people in the world can be your friend. Turn around, life is good. So how about me? I lost my parent, my family, my pet, my happiness, my everything. God took them when the tsunami came at 2004. I lost everything but not my smile. I still can smile, and I have you, not to be mine, but to be my friend until god take me too.”