OUR TIMES

Chapter 2

15 Oktober 2022

Today is Saturday, we continued our daily Saturday hangout at the bar, catching up with each others. Lately we are busy with our own schedule, but luckily this time we had a spare time.

Bayu, now has joined the university football club and became one of the main wide receiver within months only. He was so talented in sports.

Beni, joined the drama club and got a big role as P.T Barnum. The main character from The Greatest Showman!!! I honestly don't know, how the hell he can get that role??

So, our university will host a regional drama contest in early December. Other than that Charity the wife of P.T. Barnum will be played by Nina.

Nina is Violet best friend and now... also my friend in class.

Yepp, we both are communication students. She also like jurnalism, like me. She is more of an extrovert person, which is the opposite from me. To my surprise first time I met Nina her first impression was not that good. I though she was a little bit cocky. But, No.. No.. No..

Nina is cocky because she can back up her words. You'll be suprised with how self capable she is with everything. If you have known her, another trait that was very strong in her was her motherly power. An extrovert with a motherly trait. Quite a combination right.

Beni said he didn't like Nina but my guess was, they just need more time to bond and get along with each other. Friendship bond not gonna happen that quickly. Need some process Ben. I've got some feeling that eventually they will ended up being a good friends.

18 November 2022

In no surprise, Violet and Nina have also become friend with Bayu and Beni. We bonded quite easily with the girls. We even have asked them to joined on our Saturday hangout together. They are gonna be joining us tomorrow on our Saturday hangout. Expanding friendship like normal people do....

Other than that I think I am now sure that I have a strong instinct. Before, I told that Beni and Nina will be friends. See, what did I tell...

Read the previous date. I think I already tell in there about my instinct. Of course they gonna be friends. I mean they have been practicing together their role for a month. Husband and wife more like boyfriend and girlfriend in real life... This is my prediction. ^ - ^

I am not gonna be surprised Ben if you finally ended up being with Nina together in the future.

Well for me, nothing going around to much. Just some daily activities and usual college life.

I think it is safe to say now that Violet and I are now more than just a friend. The last 3 months we are together preparing, scouting, giving, and helping others in needed through Columbia charity organization made our bond as friend closer.

But that's it. That is the problem. I can say that we are best friend now. I mean that's a good news for our friendship but for my heart that's not a good news.

You see, I've been in love with Violet since our first meeting. The drink thing. I can't stop looking her face and can't stop thinking about her whenever I have the chance. But now you tell me that I am getting closer and closer to the friendzone.

My fear is that I will be stuck on The Friendzone barrier...

I don't want that. My heart tell me that I should go with it but my mind tell me to stay in the friendzone. What am I supposed to do?

26 November 2022

Yesterday my friends Bayu and Beni, even Nina knew now that I liked Violet, she said she can tell from my eyes which always sees and observe Violet if we were together. Okay that's a fair observation Nin. You got me there.

Without Violet and my knowledge. They set us up to meet together in the pool bar, because today is Saturday and Saturday was our hangout time.

We both fell towards the set up...

It was kind of awkward at the beginning when we knew that our friends were not showing up and it was at that moment, we figured. We got set up. In Indonesia we called it Kena Deh!!

But in the end it turns out okay, turns out great actually. We eat together a bit, and talked many random things and stuff. In the end I even accompanied her back to her dorm. Due to safety of course... It was already night.

After that night, I know more about what my heart want. I want Violet to know that I love her, and I will tell Violet about my feelings. I thought about it this night and...

I am ready about the consequence because I don't want to have any regrets. "Don't have any regrets." That is what my father always said to me. That sentence was very deep and it always reminding me. So yeah, go for it Van...

When the time comes, I will tell Violet.

30 December 2022

Tomorrow is New Year Eve's, I didn't came back. Honestly I miss my family back home. I miss my parents, Erga, Erna, and Erni. I can only contacted them via Whatsapp and have a vidcall together this New Year Eve's. Gotta stay grateful about it though.

I can't go back home because the tickets were too expensive. Bayu and Beni are staying too on new year's. I guess they have the same problem like me. Eventhough they come from a more wealthy family I think they also have the same thinking like me. Really man, the plane ticket was just too expensive. Just be grateful about it Van.

So tomorrow night instead of doing nothing, Me, Bayu, and Beni planned on celebrating the New Year's Eve together in Times Square because it's near to our campus. It will be great and I think at the exact time of the new year I will tell Violet.

So before christmas day I asked Violet and Nina if they also want to join us to Times Square? Celebrate New Year together, and of course they said Yes, they said they don't want us the boys to get all the funs...

Violet and Nina originally, they come from Boston so Times Square is not too far from their home either. Luckily for them and us their parents also allowed them to go.

I hope everything will went well.

So off we go then Times Square!! ( don't forget to prep everything okay Evan!!! )

1 January 2023 ( The Moment of Truth )

This was 3 am, by the time I write this. Last night was amazing. I can't even describe it. Everything went so well. We spent together our last day of 2022. Eventhough the Times Square were very packed because of all the people wanted to enjoy New Year's eve together.

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... All of the fireworks went up to the sky, as the sound of a new year entering our lives. We watched together the scenery on Times Square as the fireworks filled all over the sky.

Me and Violet had our moments too.

As the sky getting cleared, Violet looked at me with her disbelief on the beauty of the fireworks.

I look back at her for a moment and realized that I had to tell her now, I had to.

Slowly I reached out to her hands and I hold her hands. I tell her the truth that all this time, I have hold my feelings for her. I tell her everything about my feelings. No more cover up about my feelings... and at the last sentence I tell Violet that I truly love her.

After I tell her, a weight in my heart was gone. A weight that has been burdening me this whole year. I am ready for her answer. I will accept any of her answer.

I just hope, she accepted my love.

She looked at my eyes for a moment and she gave me her genuine smile but this time the smile was different. It was the smile of her accepting my love.

"I love you too Evan.", said Violet. She leaned in towards me and we kissed each other.

That was my first kiss ever. I can't describe it. Sorry. Until now I still can't believe that we kissed each other.

My friends also saw us kissed each other and they went crazy, they starts clapping and cheering at us, congratulating us for our happy moment together in that night. Even now I still can't go to sleep. This gotta go to my diary. I have to mark this one.

It was truly a wonderful night. Thank you God.