Nawang itu paduan sempurna atas apa yang tidak Luna miliki. Tidak hanya pintar dan baik hati, tetapi juga berprestasi dan punya banyak teman. Sementara Luna tak pernah berhasil meskipun setengah mati ingin bisa bergaul dan punya sahabat. Dia justru dirundung dan dijauhi orang-orang yang dia kira akan menjadi temannya. Mendengarkan Nawang tertawa-tawa bersama teman-temannya di sebelah rumah hanya mengingatkan Luna pada kesendirian. Luna merasa planetnya akan selalu kosong dan hampa. Dia akan selalu tersisih dari pergaulan dan kesepian sampai tua. Sementara Luna ibarat enigma. Nawang hanya tahu kalau tetangganya itu tertutup dan pemalu. Gadis itu pernah mengalami perundungan cukup parah yang membuatnya pindah kota saat kecil. Nawang tidak sadar bahwa eksistensinya sebagai anak berprestasi dan punya banyak temanlah yang membuat Luna tak pernah mau didekati. Kendati begitu, Nawang tidak menyerah. Baginya, sosok penyendiri seperti Luna harus ditemani dan dimengerti, bukan dijauhi, apalagi dikerjai. Namun kenyataannya, mendekati Luna tak segampang yang pernah Nawang bayangkan. - ▪ Dimuat dalam reading list "Ini Jurnal Juni 2019 - Teenlit Indonesia" milik @teenlitindonesia ▪︎ Memenangkan penghargaan The Watty Award 2019 kategori Young Adult ▪ Cover by Aira Rumi ▪ Rating: 15+ ▪︎ ⚠️ Lengthy chapters, wordy paragraphs ▪ Trigger warning(s): SOCIAL ANXIETY, intense loneliness, inferiority, bullying Copyright © antariksach 2020

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