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I was one of those who you called a late bloomers. Kalau ada sesiapa yang kenal aku masa sekolah dulu, mereka akan faham betapa kebudak-budakkan nya aku, betapa tidak matang nya fikiran aku dan betapa main-main nya aku zaman sekolah. No we are not talking about middle school, but we’re talking about high school here. Love comes second. Apa yang penting adalah aku, kawan-kawan, comic (of course!) dan barulah percintaan. Jadi bila Hafiz muncul, perasaan aku bukanlah seperti ada bunga api dalam hati atau bagaikan berada di kayangan. Tidak. Aku macam biasa,cuma aku rasakan Hafiz adalah istimewa. Aku hanya rasa gembira bila ada seseorang untuk berbual dan berbalas mesej, berkongsi pendapat dan cerita tentang family aku dan sebagainya. Kau faham kan ketika kita kecil, semua masalah yang remeh nampak gila hebat. Masalah family yang simple je, takde pun porak peranda tapi kita rasakan itulah pengakhiran dunia. When we looked back at our past, terasa bodohnya zaman dulu-dulu kan?
So anyway the important date arrived and I was excited to met him. Aku minta tolong kawan kawan aku which consist of Fatin, Adda, Zulaikha, Awyn,Athirah and others untuk teman aku jumpa Hafiz. Aku takut dan risau dan gelabah, you name it. Apa yang patut aku cakap bila kami berjumpa? Apa yang patut aku buat kalau dia tak hensem? (pardon me for being such a vain) Apa yang patut aku respond kalau things became awkward? Dammit Azyan keep yourself together!
The plan is to meet at McDonalds in front of the cinema. Hafiz akan berada di sana. Btw,family aku bukanlah jenis yang senang lepaskan aku keluar, even sampai sekarang pun. So this so-called-reunion is one-time-opportunity that I will not miss. Cakap dengan mak nak keluar jumpa kawan lama. Technically it was true so I wasn’t lying to my mom, but I’m going to meet someone else too! (^^,)
Hafiz oh Hafiz. After meeting with my friends, we headed to the cinema, nervously and currently at that time Fatin is having some sort of stomach ache. Tahu tak dekat depan wayang mid tu kan ada bulatan yang besar, dan depan nya ada Mcdonalds? Kami port dekat tiang bulat tu je, menunggu Hafiz. Poor Fatin.
"Hafiz, kau kat mana ni? Aku dah sampai Mcdonalds ni."
"Sama la. Kau pakai baju apa?"
*dup* *dap* *dup* *dap* "Aku..aku.. ala hari tu kau kata kau boleh je cari aku.."
"Okey. Tunggu aku tau."
Aku letak telefon. Mana satu Hafiz ni? Seriously boleh ke dia cari aku? Dia sembunyi kat wayang ke?
"Yan,mana satu Hafiz ni? Takde pun."
"Ntahla wey."
"Ke yang tu?" Adda tunjuk kat belakang aku.
Aku terus pandang belakang, dan aku nampak seorang lelaki berdiri belakang patung Ronald Mcdonalds sambil tersenyum. Hafiz ke ni?
"Hai Yan." Hafiz tersenyum. Aku tergamam,tak mampu nak cakap apa. First sebab akhirnya aku dapat jumpa dengan orang yang aku borak selama ni. Second sebab Hafiz agak comel. He was wearing a green shirt underneath a pattern jacket. He looked so cool, so... so... damn i lost my words there.
"Ha..hai Hafiz. Em kenal kan ini Adda, Athirah, Fatin, Zulaikha, Awyn."
"Hai girls. Boleh culik Yan sekejap tak?" okey now I'm blushing.
"Sila la. Tapi jaga Yan baik-baik okey. Kalau tak nanti siap." Adda reply.
"Janji. (^^)/"
Adda asked me to be careful, and to be honest I was scared too. but somehow I trust him. We decided to change our place and leave Mid. And so both of us went to Times Square, to kill some time and get to know each other more. Pada masa tu TS masih lagi baru dibuka, dan aku masih tidak berpeluang untuk masuk dalam Kosmos World.
"Hafiz, jom masuk Kosmos World."
"Ala nak masuk sana buat pe?"
"Jom la Hafiz aku tak pernah masuk sini lagi. Kan ada roller coaster semua. Syok tu."
"Buat apa naik roller coaster tu Yan? Eh kau tak takut ke masa kau naik tu, tengah elok-elok pusing tiba-tiba kau jatuh? Tinggi wey kau jangan main-main. Ni jatuh ni kompom kau jalan terus tak balik dah."
"Mende kau merepek ni Fiz? Jom la.. Please wahai Hafiz yang kacak lagi hebat. Jom la"
"...."
"Please Hafiz..."
"Ok..tapi dengan satu syarat....."
"Ape?"
"Kalau kau naik roller coaster tu, kau naik sorang-sorang."
"Eh mana boleh kau kena la teman aku"
"............." Muka Hafiz dah start merah.
"Kau............" Aku cuba cari ayat yang sesuai tapi tak keluar.
"Kau gayat ye Hafiz?"
Aku dah mula tergelak kecil. Hafiz nampak sangat tak selesa.
"Eh mana ada! Aku memang tak suka naik mende macam ni. Aku mana gayat."
Oh Hafiz you're so cute!
Sambil senyum aku cakap, " Okey, kita takyah naik roller coaster la. Tapi yang lain kau teman aku boleh?"
"Okey"
So our first joy-ride is DNA Mixer. Yes ladies and gentleman that is a bad choice for the first timer. Now I know how horrible it was. Aku tak faham celah mana yang seronoknya. I swear to god it is my first and the last ride of that thing, EVER.
Turun je dari DNA Mixer, kami dah tak stabil. Aku masih lagi boleh gelak-gelak tepi Hafiz, tapi Hafiz.. oh poor him. Hafiz nampak macam nak muntah sangat-sangat. He ran as fast as he could to the gents, and i could hear he's tearing his inside out.
"Hafiz are you okey?"
Aku hanya mampu jerit dari luar toilet. I felt like going inside but that's just me talking crazy. All I can do for him is wait. Keluar je Hafiz dari toilet, he said
"Promise me something Yan," with his pale face,
"Yes?"
"Jangan suruh aku naik mende macam tu lagi."
I burst out a big laugh. "Okey I promise."
And so we went for something less terrifying and my dream of riding roller-coaster shattered. But nevertheless, the silly things we did back then. It made me laugh whenever I remember about it. It was nothing much, really but everything is fun when you're with someone you like. Kami main kereta langgar, twice dan kami main kejar-kejar. It was really really fun.
Bila hari dah petang, I wanted to go home.
"Azyan, biar aku teman kau balik."
bersambung..