GREY MARNI
Thursdays

Rudi woke up with a slightly sore body, last night wasted a lot of energy to laugh and tell stories. Some shadows about the incident last night are still pictured in his mind, including how the beautiful smile of Andin that made him blush embarrassed.

Rudi's body did feel a little sore, but everything in his mind seemed to have been lost after he shared his story with people last night. He became a little calmer and did not think too much about Salsa anymore. Like all the burdens in his mind suddenly disappeared.

Rudi went up and went to the bathroom to wash his face. The sun was still hesitant and embarrassed to reveal itself and some of Rudi's room neighbors were still dreaming.

Fresh air explores two nostrils, fresh as a baby's new life from its mother's womb. Rudi stretched out each joint of his body and began to smoke a cigarette of his.

After a while of relaxing, some of his neighbors started to come out from inside their rooms and prepare to leave for work. Thursday is so sweet, many smiles come from lips still wet with spit. Some people greeted Rudi and they exchanged smiles.

It was time for Rudi to get ready for work.

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After being at the terminal he met Erlang and briefly discussed some of the things that happened last night. Rudi also thanked Erlang who had invited him to the small party.

"Andin, which kid is Lang?"

"He's real here, his house isn't far from where we were yesterday's party"

"Why? You interested?" Added Erlang.

"Hahaha, no... No!"

"Hahaha, he's hard to approach"

"Hahaha, what the hell"

Rudi seems to be interested in Andin but he is still shy about having just met. Erlang only smiled at Rudi's behavior and occasionally ridiculed him.

After quite a while they joked, Rudi and Erlang went on to work. One by one passengers start to board and fill the bus seat.

The journey begins and the two of them also board the bus and charge a passenger fare.

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Brief story of their bus journey to the last trip and also indicates the time home is near.

Erlang charged the passenger fare from the very back seat and it seemed that he met a woman he knew, Erlang invited him to chat for quite a while and Rudi did not know that. Rudi was busy calling and talking to the driver.

After a while Erlang arrived at the front seat and approached Rudi.

"Rud, do you remember Marni? Marni who once claimed to be your friend once"

"Marni's? Yes, I remember, what's wrong?"

"That's him back there, he said you were told to meet him"

"Whencein?"

"Yes"

Rudi did not think long and immediately approached Marni who was sitting in the back seat.

The closer Marni gets the more Rudi's body trembles, as if there is a force that makes his heart and body tremble. He approached Marni with a thumping heart.

Rudi looked at Marni who was sitting and facing the floor. Rudi still does not know that Marni is the woman who met him first.

Marni is still down until Rudi is right in front of her. Rudi still did not say hello or say his name, Rudi kept silent and waited for the woman to raise her head, but the woman still did not show her face.

With a heavy heart and lips frozen, Rudi dared herself to call out the woman's name.

"You're Marni?" Rudi.

"Yes, I'm a marni" the woman replied, showing her face.

"Hehehe yes"

The face that once made him blush, the voice that shook his heart as well as the woman who had made him curious half to death, now he knew his name and he was right in front of him.

"I'm Rudi" Rudi's reflex invites Marni's acquaintance.

"Hahaha, haven't you introduced yourself long ago"

Rudi was clumsy, scratching his head and acting as if he was acting ordinary.

"Oh yes, sorry I forgot"

"Hahaha, why are you acting so strange?"

"Hehehe, no! Nah! I'm just plain"

"Hahaha all right"

"Oh yeah you used to say I'll know your name again once I know your name. Meaning what?"

"Hahaha" Marni laughed out loud.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, actually it's just a dialogue I've heard from a movie, no other intent"

"Ohh, so so."

"Yes"

Marni's short answer made Rudi even more clumsy and confused about what to chat with the woman in front of him. Rudi just stood up and circulated his gaze down the other few passengers. He lost his mind to open the conversation again.

Marnie wrote something on paper. Not long after he finished writing, he gave it to Rudi.

"This is the address where you can meet me"

"Goodbye?"

"Yes, I don't expect you to see me again, but this is for a tool to make the possibility of us meeting again even greater"

"All right, I'll keep it"

"Why are you so stiff when you talk to me? Not like when you're chatting with another woman"

"Hahaha, maybe it's because you're too charming for me"

"Hahaha, I'm charming"

"Hahaha very confident, I like it"

Suddenly, Rudi's clumsiness disappeared and calm began to spread throughout his body.

Rudi felt very comfortable and found a familiarity with Marni. It was as if Marni was helping herself to not tremble too much when she was with him.

Flowers bloomed in Rudi's heart. Thursday passed with a million longs ready to wait. Rudi felt happiness waving her hands and saying welcome.

The bus stops, all passengers disembark including Marni, Rudi waves a farewell sign and the expression of an upcoming meeting.

Marni is lost from Rudi's sight but the shadow of her charming smile is still an inscription of intimacy that might be difficult to remove.

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