BECOME ‘HALU’

Hira spooned the mango cheesecake into her mouth. She felt the cheese melt on her tongue, sinking deeper into the core.

She could see people passing by on the andesite stone-lined street from where she was sitting. Enjoy ancient buildings with old architecture from the Dutch East Indies era along the right and left of the road.

Not too crowded because it's still PSBB.

She saw an Ontel cyclist wearing a light brown shirt with knee-length pants of the same color, boots, and knee-high socks complete with a round hat, resembling an army uniform or perhaps a warden from the Dutch East Indies era.

"Ah, that's Pa Ahmad." Hira hissed. The guard of the Banceuy Prison site pedals his bicycle leisurely across Braga Street towards the Asia-Africa Road.

Why does Pa Ahmad's face look younger and happier? It was completely different when I first met him, and his aura was gloomy even though he wore the same clothes.

Hira's eyes followed the bicycle through the gallery with paintings on the sidewalk.

A blue car distracted her from Pa Ahmad's bike, which had almost disappeared.

Hira felt like something was strange. This feeling was like she had experienced. But where? She swept her gaze across the street, pedestrians, terrace, tavern, cool air, and blue car.

Hira looked at her watch, and it was 11:11

But her gaze was drawn back to the blue car earlier. Next to the car, someone who had just parked a bicycle almost fell on the side of the sidewalk.

BILLY!!

Ah, right, Hira just remembered. It's not something she's ever experienced, but a situation described in Dean's email about his vision. Even the email containing the Clumsiness words she had almost forgotten became real.

"The weather will be nice – let's say it's not raining. There will be lots of people around you. Passerby for sure, because this looks a lot like a pedestrian street. As soon as you see this scene, you'll know you are about to meet someone. Something good is about to happen."

And as if there was a magnet, Billy immediately saw it. For a moment, Hira felt an electric current run through her body. The man is still as full of charm as ever. His sharp eyes seemed to shatter joints. His suppressed smile was still thrilling.

Hira did not expect on Braga Street that she would meet her secret lover again. Braga is a memory that never gets old. Never before had Hira felt so peaceful and calm seeing Billy walking closer, Dean's words came back to playing in her mind.

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"Your couple will be as solid as a rock, indestructible, and filled with happiness.

You are a beautiful person; your heart is pure and deserves to be loved.

It is time for the good times, hand in hand.

It is time for a morning spent with the one you love,

For planning the future and the pleasure of being together

Don't worry; this is your destiny, and no one can stop great things happen to you

What an awesome destiny waits for you

Many long and wonderful years ahead for you and your soul mate"

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Billy flashed his mysterious smile. Hira felt as if God was also smiling at her, If God has willed, Who can refuse His Destiny?

Hira sipped her coffee, seeing the last sip in her cup. She got up from her chair to welcome the man of her dreams. And stood rooted to the spot.

It turned out that God had not yet willed.

The man walked past her.

That wasn't her Billy.

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*)Halu: In its use in slang, is defined as the attitude of someone who fantasizes too highly.