Hello! My name is Party Happy Septiani, and you can call me Happy 😄. If this is your first time here, I welcome you with pleasures. This blog contains a number of short stories that I have created. Hopefully, you can enjoy the stories, and don't hesitate to comment, give some critiques, or ask me for detail in the comment sections 😇 Thankyou 💓

A PLACE WHERE I DO NOT KNOW

On Sunday night, everyone in my house has locked themselves in their room...

                        

     (Flashback) I did not know why I suddenly felt like my feet did not touch the ground... I lost my mind and also my body. At first, I felt like my brain was freezing. I stood and tried to go to the restroom, but suddenly..... (brakkk!!) I fell to the floor and lost my consciousness. I heard they screamed calling my name before I went to an unusual place. (Flashback ends)

          

     I open my eyes and have no clue where I am. Moreover, I am shocked and amazed when I realize that I am surrounded by a very beautiful garden filled with several flowers, fruits, and some pretty small animals next to me. I walk around and enjoy the place. I feel warm.

                            

    Then I find a room that is full of light and the door suddenly opens itself. I decide to enter the room and become surprised because the floor is made of gold. Not only that, when I take more steps to explore the room, I find there are millions of houses built. Suddenly, a man comes and asks me to follow him. While walking, I see many people are laughing, singing, dancing, and they are so nice to me. This man brings me to move from one place to another.  In each of the rooms, there are lots of angels who greet me friendly and enthusiastically. Surprisingly, when I arrive in a quite big house, I see all of my family members; my mom, my sister, and my father are already there. I enter the room, but none of them recognize me. I ask the man, “Why do they not identify me? What is wrong with this?” The man answer, “keep walking, and you will know later”.

                                

      As I follow the man, the situation makes me start to feel afraid. I am now in a room that is dark and dreadful. I realize that the man walks faster and I cannot reach him anymore. Unfortunately, I lose him, and I am stuck in this room. I run to find the door to get out of here. However, instead of finding the way out, I enter a room full of prisons. I witness that all people there are punished physically, and oftentimes they are burned but cannot die. I cannot stand this anymore. I cry. Even worse, suddenly there are three watchmen who come to me and carry me forcefully to get into one of the empty jails. I cannot resist them. They show me the life’s histories that I did while I lived in the world. I noticed that  I frequently did more wrong actions, but I never felt sorry to do that. I enjoyed my free life. After showing my life record, they also show me that every day my parent and my sister pray for me, and they always love me unconditionally. The man that left me a few times ago appears again and tells me, “This is your place if you never want to repent, and the wonderful house you found before will be your family house, but you will never deserve it unless you cleanse yourself.” Soon after that, a watchman pulls me to a chair and would like to whip me. While the whip chain touches my skin, I get my consciousness back to my body. Oh thanks to God, I’m still alive.

Love Comes Too Late

I don’t know why tonight is so much different than the previous night. The temperature is just too cold and hits my skin so deeply. I feel neither safe nor comfortable. I know that sleeping is the only thing that I can do right now. But, I cannot close my eyes. I think my body and my brain do not accord each other reciprocally. Physically, I am tired. However, my brain commands me to overthink something. I choose to sit in front of the window and daydream while seeing the rainfall outside.

            I muse about an occurrence that happened yesterday at noon. (Flashback on)

        

        He came to my house. He hugged me tightly as if it would be the last night for us. He is the person that I love most besides my parents for the past 2 years. No, he is not my boyfriend. I regard him as my brother. We have been together since we were still kids. His name is Andy.  He entered my living room and suddenly asked me to cook with him. After that, we did some movie series marathons. Yeah, we enjoyed our quality time that day. Suddenly he approached me so that we can get closer. He held my hand, and said,” the most wonderful moment in my life is to know you and to witness we grow older day by day. You are important to me. I wish if I can get along with you until wrinkles appear on your face.” I took off his hands and laughed. “Hey, what is going on? Are you okay? Why don’t you tell me?” I asked. He answered, “Nothing’s wrong. Hey, see what time it is now! It has already late. You have to sleep. I will go home then.” Then he left my house and as usual, I directly closed my door. But, since he has gone, I felt something unusual with him, but I tried to deny that feeling. (Flashback off)  Now, I’m starting to feel sleepy, and finally, I can go to bed.

        The morning comes and the light from the sun wakes me up. I check my phone, but he doesn’t text me. Actually, it is not a problem, but I just wonder since he usually calls or texts me every morning to make sure if I don’t wake up late. I decide not to think about it and directly prepare myself for going to campus. I do not want to come late because my lecture is very strict. 

     After the class finishes, I check my phone and to see if there are any calls or texts from him. But, none of the notifications on my phone comes from him.  Shortly after that, his sister asks me to meet her in the canteen. She gives me a letter and directly leaves me. Nevertheless, I remember that I have an appointment with my client today, so I will read it later. Anyway, aside from being a college student; I have a part-time job. While I’m driving to the meeting point, crossed my mind to wonder where he is, yet still, I deny this feeling again.  

     After I finish all my works and assignments today, I go to bed. I take the letter that I got before. I am so surprised to read it. It was from Andy. In the letter, he informed me that he was diagnosed having a quite severe illness by the doctor. He said that he would leave me for a while to undergo treatment overseas. He apologized that he cannot tell the truth directly to me at the last time we met. He wished me to stay happy without him.

I directly take my phone to call him. As I check my phone, I find there are 10 missed calls from him since last afternoon. I call him back, but he is no longer reached out. I blame myself for being too careless of my premonition and suspicion. I cannot sleep for days since he has gone away, but I believe he will come back one day and give me a big surprise later. In the end, one thing I just realize that I have been fell in love with him.

WHO AM I?

I am just a thing. I am just something that people usually search for after wake up in the morning. I can make you addict to me, and even I can make your day become a mess without my presence. I am the reason for your mood changing every single day; it can be either good or bad. I am also something that people use to show their pride. I can tell you anything that you want to.

            One day, I was owned. This person looked at me desirably every morning. She can stop doing anything just to be intimate with me. This person was so possessive to me. She never let other people hold me aside from her. She would hold me wherever and whenever she was. Sometimes, when I still had lots of energy and no hungry at all, she loaded me to be full again. She dressed me beautifully. She gave me lots of “dresses” and also changed them every week. The most important thing was that I knew all of her secrets. She always told her story to me and she sometimes did dirty things with me.

       One day, an old lady was getting mad at her. You know why? It was because the old lady was jealous of me. My owner, who was her child, preferred to play with me instead of talking with her. The old lady one night stole me from my beloved boss. She entered my boss's room. I slept with her child. Sadly, that night, the old lady took me over from my place with my boss. She brought me outside to a river. It was dark. I could not do anything, and I was nervous. "What happened? What would she do to me?" I doubted. Then she stopped in the corner of the river. She spitted on me and thrown me to the river. Bingo! I DO NOT DIE!

            The day after, my lady boss tried to contact me. I turned my voice up so that someone would notice me and took me with him or her. Happily, a man came to me. He seemed surprised and passionate at the time he found me. I heard she cried when this man helped me to answer her call. Unfortunately, I could not listen to her crying anymore. After a few minutes, this man ended the call. My boss called me again, but I did not know why this man rejected the call. Sadly, he brought me to a place where I could not meet my boss anymore.

Sincerely, A Stolen Phone.

UNFORGETTABLE ENCOUNTER

        Several years ago I had unforgettable moments in my life. I was desperate when I got news from my boyfriend that he wanted to cancel our wedding party without any reasons.  Because of that, I wanted to visit him rashly.

           When I was on my way, the rain fell heavily, and I found a girl who asked for help. There was a couple who drove the car before me and saw her in pain and needed a ride as soon as possible, but they just passed this woman. I was mad at them. I just did not understand their morals by letting her alone in the corner of the road. I came to her and took her in my car.

            Since the rain was too heavy, and the road was too slippery, I chose to go to a restaurant that we found not too far from the place where I took her. The name of the restaurant was “unforgettable encounter”. As we arrived there, I was surprised the couple that I met leaving the woman last minutes ago was also there. After waiting for a while, the chef of the restaurant came up and gave us mineral water. Anyway, this chef was the only one who handled the restaurant; there were neither waiters nor waitresses to help him. I wanted a cup of coffee, and he said, “Sorry Miss, I just provide water here.” Well, I was a bit disappointed, but that was okay as long as I could take a rest there.

           This chef asked us what foods we wanted to eat, and we mentioned all we want in details. The chef did not take notes, but he could remember it all. Amazing! Anyway, I ordered a sandwich with the topping like my mom usually served for me. After a few minutes of waiting, he finished all of our orders, and no one of served foods missing from the details we asked for. When I took my sandwich, I was surprised because the taste was perfectly similar to what my mom usually made. Also with the others, they said the foods were perfect. I told the chef that his handmade sandwich was perfect and similar to the sandwich made by my mom as well as this food was my favorite one. He just smiled at me.

    While we were enjoying the food, he asked us, “What would you do if you know this was the last night of the world?” 

            “Whoa! An interesting question! You want us to share?” I said.      
            “Yes of course Miss. You want to be the first?”       
            “Why not?” “For me, I will meet my boyfriend and insist on him to continue our wedding plan. I love him more than anything. I will never let him get away from me”
            “Why do you think he cancels this plan?”      
            “Maybe he was just too busy with his work, and he did not have time to prepare our wedding party, even at any time to think.     
            “Hmm... Are you sure that’s the reason? Anyway, do you remember what he has done for you? He hit you so many times if you cannot obey his order. Not only that, but he also insisted on you not to get so much closer with your family and just focused on him.”          
            “How do you know?  Who are you?” I asked           
           “No matter who I am, I just want you to realize that your life is so precious. You lost your own self. He put you to be in such a confusing condition. He made you not to be able to see your own worth.” I cried because I was so shocked he could guess my dilemma completely, and even one word cannot be said from my mouth.            
    He came to me and soothed me. He said, “It is okay. Your problems will bring you to the next level and will see other great things happen in your life later. Your family, your sister or brother, your friends love you so much. You don’t need him to be happy and just continue your life. He is not worthy for you.” I did not know why his words quieted my emotion.

    Then he came to the couple, he asked them the same question, “What would you do if you know this was the last night of the world?”  The wife stood and kicked off the table.

            “I cannot stand with this man. I cannot live with him anymore. I want to get a divorce with him.”
            “I was so sorry dear if I have not been a good husband for you. I promised I will fix myself.” said the husband.         
            “Not  anymore!”        
The chef came to them and served them a plate of macarons and mineral waters. He asked them to go back to their seat and relaxed their self with one another. 
            “Mam, I really understand what you feel, but do you know that every time, your man tried hardly how to be the best one for you? Although I know he cannot get what you wanted and often made you annoyed, instead,” said the chef.         
            “No, he did not. He never understood me” replied the wife.        
            “No dear. Please take a look at me for a while. I do not want you to go. I do not want you to go home alone at night because it is dangerous,” said the husband  
            “You take my freedom. I hate you so much” said the wife.
            “You might never tell him what you really want your husband to do for you. You just always be mad without telling him his mistakes in treating you. Do you really not love your husband anymore? If it is yes, why have you stayed on his side for these 2 years? You actually have felt this feeling since 2 years ago,” said the chef. The wife stayed silent.
            “Take her hand, mister. Both of you can introspect each other and realize that you still need one another to continue your life,” said the chef to the husband.

            Last, he came to the woman that I picked up on the road. He asked her too, “What would you do if you know this was the last night of the world?”  
            “I want to kill my father. He deserves to go to hell. He is trash. He almost raped me” said this woman.           
            “Eat this bread first, you love it, right?” asked the chef and brought her the bread.            
            “I know it is hard for you to live with your father. If I am not mistaken, you have escaped from your house a year ago?”        
            “Yes”
            “Do your life become better after you escape? Or is it getting worse?? You often had no money to eat, even you did not have a house to stay quiet”
            “Yes, you are right. But what should I do? It is impossible to return home”
            “Your father was drunk at the time he wanted to rape you. He did not realize it is you. He was lament after doing that for you. Actually, he has missed you since you went out of the house, but he did not know and he was afraid to reach you again. Open up your heart for forgiveness. It is not for him, but it is for you and your peacefulness. Your life becomes a bit terrible because of your hatred,” advised the chef. The woman felt relieved and was touched by the chef. She cried, and she regretted what she has done for a year and fooled away her life.
            Suddenly the couple came to this woman to apologize to them by leaving her on the road on their way to the restaurant. The husband told her that he really wanted to help her, but his wife disallowed him to do so. The wife also asked her to apologize because she was just afraid to help a stranger in a place like that. The women relieved because at least they still respected her by asking her to apologize. She said, “that is okay Sir and Mam, I am glad that you both want to come to me and explain the reasons.”

            Then the chef said, “You can learn from that, sometimes your insecurity, trust issues, bad perception to others wrapped you to do bad deeds, or inhibit you to spread love to other people, even to your loved ones.”

            Not long after that, police came to the restaurant and informed us that the road was back to normal, and it was already safe to pass. After that, we gathered together and hugged each other. Before we all left out of the restaurant, we shared our wishes to do.  I promised that I would directly back to my town and asked for forgiveness from my parent, and I decided to let him go. The couple promised that they would reunite and be more opened with each other. The girl that had bitterness with her dad promised that she would come back to her father, and tried her best to deal with him.

            After years, I come here today. This place is empty. I ask some people who pass this way where the restaurant was. They say this place has been empty since 10 years ago after a restaurant was bankrupt at that time. I am shocked. You know?  The moment I came to Unforgettable Encounter restaurant was just 4 years ago...

The end. 

MY SUPERHERO

This is a story of how I realized that if God still gives us a chance to meet someone we love, it is a very valuable grace. He is my cousin’s nephew, Samuel. I met him for the first time in an attraction place with my cousin. I did not really notice him that day since I never met him before. Some months later, when I come to my cousin’s house, I met him again. For the second time, I did not look into him. However, this time was different, he suddenly ventured himself to approach and greet me. Since I  am nice to everyone, I welcomed him friendly. He was talkative, and I enjoyed his talks, and oftentimes I laughed loudly because of his jokes. Anyway, I felt that he actually wanted to get my attention from his gestures. As soon as the night came, I asked them for leaving to go home.  Before I left, he called me and said, “to be honest, I have already glanced at you since the first time I saw you, and today I am so happy to be able to meet and have a talk with you.” I just smiled at him and left the house.

            The next morning, I got a message notification from an unsaved number on my WhatsApp. I grabbed my phone, and I checked the message. Wow, it was him! You know? I was suddenly delighted.  Since that day, we routinely chatted and made appointments several times. As we were more often together, there were flowers blooming in our hearts unconsciously. We know each other very deeply. He supported me in all aspects of my life. He was there for me when I was hurt, sad, happy, and so was I to him. I witnessed his efforts when he tried his best to reunite his parents at the time they almost divorced. I witnessed when he had difficulties as he was rejected by many companies. Despite his problems, I witnessed he never complained about anything that he faced throughout his life. I learned a lot from him. Until one day, I found my superhero who always be with me met the end of his life.

    It was almost 3 weeks since I have not been contacted by him. Sometimes, I texted and called him. His phone was not switched off, and the calls were connected and the messages were delivered. First, I worried and wondered what happened to him. But later, sorry for my negative prejudices, I thought he was leaving me without reasons, and I decided to stop contacting him. If you wonder why I did not visit him in his house, it was because we never do that without getting permission from each other. Since he did not reply to my messages, I never tried visiting his house. Suddenly, on my way to campus, I got a call from one of his friends.          
            “Hallo”

            “Hi, Anna’s speaking”

            “Well, Anna, I just want to inform you that Sam is suffered from lymph cancer. Calm yourself, and please come here. I will send you the location.”  

           I pulled over my car because I was too shocked. I blamed myself for not trying to find the answers to my anxiety all this time. By the time I felt better, I directly drove my car to the hospital. Sadly, as I arrived in his inpatient room, I found he dropped weakly in his bed, his body became emaciated in which his bone shapes were obviously visible, and lots of cables were put in his body. I tried not to cry in front of him. He took my hand, and he asked me to feed him. I did it pleasurably. I hold his hands tightly, and I said, “Sam, you must be strong, you cannot leave me like this, you will recover soon if you want to fight against your illness. Sam, I know you are strong.” He took off his hands from me and nodded his head which means he rejected my wish. He could not speak anymore. Finally, I cried in front of him, and he took my head to his shoulder. He removed the tears from my face and kissed my brow. Because I was tired of crying overnight, I did not realize that I fall asleep. 

At dawn, I suddenly woke up. I heard a sound like "Beep" from Sam’s body monitor, and I was frightened to see that there was a straight line there. I called the nurse and the doctor. They checked him for a while and the doctor stated, “Mr. Sam died on Saturday at 3 a.m.” It shocked me extremely. I cannot imagine living without him beside me. Another thing that pained me most was that the day he died was actually our 3^rd anniversary.