High school is a wonderful time for teenagers. In high school, teenagers get many new experiences. From good and bad experiences, from love journeys to conflict journeys. Teenagers in high school have big ambitions and start thinking about what they want to achieve after graduating from school.
Sumanto is a high school student at the Karang Asem private school. He is a pretty smart student in his school. Several times, Sumanto received achievements and champions in science. The teachers were very happy and liked Sumanto because of his intelligence and achievements.
When teenagers enter puberty, there will be a feeling of liking or awe of the opposite sex. Both because of a beautiful face, and personality. At that time, Sumanto liked a girl in his class named Cynthia. She is a beautiful and diligent girl. Sumanto began to like Cynthia in the second grade of high school.
One day, when Cynthia finished practicing ballet in the gym, Sumanto came carrying a rose under his arm. At that moment his heart was beating fast, and cold sweat was pouring all over his body. Sumanto wanted to express his feelings for Cynthia. However, he doubted Cynthia's answer.
"Hey Cynthia, did you just finish practicing?" asked Sumanto.
"Hey, yeah. I just finished. What's wrong, Sumanto?" asked Cynthia.
"Oh, it's okay. I just bought your favorite orange juice. Drink this, you must be tired" Sumanto replied with a smile.
"Thank you. You are very kind".
After Cynthia drank half a cup of fresh orange juice, Sumanto hesitated and nervously took out a rose and said "Chyntia, since grade 2 ago, I admire you. Will you be my girlfriend?"
Cynthia's face was as red as chili. She did not expect that Sumanto would shoot her that very day. The beautiful girl was astonished and shocked by what happened at that time. Then, with a smile, Cynthia replied, "Sumanto, you are a smart and good student. But, I just started dating Justin. I can't accept you. Sorry for this time."
Sumanto was silent, his whole body froze like a statue when he heard Cynthia's answer. With a great effort, he smiled and said, "oh yes, it's okay Cynthia. I understand. Please take this rose as our friendship".
Cynthia also accepted the rose. Sumanto kept smiling in front of Cynthia, but his heart was crying. For a week, Sumanto always remembered the rejection of his love for Cynthia, so he was not enthusiastic about doing activities. He even had no appetite to eat because of the turmoil he was suffering from.
Until one day, Sumanto contemplated on the bank of the river, staring at a large rock that was being hit by the river's currents. It crossed his mind to make Cynthia regret in the future for rejecting his love. He got up and went home to study harder so that in the future he would become a successful person.
After they all graduated from school, Sumanto worked at Samsung and became a manager there. Sumanto returned to Cynthia to ask how she was doing. It turned out that Cynthia worked as a salesperson for Samsung cell phone products. Sumanto offers a higher position to the beautiful girl on the condition that she must marry Sumanto.
Cynthia replied, "Sumanto, you have always been good to me. However, I am engaged to Justin, and next month we will get married. I'm sorry Sumanto, I will send my wedding invitation to you later."
Sumanto became even more saddened by Cynthia's words. He was so disappointed with the answer from a woman he loved. To be able to forget his disappointment, Sumanto wanted to focus on his work only. It's useless if he constantly expects reciprocity from the people he loves.
Several years later, Sumanto became more successful. Now he was appointed CEO of the company Google. His salary was increased 10 times compared to his previous job. Meanwhile, Justin, who has become Cynthia's husband, comes to the Google office to apply for a job. Because Justin's contract period at the previous company has been completed. He also tried to apply for a job at Google company. While waiting for a call from HRD, Justin met Sumanto who was walking towards the CEO's room.
"Hey, Sumanto. How are you friends?" he asked.
"Hey Justin, nice to meet you here. I'm fine. What are you doing here, friend?".
"My tenure at the old company has ended. They didn't continue my work contract, so I tried to apply for a job here."
"Oh, I see. Incidentally, we need workers for a cleaning service. Do you want that job, friend?"
"Of course, I would. The most important thing for me is to get a job so I can provide a living for my wife."
Finally, Justin was accepted to work at Google company. Sumanto, who used to have ambitions to get Cynthia, instead provided great career success for Sumanto. Even though Sumanto has become CEO and Justin has become Sumanto's employee, he still can never get Cynthia to be his girlfriend.
The end