Mysterious Guys

Mysterious Guy

A Short Story Written by Tasya Dwiyanti Agustin

Gabrielle Anastasia, or Gabrielle that's how she was called by her closest people, is a lovely name given to her by her parents. Gabrielle is a cheerful girl who rarely expresses unhappiness in front of her friends or even her parents. 

Gabrielle prefers to be a very private person at the age of 21, when everyone else is enjoying  their youth by spending time with their partner. Gabrielle  clings to her goal of never being interested in anything  that smells of love. 

Gabrielle enjoys being alone, but she is a very outgoing and energetic person, and she always appears in extremely attractive fashion, with an oversized sweatshirt, hot pants, and sneakers with long socks. From the calf, which has always been an icon of Gabrielle's, to her untidy bun hair, which makes her image incredibly appealing to every boys who sees it.

Gabrielle wanted to watch her  favorite movie alone one day in a cinema near her home in the Pondok Indah region. As usual, she dresses in an orange oversized sweatshirt with black hotpants and a little sling bag  to hold her smartphone and pocketbook. She  ran to get the car keys and say farewell to his parents, while Gabrielle  got into her favorite red car, played her  favorite music, and cheerfully drove to the Mall she was going  to.

On the way, at a traffic light, she spotted a Guy who was very appealing to her, the Guy was helping  the grandmother who were attempting  to cross, but the light was green, so Gabrielle had to walk immediately. 

Gabrielle is a girl who struggle to be attracted to boys because her previous love experience has made it difficult for her to open her heart to boys who approach her, she prefers to be alone and enjoys her loneliness approximately 5 years after she broke up with her ex-lover, but for the first time since She had been closed for 5 years due to a because  trauma in the past, but she was immediately interested  by the figure of the guy she had seen at the traffic light earlier. Gabrielle  had hoped to meet this guy's figure.

When she arrived to the Mall, she walked straight to the cinema to order tickets for the movie she was going  to see, "Venom: Let There Be Carnage." 

But when she wanna pay her  ticket, she forgot to put her wallet in her slingbag; she searched for it in her slingbag but it wasn't there, and she was reprimanded by the persons behind her. 

After about 10 minutes, she still hadn't found her wallet, until she remember she had left it in her car since she had filled up gasoline and had taken out her wallet and placed it on the dashboard of her car. A Guy appeared on the margins of her search for her wallet, directly close to her. 

Then he confidently responded, "Let me pay for her ticket," as he took a debit card from his wallet. Gabrielle was taken aback and turned to his side, where she look at  the guy from the bottom up, as if he were a stranger to her. She became increasingly impressed with the guy's look. The guy then took Gabrielle's hand and brought her inside the cinema's waiting room. "Next time, be careful so that the same thing doesn't happen, and by the way, are you here alone?" asked the guy. 

While staring Gabrielle in the eyes, the guy said softly. Gabrielle's heart had become increasingly amazed by this guy's attitude, and she enjoyed  talking with him. "Yeah, I'm sorry, I also forgot, it turns out my wallet didn't put it in my slingbag after I filled up the gasoline. I apologize once more for bothering you; i'll change the money later and meet you in the basement. Yes, I'm alone; would you prefer to watch it alone, too?" ---

After a long conversation, the moment to enter the studio come, and Gabrielle said her goodbyes to the guy who was about to enter. Gabrielle was surprised once more by the figure of the guy who walked as if he was about to approach him, after she sat in the chair she chose while waiting for the film to start and for others to fill the seats. 

Surprisingly, the guy  took a seat beside Gabrielle. They were both startled  because they may have been in the same studio and sat on the same bench. They both laughed out loud in wonder and embarrassment because they had never considered it before.

The studio lights began to dim not long after the film began. They had a great time watching the movie while eating the meal they had ordered earlier. After the movie ended, Gabrielle  led the guy to the basement, where she promised to repay the guy's money. The guy did not accept Gabrielle's offer until they were in the Mall lobby, because he was serious and wanted to help Gabrielle. Gabriele was surprised when the guy began to be in a hurry to leave Gabrielle because of some business.

Gabrielle  finally chose to return home and part with the figure of the guy who had become her guardian angel that day. Gabriella considered that day to be the most important of her life because she had previously met the guy, but she had forgotten to ask his name and didn't have time to ask for his telephone number. Gabrielle hopes that one day she will meet this guy again.