Adeline Adnan Husein

My name is Delynn, Delynn Adnan Husein. In 1990, I moved from Jakarta to Bandung. My mother was a former band vocalist. My father, an air force officer, was transferred to Bandung. We lived in an old house in the Buah Batu area.

Bandung was still quiet and peaceful at the time. The morning air was still very cold and often shrouded in fog. It was in this city that I continued my high school education, at SMA Negeri 3 Bandung.

*And in this city too, I met him. Someone who would later teach me about the meaning of longing, love, and separation.

• His name is Liam. *

• At that time, I never thought that the strange guy who greeted me in the rain would become a very important person in my life. But, that's how our story begins... *

• In the morning, when I had just gotten off my father's motorbike, and was walking on the sidewalk towards the school gate, and from a distance, I heard the sound of a motorbike from behind, when I turned around, as I suspected, it was Liam, who was riding his Honda CB100 motorbike and approaching the sidewalk. *

• The man slowed down his motorbike, following my slow walk. *

"Are you Delynn?"

• He asked softly, in a typical Bandung tone. I didn't answer, because maybe I still don't know him very well. *

"I predict, we'll meet in the canteen. Bye!"

• He said with a smile before driving his motorbike to the parking lot, and leaving me alone in front of the gate. *

• When I entered the school, I immediately ran towards my new class to put down my bag and get ready for the ceremony. *

• When the ceremony was underway and now it was time for the principal to give a speech, the guidance counselor appeared from the right side of the teacher's room, bringing 3 delinquent male students, named Lion, Nalan, and the boy who had chatted with me this morning, who else but Liam. *

• I asked Kimmy, my classmate. *
  "What are the names of the three of them, Kim?"
  "They are Lion Nalan and Liam."

• Then I nodded.