A Sugar Baby
Worriedly
"Le, I'm not going home tonight."
Daniel called Lea while she was preparing dinner.
"Well, why mas?" ask Lea wonder.
"I'm nemenin Ellio in the hospital."
"Om Ellio what's the pain?" lea asked in shock.
Daniel sighed, he began to tell about Ellio who betrayed his girlfriend.
"Geez, you keep going to that hospital?" ask Lea again.
"Yes, he takes a lot of sleeping pills. When I ran him, I was the same as Richard. To keep Ellio away from sharp objects and insect venom. Richard's done all that, but we forgot to clean the medicine box at Ellio's. Ellio always wanted to kill himself if there was a big problem in his life, before."
"Oh my goodness, my mom. I think he's all right with the guy, because he's the most cheerful and lots of talk between the three of you."
Daniel's teary eyes held back tears, not many people knew who Ellio really was. He almost lost his best friend several times.
"I'll tell you later, if I'm at home. Tomorrow night, Richard's taking care of her."
"Yes mas, mas do not forget to eat yes." said Lea later.
"Yes, I'll buy it near here" Daniel said.
"Yes, don't take care of it. Ellio will commit suicide again. I don't want to lose any of you, you're my family."
"Dear, don't forget to eat either."
"Yes, um."
"Sorry Le, I'm not home tonight."
"Yes, it's okay. I understand." said Lea.
Daniel stopped his phone and Lea sat down at the dinner table with anxiety running high. He was worried about Ellio's condition, he really did not think it turned out that Ellio was someone who was very fragile. Behind his figure that was not even visible had the slightest burden of life.
***
"Bro, why the hell are you?"
Daniel asked in annoyance at Ellio, although Ellio was still in a state of slumber and had not regained consciousness. The doctor handled it and waited for him to wake up.
"Lo always does stupid things like this. Don't you think I'm the same Richard what the hell?" and Daniel again.
He was really angry and sad, seeing the condition of his friend.
"Lo used to tell me, and the girl problem was like that. You're stupid yourself, you know."
Daniel now set his breath and wiped away his tears. In life he cried for two things, Grace and also his two best friends. If his two best friends do something that endangers their own souls.
Daniel never had a full family since childhood, Ellio and Richard were the focus of his life. As long as he lives, there is no day without Ellio and Richard. Everywhere the three of them, inseparable from each other. Love and care for each other. They are the cure for the loneliness that is always present in Daniel's life.
While now at home, Lea eats alone. He really still thinks about Ellio. It felt like he had taken Daniel to the hospital, but it was raining outside. It's safer if he's at home.
***
"Vit, you still want to keep all that?"
Arsenio asked Vita one afternoon, a few days ago she had listened to all the confessions of the girl. About what happened in his life.
How she ended up choosing a shortcut, to become a sugar baby for the sake of earning money. He has also recounted various physical and verbal abuse he received, during all of that.
"Why are you afraid of living hard?"
"Yes." Yeah."
Vita nodded while answering with certainty.
"Gue wasn't ready for that." replied Vita.
"Vit, people who are not able to be far below elo are many. They're doing well with their lives."
"They're fine because their lives have no desire, Sen. Just try they have a desire like me, want to go to college, want to succeed. They must have become poor, everywhere is limited by money."
"Vit, make money that's a lot of ways. Especially in this day and age, you girl, pretty. Roughly speaking, if you are trying hard. You can be a YouTuber, an influencer. Why do you depend on the life of a rich man, if in it you are tormented like in hell."
Vita was silent at Arsenio's words.
"What needs to be fixed is your mentality, Vit. Mental lo's a mental beggar-be, not a mental fighter."
Again Vita was silent, even hit. Arsenio's words were very hurtful, but she was right.
Vita is not as thick as the other women out there. Those who are willing to fight with the sun in order to make a living. Sell clothes, food or work in stores, supermarkets, and offices. He wants to relax, but makes a lot of money.
And that is what makes him drowning in violence. Since he was considered a lover, even rich men easily underestimated him.
He really wanted to put an end to all this, but came back again. He was again haunted by the fear of not having money. Vita as pulled by two sides.
"Gue wants to go home" Vita said later.
He went to the parking lot and left Arsenio.
***
"Om, is Ellio okay?" lea asked when he finally invited Daniel to visit Ellio. After a few days her husband's best friend was taken care of.
"Om fine, Lea." replied Ellio later, he already looked healthier.
"As long as you're here, I'm worried about continuing the same lo. As long as he sleeps unsettled, afraid you kill yourself again" Daniel said.
"If my bini why-why, it's your fault." he continued later.
The man then gets a phone call and moves away, while now Ellio feels very guilty for Lea.
"I'm sorry, Lea. Om actually-gener nyelah nyelakuin all this."
Lea sighed then smiled at Ellio.
"It's okay, it's important to be healthy now."
Ellio nodded.
"Promise not to do this again." Lea is back.
Again Ellio nodded.
"Pity Dan, he's really stressed and has been getting more diem since he went to the hospital. Sometimes I talk, he's like that. He thinks about the condition every day."
The guilt in Ellio's heart multiplied, he regretted his stupidity even more. Shortly after, Richard arrives and Daniel finishes the call. They then both drew closer to Ellio and spoke to him, alternately.
On that occasion, Ellio apologized to his two best friends. He promised that it would be the last stupid thing he ever did.