About Gibran?
Part 02: Happy Birthday, Sister Melisa

At 06.20

After taking a shower and finishing her school uniform, Melisa went downstairs to have breakfast together, without ever opening her cell phone again, the last time she opened the night before falling asleep while on the phone with Gibran!

Arkan smiled at Melisa's arrival, as did Erlan who immediately moved to sit beside Melisa.

Arkan got up from his seat, standing right behind Melisa's dining chair. The teenager whispered softly to the older brother -

"Happy Birthday, Melisa's sister. Emmuach--" One gentle kiss fell on Melisa's right cheek, followed by Arkan's mischievous laughter. Do not be asked again how Melisa's expression, red cheeks blushing, shame and misbehavior themselves!

"Nih, directly used yakk!" Arkan handed the black box decorated with white ribbons to Melisa, the girl smiled as she received it.

"This?"

"Have an opening gift from Arkan!" said the teenager with a smile that showed her dimples!

"Thank you, Arkan-" Melisa looked at Arkan with tears in her eyes.

"You want a hug?" Arkan stretched out his hands sheets, it did not take long Melisa was already in his arms.

"Sister Melisa...." Erlan pulls Melisa's school uniform. "Erlan also has something for Brother!"

"Emm?" Melisa noticed Erlan's hand picking up something from under the dining table.

"Happy Birthday, sister Melisa...." An Erlan medium-size box gave her Big Sister that.

"Aaa, thanks, Erlan..." Melisa hugged Erlan tightly, even the girl smiled as Erlan asked for permission to kiss her cheeks

"Can it be opened now?"

Erlan shook her head.

"Yes, sister Melisa simple first, yes. Opened later. If this one?" ask Melisa at the gift Arkan gave her.

"Open up and wear it now!"

"What is it about?"

"Open it!"

A black watch that instantly made Melisa fall in love when she saw it.

"Likes?" ask Arkan.

"Like bangettttt! Thank you, Arkan!" As if not satisfied with Arkan's gift, Melisa instead stretched out her hand, asking to be installed directly by Arkan.

"Beauty-" murmured Arkan, but he did not show it at that hour, but to the older brother.

"Don't that geliatin!!!" annoyed Melisa with a face that returned blushing.

"Oh, yeah, where's Mama?" asked Melisa because she never saw her mother, even until they all finished their breakfast.

"Well, did you last night, Mama didn't say goodbye to you?"

"Satan? Where to?"

"Oh my God, maybe you forgot? Ituloh, he said there are obstacles in Dad's workplace, so I asked Mama to follow you there too!"

Melisa was silent for a moment, last night when she met Mama, she also felt strange, because her mother was wearing neat clothes, but Melisa did not think to ask, where did the Mama go?

"Excuse me, Non Melisa, Mr. Tio is waiting for you."

"Yes, wait a minute...." Melisa cleansed the tip of her lips using a tissue, then put on her bag.

"Come, samaan. You're late!" take Melisa to Arkan and Erlan.

* * * * * *

On the way to school, Melisa instead recalled the incident last night, which herself was still doubtful, it was between a dream or it really happened.

"But I heard it clearly. Cooking is just a dream?" muttered Melisa.

Melisa pulled out her phone from the bag, lots of notifications coming in on her WhatsApp. One of them is a notification from Fais, who wishes him a happy birthday right at 00:02.

Melisa's smiley face changed, because of the many messages that came in, there was not a single message from Gibran, but she was online 15 minutes ago!

"Miss? Miss Melisa?" call Mr. Tio, make Melisa aware of his daydream.

"Yes, Sir?"

"We're here, Nope."

"Again, Mel!" greeting Rere while dealing with Melisa.

"August, Re."

"Em---" Rere watched Melisa from top to bottom, everything was safe. There is no violation!

Rere nodded twice, a sign that Melisa could continue her steps towards class.

"See you in class!!" melisa said, only to be answered by nods and smiles by Rere.

"Hmmm!" Melisa put down her bag, glancing towards Via who was busy with her Mobile.

"Again, Mel." said Via, but his gaze was still focused on the flat object in his hand.

"Pagi--" Melisa tries to peek at the Mobile Via. But the girl immediately reversed her mobile position.

"Hey, play secrets now!" ketus Melissa's.

"Sussst....." Via returns to play his mobile phone, but in a safe position, which does not allow Melisa to peek at it.

"Eh, I'll be home from school!" via.

"Where?"

"You'll see, will you?"

"Emmm, can you, same Rere too right?"

"Yes." Yeah."

* * * * *

All the students rushed out of the class, after the bell was heard, as well as Melisa and her friends. But Melisa's steps suddenly came to a halt, when a younger sister entered her class, carrying a bouquet of flowers, her gaze stopped on Melisa.

"Happy Birthday, sister Melisa..." The beautiful bouquet was given to Melisa with a sincere smile on her handsome face. Melisa turned her head to the right and left, the entire class was now staring at her.

"Forku?" ask the girl confused. Between happiness, awkwardness, and shame.

"Yes, for Melisa's sister."

"Emmm, thank you, yeah."

"Together, Brother." Reno smiled with a face expression that was so calm to all the eyes that were staring at her, then without saying anything more, the man left Melisa's class.

"What?" Rere and Via could not say anything more so surprised him. The two of them did not expect that Reno's guts were that big!

"Khemmm, to the yukk canteen!" Melisa dragged Via's arm after putting the bouquet on the table, not strong enough to resist the embarrassment of being teased by her classmates.

In the cafeteria Melisa was even crazily looking for Livi, she had never seen the girl since this morning!

"Who is it, Mel?"

"Livi! Didn't he come in?"

"Come in, I just met you in front of the gate!" answer Rere.

"Tumben nyariin, usually Livi nyariin you, what's the matter?" ask Via.

"It's okay, anyway."

"Eh, Mel. How's Reno the same?"

"Where's what?"

"Ih, obviously he likes you, from our time on the beach-in-nothing?"

"Emm, how about it, at that time, when you were busy doing the same with Hito, and Rere kept me both the same boy, I had time to talk to him, he said, I can't accept that she wants more than just a big brother and a little sister, and she also says, it's okay, because feelings can't be arranged and forced, right?"

"I swear? Reno, by the way?"

"He'em."

"Crazy for a kid!" said Rere.

"So far he hasn't been talking or anything?" ask Via. Melisa shook her head slowly.

"Maybe, a tenth grader likes you, Mel!!!"

"Huh... I also don't know why I can believe it, after Fais, Reno--" appeared again Melisa's dizzy herself with the situation now, instead of what, but Melisa doesn't want to cause disappointment again when someone likes her! If you can hope, just Fais who he once disappointed, no more Reno or anyone else after!