ALDEBY
|12.| Virals

"Bikin was curious, deh," said Beby while starting to turn on his phone.

There are several incoming messages that are mostly from his mother and brother—Indra. And strangely enough, they sent the same message.

Sally:

Beby, are you all right?

Indra's sister:

Beby, are you okay?

The 21-year-old girl only reads messages in the notification center. Seeing the messages, curiosity in Beby increasingly excited.

Beby hit Instagram app. Already many DMs logged into his account—as usual. Usually, most incoming DMs are endorsement deals, and Anggi takes care of all that. Beby itself includes rarely surfing in cyberspace. He prefers to take time by watching Korean dramas while free.

But .., it looks like something different this time.

Beby opened one of the DMs at the top of the list. It contained a video with the caption: is this really Beby's sister?

Curious, Beby also played the video. And when he found out what it was, Beby's eyes almost popped out of place. Fortunately, Beby's eyes are a creation of God.

In the 34-second video it is very clear how Beby was on the edge of the hotel pool yesterday. Yep. It was the video of Aldef giving an artificial breath to Beby.

Beby's hand instantly suffocated. He just put the phone on the table. His gaze glared far away out of nowhere. His heart refused that the main female character in the viral video was himself. But, Beby couldn't have mistaken her face, right?

While Beby was still in shock and daydreaming, Kiran who had since noticed her best friend was concerned.

"By?" Kiran tried to call Beby. "That's ... really lo?"

Beby's eye bead slowly pointed at Kiran. While staring at his friend, Beby nodded.

***

"Lo's worried about what, anyway?" miko asked a group of new friends who had been out since.

That afternoon, Miko and her friends were in one of the cafes after taking care of all the necessities for college tomorrow.

Yep. Miko is officially a student at Pelita University tomorrow.

"This. There is something viral. You don't know?" The answer just now was Sean—faculty friend Miko from Cirebon.

Curious, Miko leaned over, intending to see what was now a spectacle of her friends.

Miko watched carefully. A 34-second video featuring a girl in her eyes closed. Apparently, the girl was being given artificial breath by a man.

But ..., wait-wait.

Both of Miko's eyes narrowed, trying to catch the object in the flat object more clearly. When he realized who the main culprit in the viral video was, Miko suddenly glared.

Quickly, Miko grabbed her phone that had been sitting in the bag. Damnit damnit! His phone ran out of battery. Miko must have forgotten mengharge last night.

Finally, Miko took the initiative to borrow a charger belonging to one of her friends. Fortunately, this cafe provides a socket facility.

After his phone returned to flame, Miko immediately dialed Beby's number. However, several times Miko tried, there was not a single answer from her sister. This reminds Miko of the night that Beby was supposed to pick up Miko at the airport.

Feeling pointless despite the thousands of times Miko tried to contact Beby, the 24-year-old decided to send a message.

^^^Me: ^^^

^^^Lo where is it now? Pick up my phone. Don't pick up the phone gini, Deh, Beb.^^^

***

At exactly 19:00, Beby dropped out of class. At that time, he found the phone in his jeans pocket vibrating.

Aldefra Mahardika:

I'll wait in the parking lot.

Beby clucked in annoyance after reading the short message. It could be that Aldef acted as if nothing had happened between them. Beby did not expect, Aldef was just like the jerk he had met. The man who brazenly took the opportunity without thinking long.

Ignoring messages from Aldef, Beby switched on incoming messages sent from Miko's number. Don't forget the 21 missed calls from her brother. Wrong himself called when he was in class.

Brother Miko:

Where are you now? Pick up my phone. Don't pick up the phone gini, Deh, Beb.

It's nothing, Beby just felt like he needed time to be alone. If she contacts Miko or meets her brother now, it is certain that Beby will only get a series of statements.

Yeah.

Beby put his phone in the bag. Then, the girl set a step out of Pelita University. Beby intends to take a taxi.

By the time Beby was on the verge of despair, a car he knew so well stopped right in front of him.

"Hey. What's going on here?" ask a man behind the wheel chair. "Don't I tell you to wait in the parking lot? Come inside!"

Yep. The man behind the steering wheel is Aldef.

Beby raised a sharp gaze towards Aldef. The girl tried her hardest to suppress the emotional turmoil in her so as not to stick out to the surface.

Without saying anything, Beby sauntered away. This time, the girl did not care if she had to walk until her legs were numb.

Meanwhile, Aldef who did not take his eyes off Beby rushed down. He knew why Beby was acting this way. Aldef has learned about their viral videos on social media. To that end, Aldef as much as possible appealed to the entire shooting crew this morning not to discuss anything about the video in front of Beby.

Aldef took a quick step and held Beby's wrist. However, the girl refused to interact with Aldef. Beby tries to escape, but Aldef is more alert to hold him back.

Aldef gripped tightly on Beby's shoulders, then twisted them until now their sense of sight looked at each other.

"Gue can be clear," said Aldef while looking at Beby's sharp eyes with full pleading.

"Gue doesn't need an explanation" Beby replied. The girl again tried to escape from Aldef's touch. But once again Aldef managed to keep him. "Take me off."

"Get me first, okay?"

Beby let out a heavy breath. "What else is it, Al? What do you want to explain to me? What other alibis? You want to say that 'gue had no other choice at the time', right? Bummer, Al! I'm more than aware of what's in a man's brain like lo."

"What?" The gaze that was originally begging, now turned full would be full of challenges. "Lo know what's going on with my brain? You know what about my heart? You know what about my life? Huh uh?! You don't even know anything, Beby.

"It's up to you to believe it or not. But for sure, I don't have the slightest intention to do the things you think. I'm not that asshole, By."

Aldef took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "Lo want to know why I'm so desperate to do that? Because I don't want to lose you! I love you!"

The string of sentences like a railroad track just slid from Aldef's mouth. But, the last sentence was not the words he wanted to say.

"Al—"

Just as Beby was about to reply to Aldef's words, the man raised his palm, indicating that Aldef did not want Beby to say anything.

"Sorry if you don't like what I've done. But one thing you should know. Back then, all I had in mind was your safety."

Honestly, at this time Aldef felt he had no face in front of Beby. How can he say the word 'honey' when the intensity of their closeness is still fairly minimal?

Therefore, Aldef rushed back into his car and left Beby who was still standing rigidly on the spot.

Still with the gaze that followed Aldef's car ahead, Beby muttered, "Gue didn't hear wrong, right?"

In the midst of Beby's daydream, a white car approached him. Beby knew exactly who the owner of the car was: Kiran.

"Beby?" call Kiran. "Well, did you stand there? Not back?"

Beby squatted down slightly so that his sense of sight could catch Kiran's face clearly. "Gue is waiting for a taxi. I didn't get it already."

"You want my bell? We went to the Lomera Cafe, how about?"

Without a second thought, Beby agreed to Kiran's offer.

***

Aldef's car drove down the streets of the Capital at moderate speed. The contents of his head were still full about Beby. How should he behave when he meets the girl later? What should Aldef do?

In order to delay his meeting with Beby, Aldef decided not to return to the apartment tonight. Aldef is going home to his parents.

But, within a radius of 3 km before reaching the destination, Aldef's eye bead caught a girl with a step stumbling along the roadside. The pale face of the shoulder-haired girl made Aldef sympathetic.

Anyone who was in Aldef's position, must have had the same thoughts to help the girl.

Sure enough, when Aldef got out of the car and approached him, the girl lost her balance. It was fortunate that Aldef swiftly restrained the girl's body.

"Lo's okay?"

The girl looked up. His bead eyes stared at Aldef's goal. A few moments later ....

"Sister Aldef?"

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