ALDEBY
|78.| Kangen

"Hi, Celine," said Fahri who came from the direction of the editor room.

"Hi, Ri."

"Why are you together?"

"Aldef who was next."

"Ohhh ...." Fahri's mouth forms the letter O. His gaze led to Aldef, causing a mutual action between the two. Aldef also realized there was full of intimidation behind the bead of Fahri's eyes.

Fahri returned to focus on Celine. "Can you talk to both of you?"

"My same?" Celine pointed to herself.

"Yes. We talked in the cafeteria. How's it?"

"okay." The straight-haired girl turned her head towards Aldef. "Al, I'm staying tight, yeah."

Getting a nod from Aldef, Celine followed Fahri's steps towards the cafeteria. They sat on a bench near the entrance.

"What do you want to drink?" fahri asked shortly after they sat facing each other.

"Cappuccino."

Fahri moved from his place. Order two drinks that will accompany their conversation. Soon, the checkered lekaki came back with a glass of cappucino ice and a glass of lemon tea ice.

"So, what do you want to say?" ask Celine, to the point.

"Lo .. I think it's a big deal, yeah, same as Aldef." The man sitting before Celine was unable to resist the judging gaze from his eyes.

"Yes .. You could say that."

"Emang, are you related to Aldef? Besides the ex of course."

"Aldef told me a lot?"

"First. Almost every day he told me about. About how sick he is when you go, about how he misses the same lo, about the things you like. But, that was." Fahri put emphasis on the word 'former'.

Celine chuckled softly. "Honest. Until now, that feeling still exists. Aldeff has not changed. He always made me fall in love."

"Lo inget, right, if Aldef already has Beby now?"

"of courses. So from that, I used to leave Aldef."

"Why don't you try to move on?"

"meaning?"

Fahri who was originally leaning, now straighten the body. The man folded his arms on the table. His two eyes looked at Celine's goal.

"You don't know what this look means?"

***

An awkward atmosphere enveloped Aldef and Daren in the editing room. In order to divert that, Aldef played his phone. Suddenly, he remembered his girlfriend. Aldef rushed to open a chat room with Beby.

^^^Me:^^^

^^^When to turn, Sky?^^^

^^^Kangen 🥺^^^

Not until a minute later, Beby replied.

My Sky:

Don't know yet.

My Sky:

Yeah, know, really. I miss the guy.

^^^Me:^^^

Serius, Sky.^^^

^^^Why not today, anyway?^^^

My Sky:

I still want to be here.

^^^Me:^^^

^^My hands are gatel, Sky. Pengin curled lo.^^^

My Sky:

I did not shower time. Gatel-gatel 😜

^^^Me:^^^

^^^Lo is fine, right, Sky?^^^

My Sky:

Hitherto. I'm much more sincere now.

^^^Me:^^^

^^^I should not have accepted your will when I told you to go home.^^^

My Sky:

Lo, right, gotta go to college, Al.

^^^Me:^^^

^^^When is the plan back? Or do I want to go there?^^^

My Sky:

Don't need. I'm the same with Miko.

^^^Me:^^^

^^^ By the way, the day after, yes, Sky?^^^

My Sky:

The day after tomorrow?

Day ... Thursday?

Why emang?

Aldef puckered his lips. A little disappointed with Beby who does not remember his birthday. Just as Aldef was about to return back to Beby's message, Celine's voice unbundled his intentions.

"Al."

"Eh? Did you finish talking?"

"Anterin I'm home, will you?"

"Lho's? Don't you want to work?"

"My head suddenly got dizzy. I'm going home."

Aldef standing. His hand moved touching Celine's forehead. "Again anget, um. Yes, yuk!"

Before leaving, Aldef took the time to sit down with Daren who had been quietly watching him since. Right after Aldef and Celine's departure, Fahri arrives.

The man then closed the door to the editing room. Reluctant to talk with Daren caressing someone else's eardrum.

"Where?" ask Daren curious.

"My job is in order. After Beby turns around, it's your turn."

"Good."

***

"Cels?"

"H-huh?"

"Darkamun aja daritadi. Think what, anyway?"

Celine smiled thinly. "No. Don't think of anything."

"Fahri said macem-macem, huh? Whahuh? She's not letting you get me?"

"No."

"Certainly? He threatened you?"

"No."

"Continue what? There's no way Fahri can't talk to you if nothing's important."

"Fahri only knows that now you have Beby."

"That's all?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"okay."

Celine looked back out the window. Since leaving FS Agency a while ago, Celine's mind and mind have been relentlessly at war.

Is everything Fahri said real?

***

Beby chuckled amusedly reading Aldef's last reply. The girl could imagine the girlfriend's annoyed expression in her mind.

Now, Beby and Arka are in a photo printing studio. Of course, in order to give birthday gifts to Aldef. Aldef did not answer the message again, so Beby deactivated the phone. As her gaze shifted, Beby found Arka with a difficult to decipher gaze.

"Why, Ar?"

"Huh? It's okay." Arka smiled thinly. "Look at you happy."

This one topic will end awkwardly, according to Beby. The girl turned her gaze for a moment towards the crackle bag in her hand.

"What's this for, anyway?" ask Beby. "Picture book, stickers, motif isolation. Keep this up again, print a photo. Make what?"

"Aldef's birthday present, isn't it?"

"Yes, continues? Flaipain?"

"Udah, really. You just shirk. Guaranteed Aldef would like."

A strange sound made both Beby's eyes glare instantaneously. The arcs were even broken.

"You're the laper, By?"

Beby smiled grimacingly. Showing her neat teeth. "I forgot the last time I ate."

"We stopped by the fried rice restaurant, yeah. That's still your favorite food, isn't it?"

To answer him, Beby nodded briefly. One thing Beby realized, there was something Arka knew about him, but not with Aldef. Beby's trauma to sharp objects, especially knives.

***

The next morning, Beby, Miko, and Arka leave for the airport escorted by Indra and Shinta. An hour before the plane took off, they were already at the airport.

"Sister Shinta really nothing left behind?" ask Beby.

"It's okay, By. Later in the afternoon there is ART from the house of Brother's parents, really. Make a temporary nemenin."

Given that all household affairs were handled by Maya, the Beby family never hired ART services.

"Lagain, Indra's holiday today, really," continued Shinta. The woman looked towards her husband. "Yes, right?"

Indra nodded briefly. His left arm was wrapped around the wife's back neck.

"It can also be romantic lo, sister," said Miko who then got a sharp gaze from Indra. While the others laughed amusedly.

"Later if you want to be born do not forget to tell, yes, brother," said Beby.

"Sure, dong. You should come anyway."

Beby chuckled small. "Yes. God willing I'm coming."

Then, they split up. Indra and Shinta returned home, the other three checked in at Juanda Airport. Since the plane has yet to arrive, Miko, Beby, and Arka have to wait in the waiting room.

The three sat next to each other, with Beby in the middle. The girl took out a snack of chocolate bread from her bag, and held it out to Arka.

"Breakfast first" said Beby.

"You are."

Beby took out Arka's hands, and placed the bread in his hands there. "Say aunt Chika, you can't be late to eat."

Arka smiled little. He received the bread given by Beby, then opened the package. Later, Arka divided the bread in two. "For two, huh?"

"I'm not a laper."

"For the same two I am, here," said Miko. Arka who heard it was a little—very— forced to give half of his bread to Miko. "Thank's"

Right after that, Beby's phone rang. Call from Aldef. A dirty smile then perched on Beby's lips. Today was Aldef's birthday, but the girl had deliberately not said anything. Beby wanted to give a surprise by being directly in front of Aldef.

"Yes, Al?"

"Wake up?"

"Udah. Out sport. What's up?"

"Don't you forget something today?"

"Forgot something? What's the?"

"That's it. I want to get ready for college. Bye."

Beby stared at the screen of his phone while giggling. Satisfied to hear the grumbling tone behind Aldef's voice.

"You are still the same, yes, By," said Arka on the sidelines of his act of chewing bread. "Like to make people sprain."

"Very," said Miko.

The Arka's words made Beby chuckle. "Liar exciting, dong!"

"Yes. Excited in you. Not in the person who made sprain with you."

"By the way, Ar."

"Hm?"

"Can it be for the bread? Laper."

Arka. The man unzipped his bag while shaking his head. "Bus ... Beby ...."

***

On the plane, Beby fell asleep. The girl sat down to the right of Arka. Of course Arka asked.

Arka's eye beads scanned every inch of the face of the girl she loved. Arka's moving hand grabbed Beby's head against the window, carrying him leaning on Arka's right shoulder. His smile expanded wider with a warm puff of Beby's breath that Arka felt carefully.

"andr! Lo's nose!"

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