DISTURBING NEIGHBORS
19. Take a walk

Cean entered the Apartment building with slow steps and broken shoulders. He looks lethargic with a bent face.

Before opening the unit door, Cean took the time to glance at the door on the next unit that seemed closed.

It must have been the door that Neska had just entered in a hurry a moment before.

"Nes-" Wanted Cean to knock on the door, but his hand stopped and just floated in the air - until it finally failed to do so.

Ah, nevermind. Cean still felt that his attitude was not wrong. His behavior at the Bar was indeed willing to protect Neska. She had no regrets about hitting the young man who teased Neska. But he regretted enough why he and Neska had to be like this.

Cean shook his head faintly before finally entering and cleaning himself up at his own residence.

The young man could not fall into the dream world because his mind seemed to refuse to fall asleep. Although the day was very late, Cean was still awake and thinking about the goals of speech that Neska had uttered.

"Why do you have to like me, Nes?" Cean smiled satirically. Neska is not her type at all. Even far from the criteria of the girl he wanted.

Not that Neska wasn't pretty. The girl has her own inner beauty. Neska is kind, polite, soft-spoken, innocent and also innocent.

Neska could not have been with Cean, the young man liked the woman who was the opposite of Neska.

Cean type is a girl who is graceful, mature, smart and already knows the world and can deal with all the problems of life wisely.

Cean also came to mind with the words of his sister this afternoon. Rion had said that he liked Neska, but why didn't Cean allow that? Isn't that better? He can support both. They look better than Neska should like.

"Rion likes Neska. Yeah, they fit better together than Neska likes me."

Cean rubbed his own face rough while exhaling a heavy breath.

"Yes, yes, I'd better support Rion with Neska."

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Cean's remarks last night, turned out to be out of sync with what he now feels when he sees Rion already coming to the 11th floor of the old Apartment where he and Neska live and are neighbors.

What's Rion coming for? It's only 9 a.m., Cean thought.

Cean obviously does not like the appearance of his sister here. Even though last night he had intended to support Rion and Neska to be together.

Wh why? Why doesn't Cean like it? Why could his mouth say he would approve, but his body language could not deny his dislike?

"Why did you come here? No way you're going to play in my sister's apartment, right?"

Cean greeted Rion as he had just returned from a jogging routine in the area around the Apartment.

Rion was a little surprised to find her brother there. He never knew which unit Cean lived in was next door. Yesterday they met in the corridor of the 11th floor, but Rion did not stop by his brother's residence. Rion also did not know what the reason his brother chose to live in this kind of place.

"Ah, yes, sis. I'm gonna take Neska for a walk, take her on Sunday."

As Cean guessed, Rion came to meet Neska. Why does Cean's heart taste rumbling? Is he angry? Wh why? What's wrong? He shouldn't have behaved like this.

"It seems that Neska does not exist" said Cean who of course lied. Somehow she had to tell a lie to her own sister.

"Huh? Nothing? Where's Neska? Brother knows?"

Cean sniffed his shoulder. "Some," he said without guilt.

Rion scratched his non-itchy head. He did want to openly approach Neska from now on, rather than having to find a cause to get the attention of the girl. After all, he already knew the whereabouts of Neska's residence now.

"Ehm, which unit is Brother? I can wait for Neska at Brother's place?"

Cean wanted to feel angry, not because he did not like to be visited by his sister, but because the real arrival of Rion was not for his place.

"You're back, Dek. Brother wants to go out of this."

"Sister? Go and go. I'll lock the door if I leave too, easy ..."

Cean let out a long breath. In her heart she wished Rion had not met Neska today. Honey, Cean had just approved Rion's proposal and was willing to invite the young man to enter his unit, apparently the next door was already open from the inside.

"Dis?"

"Lho, he said, you go, Nes?" Rion opened his voice first.

While the girl who was being stared at, looked puzzled, she glanced at Cean at a glance, but then cast a glance in the other direction in order to avoid eye contact with that million charm young man.

"Gue's gone? Says who?" neska said indifferently. "What are you doing here, Rion?" tanyanya.

Rion rubbed his nape at a glance, looking embarrassed and inexplicably Cean just stared at the interaction of his brother with the girl in front of him.

"Gue .. want ajakin lo walk, Nes. Wanna don't?"

"Where?" neska-'s response made Cean glare at her place, as she did not expect that Neska would respond to her sister's invitation.

"Where do you want it? Eaten? Watching it? Drinking ice cream?" ask Rion.

Not knowing what was on the girl's mind, she immediately answered the sign of agreeing with Rion's offer.

"Yes, we're on our way, but I'm getting ready, yeah."

Neska's reply made Rion smile triumphantly, while Cean let out a long sigh from his position that was still fixed in place.

Whereas Cean had signaled to Neska with a ring so that the girl refused Rion's invitation, unfortunately Neska did not understand Cean's intention or just deliberately ignored it?

Neska looked different since their quarrel yesterday. Is the girl serious about keeping her distance? Think Cean.

"Yes, I'm waiting at sister Cean's house, yes." Rion smiled sweetly. "It turns out you're really neighbors, Kak Cean beach knows lo, Nes," he continued.

Neska just nodded faintly, then went back inside her apartment unit to prepare for Rion's invitation.

Rion and Cean looked at each other. Rion looked ordinary, he did not feel anything wrong, just the look on his face radiated a happy twinkle because his invitation to Neska was not rejected outright by the girl.

While Cean, looked at Rion with a lazy look. If Rion hadn't come, he could have asked Neska to talk more about last night's misunderstanding. However, Cean felt bad that he and Neska should really keep their distance.

"Why did you say Neska left?" rion asked shortly after entering the residence of the Big Brother.

"Huh?"

"So Sister said Neska left, she knew she was home!?"

"Oh, yes, it means that you saw wrong. Jog was squirming a girl who looked like Neska, again the way to the front supermarket."

Once again Cean lied to cover up his lies that he had done since the beginning.

"Oh.." Rion's response. The young man also looked at the situation in the unit occupied by the older brother.

"Mom, Papa, did Brother Aura know that Sister Cean lived here?" ask again.

"No. You don't say yes, deck."

"Everything is, just as long as there's money to keep its mouth shut."

Cean chuckled at the wisdom of his youngest brother.

Then Rion sat down on the simple sofa that was there.

"Sunday is also here, let alone can neighbor with Neska."

Cean did not speak the words of his sister. He headed for the fridge and picked up two cans of soft drink there.

"Now, drink," Cean told Rion and handed him the drink.

"Please, brother," replied the younger brother. "Sister, if I stay here, how about it?" tanyanya.

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