DISTURBING NEIGHBORS
21. Intimidations

"Gue's home, yeah."

Neska nodded. He was relieved to have said the thing he wanted to say to Rion. He hoped that the young man would no longer like him after his rejection.

"Thank you, you took me out today."

"Yes, equally. I also thank you for taking the road." The young man patted the top of Neska's head, which was only his chest, while Neska glared in disbelief at what Rion was doing.

"Em, sorry if you're uncomfortable" said Rion slowly.

Neska is still frozen with Rion's sweet treatment. Didn't he reject it? Neska thought Rion would stay away from her after this.

"Y-yes, I'm coming in" said Neska who was suddenly nervous. I don't know why.

Getting good treatment from Rion-like a dream for the girl, because all this time they have a bad relationship and this feels very awkward. Unlike Neska's relationship with Karel, although Karel also likes her, but from the beginning the two are worthy of good friends. But with Rion? Ah, it just feels weird.

Neska and Rion were not aware that Cean had seen the interaction of the two from the door slit of his own apartment. Error, not looking but peeking. Actually Cean had no intention of that, but hearing the voices of Rion and Neska who had already returned, he was curious what the two youngsters were talking about after this. They actually look so sweet.

Are they already made up? Think Cean.

Rion chooses to go to the next apartment, he wants to say goodbye to Cean first before deciding to go home. Unfortunately, Cean who was preoccupied standing behind the door and looking at the treatment of Rion who was too sweet to Neska just did not move from there.

"Sister?" Rion was a little surprised, he had not knocked on the door but Cean had already opened it first - as if he knew of its existence.

Did Cean peek at them? Think Rion.

"Home home?" ask Cean later.

Rion pecked at the thin smile that somehow sucks at Cean's eyes.

Rion also felt no need to answer her brother's questions that felt no need to be answered.

"Where is this?" Cean entered his Apartment again, followed by Rion behind him. He sat on the sofa, opening a soft drink can that was not cold because it had been lying on the table since. "Assyched path?" ask again.

Rion sat down. Instead of answering the question of the Big Brother, he looked Cean in the eyes, making the older brother who was stared at so frowning in wonder and a little groggy.

"Why?" ask Cean wonder.

"I told you that I like Neska."

"Continue?" Cean started drinking his canned drink.

"Now Neska already knows, he said he was accidentally horrified yesterday." Rion re-patched a meaningful smile, but I don't know what. "I won't judge him, even if he likes another guy now" he said later.

"W-what? Wh-why? Neska wouldn't tell you that she likes other guys, would she?"

Rion nodded steadily. "Yes, but I don't think that's a rejection. We are young too. Feelings can still change, right, brother? I believe that one day Neska's feelings can change course to me," he said confidently.

Gluey!

Cean spent the rest of his drink in one gulp. It did not feel that now he was holding just an empty can that was not contained.

"Neska also told me who the guy she liked was. And I don't think that guy is my rival, because I'm sure Neska will be tired of herself as much as he will." Again Rion smiled annoyingly in Cean's vision. "There will be a time, Neska will see, me, sister!" repelled.

Uncontrollably, Cean actually saves the empty can in his hand into a dent and out of shape. However, he could still display his trademark smile in front of Rion, as if nothing had ever happened or rather pretend to bo doh with what he heard.

"Don't understand what I mean, do you, brother?" ask Rion.

"Haha, of course I understand, Dek." Cean replied while throwing his shapeless can towards the trash.

The can also enter right on target - along with a satirical smile full of irony which then sits on the corner of Cean's lips.

"No, don't support me, do you?"

Now that Cean was growling low, if Rion had heard from Neska who was the young man that the girl liked, it meant that Rion already knew about it, right? Is his sister testing him now? Inner Cean began to guess what Rion meant now. Does Rion want to hear Cean's confession about this so he lures Cean to open his voice to confess?

"Ayeah, you said you were leaving? How are you still at home until I get back here?"

"Huh?" Cean recalls his lies shortly before Rion and Neska leave. "Yes, it came out but it came home before you could come back" he said back and again had to lie.

Once you lie, you will be forced. That's the thought of Cean who can't dwell when his sister as if peeking about him.

"Yes, I'm back, brother. It's late afternoon, I'm afraid Mama nyariin."

Cean could only nod clumsily. Just this time she felt Rion - her youngest sister - was intimidating her even though indirectly.

Cean let out a long sigh after Rion had completely left his residence.

Can't wait any more time, Cean was out of his unit, he couldn't bear not to say hello to Neska today. No, it's all because of Neska's remark yesterday that said she wanted to keep her distance so she felt she had to clear up the matter.

"Dis?" Cean would rather knock on the door than press the bell, whose voice was not loud.

"Neck!" The young man exclaimed as he continued to knock on the door leaf of the unit Neska occupied.

Neska opened the door and looked surprised to see Cean there. But, hurriedly the girl neutralized her heartbeat and made her face mimic as usual as possible.

"What's up, K-sister?" Unfortunately, his voice could not cover his nervousness.

"I want to talk, Nes!"

"Talk? About?"

"I can come in, right?"

Neska shakes. "Speak here" he said trying to be as flat as possible.

Cean frowned a bit, but he did not have time to think about Neska's peculiar attitude. At least, Neska is this for sure because her talk last night wasn't because Neska and Rion had ...

"If nothing matters, I go in, brother." Neska returned after seeing Cean remain silent.

"Dis?" Cean blocked the girl's arm, making the direction of Neska's gaze fixed on Cean's strapping hand that looked circular there. Highlight Cean's eyes were like they were begging the girl not to move. This was Neska's weakness, she could not bear to continue ignoring this young man.

"Why are you gini, Nes?"

"This means? I don't understand, Sis?" Neska forced to put on a smile.

"Okay, get to the point, 'cause I don't like pleasantries." Cean took a deep breath. Staring at the brownish eyes of the girl in front of him. That look looks awful. "Nes, I don't want you to keep my distance. We can still be as usual, right, Nes? Why keep the distance? It feels awkward" Cean blatantly protested Neska's attitude that she felt was different today.

"Sister, you know, why do I ask you to keep your distance? It's because I still love myself. I don't want to keep expecting my brother. Do you think I can act like normal after Big Brother's rejection?"

"Dis?"

"I can't, Brother. If you still consider me a sister, please. That is the right of my brother. But if I want to keep my distance from Big Brother, I hope Big Brother also does not mind, because that is also my right, Brother."

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