DISTURBING NEIGHBORS
25. Boyfriends

These few days, Neska tried to brush off the shadows of Cean's face in her mind. Unfortunately, only the young man's look was thickened in his cranium. Cean was laughing, his astonished face, as well as his cold face as well. All of that continues to shadow Neska who is trying to forget the dream of the heart.

Neska glanced at the paperbag that Rion had given her yesterday. He had not even read the novel, let alone read, it was still wrapped in plastic neatly like there was no interest in Neska to read it.

Neska was not very interested in reading it, initially she wanted to borrow a novel in the library to fill the empty time and could forget about Cean in reading it.

The reality is, reading novels is not done, Cean's shadow can not be removed. Really sliced.

Is Neska looking for other activities? Today he did not work part-time after school, making him alone in his residence while contemplating, until finally thinking with a handsome face belonging to Cean.

Why is it so hard to forget. Cean has more than one girlfriend. Wenda and Aura. Was that not enough to make Neska forget her? Or is it that Neska is interested in being a distraction too? To become the third. It seems, if Cean agrees Neska will consider it.

Ah, no-no. Such thoughts must be thrown away. Neska does not want to be controlled by her own feelings. No matter how much he wanted Cean, he had to have self-respect by not asking for his feelings to be reciprocated and pitied to make himself a sort of distraction for Cean's game material.

The sound of cell phones ringing, the daydreaming of Neska that afternoon. He glanced towards the flat object, apparently it was a call from Rion.

Thinking about the former enemy who now even approached him, Neska thought it would not hurt to open her heart to Rion. Not that it makes the young man runaway but Neska also hopes to forget Cean with Rion. It doesn't seem wrong.

Yes, at a minimum, Neska remembered an old word.

Not able to his brother, his sister so. That's what Neska is thinking. Although he had already rejected the young man rawly, and frankly regarding his feelings for Cean, but trying to get close to Rion seemed okay as well. Who knows, Neska could change course. Rion is good too, he thought.

Without making Rion wait any longer, Neska finally answered the call.

"Nes, this afternoon .. want to go together, no?"

...**...

Neska's closeness with Rion goes hand in hand with time moving. Not only makes Rion happy, the relationship between the two that is getting better actually makes Karel step back slowly.

This makes Neska grateful, because her relationship with Rion can keep her away from a toxic Karel. Well, even though he and Rion have not had any status in their closeness the past few months.

Graduation day is on the verge of an eye. After they had previously passed the examination session together. Everything just goes by. Gradually Neska felt that she could accept Rion in her life even though she had not forgotten Cean the first love.

Right on graduation day, Rion expresses her feelings to Neska again and she finally gets the answer she wants. Neska accepts. It was not in vain that he approached the girl for approximately six months.

...***...

"Woi, bro!" Marko patted Cean on the shoulder as they agreed to meet at a Cafe.

"Hmm" said Cean uninspired.

"I'm afraid you're leaving the old apartment, aren't you?"

"Yes, it's all done."

"Your incognito mission is done? What did you get?" ask Marko.

Cean just sniffed his shoulders indifferently, sipping back his coffee latte without even making things clear to Marko.

"Oh yes, about Jelita.he signed a contract today with our company. It's not in vain I've got him for almost half a year, Bro!"

"So, he's agreed to be our brand ambassador for lotion?"

"Yoi. The old model is only temporary. Soon to be replaced by Jelita. How's my job? Steady, right?" Marko raised his eyebrows teasing Cean.

"Weat what? That's right!" cean said in the end. "We've been looking for another BA for lipstick products, well you just got BA lotion products. It's fucked!" continued later.

"Well, slow down, bro. Conquering Jelita is not easy, she's a top-class model. The winner of Top Model 2022 so yes obviously he sold expensive."

"Whatever the reason, that's your job risk, Ko."

"Yes-yes, I will find BA for the latest lipstick deh," said Marko resigned.

"Giran ..." Marko responded quickly and enthusiastically.

"So, after this you go back to your parents' house or move to a more sane apartment?"

Cean took a roll of paper in front of him, clumped it up and threw it at Marko. Instead of being angry, Marko giggled at the response of his best friend.

"You mean my old apartment's not sane, is that it?" enragedly.

"Well, you're also there half a year."

"Come on," said Cean sighing heavily. There was a difficult sense he expressed regarding the old apartment that had become his residence.

"My advice is, you better go home to your parents."

Cean shook his head. He is not unwilling to live with family, but many of his personal affairs that he wants to escape from the knowledge of his family.

...**...

Cean had packed up this afternoon and maybe tomorrow he would really leave the old Apartment and no longer be neighbors with his little girl.

Her little girl? Yeah, he thinks Neska is.

Ah, why is it that when Neska remembers that something is missing? It's been almost a few months since Cean rarely saw the girl again. Usually if it is morning he will be able to see Neska who is waiting for public transportation in front of their Apartment building. But lately it is rarely almost never.

Usually, Cean would cross paths with the girl, but it had been a long time since Neska had said she wanted to keep her distance.

Rion has also rarely come to his apartment since he said otherwise why if the sister wants to approach Neska?

This is so strange, it should be that if Rion really wanted to get close to the girl, Rion should have visited a lot, right? There really isn't. This actually makes Cean look around, because he hopes that with the arrival of Rion to the Apartment he will have a reason to meet or just see the little girl?

Again, only the word somehow stuck in Cean's head. Why would he have to steal like that to see Neska? I don't know.

Tonight, Cean returns to her parents' house. There is a graduation celebration dinner Rion from Harapan Taruna High School.

Actually Cean was lazy to gather family because he was afraid of events that had been repeated. Yes, Aura will discuss it at the dinner table and in front of all her family. Considering that it feels like Cean is lazy. But, Cean understood Aura's attitude, her brother was so because of Cean's behavior as well. But now that Cean has changed, let alone many women, none of whom he has.

In order to appreciate his family, and Rion invited him via voice mail. Inevitably Cean finally came to his Mama and Papa's house for dinner together. Besides, they haven't had dinner like this in a long time. Let Aura be content to skin him. Cean will accept it.

"Ma, Pa." Cean greeted his parents with reverence. There was only Papa and Mama, while Aura and Oma had not yet seen the trunk of her nose.

"Handsome handsome mama's son has come home. You're here, right?"

"Not yet, Ma."

"Now, anyway?" sulk Yara. "To Mama's house it's hard to ask for mercy. Nyari in your office also did not meet. Huh, it's difficult to have a child who has turned into an important person," he said accompanied by a joke.

"Mrs ..." Cean tried to persuade the mother because the behavior of a woman who was still beautiful at a young age was really making her feel guilty.

When Cean was busy with his mother. Apparently Rion got there with someone.

"Ma, Pa, brother. Look who I am." Rion approached Cean, Yara and Sky who were sitting opposite each other in the living room that night.

Rion's words clearly resuscitated the three. They stared at the youngest child.

"... knowin, this is Neska. She's .. Rion's boyfriend."

Hearing that Cean's eyebrows immediately linked, not to mention when he saw Neska who dressed up beautifully for the sake of attending dinner with her family tonight.

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