DISTURBING NEIGHBORS
26. Stuck

"P-boyfriend?" cean muttered when he heard Rion introduce Neska in front of his family.

Neska herself was very surprised when Rion took her to the young man's parents' residence. Moreover, once there, Neska recalled that she had visited the mansion to work as a member of the Garden Organizer.

So, this is Rion's house?

Such was Neska's thinking when she got to that place. Only, he had not issued a word until Rion finally introduced him in front of Cean and the two parents of the young man.

Yara stood up from her seat, she welcomed the girl that Rion said was a boyfriend. His smile grew, he saw a very beautiful and young Neska.

"Hi, Honey? What's your name?" yara asked, she looked carefully at Neska, not to judge her appearance, but Yara felt like she had seen this beautiful girl, somewhere.

"My name is Aneska, Auntie," Neska's great-grandson innocently, she greeted Yara's hands with reverence and was greeted by the middle-aged woman.

"Beautiful name is like hers." Yara smiled warmly. "Well, Neska, this is Sky .. Aunt's husband aka Rion's father and this is Cean, she's Rion's sister."

Neska continued to greet Sky then smiled faintly at Cean who was familiar but she realized that there was already a distance between them.

Cean, who was still surprised by this, threw away his gaze after seeing Neska grinning a smile. Cean has not been able to digest this situation. Or is it he who does not accept?

"Neska .. come-ayo." Yara invites the girl to join her and sit on the sofa. After that, he spoke again to Neska. "Have we met before? Kok Aunty never met you," he continued.

Neska twisted the edge of her clothes in nervousness. She was afraid that she would disappoint Rion's parents if she was just an ordinary girl. This is what Neska avoids the most, she is afraid of being related to people for fear of her presence in the raw reject.

However, Neska does not want to lie to Rion's family about his origin. He was willing to answer honestly for the question asked by Rion's mother.

"I've been here before, Auntie ..."

Neska's remarks not only made Yara, Sky and Cean shocked, even Rion who just sat down beside the Big Brother was surprised by the girl's statement.

"You ever been here? You mean you've been to my parents' house before today?" Rion asked and raised his voice.

Neska nodded slowly. His face was pias before even revealing the truth. He was very afraid of being evicted right now because he was just a poor man, even working in this house as a gardener.

"Ehm, at that time .. I worked as a member of GO and set the garden in this house," said Neska who finally explained everything.

A few seconds of silence, maybe they were digesting the explanation of this girl, but a moment later everyone laughed, let alone Yara who remembered where she first saw this young girl.

"Yes, yeah, Auntie remembers now. You are the youngest of them all" Yara said.

Neska further bent her head as Rion looked at her fixedly. I don't know what the young man's gaze meant, Neska was just afraid that Rion was ashamed of having such a lousy boyfriend like her.

"You work at the Garden Organizer?" Now Cean asked. More precisely he mince words to greet the girl again, as well as really curious about it.

"Ehm, it's just part-time work that I do after school, sister."

For the first time, after six months had passed Neska again spoke to Cean. This is enough to make it deg-degan, not denied if the taste is still there. Either love or just the feeling of liking is left behind.

"Well, you're a hard-working girl, Nes," Yara said. Yara herself had never judged a person by his origins, seeing Neska she was so reminded of herself who used to be a nobody.

"Your parents want you to work?" timpal Sky later.

"Ehm .. I'm an orphan, Om. Both my parents died in an accident." Neska lowered her face.

"Ah, sorry yes, Om didn't mean to make you sad." Sky felt guilty for the girl. He looked at Neska with a look of pity and so knew why this girl had to work at such a young age.

"It's okay, Om."

"When is dinner, then?" Rion is back.

Rion is glad her family received Neska warmly. But, once in a while he glanced at Cean who looked cold and seemed to dislike Neska's presence here. No, Cean is happy there is Neska but Neska's status as Rion's girlfriend is what makes the Brother cool. Rion had expected this, even from far away, so from the beginning he had asked his brother's opinion which in fact it did not matter if Rion approached Neska. But now? Why is Cean's attitude like this? Inner Rion.

"Wait for Oma and Aura Yes, Dek. Shit must be nyampek. That's the brother who picked up Oma."

Hearing the name Aura, Neska's heart once again flinched. Wait a minute, he had thought Aura was one of Cean's collection of girlfriends when the woman visited Cean Apartment at that time. But, Neska forgot that she had never asked Cean the truth about who Aura was?

And today, the name Aura is again called. Has Cean and Aura's relationship gone that far and known to the family? No ... Neska remembers that Aura was the son of Yara. What does that mean?

"Awhile, Nes. We're waiting for Rion's other brother. Her name is Aura, she's picking up their oma."

Neska could only shake a small smile while nodding her head.

Neska looked at the old Cean, inwardly she felt guilty towards the young man. Because of his own thinking, he actually made an ugly image of Cean.

"Dis?"

Rion's call made Neska turn her face to look at the young man.

Secretly Rion knew that Neska had noticed her brother even though Cean was unaware of it.

"How about we go around first while waiting for Kak Aura to arrive? I want to show you something" said Rion.

"Yes, Nes. You better take a walk around the house so as not to get bored and not feel awkward anymore. Consider it your own home." Yara chimed in on her son's words.

Neska finally nodded. He went from there and followed Rion.

"Excuse me, Om, Auntie, Sister Cean," said Neska.

Rion takes Neska around the house. He showed me the location and parts of the house.

"If on the ground floor there is Mama Papa's room. Well, on the second floor, there's my same room as sister Cean's."

"Sister Aura is your brother too, huh?" Finally Neska asked the thing that had been stuck in her head.

"Yes, Brother Aura and Sister Cean are twins. Ah, yes, Brother Aura's room is on the 3rd floor. He likes to go up the stairs so don't get fat he said." Rion chuckled at the end of his sentence.

Neska laughed.

"We're going to the park, yuk."

Neska followed Rion slowly.

"Oh yeah, why don't you ever tell me you've been to my house?"

"Where do I know this is your home. I've only been here once."

Since dating, or rather not since when Rion has left the language 'lo me' against Neska. He was very sweet and every soft word seemed to transmit to Neska who finally spoke the same words as Rion treated her.

"Yes, yeah. I was surprised you said you were here. I thought you were here with Sister Cean."

"Huh?" Neska gawked at Rion's words. "Kok you can nebak that? It's far from your thinking" he said chuckling later.

"Yes, you were neighbors. Deket. Who knows you've been invited by Sister Cean to visit here..."

"No, I just found out that this is your house."

Rion thins lips. He looked at Neska long as he wanted to map the beautiful face of the girl.

"Don't look at me like that, Rion." Neska protested the young man's behavior. He was groggy being stared at as closely as Rion did.

Rion chuckles. She was happy to see Neska's face flushed.

"Nes, you know, Mama and Papa I were dating him from High School era too you know."

"Oh, huh?"

"Huum .. I want our relationship to be like theirs. Stay together despite many trials, they're back together to this day."

"Rion ..."

"I'm serious about you, Nes. You know, from the beginning I told you that I never tried to like other girls because I stuck with you."

Neska nodded her head. I don't know, how she feels now hearing Rion's statement.

"I hope you are the same as me. Accept my seriousness in our relationship. Forget the others and I am the only one in your heart. Can you?"

Rion's words seemed to remind Neska with her feelings for Cean. Yes, indeed Neska has not been able to forget Rion's brother, but from now on she must try it and try even harder.

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