ENTANGLED IN THE LOVE OF A WHIPPED HERBAL SELLER
Sorry, Sabrina.

Tio was curious about Sabrina's true feelings. Decided to take Sabrina for a walk after the reunion was over.

"I don't understand in what way are you taking me for a walk?" asked Sabrina who was feeling very happy when Tio took her for a walk.

"Nothing, I've decided to take a leave of absence during this celebration. Because the reunion was over sooner than I expected, so I still have enough time to spend this day relaxing."

Sabrina was so happy that she invited Tio to spend the day at the beach.

With a breeze that makes the soul calm, Sabrina toyed with water that occasionally invites Tio to play together.

While Tio and Sabrina are playing in the water, Tio accidentally sees Cyila and Arlo.

"Oh no, don't let the king and the queen see me and Sabrina here." Lirih Tio started thinking of a way to get Sabrina to want her when she brought her home.

Then, an idea suddenly came along

Tio saw a restaurant employee bringing food to a place on the beach.

"Sabrina, What if we try culinary around the beach. I'd love to enjoy a meal on the beach."

"Good idea."

Tio was finally able to breathe at a price when Sabrina wanted to be invited to enjoy culinary on the beach.

Tio slightly peeked towards the king and the queen of the dreadlocks, to make sure that the two of them did not see his whereabouts.

Tio and Sabrina then decided to stop at one of the restaurants on the beach and very far from the view of Cyila and Arlo.

Sabrina and Tio began to choose the food menu that was served, while waiting for the food to come. They talk, they talk,

"Sabrina, what do you think is the definition of love?" tio asked who seemed to want to immediately pry information about the issues his friends conveyed that Sabrina liked him.

"Love is not natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, conviction, and overcoming narcissism. It's not a feeling, it's a practice"

"So, have you practiced the love you just said?"

"Yes, I always practice it just never get the reply I want."

"Are you trying to say that all this time you can only love in silence?"

"Can I say that."

"How long have you loved in him?"

"Haha, it's funny that you ask that question because I'm not sure you'll believe it when I say that I've loved her in silence for over 10 years."

"What's? How can you survive that long by loving someone, who never gets anything in return?"

"When you miss someone, time seems to go slower, and when I fall in love with someone, time seems to go faster" Sabrina said, which made Tio recall Mutia.

My God, why every time I talk to Sabrina I always remember Mutia.

"If you how?" asked Sabrina who made Tio aware of her daydream.

"I firmly believe in 'I have to love myself before I can love others' and I think for me it breeds the most inspiring relationships."

"really?"

"Yes, because we can never make other people happy if we don't feel happy ourselves."

"Then what about the word that says if for example my happiness depends on the person I love."

"Don't that mean you're happy even though you'll never be with her?"

"No, what I'm trying to say is like this. For example, I put this hope and feeling towards you. And what can make me feel so happy is when I can spend this time with you."

"Sorry, Sabrina. You should not expect happiness from others. Happiness begins with yourself, while others are only a complement to that happiness."

"If you don't try to find your own happiness and make you happy, you'll never get what you expect."

Tio immediately said what he really wanted to say, rejecting Sabrina subtly even though Tio did not understand whether Sabrina could catch the implied message that was on every word Tio said.

"The goal of human life, no matter who controls it, is to love whoever is around him to be loved" Sabrina said, turning her gaze the other way.

Sabrina seemed to already know the implied message conveyed by Tio.

"You may not understand if there's such a thing as happiness it doesn't have to love each other. There are times when happiness can only be obtained when we are only bound in a friendly relationship."

"Not infrequently, the higher bond of friendship actually makes happiness even further."

"I know, that's why I'm more comfortable with the way I loved that person in silence up until now."

"Until when does one's beloved eating go in silence?" ask Tio.

"So, I don't know."

"Sabrina, this is my advice as a friend. You'd better stop loving someone in silence if you never get the payback."

"Stop getting caught up in a world of hope and start rising to see the reality."

"I know, it's just that it's really hard for me to find someone who can really get my heart, like when that someone steals my heart without him noticing."

"Sorry, Sabrina. I think you've misunderstood the theory you're saying. I think it is you who unknowingly gave your heart to someone you love in silence. Then you are so wasted that you assume that someone you love in silence is what stole your heart."

"Yes, you might be right."

Sabrina actually wanted to cry because she thought that every answer spoken by Tio led to Tio's subtle rejection.

Being your friend is all I ever wanted, and being your lover is all I ever dreamed of.

However, it seems like the dream I have to bury deeply considering that there is not a single word spoken from you that gives a code that you also have the same feelings for me.

Soon the food ordered by them arrived. Tio who saw the tension on Sabrina's face, immediately looked for a way to melt the atmosphere.

Sabrina, who was very easy to smile and joke with laughter, made Tio easily divert the atmosphere that had been tense back relaxed.

Tio did not know that Mutia was also on the beach and was celebrating their success in conducting the final thesis.

"Hey, I'm hungry how if we go around to find out which restaurant is the most crowded," said one of your friends, who had long straight hair and glasses.

"Cus is.."

It had become a habit for Mutia and her friends, when they were going for a walk and were feeling hungry. They will look for a restaurant that is crowded with buyers, they always assume that a crowded restaurant buyers mean the food there is very good.

Just as Mutia and her friends were walking around to find a place to eat with a crowded purchase, Mutia's gaze unintentionally caught the figure of Tio who was joking with laughter along with Sabrina.

"Tio?"

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