HATE Before LOVE
Expressing feelings!

TIN!

The sound of a horn makes Elif stop his footsteps that lead to the TransJakarta bus stop. He just glanced then stepped again not caring.

"Well, you see Ted, he just whined." Ardan chuckled in disbelief. Elif was truly the first human being who had no fear of Ardan since the first time they met. Really rare!

"Hell Ted's horn again, until he stops and gets more upset."

What does this boss want? Want to melt Elif's heart but be irritated continuously children people.

TIN!

TIN!

TIN! TIN!

TIN! TIN! TIN!

"Mom, Ma'am, diclaxonin, that" said one of the passersby who passed by him.

Finally Elif was forced to stop again, he approached the car while folding his hands in front of his chest.

"What do you want?!" ask Elif fiercely.

"Let's go together." replied Ardan.

"Why should I come with you?"

"Since I'm going to the hospital to see my future in-laws, what would I say if we didn't come together?"

"I don't think you understand, yes, Mr. Ardan. I will not continue this play, I will change everything. And I will still resign!"

"Don't make me run out of patience, Elif. Come in, we can talk again."

"No way!" Tukas Eliph.

"Don't make me a real kidnapper."

"Oh, huh?" Elif underestimate. "At the very least you'll just have Mr. Teddy to coerce me." Then he turned around and walked away.

"What do you want?" ardan asked as soon as he saw Teddy preparing to get out of the car.

"Pursuing Elif, sir."

"Just me!" Ardan went down and chased after Elif. A very, very, very rare moment on the face of this earth, an Ardan Mahesa Demir chasing a woman near the Transjakarta bus stop. That incident will certainly not be missed by Teddy just like that. He pulled out his phone and recorded what happened.

Ardan pulled Elif's hand to stop the girl. Quickly Elif brushed off Ardan's hand.

"What do you want?"

"Kidnap you."

"What?"

"Well, you want your own way in the car, or are you more than happy that I'm holding you and being so considerate on the side of the road like this?"

Elif grunting. "you? Carrying me? Just try it, I believe your prestige is higher than-Aaaak!" Ardan carried him very easily like lifting a roll, inevitably Elif was forced to stretch his arm to Ardan's sturdy shoulder. Even though his feet were still struggling.

"Take me off!"

"You told me to, and now that you're asking to be let go, women are hard to guess." Ardan keeps holding Elif until the car. Of course people were watching them, some were laughing, some were clapping. I don't know what the benefits are clapping.

Teddy's ready to open the door.

Slowly Ardan lowered Elif and made Elif have no choice but to get into the car.

After all was in the car, Teddy immediately drove the car leaving the location.

"Why do you have to test me like that?"

Elif did not answer, he only nodded. Like a child who is cool playing sand and forced to take a family picture.

"Why is your little body so heavy?" Ardan loosened his tie, of course he lied. Elif cotton lightness. "Oh I know, must be your heavy hair."

Elif did not respond he only further grunted his face.

"What do you really want to talk about?" ask Elif later.

"Our deal."

"I told you, I don't want to continue this lie anymore, sir. Do you really not care about my fate after all this is over? Now, just because you did this during the meeting, people start gossiping that I'm the cause of your broken friendship with Mr. Gavin. Then when all this is over, my family will also be the subject of neighborly banter, plus a father who will hate me even more. Why are you so selfish?!" Elif ended it with a shout while shaking his head.

"What?"

"After yelling at me twice, letting out all your emotions, how does it feel? Are you feeling relieved?"

Elif only snorted, turning his face away from the man. Ardan's gaze changed. No more intimidating gazes, or sharp glances that exerted pressure. In the man's eyes there was only a soft, shady look. That's why Elif turned his face away. He did not want to be caught up with the man's play.

"All right, I'll talk now. I've decided not to let you resign or fire you. I won't be continuing this charade either." said Ardan making Elif look at it again with widened eyes.

"Really? No more skit between me and you, sir?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Thank you, sir. I promise, I'll pay you everything you've spent on my family."

"No need." said Ardan. "You're right, what I'm doing is not helping, but thanking. You have opened my mind. So, you don't have to pay anything. You know, what I've spent on your father's expenses I can get in just fifteen minutes. You don't have to sacrifice your whole life to take a stab."

"Eh-" Elif heard what Ardan said.

"But I won't let you go."

"Ma-you mean? You said there'd be no more skit?"

"Indeed, because I think I like you."

"What?!" Elif squealing. "Are you on the telly? You realize what you just said?"

Holy hooch! What did he say? I'm teler? Hahaha, really a record breaker, there is nothing true to me other than him, let alone to say I am stoned.

"I'm in a very conscious state."

"Are you the same person who said I'm not your type?"

"Hem, yeah. We are the same person." replied Ardan without hesitation. "So, my heart was not open before, now my heart is open, for you."

Elif shaking. "Sir Teddy, can't you help me wake up Mr. Ardan, it looks like Mr. Ardan is hallucinating."

"Sir Ardan has excellent health, Elif." that answer was not what Elif wanted at all.

"What do you want, sir?"

"I want us to start all over again. I had our first meeting very badly, therefore I want to start again everything in a good way."

Elif chuckled uncertain what was funny, he just wanted to laugh. "You ever say, if you don't like relationships, then say from the beginning that I'm not your type, and now you're saying you seem to like me and want to repeat everything from the beginning? Are you playing me?"

"No. I mean it."

Elif shaking. "You just don't want to let go of me just because your name is going to be ugly and your parents are going to come back to match you. I know you're pretending because who knows I like you too right?'

"Why is it so hard to convince you? I don't want any more theatrics, because I seem to like you and this feeling isn't a play."

"It seems you like me, it means you don't necessarily like me."

"Therefore I want to reassure this feeling by starting everything from scratch. I'm not pretending just to hold you back to keep my name good. You can ask Gavin if I've ever expressed feelings to anyone before. Never does. You're the first one to wake me up."

Elif let out a annoyed breath. He rubbed his face rough. "Actually what do you expect by saying all this nonsense, sir?"

"It's not bullshit, Elif."

"Don't expect me to believe." Tukas Eliph.

"Did you not like me at all?"

"No."

"You answered quickly."

"Because I don't like you!"

"Why don't you like me? I'm handsome, smart, rich, you can count on me, you can lean on me, you can depend on me. I won't let anyone hurt you. Why don't you like me? What's my lack?"

""That liking can't be forced, sir. Everyone has their own taste." replied Elif. "Just like you said I'm not your type, and vice versa, you're not my type either."

The deg! The deg! The deg! The deg!

Instead of heartache because there is one person who sees himself not special, Ardan's heart just so beat unbecoming. Every single blood that flowed on his body felt rippling. His heart was steady, he would not let go of the girl with the sweetest scent that had made him fall in love.

Do I have to call her from now on, Miss Elif? Teddy thought as he continued to focus on driving while his ears caught all the conversation of the two people behind him.