It Turns out There's Love
30 - DISCHARGE AT FIRST HUG

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As Zafira finished her sentence about her wedding plans with Ronald, the pain in Fariz's heart raked at every word that came from her lips.

Whether Zafira was conscious or not, if what was said had hurt Fariz's heart but the man tried to soak the pain and breastplate with the sincerity of accepting all that Zafira said, that has been the decision of his best friend.

Fariz was speechless unable to say anything. Only his heart continued to fall, holding all the pain in silence. He had no right to forbid Zafira's wishes. All decisions are in the hands of the girl and no one can change everything that has become her decision.

"Fariz, I know, you must be disappointed with my plan. I'm sorry..," sighed Zafira softly with the look of my eyes.

The girl walked a few steps forward, approaching Fariz who was standing before her with a gloomy face. The face did not look as radiant as a night without the flickering of stars, and it was dark to cover the world. So did Fariz's facial features, his good looks covered with a clear gloom emanated from that face.

Zafira was standing right in front of Fariz only about half a meter away. Their faces were aligned and eyes looked at each other without speaking. In a few seconds Zafira still had time to observe the face of Fariz who was moody, not excited, silent a thousand languages.

No words said. Silent. Silent. Only the branches of trees near them rubbed against each other in the night breeze watching the two people who were in a state of confusion and heartbreak.

When the silence was created, when the two mouths were locked, when the two eyes looked at each other meaningfully, suddenly Zafira's hands moved, stretched forward and slowly touched Fariz's waist and embraced the athletic body.

Initially just a regular hug, feels awkward and tenuous, but over time Zafira's embrace is getting closer and tighter. Warm, that is what is now felt in both bodies.

I don't know what happened to that girl. His hands just moved around hugging his friend. His legs did not want to lose and stepped quickly closer to Fariz as if understanding what his hands wanted.

Zafira's heart seemed to understand and agree with the wishes of both hands and feet. His heart did not rebel let alone resist, with confidence as if guiding and telling the girl to immediately embrace Fariz.

Fariz. Both of her eyelids opened wide looking at the girl who had now sunk her head in her chest. No words were spoken either from the lips of Zafira or from the lips of the man. The two just kept quiet with each other.

"Dug, Dug, Dug"

Fariz's heartbeats began to react, sounding resounding, as if about to tear down the fortress of his heart.

From childhood they were friends until tonight their relationship remains the same. During the friendship, Zafira never hugged Fariz like this. But somehow tonight suddenly the girl's hands, feet and heart seemed to agree to tell her to do something she had never done.

In his entire life, only three men have ever hugged him. Zafran, Arga and Bram, the uncles in Thailand. But tonight he added another name, Fariz, to his list of men who have been in his arms.

Zafira leaned his head against Fariz's chest. Tilt your face to the left. His cheek and right ear were firmly fixed to Fariz's chest. His ears could hear Fariz's heartbeat. The girl was able to catch Fariz's racing heartbeat. The sound of the heartbeat continued to flow along with their barely audible breaths.

Evidently, when he put a hug on the man's body, Fariz's heart beat faster and harder. Zafira knew it was not a normal beat in general, but a sign that Fariz's heart held a feeling for Zafira that made him feel nervous. A feeling called love. Such a great love that decades kept neatly stored in the heart of the man.

"Fariz, is this fast heartbeat proof that your love is so great for me? Is that how much you love me? But why haven't I ever felt the same way as you? Why have I always felt that you were my brother?" Zafira sat in confusion, fixed her ears on Fariz's chest, opened them wide, listening to the throbbing throbbing from within.

When Zafira's mind was filled with many questions about Fariz's feelings as well as his own. As Zafira's ears were still firmly fixed on Fariz's chest, she continued to listen to his best friend's heartbeat, which was when she felt something suddenly appear in her heart.

Suddenly something felt strange to Zafira. His heart became a little thumping even though the thump felt smooth and vague, pounding slowly accompanied the rhythm of Fariz's heartbeat which continued to beat rapidly and violently into the ears even to the heart of the girl.

But Zafira did not understand what that feeling was? He thought if his heart felt surprised because it was the first time this time hugging a man who was not muhrim at once and this intimate.

Even though the girl was in a relationship with Ronald for several years, not once did the girl hug her lover. Especially this when hugging Fariz.

Many times Ronald wanted to hug Zafira while in the cinema, in the mall or in the car but the girl never allowed it, because she always remembered the message of the mother, Laras, and the other girl, can be dating but in a healthy way.

Unlike tonight, for the first time Zafira hugged a man not a muhrim and it was of his own volition without being told let alone forced by anyone. Both of his hands were stretched out to hug Fariz. His feet and heart did the same.

And the big question in the heart of the girl, why suddenly his heart thumped even faintly when he heard Fariz's heartbeat that was softly entering his sense of hearing?

What could have been, without Zafira noticing, that there was love in her heart for Fariz? Since when? Just tonight or a long time ago?

Nope. It doesn't seem like that's the reason. The answer is not that. It was not because he loved Fariz that made his heart flutter. More precisely maybe because he was not used to cuddling with a man who was not a blood family so that made his heart turn strange.

The girl was still confused by her own feelings. And he kept his opinion, that he didn't love Fariz. Fariz was his best friend, Fariz his brother. And forever it will be like that. Thousands of questions and confusion danced in his head.

"Why did my heart beat like this while hugging and hearing Fariz's heartbeat? What's wrong with me? Why does Fariz's heartbeat make my heart beat weird?," his heart seemed to be wondering full of confusion over the strange feeling that suddenly came attacking him when he came into close contact with the man he had known since childhood.

I don't know what's really going on, let time answer. Only one is certain and undeniable, that the girl feels very afraid of losing her best friend and wants to always be around him even though later they have both married their respective life partners.

Fariz instantly froze like a lump of rock in the open ocean. Crashed by big waves but still did not move in the slightest. Nervousness overwhelms him making him stand pegged helplessly.

Behind his nervousness, the man so enjoyed Zafira's embrace. His body turned warm. At the front, feeling warm with Zafira's face leaning on his chest that was hit by the soft breath of the girl. At the back was warm with both hands Zafira intertwined hugging his waist.

The man wants to continue like this. He did not want this rare moment to pass quickly. Night please help Fariz, so that Zafira does not immediately let go of this hug and continue to hug him like this until they age later.

Fariz felt the tremors of love growing in his heart. Only Zafira was the only girl Fariz allowed to sit on the throne of his heart. There will be no other person who can replace the girl.

And this was the first time Zafira had embraced him after all the years they had been friends together. Although this embrace is not an embrace based on love, but it can make the man's heart feel so happy, like flying into the blue sky floating with Zafira on the clouds.

Is that Fariz's happiness? Just being hugged by someone he deeply loved even though not a hug of love but has made his heart float happy and immediately forget the heartbreak that is currently beating him.

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