Just A Professional Relationship
Episode Thirty Seventy
“Axel!!! Bang Tyo said his friend wanted to sign our song!” Nadin spoke very loudly, so Axel somewhat kept the phone away from his ear.
“Wah, is that correct?”
“Iyaa!! I was just told. And we were asked to go there this afternoon too!”
“OK. I'll pick you up later.”
“Iyaa!! Don't be late!!”
Axel laughed a little to hear Nadin's child-like way of speaking. Makes him happy and relieved, because now his friend was able to return to being his usual self.
Nadin was very excited when he got news from Tyo. He did not expect that the song he created with Axel would be hosted by a record label.
Initially, it started when Tyo came to the cafe. After learning that Nadin and Axel were making songs, he was very enthusiastic and immediately said he would introduce them to his friend who worked at a record label.
Of course Nadin felt pessimistic, especially after he resigned from the entertainment industry with a bad name. But, Tyo's friend still greeted him kindly, regardless of what his past was like.
Passing a week after submitting a demo song made with music from the guitar that Axel played, today Tyo gave amazingly surprising news.
At least, Nadin did feel homesick with the days when he was still a singer. Although not as famous as before, at least he still wanted to make his voice heard to many people.
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“Welcome, Nadin, Dion. Sorry yes, our place is not as big as you guys imagine.” A young man greeted his guests. From his appearance, he did not look like a person who was already almost four heads old. He was wearing a loose t-shirt and pants, as well as an old brown skullcap. Really like a young man.
“No, Brother. Precisely we are very happy to have been invited here,” reply Nadin to the man named Zendra.
“Thank you too Tyo. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have found your song.”
The company is not too big. But they are growing by releasing songs that are quite well known and widely enjoyed. The people who work there are mostly young people. So it is not strange that their songs can always keep up with the times, and sell in the market.
“I was a little surprised when I found out it was you. Actually from a long time ago I felt a pity when I found out you stopped being a singer. Your voice is too redundant if wasted.”
Nadin glanced at Axel with a smile. The man smiled back, giving his thumb.
“You should be selling your songs quickly, I think. Moreover, your name is known by many people,” added Zendra again.
“Eh, but, Brother. I don't think I want to use my real name when the song releases.” Nadin said quickly.
“Lho, why?”
“I actually do not want people to hear this song just because they know that the one who created it was me.”
“Hmm..” Zendra seemed to think for a moment. “Can be, anyway. Okay, you just decide what name you want to use later.”
“OK, Brother. Thanks!”
That day, Nadin was really endlessly smiling happily. He even slightly jumped up and down while walking. Sometimes humming cheerfully.
After four days of staying at Nadin's house, Axel decided to go home. He was relieved because the woman was much better. But he kept things safe after he left, by phone or message.
“Girang really, daritadi,” chirps Axel. “Kayak son tk out get gift.”
“Biarin..”.
“Eh, what are we going to eat?”
“What aja, it's up to you. Eating at your father's shop is fine too.”
Nadin jumped up on the bike, after Axel. Then they headed towards the road home. The rain fell before they arrived. So Axel decided to cover, near a mini market.
“Aman, really. Wet little doang.”
The rain also increased rapidly when they just took shelter under the minimarket roof.
“Wait for ya, I buy drink first.”
“Oke.” Nadin nodded.
Axel bought two glasses of warm tea, and rushed back to where Nadin was. At that moment, his steps had halted for some time. Axel looked at Nadin who was standing, staring at the wall. The problem is, he only realized that in that place there are various posters, where one of them displays the figure of Juna.
Again, Axel had to see an expression he did not like. Nadin's gaze still seemed to radiate hope to be able to meet that person.
“Nih, make you.”
Nadin hurried to turn around when he heard Axel's voice. He did not want the man to know what he was looking at. Although Axel had already realized it.
“Still yes.”
Both of them stood up, staring at the rain, while enjoying their warm tea. A few moments of silence without a word. Though not long ago, they seemed cool in joking cheerfully. But things suddenly changed only because of a poster that was almost consumed by time.
“I am so grateful to meet you, Xel,” said Nadin, while still staring far into the rain stubs. “At first I thought you weren't a trustworthy person. And after being betrayed by the same people I used to think everything was for me, I became even harder to trust each other. But my outlook has completely changed. Now, it is precisely you who I can trust the most.”
Nadin turned his head and looked at Axel who was standing to his left. “You can really trust me, right? You won't lie, or hide anything from me?” tanyanya while smiling with sincerity.
Axel's mouth was slightly open. There are words he wants to say. However, it was immediately stuck in the throat. He returned his eyes to the front, and was a little downcast.
The change in expression certainly made Nadin wonder. What makes Axel unsure to answer the question he thinks is not difficult? Was it because there was something that the man was hiding? If there is, about what?
“Why you?” ask Nadin. Start to feel anxious.
“Sorry. I don't think I can be the person you hope to be.”
“Means?”
“I haven't been completely honest with you. There's still something I'm hiding.”
The rain still falls heavily. Doesn't seem to have the desire to quit anytime soon. It's just that the time of his presence felt imprecise. Because it brings up a disturbing feeling that is not expected to come.
Axel took a deep breath. His face immediately seemed to hold such a heavy burden. And this time, he couldn't bear to support her alone.
“Maybe I'll be hated for telling it. Either by you, or by that person.”
“I don't understand what you're saying. Hated by whom? About what?”
Axel also ventured to look at Nadin who was giving a hopeful look at him. He must have been tormented by curiosity, because Axel kept hanging his words.
“Do you believe that I said, Juna had a chance to see me before he left?”
A shocked expression immediately emerged from Nadin's face. He closed his mouth with his hands, not believing what he was hearing.
“Juna? make what?”
“He asked me to do something for him. Something I shouldn't have told you.”
Nadin immediately gripped the sleeve of Axel's jacket. Even the paper glass he had originally held was left to fall just like that.
“Please tell me everything.. and do not cover anything from me.”.