
The sun was setting, I was preparing to meet with Refald. While tidying up my hair, I remembered the incident this afternoon. When we made a deal.
“There's something I want to ask you!” I said with a little doubt.
“Say!”he still looks at me sharply.
“Why don't you sue me? You could've reported me for my carelessness. Don't you bother looking for me yourself? The police can find me for you!”
Refald did not answer my question. He brought his face closer in front of me. My reflexes instantly retreated avoiding him.
“Your question is the same as mine at the time. When you saved me. We are in a bad condition. We were fighting at the time, and you were just gonna save me. You said your heart wouldn't calm down if it let me get rid of that bull crowd, which you felt for me back then, just like I feel for you right now.
"At first I wanted to report you and teach you a lesson worth your actions that made me like this. When I found out I was gonna lose my hand. I hate you so much. I want to feel like I'm making calculations and taking revenge for what you did to me. But, suddenly ... there was something that made me change my mind ...”
I shuddered at his explanation. He hates me and wants revenge on me. It turned out that what Yua said was indeed true. This guy's scary, but I'm also curious, what makes him change his mind.
“What is it?”
“Currently I can't confirm it either. I'm figuring out .. That's why I need your help. I'll let you know if I already know.”
“I have absolutely no idea what you mean.”
“I mean that you should stay near me right now. We don't have to be together if that's what you want. But you can come to me whenever I need." He took something in his bag. "This is for you.” He gave me his phone.
“Why did you give this?” I tried to refuse his gift.
“I will contact you if I need you anytime.”
“But I already have my own?”
“This I don't give free. I'll take it again after this wound heals. Let's just say this is our deal. Do not get lost because this item is very expensive.”
I hesitated and thought for a moment. The location of the house I'm occupying right now is far from Refald's. Looks like I'm forced to move so I don't have any trouble taking care of him if he needs my help at any time and I think the place is ....
“Means I have to stay with my grandmother!”lirih.
“I agree!”
“You know I have a grandmother there?”I'm surprised Refald said that.
“I know all. I told you, I had to go through a lot to find out who you really are!”
I was very surprised to hear his answer.
Did he also find out where I came from. Does he know everything too? Has the secret I've been keeping close to all this time been known to her? Should I make sure!
“How much do you know about me?”
“Why? You're hiding something?”Refald always likes to ask back if I ask him something.
“No!” quickly answer.
I hope Refald still doesn't know who I am. Where do I come from and what am I here for. If he had known, he would have asked. But his movements are very suspicious. I need to be more vigilant.
“You must move to your grandmother's house today, because tomorrow morning you must come to vayak to prepare all my needs. Starting tomorrow, we will leave and go home together! You understand?”
There's nothing more I can say. I can't deny either. I don't know why I feel like there's something else he's hiding from me. I'll try to figure out for myself what it is. Right now all I can do is follow the game until then.
The bedroom door was knocked back to wake me up. Grandma came inside to approach me. “Fey! There's a handsome young man looking for you downstairs. Who is he?” ask grandma.
I saw a clock on the wall. It's 19:00 WIB.
“He's my schoolmate Nek, he's a new student and also lives in Vila Cahaya.”
“Oh ... is he your schoolmate? Why did he come here?”
“Maybe he needs my help, because it's only me he knows here.”
“He knows you live here?”grandma kept asking.
“He knows, we accidentally met on the road earlier, when I was heading here.” I made the right excuse.
Grandma mangosteen. I don't know if Grandma suspects anything. Besides, I don't care either. I'm not really that close to Grandma. Although grandma has accepted my existence in this house with pleasure. I still see our relationship as just a grandmother and grandchild. I still can't love her like I love my mother. Because the hatred I felt for my grandmother was still there.
I went down and met Refald who was sitting in the living room alone.“Are we going?”ask me after I get to where he's waiting.
“No.” Refald took his books out of his bag.
I watched his movements. At the moment he looks very handsome if not in uniform. The tight hem of light blue that he combined with the blue jeans of the dongker made the charming impression attached to him start to look. I'm sure if my friends knew Refald looked like this, they'd be excited.
“This is my friend's notebook. I borrowed it. Copy it to me ... and this ...” he took out the food supply box from his bag. “Boat me. You can also eat with me.”
I smiled bitterly. I can't believe he's prepared everything.
“Where's that stock?”
“I bought it.”
“That's much?”
“For both of us. I don't want to trouble your grandmother!”
“If it were like this, anyone would think you were my girlfriend. You came to bring a car home, bring food and study with me. No one will believe if we don't have any relationship.”
“So what they say. Who cares?”
“You always talk so.” I closed my face with one hand.
It's free to argue with him. This is the game and I have to follow the game.
Tomorrow, my hard life is about to begin.
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I quickly finished the note I copied for Refald. My hands are so numb because I write mostly. After that I bribed him. Within two hours I had completed all my tasks.
He's really so familiar! At least he should say thank you. You little rancid boy!
I don't know why my head suddenly hurts so much. I closed the door and locked it after making sure Refald was gone.
I went up to the second floor and entered the room. I lay myself on the bed. Looks like my grandmother's asleep. Mbok Min who takes care of grandma has also come home.
My phone suddenly rang and I looked for the source of the sound. I thought it was coming from my phone, but it wasn't. The voice came from Refald's cell phone. The phone he gave me had the same ringtone as my phone.
How can our ringtones be the same? We've never even met before!
“What's up?” I said after taking the call from Refald.
“You jutek once?”
I hung up but he called me again. “How dare you hang up before I finish talking!” annoyed.
“I don't want to hear your comments! Tell me what's up?”
“I'm bored. I'll go to your house again. I want to go for a walk!”
“What?" I'm appalled. "You just came here! I don't want to go for a walk. You just go by yourself. This isn't urban. This is a village located in the forest area. You can be devoured by a tiger if you go out at night.”
“Good Saturday tomorrow we'll go to town! Okay!”
“Do you have no other job but to bother me?”
“Nothing ... I really like to bother you!” laughter sounded before he hung up his phone.
He's really not sane. Why do I feel so stressed!
Suddenly the ringing sounded again. This time it's not from Refald's phone. Because my own phone is ringing. Yua called. I patted my eel. Due to too many thoughts, I forgot to tell Yua what was going on.
“Hallo ..”
“Fey! You insane? Why don't you pick up my phone?” there was an ear-splitting scream from across the street.
I checked my phone. There are dozens of miscalls and sms in it.
“Sorry .. I forgot!”
“Since when have you forgotten your memory? You're all right? What did the new boy do to you? You okay?”
“I'm fine ... calm down!”
I locked the door so that no one would hear us and started talking to him. I explained the chronology that happened today, our agreement, what we did today and what is to come. At first Yua was a little confused and surprised to hear my explanation, but she was trying to understand my current situation and condition.
“I understand. But, how did you explain this to Mia and Nura. So far they have absolutely no idea what's going on between the two of you. Mia just kept calling me. He also asked what your relationship was like. How did the new guy know you? You guys go home together too. Not only did Mia ask that, all of our friends and some students I did not know also asked, because from last day until today my phone was unceasingly ringing. I also don't know what to answer?”
“Jawab alone she is my cousin.”
“Who believes that? You guys staring at each other and holding hands? Where is there a cousin who behaves like that?”
“We don't hold hands! He dragged me!”
“Same! What you see is you holding hands. You know that commotion? How scary!”
“Alright, you better take a break. You sound more scary than them. Turn off your phone so no one bothers.”
“You sure everything will be fine? How are you going to face them tomorrow?”
“I can handle it myself. You don't have to worry. Sorry to bother you. You must be tired because of me!”
“I'm fine ... it's just .. It's more complicated than I imagined. As a friend I can't do anything for you.”
I was moved, Yua's words made me want to cry. “You've done a lot for me. Thank you Yua, I'll see you tomorrow.” I hung up on her.
I'm glad I still have friends who care about me. Even at my hardest time. Yua always supported me. Though Yua also has her own problems that she has to face but can still think about my problems.
She's a tough girl. Also loyal, man! It was a pity that Epank did not see the kindness of his heart. Compared to Via, Yua was a thousand times better than him.
I called Refald. At least I want to know what he's going to do to deal with his impromptu fanatic fans tomorrow.
“What's up?” there was a voice across there. I was stunned for a moment. I don't know why his voice suddenly sounded so beautiful.
I told you what Yua told me. “What should we do? What do I have to answer if they ask me again? Yua says they don't believe I said you're my cousin. I really don't understand, why are you so popular for them?”
“You stupid? Or pretend to be stupid?”
“What?”
“Of course because I'm handsome, cool, cool, charming and dirty! The type of dreams of women in the world. You didn't know that? Or are you pretending not to know?”
I held back the emotion of hearing her annoying narcissistic words. I'd love to punch him in the face. I hung up the phone with annoyance. “I shouldn't have called him earlier!” Mumbles.
The phone rang again and I picked it up. “Why did you hang up the phone carelessly? Is that your custom?" he yelled.
I must have gone crazy when I felt that her voice was melodious! In reality his voice was like thunderous lightning!
“I didn't call you to hear your nonsense. You're too narcissistic.”
“The reality is this narcissistic guy is valued by many girls. Prepare tomorrow! Because there will be a storm that hits.”
“What's your plan? You didn't mean to make me an easy target for their rampage, did you?”
“You just calm down. I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you, okay! Bye!” This time he hung up the phone.
I can't sleep thinking about what's going to happen tomorrow.
Is it maybe that scary? Hahhhh .. that's it. I'd better get some sleep, 'cause I gotta get up earlier than usual. Waitaminute! What did he mean by that?
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