Letter to Atlanta
29. Truth or a lie

I don't know how long the girl has been silent beside the wheel, folding both hands while curling her lips down. He was not at all interested in the countless long sentences that came out of Yunaka—'s mouth - the man driving the car.

"Try it first. Who knows if you fit in. I will be very happy if you will be a mate. I support you with Haikal" Yunaka said. Every now and then the man turned his head to glance at Elisha.

"Tried, tried, you think seblak can be tried first" he said. "I'm sorry, I don't want to be the same guy. Idih amit-amit jabang, Bang." Elisa tapped her head a few times, then over the dashboard of the car, then shuddered.

"But he's good, El. I knew Haikal a long time ago. He won't macem, trust me."

"Gue said he didn't want to, yeah he didn't want to, Bang. Don't mind his brother, the little boy is a good friend lo, you seem to my soul mate with him. She's not my type, god!"

"Rather than keep on single."

Elisha grieved, rotating the eyeballs. "I'm single, keep lo what? Talk to me first if you want to talk, Bang."

Yunaka sighed, she smiled widely, a smile that seemed forced.

"It's important you're happy first, El. I'm late, it's easy about the girlfriend nyari, I have a lot of stock. Some who would not want to be the same guy as a handsome Yunaka Tama," he said accompanied by a small puck, combing hair up using the fingers of the hand.

Hearing that, then made Elisha suddenly feel nauseous. He was not exhausted by Yunaka's overconfident speech.

"Na to the jis, disgust," said Elisha while pretending to vomit.

Yunaka rounded her eyes, glancing at Elisha. "Eh, can't you believe I'm the college prince?"

"Shortly. Who likes you anyway, Bang. It's a cataract girl times, it should be checked with an autorefractor."

"Have a son! Your brother's as handsome as this time you can't see."

Elisha turned his head, glared at the eyes by pulling at the petals, then turned to rubbing his eyes with fingers. "Burems."

"Well, if you like me."

Hoek!

"So how? You want to, don't you?"

"No."

"You?"

"Some!"

"Nice the guy."

"Lod."

"Pinter is not bodo."

"So." Right." Elisha folded his hands again as Yunaka turned her eyes to look at the girl.

"So what?"

"Engga. Budeg?!"

"Lo says whatever."

Elisha took a breath, staring intently at Yunaka who occasionally glanced after looking at the streets ahead.

"I'm talking to you, Bang. I told you, yes. Do not need my lyrics, noh look at the road, be careful if things happen that are not desirable," said Elisha warned.

Instead of hearing Elisha's words, Yunaka smiled in a slant, moving his head to look at Elisha witfully.

"Say yes, that's why,"

"Well, look ahead, damn it!"

Yunaka shook her head. "Say first."

Elisa widens her eyes as Yunaka runs the car without paying attention to the situation ahead. He shook Yunaka's arm so that the man would return to his saner mode, in Elisha's heart multiplying the do'a so that he would not die silly that day because of Yunaka's stupidity.

"Well, I don't want to die now! Crazy lo?!" he said, it could not be denied his heart suddenly raced very fast.

"That's why I'm the same."

"BANG! WATCH OUT!"

Bruk!

Yunaka brake the car suddenly until it makes a sound in the tire that rubs against the road asphalt. He himself was very surprised by what was in front of him at that time, after turning his head and everything happened suddenly.

Elisha opened his mouth wide, with both eyes still glaring at him regulating the hunting breath.

"El, t—tso I hit what?"

Elisha looked at her with annoyed looks. "Yes, bego! Lo think what? The goat?!"

"How should I go?" said the man. A cold sweat started to flutter on his forehead, he trembled, clutching tightly at the steering wheel.

"Darling." Elisha paused for a moment he said, the longer he did not understand his own mind. "Please orang, Bang. You wanna be a hit-and-run suspect, huh?!"

A little jolted by Elisha's speech, but the man still steadied his heart to help the person he had hit. Although his mind was so raging that it guessed another possibility that would happen after that, but his body led Yunaka to remain in charge.

He took off the sealtbelt, opened the car door and exited, which Elisha followed after. He ran a little towards the boy who was already sprawled and a teenager was there.

"God! Sorry, s—I accidentally. We're taking him to the hospital, okay? Let me help you," Yunaka said as she crouched down to take over the unconscious boy in someone's lap.

Elisha who was already standing behind Yunaka while breathing in, frowned as the look in his eyes caught a familiar figure to him. It didn't take long to guess who the man was.

"Atlanta?"

He looked over quickly when he heard a voice calling his name. Looking up at a girl.

"What are you doing here?" ask Elisha to the point.

"He's my friend."

"Will talk later can not? Help me first," said Yunaka who did not know since when he had carried the child.

Elisa nodded quickly, slightly running to open the car door followed by Atlanta behind her.

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Elisa and Atlanta sat on the long iron chair, silent with their respective minds.

"Atlanta," Elisha opened his voice by naming the man, making the person beside him turn his head for a moment.

"You said the boy was your friend?" Elisha lowered his voice.

Atlanta nodded in response.

"That means you know his parents. Got his phone number, right? Let me call her parents later."

For a few seconds, the man was silent, looking at the eyes that were staring at him.

"He has no parents."

The sound of footsteps colliding with the white tile increasingly sounded loud, indicating that someone was running through the hospital hallway in a hurry. It practically made the three turn their heads when an adult man came over to them with a dull breath.

"G—how? K—you guys are fine, right?" said stammering. Elisha stood up to Joni who was wiping the sweat on his forehead.

"We are well, Bang" answered Elisha.

Joni sighed while nodding, feeling one of the burdens was gone right then and there.

"Who are you really doing this?"

"Not Elisa, Bang. But it's a tuh." Elisha's pointy chin moved towards Yunaka who was still bowed.

Joni turned her head, once again the man let out a long sigh, ruffled his waist, looking at Yunaka sharply.

"Clear." Joni's heavy voice was able to make Yunaka ciut's guts instantly.

"G—gue accidentally, Bang."

"Don't you say it on purpose?! Lo—"

Joni's speech was cut off when she heard the door to the IGD room open, revealing a half-century-old man there. They compactly approached the doctor, delaying Joni's chatter which almost slid from her mouth freely.

"Are you the patient's guardian?" the doctor said, staring one by one at the people in front of him.

"No. We brought the patients here. J—so how's it going, Doc?" elisha said with a face asking for an explanation.

"The patient was in shock. But the patient must be hospitalized, tomorrow can only go home, because the patient still needs enough care."

The four of them were breathing a sigh of relief, at least there was nothing to worry about.

"We'll move the patient to the hospital room after we've regained consciousness." The doctor paused his words. "Okay, I'm saying yes."

"Thank you, Doc."

After the departure of the doctor, Yunaka sat in the iron chair that had been occupied by Elisha, suddenly his knee was relaxed.

On the other hand, Joni's eyes were fixed on Atlanta who had remained silent since her arrival. Elisha who noticed Joni's gaze immediately spoke up.

"Ah, this is Atlanta. Temen Elisha at school."

Joni just nodded, noticing Atlanta's seemingly simple appearance.

"Where is your house?"

Instead of getting an answer, Joni frowned as Atlanta switched to reaching for the phone in her pants pocket, and typed something in there.

Atlanta showed a type on her phone screen.

"The Cypress Complex."

It didn't take long to digest what happened. Joni just smiled gently.

"Fir Complex? We used to live there too."

"Well, you live there? Why don't you tell me?" elisha said he did not accept when Joni first knew where his own friend's house was.

"Because you don't have it."

Elisha folded his hands, pursed his lips, and said, "You must tell me. How can I wait for him?!"

Joni chuckles little seeing the interaction of the two. Elisa seemed to understand Atlanta's hand movements that she did not know at all. He had guessed there was a reason why Elisha insisted on learning sign language.

"So this is why you want to learn sign language, hm?" joni said that was able to make Elisha's eyeballs perfectly rounded.

Plaque!

Elisha hit Joni's arm pretty hard. Clasping his index finger on his lips. "Sttt!"

"Well, now we go home. You go home with us to Atlanta."

"Who are you here, Bang?"

"Yes Yunaka. Who else."

Yunaka who heard her name called by Joni raised her head, then stood up quickly.

"My shell? Who am I here with?"

"alone. You have to take the same responsibility as what you did, Ka. Pay the administration with your money."

Yunaka clucked, why is Joni so cruel she thought. "T—but my money—"

"Udah, just ask Papa again. Okay." Okay." Joni patted Yunaka's shoulder intending to encourage his sister.

Joni turns to herding Elisa and Atlanta to leave immediately, leaving Yunaka visibly frustrated with the circumstances, and not knowing what to do after that.

"By the way, your house blocks what?" elisa asked as they walked in the hospital lobby towards the parking lot.

"D block."

"block D? Jay is also home in D block. You want 'wasn't my friend that time?"

Atlanta nodded stiffly, playing her interlocking fingers. There's no way he's telling you that Jay is actually his own half-brother, and they live one roof.

"What number is your house?"