METAL CHILD BALLad
FIRST LOVE (Revision)

"Do you really want to go home?" yi Xie asked, he deliberately opened the conversation while waiting for the food to come.

"It's true, but ...." Zike took a toothpick toying with him as a boredom booster. "Gue's not ready to face my parents yet."

"But, they must be worried thinking of you, you've been gone how long have you tried?" ask Yi Xie. "Have you ever called them?"

Zike shook his head. "Not yet, I'm reluctant, just let them. Maybe with my departure, their thinking will be a little open and changed." 

"Aren't you supposed to be in school?" ask Yi Xie.

"Gue drop out, Yi. My parents fought constantly, Papa wants me to go to school A and Mama wants me to go to school Z. Make me half stress." Zike nodded heavily. "Gue just go out, I can't follow two different wishes."

Yi Xie listened to Zike's curses with deep pity. "Gue is sorry. Fue just knew how heavy your burden was at an age that should still be in the learning stage."

"Already, Yi. You don't have to think about my problems" said Zike. "Gue will definitely go home, if I already have a future husband."

"They mean you're married? How old are you now? Fifteen, right?" Yi Xie was astonished.

"That is the custom of the village. Some even have not graduated from primary school already in marriage. I'm afraid of Yi!" said Zike. He was still busy twisting toothpick sticks.

"Gue wants to be satisfied to enjoy my youth," continued Zike again.

"Rubber, I'll always support you. Oh yeah where do you live now?" ask Yi Xie.

"In the meantime, I'm staying with Nestin at his hostel. Maybe until I get a job and a definite place to live" said Zike. "Gue was sad, because it was always a burden to my friends."

"What the hell are you talking about?" yi Xie's Kimpal.

"A temporary smile. There comes a time when you will be as successful as your dreams, jiayou!" Yi Xie tried to encourage.

"Yes, jiayou!" Zike nodded small.

"Boss you were expecting me to work in his workshop, what do you think of Yi?" Zike asked while looking at his best friend.

"Good if that is so, I am happy if you can work together ma you." Yi Xie greeted with great enthusiasm. "By the way, have you accepted?"

"Belom, I still think about it." replied Zike.

"Lu accept Zike, just you kudu ati-ati aja. My boss is a playboy and can't see a cute girl in a minute" said Yi Xie. The pira was afraid that his best friend would fall into the seduction of the fat boss of the basket.

"Gue know, you believe me, I will not be smitten by om-om model begono," said Zike while chuckling.

"But he's got his wallet slashed and I can see, if he's interested in you," said Yi Xie.

"God! You think I'm a matre chick what?" Zike hit Yi Xie's arm quite hard while glaring.

"Abaaawhh!" yi Xie's Screeched. "Zikeeeeeee!"

At once some people who were busy enjoying dinner at that place turned to Yi Xie. The young man grimaced in pain while holding his right hand.

"Oh sorry! If we have disturbed all your enjoyment. Please continue!" yi Xie said. Yi Xie said as he stood up and saluted in all directions while grimacing. After apologizing to everyone Yi Xie then sat back down.

"You know, I'm ashamed!" yi Xie's murmur.

"Wrong you too!" nagel Zike

They sipped each other's mouths and kept silent until their ordered food came, Yi Xie and Zike ate the dinner menu without much noise. After eating and paying all the bills, they immediately left the place. Zike took the time to buy several packs of rice along with side dishes and various snacks as souvenirs for his best friend.

The day had changed into the night, the sunlight had been replaced by the glittering lights that adorned along the streets and buildings throughout the city. The two thick friends walked hurriedly to go home to their respective places.

"Zike, don't forget! On Sunday next month, we meet at the event? Hye!" yi Xie exclaimed as they were about to part ways at a crossroads.

"Okee, bye Yi Xie!" sahut Zike while waving his hand. Zike walked alone while carrying plastic souvenirs for his friend. The girl was hitchhiking at her best friend's boarding house. Zike passed through a narrow alley leading to a boarding house that was not too big. A simple boarding house sandwiched between the mansions around it.

After arriving at the front of the house with light blue paint, Zike knocked several times the door of the boarding house closed, the situation around him seemed quiet. "Assalamu'alaikuum!"

"Wa'alaikumussalaam! Just come in, not locked!" A girl's voice sounded from inside the house. Zike opened the door slowly, the girl walked in and headed straight for the living room.

"Where from?" ask the girl who greeted him. The girl seemed to have just finished her bath.

"From Yi Xie's workplace workshop," Zike replied as he handed his luggage over to the girl who was almost his age.

"Well food! Do you know if I'm a laper!" exclaiming the girl immediately took him to a dining table that is usually used as a place to learn as well as a place to eat for them.

"Lu didn't eat?" ask the girl to Zike who is about to go into the bathroom.

"Gue was with Yi Xie!" zike replied half-screaming because he was already inside the bathroom.

"Yi Xie again, Yi Xie was swept away. Are they dating?" asked the girl inwardly while shaking her head a few times. The girl then began eating a pack of white rice and some beef rendang brought by Zike while watching television shows.

After finishing the bath, Zikr walked out of his room wearing a black t-shirt and plain black shorts. Although the appearance is simple, but Zike still looks very beautiful and charming. The girl then made two glasses of hot sweet tea to warm her body and took her to the table where she was eating her food. Zike sat down casually beside his best friend. Nestin who had just finished eating, immediately packed a package of food and put it in the trash.

"Thank you for the food, it's really good" said Nestin.

"Either. By the way, it was Yi Xie who chose you," Zike said.

"Yi Xie again." Nestin said in a surprised tone.

"Why?" asked Zike while looking towards Nestin.

"Eh no! Tell him, thank you," said Nestin.

"Mmhh, I'll see him tomorrow when I see him again" Zike said, staring at a television screen showing news.

"Nes," call Zike Iirih.

"Yes" said Nestin, who is now struggling with his textbooks.

"Gue had a job offer at the workshop where Yi Xie was. Likely, I will work there," Zike said, staring at the television screen.

"My finances are very thin and again I may not continue to ride here. I should be able to find a place to live as soon as possible, so as not to be a burden you continue." Zike started to vent.

Nestin paused for a moment from his writing activities. "Aren't you feeling or are you my boss here?" asked Nestin without raising his face.

"It's not Nes! I just don't feel good with your parents, if I ride here continuously," said zike.

"Zikeees! How many times have I said it to you? Don't you bring that cake thing up again!" Nestin's upset.

"But ...." Zike is confused and doesn't know how to explain it to Nestin. Zike finally chose to be honest.

"Honestly, Nes, I was traumatized the same thing the other day. I'm being helped by someone and he's asking me for anything as his bales." Zike sighing. "When I really want to hold something that is very important to me, he wants me to betray."

"Gue is very hurt, Nes," said Zike. "She's upsetting me, she's destroying my phone, so I can't relate to anyone she likes anymore" Zike said.

"Is that what I am in his eyes? I like the same guy who turned out to be liked by him, too," said Zike again. "Gue also has heart and feelings."

"Rather than being bullied, he kept going, just because I was helped by him, mending me go. Maybe they're happy now." Zike said in a sad tone.

"So, you guys fighting over that guy?" ask Nestin.

"Not scrambling, I'm just as much a guy as I like, but the friend I already know it does not accept. That's why I was kicked out of that place."

"All because of him, the man I love." Zike this time said inwardly. "For Alexi's sake, I don't even regret losing someone as selfish and arrogant as Meilia."

"Meeting an Alexi is the most beautiful and first thing I ever experienced" Zike whispered in his heart. "You are my first love, Alexi."

"Zike, are you daydreaming? Beware of kesambet loh ntar!" Nestin flicked his hand several times in front of Zike's face. The girl's eyeballs were blank with no point of purpose.

Nestin started to get scared and approached Zike. He shook the girl's shoulder while exclaiming to call her in a loud voice due to panic.

"Zike! You don't papa!" ask Nestin. "Zikeee!"

Nestin was getting anxious because Zike was still getting late in his mind. The girl's face looked flat without the slightest expression.

"Zain Kamilaa!"

"Eh, uh yeah. What's up?"

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