My Old Star
#2 Small Mentions
Arfan arrived in Surabaya, still with his thick jacket and backpack. He took a night trip that allowed him to arrive in the morning blind.
The morning air slips into the jacket he wears, Arfan will meet his best friend in this city.
Step foot Arfan stepped into the place of his old friend, a friend who had once fought together in joy and sorrow.
Arfan was greeted by the Ilham family very kindly, they already considered Arfan like their own child.
Arfan met his best friend with deep novelty.
"Finally you're back Fan," Ilham hugged Arfan tightly.
"I came to get you back,"
"I'm too old for a Fan match,"
"I'm not asking you to be a player, just stand next to me and make them a shining star."
"They?" ask Ilham.
"I came back from Spain to form my own club and now I can make it happen,"
"really?"
"You've been great for a long time, it's a pity that our problems have caused our team to disband and you're retiring, if not of course we're already at the highest peak at the moment." Speak Inspiration with a deep tone of regret.
"Here you are, all has passed."
"You're still the way you used to be, always making us unencumbered."
"Then how did you decide?" ask Arfan.
"I'll think, stay tonight we'll have dinner together first. I'll meet you with someone."
Arfan is still at the Ilham family home, while Mentari who has received Arfan's mobile number repeatedly sends promotional messages for him.
[Please stop by our store again, we are holding a promo for all kinds of books up to 50%, happy shopping]~~ Gaharu bookstore.
Arfan just read the message, not interested in the promotion they offer. Arfan intends to delete the message and block the number of the sender of the message, but many times he also undone.
Tonight Arfan fulfilled his promise to meet Ilham at a restaurant, this afternoon Arfan parted from the Ilham family home because there was another business in the city of Surabaya.
Arfan entered the restaurant according to the address that Ilham sent him and how surprised he was when he saw Ilham was not alone, Ilham with two other people. As Arfan gets closer, he finds out there is Zaki and Arman.
"Arfan we haven't seen each other in a long time" Zaki said.
The look of Arfan's eyes was not as friendly as when he met Ilham this morning.
"Sit down, Fan, I'll explain!" inspired to understand the situation.
"I don't need your explanation!"
Arfan came out from inside the restaurant with his chest up and down holding back his emotions, he braved the rain that started to fall.
It feels very difficult to accept them being at one table let alone having to join in, especially Zaki among them.
The pain of his heart had not subsided, the gap was still wide between them, after ten years he had suffered so much and now he came back to smile, but maybe not yet.
That night Arfan returned to Jakarta, he no longer cared for himself who had been drenched in rain.
He cried as much as he could alone, so weak Arfan was at this time like ten years ago, he chose to leave his friends and retire from the arena of the match.
His heart was hard but his soul was so fragile, somehow it would be if there were students or foster children in the club who saw himself as weak as this. Arfan is known as a Lecturer who is a perfectionist as well as a disciplined and stubborn Boss turned out to have another side as an ordinary human being in general.
Arfan arrived at the club after dawn, he was so tired.
Before throwing his body on the mattress he cleaned himself then checked his phone, saw several messages that entered one of them from the bookstore Agarwood who again gave promotion to him.
Arfan threw away his cell phone carelessly, his body felt tired and tired, his body was no longer able to mentorrir anymore to not immediately rest.
The morning was so fast, the sunlight entered through the gap of Arfan's room. He still feels sleepy and lazy just to get out of bed if he does not remember if later in the afternoon he had to take his team to the arena of the match in Bandung, Bandung, of course they must be prepared since this morning, doing exercises and light exercise before leaving.
Tok.dok...
Arfan's bedroom door was knocked by someone.
"Who?" reply Arfan lazy.
"I'm the boss" replied someone from outside.
It's time we practice Boss, "he said again.
"Wait for me on the field, you guys warm up!" arfan ordered without letting the man into his room.
Arfan rushed into the bathroom to clean himself up.
At the same time Mentari was also preparing to go to Bandung in a scientific seminar which he arranged together with his group.
Mentari did not go with the group because there are things that he must take care of first before leaving, when the sun arrived in Kota Kembang. He saw a group of people in all black clothes riding on a bus with the futsal team logo of a club.
Mentari saw the young man who met him the other day at his cousin's bookstore on the bus he had seen, curious Mentari followed the slow pace of the bus.
The small body of the sun was pushed by fanatical supporters, until he bounced forward almost plunged into the rocky part, lucky Arfan accidentally reflex to catch the tiny body of Mentari.
Their views met, again Mentari was amazed by the charisma emanated from the perfect face of Arfan.
"Little Miss, can you stand up?" tanya Arfan disperse the daydreams of Mentari.
"Oh-of course I can!"
"Good..ayo!" Arfan pulled Mentari's hand to follow him into the arena of the match.
"Sit down!" arfan's orders.
"Tell me what's your name?" ask Arfan when Mentari is sitting down.
"Starting..," Mentari answered briefly.
"Little comment why did you follow us all the way here?"
"Say, are you one of our fans?"
"Or is your boyfriend among these boys?"
Arfan pointed to one player at a time.
Mentari.
"Just be honest with us, don't be ashamed. But I suggest that as a good boyfriend you should not interfere with your girlfriend's career, let her grow and you learn the right thing so that your grades are good, shouldn't a little girl like you still be sitting on my back in college this early semester?"
"It's not good just because you want to meet your boyfriend, you have to come all the way here,"
Mentari was still silent, not knowing what to say because they met also because it was not intentional.
"Quick say! Who are you coming for?"
"My time isn't much as they have to enter the arena immediately!"
Mentari was still silent, she felt anxious because her friends must have been waiting for her.
"Well if you're still quiet, wait here until the game's over!"
The mentor had no other choice but to obey and remain silent. The seminar will be held tomorrow, actually this afternoon they will ripen the material they will bring tomorrow, but Mentari does not want to misunderstand that he is following his girlfriend, he said, he will try to straighten out after the game is over.
Mentari sent a message to the group saying that he would arrive at the hotel a little late because of something.
"It is forbidden to take any photo during the game, if it violates you will know the consequences!" threat Arfan's.
Mentari showed her the phone she was using to send a message so that the handsome and fierce man next to her believed her, the rest of her chose to put the phone in her sling bag.
The game was over, all the players went back into the dressing room. Mentari did not escape this, but he had refused but Arfan still did not want to let go. He still seemed to want to know who the real girlfriend of the little girl who had met him lately.
"Just tell me who your boyfriend is among them!"
The boys who had just finished the match all gave a code so as not to let one of them be appointed by Mentari because there would be a big problem if it happened, for none of them knew any Mentari.
"I said hurry!" Arfan was screaming a little.
Mentari ventured to raise her index finger, she pointed her index finger at Arfan who was of course shocked by it.
"Me?" Arfan pointed his index finger in front of his own face.
Mentari.
"Ah Boss turns out to be your own love problem," one of the boys said without the brakes prevented by his friends by shaking his head that was less sensitive to the situation.
"You're all out!"
"You Dio, get me a cab!"
A boy named Dio rushes to order a taxi through his smart phone.
"Little girl come here!"
Mentari shook his head in fear of Arfan's gaze which was like an Eagle about to prey on his prey.
The frightened sun kept on walking backwards followed by Arfan, until it finally stuck in front of the wall.
"What do you want?!" ask the nervous Mentari.
Arfan just grinned and continued to approach, for fear Mentari closed his eyes while turning his face to the left. Arfan's breath sounded so close.
"Feel you naughty little girl, dare to play with me just look at the consequences." Inner Arfan.
Arfan actually just wants to scare the girl in front of him, there is no intention to commit an abuse at all let alone with a little girl like this in front of him.
Looking at the deathly pale Mentari, Arfan laughed in satisfaction in his heart.
"Basic little Mentari, is this all your guts?" guman Arfan.