Never A Stranger
Should Return?

***

Raining down.

Riri can't go home now, the rain is getting heavier. Though before the weather was very sunny but it suddenly rained.

(Hp ringing)

Riri's mother called him, surely he was very worried about Riri who had not come home from jogging, especially now it was raining heavily.

"Hello darling"

"Yes hello ma'am" replied Riri while closing her right ear so that she could hear the mother's voice, the sound of rain was even firmer than her mother's.

"Cong yet to come home?" ask me to worry.

"Suddenly heavy rain ma'am, now I'm taking shelter near the city supermarket"

"Yes, my dear.. Mother is worried, you are" said her mother with a sigh of relief.

"Dad get you?" keep mum.

"No, ma'am, I'm just waiting for the rain to stop. Just let it go again" replied Riri refused.

After finishing chatting with her mother, Riri turned off her phone for fear of being struck by lightning. He waited for the rain to subside while the hand he laid in front of his chest.

"Cold Noah" Riri complained.

While some people come to shelter there waiting for the rain to subside, Riri has no umbrella so can't go home now.

Someone called him again, this time not from mom but from Fajri. He decided to ignore the phone.

However, Fajri repeatedly called Riri making him have to repeatedly turn off his phone. Finally after several calls, Riri picked up the phone from Fajri.

"Halo Assalamualaikum ri", Fajri's voice

"Yes Waalaikumsalam, what's wrong?"

"Where are you?" ask Fajri.

"ee.. At home" Riri replied lying about his current location.

"Kok the raining sound so heavy when at home?" ask Fajri who is not sure of the answer from Riri.

"Ee. that.."

"You lied, right?" said Fajri already knew Riri was lying.

"What does it have to do with you" said Riri annoyed.

"Where are you?" ask Fajri again

"Why is that important to you?"

While Riri never told me where he is now. He didn't want Fajri to come up to him.

"Where's ri?" ask Fajri for the umpteenth time.

"In the city supermarket" Riri replied in the end.

After Riri tells her location, her phone suddenly disconnects. Riri thinks the network is bad so the phone is dead.

"Ahh already bodoamat" said Riri while looking at the screen of his phone.

.

The rain did not stop until it was almost noon, Riri had been waiting for a long time at the supermarket. He intended to go through this heavy rain alone to go home, because he did not know when surely this rain would end.

Someone came by car stopped right in front of Riri who was standing waiting for the rain to subside.

And he is Fajri.

How shocked Riri was when he saw who the person who just got out of the car. He didn't think that Fajri would actually come here, Fajri approached him.

"Why are you here?" riri asked when Fajri was in front of her.

"Pick you up" Fajri replied as he tidied his hair.

"What did I tell you?" ask Riri ketus.

"No, but if I want to pick you up, can't you?"

"So, I also want to go home by myself" Riri still did not accept Fajri coming to pick her up.

Riri could only shut up afterwards. The two of them finally left after riding in Fajri's car. The car drove towards Riri's house.

**In car**

"Do you know I don't have an umbrella?" ask Riri.

"Yaiyalah I know, did you ever bring an umbrella if everywhere?, I used to buy an umbrella for you so you can go home" replied Fajri.

After Fajri said so, the two of them were both silent and salting. About the past is often making salting.

"Btw thank you for that time" said Riri suddenly.

Instead of getting angry Fajri discussed the past again, this time Riri responded. Fajri looked at Riri and smiled happily.

"Why suddenly thank you" asked Fajri curiously.

"You have helped me anyway as it is now" explained Riri.

"But for today you are not grateful" said Fajri, turning his face away, his lips holding a smile.

"What?"

"It's nothing" Fajri replied.

"Aren't you cold?" fajri asked Riri when he saw Riri rubbing her hands.

Fajri immediately gave his jacket on the back bench to Riri without waiting for a response from Riri. Riri also did not dwell, he immediately received a jacket from Fajri and then enveloped his body.

"Sorry yes!" riri said to Fajri.

Kemaren Fajri who apologized to Riri, this time Riri who started to apologize to Fajri, either sorry for what Riri would say to Fajri.

"For what?" fajri asked confused because he felt that Riri had not made any mistake with him.

Riri was silent for a moment and took a deep breath.

"I've misunderstood you about what really happened" Riri explained.

"About what?", Fajri still did not know about what made Riri misunderstand him.

"About us"

Fajri turned to look at Riri and looked at her, Riri also looked back at Fajri. What would Riri say about them.

"We used to, I was wrong to think that you were cheating with Latifa" continued Riri.

"You know something?" ask Fajri who already understands Riri's intentions.

"Why are you silent?, why didn't you tell me you were in an accident?" riri said with a slightly raised voice annoyed with Fajri.

"What if I say it, you'll believe me?" ask Fajri

Riri's eyes can't lie, Fajri knows Riri won't believe it even if he tells her all the truth about what happened.

"Because to you I was wrong, I cheated on Latifa. Who wants to listen to the explanation of a person who has been considered cheating, let alone he has obtained photographic evidence. The photo can deceive ri, as well as that time. I didn't know who was shooting us, and you knew right then and there. It turned out that it was all Latifa" continued Fajri explained.

"But you've been hiding everything from me all this time, it's been 3 years I've been waiting for that clarity, but what?. You don't give me a reason why you're doing all that, I'm even trying to find fault with myself, maybe I've made you uncomfortable so you're looking for a better replacement for me" riri said with teary eyes.

"Latifa is beautiful, she's sweet. I thought you were just using me" Riri added.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you this. I actually wanted to tell you and meet you, but even then I was looking at you with your boyfriend, there was no way I would bother you anymore and seize your happiness with him, so I decided to keep all of this myself" fajri replied explaining what happened.

"He's not my girlfriend, I haven't had anyone in my life for 3 years, which you see we're just friends" Riri said.

"Then for the word about me dating you just for the impingement, that's not true either. My last ex was indeed Bagas, but I had also considered when I wanted to be with you. I really started a relationship with you because I liked you back then" Riri continued.

"Then you don't start a relationship with anyone, what does that mean?" ask Fajri.

"I just.. Just want to focus on my studies, so I do not intend to be in a relationship with anyone" said Riri reasoned.

Fajri was silent for a moment after Riri said that reason. Riri was silent too. Until they reached the front of Riri Fajri's house said something to Riri.

Riri, who was about to open the car door, was dismissed by Fajri's question to him.

"Relvin.. Can we just go back?" ask Fajri expectantly.

Riri is surprised to hear the question Fajri gives, she is confused as to what to do. Why did Fajri even come again in his life when he had started to get used to forgetting.

But he's back.

Seriate...