NOT JUST FRIENDS
03

Alexia lay on her bed staring at the ceiling of the room, while Felix was under it with a thick blanket. Not because Alexia told him to, but because of Felix's own request.

As an adult, it certainly does not feel right if they both sleep on the same mattress, even though they have been friends for a long time.

Felix is afraid that it makes Alexia uncomfortable, and Alexia's bed is not as spacious as hers. They would be jostling if they had to share that place together.

"Felix are you asleep? " ask Alexia feeling bored because she never sleepy.

"Not yet, what's up? " Felix replied in a hoarse voice making Alexia slightly goosebumps to hear him.

"I'm not getting sleepy, what about you? " Alexia asked again.

"Me too, maybe because I'm not used to sleeping on the floor." Felix joked, chuckling softly.

"You asked for it yourself, so don't blame me, what about your wounds? Is it still sore? "

"No already. "

The two went back into silence, making the atmosphere back silent.

"Alexie... "

"Hm... "

"Do you remember our first meeting? " Felix suddenly asked that question.

"I forgot a little, maybe when you and your grandfather came to our house!? " answered Alexia hesitated.

Felix was silent for a moment, before replying. "Yes, you were only twelve years old and still playing Barbie dolls. "

"Why indeed? Even adults like to play barbie. "

"Hey, I'm not mocking. Just remembering, you looked so happy at the time with a beautiful smile on your face. "

"Yes, at that time my parents were still intact, although Mama had often fallen ill but I was happy to still see them both in this world. But now... " Alexia choked unable to continue her words, for some reason every time she remembered about her Father and Mother suddenly her tears just wanted to come out, making her look so crybaby.

"I'm sorry for making you sad because you're reminded of both your parents. " Felix puts his chin on Alexia's bed.

"It's not your fault, my family's been fucked up since my mother died, plus my father's marriage made things worse. " Alexia tilted her body and looked at Felix's face at the edge of her bed.

"And now I have no parents anymore, neither is there any treasure. So I have to start working hard after this. " Alexia said as she held back her tears from falling.

"What's happened while I've been away the last few months? " Felix finally asked.

"Beatrix took almost all of Dad's possessions even to our old house too. You can repay me now, because I'm a poor woman. "kidding Alexia, given when they first met and Alexia had ridiculed Felix as poor because he was only the grandson of a cattle farmer.

Felix chuckled unexpectedly that Alexia still remembered that. "I'm not the one who likes to mock others. "

The two were silent again with eyes still staring at each other, suddenly Alexia smiled towards Felix making the man's cheeks blush instantly.

"Thank you Felix." said Alexia sincerely.

"Thank you for what? " ask Felix confused.

"Have been my friend all this time. You know I really feel better when you want to hear every time I tell you about my problems. " Alexia looked at Felix's face with her own eyes. "I may have been a lot of trouble for you all this time, but I hope you don't get tired of being friends with me.

" Ck, you're a hassle, but how else. You only have me as your friend. "

"Yes, you're right I only have you now. Then what if one day you belong to someone else too? "

"Sooner or later one of us will have a partner, and when that time comes I hope we can still be good friends. " Alexia voiced her heart while hugging Felix's muscular arms.

Felix was silent to hear it, he didn't even think until there. All this time she had only enjoyed her growth from adolescence to adulthood along with Alexia, never having crossed her mind to look for another woman.

But maybe Alexia was different, it could have been that the woman was planning to have a lover and let herself be. Felix really did not like it, even imagining it Felix hated it.

"You're planning to find a lover? Or do you even have it?" ask Felix in curiosity.

Alexia shook her head slowly and then raised her face so that she could see Felix's facial expression now. And he found Felix staring at him.

"It is precisely you that I thought would soon have a lover, remember when we were in college you were always the target of women in the campus! " excited Alexia while looking at Felix annoyed.

"Why look at me like that, it's not my fault I have a face this handsome. " Felix said confidently making Alexia even more upset made.

"Based on a narcissistic man, "grunts Alexia while pulling herself away from Felix.

"Hey I'm not narcissistic, but the fact is. And you're the luckiest woman because I let you touch me as you please. "

Oh come on Felix's side like this he just shows in front of Allexia, and if he shows every woman who approaches him Alexia is sure the woman will surely feel the feeling made.

Alexia decides to go back to her bed, then turns her back on Felix and tries to fall asleep.

Felix did not bother Alexia anymore, the man got up and came out of the room. When outside Felix immediately pulled a match and lit a cigarette in his hand. Smoke his cigarette in that narrow room.

After several sips of his cigarette, now Felix took out his phone and typed something there, after a while the flat object rang.

"..... "

"I'm counting on you Al, so don't make a mistake. Do everything neatly so as not to arouse suspicion."

"...... "

"Yes he's safe with me, if you intend to betray me again. I guarantee you'll soon find the carcass in front of your house when you wake up from your sleep. "

"..... "

"If you know I've never joked, right!? "

"...... "

"Just throw the carcass out to sea or burn it to the bones. "

Felix turned off his phone and switched off his cigarette and went back into Alexia's room. While Alexia seems to have gotten late in her dream, Felix even hears the woman's subtle snoring.

Felix smiled and sat down beside the sleeping Alexia, her fingers moved to tidy up the strands of Alexia's hair that covered her beautiful face. The woman was ten times prettier when she was asleep like now, and it made Felix so unable to sleep and continued to look at Alexia's face.

Maybe tomorrow morning he'll feel dizzy and his eye bags blackened, Felix doesn't care. He can sleep with satisfaction tomorrow when he returns home, but the chance to see Alexia fall asleep like now will not come twice.

Felix skirted Alexia's facial lines carefully, afraid to wake the woman up. Her index finger stopped in Alexia's open lips, Felix slowly swallowed his saliva. She really wanted to land a kiss on Alexia's lips.

Yep... True as people say if there is no sincere friendship between men and women, gradually one of them will definitely have more feelings than just friends.

And in this case Felix was the first person to have these feelings, but he was reluctant to express them for fear of damaging their relationship. And let himself harbored his own feelings, not until when.

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