Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
S2 Chapter 3 – Not Invited

In an instant, news of Viani and Harry's 'incident' spread in the class chat group, even to the other classes in their class. Viani's phone was flooded with chat asking the truth of the girl's status with a guy who is also quite popular among class X.

No matter how many times Viani and Harry dodged it, they were unable to suppress it because one of Chicrich managed to capture the moment in which they kissed in a pose - which unfortunately - looked so intimate.

Vincent no longer wanted to greet him, and Hana no longer wanted to be friends with him. Some people also accused Viani of being a back-stabber, for having snatched Harry from Hana secretly, then hit her own best friend by kissing the guy Hana likes in public.

In an instant, everyone stayed away from Viani so she had no friends at school. Only Harry wanted to be friends with him. But with everything that has happened, it would be very awkward for them to be seen eating together or chatting in the cafeteria.

“Vi, I'm sorry,” said Harry who met him at the library.

Viani never ate in the cafeteria again. Only the library is his most loyal friend and never judge him unilaterally.

Harry brought a box of food that he had brought from home. “This Sushi makes me nyokap, lo eat ya.”

“Create Hana aja, Har. Whatever you love to me could be the subject of Chicrich.” gossip

Harry lowered his head, sad. “This made Hana earlier,” he said pulled out another box of food in pink. “But he doesn't want.”

“Lo love to whom cake,” Viani pushes both boxes back into Harry's hands. “I don't want to. But I was already full,” Viani took out an empty food box that had contained food that Gemma made for her.

“Gue has made an effort to explain, but he does not want to hear,” continued Harry who is so grim and looks desperate.

Viani exhaled slowly. “Gue will be clear later with him. Now, maybe doi's still angry. Wait Hana cooling down first.”

“Hm-m .. “ said Harry. He saw that the girl seemed to want to be alone in this place. “Gue unplug it first .. Lo not pa-pa right, I live alone?"

"No pa-pa." Viani was left alone there. The words he had mentioned to Harry earlier were not just plans.

Tomorrow night, she will indeed go to Hana's house on her best friend's birthday to explain all the misunderstandings that occur. Before Hana got away from him.

...***...

That afternoon, Viani was already preparing with a preplum blouse, knee-length jeans skirts and sneakers to go to Hana's house. He had prepared a gift of Fuddlewuddle Elephant dolls from the Jellycats. Hana is known to be a big fan of the expensive doll and likes to collect it too, and as far as Viani knows, the collection is still far from complete.

Viani also brought a gift from Harry. He didn't know what the box was, he just wanted to take it and explain that yesterday wasn't the real thing. That what Hana saw was not 100% what she thought.

“Where are you going, Vi? Very neat,” said Gemma while holding a little Geraldo who laughed cheerfully when he saw his brother.

Viani grabs Geraldo and pinches his sister's cheek. “Mau to Hana's home, Ma ..”

Their conversation came to a halt as someone emerged from the stairs. Gala had gone home from the office and went to Gemma and kissed the tops of Geraldo and Gemma's heads at a glance. “Ke Hana home why?” ask the man who heard Viani's words earlier.

“Hana birthday, Om ..”

Gala remembered the name. The daughter who thought she was a pervert at the mall the first time she met her.

“Om anter. Don't, Om take a shower first.”

“Not done, Om. Viani was ushered in by Mr. Mail. I am tired of coming home from work.”

Gala raised her hand. “Waituin Om. Fifteen minutes to go. No way Om biarin Om girl goes alone.”

For a moment, Viani looked at Gala who was walking into the room with a very touched feeling. The man looked so tired and tired, but still had time to try to drive him away.

Not half an hour later, here they were, in front of the gate of Hana's house that looked silent. Viani felt a hunch. He got out of the car and went to Hana's ART house, which opened the door when the bell was pressed.

“Kan, Neng Hananya in restaurant RJ, Non Viani ... Neng Hana's birthday there.”

Viani. His heart was crumpled up and he almost cried because of the roughness, he - who incidentally was a friend - was not invited at all. However, after finding out where the restaurant was, Viani decided to go to the restaurant.

Fortunately, Gala did not ask much because he was preoccupied with an uninterrupted phone related to a grand event that will be held the day after, precisely Sunday, precisely on Sunday, it involved many top musicians as well as musicians from the U. S.

“Om wait in the car only yes, Vi. There is still work ..”

Viani was grateful when Papa decided to stay in the car. The girl walked into the restaurant towards the 3rd floor. He stepped out of the elevator and glanced at the entrance hesitantly.

“Adek one of the invitations? Bring the invitation?” One of the show's ladies came up to him and questioned him.

“Invitation?” Viani's intention to come to his best friend was immediately lost, replaced with a sense of disappointment that made his chest tight. It's not even sweet seventeen, and she's not even tapped. Was Hana so angry at Viani that she really wanted to break off their friendship?

Viani re-entered the elevator while tightly grasping Harry's gift. For this one, he wouldn't hand it over through a fist.

...***...

Down to the lobby, Viani was told by Gala that she suddenly had to go to the event venue. He will be picked up by Mr. Mail by another car. Fortunately this messy feeling was not seen by Gala.

Patiently, she waited for Hana to come out of the restaurant. Half-ten, Viani could see many of her friends who had already gone home. The classmates who he said were personally invited by Hana without Viani knowing, including Chicrich who seemed to be a new friend to Hana.

As soon as Hana got out with her parents and walked towards their car, Viani came out and went straight to Hana.

“Loh, Viani?” Hana's mother looked in shock at seeing that her son's best friend was not invited. “Kok wasn't there?”

“Viani there was a sudden need that could not be delayed, Auntie. Geraldo diarrhea then defecates, continues to splash on Viani's shirt, so I have to go home first to clean up,” elak Viani who immediately pulled Hana without permission.

“What the heck lo?” hana protested when they felt far enough away from Hana's parents.

In a fit of annoyance, Viani immediately thrust Harry's gift at Hana until the box hit the girl's stomach.

“Ouch! Lo anything else anyway giving very rude stuff!”

“That's from Harry make elo!” Viani.

Hana rolled her eyeballs and considered this gift trivial and stuck the gift back. “Balikin aja same Harry, I do not need!”

“Kalo you still think Harry is my girlfriend and I am the friend who stabbed you in the back, I have no problem really. But as a good friend, this is the last time I do this. Harry is too cowardly to tell elo if he likes you, so he told me this love .. After this, I will not bother you anymore, Hana. Lo free menemenan with Chicrich as you like. I just did not expect, the gang that you used to be very anti, now you even become one of them. You udsh lick your own spit!"

Without waiting for Hana's response, Viani twisted her body, raised her chin straight and left Hana glued to her place.

...***...

“Hai. How's the show?” ask Gemma when she sees that Viani is home.

“Seru, Ma ..” said flat.

In the open workspace, the father was still busy with his cell phone, while Viani went to the room to change clothes and returned to the dining room to eat the delayed dinner.

“You haven't eaten yet, dear?” Of course Gemma asked. It's impossible to come home from a birthday party but not eat?

Viani tries to stay cheerful. “Viani laper again, Ma. The food was not good.”

“Yang really?” ask Gemma suspiciously.

“Iya ..”

Since Geraldo was asleep, Gemma sat there with Viani, who had dinner in silence. Not long after, Gala followed with a disheveled face from exhaustion after back and forth from the hana-restaurant-venue-houses and returned home.

“Kok not excited that, Vi?” ask Gala.

The girl swallowed her food, “Iya, Om. Abis her show ngebosenin.”

Gala and Gemma looked at each other, communicating and guessing the contents of Viani's heart through their gaze.

“Yakin? You're not pa-pa? You're not sick, are you?” ask Gala who looks concerned. “Sorry there were so many who called Om, so did not have time to pay attention to you.”

“I’m okay, I promise,” Viani replied without looking at the Papa.

They both felt something strange about Viani. However, to respect his privacy, they agreed not to ask unless Viani told him her own story.

In silence, Viani opened her phone on the stories that appeared on instag*ram of her friends. Kunyahan Viani stopped when he saw a photo.

A man who once invited her to play Kora-kora and gave her a jacket when she was cold, was smiling towards the camera with a girl who was hugging her affectionately while peeping her cheeks.

Photo of Vincent and Nadia.

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