Possessive Love
Unreturned

At the break, Aretha who was walking through the campus corridor seemed to stop her steps, when the baritone voice could be heard shouting to him. The girl turned her body face back, looking for the source of the sound.

Aretha slightly squinted her eyes while sharpening the vision of the man who was standing quite far from where she stood.

"He again" he murmured, after realizing that the figure was Samuel who had been chasing him from the moment they first met.

Aretha slightly forced a smile on her face. In fact, he felt uneasy with Samuel who was relentlessly struggling to get his heart, even though the attitude he gave to the man was enough to give an answer that he had indirectly rejected him. But that didn't discourage Samuel. I don't know what made that man so much effort.

Aretha thought her slightly indifferent attitude towards Samuel, would make the man stop chasing after her. But in fact, it is wrong.

Samuel seemed eager to approach Aretha who was just standing alone, with no one to accompany him.

"Hi" said Samuel, when he was in front of Aretha.

"Hi" said Aretha, trying to act like a friend.

Although David had clearly forbidden him from getting close to the man. However, it was also puzzled that Aretha should avoid it. Moreover, they are one class, certainly will often meet and talk with him.

"Re, can you talk for a second?" samuel asked for time.

Good thing, I think it's a good time to make it clear to Samuel that I haven't had any feelings for him in the past, and you're saying that I'm not single anymore, oops!

"okay, Sam. Where'd you like to talk?" ask Aretha.

"Rear garden?" Samuel seemed to ask for approval which was immediately responded with a nod of the head by Aretha.

With a heavy heart, the girl was forced to abandon her intention to go to the library because she had to fulfill Samuel's invitation.

They immediately went to the park behind the campus which was located near the lake. The place is very cool, full of shade trees and flowers that beautify the atmosphere so that not infrequently students who make the place as their favorite place.

In addition to most of making the place to joke with friends, some of them also make it a place to learn, read and others.

They were sitting next to each other in one of the chairs provided in the park behind the campus.

"What are you talking about, Sam?" ask Aretha to start the conversation without making small talk first.

"I don't think I need to talk to you over and over again" Samuel replied as if to code what he wanted to talk to the girl, making Aretha frown a little.

"You mean?" aretha asked to make sure, worried that he would mislead.

"I've been waiting two years for you, Re," Samuel said, looking at the face of the girl sitting next to him. Of course it made Aretha sure of what the man would talk to her about. "I still hope you can repay him, Re," he added, more in an imploring tone.

"Grad ...." Aretha cleared her throat, before responding to Samuel. "Sam, sorry, sorry .. It seems like we better be friends like now. I think it will be more comfortable than we are in a relationship as lovers" he added directly. However, he also felt bad about the answer he gave to Samuel.

Aretha felt confused to string a sentence that would not hurt the man. That is why he never gave a statement of his rejection of Samuel's feelings.

Although maybe that sentence will be quite upset Samuel, at least he was relieved to have revealed it to the man.

However, do not call Samuel if you give up. Aretha's answer did not make the man feel shocked because he could already guess about the answer the girl would give him.

However, he still felt disappointed by the answer which meant the rejection. However, it did not make him stop hoping to get there.

"After I've waited that long, isn't there the slightest bit of mercy from you, Re?" samuel asked with a parched expression that made Aretha chuckle, feeling funny with the man's expression.

"Kok, are you laughing?" samuel's protest was upset.

"You're not good to put on that kind of expression, Sam," replied Aretha as she chuckled, causing Samuel to look down for a moment, and then

"So, you're gonna keep my love unrequited, Re?" asked Samuel to make sure.

Aretha sighed for a moment. "Not to be weird, Sam. Doesn't love always have to be reciprocated?" tanyanya while widening the smile. "For ... love is not a crime that will surely be recompensed, is it not?" he added that made Samuel upset.

"Is loving you a mistake?" Samuel seemed to sharpen his gaze towards Aretha. "If loving you is a mistake, then I am ready to accept punishment for that mistake, even if I have to be put to death, I will. Same origin as you," he explained at length.

Instead of giving an answer, Aretha laughed out loud at Samuel's words. In fact, even in such a serious situation, Samuel could still make him laugh, just like when chatting casually with friends.

Samuel seemed to put a smile on his face, when he saw the girl laughing. Seeing Aretha like that seemed to give her her own happiness.

"Okay, Sam! My life is still long, there are still many that I have not been able to realize, where I want to die young so, same you again!" Aretha responded non-seriously.

"There really isn't the slightest taste for me, Re?" samuel did not believe it. "I'm handsome, Re. Smart anyway. The proof of my grades is always good. You know, right, what was my GPA last? Four tablets, Re... Are you sure you don't want to change your mind not to reject me?" just confidently.

Again Aretha made him laugh out loud. He knew that Samuel was not serious about his words. The man did have a fairly high sense of humor when compared to Aretha's other friends.

If there was no sense in the man for her, it might have lessened the awkwardness of the girl, when she had a conversation with Samuel. However, what power he could not forbid the man not to love him.

"Is there another reason?" Samuel scrunched his forehead.

Aretha smiled at her smile. "Even if there's another reason, it's still my main reason, yes it is!" aretha fell silent for a moment. "I've got someone, Sam," he admitted later as if he didn't want to cover up a truth.

"That cackle mass at that time?" Samuel seemed to confirm that the person in question was David, the man he had met by accident. Aretha immediately responded with a nod of her head.

Samuel put on a cynical face. "I don't care, Re, as long as the yellow janur has not curved, there are still some possibilities that can happen, including us," he said confidently.

Aretha grunts. It was in vain that he told Samuel about his relationship with David.

I'm not just gonna give up, Re. Let's see, who's gonna win, me or him?

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