Rapa & Cleona: Keeping the Heart
32. Ignore Netizens

"Bangus lo ya, take my son home last night! Don't you see what time it is? I'm leaving without permission, pul..”.

Rapa quickly thrust a bag containing martabak that he bought before going home right in front of Leo's face which successfully made the old man stop his nagging.

“Ck, you think I can take a bribe with this?” leo snorted as he grabbed the bag in Rapa's hand. “Back there lo!” continues expelling.

Rapa's lips are throbbing. “Say can not be bribed, but embat also. Basic parent!” gerutu Rapa is very slow.

“Rome woy, why is it still here?!”

“Don't get angry, Pi, get old soon!" rapa said mockingly.

“Damn it! Go lo curut, be careful if you dare deke..”

Cup. A kiss of Rapa landed on Cleona's cheek, making the girl surprised and stopping her laugh who was watching the papi's nagging, while the perpetrator had run away first with a pathetic laugh, before Mr. Raden's wrath gushed to the surface.

“Rapa, you bastard! Damn, I cheated again. Look out, Rap, I won't hesitate to pay you any more!"

Leo clenched with clenched hands, the grunts kept coming out, making Cleona dizzy and choosing to run away to the room, leaving Luna who patiently waited for her husband tired of nagging.

Luna took over the bag in Leo's hand and opened the package, then sat on the sofa while enjoying the martabak of the future son-in-law. The fragrant smell of the food in fact quickly reached Leo's nose, as evidenced by the cessation of the mouth nagging, as well as the steps that walked closer.

Luna shook her head looking at her husband who had taken a piece of the green martabak and devoured it with a big mouthful, Leo indeed could not refuse food, let alone the free one. The better the food will be on the man's tongue.

“Emang deh, Si Rapa knows the favorite of candidates-in-law. Tell him, so often bring martabak.” Luna just rolled her eyes when she heard her husband's words.

Prospective in-laws don't know themselves like this. I forgot I nagged Rapa just now. That was what was on Luna's mind.

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In this break, Cleona spent time with Alvin in the park beside the basketball court, shaded under a shade tree watching some people playing, fighting over the orange ball.

Since then the jokes and laughter both do, until some people who pass by look at them with envy, dislike, admiration and there are also whispering to each other gossiping about Cleona who cheated on Rapa. But it is not both ignored, after all they are in a crowded place, anyone can see maybe even Rapa himself. And the goal is not to make anyone jealous.

Alvin just wants to spend the rest of his time with Cleona, as soon as he gets out of this school, which will definitely make them rarely meet unless one of them comes over. Over the course of getting to know the girl these few months, Alvin quite felt how wonderful it was to enjoy life.

In the past, Alvin rarely laughed even though he was with his friends, but up close to Cleona, the loose laughter appeared and made Alvin's heart feel relieved. There is no more falsehood that he has always done, even his smile now feels lighter.

Early approached Cleona, indeed because of an interest that from the beginning always steals see the girl, until then he asked for Cleona's number and began to exchange messages. The intention of his approach turned out to have to stop before the struggle he did.

Mekipun said that he already knew, did not make Alvin away, even stepped closer. Without the intention to destroy. He realized, no matter how hard he struggled, he would never be able to get the girl's heart so, Alvin decided to re-bury his not-so-deep feelings.

With the time running, the feeling was indeed changed from the likes to switch on a taste called ‘sayang’. But it was a love like a sister giving it to her sister. Maybe everyone will never believe it, but it's up to them, because his feelings only Alvin himself knows.

With Cleona, Alvin felt that he was not as sad as that, and with him, warmth, care and affection Alvin could feel. Her life was no longer gray, because Cleona had given her a color though not pink, but at least she was no longer as gray as before.

“Cle, even though I'm not in this school, and we can't meet like this again, you won't forget the same I?” ask Alvin, look at his underclassman.

A warm smile was always given by Cleona, and that made Alvin seem hypnotized to smile. Cleona was sincere, and she was different from the people who always approached her.

“There is no reason for me to forget the same lo, sister. There is maybe I will miss the same lo,” he said with a smile.

“Gue should be happy not in kangenin lo?”

“Yes, of course you should be happy. Rarely ‘does anyone bother you like me?”

Alvin laughed at hearing it, then nodded unable to dodge that it was indeed true. “Lo still want to pick up the phone and reply to my Chat ‘kan?”

“Quietly, Brother, I will not ignore that for you. I promise.”

Scrambling Cleona's hair in a daze, Alvin then returned a smile. “Thank you, Cleo.”

“Kantin yuk, brother, I'm hungry."

Alvin nodded, then got up from his seat, extending a hand that Cleona greeted with a sweet smile that was so sincere. Not a few eyes were looking, and not a few whispers sounded painful. But Cleona was only indifferent, for the truth did not always manifest itself. Cleona does not care about gossip, no matter they consider themselves cheating or accusations that say that he is cheap, because for him as long as he does not do it, why should he hear people's comments?

Netizen is quite ignored, because if in ladeni will not make him satisfied. After all they will not believe in honesty because what they see has become concrete evidence as the truth according to them. Most people may think internet netizens are more cruel, but believe it is more deadly to real-world netizens than cyberspace, because the comments are immediately heard by the ear. Not as easy to delete as writing.

In the middle of the road, Cleona meets Rapa who has just descended from the second floor, as usual the man's jealousy will arise upon seeing Cleona with Alvin. However, even so Rapa never forbade.

“Gue knows you can trust.”

That's what Rapa always said to Alvin whenever his upperclassman took Cleona away, or Rapa herself who left his lover when he could not deliver home because of the OSIS meeting or other duties.

People were even now looking at them more and more, as Cleona was in the middle between Alvin and Rapa who had always been debating accompanying their journey. Indeed the risk of beautiful girls like this, make the viewers jealous.