
"Neo won't just believe me. Not to mention, he hated me even more during our meeting at the R.A Group back then. I'm sure you must have told him that I made Ira that way."
"Hm. Sorry for that."
"No problem" Reply Brand with still in smile mode.
"What do you plan to do next?" Rihan asked, staring flat out the window where the vehicle passed by because the cafe is right next to the highway.
"I just want my relationship and Neo back to what it used to be." Brand answered and looked out.
"I understand."
"So, have you forgiven me?" Brand asked looked at Rihan expectantly.
"Put a little bit of your face," Rihan moved his hand to signal Brand approaching. Brand obediently moved his face.
Bugh
"Ssss... Why hit me?" Brand asked with a grimace holding his cheek from Rihan's punch.
"I've wanted to do it for a long time. You piss me off, "Rihan answered flatly and looked back out.
"Kc... You're this small but your punch is powerful. No wonder, those 10 thugs are out of your hands." Cibir Brand was still grimacing. Rihan did not reply.
"From now on you should call me brother. I'm 24 years old. As for you, it must be a dozen years." Brand then grinned at Rihan.
"We're not that close." Rihan just stared at Brand.
"From now on we're friends. There's a time, I'll visit your place." Brand's voice was very excited.
"Whatever,"
"To celebrate our friendship, today I'm the one who deals. Please order what you want." Tawar Brand was about to call the waiter.
"I can't eat out."
"Why?"
"It's none of your business."
"Yes, already. Then accompany me to finish the drink first."
...
Two handsome men just came out of the airport. One of them since getting off the plane always displays his sweet smile. While the other man just stared strangely at this friend. Not usually he will spread charm along the way like this. The two men were none other than Neo and Logan.
"I think your lips will be wrinkled soon because you keep smiling from now on. What's up?" Logan asked while staring at Neo.
"none. I don't know why I just want to smile. We'll just go straight to Rei's mansion." Neo replied after opening the taxi door and entering.
"You're seriously gonna stay there? I thought it was just a joke" asked Logan who entered the taxi and sat down next to Neo.
"Why should I waste money buying a place to live if it's free?" Neo replied and looked out.
"To this address, sir." Logan gave Rihan's mansion address to the driver.
"Ready, Den."
"Huh...! Don't forget if you can afford several mansions at once. I'm sure, all this is just mode." Logan sneered before taking a bottle of mineral water and uncorking the bottle and then drinking it.
"Mode? Which planet's language is that?" Neo asked a glance at Logan.
"Ck. You really piss me off. Never mind. Wake me up when I get there. I'm tired of taking care of a shitty boss, "Its sorry Logan leaned back and closed his eyes.
Cars continue to go at an average speed splitting the streets of Jakarta. Neo who had just enjoyed the view of the capital of the State of Indonesia was squinting his eyes because it was like seeing something.
"Stop a minute, sir." Neo said as he continued to stare at the object that was interfering with his vision.
"Good, Den."
"Rei and... That scoundrel?" Neo muttered clenched his hand. Without waking Logan, Neo goes down and heads to the cafe where Rihan and Brand are sitting.
Entering the Cafe, Neo unlicensedly approaches Rihan and Brand's seat and pulls Brand's back collar and,
Bugh
One punch landed on Brand's cheek.
"Damn... Rei's punch is still not lost, this has increased. Haise..." Brand muttered inwardly while grimacing painfully at the same place Rihan hit him earlier.
"What are you planning to do by approaching Rei?" Neo asked annoyedly as he looked at Brand standing in front of him holding his cheek.
"It's none of your business. From now on, Rei and I are friends." Brand replied casually then confirmed his clothes.
"What's? Friends?" Repeat Neo and then turn his eyes to Rihan who as usual always relaxed.
"You're friends with him, Rei?" Ask Neo. Rihan did not answer. He just stared at Neo. Rihan wants to see what Neo will do next.
"You're friends with someone who's been traumatizing Ira? Answer me, don't shut up!" Neo is upset.
"Hm." Deheman Rihan managed to make Neo take a deep breath.
Sret
Bugh
Neo again punches Brand until the man's lips bleed. Brand himself did not reply.
"What have you done, until Rei wants to be friends with someone like you?"
When Neo was about to throw another fist at Brand, a hand caught his hand.
"You defended him?" Neo asked quietly as he looked at Rihan right beside him. Neo looked very disappointed.
"Why should all problems be solved by force if man is created to have a brain to think and a mouth to speak?" Rihan's voice was so cold after lowering Neo's hand.
Rihan turned to look around and found all the eyes in the cafe staring at them. There were even some people seen pointing their phones at them.
"If this thing goes to the media, say goodbye to your lives." Threatening Rihan makes them drop off their cell phones.
Not only that, several men dressed in black were seen entering the cafe and checking one by one people to remove traces of photos or videos in each phone. They are the shadow guards.
"Rei... What did this bastard do to you?" Neo asked to hold onto Rihan's shoulder but the owner dodged.
"SIT DOWN!" Rihan's voice sounded so cold that Neo could no longer refute and immediately sat down.
"You're sitting, too" Rihan said in a similar tone to Brand. The man obediently sat down beside Neo even though the man was already looking at him sharply.
"Listen to me!" Rihan opened his voice when about 5 minutes of silence occurred in their place.
"You are grown men. You're friends too."
"Former friends exactly." Connect Neo lazy.
Brakes
"If I'm talking, no one can argue!" Rihan hitting the table leaves Brand suffocating in shock.
"Sorry." Little Neo then looked down. Brand beside Neo held back a smile looking at Neo's attitude.
"Akhs..." Ringis Brand because Neo stepped on her foot.
"Solve your own problems. I'm leaving!" Angry Rihan then stood up and left the two men.
"Hey... Rei's... Don't go!" Call Neo after Rihan. Brand also does not want to lose and come out.
"You haven't paid for the drink you ordered, sir." Prevent a cafe employee on the Brand.
Brand shyly took out a wallet and took out a few pieces of money and gave them to the employee.
"Sorry! The return, just think of it for the cost of treating your ears because of the commotion earlier." Brand then walked out of the cafe.
Arriving outside Brand, there was only Neo who stared at the departure of Rihan's motorbike which was almost invisible.
"So soon the boy," muttered Brand softly.
"All because you're an asshole" Angered Neo pushes Brand into a taxi.
"uh? He's the one who's come to make a mess, why am I the one who got hit?" Brand shakes his head in no way out of thought.
Rihan on his bike just stared at Neo through the rearview mirror when he wasn't too far away. Rihan just wanted to give time to the two men so he did this.
...
Arriving at the mansion and parking her motorbike, Rihan went inside then sat back down casually on the living room sofa.
"Have you gone home, sir? That's fast." Alen's voice when he entered the living room and found Rihan there.
"Hm. There's a little mess at the cafe."
"I understand, Sir. What you want to drink, I'll prepare." Tawar Alen's.
"Anything."
"Okay sir, I'm sorry."
"Hm."
***
"You think I just believed in you after hearing it wasn't you who made Ira like that? Absolutely not!" Neo opens his voice after Brand finishes telling him about the real events. Brand hasn't told me about Elle because the evidence hasn't been collected yet.
"Believe it or not, it's up to Brother Neo. Brother Neo just needs to find the truth of the story instead of getting angry is unclear." Said Rihan after drinking a glass of juice made by Alen.
About an hour ago, Neo, Logan and Brand came to his mansion still with a fight between Neo and Brand. Rihan only stared at them flat until five minutes later, Rihan stood up and one punch landed on each other's faces and threatened to repel them if they didn't shut up immediately. Due to the threat, the two eventually shut up and Rihan asks Brand to tell a story.
"You always defended him. You even hit me," Little Neo quietly as he rubbed his cheek from Rihan's punch earlier.
"Because he's my friend. I hit him just like you. Don't whine like a child,"
"Your friend? Then what do you think of me?" Neo asked stared intensely at Rihan.
"The strange man who always seemed to be at will" Rihan replied flatly and then stood up and headed for his room.
"Don't laugh!" Neo's annoyed at Logan who was holding back his laughter.
"I agree with Rei. You're the weird boss that always seems to be, Neo." Logan responded with passion.
...
"What's wrong?" Rihan asked Alex who had just entered his room.
"Mr Neo really wants to come to your room, Miss. I've been holding him for almost half an hour downstairs."
"Leave it. He'll stop himself for a long time,"
"Good, Miss."
"Where's Brand?"
"Brand is still in the living room, too, Miss. He wants to stay the night."
"They think this is an orphanage?"
"Do I have to throw them out, miss?"
"Leave it."
"Good, Miss. You don't want lunch? It's past its time,"
"I don't want a headache seeing Neo and Brand."
"I understand, Miss. I'll bring your food here."
"Hm."
After that, Alex bailed out to take Rihan's lunch. 10 minutes later the call came in on Rihan's phone from Neo.
"Let me go to your room, yeah."