RR (RaffaRea) So Long Is It Love?
CHAPTER 13: The Awkward Day

A girl seemed to have trouble reaching for a book she wanted to read on the library bookshelf. Her petite body made her nag a few times and try to jump occasionally. Everything is fruitless. He looked around, maybe there was someone he could ask for help. However, nil. Today's library is like a haunted place, no one but the girl herself.

Funny thing is, the girl didn't give up. He continued to jump trying to reach the book and then cursed if it did not work.

"All right." The girl spoke to herself while squinting her eyes. He relaxes the muscles of his hands and neck as well as his two tiny legs.

Hap!

Bruk!

"Awh!"

Not successfully. The girl actually fell with a butt that landed sweetly on the cold library floor. It's thawing. What else should he do? Only this thing that currently feels can comfort himself from trivial problems that are quite disturbing him.

The girl was silent for a moment then accidentally her eyes stared at a chair.

"Basic fool!" He sat in his heart while laughing. Why hasn't he thought about it since?

He stood up and brought a chair right in front of the bookcase of the novel he wanted to read. The girl smiled very widely when the book was already in her grasp. He immediately got off the chair by jumping.

"Akhc!" He was shocked to death. Suddenly someone was in front of him. Why didn't he notice it at all?

"Jo, you surprised me," instead of nagging. Rea instead spoke in a low tone while holding her chest that suddenly beat so fast.

"Sir Hardi nyariin you," the man opened his voice and stepped about to leave just like that.

Rea stopped the man by touching his sturdy arm. Jordan looked over without any meaningful expression.

"Duringly did not meet you. Why don't you ever go back to the park again?" Rea was confused where to start. At this moment, he only thought of asking the news of the man who somehow made him miss. Can Rea say that Jordan stole her heart? No matter what, isn't she on the list of girls who want that guy? Moreover, there was a closeness between them.

Unexpectedly, Jordan moved to remove Rea's hand from her arm, "i'm busy." Say it and walk away.

"I'm not dating Raffa."

Rea's spontaneous words were unexpectedly able to withstand Jordan's steps that were about to disappear in the library's doorstep.

"I think you need to know that" he said again as he clutched the novel firmly in his chest as his heart beat in there grew.

However, there was no reaction or response whatsoever that the man gave, goods turned to Rea who wished half-dead to be able to again see the face of Jordan who greeted him warmly with her sweet smile like before. The man left Rea who stared at his departure with a faint feeling.

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"The area since dating has been disappearing more often, huh?" one of the girls in her class named Linda welcomed Rea's arrival while smiling seductively.

Rea simply smiled forcefully in response.

"Good afternoon everyone, let's start today's lesson on our discussion last week," fortunately Mr. Jono - the art teacher - comes at the exact time before Rea increasingly dies a flea responds to the ravings of his classmate.

Rea took her books and writing utensils from inside the bag and placed them on the table with a slight lethargy.

The girl momentarily let out a slow breath.

How long should he be in such a position?

His gaze then led out the window of his class, adrift to a group of XII class children who were in sports hours. Jordan is there. Playing basketball with several other teenage boys. Unknowingly, Rea had drifted away watching every expression and motion of the man. As if, at this time all that was left was him and the figure of Jordan who was there.

"What's up, Nanda?" mr. Jono's voice managed to pull Rea back to his world now. He looked confused at the man in his 50s who used to call him 'Nanda.

"A-ah.." the girl fluttered as her index finger pointed towards the window. Automatically, the attention of Mr. Jono and all his classmates moved in the direction that Rea pointed.

"You-" Mr. Jono seemed to be hesitating, "see ghosts?"

All students/i class X IPS 3 was suddenly crying out in horror. In contrast to Rea who immediately turned her gaze back on the side window. There was nothing and nobody there.

"You can move seats if you feel uncomfortable," said Mr. Jono to Rea before the old man again invites the children to focus on the lesson.

Rea only nodded once and was silent for a moment. The head of the girl was again asked to see the figure of the man who attracted his attention on the basketball court. Honey, the group of children in class XII superior is no longer in the field.

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Observing the scene before him while being silent was Rea's custom when waiting. He's waiting for Leni. You know one of the three girls who stole the show from her class? Rea also had no idea why her relationship with the three girls had begun to stretch. Do you know what it feels like to have a relationship that seems normal but actually feels so foreign? That was how he felt now with his three friends who were quite bringing about a big change in him.

Rea often wondered why it was so foreign. But, no matter how hard he thought about it, he did not find the answer at all.

"Sorry yes, a bit long," Leni's voice appeared along with her figure who seemed busy tidying up her notes into her yellow backpack. Yeah, Rea forgot to tell me that Leni is a member of OSIS. And he was waiting for the girl because one of the school management organizations held an important meeting about the separation of XII grade children this year and the performance of the art that will be held.

Rea put on a smile, "nothing."

Not long after a black sedan appeared and stopped at the shoulder of the road right in front of them. Stupid, if Rea doesn't know whose car it is.

"Come," Leni asked while holding the girl's hand.

Unexpectedly, Rea held back her hand which automatically made Leni turn her head.

"We are the same Jordan. He was the one who nawarin after meeting," said Leni as if knowing the contents of Rea's head.

Instead of being displeased, Rea was just feeling distasteful towards the man right now. Being blatantly ignored like this morning made Rea think now was not the right time to be around the man.

However, instead of refusing to use the good reasons that appeared in his head, Rea actually followed Leni's steps toward the car. However, when Rea was about to sit on the passenger bench with Leni, the girl interrupted while staring somewhat annoyed at Rea.

"Front, Re. Side Jordan. I want to be free in the back."

"But-"

"Swear, I want to sleep. So tired."

Rea relented. The girl then turned to the front door, opened it and sat down next to the handsome man who made her heart leap inside.

The car then drove at a moderate speed. There was no conversation going on in the car. Leni who was completely asleep in the passenger seat and had closed her eyes calmly, Jordan who was focused on driving and Rea who did not know what to talk about.

Suddenly, the phone nailed the girl rang a sign of an incoming call. Rea immediately grabbed it and looked at the screen displaying Raffa's name. The girl shifted the green button and placed the flat object near her ear.

"Hello, Raff-"

"Down, Re."

To be Continued...