RUN WITH ME
CHAPTER 25: REFRESHING

The five young men had now stood before the gate that read "Fantasy World". Arunika, Hera, and Maverick gave off their widest smiles, while Gavin and Floyd only smiled faintly with a bad feeling. Although never visited the place, somehow Gavin can feel how tired playing here, especially with three extroverts who get more energy when on the move. Gavin glanced at Floyd who was standing at the other end of the line, and Floyd was soon also staring at Gavin. After that the views of the two led to three people standing between them.

"Come, comein!" Arunika pulls Gavin and Hera's wrists enthusiastically, as well as Maverick who pulls Floyd to walk following the three people in front of them.

Actually these five people had never planned on traveling to Fantasy World before, either, but last night Maverick invited to play for Arunika and Hera who the next day will start busy with the day of affection at school. Calculate refreshing before stress, he said. The call was quickly approved by Arunika and Hera, while Gavin and Floyd simply followed their wishes. So, here they are now, standing among the various rides of the game, from the most relaxing to the most terrifying.

Arunika looked at the map of the vehicle he took when buying the ticket earlier. He looked at it intently while occasionally matching what was there with the original. Gavin who was standing next to Arunika could only silently observe the woman with a deep gaze. Before long Arunika turned her gaze from the map towards her four friends.

"I'm confused which vehicle I want to ride first because everything I want to try. Is there anything you really want to go up to now?" asked Arunika while scratching her neck softly. The other four people there chuckled, then Hera raised half her hand.

"I want to ride the thunderbolt," said Hera, who made Arunika and Maverick's eyes sparkle, while Gavin gave a confused face and Floyd closed his eyes. Without further ado Maverick pulls Arunika and Hera's hands in each hand, the three run small towards the thunderbolt ride with Arunika as the guide. Inevitably Gavin and Floyd have to run as well in order not to lose three teenagers with the spirit of the children.

Arriving at the thunderbolt ride, they must first queue for about five minutes. Fortunately the recreation park is not too crowded because it is still in the new hours open, but do not know anymore if the time is getting late. The five immediately boarded the ride with Arunika and Hera taking the front seat, then behind him was Gavin sitting alone, then Floyd and Maverick sitting in the third row. The bodyguards that were on each bench were pulled down and they waited for a while until the entire bench was filled.

After making sure the safety was properly installed, employees began to run the game. The snake-like vehicle was winding its way following the path it had made at a very fast speed. All the visitors there shouted, some were screaming in fear, some were screaming full of fun—like; Arunika, Hera, and Maverick—and there were also quiet—like, Gavin and Floyd.

A few minutes later the ride finally ended. Everything alternately went down the rides, as did the five youngsters. As if you do not want to waste time just standing, Arunika, Hera, and Maverick alternately give the proposed rides you want to play. The three men continued to pull Gavin and Floyd's hand from one ride to another after it was over, completely no time off. There were even several times Gavin and Floyd chose to rest so that the three left their bags on the two men, then went to the next ride.

Four hours have passed since their arrival and there have been about ten rides that have been ridden—actually only Arunika, Hera, and Maverick alone because Gavin-Floyd gave up on the sixth vehicle. The two men preferred to sit and wait for the three to finish having fun with a glass of cold drink in his hand, their introverted energy completely absorbed. While waiting, Gavin and Floyd are often approached by foreign women who question their numbers, but they quickly decline. Gavin even acted several times as if he did not understand what the woman meant, making the woman leave with a feeling of shame.

"It's been two and a half hours they're gone, when are they gonna be back?" gavin asked as he looked at the circular clock on his left wrist. Floyd, who rested his shoulders on the head of the chair, also checked the clock through his smartphone.

"Maybe in a minute" Floyd replied as he siphoned off the second drink he bought about ten minutes ago.

"Their energy is really amazing" Gavin praised as he relaxed his shoulders and leaned his back on the chair, then crossed his legs with his right foot on his left foot.

Floyd chuckled at him, "i'm not surprised by Arunika and Maverick because it's like everyday food to see them appear in so many places, I was shocked to Hera. I thought he was a calm extrovert type, but it turned out to be the same, he looked calmer because he was blocked by Arunika's booming energy." Gavin laughed at the comment.

"After they return, we must divert them from these rides. Come on, take them to Sea World," suggested Floyd who made Gavin nod in the first sentence and then tilt his head in the second sentence.

"Sea World's? Sea animals?" gavin asked to confirm, Floyd nodded.

"Why? You don't like animals?" Gavin shook his head slowly.

"Can they reduce their energy?" gavin asked back while looking at the map given by Arunika before leaving earlier. The man wanted to know where it was.

Floyd nodded with confidence, "although there was a chance that they would be happy to see the animals, but at least not as excited as they were playing. These three people must be stopped before they leave tomorrow for no school because of a cold." Gavin again nodded in agreement while folding the map back, he had seen it and only needed to walk about five minutes from where he was sitting now.

"Why are you wet like this?" floyd asked as he stood up from his seat and opened his palm facing the sky. The three laughed awkwardly while scratching each of his nape. In contrast to Floyd who reacted full of expression, Gavin's view had only been directed at Arunika whose hair and clothes had been half wet. Fortunately the woman was wearing a black shirt so other visitors did not focus wrongly.

"Actually we don't want to ride the niagara because we know it will get wet, but we also think it's a pity not to play it after coming here. So, our impulsive thought win," explained Arunika representing the other two people while smiling awkwardly. Floyd breathed heavily, inexhaustible.

Gavin stood up from his seat while taking off the denim jacket he was wearing, then attached it to Arunika's body. "Sit down, dry your hair" Gavin ordered the three men in a flat tone. Those who were told to obey without saying anything because honestly, Gavin's face was already a little creepy.

Arunika opened her bag and took out a tissue from there, then gave some sheets to Hera and Maverick. Floyd also lent Hera his hoodie.

"I wasn't given anything?" ask Maverick the unacceptable tone made up. He was trying to melt the atmosphere. Floyd snorted hearing that.

"Be a woman can only get it" replied Floyd who made Maverick follow snorting.

"After this we go to Sea World" Gavin said, helping Arunika dry her hair. Arunika immediately raised his head, wanting to say to not as intended because he still wanted to play. But he immediately got a sharp look at the same time in Gavin, which made him unable to open his mouth and realized that he had just been wet, if he played the rides again, if he played, the risk of colds is very high and can make it sick. So, Arunika could only nod her head.

After the three managed to dry his hair—at least was not as wet as before, they walked towards Sea World which was not far from there. Although initially disapproved of visiting Sea World, Arunika finally remained excited when entering a complete area of entertainment and education in the sea world because basically Arunika likes to be taken anywhere. His parents very rarely allow him to travel because it is more concerned with his education, aka Arunika must learn every day. Today he can leave because his parents are not home.

Gavin occasionally glanced at Arunika who had painted a smile on her lips while looking carefully at the fish there. Gavin also became a smile, happy to see many smiles Arunika today. Because the three men there are in an area they do not know well, aka they are IPS children, he said, they have been asking Arunika and Hera a lot about the animals in Sana— although in fact most of the information has been provided through small boards attached near the animals. The three men were just lazy to read.

"What food is this, Run?" gavin asked as he stared at the group of free-swimming stingrays at the Shark Aquarium.

Arunika was silent for a while, thinking of her answer, "I remember small fish, shellfish, shrimp, and sometimes insects." Gavin rounded his mouth while nodding. In contrast to the question and answer session Arunika and Gavin who walked casually, the question session between Hera and Maverick is very noisy because Maverick who continues to ask questions outside the reach of the woman.

"About how did the Sea World party pick up and carry these animals, huh?"

"Don't ask me, ask Sea World" Hera replied slightly. This is the fourth time Maverick has asked what Hera never knew.

Floyd, who had been silent from the beginning of the random conversation, could only shake his head tired, then he invited his friends to go to the Antasena Tunnel. A giant aquarium that holds up to five million liters of water with hundreds of types of marine life in it, being there will make you feel like you are surrounded by it. The area is more crowded than other places because there are many people capture the moment so that the path becomes a little hampered. Fortunately the five teenagers were still able to stand in line facing the aquarium—in the order of Maverick, Hera, Floyd, Gavin, and Arunika—and enjoy the fish swimming in front of them to their rear.

A group of young men who seemed to be one to two years older came and stood next to Arunika. Arunika glanced for a while, then ignored her and refocused her attention on the more beautiful scenery in front of her. While the man standing right beside Arunika glanced and blatantly looked at Arunika from top to bottom. A faint smile appeared on his lips.

"You look sexy in that oversized jacket" she said casually, while Arunika stopped her hand on the glass of the aquarium and turned to look at the dreadlocked man.

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