So In Love
EP. 75. The Gift Of A Friend

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There are some things we have to fight for and keep. What does not belong to us, we can achieve. What we already have, can also be detached from us. – Shien.

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After Heaven, Shien then picked up some photos scattered on the floor, tidied it up, then looked back at it one by one.

Shien smiled smirkily. It's funny the sky is so jealous and angry at him just because of a few sheets of photos that the truth is not clear. Not clear even.

Until this second, Shien still did not expect that Sky would trust his own instincts more without trying to find the truth or hear the truth from Shien.

With a gontai movement, Shien took out a ballpoint pen from inside his bag, then wrote down a brief explanation on some of the photos behind him. I hope Heaven will read it later, if she can't or doesn't want to listen to it.

After that, Shien moved from his seat and went out to enter the Sky apartment with a photo and a medium-sized goodie bag in his hand. Inside it contained an Action Cam that Heaven wanted so badly, but it was quite difficult to get it because the item was only sold limited. However, Shien managed to obtain it thanks to Fina's help. And Shien had wanted to give Sky that surprise at once as their centennial anniversary gift. It was supposed to be today, but the plan just stayed the plan. Instead of celebrating together and having fun, today Shien and Sky were fighting instead.

Shien smiled amusedly. Feeling amused at himself who is so stupid and childish because he always counts the days in each of their togetherness. It's a ridiculous thing he never thought he would do in his life.

That was because the Sky was so special to him.

A masculine fragrance burst into Shien's nose as soon as he entered the Sky apartment. Looks lonely. As expected, the sky was not there.

For a moment Shien was silent looking at every corner of the room. All the memories of his being together with the Sky while they were there revolved around his head without his permission.

Shien smiled, it turned out that there were many fun things that he and Sky were doing here. From just being quiet while reading a book to spending time together, watching, cooking together even though the cooking is Sky and Shien helps mess it up, joking, making out, and other fun things.

Exhaling heavily, Shien finished off his nostalgia. Shien suspects that all the fun will be repeated in the near future. Or maybe it will never happen again. No one knows what the relationship is going to be like and Heaven is going to be. It's broken now. It had been broken since the Sky had not given Shien any confidence.

Shien continued his halted steps, walked slowly into the Sky apartment deeper, and stopped right in front of the Sky room door, then opened the door wide. The fragrance of the Sky's farfum is more clearly smelled there.

Putting the photo and the goodie bag he carried onto the desk owned by Sky, Shien then looked at his picture with the sky lying neatly in the picture frame.

He and the Sky looked very silly with full scribbles lipstick on each other's faces. Shien remembered exactly when the photo was taken. The photo was taken just above the Sky bed as they played the game online, and the lipstick scribble on that face was a punishment for defeat in play.

Shien turned his head towards the bed, looking at him with a dejected look. Until it was not felt, her tears were shed.

Shien always thought that everything would be fine, nothing would change. But the sky has changed. Or, basically the Sky is such a person?

“I love you and I always have.” Whisper Shien weakly while wiping the picture frame of their togetherness for a while, then left the Sky apartment.

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The sky clenched both hands, right at this very moment, Sky regretted having chosen to go home.

That night, in the living room he saw his entire family gathered together with a little baby named Noah who was in the lap of his sister-in-law, Bintang, to be the center of attention.

But it was not the arrival of the brother to the house that upset Sky, but because Sagara was also there, in his house.

“Lho, Sky, Tumben you go home?”

Papa was a little surprised as soon as he saw the Sky appear with a slightly messy appearance and face. Clearly, after exiting Shien's apartment, the man drove his car like an equivalent man for more than six hours and was not necessarily in the direction of his heart. But not the calm that he got because for six hours it was also the sky just spent his time with unclear urgency, making his feelings more unreasonable.

Disappointed, sad, angry, guilty, all those feelings mixed into one. His tired body, plus his heavy dizzy head, made Heaven want to bang his head as hard as possible.

The movement of Papa's hand that was playing the rattle stopped along with the clanking sound it caused also stopped. It's even just the end of the night. Sunday is still a long way away. The sky is not usually at home. Even lately, the holiday is rarely used by the child to go home because he prefers to spend time with his girlfriend, Shien.

The sky smiled wryly.

“Papa thought you wouldn't be home again this week.” Papa said a little. “Ohh, yes. You just got back from Yogya, right?” Ask later.

“Hmm.” The sky nodded with a flat face. “I go to the room first.” Pamit Langit turned her heels to move, but the sound of Dusk stopped her.

“This is Gara, you know, Lang. Coincidentally you are here, he said he wants your tennis racket minjem.” Said Dusk, explaining the intention of the arrival of Sagara who came with him to Papa's house.

“There is in the storage room of goods. Download aja.” The sky was cold as it moved from its place, leaving everyone staring at it in astonishment.

“But because you want to play, Lang. You still join Bima's tennis club, right?” Shouts of the Twilight, but the Sky ignores it. The sky even accelerated, climbing one by one stairs to his room on the second floor.

Papa and Dusk threw clueless glances at each other. Surprised to see the sky suddenly turning quiet, she would usually be very enthusiastic about the arrival of her brother, more precisely enthusiastic because his cute little niece or at least will beat Biel to tears as soon as he comes.

“Tuh son why, Pa?” Ask Dusk at last.

Papa's picking up the mark of not knowing. “Maybe more tiredness, kali.” Then he went to the kitchen, went to the housekeeper and asked him to prepare dinner for Sky because anyone knew that his son had not received the dinner ration.

“Sorry, yes, Ga. The sky is sometimes very childish if again bad mood.” Said Dusk heartlessly over his sister's disrespectful attitude. While Sagara just smiled and nodded understandingly.

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Shien stood pensively with a large cupper of green vegetables and carrots in his arms, feeding Nathan's rabbit, who already had the new cage, uninspired. Repeatedly the girl exhaled heavily, there was a gurgle of sadness on her forehead.

The fact that it was Shannalah who gave her work to others made Shien even more sad, not expecting her to be betrayed by her own brother.

Shien had indeed expected this before, but Shien never expected his conjecture would actually happen.

He has not spoken to Shanna about the matter. The colorful haired girl went out of nowhere after Papa reprimanded her last night. He only runs into Shanna at the main door of the house, he is seen leaving with his anger.

Papa, who knew of the conditions that befell Shien from Aunt Hilda, immediately swiftly investigated who the person who had the heart to do such a thing to Shien. And just like Shien, he was more unexpected if the one who did it was his own eldest daughter. As a result, Papa rebukes Shanna first before Shien ascertains the truth he expects.

Not only did he steal the tablet and give his work to someone else, Shien found something else when he secretly broke into Shanna's room last night. Shien finds Shanna's laptop with its flickering LED indicator light, indicating that the laptop is still alive.

Fooling to turn it off, Shien is instead surprised by a screen that displays a series of photos of his collaboration with Nathan when the man came to the house yesterday the day after. And the greater Shien's disappointment in him. Therefore, he concluded that all the photos that Heaven showed him were from Shanna.

So busy daydreaming, Shien did not even realize if the carrot that he had given for rabbit food, now even eaten by himself. Shien bit, then chewed the carrot lazily.

“Oyy, small rabbit. . .”

The screams of someone did not make Shien aware of his daydream. It was only after the third cry that the girl turned her head.

His blank gaze blinked, a little speechless and confused. Half a carrot perched in his mouth until it fell.

From a few meters away from him, he saw Fina, Reno, and Nathan standing right in the middle. Either Shien was dazed or they were in a daze, but Shien was convinced that today was not his birthday, nor was it the day he received the Best Writer award. But Nathan brought a tart with a lot of little candles on it, and the three of them were splashy wearing bright color polka-dotted party hats.

Then, the next second Shien again made a little surprise when Fina and Reno took out an A5 size paper with large and colored writing on it.

DON’T BE SAD.

KEEP SMILING AND CHEER UP!

WE WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU.

JUST BE STRONG, JUST BE BRAVE, AND BE SURE, YES YOU CAN!

The corner of Shien's lips was attracted slightly, barely noticeable. Feeling amused at once a little to read the writings.

“You wrote the song lyrics?” Sibir Shien as he walked over to them, not forgetting that he stuffed all the vegetables in his arms into the rabbit cage first.

“Ihh, good. I know for hours, Mom, we thought. So sweet no, huh?” Sahut Reno hurry. “Yeah, except this one, sih.” He then held up the paper containing the last words Shien read.

Shien grunting. While Reno even chuckled a little.

In the next instant, Shien's gaze turned to Nathan who was carrying a tart, then raised his chin towards the cake. He looked astonished as if asking for an explanation.

“Kue failure.” Nathan exclaimed merrily and very casually, making Shien whiffle and desperately want to hit his bright smiling face.

“I already know from Om if your work is stolen by people and failed to publish.” Then he took the lighter out of his pants pocket and began to light the eight candles.

“So this is a celebration of failure?” Shien asked annoyedly. All his life, he just knew that failure must also be celebrated. Should he clap his hands as well as this bad luck that befell him? Not to be confused with the thoughts of the three of them. Shien suspects that their brains are still sane.

Nathan hissed while pretending to think. “Yaa more or less so, deh.” Then put the lighter back into the pants pocket after the fire on the candle wick lit.

“You can be sad, but not too long. It's no use. Come blow.” Nathan said as he thrust his tart towards Shien.

“Suppose this party to shit. Inflatable splinter, got wind, nih.” Urged Nathan with one hand to try to dispel the wind so as not to make the fire in the candle extinguished.

“Toward, Shi. Other terms, fail to rise.” Fina.

“And don't think of the bad guys who hurt you, Ma'am. Around you more people want to see and try to make you smile.” Added Reno.

Shien was stunned and also deep in his heart he felt touched hearing every sentence that was thrown by them. But that sad feeling re-emerged in his heart. Sad because the person he really hopes to support him like this is actually not there.

“Not all of you rent a hotel ballroom.” Cebik Shien, hurriedly turned his mind to the Heavens. He then leaned his face to then blow the candles with difficulty until everything was extinguished.

“May Shien be more successful in the future.” Exclaimed Fina who was immediately ignored by Reno and Nathan.

“Don't forget to be happier too.” Nathan continued, then foolishly poked the cream out of the tart and crossed it on Shien's cheek to the point of making him strangle in annoyance and surprise at once.

Shien then took a cup of cream and the cake he comot, then threw it anxious and right about Nathan's face and hair. As a result, the cake that was originally made specifically, decorated very neatly and with great precision it became shapeless again.

“Aiish, damn.” Umbat Nathan while wiping the cream on his face using his sleeves.

“Rassain.” Unfinished, Shien manages to grab the chance when Nathan is off guard. Because as soon as the handsome Doctor finished wiping his face, Shien immediately pulled Nathan's head, then plucked his face over the cake, making the handsome face now all white.

In the end, the four of them drifted away in the excitement of playing cream cake toss. Nathan and Shien are the worst hit. Their heads and faces were almost completely soiled by the white cream, there was even a single candle stuck in Shien's hair.

Although there was no laughter on Shien's lips, it was clear that the girl was quite amused and was able to forget the sadness of her heart for a moment.

“Kids let's eat cake. . .” Someone's voice stopped those who were still lads throwing cakes at each other, Mama.

The middle-aged woman was flabbergasted in disbelief at what she saw.

His mouth was slightly open in disbelief, the paper plate and knife he carried fell onto the grass. “nya. . .”

And his intention to eat the cake together was extinct. There was nothing left of the medium-sized tart that he had previously bought at such a high price.

As she recalled, Mama did ask the three of them to comfort Shien. But that doesn't mean you have to play with food. Huo.

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Shien sat on the balcony accompanied by the sound of rain falling back that night. Looks like the rainy season is starting to come. Shien's mood improved considerably after Nathan, Fina, and Reno's arrival earlier this afternoon.

Although it does not take away his sadness. But their arrival was able to make his spirit to create a work for his new book that had dropped and his brain was deadlocked, now no longer. Thanks to them, those who support and encourage him. The idea of developing the outline of the story he has created is now popping up.

True Reno said, there are still many people who want to see and make him smile. So why should he bother to grieve for people who have hurt his heart?

For now, it was better for Shien to focus on achieving all of his wish lists that he could accomplish with his own efforts. Although there may be some wishes that he must remove from his list. One of them is to marry the sky.

I don't know, it doesn't feel like it's possible.

It won't happen because Shien will probably leave overseas once his new book is finished, and Shien isn't thinking of returning to Indonesia after that.

It was just Shien's current plan. In the future no one knows, because God's plan sometimes does not match what humans have planned.

With a flaming spirit, Shien turned on the tablet and began to develop the contents of the story, his hand skillfully making a picture and typing something on top of that flat screen. Her pale bluish lips from the pain mixed with cold carved a triumphant smile, even if it was just a single extremely thin smile. While his hands continue to collide with the imagination that is chasing. What was in his head now moved into the form of pictures and writing.

Shien's eyes were filled with a twinkle of passion that was hard to explain. Even the late night did not make him feel drowsy and tired.

Until three days passed, the design of the book that has been developed is already finished. His almond-seed-shaped eyeball reviewed the script he had made, perhaps something was not fitting or had to be added to make it more perfect.

Shien's fingers then back dancing on the screen. It's just a title and the new book is completely finished.

“The Gift Of A Friend.” Shien reread the title he had just incised. He is very confident, his new book is better than what he made before, precisely his work that was stolen.

Well, Shien had to thank the three of them who had indirectly inspired him. Maybe Shien should treat them a cup of coffee after this.

Standing up from his seat, Shien then wriggled wide to stretch his muscles that felt stiff because for three days he spent almost all his time sitting in a chair at work in his room. Papa and Mama were even very worried and kept reprimanding him to not be too self-exciting. But Shien was not his name if not stubborn, all the scolding of his parents was just going into the right ear, then out again through his left ear. Shien did not care. And as a result, his chest felt extremely painful right now.

Shien must see Nathan immediately to get his condition checked before he ends up in a hospital bed again.

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“I'm okay, right?” Shien asked after Nathan removed the infusion needle in his hand, after a few hours ago Shien had to get the liquid because of his dehydrated body. Clearly, Shien was exhausted and ate irregularly during these three days.

“Here is not okay.” Nathan answered while pointing at Shien's heart without touching it. “Reduce strenuous activity and better stop working from now.”

Shien sighed softly, then spoke with an expression like he was not willing. “Before stopping work, kok.”

“It's better.” Nathan's voice relaxes.

“And one more.” Nathan raised one of his index fingers. While Shien simply raised next to his eyebrows questioningly.

“Do not stress.” Connect Nathan while tapping his index finger on Shien's forehead.

“By the way, Shanna is home?” Nathan asked, helping Shien get off the hospital bed and asking the girl to move into his room because there was something they had to discuss regarding Shien's treatment.

“But.” Shien replied flatly, but in his heart he was worried. After all, Shanna was still her beloved sister.

“Set him stay where all this time?” Nathan asked again, his face panicked.

“Say Papa, he lives in his apartment my cousin. Know why you don't want to be brought home.” Obviously Shien, then sat himself in Nathan's office chair.

“What girls do you want?” Nathan looks increasingly panicked, then takes a seat right in front of Shien.

“Cowok.” Shien replied briefly.

“Chick lives in a boy's apartment kok diiarin, anyway?” Sambar Nathan won't take it.

“The important thing is not to admit anything. Cousin section.” Reply Shien.

“That's wrong.” Nathan's touch punched his desk, leaving Shien a little aghast in shock.

“Ya already if you do not receive your own pick up there.” Shien sewot as he stroked his chest, his heart pounding very strongly as if it was ready to get out of place.

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At about half-hour five in the afternoon, Shien walked out of Nathan's room. He spent a long time there because Nathan confided in the middle of the discussion about his treatment. Really, an unprofessional doctor. Just this time Shien found a Doctor who was even complaining to his patients.

Shien tapped his index finger on the smartwatch he was wearing, impatiently waiting for the elevator door that would bring him down to open.

Shien gasped, but did not show his surprise. As soon as the elevator doors opened, there were about six people inside, two of whom were Heaven and Bhishma, if not mistaken. Because until now Shien has still not been able to distinguish which Bhishma is where Albi. It was quite normal for people who had only met once or twice and were not paying much attention.

Without a smile or greeting, Shien then walked in casually as if he did not know them.

He squeezed the strap of the bag with both hands. His heart ached again, remembering the words of Heaven that had reached him the other day. The man had no intention of apologizing for the four days they had not met. Though, Shien was looking forward to it.

Shien wanted to get out of this hospital immediately. Ahh, no. Shien did not want to be in a single room with the Sky wherever it was.

The sky disappointed him. Shien wanted to end it. Yes, it's all over since the Sky doubted it.

Rushed out after the elevator arrived at its destination floor, but its steps came to a halt when its feet had just touched the doorway. Someone pulled his arm and Shien's body was pulled back into the elevator.

“Least.” Shien jerked Sky's hand off his arm, but to no avail. The sky gripped his arm even stronger until Shien felt the heat over his skin.

Inside the elevator were only the two of them, and the Sky brought him down to the very ground floor. The basement parking of the hospital at that time was quite quiet.

The sky dragged him towards the place where his car was parked. Don't know if Shien's leg still hurts. The sky had unintentionally opened the wound again, so the pain was back Shien felt at his feet. But his heart was much more painful.

“Log.” The command of the Sky was cold as soon as it arrived in front of his car.

While Shien was just flinching expressionlessly. His body trembled in fear, but he tried to show as calm an attitude as possible.

“Shien, come in I said.” Tell the Heavens once more, his tone slightly snapped. However, Shien kept himself from getting into the car despite Sky's attempts to force him.

“Please hand me!” Pinta Shien with an angry look.

Shien knew Sky was jealous and angry at him. But, who would he dare to hurt her like this? Shien is innocent. The sky had no right to treat him badly like this.

“Shien are you intentionally acting like that? Shows that our relationship is not good in front of my friend, yes?” Exclaim the Sky with an unfriendly looking gaze and voice and filled with emotion.

Shien smiled inwardly. The sky cares about it. But he doesn't care about his feelings at all.

“Sorry, but I don't like pretending.” Shien replied coldly as he continued to try to remove his hand from Sky's hand checks.

“Part of our relationship is not okay. And better we. . . .”

“SHIENNA.” Jerk Sky, stopping the sentence Shien was about to say. And the sky wouldn't like it if it were thrown.

“You alone made me choose for this.” Shien exclaimed with a bitter smile, his eyes starting to sparkle.

Next, he managed to throw Heaven's hand apart from his arm. But it made the bag he was carrying fell down until the contents inside scattered. Including one way flight tickets to Berlin, Germany, did not escape the supervision of the sky once the object fell.

“Shien, what does this mean?” The sky took the plane ticket.

“Not your business.” Shien ransacked the ticket, then stuffed it in a bag along with other items he had randomly put in.

“Shien, you don't plan to leave, do you?” Ask Sky carefully, then attempt to grab Shien's hand. However, Shien immediately stood up after feeling that all his goods had entered back into the bag, then he passed without words from before Heaven who still needed an explanation.

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To be continued. . . . .