Still In Love's
EP. 57. Be a Good Friend

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Three months passed, Blue lived his life as usual, only he was more silent. While working maybe he can forget for a moment his chaotic feelings. But after his work was done, he again felt a void in his heart. The memory of the Orange that left him made the corner of his heart throb pain. Blue misses him, very much.

Blue opened the door to the room in her apartment lazily, and she landed her body on the sofa in the room shortly after she threw her briefcase and suit into any place. He laid himself with his head resting on the arm of the sofa, followed by a hand-massaging motion of his forehead that felt throbbing pain.

His activities stopped when his head turned to the dresser perched on a pink box of goods belonging to Orange. With a gontai step, Blue walked over and sat on a dressing table chair. His hands were stretched out to open the box cover. Blue stared at the nanar one by one the items that were there.

“You used to love this every day. Because now you forget again, so I will give this to you.” Blue touched a bottle of strawberry yogurt that may have expired it while remembering the orange speech that will give him yogurt every day.

“You lied, Ji.” Mumbled wailing.

“It's beautiful, Aunt. Not too flashy and glittering.”

Blue smiled bitterly as her hand now took the engagement ring belonging to Orange. Still clear in his memory, the girl smiled cheerfully and was very excited when trying the ring.

“You like this, why was it released? Stupid idiot.” Blue with a weak tone.

“Back, dong, Ji. I'll buy better than this.” He said full of supplications. He then kept the ring in his wallet along with his ring. Now his hand turned to take a box containing a necklace that he had given as a birthday gift for Orange.

“You don't like this, huh? How behind? Home, dong. I'll buy another one if you don't like this one.” He muttered again while staring at the necklace in his hand.

“Quick go home and let's take as many photos together. I promise, this time will not protest or nolak.”

Blue stared desperately at every photo of her togetherness with Orange while still in High School. They do not have a photo together at this time, other than the photo when they are engaged. Blue regretted always refusing every time Orange asked to take a picture with that time.

The photos realize Blue, how very close and warm their relationship in the past, Orange looks happy in the photo, the girl smiles a lot. Unlike when he was with her lately, Orange just always put his shoulder face. And that must be because Blue doesn't make her smile.

“This must be me who took it for you first, right, Ji?” Blue continued to speak for itself as if an orange was in front of him. This time his hand touched the vegetable doll that Blue had gotten in the claw machine nine years ago.

“Please, home. I'll take more dolls for you.” This time Blue felt her chest tightening.

A sense of regret perched in his heart. Regret not giving Jingga much time even though the girl whines to just invite her to lunch, regretting that she has said the childish orange when Orange invites her to play in Timezone when in her heart she is also happy, but in her heart she is also happy, regretting that more made Jingga put on a sad face instead of smiling while spending time with her.

“You are just a bad guy who is always emotional and can only hurt me.”

This time the orange greeting while they were in the villa was ringing in his head as soon as Blue saw a panda doll on the bed. His heart was slashed back as he recalled the frightened face of Orange back then.

“I'm a real-baner kayak panda, yes, Ji?” He asked as he grabbed the panda doll.

“I'm like a good person, but a bad person, right, Ji?” Blue stared at the panda doll as if it was an orange.

“I'm so mean, right? Eat it you sneak home, I want to apologize.” Blue's voice choked with tears flowing through the corners of his eyes. “I niesel.”

Blue regrets, because she realized her own feelings too late.

Shortly after, without cleaning himself first, Blue chose to sleep while hugging her pandas. Hopefully when he wakes up, he sees the orange. Yes, the orange will come tomorrow. That's how every night he cheers himself up.

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In the afternoon at the hospital, Blue just came out of the ER room. His face looked pale, obviously because the guy missed his dinner and breakfast.

Since the departure of Orange, Blue has completely lost his appetite. Often he passed the meal time and chose to keep silent thinking about Orange while contemplating every mistake he made to the girl.

“Bi . . .”

Blue closed her eyes briefly as she heard a familiar voice calling out. Lazily, Blue turned to Bisma who was walking towards him. It feels so lazy to talk to anyone right now. If only he was not a doctor who was required to be friendly to patients, he would not speak or smile at patients today.

“Lo where are you going? Still have patients?” Bisma asked who saw Blue standing in front of the elevator. Blue just shook his head, then turned his face back and waited for the elevator door to open.

“Come lunch together. We ate at the restaurant opposite the hospital.” Bring Bisma spirit.

“Gue not coming.” Reject Blue lazily without turning towards Bhishma.

“Old time, you know, we don't have lunch together. Albi and Bian are also waiting there.” Bisma. He grimaced, concerned about the plight of his best friend and more silent for the past three months.

“Come, Bi.” Force the bisma again.

Blue exhales heavily, rather than continue to hear Bhishma who will not stop forcing her, Blue finally agrees to the boy's invitation to have lunch together at the restaurant opposite the hospital.

“Luna? Lo here too?” Bisma asked in surprise when she found Luna sitting with Albi and Bian. As he remembered, he would only eat four of them.

“So I happened to want to eat here. Uh, meet them. I joined, it's okay, right?” Answer and ask Luna later. “Partially I miss that I haven't eaten bereng with you guys in a long time.”

Finally, doubtfully Bhishma said it was okay. After hearing Blue's story, she somehow became a little uncomfortable with Luna's presence among them. Especially seeing the attitude of Luna now who looks aggressively approaching Blue.

Luna was quite happy with the departure of Orange. As long as the girl left, Luna started to blatantly show her feelings for Blue even though the guy ignored her.

Every day Luna will bring breakfast for Blue and take him to breakfast together, take him to lunch either in person or call him by phone, even take him to dinner, he also sometimes forced Blue to be in his car when he came home from the hospital. But his efforts were in vain, Blue more refused and ignored him.

“You're sitting here, Bi.” Said Luna while patting the seat next to her. But he was irritated when Bhishma even grabbed his seat. As a result, Blue is now sitting next to Bian and facing Luna.

“Yes, let's eat. The food came.” The Bian exclaims are happy because their food order coincides with the arrival of Blue and Bhishma, so they don't have to wait anymore.

“Chicken salad.” Blue murmured while staring at the plate containing chicken salad on his plate with a sad look. He remembered the orange who loved the food.

“Eat, Bi. How about dumb?” Tegur Luna who saw Blue just stared at her food.

“Ohh? Yes.” Blue slightly stunned to then shake the chicken salad and put it in the mouth. Blue chews his food with laziness. He did not enjoy the food at all, as if it had no taste.

“Lo can be upset, but do not forget to eat until lo kailusan gini, Bi.” Said Bian see how to eat Blue that looks not intentional. He was also concerned about Blue's body which seemed to have already lost some of its weight.

Both Bian and Albi, they understand if his friend is having problems with his love relationship. But the two also did not ask any more as long as Blue did not tell him about it herself. Although curious why Orange left, but Bian and Albi chose to keep it to respect the privacy of his friend.

“Iya, if you die from malnutrition, it is in vain you wait for Orange. Where to Orange same marriage that has become a corpse.” Chirps Albi heartless. But Blue did not care, he was lazy to say it and chose to sip lemon tea to encourage the food that had been chewed.

“What Orange is not too outrageous ninggalin you like gini? Three months ago, you know.” Luna's sudden speech made everyone stop eating and turn their eyes towards Luna with a dislike gaze.

“What do you mean, Luna?” Asked Blue with a frown.

“I mean, if I really love someone. I would never want to leave him.” Luna replied sure. Even after the orange does not exist, Luna still always corner her, indirectly she seemed to say if the Orange does not love Blue until the girl left her.

“So don't leave me, Luna.” Sahut Blue cold as he looked at Luna with a look of dislike. He then moved from his seat and decided to leave first. Luna's words made her mood even more chaotic.

“Bi, I don't mean to–” Luna grabbed Blue's arm, trying to hold it. But without words the man brushed off his hand and just passed by.

“Lo shouldn't say that. As a friend, you should encourage him, not even make him down.” Bisma rebuked in an annoyed tone shortly after Blue's departure.

“I didn't mean to say that. I'm just concerned to see Blue getting moody lately.” Elak Luna with her innocent face.

“Tck, I think you are more orange seneng no.” Syndir Bisma made Luna surprised. Likewise with Albi and Bian who were astonished because of his words.

Seeing the attitude shown by Luna so far, Bhishma did not need to guess anymore. He knew what kind of person Luna was now, it was fitting that Orange was less likely to like her.

“Kok lo say like Luna?” Comment Bian.

The bisma clucked in annoyance, then moved from her seat. “Gue. I first.”

“At very sensitive today. Huh, ahh. I also went.” Albi grumbled in annoyance as Blue and Bisma left him. In fact, they had not been together like this for a long time.

“Yes, Al. Wait for me.” Bian who did not want to be left alone with Luna finally went and ran after Albi, leaving Luna who was now growling with annoyance.

“Even their attitude is completely different from mine. They can be closer to the orange even though they just know, why not the same me?”

Luna clasped the fork in her hand firmly, envy and jealousy had already spread in her heart.

Why is it so easy for Orange to get what he wants. Luna also wants to be like Orange, get Blue heart, heart of her parents, and close to Blue friends without feeling awkward and there is distance. He also wanted to be friends with them like an orange.

Luna hates Orange. The girl had gotten it all, but had instead easily abandoned it.

“Bobbish basics.” Umbat Luna then while smiling a wry smile.

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In the afternoon, the sky came out of the PICU room and was about to return to his room. As with Blue, the man also lost the spirit of the Orange that accompanied his days. However, this was the first time he had been away from Orange in the long run. The sky was not used to this situation.

Pressing the elevator button that will take him to the floor where the room is located, the sky waits for the elevator door to open. He then entered after the door opened.

Her pointy index finger was about to press the back button to have the elevator door closed. But paled when he saw Blue who also seemed to be going into the elevator. The sky snorted violently and he immediately turned his face away from Blue. Similarly to Blue, he clucked in annoyance as if his encounter with Heaven was misfortune.

Indeed, since the banging incident a few two months ago, Sky and Blue became increasingly incompatible, they were like Tom and Spike alone. They would throw each other vexed gazes and be ready to pounce on each other if they met either intentionally or unintentionally as they are today.

Last week, they even came back almost bickering over the remaining canteen table one because they did not want to sit at one table. Fortunately there was Bhishma, the man poured water into the rice of Blue and Sky. As a result, the two stopped fighting and did not eat. Bhishma thought, it is indeed better that way than they embarrass themselves in front of many people.

Now Blue and Sky are standing far apart, each standing in the corner of the elevator so as to create a distance between them. The atmosphere inside the elevator was very quiet, none of them had any intention of opening their voices.

“You want to show everyone off if you're heartbroken?” The sky sneered as his tail stole a glance to see Blue who was now leaning against the elevator wall while closing his eyes.

From what he saw, apparently Blue was worse than him. For a moment the sky was concerned about the man's situation. But the sky hurriedly brushed off those feelings.

“Despite another heartbreak, appearance is kept guarded times. Euwh, amit-amit Orange likes the same model cake gini.” The sky shuddered while putting both hands on his pants pocket.

The sky was also as sad as losing the orange, but he could not ignore his face. He should be handsome at all times. To Sky, the pale face of Blue with a beard was extremely ugly, it was no match for him.

“See, your body is so skinny. Less eating lo? Or don't have money to buy food?” The sky kept commenting inwardly. The sky turned and noticed Blue's slightly changed body in his opinion. Luckily the guy closed his eyes, if he knew he was being noticed, it was certain that a fight would happen.

“Ehh, lo why?” The Heaven Screeches were startled and reflexes held Blue's body abruptly limped forward. If only the sky hadn't held him back, maybe that guy would have fallen.

“Bi, don't touch me. Weight know, build lo, Nyet.” The sky shook Blue's body. But at once he felt the heat from the body he was helping to stand. Blue is clearly sick.

“Gue–” Sound Blue choked before he finally lost consciousness.

“Nyet, you're not dead, are you? Don't be kidding lo.” Sky asked starting to panic when he realized Blue had lost consciousness. He patted Blue's cheek, but the guy still didn't wake up.

Coinciding with this, it just so happened that the elevator door opened. Then immediately Sky asked for help from doctors and nurses who were about to enter the elevator to bring Blue to the ER.

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By nightfall, Blue awoke and felt her head throbbing in pain. He blinked his eyes to adjust the light around him.

After his eyes opened perfectly, Blue circulated his gaze through the all-white room.

His forehead wrinkled in confusion when he found an infusion hose perched on his left wrist. He then moved his head to the right. Blue was surprised to find Sky standing looking at him with a sharp gaze while folding both his hands on his chest.

“Lo?” Blue stands to sit with difficulty.

“What's because you think too much of orange, you're like gini?” The sound of Heaven echoed in the room after a moment of silence took over.

“Originally you know, yes. The orange does not like the skinny guy kayak krepeng gini.” Excited the Sky then while pointing at Blue's body. His gaze was full of scorn.

“Partially I wonder, lo if it hurts a bit coolan little, cake. This fainted because of lack of nutrition, already have no money to buy food lo?”

Blue is not. He just shook his head to watch the sky as if it was nagging him. Fussy, similar to an orange.

“Cool sick man what?” Blue asked in a hoarse voice, interested to reply.

“Ya heartache cake, or anything equivalent to that.” The Sky Chirps made Blue snort in annoyance. Really careless.

“If you want to wait for Orange, you do not wait while self-torturing lo kayak gini. Your face is ugly, it's pale, I peel it again. Orange will not fit together with ugly people like elo.” Oceh Langit again while facing the camera phone to face Blue to look.

“Lo worried same me?” The corner of the pale Blue lips slightly raised. He felt his heart suddenly warm. His eyes were open, it turned out that Heaven was not the cunning person he had thought he was.

“No need to ge-er. I'm just worried about the orange. I'm worried about the turning orange, he's surprised to see the ugly face of lo.” Sky Eagle with a thin tone.

“If I'm so ugly, isn't that a chance for you because Orange might be more handsome?” Sahut Blue with a little amused smile.

“So you're already bright, nih?” Ask Sky smilingly. Blue shook slowly.

“I will never give up.” Sahut Blue does not accept.

“If so, let's compete with sportif.” The sky stretched out his hand.

The sky didn't really say it. For Heaven, having an Orange by his side as a friend was more than enough.

The sky did not give up. But there's another word that's better than that. Slowly, but surely. The sky will scatter the orange with an airy heart.

“Okay.” Blue received a helping hand of Heaven while smiling weakly. His frustration towards the Sky was now slowly evaporating from his heart.

“But I don't want to compete with ugly people. Not balanced.” The Sky again. “Lo should quickly heal and eat a lot.” He said later, it sounded annoying in Blue's ears.

“Do not ge-er. I'm not the same concern lo, I'm talking like gini as a doctor.” Sambar Langit quickly who saw Blue smiling wryly.

“In that case, you should be able to eat me every day.” Sahut Blue.

“Ihh, ogaaah.” Reply to the Sky while spreading his shoulders.

“Come friends, good friends.” Invite Blue to sound sincere, not heeding the words of Heaven.

The sky chuckled irritatedly and amused as well as hearing Blue's request. He did not expect those words to come out of the guy's mouth. Hasn't Blue not liked it all this time?

“What do you guys do well?” Ask Sky did not immediately accept his invitation.

“Are you a good person?”

The question of Heaven instantly gave rise to his memories of the Orange in the past.

“Because I can't be friends with bad guys.”

“Because I can't be friends with bad guys.”

Blue closed his eyes when he heard the exact same utterance of Heaven as Orange.

Blue little clucked while smiling amusedly. “Do you guys always picky these kayaking friends?”

“You?” The sky scrunched up his brows not understanding.

“So also said kayak gini nine years ago.” Answer Blue.

“Lo remember?” Ask Sky a little enthusiastically. Blue just nodded his head.

“Wahh, means my presence on your side is a blessing.” Said Sky again proud of himself, he seemed to say if he was on the side of Blue, it would definitely help Blue remember his past, just like the presence of Orange on his side.

“So, we can be good friends?” Blue asked as if he was making sure. The sky did not immediately answer, for a moment he fell silent pretending to think.

But he had not had time to answer Blue's question, suddenly there was a knock from outside the nursery.

The Sky's face suddenly turned sour to find Bian coming in followed by Luna behind her.

Blue news that fainted suddenly turned out to have reached the ears of his friends. Luna who was about to go home even undo his intention and chose to see the situation Blue first. Similarly, with Bian whose work is now finished.

“Bi, am I deprived of nutrition? Wahh, shy. Later others thought that Mr. Rendi did not feed again.” Bian's chirps made the Sky automatically hold back laughter.

“Sialan.” Blue with his hands still limp throw a pillow to Bian's face which he immediately caught.

“Bi, you're fine, right? I'm really worried about the news that you passed out in the elevator.” Luna asked worriedly as she shifted Bian's body to give him space so that he could get closer to Blue.

“I'm fine, really, Lun.” Answer Blue smiled thinly. “You don't have to worry. I just need to eat a lot and rest. You better go home.”

“Lo ngusir us?” Ask Bian while grunting.

“Iya. I want a break.” Blue replied as she poured her body back into the hospital bed.

“I sent you here, yes, Bi. Who knows you need help later.” Tawar Luna who immediately got a bad delicacy from the Sky.

“He is not paralyzed, go to the toilet can still walk. Why do you use everything?” Sambar Sky sewot.

“Tapi–”

“Langit. Mending you home now.” Sela Biru silenced back Luna's mouth that would almost reply.

“Yes, I'll go home if so. I think you are very sick. Stay eat a lot of doang, tomorrow-tomorrow also healed.” Cibir Albi made Blue again grunt. “Come, Lun.”

“Ya. Then I go home too. Hope you get well soon, Bi.” Luna said.

Luna then turned around and was about to leave the Blue room together with Bian and Sky.

But somehow, there may be a problem with the stilettonya heels, suddenly Luna dazed and almost fell. Fortunately, Sky held his arm until only Luna's bag fell.

“Other times, you don't have high heels. It's so pointy again like a nail.” The sky grumbled while crouched down to help tidy up Luna's stuff that was scattering out of her bag.

The sky was stunned for a moment as his eyes caught a journal with a sky blue cover between Luna's belongings.

“My Boo.” Sky reading the writing on the cover of the journal. Luna who realized that instantly her body stiffened.

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To be continued . . . .