THE BEFORE WE DONE
Exam Day
"You know each other?" Nanda asked, looking at the King and Regan alternately.
The king acted as calmly as possible, while Regan remained astonished, even more so his shock had not disappeared.
"You here Re?" Asked the King to hide his surprise.
"Yes Bang, Nanda is my schoolmate." Answer King. "Abang-" Regan asks back but does not continue the sentence.
"Ang teacher les Nanda." The answer.
"Wait, wait... You guys know each other?" Nanda asked who was still confused, while Ayla only noticed the sudden cold situation
"The King is my half-brother Nan." Regan answered, which surprised Nanda.
While Ayla only realized that she had met the King at Regan's house long ago.
"You half-brothers? you're housemates? so this is your stepbrother Re?" Ask Nanda who still doesn't believe.
"Iya Nan, Regan's my half-sister." It was not Regan who answered, but the King who answered.
"Well, I can't believe that King is Regan's brother." Nanda smiled behind her pale face.
"Nan, the Batagor." Ayla's voice breaks the tension.
They sat down with a circular sofa in the television room.
Regan and the King sit next to each other, a relationship that has improved suddenly becomes awkward again.
"Ay, nginep here ya.." Persuade Nanda.
"Ishh certainly if playing here ends up being told to nginep." Answer Ayla.
"Udah Ay only, let the spit be healed." Regan Sahut.
"You too Re, let Ayla come home with you tomorrow." Nanda.
"Good, not in the mood anymore." Answer Regan.
"Bad regan." Nanda scowled in annoyance.
"Re, don't macem-macem deh Re." Ayla warned. Because Nanda will linger long if Regan or Ayla does not comply with his will, especially now Nanda is sick.
Regan leaned her body. "I can do that." Pause.
Nanda and Ayla looked at each other, "Can play chess with Mr. Amin." He said in unison while laughing.
The king watched the three friends, Nanda was very beautiful when laughing with her friend. But the King's mind drifted away, where he remembered Regan's words about the woman he had difficulty reaching, whether Nanda was Regan, or Ayla. Regan is very close to both.
The king also did not expect, if Regan could be this close to Nanda and the residents of Nanda's house, from ART to security. Could it be that Regan is also familiar with Aryo? the question now danced in the King's head.
A week passed,
Regan and Raja, although they live under one roof, the two rarely meet. Although their relationship has improved for a long time, but they do not interfere with each other's affairs.
"Coffee Re." The king gives a small mug containing coffee to Regan who is currently sitting in the balcony of Haris house.
"Thank you Bang." Regan receives the coffee mug, and the King sits on the bench next to Regan, who is blocked by a small table.
"Old time Bang ngajarin Nanda les?" Regan asked breaking the silence.
"Lumayan lama, but not yet a year."Answer the King as he is.
The king wanted to ask about the woman who had been talked about at a glance by Regan, a woman who he said was difficult to reach Regan. If it is true that Nanda is chasing Regan, then the King will try to retreat, like a competition. But Nanda is not a trophy that they must chase, Nanda is the destination for the direction where their hearts are anchored.
"Pantes just good value Nanda continues, it turns out you are the teacher." Regan laughed a little.
"It could be that Lo Re, Nanda is actually smart, only she lacks motivation." The king laughed too.
"Usually Nanda never lasted a month with her bimbel teacher Bang. end-to-end back to Ayla and me."
"Yes, Mr. Aryo also said that I am the same. And I didn't think Nanda's friend that Mr. Aryo meant was lo Re."
"The world is so narrow." Regan's murmur was heard by the King.
"Wrong." The king glanced at Regan. "The world is vast, and our area is narrow." King laughs.
"Gue don't think you can deket a Bang girl, and I think your student is a boy."
"My only student's widow." Lirih King.
"Lo is very much the same as Nanda." King's words tried to provoke Regan's reaction.
"Nanda and Ayla are a package Bang, I can't say no to them, we're close from Junior High."
Regan smiled, sipping her coffee. "Yes, Nanda and Ayla are priceless angels, I promise you I'll take care of them."
"From the two of them, what do you like?" Asked the King in the end because he could not stem his curiosity.
"Gue likes both." Rega laughs. "Lo tau Bang? if I go the same way with both of them, I'm in the middle, Ayla's left and Nanda's right, I'm like a sugar baby."
The king only smiled faintly, in fact the King wanted to pry even deeper into Regan's feelings for Nanda, but the King did not want Regan to suspect him.
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Months later, it does not feel now Nanda will prepare for the final exam at her school.
"Pray and focus." One message came in Nanda's phone.
Nanda smiled as he read the message from the King.
"King?" Aryo asked disperse Nanda's daydream.
Nanda turned towards Aryo who was driving her car. "Yes Pa.." Answer Nanda.
"You like the King?" Ask Aryo to investigate.
"We like each other and have already expressed it, it's just that we're not dating Pa.."
Aryo glanced at Nanda, "Really? Why?"
"Mas Raja said he wanted to strengthen himself first, and wait for me to graduate school, because Mas Raja did not want to date school children." Answer with a straight forward look.
Aryo nodded as he focused on driving, "It's only fitting that the King doesn't want Dad to pay to teach you tutoring."
Nanda was surprised, he did not know if the King would not accept his hard work. "Mas the King won't be paid, Dad?" Ask Nanda in wonder.
"Yes, at first Dad was confused, but the King said he felt unworthy because the King was not a professional teacher..That's the only reason.
"Lho Pa, so Mas Raja gave Nanda a free trip?"
"Yes, and Papa sailed the King only once, and the King would not accept it."
Nanda fell silent and felt bad for the King.
"Good king, hard worker, college while working and even tutoring lessons are not easy. Papa likes young people like the King, not unyielding."
"If Nanda's dating Mas Raja, can Pa?" Ask Nanda carefully.
"By, this slama King is good to you, never mess with you. What's more he's a polite, hard-working kid."
Nanda smiled then sighed.
"Now, the same focus on school exams, prove to Papa, tutoring from the King is not in vain. Don't let you disappoint the King either."
Arrive school.
Regan and Ayla were standing at the gate.
Nanda approached her two best friends.
"Test card brought?" Ask Regan
"More." Nanda said as she draped the exam card around her neck.
"Pencils and erasers?" Ask Regan again
"There's Re, in the bag."
"So I was also asked that Nan be with Regan." Sahut Ayla's.
"Don't baper first, I'm so let's not worry about you guys later, don't until I have to run to the minimarker just to buy in pencils, sharpeners, or erasers you guys who missed." Regan's refutation reasoned.
Regan asked Ayla and Nanda about the equipment that was brought. Regan takes care of her two best friends.
"Okey, Om pray that you are given ease, do not forget to pray." Aryo talks to Nanda, Ayla and Regan.
Nanda, Ayla and Regan walk into the school, and Aryo returns to the office after dropping off Nanda.
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