The Marriage Pursuit.
27. Getting Closer.

HAPPY READING'S.

"Gue always wanted to be close to Lo..." DEAN.

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Day after day passed so quickly. It did not feel like this 1 month Akira became a student and during this month his relationship with Dean grew closer. They often go to the cafeteria together and Akira also finds out that Dean aspires to become a Doctor.

There is so much Akira has learned from this man. It could be said that Akira always asked for help from Dean about terms in the field of health that he was difficult to understand.

Since High School, Dean is indeed a smart student. Very different from Akira who is always a student in the order of 10 and below.

That was why Akira did not dare to express the feelings he felt to Dean back then. Akira is afraid that you love will be rejected by Dean and he will bear the shame of a lifetime.

Akira waited for Dean in the parking lot because of the man's request this morning.

Akira had previously banned his personal driver from picking him up. Akira reasoned to stop by his parents' house after his college hours were over. Fortunately, the driver believed Akira's words.

"Have you waited a long time?" out of nowhere, Dean suddenly gets behind Akira, leaving the girl a little short.

"Agghh, not really." replied Akira with a smile that he always appeared at all times.

"Come.." take Dean with Akira's hand to his motorcycle.

Akira stared at the motorbike Dean had driven but did not immediately go up until it automatically made Dean ask, "Why?"

"This is Lo's motor?" ask Akira foolishly.

Because what he knows, Dean at High School always wore a red matic motorbike. Akira used to dream what it was like to sit behind Dean. Hugged the man's stomach from behind. Talked all the way home, but it was all just a dream that never materialized.

"Why? You don't want to?" ask Dean.

"I don't want to." said Akira and went straight to the bike.

Instantly a perfectly curved smile on Dean's lips without Akira noticing.

"Are you ready?" ask Dean to Akira.

"Hm,"

Soon Dean drove his bike away from the University building where they studied.

"Gue still remembers the motorbike that Lo always used to go to school first, different from this," Akira recalled the first time he saw Dean. At that time they just entered school and became 1st grade High School students.

Akira accidentally sits in front of the class to see Dean walking past his class on his way home. Also when Akira accidentally saw Dean who pushed the motor up to the Gate and only climbed it after that.

That's what Akira did until he got to 2nd grade. Seeing Dean from a distance like that makes Akira happy not to play.

But who would have thought that in 3rd grade, fate brought them together at a Charity event where Akira and Dean were in 1 group. Their relationship has grown closer since then.

"Lo remember that?" asked Dean curiously.

"Of course!" akira said excitedly and in the next second he felt ashamed because of his own words, "Sorry...".

"Do you know why I changed bikes?" ask Dean.

"Huh?" of course Akira didn't hear what Dean was saying at the moment. In addition to the motor was speeding very fast, the sound of Dean's vehicle was also noisy.

Yes, Dean currently uses Motor Sport which is quite cool for men his age.

"Dean, what did you say?" akira asked a little curious about Dean's words that he did not hear earlier.

"Get hold," Dean's plea slightly tightened the pace of his vehicle.

Akira automatically hugged Dean's stomach tight and closed his eyes in fear.

How not to be afraid? Dean several times preceded the vehicle in front of him like a racer.

Dean looked at the hand that was coiled around his stomach. Somehow that right made Dean smile again even though it was invisible because it was covered by the Helmets he was wearing.

"Design, STOP!" yelled Akira still with his eyes closed.

Oh my God.. Will I die now? oh my heart beats incoherently.

"Dean Stops!" pinta Akira again and it was clearly heard by Dean until the man lowered his speed a little.

"Lo scared?" dean asked without any guilt.

"Slow down." said Akira.

"OK.." replied Dean lightly, but actually he only slightly lowered the speed of the bike. Just a little. Sometimes Dean also restores Akira's hand on his stomach when the girl's hand feels loose.

Until the bike stops somewhere, Akira just dared to open his eyes.

Dean got off the bike first and faced Akira. The first thing Akira saw after his eyes opened was the figure of Dean standing right before him.

Deg ...

Somehow seeing Dean at close range like this made Akira have trouble breathing.

The figure of the man he once admired so much has not changed at all. His facial lines, his eyes, his nose were still exactly like the old Dean. And Akira still loves that man to this day.

Long enough they stared at each other like that until a sudden gust of wind, made them wake up and threw away their gaze.

This is where Dean and Akira are. Sitting together on the bench of a city park with many tall, shady trees.

The afternoon atmosphere is very comfortable with the sun which is to the west of the heart of the city.

"Gue wondered why Lo replaced Lo's red motorbike with the motorbike earlier," said Akira still discussing about the motorbike driven by Dean.

"Want to know why?" Dean asked back.

"Hm," of course Akira nodded his head confidently.

"Because the girl I was after never wanted to ride her." Dean replied like a riddle to Akira.

Akira no longer asked for details as he had no right to ask further. Who is Akira to want to know something private for Dean?

"Oh..."

Silence took over the mood. Neither Akira nor Dean spoke. They are drowning with their own thoughts.

Long enough. until Dean makes a sound,

"Lo want to hear my story?" ask him to Akira.

"News?" of course Akira was confused to hear it.

Dean sighed violently, preparing to start telling stories.

"There used to be a guy who said people were very smart,"

Akira just kept quiet and listened to what Dean said.

"He is very smart in a variety of subjects. But it's stupid to see anything..."

"meaning?" ask Akira does not understand. He always doesn't understand a lot of things. Right?

"He was very stupid in studying something that was even right in front of him. He was so cowardly as to say the things he wanted to say..."

Dean's memory came back 3 years ago.

Back then, Dean was a new high school year student. He single-handedly entered a school environment that was still unfamiliar to him. Dean doesn't have a friend here yet.

But a few days after that, there was a girl who made Dena curious. The Hadith had a beautiful face with shoulder-length hair. Her body was short but the girl was very cute and looked cheerful all day.

Sometimes Dean accidentally passes the girl's class just to see her. The girl was always standing at the door when Dean walked by, always like that.

Sometimes as he pushed the motor past the basketball court, Dean saw the girl on the 2nd floor of the school building who was also staring towards the court. Dean was eager to say hello to the girl, but Dean was very embarrassed.

She was afraid that the girl misunderstood her and rejected her.

That's why Dean's only been quiet for a few years.

But maybe their destiny is very close. At a charity event held by the school, Dean and the girl were in the same group.

"Lo want to know the guy's name?" ask Dean to Akira.

Although Akira was not curious, but still nodded in agreement.

"David,"

A name spoken from Dean's lips instantly made Akira look at him deeply.

"Yes, it's me. For 3 years I just kept quiet without doing anything." Dean added.

"What do you want to do?" ask Akira curiously.

Dean was silent and stared at Akira for a long time even it made Akira so misbehaved.

I was nervous in such a face. Inner Akira while trying to justify his sitting position.

"Gue wanted to say that I like Lo.." Dean said suddenly.

Deggs...

Akira's heart stopped beating.

It felt like there was hot air coming out of his body after hearing the words from Dean just now.

"Gue wanted to say that I like girls who always stand at the classroom door when school hours are over, I like girls who see the Basketball court from the 2nd floor of the school building... I love the straight-haired girl who sits next to me right now..."

Dean was still looking at Akira deeply.

Maybe this is the most heartfelt remark Dean wants to say to someone.

A girl who has been making her heart flower for 3 years.

"Dean..." Akira could not speak anymore.

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Jeng jeng...