The Pesona Duda Perjaka
Chapter 13 Old Friends Stories

“Could be slow no !” The protest of Kirana who started to feel a little pain in her calf.

The man did not care about Kirana's scolding, He pulled Kirana's wrist and took the girl to the hotel garden which was behind the grand ballroom.

Kirana threw her hands violently as they stopped in the garden. While rubbing her slightly sore arm, Kirana walked up and sat down on the bench.

“Since when did you know Sebastian ?” ask her in a cold tone.

“What is important to you ?” Kirana replied in a annoyed tone. His hands were twitching his calves which felt sore.

The man, Steven, turned his back to Kirana and sat down next to the girl.

“I searched for you more than 7 years,” his voice sounded slow and save sorrow.

“I'm not going anywhere,” replied Kirana briefly.

“Sick ?” Steven was about to touch Kirana's wrist, but the girl hastu2 distanced her hand.

“Why just disappear ? Even you do not tell me if you change your mobile number.”

“I didn't disappear. I still live in Jakarta,” replied Kirana with a ketus.

Steven got up and squatted in front of Kirana. He tried to clasp the girl's fingers but Kirana again pulled her hand.

“Do not mess around ! I'm a future wife of people,” ketus Kirana. He was about to get up but Steven was still standing in front of him.

“I want to go back inside, my future husband must be looking for me.” Kirana tried to push Steven's body, but the man did not shift at all.

“I just want to chat with you, do not care,” Steven raised 2 fingers in the form of the letter V.

Kirana took a deep breath and cast a look in the other direction. It's not without reason that he's lazy to talk to Steven.

“I'll give you 10 minutes to chat,” Kirana looks at him. “But I don't like positions like this.”

“Oke..oke..” Steven got up and sat down next to Kirana. The girl coded Steven to shift and not get too close to him.

“What do you want to ask ?” ask Kirana. This time the tone was not as fast as it was.

“Why didn't you tell me if you changed phone number ?”

“What everything I do should I report to you ?”

Steven took a deep breath. He was again confused by Kirana's attitude. Kirana looked at him from the side while the girl just turned her head in the other direction.

His mind recalls the time when Kirana suddenly disappeared from his life. After moving house somewhere, Kirana even changed her phone number. Steven tries to figure out Kirana's whereabouts to his schoolmates, but no one wants to tell him.

They are both friends from small with an age range of 4 years. The two knew each other since they were still in Elementary School and were met at the same school.

Mama Kirana is an Elementary School teacher who teaches at their school. That is why Kirana and her sister named Kendra, with the age of 2 years younger, can study in an elite school.

Every day Kirana and Kendra spend time in school until the mother Goddess finishes teaching. In addition to saving transportation costs, no one accompanies them at home if they have to go home according to school schedules.

That afternoon, Kirana was spending time around the school. Today Mama Dewi there is a teacher meeting until 3 pm. Kendra was allowed to sleep in the UKS as usual.

Kirana who is familiar with the school environment and well known by the people around her ranging from school bus drivers, security officers to traders in the school cafeteria.

Kirana was walking towards the foundation office building. The 3-story building has a pretty beautiful garden behind it. Not until her feet stepped around the road to the park, Kirana saw a boy with a body high enough to be sniffed by some friends. Kirana peeked over to see the situation and conditions first. The boy tried to fight back, but with 4 people bothering him, the resistance became unbalanced.

Seeing the increasingly unequal conditions, Kirana boldly walked out of her place and approached them, five boys in the same uniform as her.

The four annoying children immediately turned their heads as Kirana exclaimed to stop them from disturbing her friend. While leaving her waist, Kirana whose body tends to be small for children seusianha boldly gets closer.

“If you dare one-on-one, do not play this roar,” his scolding with a fierce face.

The two bullies are seen mocking and demeaning him, but the other two recognize who Kirana is.

“You what you are !” hardik is one of them.

Boldly and still on her waist Kirana approached the boy who rebuked her.

“You boys, if you want to fight there go to the field. One-on-one, don't rock it like this. Mama said her name was coward.”

Another boy came closer.

“Know what you little boy about cowardice!” the boy whose height far surpassed Kirana shook the girl's forehead, making Kirana even more annoyed.

The two children who did not speak approached their friend who was fighting with Kirana. The two whispered to each other the boys who faced Kirana. Finally the first boy rebuked Kirana, turned his body and looked at the friend he was holding.

“This time you can be free, but don't forget our message !”

The big boy gave the code to his three friends to leave Kirana and the boy.

“Why don't you fight?” kirana asked as she tidied up the bag of the boy in front of her.

“Thank you,” wean the boy.

“You are a boy, if you really have to dare to fight, do not just be quiet.”

The two cleaned up the books scattered on the cement road. After tidying up, Kirana closed the bag again.

“Whose name are you ? What class ?”

The boy whose face was reddened by the heat, extended his hand.

“I'm Steven and now in class 6, 6 D to be exact.” A faint smile was seen on Steven's lips.

“Kirana,” the 2nd grade SD child received a helping hand Steven and shook him. “I'm new class 2, student class 2B.”

“It looks like your face does not look foreign.”

The boy laughed seeing Kirana reply in a sewot tone. His meaning did not match Kirana's answer.

“‘I mean, your face is similar to someone I knew in school.”

“Oooo...” Kirana mangosteen with her mouth open. “I'm her son Mother Goddess.”

“You were so cool earlier,” Steven gave his thumbs up to Kirana.

“Not me that cool, but you that too cute,” Kirana sneered. “My father said, if we're right don't be afraid to defend yourself.”

Steven laughed again and unconsciously ruffled Kirana's hair. He remembered his younger brother Stevanie, a 4th grade Elementary student who attended school elsewhere.

Since then Steven who tends to be quiet and introverted began to befriend Kirana, a brave Elementary 2nd grader. Their home is one-way but not one complex.

Steven lives in an elite residential area while Kirana and her family live in a village near the complex.

Steven, who continues to go to high school at the same school, still makes friends with Kirana. Even when Steven continued to study in another city, while Kirana was still in Junior High School 9th grade, the two still establish communication via mobile phone. Until finally Kirana reported that her papa would be transferred to a branch office in the area. Papa Kirana who works as a private employee is entrusted to be the head of his company's factory in Central Java.

Kirana was very happy with Steven. But before the time of her departure, Kirana cut off all communication with Steven.

“I have to go back inside,” Kirana broke Steven's daydream. Since then the man had only looked at her from the side without speaking. His mind floated on the memories of the past with Kirana.

“My husband's candidate must be looking for me,” Kirana woke up, but Steven held her back.

“Why do you avoid me ? Don't you want to talk to me ?”

“Of course I still love talking to you, but not now and alone like this. Like you know I'm Sebastian's future wife. It is inappropriate to go with a prospective husband, I even mojok alone with another man.”

Kirana laughed softly as she turned towards Steven. Slowly he let go of Steven's hand that was holding his wrist.

“Can I have your phone number ?”

Kirana smiled faintly, then immediately shook her head.

“I have to ask my future husband first.”

“Why all should permission with Sebastian !” Steven got up from his seat and exclaimed with emotion.

Kirana frowned. He was confused because since the beginning of the meeting, Steven became easily emotional.

“What is the power of Sebastian with you?” Steven approached with a cynical look. Kirana retreated, keeping her distance.

“What because he's a rich man until you're so submissive to him ?” Steven's gaze was full of anger.

“Kamu ..” Kirana pointed Steven's face, his tongue was confused because suddenly his heart became emotional to hear Steven's words.

Kirana snorted in annoyance and turned to leave Steven, but for the umpteenth time, her hand was held back by Steven.

“Why not answer my question !” his snapping while tightening his grip made Kirana grimace.

Kirana did not answer anything, she tried to release her hand from Steven's grasp.

“Jawab Kirana !” Jerky Steven. Kirana was surprised then held onto her chest.

“Let go of my future wife's hand !” Sebastian's voice came from the darkness.

Since then Dion has indeed stood not far from the position of Steven and Kirana on Sebastian's orders. Not just listening, Dion recorded it. As the situation heated up, Dion contacted his boss to immediately come to where they were.

Seeing Steven slightly off guard, Kirana immediately pulled her hand violently. She approaches Sebastian and reflexively embraces the forearm of her pretended husband-to-be.

The two men looked at each other with sharp gazes. Kirana and Dion noticed both.

“Your new wife-to-be right ? Not officially a wife,” said Steven with a cynical tone.

Sebastian frowned, asking in his heart why Steven seemed so obsessed with Kirana. Sebastian believes the two have had a close relationship in the past. I don't know why there's a sense of unwillingness and worry in Sebastian's heart. Kirana does look mediocre, but Sebastian catches that Kirana is hiding something.

“Then what do you want ? Grab it again ?”

Again ? Kirana frowned and asked in her heart. Did Steven ever snatch Sebastian's lover ? Didn't it come from Dion's story that Sebastian only dated once and got married ? What does Sebastian mean when Steven tried to take Shera ?

“Can't move on from memories of Shera ?” asked Steven with a cynical smile. “Still saving stories of ex-wives but already want to marry another woman.”

Sebastian clenched both his hands on the side. His face began to blush.

Kirana tightened her grip on Sebastian's arm. He slightly shook Sebastian's arm making the man turn his head to look at him.

“What event is finished ? We better go back inside,” pinta Kirana.

“We go home. Daddy and mommy have also come home,” Sebastian replied.

“Ya already, we go home yuk.”

Sebastian stared intently at Steven before the embarrassment. Even Kirana did not say goodbye to him, making Steven's heart ache even more. Kirana's heart still hurts Steven's words. Although Kirana is aware that Steven does not know the truth about the play tonight, but his words are very telling and hurt Kirana. The man who claimed to be his best friend did not really know Kirana's personality.

Sebastian who saw Kirana's face was slightly grim, released the girl's grip on her arm and grabbed Kirana's fingers in his grasp. Kirana was stunned to receive such treatment from Sebastian. Sebastian's attention lately makes it sometimes stubborn, let alone needed like this. Kirana's heart was racing again. Sebastian's grasp seemed to want to channel the man's attention to make Kirana calm.

Kirana held her chest with a free hand.

“Why ?” ask Sebastian gently.

Kirana was stunned and immediately shook her head quickly.

“Don't put into the heart of Steven's troubles,” he continued back with a smile.

Again Kirana just nodded, her mouth feeling frozen to say something. Moreover, seeing Sebastian's smile that was so charming, Kirana's entire body immediately felt limp.

Behind them Dion followed while smiling to himself. Dion is convinced that his boss is not just re-learn about relationships with women, but opens his heart to a sense of what is called love.