TWENTY
SIDE STORY ~ GEA

"Gea, I have harbored this feeling for a long time. And now I want to be honest. I love you Ge. Since the first day we met, I've fallen into your charm. And from that day on, I've always wanted to see your smile. And this time, I want to be the reason for your smile. Gea, will you be my girlfriend?" In front of one class, a man boldly expressed his feelings for Gea. Not to forget also a bouquet of red roses and a cute teddy bear with cream colored hair he gave to Gea.

"Thank you! Accept it! Thank you!" The atmosphere of the class that was initially crowded because of the lecture hours was finished became even more crowded to see the free spectacle in front of them.

"Sorry Al, I can't." As if inedible with cheers from his friends, Gea immediately gave back the doll and flowers to Allan's hands. Then he invited Sita to go to the cafeteria, filling her empty stomach.

"Crazy you Gea! That was Allan! Allan! The BEM leader whose charisma is not cans! And you refuse that? Oh my God! I'm not done thinking and you're Ge!" Starting from leaving class until they arrived at the cafeteria, Sita was unceasingly chattering.

"Yes how Sit, people I don't like him. Yes funny dong if the courtship of love is only on the side, just like a compulsion." Gea then headed to his subscription meatball stand, not to forget to also order Sita's.

"Don't tell me you're still expecting Radit?" guess Sita when Gea's back on her ass.

"Hmm, love is dead. Finals. It can't be bargained for anymore if it's mah!" gea replied with ease.

"Oh my goodness, Gea! Conscious dong! It's been a year now. You don't realize that Radit doesn't look at you at all? Wonder!" Indeed, come to think of it almost all of Gea's friends must have thought the same as Sita. Perhaps Gea is blinded in love, to the point of not caring and rejecting much sincere love to her. Or perhaps Gea was too stupid to expect someone like him to never think existed.

"Well, how else?" Gea shrugged both of his shoulders indifferently.

"Yee! I want two heads still to be slaves of love!" sita sneers while peppering the meatballs that have just been delivered to their table.

"Wildamah! It is important to make life color. Not rich there. Burem, blur again." Gea was satisfied to be able to reply to the ridicule from Sita. Evidently with Sita who snorted an annoyed breath while glancing at him.

Lam they quietly enjoyed the lunch menu, the sound of loud laughter entering the canteen area seized their attention. Actually not only them, almost all visitors to the canteen stared in the same direction. The direction where there are a bunch of boys who make the atmosphere of the canteen become boisterous instantly. Of course it's Radit's gang that contains cool guys in the medical school. Make women do not stop whispering words of praise to each other.

"Occustomed to seeing it!" Sita scooped Gea's face that focused on staring at Radit even to the point of not blinking. "About his prince has come, instantly forget the same around!" added again.

"Hehehe, sorry! Yes, I was Radit samperin first!" Without waiting for Sita's approval, Gea draped her sling bag and rushed towards where Radit and his friends were sitting.

But just a few steps away, Gea immediately stopped and turned around. Looking towards Sita. "Oh yes Sit, my meat you pay ya! Thanks!"

Gea immediately ran over to Radit, faintly she heard Sita yelling at him. But let it be, after all Sita is classified as the son of a rich man. His parents would not go bankrupt because his son treated him to a serving of meatballs complete with iced sweet tea. Oh yeah forget, same added lontong one and crackers two.

"Hi Radit!" Luckily they were one class, so Gea was not too shy to continue to stick to Radit. "I brought you lunch!" A food box containing his own sandwich was handed over.

Radit who is basically fine is approached by many women feel ordinary with his attitude Gea. And he also often accepted Gea's gifts. At least he respected the woman's efforts to win her heart. It is also his principle that does not deny sustenance. But the thing is, the attitude of accepting it was considered different by Gea. So Gea persisted for even a year to expect a Radit. He believed that one day Radit would melt with all his attention. He also seemed to close his eyes and ears if Radit did so to almost all women. For the love of his faith that blinded his heart.

*****

"Eh, Sit! A sit! A sit! Look away! I'm with Radit!" Gea excitedly showed the screen of her phone right in front of Sita's eyes.

"Yes, you know!" ketus Sita while chewing her favorite cake. They are now in the Gea house. Understandably, Gea's parents are currently on duty outside the city. Be she stay alone and ask Sita to stay at her house.

"Do you know?"

"Yes know! Our people are a group too."

"Masa? How do I not know?" ask Gea again.

"Clearly lah. Your eyes usually only read Radit doang's name! So mean! Name of his own friend until not noticed." Sita rolled her eyes puffed.

"Yes sorry! So sweet of it! Hehe."

"Geea, Gea! You don't know what you don't want to know anyway? Radit never wrote your lyrics once! Stop the Ngarepin Radit! It's been two years."

"Why the hell Sit? Why is it rich you always told me to stop ngarepin Radit. Do you like him too? Then tell me to stop?" Sita immediately shook her head to reject the opinion of Gea which she thought was very unreasonable.

"You're crazy! If I like Radit, I've been chasing him." Then Sita put a jar containing the kuaci that had been on her lap, then faced perfectly to Gea.

"I told you to stop it's not without reason. I'm tired of you constantly ngarepin things that are definitely not certain. You deserve to be happy Gea! Please do! Look around you. Many guys are sincere in love with you, and they can definitely be happy with you. Stop making yourself suffer by continuing to ngarepin a Radit. You think I don't know if you secretly like to cry yourself when Radit laughs haha hihi with his girlfriends? Been already. Stop it!"

Sita's breath seemed breathless. Among the tired after lecturing Gea at length, mixed with emotions that he had long been quiet. The white water that was on the table and then he drank to the toilet. And Gea seemed to ponder a little what Sita said.

Sita was already a little proud of herself because she thought Gea was listening and would obey her words. But seeing Gea who then shook her head weakly made Sita scramble her hair frustrated.

"Can't Sit! The more I try to avoid Radit, the more I think!" his great-grandson.

"It's not possible, you don't want to!" Sita's hand then poured water once again into the glass and drank it. Talking to Gea just made him emotional and tired.

"Tell me, tell me something else. You don't cry! I'm sorry I snapped at you, I didn't mean it..." Seeing Gea's slightly shaking shoulders made Sita instantly pull her friend into her arms.

*****

Gea is still Gea who is determined to get the love of a Radit. Until a bitter reality slaps him. Radit had never rejected it so blatantly. Never once did a word of rejection come out of Radit's mouth. But when a Nala enters her life, her Radit changes. He knows that Radit's change towards a better person, but it also means bad for him. He knew that Radit's heart would be harder and harder to get.

Until one day Radit said his heart. Gea realizes that his position is nobody in Radit's life. Such a painful sentence of rejection was directed at him. Knowing so he won't make Radit angry by bothering Nala. But can he be grateful? With the presence of Nala made him recall what advice Sita gave him.

And Gea began to learn. He realized that there would never be a name in Radit's heart. There's only Nala's name. But it's fine. Slowly but surely he will be friendly to reality. Radit was just a friend, nothing more.

Apparently, his wish was not as smooth as he thought. A few months after the rejection Radit gave and he learned to make love, but Radit suddenly turned into a person who shook his stance. In the moment he wanted to rise, Radit came with all the attention that was above in the name of friendship. But Gea doesn't like it, she prefers a cranky Radit to her. That way it will be easier to forget.

Lucky when he starts to fall asleep with Radit's attention, he soon regains consciousness. Again reassured himself that he would not fall into the same hole. He continued to remind his heart that all the attention Radit was addressing was only limited to attention for friends. He would no longer wish more on a Radit. Enough of that stupidity happened to him two years ago. Now Gea often remembers that she and Radit were just friends. Friends, nothing more.

*****

Two years later....

"Huf! Finally rest too!" Radit excitedly embraced Gea's shoulders and headed to a special room where koass like them used to gather.

"He'em. Where's lunch going?" gea asked after taking off her snelli suit.

"Get out yuk! Bosen ate at the mulu cafeteria!"

"Yes already. Yuk's leaving!" bring Gea.

Whether this is a coincidence what it is not, which is clear after graduation they get a koass place in the same hospital. Requires them daily to meet face to face. Their relationship is also close. Even if other people see the interaction of the two must be many who think that they are lovers, when in reality they are just friends. Although Radit back and forth invites Gea to be his lover, but Gea always rejects him. For some reason, Radit doesn't know. And he didn't bother about it much, he was already comfortable with their relationship like this.

"To the new restaurant in front of the hospital yuk! It's still a promo price" Radit said when they were in the hospital lobby.

"Bole tuh. It was also an old date, a sniffling fashion on," Gea joked, who was greeted with laughter by Radit.

Just crossing the road and walking a few tens of meters they have reached their destination. It turned out to be a restaurant with a Korean theme. The entrance into them had been greeted with the fragrant aroma of food, further adding to the hunger in their stomachs. Finally they both choose the menu to be ordered, they compactly order the hotplate menu at this restaurant. When else can you eat meat at an affordable price like this? Think they.

"Ge, yuk's first photo!"

"Kuy it! Great view too." Gea's view surrounds the entire room that is decorated beautifully so that visitors can take pictures.

"Check up to camera dong!" With anxiety Radit pulled Gea's cheek to stop his observation activities and face Radit's cell phone camera.

"Gee! Yeah-yes!"

"One, two..."

Ccr!

Ccr!

Ccr!

There have been many photos taken with various poses and different angles. Starting from a normal face, a cute face, even to the ridiculous face they do. They stopped the narcissistic action after their order came.

At the table has been neatly served various meats as well as seafood, complete with vegetables. Hotplates with various flavors appear steaming and give off an appetizing aroma. Without waiting for long, Gea immediately grabbed the chopsticks and started putting the meat into the hot sauce. Flipping through the meat to quickly ripen evenly, he felt his phone vibrate on the table. After he saw, apparently a notification from his Instagram account.

raditputra.snjy tagged you in a post.

Gea then turned her head for a while towards Radit who seemed to have just put his phone to the table. Hurriedly Gea opened her instagram and saw what this man beside her was doing. His eyes immediately rounded perfectly after seeing Radit's upload.

"Oh my God! Radite! What the hell are you?!" Sontak Gea glared at Radit. While Radit who was stared at like that even asked like he did not feel guilty.

"Why the hell?"

"Why, what does this mean?!" Gea immediately showed Radit's own post in front of him. "Delete no?!"

"Son" replied Radit casually.

"Remove Dit!"

"No!"

"Roman!"

"Yes baby?"

"But ngangenin."

Obviously Gea felt bad. Radit without asking for his consent suddenly posted a photo of the two of them on his Instagram account. Moreover, the photos uploaded were their silly faces. Which Gea's face is not very pretty according to him. Crossed eyes, conical lips exactly fish cone, and nose made large. Very far from the beautiful impression attached to him. Worse yet is the caption that Radit wrote.

Lunch with this crazy girl's.

Sure enough, within minutes Radit's post was immediately flooded with comments. Be it from his friends who tease them, who pray, even Radit fans who do not accept also exist. Surely they all think no-no to their relationship.

"Radiiitts! Remove ih!" pinta Gea for the last time.

"Yes. But later after eating," said Radit while rubbing the top of Gea's head to calm down.

The blush!

Gea misbehaved herself and shifted her eyes. He was stirring up the meat he had neglected. Perhaps out of nervousness or how, Gea's hand accidentally touched her hotplate container. Makes him grimace in pain.

"Aw!"

Radit who heard Gea's groaning suddenly faced perfectly towards him. "Why Ge?"

"Not intentionally nyenggenggut his hotplate." Radit who saw the reddish burn on Gea's hand automatically pulled it and blew it away slowly.

"Still not?" radit asked without taking away his worries in the slightest.

Getting sweet attention like this even makes Gea more nervous. Retracting the hand that was originally grasped by Radit then rose to his feet.

"Where are you going Ge?"

"You are Dit! Four years of medical school, too. Can the burn heal if it is blown? Yes, I'm going to the toilet. Want me to give you water and ointment" replied Gea then passed from the presence of Radit. While Radit himself can only pat his forehead slowly, condemning his own stupidity.

About half an hour spent at the restaurant, they ended their lunch. And according to the promise, Radit deleted the post earlier, although it was still a little tinged with debate. And Gea, she has to prepare for later after coming home from the hospital will answer various questions from her friends.

"Tomorrow the night comes?" radit asked when they were out of the restaurant.

"Come dong. I was told that already. Other kids will come, too, not good if not present themselves."

The event they were referring to was the welcoming party of the new hospital director. Doctors and koass like them were also invited to enliven the event.

"Yes already. Then I'll pick you up tomorrow. Don't leave before I come, okay?"

"Yeah." Yeah."

"Don't forget tomorrow and beautiful!"

"Yeah." Yeah." The two of them were late in a conversation that discussed the plan when at the party tomorrow night. Until they do not realize that their steps have arrived in front of the hospital. They also ended the talk session and immediately headed to their room to prepare themselves because the break would be over.

*****

As promised yesterday afternoon, Radit is now standing at the door of Gea's house. When he knocked on the door, he was immediately greeted kindly by ART at Gea's house and invited her to sit inside. About ten minutes waiting, the sound of heels clashing with the stairs immediately seized his attention.

"Wow!" One word was reflected out of Radit's mouth when it noticed Gea's appearance from top to bottom.

Gea is very pretty tonight wearing a maroon long dress with a hemisphere up to the knee. Her hair was arranged in such a way that it showed her neckline. And unplanned, apparently Radit also wore maroon-colored shirt interior. And if juxtaposed, the two of them are suitable to be a romantic couple.

"Hey dude! Close your mouth!" keelakar Gea after coming down from the stairs and holding the hand of Radit who was still fixated on seeing it.

"Wow! You're so gorgeous!"

"I'm glad to hear that!" reply Gea while rolling one eye.

After being satisfied to look at each other and praise each other, they decided to leave immediately. Remembering the party will soon begin. About half an hour later they had already reached the hotel where the party was held. Starting from getting off the car to the building, until the course of the event Radit never let go of his grip from the hands of Gea. He was afraid that there would be another man trying to get close to Gea.

"Aren't you going to take my hand off Dit?"

"No."

"But I'm thirsty Radit!"

"Yes, let's go to the booth." At the same time Indra came to them.

"Yo guys! You guys came apparently. Where are you not looking?" sapa Indra's.

"We were here" replied Radit.

Utilizing Radit's negligence, Gea immediately withdrew her hand. "Yes, you guys have a chat first. I'm gonna grab a drink." He soon passed from the presence of Radit and Indra.

Of the many types of drinks, Gea's eyes immediately turned to orange juice that looked very tempting. It will definitely feel fresh when the juice passes through his throat. But when his hand was about to grab that juice, it accidentally touched another hand that was about to take in the same glass. Their eyes met, and a few seconds later they came to their senses.

"Geea?"

"Hi! I didn't think we'd meet here, Al." Remember Allan? The BEM chairman that Gea once refused his love. Apparently after all this time they met again tonight.

"Well, I never thought I'd see you again. It's getting pretty now you're Ge!"

"Thank you for the compliment! Oh yeah, by the way who are you here with? Are you an invited guest too?"

"If it's my papa, can you say I'm an invited guest?"

"Geez! You're the director's new son?" Allan nodded.

"You came here alone Ge?"

"Why is that?"

"Yes I wish it was so anyway. Because, even though time passes, my feelings for you remain the same. I still love you Gea."

"O-oh that's it." Hearing such a sudden statement made Gea speechless.

Then the building lights turned dim. Music also sounds melodious. Apparently entering a dance. And without Gea guessing, Allan extended his hand towards Gea.

"You want to be my partner tonight?" tanyakanya.

"But it's a pity that Gea has a partner." They both compactly turned to the source of the voice that replied from behind. It was Radit. And with lightning fast Radit pulled Gea's body until his hands could perfectly grip Gea's slender waist.

"Then we'll dance." Radit leads Gea to the dance floor.

"Oh yes one more, from now on do not expect the love of my lover," said Radit when they still have not gone far. The tone is low, but full of emphasis. Sounds like an unkempt warning.

On the dance floor, the two of them mingled with the other couple. They have never danced together. But following the other movements, also following the music makes them long accustomed.

"Hmm, lover? Since when did you make your possession of me?" gea asked on the sidelines of their dance.

"Since today, this minute, and this second."

"Wow, so confident of you! Did I take it?"

"It has to."

"Is this a coercion, sir?"

"like that. Can you refuse me?"

"Clearly." Hearing that made Radit's movements stop. "Obviously I won't refuse." And the follow-up answer from Gea instantly published a smile on Radit's face. Didn't expect an unplanned shot like this to pay off.

"Lantas, why did you reject me?" asked Radit who was still very curious about Gea's reason.

"Because I was still in doubt. I still need to convince myself that you really mean it."

"Are you still doubting me?" ask Radit again.

"No. I believe you really love me."

They continued the dance movement that had stopped. Radit's hand further tightened his grip on Gea's waist. Making her female blush in shame and choosing to drown her face in the chest of Radit field.

"I love you!" radit whispered quietly right next to Gea's ear.

"I love you too!"