TWENTY
SIDE STORY ~ ASTRI

Being an introvert doesn't mean you can't socialize. It does not mean anti-social. It does not mean to shut yourself out of the outside world. They can also joke with their friends. They can also be fun when taken for a walk. But they prefer calm. Their silence doesn't mean they don't know anything.

The views of many people towards the introvert often think of them as a quiet person, cupid, not fun to talk to, and many more things that make the introvert sometimes shunned. Such is what Astri experienced when stepping on school. Many of his friends thought it did not exist. Just scolding him is rare. And it also makes Astri become a more closed person. He's afraid. Afraid that he might come closer and even rejection is obtained. So he chose silence. Observing everything in silence.

"So who here hasn't got the group?" ask the teacher to the students he teaches.

All quiet. Look at each other. Astri, who did not have a group of friends, was never even invited to a group, raised his hand.

"Yes, Astri is in Reno's group?"

"Yes Ma'am," Astri replied while nodding. Always like this. If not his teacher who determines with whom he will group, then he will not get a group of friends.

Then Astri heads to Reno's bench and his friends. Just for info, Reno is included in the ranks of students who often go in and out of BK room in his Junior High School. So Astri was a little scared. Who wants to deal with bad boys? It doesn't seem to exist. Moreover, Astri who incidentally the quiet one who rarely interacts with his friend. Plus Reno's friends whose behavior eleven twelve with his boss, make Astri ketar-ketir himself.

"Sit here As!" take someone Astri knows named Danu, Reno's best friend.

"Yes." Yeah." He saw them one by one in his group. It is no wonder that Reno only joked with his friend, then there are those who even draw on the bench, there are those who make toys from paper, and women are also not very reliable. They even gossiped ria. Really am! His group nothing is right.

He knew that his duties were still being collected the day after tomorrow. But isn't it faster to do better? But this isn't. Fifteen minutes had passed and they had not discussed anything. He also wanted to rebuke her, not daring. Playing is also impossible. And if you are silent then when will the task be completed?

"Emm, what don't you want to talk about?" Finally after thinking long and arguing with his thoughts, Astri dared to take out his teething.

"What discussion? Aren't you the girls who fucked?" With ease Reno said that.

"Dad, it's delicious! It's a group task. Everyone should go with dong!"

"Yes tuh. It's all you want, Reno!"

Two women in her group commented on Reno. Finally Danu was the mediator among the mouth of his friends.

"So what now?" ask Danu.

"Yes, it's his job!" dani's comments are nothing but a twin of Danu himself.

"Yee! You know kali! What does that mean now that you want to do what job? Who heard what his job was?"

"I don't know" replied one of the women in his group.

"You Ren? Not horrified?" Danu asked Reno.

"Hadeh! Boro-boro wants to listen to his teacher, his ears are already on sale at the flea market kemaren." Dani's job seems to continue to chimed in on the words of her twin sister.

"Buset bye!" Reno flicked Dani's forehead in retaliation. "If you like it!" he continued, which made the members of the group laugh except Astri.

In Astri's heart he cursed himself. Sin what he did this morning so got a group of friends who modeled it so. And did he not hear wrong? Didn't any of them hear his teacher? So what did they do earlier? I want it to feel like Astri nags a lot to his group. But obviously it's just hidden in the heart. What possession did he have to dare to nag Reno and his gang.

"So his task was told to make Mading with material from different chapters. Our group's part of the rain cycle. His duties are gathered tomorrow Monday." Finally Astri who spoke after all his friends was silent was not joking.

"Okay, if so tomorrow Sunday only," suggested Reno who is embraced by his friends. Astri was silent. Come to think of it, there is nothing to discuss about the material they get. In the book it is printed clearly also the teacher who has explained it first. So just make the mading.

"Whose home is it?" ask Danu.

"At my house tomorrow it will be made with my mama" said a woman with horse-punched hair.

"At home we can't. Rame really bang-ponakan-pilakan us," said Dani.

Then all eyes looked towards Astri. Makes him nervous himself. There had never been a schoolmate except a neighbor who had visited him. Although only for group work, but either Astri feels afraid. Nor did he know for a moment what he was afraid of. Busy looking for a fitting alibi, Reno suddenly proposes in his own home.

"OKAY. Fiks, tomorrow Sunday at nine we gather at Reno's house."

"okay."

"Yes." Yeah."

"That's it!"

****

As agreed yesterday, Astri is now on his way to Reno's house. Armed with a share location from Reno he directed the ojek father in front of him. Not long after that he arrived. Then make the money and go straight into Reno's house.

The gate of his house was open, so he just stayed inside without pressing the bell. Arriving at the door he repeatedly said hello but there was still no word. New to the fifth date there is a new law. A middle-aged woman who still looked beautiful at her side invited Astri in. Apparently this woman was Reno's mother. Judging from his neat appearance seemed to be in a hurry to leave.

"You relax here! Take it your own home. There are a lot of people Reno has come here. Oh yeah, Auntie, haven't seen you before?"

"That's the first time I've been here, Tan. So understand that Aunt doesn't know."

"Ohh that way, the pantes are still unfamiliar. Yes, Auntie stay out first! If you want to go to the kitchen or the toilet just go straight to the back."

"Emm, yes Tan."

"Yes, then Auntie left first. Assalamualaikum!"

"Girlwindsalam! Careful Auntie!" astri said as he waved his hand and looked at Reno's mother who had entered his car and slowly started to leave the gate.

A little while Astri waited but not a single person from his friend came. The clock is half ten. Mungin nine o'clock they mean nine o'clock from home. Not including his preparation for the trip.  This made Astri even more upset. Because he always became diligent, the first one came when there was an appointment.

"Ouch! Kebelet even wants to pee again." Astri made a movement of her feet in order to resist her urge to urinate. It was very rude of him to go straight to the toilet when there was no host. And Reno also from earlier did not reveal the trunk of his nose.

"Ouch! Can't be arrested anymore!" Finally walked to find the location of the toilet told by his mother Reno earlier. So he stayed straight to the back of the living room. Right, at the very back he had already seen the kitchen as well as the toilet beside him.

Because the expectations that can no longer be held make him forget that there may still be people in the toilet. So Astri just opened the toilet door. And when he was about to enter he was surprised to find someone who seemed to be coming out. Seeing that person suddenly also his condition which was still half wrapped in a towel successfully made Astri shout loudly.

"Yahoo!!! Mmpp-mpph-," the cry was held back because the man immediately smothered Astri's mouth.

"Silent woy! I thought I was doing it again with my neighbors!" Astri nodded his head so that Reno immediately took off her hands. And right, Reno let go after finding Astri was silent.

"That's why you're here anyway?!"

"This is my home. It's only natural to be in my own toilet." Oh yeah, Astri almost forgot Reno was his host. Understandably, the effect of his surprise had not disappeared.

"Keep you don't wear clothes anyway? Not ashamed of what?" Astri if nervous apparently can be chatty too.

"Yes, I'm taking a shower. Then why are you here instead of waiting in front?"

Hearing the question from Reno made him come to his senses and slapped his own forehead. Until you forget the original purpose will urinate. Remembering it makes the kebelt feel again. "Kebelt! Go to the toilet!" After that Astri went straight in and no longer paid attention to Reno who was still standing in front of the toilet.

"Astri, Astri... It can be funny as well" Reno murmured.

*****

After an hour of waiting in awkwardness in the living room Reno finally one by one of the members of his group began to look at the trunk of his nose. After all gathered, the work begins. And it all started with the purchase of materials to make the Mading. They decided to look for him in one of the malls.

"Okay, now we share his duty. Each part there are two people and will find the material that we have shared earlier. So Reno's the same-,"

"Astri!" reno said spontaneously and immediately pulled Astri's arm away from his friends to find the material that became his duty. While Astri can only resignedly follow where Reno's steps will take him. "The rest you take care of Dan!" then shouted.

Astri and Reno immediately looked for what materials they had to buy. After getting all, they headed for the cashier and paid him off. But before that Astri walks towards the boxes that provide ice cream inside. After fondling which ice cream he would buy, then he took an ice cream cone with chocolate flavor mixed with his favorite nuts. Seeing that makes Reno go along to buy the same ice cream and take Astri's ice cream.

"I paid for it" he said then as he passed leaving Astri to pay their groceries to the cashier.

Apparently their friends are still a long time, so they tell her that they are waiting for her in front of the mall. While sitting around looking at the street outside, Astri and Reno are engrossed in enjoying the ice cream.

"Are you fun, too, As?" chirps Reno.

"He? Meanin?"Astri knitted his brows a sign of confusion.

"hey are. They're just over thinking of me."

"But you're silent that makes other kids think macem."

"Yes they just don't want to try to deketin me, it's clear that they think always macem-macem. And I was also afraid to start approaching them. I was afraid they would reject me outright. I'm afraid to know that it's true I'm not needed."

"Hmm, then both are wrong?"

"Perhaps," Astri answered briefly while continuing to lick her ice cream.

"Eh As!" The sudden interruption of Reno as well as his serious face made Astri turn his head perfectly to Reno.

"Because,"

"Shut up! Don't move!" Astri is confused with Reno. Seeing Reno staring intensely over his head made him fear himself. Is there a spider in her hair? Or is there something creepy up there? I don't know. The point is that Astri just obeyed Reno's order to be quiet.

"What the hell is Ren?" ogre.

"Shhh!" Reno put her index finger in front of her lips, a sign telling Astri to shut up. He drew closer to Astri, and a few seconds later an ice cream stain landed on Astri's cheek. "Because! Awahahahaha!"

"Aish!! Bummer you Ren!" Astri was busy beating Reno's arm which he had dared to prank on.

*****

After the familiarity created when doing tasks together. After spending a few hours like a teenager being drunk on monkey love, then both of them behave normally when in class. Like nothing happened anymore. However, they still greet each other if they accidentally meet. A new custom of Astri that is not a bee greets his friend. Not realizing that a few hours had made his heart why. Yes, not realizing that his heart put a sense of silence for Reno.

After graduation and graduation announcement, Astri never again saw Reno. Apparently they are not in the same High School. That makes Astri can only release his kangen by looking at photos of Reno in his social media timeline.

*****

Seven years later....

Astri was taking a walk to the engineering faculty with his friend. Actually Astri is very lazy to do this. But thanks to the coercion of his friend made him want to not obey. He was astonished himself, what the heck is the specialty of the engineering faculty so that many children in his faculty are eager to walk here. After asking it turns out the reason is quite simple, want to see a lot of handsome guys hanging around he said.

"You're not tired of what's been around? Eat yuk!"

"To the canteen here yuk!"

"OK on." The two of them also walked towards the canteen of this engineering faculty.

For a moment Astri was very sorry to agree to his friend's invitation to eat in the cafeteria here. She was very embarrassed to eat among the many students. It was unthinkable for him earlier if the facuktas of this technique were inhabited mostly by god beings named men. Moreover, their new faces got many gazes from the host. I don't know what that look means Astri doesn't know either. What is clear is that now he wants to finish his lunch and leave this place.

"Astri?" The baritone voice belonging to a man instantly sounded in Astri's ears. He looked up and was shocked to find who was standing in front of him.

"Reno?"

"Yes. Wow! Long time no see!" The two shake hands. Not to forget also Astri introduced his friend to Reno.

"Can you sit here?"

"Can." Astri shifted her seat so that Reno could come sit at her desk.

"For a long time I did not meet more beautiful aja you As!"

"Thank you!" Can Astri be happy now? If this is the story, it's called CLBK. China long time has not been this mah.

"You went to college here too As?"

"Yes. I'm taking the economy." And the conversation between the two continues. Astri's friend who seemed to understand being a mosquito repellent also chose to run away and leave Astri alone with Reno. Astri also could not get angry at his friend. In fact, he wants to say thank you for being invited to the streets here and can meet his old love. The feeling of regret just evaporated. Replaced by a feeling of happiness.

"May I have your number?"

"Can."

*****

Starting from asking each other news on social media and direct messages, then continuing with meetings, and finally they decided to be together after finding many matches.

Getting picked up, getting home delivered, having lunch together, dating on the weekend are all things Astri dreams of and have come true. It was unthinkable for him to be with his first love during Junior High. Although many of his friends say that Reno is a bad guy, Astri desperately defends him. He was convinced that his Reno had already changed for the better.

Until finally that night he got a call from an unknown number in the middle of a blind night.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Soni, Reno's friend. You're here! Reno was drunk and hard to come home. From earlier call your name continues."

"O-oh okay. You share loc now."

"okay."

Taking only a jacket and sling bag, Astri immediately rushed towards one of the clubs where Reno was. Although dominated by worry, there was a little disappointment that Astri felt. He thought a Reno was already a better person. He thought Reno was already someone new. Apparently not. In fact, Reno is becoming. Whatwasthat? Drunken up? Even he just found out that Reno drank the illicit drink.

Arriving at the Astri club immediately look for Reno's whereabouts. He desperately held himself strong in a stuffy room with young people and music that seemed to break this eardrum. After going deeper and deeper, she sees Reno sitting at the bar table and surrounded by friends who Astri is sure to try to convince Reno to go home.

"For you to come As!"

"Yes. Then you guys let me lift Reno's body into the car."

"okay."

In Reno's car, it's not clear. Make Astri increasingly stick his gas pedal to Reno's apartment. He wanted to take care of his girlfriend immediately. Arriving at the apartment he goes straight in and uses Reno's fingerprint as the entry pass code. Astri had never come to Reno's apartment before, only knowing her address was from Reno. No longer strong enough to withstand Reno's heavy body, Astri chose to put Reno's body on the long sofa of his living room.

"Oohh! It's heavy on you!" murmured Astri while slowly laying down Reno's body. As he was about to move into the kitchen to get a warm drink, his hand felt blocked by Reno.

"Astri?"

"Yes, it's me. You fell asleep first."

"Awri huh?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"I love you As!" cerocos Reno who immediately pulled Astri's body to fall on him. Then hugged Astri's body as if a comfortable roll.

"Yes. I love you too. Oh, yeah, I'm gonna make you drink."

"I don't want to!" Reno further tightened her embrace on Astri's body.

"Ren, your condition is lag-, mmpphhh!" Astri is shocked when Reno's lips suddenly kiss her. His hands held Astri's nape and his feet stirred Astri's body so as not to rebel much.

"Rin! Lep-ash!" Astri crying. He didn't want this to happen to him. Maybe according to others just a kiss, but he thinks different. Before he had never kissed Reno, just holding hands was enough for Astri.

Reno did not want to obey Astri's words. He just wants to keep on hugging it. His mind has now been taken over by lust completely. Even her heart was a little untouched seeing Astri's tears. Only when he felt out of breath did he choose to decide on his appearance. Seeing that made Astri try to escape. But nil, his body was still in Reno's arms.

"Don't Ren!" Astri screamed out after knowing that he was in danger at this moment.

"Srush! Shut up babe! I just wanna touch you. Okey? I've been waiting this moment so long. Can you just be silent and follow my touch?" reno whispered in Astri's ear which sounded very terrible. But he can't fight. His body was already weak from the moment he rebelled. In his unceasing heart he prayed to be able to avoid Reno. Not to forget also some of the oaths he addressed to someone who is now the top of the list of people he hated the most.

That night Astri never forgot. Where he lost his sanctity by force by the man who now does not want to call his first love. Her fear occurred when a month later she was declared pregnant by a doctor. He didn't want to tell Reno let alone ask for her responsibility. He is not willing. He also did not want to abort the baby in his womb because the fetus was innocent. All he fears is one. How would her family react if she found out she was pregnant out of wedlock? Astri does not want to see his family disappointed in him even though he knows he has failed them.

Until three months passed he still and kept it alone. No one he told me yet. He's still scared. And his fear disappeared instantly as a prince from a fairyland expressed his sincere feelings for her. He said he would accept him as he was and be willing to be a father to his son. Offering a sacred promise to live on as he of course receives. Now, Astri no longer wants to look into his dark past. Because he already had someone ready to accompany him to face the future.