A Light Fountain

Loved him

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Late in the afternoon, the sunlight still illuminated the earth. The sky was still bright, as if it was still far reaching dark.

In the room room Jasmine was seriously listening to Assena's story. Yes, nothing else and no. As Assena promised, Jasmine is now charging to listen to the explanation about Assena and Petter's relationship. Today Jasmine deliberately after college, he immediately came home to Assena.

Mimic Jasmine's face occasionally changed, sometimes seemed surprised, sometimes changed astonishment, also occasionally muttering signs of understanding.

"What's? Petter kissed you? god, did he steal your first kiss?" jasmine's cry was startled, her two eyeballs perfectly rounded looking at Assena's face that had met red in embarrassment.

"Then? then what did you do again after Petter kissed you?" jasmine continued enthusiastically.

Assena rolled her eyes "What do you think, I'm not doing anything else." Cetus Assena, he felt offended because he understood what Jasmine meant.

Hahaha Jasmine laughed, "Thank God, I'm afraid that the troublemaker will do anything to you." Ending with a big smile showing his teeth.

"It's good to laugh at me." Now Assena threw away her face, feeling bad for her best friend.

"Have not been angry, continue your story!" jasmine said a little seducing.

Assena was still pouting and throwing her face away. But glancing at the face of Jasmine who looked at him expectantly made Assena not have the heart to ignore him. He took a breath and turned his gaze back to Jasmine, then continued his story.

Jasmine being a good listener, she did not dare to comment anymore. Only his facial expression responded.

"So so..." Jasmine muttered. To understand the stories he had heard.

"Do you think he meant what he promised?" assena asked looking at Jasmine's face seriously.

"Either.. But I think he likes you, he knows everything about you. You recall? when he and I came here because you were sick? he even knew your address without me telling you. At that time I did not suspect anything about him. And also he can know your birthday, even to the point of giving you a gift. I think he's always remembered you so far." Jasmine said at length.

Hearing that Assena's cheeks met red, her lips curled with a faint smile. There was satisfaction over what Jasmine had just said, as if strengthening her trust in Petter's promise and being able to scrape off little by little every doubt.

"But I'm sorry for you and Petter, especially you!" now Jasmine pursed her lips while holding both of her hands on her chest.

Instantly Assena knitted her two eyebrows that looked wrinkled. "Why is that?" he asked innocently while not understanding.

"I'm your friend, and Petter is my friend. But only now do you tell me, it was I who asked first. If I hadn't met Petter and Petter hadn't left me a gift. Could it be that I won't know forever?" jasmnie said still by showing her frustration.

Assena fell silent. True, indeed he never told Jasmine. Jasmine is his closest friend.

Assena closed her eyes with a heavy breath. "Look, I'm sorry for not telling you. But it all just happened, I'm ashamed to have to tell it. Cause all you know is that me and Petter are just regular friends. Even I know if you're gonna laugh about my relationship with her." Said Assena softly, as if asking for understanding.

Jasmine was devastated, now she glanced at Assena with a faint smile. "All right, I understand. Then do you really love Petter?"

It took time to answer the question posed by Jasmine, which was actually a point that Assena had not understood.

"Emm I don't know." Assena shook her head slowly. "You know for yourself I've never been close to any man. So I don't know what falling in love is like."

Jasmine shook her head with a faint smile, she felt amused at her innocent best friend like Assena.

"Look, do you still want to wait for Petter?" ask Jasmine.

"Do you always think about it?"

Assena nodded again.

"Are you willing if Petter had another lover abroad?"

Assena shook her head quickly, the third question horrified her a little.

Jasmine smiled again. " That's a sign you love her."

"really?"

"Hem.." Jasmine nodded.

"My best friend is in love." Jasmine hugged Assena.

Assena returned the hug, she smiled and hid her already flushed face behind Jasmine's back.

"If Assena really loves Petter, then there's no hope for Alvin to get Assena's heart. And it gives me a chance to get Alvin." Inner Jasmine who felt relieved, she pulled one of her lips upwards.

After the long story, two glasses of orange juice that has been served by bi Nem was already toilet.

Jasmine stood up, and stepped onto the balcony. Assena followed behind.

"It doesn't feel like it's late in the afternoon," as Jasmine's body was already attached to the iron railing of the balcony, her eyes stared at the sky that wasn't as bright as when she came to this house. He was very sad, even though he still wanted to linger in the house of Assena.

"You're right it's late afternoon." Typal Assena who had also been standing beside Jasmine.

Jasmine's direction of view was fixed downward as she heard a voice.

It turned out that down there was Arkan sitting on a chair

who was watching his favorite bird, Arkan was talking to Altur.

"Ashen.." Call Jasmine, but the direction of her eyes is still straight down there.

"Hem.." The chimpanzee of Assena who is also now the sight of his father who is with Altur is his concern.

"Did your father walk again?" jasmine asked who threw a look of pity at her father Assena.

Suddenly Assena's gaze became sad, she looked at her father's body which was in a wheelchair. Because he knew that his father would not be able to walk again as usual. From his knowledge of his father's illness that he searched the internet, paralysis was the one that was bound to happen. Even the worst possibility is death.

Assena immediately brushed off the ugly shadow that was about to happen to her father, shaking her head while closing her eyes.

"My father can't walk anymore." Assena smiled bitterly.

Jasmine realizes Assena's sadness, she feels regret for offending her best friend's father.

Jasmine wrapped her hands around Assena's body, rubbed Assena's shoulders and pressed her head against Assena's head. As if he understood the sorrow of his friend.