A MENTARY WITHOUT EMOTION

Telephone

Arriving home, we waited for Niki on the terrace while enjoying some snacks from the kitchen and eating them together.

None of us spoke. Strange, he is usually the loudest until there is no gap for someone to talk to interrupt his speech. Worried that I'm starting to question it.

"What's wrong? How silent? Not as usual?"

His face was gloomy, there was no feeling of pleasure at all in him. What made him turn like this? Does he have a problem?

"If you have a problem, you can share your problem with me" I bargained as I continued eating snacks.

"I... Loneliness."

I blinked my eyes many times with the chips still in my mouth. Alvin has never felt lonely for the rest of his life. He lives with sufficiency, he can also buy things that he likes even though it is as expensive as it is. His parents will never make him sad or lonely, his wishes will always be fulfilled whatever it is.

But what makes him lonely?

"What's going on?" I looked at his face, my mind so thirsty with the answers to the questions that kept spinning in my head.

"When I graduated from school, it felt like my close friend was always busy at the job he got. He continued his father's company, until there was no time for me" lamented Alvin.

"So yak."

"So bad he blocked my number, because I was bothering him to work. Though I was just lonely" Sad Brother Alvin.

"So that's what makes Alvin lonely" I muttered.

"It felt like my heart was empty because it was getting further away from me" Brother Alvin squeezed his chest out, as if he felt a deep heartache.

"Then, Brother Alvin also works like him," I said.

"ARE YOU CRAZY!"

"Sister Alvin doesn't have to scream like that. Please have mercy on my ears." said I who had closed both ears.

"Finished~"

He puffed his cheek in annoyance. I smiled at her childish behavior.

"Hey you two!!"

Finally Niki came with another snack.

"Want to be long. Turns out you bought a snack," I said as I picked up the candy in my mouth.

"ASSEMBLY!!" girang Kak Alvin's.

"Eating it in the air again seems to want to rain," said Niki who saw the ceiling that began to cloud.

"Yes, come on..."

"I got word from my friend who is in the club with you" Niki said while playing her phone.

"What news?" manya curious.

"Is it really true that you've already broken through Master Kendrik?" I frowned, not believing what Niki had said.

"What!?"

"That's impossible. As bad as Lucy was, I never saw Lucy hurt anyone, especially if it was her club master" Alvin said, adding that Niki nodded in agreement.

"But... The problem is trending, as if you were making a live recording where you were planning Lucy," said Niki who showed the live recording with blasphemous comments to me.

I'm worried about this. I only want to help Master. Why is everyone so sensitive to this hoax gossip. They get too bad before they know the truth.

"Lucy, don't listen to anyone else, they're just jealous that you can help the famous person" Alvin said as he chewed on chips with a very relaxed seat.

"True, don't mind their words, the most important thing is that the Master survived and was able to tell the truth that would make them bow down apologizing to you," Niki added.

I pondered and did not continue eating his snacks again, this all made my heart so badmood. But from this incident I can conclude that all this was planned.

"I think this blasphemy includes Lina's plan" I said, putting out the words I had in mind.

"Yes you're right! Maybe he wants revenge on you." Niki thought the same with me.

"The reason he wouldn't have dared to stab me without careful preparation, he must have planned it first before stabbing me with an annoying little knife" I said, the incident I experienced made more sense, if linked by a revenge plan.

"We're just waiting for Master to heal? Why don't you send him a message, I'm sure when he breaks definitely the phone that is not far from him will he brain dikik to play," said Kak Alvin gave advice.

"Well, I'll try."

I tried to text him, but suddenly Master called first before I finished typing.

"There's a call from Master."

"Record and lift."

"Good."

I picked up the phone, his voice was different from what Master used to say. His voice was different and did not sound like his Master's style. This gave me even more goosebumps when he said the per-sentence.

'You will lose a precious person to the owner of this number if you want to save his life. Leave yourself to the police to admit that you are the culprit.'

....

"The flower buds will not bloom if they are not given water and light like human life."