Allow Me to Be With You

Chapter 15

Nico gawks at Frisca who arrives to order a beer. Before the beer reached Frisca, Nico had already grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the club. Frisca follows Nico with a plume of hope that Nico will come home.

Nico takes Frisca to the parking lot, then releases her. Nico immediately reached into his pocket and took his mobile phone, then opened the application to order transportation online. Frisca grabbed Nico's phone as soon as possible and canceled the transport booking.

“Ngapain anyway lo?” ask Nico annoyed.

“What are you doing? Who said I wanted to go home?” ask Frisca.

“Lo should go home.” Nico again grabbed his cellphone that was in the grasp of Frisca, and again Frisca thwarted his efforts.

Nico took a deep breath, exhaled it, then stepped away from Frisca. He took out a cigarette, lit it and sucked it inside so as not to get carried away by emotions. Frisca noticed it clingy.

“Cigarettes are not good for health, Co.” Frisca repeated what she said in the park.

Nico glanced at him stifled. “Neither do I want to be confident of what is best for me. You are not who I am.”

Frisca looked at Nico who was engrossed in smoking her cigarette while leaning against the hood of a car. Nico looks like a very lonely child and needs attention. Frisca was eager to hold him. Frisca walked steadily closer to Nico.

“You're lonely.” Frisca.

Nico looked at Frisca sharply. “Bener, Lo really. All my life I was lonely. So now you do not have to try hard to change that history.”

Frisca was silent but still returned Nico's gaze which was only half a meter away from her. Nico again exhaled his cigarette smoke, deliberately directing it to Frisca's face. Frisca immediately coughed, but Frisca tried to hide it.

Upset, Frisca pulled out the cigarette Nico was holding, then threw it on the asphalt. Nico bawled for a moment, then decided not to care and lit another one. Frisca swiftly threw it away again. So it goes on four times. When Frisca threw out her fourth cigarette, Nico didn't smoke anymore.

“Lo what the hell? I bought all my money, Tau!” nico is upset.

“Yes, keep you burning all.” Tukas Frisca

Nico did not comment. He only looked at Frisca for a moment, then lit a cigarette, ignoring Frisca's sharp gaze.

“Co, don't smoke anymore.” Frisca said half-begging.

“Kalo nah?” challenge Nico while intending to smoke his already-flawed cigarette.

Frisca looked at Nico with her eyes glittering with lightning, then recklessly grabbed Nico's cigarette. But he didn't throw it away. Frisca turned off the cigarette by grasping it. Nico looked up at Frisca's actions. Frisca grimaced as the cigarette burned her palm.

“Lo what is it?” Nico immediately jumped towards Frisca and opened his palm.

The palm was burning black. Nico immediately threw away the cigarette butts that had been in the girl's hand, then blew Frisca's blistered hand. Frisca smiled at Nico's attitude. Realizing Frisca's expression, Nico looked at her for a bit, then stopped blowing.

“Lo is crazy huh?” lamented Nico, then took Frisca back into the club to look for drugs.

FFrica walked behind anaico without stopping smiling. “It turns out difficult too yes memedapetin your attention.” Said joke. “I have to suffer first.”

After arriving at the club and getting medicine and a bandage cloth, Nico quickly treated Frisca's blistered hands.

“Aw.. peri, Co!” the word Frisca grimaced with the pain when Nico applied the ointment to the skin wound.

“Not to complain, it's also your fault. Ck.. Sok wants to be a hero.” said Nico furious.

After finishing treating Frisca's hand, Nico brought Frisca home using online transportation. During the trip Frisca did not stop enjoying the scenery beside her. Nico sits close next to Frisca.

Feeling constantly noticed by Frisca, Nico looked back at Frisca, and of course Frisca immediately turned her gaze forward. Her face was a pseudo-red look back at by Nico.

“Co, thank you. You want to go home with me.” said Frisca broke the silence that occurred.

“Gue take you home just to avoid problems at home. You don't need to be considerate and care about me anymore.” Nico said with a cold expression.

Hearing Nico's words, Frisca fell silent and felt sad. Nico who always in his mind, who always wanted to be noticed instead tried to stay away and did not care about him.

*****

“Welcome home.” Frisca said after they got to the front of the house.

Frisca convinces Nico to return home after threatening to climb up to the bar table and dance if Nico doesn't want to go home. Nico had no choice but to obey.

Nico jumps over the fence, but does not try to help Frisca. Frisca pouted for a moment, then climbed over the fence. Nico opened the window of his dark room and climbed on it. Suddenly, the room lights were turned on when Nico just entered. Father, mother, and Nathan were already waiting there with an unfathomable expression.

Nico helps out when he sees them. In the next second, Frisca threw her bag into the room and climbed up the window. Nico felt that soon his life would be over. Frisca manages to climb up the window, but is immediately snapped at the sight of both Nico and Nathan's parents. Frisca hurriedly glanced at Nico who was staring at his family nanar.

“Nico, to dad's room now. Dad wants to talk.” Dad said coldly.

Nico knew exactly what was coming next. In the past, Nico had been beaten up when Nathan accidentally splashed into a ditch and hit his head. It was only a punishment because Nico was considered to have neglected to look after his sister. Now, Nico resigned if deemed to bring a girl escape in the middle of the night.

So, Nico moved on following Dad. Frisca tries to hold Nico by grabbing his sluggish hand by Nico.

“Om, Nico is not wrong!” frisca, almost crying.

“Frisca, you just sleep.” Said the father who sounded tired.

Nico precedes father to enter his room. Nico immediately swallowed his saliva, remembering that he had many bitter memories in this room. Nico was once hit with a broomstick. He was also once whipped with a belt.

Unfinished Nico remembers all his memories, Nico gets a hard slap on his left cheek. Followed by his right cheek. Nico did not try to fight even though his heart was too eager. Nico was too used to being blamed for everything he did.

“BASIC YOU ARE INDEED BRASH CHILD!” sahut father with a volume that makes Nico's ears ring. “HOW DARE YOU ENCOURAGE FRISCA TO RUN AWAY!!”

Nico looked at my brave father. Dad's face was red with anger. I don't know why Nico couldn't retaliate if he saw it. Dad is old. The father he loved. Before, in his love. Before he started to pull away.