Arlyn and Adrian

2

"........"

Nevan looked at her friend in silence. Days pass. Nevan has even lost her day count. He had not realized that before. But in retrospect, his friend had been acting strangely these few days.

How long has it been? Nevan asked himself.

His friend, Adrian, always looked surprised when he saw the figure of a woman.

Adrian has never acted like that before. His Adrian is the cuckiest man who has no interest in women. But several times, Nevan found his friend speechless as he was walking with him, to make his eyes watch the movement of something.

Which when Nevan was meticulous for a few days, his Adrian always paid attention to women. With loosely tied hair.

Nevan had a suspicious expression on her face.

Adrian sat on his desk as usual. He looks like Adrian. A man who has a complete focus on his work.

"....Ian's."

Adrian, who heard himself called, turned his face to the caller. One eyebrow raised up. Nevan frowned thinly.

"Leave your computer and listen to me."

Adrian was confused but obeyed his friend. The job's done. He had just pressed the exit button of the document maker app and was intending to call his mother. But his co-worker and his best friend invited him to talk.

Nevan sees Adrian putting both his hands on his thighs. He changed the direction of his seat, to Nevan. Nevan who saw the ready-to-listen attitude began to open her mouth.

"You do realize you've been acting weird lately, right?"

Adrian who received the question reflexively raised both eyebrows slightly.

"Weird how?"

Nevan grumbling. "I saw you watching a woman walk by while we were having lunch. Then yesterday. Yesterday yesterday. Then yesterday was yesterday."

Adrian was flabbergasted by the way his friend spoke but still caught the meaning of his words.

Adrian silent. It's been a week. Adrian was nervous. The woman at the supermarket at the time, Adrian wanted to see her again. He wanted to see that sneaky smile again. He wanted to hear that heartless voice again.

He still couldn't stop cursing to himself why he was moving so slowly. He lost track of the woman.

From that day on, ever since he came home from the supermarket, he had not stopped looking. Every time he came out, every time he saw the figure of a long-haired woman, he would set aside his time researching their faces. But he did not find that attractive face.

Every time he saw a female silhouette with hair tied loosely, his heart was beating faster. Cold pierced his chest, and disappointment filled his heart and mind as he realized that the silhouette was not the woman he was looking for.

Adrian lowered his head. Both of his hands moved over his thighs, making the pose of fingers clenched loosely.

Slowly he opened his mouth.

"...There's women.."

Adrian said in a soft voice. Almost muttered. But they were in a closed and quiet room. Nevan could clearly capture Adrian's words.

"....A girl?"

Nevan begins to wonder if he misheard her or not.

But Adrian nodded. Making Nevan speechless, waiting for the man who was a friend since his kindergarten continued his sentence.

"I met him at the supermarket. The day you showed me the article on how to be a good husband back then."

Nevan remembers exactly when. And was stunned as soon as he remembered. That was a week ago. She remembers it clearly because it was Grace's birthday that day. He will not forget that great day.

"....You trying to cook?"

Adrian heard the question and nodded again. Nevan certainly knows the fact that Adrian has never cooked. Supermarkets and articles. The conclusion that Nevan took was that his friend followed the writing written in the article and began to take new steps.

At that moment, he met someone? Which caught his attention? An Adrian?

Nevan's mouth moved open. Saying 'wow' without a sound.

".....You didn't get to know her?"

Nevan felt her shoulders drop. Understand clearly the exact feeling being felt by his best friend.

"I'll help you find him. Tell me his traits. Ha. It's worth it that you're always daydreaming and watching the women passing by."

He would want to see that woman again.

Nevan slowly smiled.

"Is she pretty?"

Adrian's ear tips slowly turned red.

"Huh."

Adrian. His companions. Is in love. For the first time.

Nevan certainly knows the meaning of red in those ears. The red color on his friend's ear only appeared when a teacher gave Adrian a compliment in front of the crowd.

But now no one is praising him. But the man's ears were red.

She must be beautiful.

Nevan smiled with satisfaction.

He's starting to get curious. Beauty as great as what is able to attract the liking of an Adrian.

...***...

Adrian exited his office building. It's late afternoon by night. She was about to get into her car when a mother with a grocery bag in her hand moved her legs about to cross. But a biker was negligently unaware of the existence of a crosser, and the mother was dragged away.

"Oh my God!"

The mother exclaimed in shock and fell down. The rider paused for a moment, looking at the state of the victim, before hurriedly returning to the motorcycle.

Adrian, ignoring his open car, ran up to his mother.

"Mom. Is it okay?"

He helped my mother wake up. He looks fine. Just a little shocked by what just happened.

"Yes my. That fellow. Thankfully I didn't die." His grunt. She patted the skirt of her clothes, removing the dust of the street sand from her clothes and hands.

Adrian bent his body to take the mother's grocery bag.

"Thank you, my. I'm already okay." He smiled softly. The tip of his eyes shriveled due to his narrowed eyes when he smiled. Two hands that had started to wrinkle moved to take the grocery bag from Adrian's hand. Adrian who had no business opening his mouth.

"Mommy's going where. Can I take you?" Ask.

"Yes? Oh. I want to visit my nephew. No need, mas. No need to bother."

He gave his refusal with a smile. But Adrian is not the kind of person who can just leave a person in trouble. Adrian tried again.

"I brought a car. Mom can ride with me. You don't want to?"

The mother looked at Adrian's face. Adrian is a handsome young man. The mother thought again, and finally with a big smile accepted Adrian's offer.

"May you mas." Respond to the woman. Put on a shy smile. Adrian smiled kindly. He took the bag from his mother. Take him to his car.

The mother directed him to a residential area. Adrian took his car through the compounding area until his mother finally pointed to a house as a stopping place.

Adrian pressed the door lock button. The mother who heard the sound of the door lock opened moved her hands to open the door.

"Mba Arlyn."

The mother left her shopping bag. So Adrian picked it up, got out of the car, intending to hand the bag over to the mother.

When his eyes caught the look of the face that had been stuck in his mind for a week.