Blue Rose
Outside of Expectations
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Crazy one!
Did Selly just hit her head? Or was the girl exposed to the sunlight for too long, so her brain shifted a little?
Rey had to refrain from cursing and cursing. What Selly Anandita did was completely unacceptable to reason. The girl willingly escorted Kiky to a nearby clinic which meant that she also had to get involved. Being a driver to keep her girl. Selly acted as if nothing had ever happened between them. It's as if Kiky never deliberately spread photos of Selly peppered with hoax news full of missions. Selly is still as subtle as it treats Kiky, like a pair of close friends. Is here Rey hallucinating about how Selly didn't ignore Kiky yesterday?
“Explain!” Rey could not help herself anymore, the car door that had been opened she closed again with a slam, making Selly who was walking behind her bearded.
Rey twisted the body, placing both hands at the waist. “Explain your attitude just now!”
Selly raised her head, meeting Rey's burning dark net. “Helping people who almost fainted due to being thumped by a grumpy man,” Selly said lightly.
“A-what?” Rey's mouth was half open. Did Selly mean to ruin her day?
Selly took a breath, then walked past Rey, but a check on her wrist forced her to stop. Selly's eyes were heating up, what was with the person she met today? Why do they like to block Selly's hand, make his step stop, make him want to not face.
“What did Kiky say?” ask Rey, cold.
“No.”
Rey snorted, her jaw tightening. “Then why did you change so quickly?” His voice rose, making Selly's ears ring.
The girl looked up, looked at Rey with teary eyes, a single blink of the liquid was about to fall. “Can we forget about it? Can ..., you pretend not to see it?” lirih.
Selly took off Rey's cheque, then skimmed her way into the car. Sitting next to the driver's seat, the girl closed her eyes. Gesticulating to Rey that she doesn't want to be disturbed.
***
The sun had been leaning west when Selly got to the front of the house. He had to repeatedly pull and exhale before knocking on the door and saying hello. Putting the best smile when he found the mother sitting on the living room carpet with a mound of cloth in front of him.
“Mother why, instead of resting?” ask Selly, sitting next to Dita.
Dita stopped the movement of her hand putting beads on the cloth. “You're healthy, baby. Mothers are saturated if only silent.”
Selly's nasal lobe expanded and deflated when she faintly smelled the scent of tobacco. “Who is this, Bu?”
“Pak Danu.” Dita mentioned her superior while still working in the convection. “Oh yes, that's her bringing you cake in the refrigerator.”
Selly pay attention to his mother, despite recovering from illness, Dita's beautiful face is still radiating naturally, maybe that's why not infrequently men who like. One of them is Danu, a friend of one job before getting sick. The widower of two children, did not hesitate to visit them, openly giving more attention. Although the response given by Dita still remains the same. Just ordinary.
“Mother ...” Selly half hesitated to continue. “Do not want to try a serious relationship?” All Selly knew was that Dita had never been in a relationship with anyone. All Selly knows is that Dita only dedicated her life to her. As Selly knows, there is only one name for Dita, which is Selly's biological father. Doesn't Dita intend to be happy? Like that guy for example?
Looking up, Dita focused her eyes on Selly. “Many may accept mother as a single parent,” he said kalem. “But maybe only one of the thousand who want to accept the past of the mother, a package of disrespect of the status that is held.”
Like a pinch, Selly's chest suddenly hurt. In fact, not only did he feel wrong here, Dita also felt the same way. Confused when faced with past facts.
Selly slumped, clutching Dita's body tightly. Sharing everything they can't say but it might be a bit of a relief to know they still have each other. Although sometimes the world is so cruel, but they will be able to pass if they still hold each other.
***
Selly was forced to stop when her scented body blocked her. Making Selly retreat one step to maintain the sterility of the air he breathes. Selly suspected the woman in front of him was pouring perfume instead of spraying on the body.
“So now you are back to Rey?” the greeting came out from the lip-polished pink lipstick in line with the knee-length dress she was wearing.
“Not your business, Jes.”
Jesica clucked, then played the end of her hair dangling in front of her chest. “Gue suspects you use a shaman yes, until Rey is that crazy?”
Sally grunting, puffed up. “Jes, if you just want to chat unclear, mending not now deh, I have a lot of business.”
A clattering of laughter rang out, interrupted by the other two girls behind Jesica. “He's busy said girls.”
“Busy use possible susuk,” timpal Andrea, accompanied by laughter choir threesome.
The next second, Jesica pressed down on Selly's body, squeezing into the wall behind. “Denger yes!” Eyes with lens contact similar to the cat's eyes glared. “Gue knows you have something, and I will definitely find it!”
Sally pulls the corners of the lips. “So curious?” Challenging through a gaze that is no less sharp.
“Lo!” Jesica pressed Selly's jaw with a pointed fingernail full of nail art. “No pantes with Rey, basic trash!” His meaning before unwinding Selly's jaw and waving away.
Selly rubbed the former fingers of Jesica, still feeling the pain in her jaw. Patting the shoulder for a while, the girl stepped foot. Who else? Who else will stop him? Who else does not like Selly, even to just fall in love.
He hastened a step, just a moment ago, he got a notification to go to the Rector's room. A feeling of anxiety approached, did he do anything wrong? Is this about the scholarship?
Restoring her slight appearance, Selly took a deep breath before knocking on the door. Then turn the knob after welcome entry. Selly's heart slipped when he found that the person sitting in the chair was not the rector he knew.
They may have just met face-to-face for the first time, but Selly couldn't have mistaken the face.
“Please sit.” Selly gasped when she heard the heavy sound a little hoarse.
“Ma-sorry Sir,” said Sally stamped, “Bapak who called me?” Pointing at yourself, Selly slightly bowed her body.
What was his mistake until the owner of the campus met him?
“True, Selly Anandita,” replied Randy, again telling Selly to sit down.
For a moment, Randy scanned Selly's tensed face, a mix of fear and worry. Nothing looks special from a face without that thick powder. More plain and sweet. Perhaps it was Selly's nature that made her son fall in love.
“I don't like pleasantries,” prologue Randy, “you must already know right, who am I?”
Selly nodded in response. Of course, he knows.
Selly rounded her eyes, she almost forgot that this man in front of her was Rey's father. He barely remembers if Randy Atmaja was the one who bequeathed a handsome face to Rey Atmaja.
“It ...” And he's confused as to how to explain his relationship with Rey. “We .. pretty close.”
Randy tapped his index finger on the table. “What do you think a father will do when he knows his son likes a girl who even on his birth certificate does not have a father name?”
Selly felt her world turn dark. Until when, people should remind him of his status? Is there anyone who doesn't dispute that? Think he's like the other kids?
The girl wearing the denim blouse looked up, staring at the darker iris of her son. “So you already know?”
You idiot! What kind of question is that? Of course Randy knows, with all the power he has, it is not difficult for him to dig up Selly's identity, even to the smallest thing.
Randy smiled, a little sympathy with Selly's freshness. “I don't forbid Rey befriending anyone, it's just that lately Rey's college is a little messy.”
So, this is for Rey? Selly smiling sweet honey. “So what do you want from me?”
Randy laughed in his seat, quite a pleasant negotiation with Selly. He thought, The girl will cry while begging for mercy on him, or more extreme menacing while brandishing the middle finger, who Rey will choose. But the fact is, Selly wasn't that cool.
“I'm happy, you're cooperative.” Nodding his head, the man again said, “If you are in my position as a father, would want the best for his child, right?”
Selly replied with a stiff nod.
“Please stay away Rey!”
***
There are times when crowds feel bland. The people around were like puppets with no selling point. Not interesting, and not worth noting. Selly walked in a daze, half conscious and not. His sneakers stomped on the floor but he felt drifting. The view is straight forward, but not the shadow of the students and campus buildings that caught the retina. His body is just a container without a fulfilling life. Even with what was around him like a moving picture that he could not see.
The clap on his left shoulder made him turn his head, seeing one face that was once very familiar, had meant a lot to a Selly Anandita.
“Hai,” says the man with the new glasses.
Sally blinked, her brain processing the answer to expel. “H-ai,” the answer is rigid.
“Live to the cafe, right?” A smile erupted on Kiky's lips which turned blue in the corner.
Selly turned her head, why can this man still smile when his face is full of painful bruises?
In the next instant, Netra Selly caught the silhouette of someone who made it back into the earth. Like being stung by a high-powered shock device, Selly's entire body suddenly boomed. Like a machine that has just been given a lubricant, it starts to work forming synchronous movements. The ears catch everything that is carried away by the air, the chatter of the person next to them, the friction of the footwear and the floor of the fast-walking student. Selly's heart was pumping fast, as the figure grew closer. The one who made Selly remember the pain, the one who also made Selly realize that there was a big step she had to take.
Selly turned her head, on one face full of wounds that she knew who caused. Then an idea flashed, forcing him to display the most hypocritical smile of the century. “Why Ky?”
Kiky's smile grew wider, finding responses that he did not expect, beyond imagination. “You go directly to cafe?”
“Aah.” Sell glanced at Rey who was only two steps away. “Sure, let's go!” steady answer.
“Selly!” Rey stood in front of them. “What do you do?” His jaw tightened strongly.
“I.” Pounding, Selly tried to control her slightly vibrating tone. “We, want to go, yes, right, Ky?” On turning to Kiky hyperbolis made the two men's neutrals break into a pattern.
“Iya, yes,” replied Kiky was happy.
Selly then walked ahead, followed by Kiky. Rey's jaw is getting hardened, accompanied by a jumble of teeth rubbing against each other. The man walked quickly, blocking Selly's steps.
“What the fuck, Selly!” the hardic. Isn't that the girl who asked him to pretend that he didn't see yesterday, when Selly was being nice to Kiky? Then what is this? Is Selly trying to hurt her eyes again?
Sally folds her lips, she hates doing this. “Udah yes Rey, I have no time to mess around.” He took a path beside Rey, passing her just like that.
“Stop!” Rey's voice is like a chunk of ice at the poles. Cold and deadly.
Swallowing his spit, Selly chanting prayers in his heart, he must be strong. The girl kept walking, faster. The two hands that clenched tightly beside the body became reinforcement.
***
“Sel, you don't papa?” In the car, Selly can't hold back her tears to come out making Kiky pity.
Wiping her face rough with the back of her hand, Selly turned her head, squinting at the man next to her. “It's not what you expected?”
Kiky's heart is breaking, yes she wants Selly to stay away from Rey. But seeing Selly cry like this also makes her not have the heart.
“Cell, you know, right, I've always been there—”
“Please, just walk Ky don't listen to me!”
Sally turned her head out the window. Forcing his brain to admire whatever neutrals found on the side of the road. Like those magnificent buildings for example. Don't people get too greedy to build such a tall building, do they mean to rival the sky? Do they always feel the most powerful? Create anything they don't have? Did those thick marsupials ever look down, at the scavengers where they threw away food that was even still there.
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“I will guarantee your education to the highest possible as an appreciation for our cooperation.”
“Cooperation?” Selly repeated Randy Atmaja's last words.
“Yes cooperation. In the business world there is always reciprocity, profitable and profitable, symbiotic mutualism.”
“I think this is not cooperation Sir,” said Selly firmly. “I just don't want one of the best sons on this campus, to be ungodly on his father.”
Seriate.
