Choosing Love !?!?

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"Sister Andre, Brother Novi, I have a father and mother" Alex said after hugging his brother and sister-in-law in turns.

"I'm sorry because I'm on your honeymoon, you're on retreat" Alex continued.

Due to help prepare for his departure and also wanting to be together until Alex's departure day, Andre and Novita decide not to immediately honeymoon after their wedding day until Alex's departure day arrives.

" It's nothing Lex, it's also tomorrow we go on our honeymoon, really," Novita told his sister-in-law.

"Hope if I go home later I've got to pound it."

Alex hugged his family members in turns followed later by his friends who drove him to the airport.

"Don't forget the news!" ratna shouted at the figure of Alex who had walked away.

Finally, the day of Alex's departure. The day that he has always referred to as the 'New Beginning', because indeed his goal moved far away was to forget Chris and start life without him.

Long enough journey that Alex must travel, the first flight for 9 hours, then he had to transit for 3 hours followed by a flight to two for 3 hours.

Alex sets foot on NY International Airport floor. His face was tired from the long journey. It was in this country that Chris did it with the woman, and now he will instead spend his time in a country that has given him bitter memories. Absolutely ironic, thought Alex smiling wryly.

Once through the checking process and get two large suitcases carry Alex immediately to the exit. Carefully he circulated his gaze to the crowd of people outside the arrival door. Looking for the figure of Ryan who had promised to come to pick him up.

Ryan stood there holding up the board with Alex's full name while waving his right hand in spirit as he watched Alex draw closer.

"Ryan you don't have to bother making a board like this, which is written my full name again," said Alex snatch the board that says his name.

"I wanted to write down your phone numbers" Ryan joked.

They head straight to the apartment where Alex will stay so Alex can rest quickly.

The apartment where Alex and Ryan live in the same building is just a different floor. Ryan is on the 4th floor while Alex is on the 9th floor. The place is quite strategic because in front of the building lined with small shops complete selling daily necessities, as well as small restaurants that sell fast food.

The apartment owner was waiting for Alex to give the apartment keys and explain the rules. The apartments themselves are not so large, consisting of a single bedroom with a bathroom located inside the bedroom, while the kitchen becomes one with a living room without any bulkhead walls. Apartments are simple but good enough for people who live alone, besides that the price is also affordable.

"If there's something you want to ask you can call me or ask another tenant" said Shasha, the middle-aged apartment building owner.

After handing over Shasha's keys, she leaves. Alex who was still feeling tired immediately laid himself on the living room sofa.

'Ting.. Kegs..'

Not 5 minutes he was laying down already there was someone who came to see you.

Is there anything the building owner could have forgotten? Or the next door neighbor wants to get acquainted. Guess Alex as she walks to open her first guest door.

Ryan stood at the door carrying a carton box. Ryan was immediately gone when he drove Alex to meet with the apartment owner.

"Hey sorry to interrupt your break. I brought this, and a new card for your phone, too" Ryan handed me the box he was carrying.

"Let's go in, wow happy I was just wanted to go down to buy a drink and a snack and a new Sim Card for my phone. Glad to have an understanding neighbor one building," said Alex girang, because in fact he was still tired and lazy to go out of the apartment.

Ryan's box contains bread, chocolate jam, and sandwich-making ingredients, as well as mineral water, juice and soda. Alex's eyes widened when he saw a medium bucket of his favorite chocolate-flavored ice cream in the bottom pile. He left the others scattered on the kitchen table while he headed for the sofa while opening his ice cream.

Ryan just smiled amusedly at Alex's childlike behavior. Finally he stood in place of Alex staring at all the contents of the box he had brought into the refrigerator and shelves in the kitchen.

"Let's just fine, I'll finish myself" Alex said with a mouthful of ice cream.

"It's all right, just dikit doang. You mending shower continue to rest so that later wake up fresh, "suggestion Ryan who then berbit home so that Alex can rest freely.

Ryan is very happy with Alex. However, as a friend, he was also saddened by the events that happened to Alex about his relationship with Chris, but deep down in his heart the deepest feeling Alex had ever resisted was still there, and he still wanted to fight for it again. Of course he won't make his point right now, because surely Alex's hurt wounds haven't healed. It's here that Ryan feels lucky because right now in this new place, he will always accompany and help Alex, make her laugh and happy. Made Alex see him as a man who deserved to be by his side as a friend and lover.

Alex fell asleep immediately after taking a bath, and only woke up the next morning. Fortunately yesterday he had already contacted his family with Ryan's phone, so at least his family wouldn't panic. After getting out of bed and washing his face, Alex immediately replaced the card on his phone with the one Ryan gave him yesterday. His family had nagged him for only giving news when he arrived and that too with Ryan's phone, then milling all day. His best friend protested and got angry, because Alex did not contact them at all yesterday.

Once done contacting all family and friends Alex again curled up lazily in bed, until Ryan again came to meet with Alex fried rice that he cooked himself.

"I'm not happy if this is how you continue to eat from yesterday" said Alex who was cool to enjoy the fried rice given by Ryan.

"It's rich with other people, just relax Lex, if it's not good with me, next time you can treat me to break even" said Ryan.

"What are your plans today?" keep Ryan.

"Dismantling the suitcase, yesterday was not due to sleep."

"Yes, I've been asked questions by your family and friends" Ryan joked.

After breakfast they sat down for a while chatting. When Alex unloads his suitcase in Ryan's room, he helps Alex find a side job on the internet.

It feels like a newlywed is moving in. Although not sleeping together, but now they are alone in the apartment, away from the family. Thought Ryan while smiling to himself on the living room sofa.

It was because Alex was still feeling tired due to a long trip yesterday they ordered food to be delivered to the apartment. This time Alex insisted on paying. He's not good because Ryan has helped him a lot, although maybe Ryan would even be very happy if Alex asked to bring breakfast every day.

Somehow Adelia manages to instigate her classmates to stay away from her. At first Alex did not care much because he himself was always busy reading comics and anime magazines while walking in the corner of the school cafeteria. But for a long time his classmates began to bully him by mocking his teeth that used to be still loose, as well as the glasses of old models such as grandmothers who always adorned his minus eyes. From starting to deliberately whisper in a voice that can be heard clearly by Alex, to deliberately making him complete group tasks alone while the other members have fun and exclude Alex. Unfortunately, bullying doesn't just happen in its class. When Alex is the one who gets the general championship ranking at the end of the school year, Adelia tries to make all the students stay away from Alex. Unfortunately rather than finding out and proving that whatever Adelia did was wrong, Alex prefers to be quiet not fighting back and only crying himself when he can not stand the treatment of his school friends. Actually not all students hate it, only they feel lazy to interfere, and they also do not know so well Alex, because Alex from the beginning was not too panda I get along. They chose not to interfere. Ratna and Stefi always accompany and encourage Alex, but they are not in the same class as Alex, so there is not much they can do.

The teasing even got worse when Alex decided to use braces to fix the position of his teeth. The money he had saved for college he finally used to sharpen his teeth. Once he graduated High School and his braces were removed, Alex immediately cut his teeth that were longer than normal size. In addition to making it neat and flat, the color also becomes a little whiter. The next procedure is to perform surgery on the eye to remove the minus. As a result of his savings for 6 years and he chose to find work, because he did not want to burden his parents with tuition fees, and he chose to find a job, especially at that time his brother was still traveling S-2 at a prominent campus where the cost was not small.

Although his appearance had changed, but still his confidence did not appear and he always felt that people would still mock him.

After graduating High School, only Stefi and Ratna remained in contact with him. Most of his schoolmates went on to study in other cities, as did Ratna and Stefi. They met occasionally on college leave. Every time Kalia Ratna and Stefi gossip about schoolmates Alex used to be more often dumbfounded because he did not remember the names or faces of his school friends, especially because he did not know many students. Only the people who bullied the most he remembered, and Alex didn't care about them.

"Hey how to be dumb? Still hungry?" ryan's question unravels Alex's past daydreams.

"No longer do I think of anything" Alex said.

After a little chat Ryan said goodbye to go home because he had to prepare to go to odd jobs. Although the money sent by his parents was always more than enough, he still worked part-time and saved the results.

After Ryan's death, Alex returned to bed. Maybe because of the difference in time and long exhausting trips make the condition of his body weak. Day two was spent Alex sleeping and lazing.

Alex wakes up from a hungry stomach. He decided to contact Ryan. He can't always depend on Ryan. Lazily Alex got up from the bed and walked out after making sure his appearance was not messy. The streets looked bright and crowded, probably because it was dinner time, so the crowds were out foraging.

Alex walked slowly down the row of shops along the building in front of his apartment. Seen there is a small dining area at the end that looks crowded visitors. When approached, it turned out to be a Chinese restaurant. Alex was also interested in trying food there because he had missed home cooking and Chinese cuisine seemed to be the closest to the taste of his mother's cuisine.

It turned out that all the tables were already filled, as he was about to turn around leaving the place he saw one of the visitors was done and left his desk after paying the waiter. With a relaxed Alex came to the table which was being cleaned by the waiter. A small table in the corner consisting of only 2 chairs, very fitting for himself who came alone. Upon arrival at the table Alex pulls up his chair preparing to sit down, and turns out he's not the only one who's after the table. From the direction of the entrance appeared a brown-haired man quickly walked over and pulled the other seat.

"I'm sorry first, so please look for another seat" he said haughtily.

"But I think I came first" Alex said, not to lose. Obviously he just came from outside and Alex was already inside the restaurant. If it wasn't for hunger, Alex would be lazy to argue.

"Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, how about you sit down together" said the waiter.

"Can't, my friend is coming, I need 2 seats" said the brown-haired man refusing the waiter's advice.

"Then let me find another table Miss."

Alex was actually upset that he was the one who should have gotten the table, but he didn't have the courage to make a fuss in a place that was unfamiliar to him. Finally he went to follow the waiter. Even more annoying, the man who took his place earlier did not even say thank you because he had given up his place.

Unfortunately, there is no empty table. The waiter seemed panicked, maybe he thought Alex was going to run him over. Feeling sorry to see the panicked face of the waiter Alex decided to wrap the food he ordered and eat it in the apartment. Still upset after eating, he put his plate on the kitchen table and went back to sleep. Even his cell phone full of messages from home people is not in his room.

Day three is the day Alex can no longer be lazy - lazy. Today is his schedule to go to campus for re-enrollment. Soon he prepared and met Ryan who was waiting for him below. Their campus is not the same, but the distance between Alex and Ryan campus is not too far away and also history. Ryan wanted to drive Alex in his car, but Alex refused. Alex thinks it's impossible every day he'll be in Ryan's car, so he wants to know first which bus to use to go to campus.

"This is the number and schedule of the bus that goes to campus, and this continues to be a card for paying for the bus," Ryan handed over a paper and a card similar to a debit card.

Along the way Ryan explained some of the places we passed by. Alex arrived at the college. Ryan offers to accompany her, but Alex refuses again.

The campus is very spacious and similar to ancient buildings, but if you look at the inside it looks modern. After re-registration

Alex chose to tour the campus so that the day after tomorrow when his first day on campus began to know a little about the campus area.

Alex even walked into class and sat there for a while. He deliberately sat near the exit Yan was behind, so that later he could go straight out when the lecturer entered.

Alex's eyes caught the figure of the brown-haired man he knew entering through the front door of the classroom. The shitty guy he met last night. Alex suddenly remembers his dirty dishes in the apartment.

Why also stand on the lecturer's desk, is he a kind of clear chairman and is giving assignments because the lecturer does not exist?. Alex sniffles.

"Well come out the novel that you have chosen for you to review, if there is a novel that is too easy I will reject and will give you the title of the novel that you must review," said the brown-haired man firmly and Alex could hear whispers complaining among the students present.

" The song is like a killer lecturer only, but the lecturer is also not. Where there is a lecturer as young as that,"grutu Alex softened so inaudible to the person sitting two benches next to him.

The brown-haired man walked back quickly while looking at the books the students picked up to show him.

"You're in your own corner, where's your novel of choice?"

Alex was surprised to find himself called. He had intended to run away when the lecturer focused on examining the other novels ahead, but who would have thought his views circulated quickly and saw Alex not raise his hand to show the novel.

" I'm sorry but I..."

"There's no reason, go to the library and bring here 2 philosophical novels, because you're negligent you have to review 2 novels," the brown-haired man did not give Alex a chance to explain.

With a look of annoyance Alex came out of the room, but of course he did not really go to the library according to the orders given. Anyone who wants to do a task that has nothing to do with the major he took. He just wanted to feel the atmosphere of the classroom on campus, and the class was the closest to the exit.

Why else would I have to meet that shitty guy again. Looks like he doesn't remember last night we met and we grabbed a chair. Good thing it looks like we're different majors, so I won't see him often. Why does it feel like this world is only as wide as moringa leaves. Alex's mind is upset.

Alex finally chose to walk in the outside area of the building because he was lazy if he later met the annoying brown-haired man again. Spacious campus courtyards, plenty of benches and garden tables everywhere. Wide and complete sports fields for every type of sport available.

Would I be here right now if the relationship with Chris didn't end? How's Chris doing right now, maybe he's got my replacement. Maybe he's with the girl now. The contents of Alex's head were suddenly filled back by Chris.

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Thank you for being faithful and waiting for the update. Oh yeah Thor actually thought to change the title, let more greget that and nyantol in the eye, hope many who are interested in the title continue to read the novel, giman in your opinion?