
"Argh.bored there's no Arina here." Syene grumbled unhappily.
"I usually spend time with him after school. But now I have to be alone like this." He stirred his food in no mood.
"You want him back?" Someone's voice made Syene flinch. Syene immediately became tense and sculpted.
"Tell me where is she?" Brennan sat down beside him.
"I-I don't know where she is." Syene shifted her body and was about to leave but Jim held her back.
"Syene, your mouth did say no. But your body's reaction can't lie. Tell me where Arina is now!" Brennan had been standing in front of Syene and her gaze was very intimidating to the girl.
"I-I really don't know. If you don't believe me you can check my phone. A-initially he wanted to go to Melbourne, but he changed his plans and I don't know where he is now." Syene wants to give Brennan her phone.
"Sheen?" A man's voice greeted Syene.
"Estane?" Syene turned around and breathed a sigh of relief. He escapes from Jim.
"Why are you here? When's it?" Syene immediately preoccupied herself with Etan.
"I miss my best friend, so from the airport I came straight here to pick you up. You can get in the car, right?" Etan embraces Syene and takes her best friend away from the place.
"Follow him wherever he goes! I'm sure she'll be the key that leads us to find my Arina!" Brennan stared intently at Syene who had disappeared with Etan.
••••••
"Who were they? I remember your lover wasn't her." Etan asked curiously.
"He's not my lover. He's a crazy guy who's after Arina, unfortunately now Arina's gone and hiding from him." Obviously Syene.
"Oh...oh yeah, want to spend some time with me? The last time I came, you were suddenly picked up by your lover and until I came home there was no chance to just eat together." Etan smiled with a hopeful face.
"I called Griff first to ask permission." Syene took her phone out of the bag and was about to call Griffith.
"Ck.you don't be so loyal. He's just your girlfriend, not yet your husband." Etan took Syene's phone.
"Etan, can't be. He was very possessive and jealous, so I better let him know first so that there will be no misunderstanding later." Syene tries to take her phone from Etan, but her best friend dodges.
"If he misunderstands, I'll explain. Come Syene, who is married can still be free to enjoy their personal time. You're still a couple, so you should be freer to enjoy your private time." Persuade Etan to the girl beside him.
"As far as you go." Syene turned her face away.
Etan's words were true, but that didn't apply to Griffith who was extremely possessive and jealous. Now Syene can only pray and hope that Griffith does not suddenly need it or find him being with Etan.
"We're up." Etan stopped his car in front of a fancy restaurant.
"You're taking me to this fancy restaurant? Do you have any money?" Ledek Syene tried to melt the atmosphere and his uneasy feelings.
"You're! I love to suck me up like that. Daddy Ed has left me his entire fortune, so just buying yourself a meal, won't bankrupt me." Etan hugged Syene into the restaurant.
"Good afternoon sir, how can we help you?" Ask a woman who serves as a receptionist.
"Sore. I made a reservation or Etan Alexon's name." Etan smiled kindly at the receptionist in front of him.
"Ah, the room you have ordered has been prepared. Let our comrades take you there." The receptionist asked a colleague to take Etan and Syene to the room that Etan had ordered earlier.
"You're wasting too much money. And we can sit out there without having to book a special VIP room like this." Babe Syene doesn't like it.
"As for Syene, we can even very rarely eat together like this once we grow up. So please don't refuse." Etan smiled at his little friend.
"It's called waste. Just this once, not again next time! Understood?" Syene pointed at Etan as if giving a warning.
"Alright, ma'am, fine." Etan clutched his ears as if sorry and feeling guilty. Then the two laughed together.
"What do you want to order? Just order! My wealth is your treasure too." Etan's a little haughty.
"Who said that? Your property will be yours, wife and children." Syene's rebut did not accept.
"But you're Daddy Ed's son and Mommy Joanna too. You're forgot?" Etan looked at Syene a little dislike.
"If that I don't forget. But still I can't fuck around with something that's not mine." Syene.
"Huh.so it's up you." Etan decides to focus on choosing some of the foods he wants to eat while Syene finally leaves the decision on Etan to order them all.
"You know? I really miss our childhood. A time when we can still be together often without having to think about anything. Every school holiday we get to spend time together, those days feel really fun." Etan stared fixedly at Syene who had been his best friend since childhood.
"But we can't go back to those times let alone turn back time. Life goes forward not spinning in the same place." Syene turned her gaze the other way because it was uncomfortable to be stared at in such a way by Etan.
"Syene, are you happy with your girlfriend?" Etan's question suddenly made Syene look back at him.
"Why ask like that?" Syene is confused.
"I'm very curious. Because all I know is that you're a girl who loves freedom even if you're not a bad girl. You are not you anymore either. So I wonder, are you really happy with her? Or are you just trying to look happy?" Etan put on a serious face waiting for an answer from Syene.
"I think I'm happy enough. Yeah, I'm happy." Syene answered soberly and looked doubtful. He turned his face back and avoided eye contact with Etan.
"But your eyes say otherwise, Syene." Etan was still staring at Syene's back.
Both were then silent. Even when the waiters came to deliver and serve food, the two enjoyed their meal without any chatter. There was only the sound of the clanking of spoons and forks clashing with plates filling the room. Even until they finished enjoying all the dishes, there was no chatter of the two. The atmosphere suddenly became so awkward, making both of them feel uncomfortable.
"Ecchem..." Etan cleared his throat to melt the atmosphere.
"After this want to go straight home or take a walk first?" Ask Etan.
"Ehm.it looks like I'm going straight home. There are still many tasks to do." Disconnect Syene.
"All right." Etan glanced at his watch.
"Come on, so you don't come last." Etan grabbed Syene's hand and led her out of the room.
"LENE!"
...~ TO BE CONTINUE ~...