DEAR

Episode 22

After returning from Komodo Island, I was finally able to return to my previous days, my quiet days without the people around me.

Since school is still off, I spent my time watching anime. Full day. Qarima didn't come bothering like he used to, because he went out of nowhere. Qhaza, since this morning playing chess in the living room with dad, while Lea was feeding me and did not show her friendly face. Ever since I came back, he's kept it that way because, I didn't bring him souvenirs.

I don't know!

***

Without feeling any genius, I'm still with my anime. The clock on the wall was already at the number ten the night when, the house bell suddenly rang. Saaaangat sucks. I really hate the sound of the bell, moreover, the person who punched it.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

Noisy. My world is widening, my ears are also widening now. Even though I was in the room, how could I be distracted by the sound of a bell? How can ya? In the past, it didn't sound this loud.

The next minute, someone knocked on my door. Ignore. Too lazy to open the door.

“Quinzha!” Shouted Lea. “Quinzha!” Shouts again. “QU-IN-ZHAAAA.”

For God's sake! I can't ignore it.

I was forced to open the door to my room.

“Ya?” I said when I opened the door. I saw the face of a plain smiling man welcoming me at the door.

“She came to stay, she said.” Lea said with a smile. Happy smile.

“Halo!” Sapa Vicky, she also brought her pillow.

“Vicky!” I said, in a shocked tone. Though pretending.

“Quinzha, don't just stand in front of the door. Bring your friends in!” Lea's orders are excited. His face is back.

“Come.” My love.

Vicky entered happily, he walked while dancing.

“Your first friend staying at home.” Bye Lea, “I will serve him well.” Lea said, he left me.

He also walked down the stairs while dancing. I hope he slipped.

“AAAA!”

He really slipped. Yup!

“So Leva ..” Vicky started talking, he was rolling around on my bed.

“Hmm. Mattress that Leva uses to sleep.” Mumbled.

He put his nose on the bed, like he was smelling.

“Leva! I've prepared a lot for our stay tonight.”

“How to stay?”

“Yes! As a friend, staying at a friend's house once a week is mandatory!” Vicky said spirit.

“Begini ya Vicky. I'll watch the anime, you did ‘ show your stay alone’, I allow. But don't be noisy.” I clearly. I hope he understands.

“You can't watch anime when your friend comes to stay at your house!” Said.

He got out of bed. Then shut down my laptop, unplug the case.

I glared at him, not too angry, but just wanted to do it. He ignored my momentary emotions.

“Our first way tonight is playing cards!”

“Main card?”

“Yes. Play card, sit here.” Bring along.

That should be my word.

We both sat face to face on the bed. Vicky split the cards.

“Quinzha!” Lea called.

He came with peeled apples and oranges. “Fruits are great for skin.” Lea said, she did not stop smiling.

“Thanks aunt!” Vicky.

“Ah, no need to hesitate. Just do what you like. Okay well? Aunty is in the basement, if anything just call aunty!” Lea said, he's out.

After that Vicky explained how to play cards to me. Then we played cards for about an hour. The one time I never won, Vicky yelled in excitement every time he won. Although upset that he did not budge in the slightest to a novice, but, his arrival tonight made me happy even though I did not know how to express it.

“I'm tired, Leva.” Vicky said as he yawned.

“I also.” I said.

“Then let's watch the movie.” Bring along.

“Film?”

“Yes. Every stay, two friends must watch a horror movie!” He said as he turned my laptop back on and pulled the flasdisk out of his bag.

“Are you scared?” He said confidently.

I'm shaking. Should those words of fear be directed at him, before he received the award as the most timid customer, right?

“I started ya.” Vicky said.

We both watched it while lying on the bed, enveloping ourselves with blankets. It was all Vicky's idea, before I had never watched while lying down. Even if, never.

We turned off the lights, the horror in my room felt a little. Sometimes Vicky yelled, then laughed, then yelled again.

After the movie was over we both turned the lights back on. Then we both lay down to sleep.

“Leva!” Said Vicky then. I thought he was asleep.

“Ya?”

“Actually, there is still the last event I have planned ..”

He still wants to play? It's already midnight.

“Curhat between women.” Said slowly.

“Curhat? What...it?”

Normal, right, if I don't know?

“Happy heart! You're taking out all your heart on your friend.”

“Release fill hearts―”

Isn't that the same as suicide?

“Alright, I'm first.” Vicky said.

He serious?

“Vicky ..”

“Yes? Why, Leva?”

“Vicky ... don't do it, you'll die!” My antagon. This is serious, is staying with friends always this dangerous?

And surprisingly, the confession came out.

“You're the first person I told you about. As my friend ... the first!”

First person and first friend? Sounds like a big lie.

“It's night, let's go to sleep.” Bring along.

He ended the conversation unilaterally, with a sentence I considered incomplete? There should be an explanation for the assortment of statements he just made, right? Who does he like? Why am I the first?

Now, why would he cover his entire body with a blanket.

“Ya!” I said. Also, why would I say yes?

“Goodnight, Leva!” Lirih.

***

Vicky. He opened the window of the room, letting the sunlight in. He also did the unnecessary thing, pulling my blanket.

“Leva, quickly wake up. Morning sunshine is great for health.”

“I still want to sleep.”

“It's been 6.03 hours, Leva!”

I looked at him, so I said I wanted to sleep.

“Hurry to change your clothes. We'll run early in the morning, together.”

“Morning run?”

The thing is, I never did and didn't want to do it. But pulled my hand until I almost fell to the floor. She's looking for my clothes in the closet, and wow, this really is like her home, she feels like it's been a really, really long time here. In fact, just last night.

“This is it!” Said. She took out the dress I was wearing for my birthday last year, the past again from last year. I don't know what year I really don't remember, what I remember I used to wear on my birthday.

“Leva. Wear this.”

“Why? I'm not on a birthday.”

“You don't have to be a birthday to be able to wear it.”

“Lea says it was worn on birthday.”

“It's been quick to replace.” He pulled.

“No want!”

“Then, I'm the one who replaced―”

“Alright!”

It's horrible that Vicky replaced me with clothes. He was obsessed with

“female body”.

A few minutes later I changed my clothes. Wearing a white dress that should be worn on my birthday only, for sports. Maluny. I hope everyone is asleep today so no one is hanging around outside the house, so they won't see me.

But wait, since when do I care about people's views?

The things that other people thought were normal started happening to me, it was an oddity to me. Also to others if, I'm the one they're valuing. Worse, I didn't realize.

***

After thirty minutes, Vicky and I returned home, Lea was waiting for us.

Regarding the morning run, I thank God because it didn't really happen. Vicky just took me on a leisurely walk around the compound. Also our position is reversed, shouldn't I be the one who took Vicky around the complex, because I'm the one who lives here? Even if that's the case, we definitely won't find our way home. This was my first time surrounding my housing complex and, it turned out that my complex was wider than I had in mind, deserted as well, we found no one during our exploration this morning except the grandmother who watered flowers in front of her house.

“Vicky, where do you live?” Lea asked as we all had breakfast together.

“On Melati Hill, quite far from here.” Vicky answered while chewing his food.

“I have many friends there.” Qhaza.

“I have an ex-boyfriend there.” Qarima. What's wrong with those two?

“Sister, you never dated!” Qhaza rebut while smiling psico.

Qarima looked at him as if he wanted to eat the Qhaza immediately. The slightly tense atmosphere between the two of them subsided when the sound of a bell rang.

Ting! Ting! Ting!

“There are coming.” Qhaza.

Qarima hurried to open the door. A moment later Gin nongol was behind Qarima. Looking at Gin, Vicky chokes.

“You need water?” Ask dad.

“I ... fine Om.” Said.

“I'm here to meet with Qarima!” Said Gin.

No one asked! After all, if you want to meet Qarima, why is his gaze pointing at me?

“Yah. We both have a little business.” Qarima.

Why would they give us an explanation we didn't ask for?

“Sit.” Said the father, he pointed at the empty seat for Gin. Gin without a stale base directly ate with us, did anyone allow him to eat? As I recall, dad just said ‘sudah’ instead of ‘eat’.

Since the dining room was now full and very noisy, Vicky took me to Kamar‒ with Qhaza, as well as Ramona and Marlyn who appeared a few minutes after Gin, following Tiwa 30 seconds later.  And, before he could get to the room, someone else came.

“El.” Greet father and Lea together.

They knew him?

“Good morning, aunt and om. Brother Qarima and sister Leva too. Sis whose face is beautiful (whom she means is Vicky), sis Gin and Qhaza!” El said kindly.

“El, you haven't been here in a long time.” Dad's comments. Has he ever been here?

“That's because om's son doesn't let me here.” El showed a cute face as usual, under any circumstances he always smiled.

“Qhaza, I'm here to take you―”

“I made an appointment with Brother Leva and brother Vicky to play cards with them, half a day.” Cut Qhaza fast. That's why, right now we're all playing cards in my room. Bizarrely.

Because everything is here, so, all of you, I hope Fairel is here too. And it turns out to be true, it reads! Belnya.

I came out of the room and ran to the door.

The postman!

Pork! I'm closing the door. Dad and Lea were confused. For the first time, I wanted to open the door for someone else, even though I closed it again. Disillusioned. I don't know why.

The next agenda, after playing cards, we went out to the yard and played basketball. Ramona and Marlyn are one team with me, the rest Vicky, Qhaza and El are the teams that Ramona is challenging for. He challenged a basketball captain with a lot of confidence‒ which made us lose a landslide, not a single ball that we managed to put in the ring.

We had to prepare dinner for everyone at home.

For the first time, I did it.

Behind his imagination, it turns out Marlyn is a reliable cook, different from Ramona. He sliced his finger while slicing an onion, didn't I remind you to be careful? Substantial.