DELENE

FIFTEEN

JOSHUA

Joshua could not help but think of Delena since the girl's departure from her residence yesterday morning. I don't know what made her kiss her ex-boyfriend. Especially when there was Belva, his nephew who was only four years old. And Delena wept and went away, for the last time because of her deeds.

Unable to bear the tightness he continued to feel, Joshua went after Delena and Gavin to Bogor a few hours after they left. At that time he experienced a little obstacle on the way until just until the night.

And the tightness he felt did not improve, when his manik found Gavin was standing at the door of the girl's apartment. Delena smiled widely before letting the man in, a smile that Joshua had not seen for a long time.

Honestly his heart ached, but it hurt more for him to imagine the position of the woman when he saw her together with another woman. And the other woman was her own sibling.

Is this what Delena feels? Inner man it is.

Moments after Delena and Gavin went inside, Joshua was still silent in his place right at the end of the hall. He was about to leave when he found someone stopping and looking at the door of Delena's apartment for a while. The person was wearing a black hoodie as well as a hat and mask of a similar color. Joshua knew him well, though.

The man's eyes were round. Joshua nailed, his hands clenched tightly while his head turned back a memory he would never forget forever.

It can't be wrong. The crazy woman is free.

Nothing really happened for the nearly ten minutes they were silent. Joshua kept watching whatever little he could see. But the woman then just left. Leaving a loud knocking sound from the end of his high shoes in the middle of the hallway of the deserted building.

DELENE

It is a beautiful morning to start the day, when sweet memories with loved ones slip in when they first open their eyes. Gavin came home almost midnight last night because Delena threatened him a little. Somehow it was initially until they ended up watching a Korean drama together, and Gavin did not want to stop midway through the story. So just imagine, did Delena have to obey him to spend sixteen episodes at once? Delena never really stayed up even in her life. At nine o'clock in the evening, he will be in another world. The exception for yesterday, the girl had to push Gavin when her eyes were no longer able to resist sleepiness.

A vibration from the object on the nightstand distracts Delena. He picked it up quickly thinking that Gavin might have missed him.

Yet it was not Gavin, and the smile that adorned his face faded away instantly. A number she didn't recognize was on the screen, and the caller didn't stop when Delena didn't receive the call either. After hesitating for a while, the girl finally decided to pick her up out of curiosity.

“Halo,” greet Delena.

Silent. No one spoke or any voice from across the teepon.

“Halo.. sorry, who is this?”

The caller did not answer either. Delena was silent and waited for two minutes later, and she ended up regretting having served whoever the prankster was.

“What the hell early in the morning?! No work,” ruknya before deciding their call.

Just as Delena was about to blacklist the foreign number, the sender suddenly sent her a short message.

“Bogosipta,” fill in the message.

The message was written in bold Korean script. And Delena knows what that means. In Indonesian, that phrase can mean I miss you or I want to meet you. Remembering herself and Gavin yesterday watching a Korean drama together, Delena so amused smile of her own. Can the man turn out to be so sweet just because of the experience of a few hours of watching a romance drama?

His apartment bell rang suddenly. Instead of going ahead to open the door, Delena ran to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. Not to forget he also changed his sleepwear with lightning and sprayed perfume on his body. People who have a new boyfriend are different.

“Delena..”.

And he found his second disappointment that morning when he saw someone else at his door.

Joshua smiled, but Delena seemed to see something suspicious in the man's eyes. What's wrong?

“What's up, brother?” ask her to let them stand at the door.

“You're fine, right?” Joshua asked back gently, his eyes looking dim for some reason.

“What does Brother Shua mean?”

“I'm just, worried because you live alone. And I was going to say that you can.no, you have to tell me that something happened.”

Delena was silent for a moment. “What's this about?”

“Please say yes this one time only, Del.”

Joshua was still looking at him gently but seemed urgent at once. He rightly seemed like he was worrying about something, and Delena did not want to argue it any longer.

“Iya. Huh, right? Thanks for the worry.”

“I'm also sorry, about yesterday at home.”

This time Joshua did not look him in the eye, the man was more interested in staring at the tiles below them. Delena who had almost forgotten the incident was again upset.

“Kak Shua doesn't have to apologize. Because nothing happened yesterday.”  Delena answered flatly.

Done it. We're really over, and now I see that limit very clearly. The relationship between two people should end with

both of them. Because at the beginning we started both, it's unfair if one is constantly injured.

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Yes short, sorry. And thanks to all of you who stopped by and read my story so far.

I try next part longer 😭