Endless Taste

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. Realizing Avril's absence, Galih hurried to leave the venue.

Baren, Aldi, Syifa, Famela and Deyan.

They were simultaneously driving towards the airport. Galih then turns his car into an apartment without Avril's friends realizing.

Arriving at apartment x, Nadia and Galih run towards a room when the elevator arrives. When the door opened, a girl looked at the two people who had just entered the room. A pitiful face, puffy eyes, and an unstoppable cry. Nadia rushed over, then hugged her while calming the girl down.

"Have... You cried because of what? You should be happy if you know the truth." Said Nadia rubbing gently the hair of Avril on her lap.

"Sister doesn't know what it would be like if Galih's sister married another woman." Avril said resentfully immersing her face in the arms of her sister-in-law.

"It's up to you Avril." Galih patted Avril's head.

"I don't understand how I feel."

"Do you know what happens when you're not on the show?" Ask Garih again.

"It's clear Alvi and Amel's sister are officially engaged." Avril said increasingly upset.

"It's better that you rest. Aren't you in college tomorrow?" Nadia tries to break up the annoying brother-in-law debate.

"Sister.. May I ask you something?" Avril wiped her tears as she took off Nadia's embrace.

"What?" Ask Nadia and Galih.

"Hide my whereabouts. And if I may, for a while I'm not going to college." Initially Galih just fell silent staring at Avril with a silly look. But before long, Galih laughed at his sister's request.

"So the story goes, you want to disappear, and nobody wants to know, and then you show up suddenly to everyone's surprise. Didn't he? Ahaha Avril. Show me you're a strong girl. If you're like this, obviously you want to disappear to be searched for, right? Though you yourself know that Alvi now belongs to another girl."

"Galih.. Avril's down, you're lecturing her like that."

"Yeah well.I'm wrong Nadia.." Galih.

"Sleep, I'll take care of everything. You just calm down. I understand how you feel." Galih continued to move from his seat.

"Where are you going?" Nadia asked suddenly worried.

"Solve the problem left behind." His words then passed behind the door.

. Arriving at the airport, Aldi cs called Avril several times but still not connected.

"I'm worried." said Famela

"What's wrong. We'll find Avril see you." Famela nodded and followed Deyan into the airport area. Everyone split up hoping Avril would still be there or at least find a clue.

"You're troubling Avril.." growled Bagas stared at the photo of Avril on his phone.

"Damn..." Avril rubbed her suddenly itchy nose.

"You sick?" Nadia asked, Avril only shook her head while smiling.

. Amidst the search, Bagas remembered something.

"Where is Galih? Wasn't the car behind your car?" Tanya Bagas patted Reno's arm.

"I just realized it."

"Huuu"

"Try me on the phone!" Reno's word was immediately responded by Bagas. Bagas pressing call on Galih contact. No need to wait long, the call is connected.

"Sister.. Where are you? Have you found Avril?"

"It." Answer Galih relax.

"Ah..thank God." Bagas breathed a sigh of relief as he touched his chest.

"Then? Where's she?" Continue Bagas curious.

"I won't tell you."

"Come brother.. I'm your sister too, right?"

"I don't have a little brother like you."

"Glass up before you speak."

"What's? What are you talking about?"

"No brother. I'm waiting for more information from you."

"You're like your father, son." It sounded Galih chuckling across there before closing the call.

. "So, Avril's not here?" Bagas nodded his mark confirming Famela's question after they regrouped.

"Then, where's Avil?" Ask Aldi in a panic.

"Sir Galih didn't tell. Apparently, Avril needs time to herself. Even though Alvi and your sister aren't engaged." Say Bagas.

"You're right. Avril was no longer at Aldi's house when Amel's sister called off her engagement. So maybe he just knew it was over like he thought." Typhoon Syifa.

"I have to see him." Aldi said as he was about to leave, but was quickly stopped by Reno.

"What are you thinking fucking?." Reno asked withstanding emotions. "Aren't you thinking about Syifa one bit? Aren't you guys engaged a long time ago? Are you out of your mind?" Reno made Aldi turn around and hit Reno hard in the face.

"Whatchu mean? I'm crazy?" Tanya Aldi held back the anger.

"Yes. You're crazy Aldi. And it makes me hate you even more. You act like your Syifa, but you also ignore her and always chase after Avril. So what does that mean?" But Aldi was silent to Reno's question.

"Who did you hit me for and for what? Did you find an outlet for your regrets? Remember Aldi. No matter what you do, Avril will never come back to you. Appreciate Syifa, or are you going to lose both?" Reno screeched concluding a cynical smile at Aldi.

"If you can't appreciate Syifa, take off the ring, and let her go. Let him find his own happiness without being bound by you." Now the look in Reno's eyes became sharp for a moment.

"You like it?" Tanya Aldi glanced at Reno and Syifa alternately.

"You think?" Reno asked as if challenging Aldi.

"If you love her, why don't you take her from me?"

"God, Reno. Enough's enough! Why are you fighting?" Famela tried to break both of them.

"Take? You think Syifa's stuff? Hahah but fine. I'll take care of him." Reno quickly grabbed Syifa's hand with a gaze that was still staring intently at Aldi. Syifa was surprised and just used to turn to Aldi speechlessly. Reno takes off Syifa's ring and gives it to Aldi.

"Your time will be in vain if you're with a jerk like him." Then Reno pulls Syifa away leaving the airport, and is followed by Bagas behind her.

Aldi was silent to see Syifa who did not deny anything, and complied when Reno took her away.

Be ill. That feeling is now beginning to be felt in his heart. Though all this time he felt only a bland, flat feeling, and nothing special, or make him feel pain like this.

"Aldi.." said Famela.

"We'd better go home." Aldi's words passed leaving Famela and Deyan.

"Is he okay?" Deyan asked Famela who was staring at Aldi's nanar who kept walking.

"Eitherway. I'm not sure." Famela turned to Deyan.

. At the ongoing event, Amel asked the guests who came so that the cancellation of this event is not known to the public. Let the public know that Amel and Alvi are engaged.

Now Alvi and Amel have been in her father's office, just the two of them.

"What are you planning?" Tanya Alvi quietly with full vigilance. But Amel just smiled.

"I don't want my departure to leave a scar. So I can just calmly leave you." Alvi just smiled cynically.

"It looks like Avril took Demira to the airport. He probably didn't know the engagement was canceled. But didn't Nadia and her husband know? So I thought Avril would find out too." Amel.

"Where do you know?" Tanya Alvi scrunched her forehead.

"So he left because he drove Demira? Not because I don't want to see me with Amel? It's true he doesn't love me." Mumbled Alvi guessing Avril's feelings.

"I want to make sure of it myself." Even though Avril was not at home, Alvi rushed there. Obviously when he arrived, there were only his father and servants at home. And it looks like dad just arrived.

"You want to ask where Avril is?" Alvi nodded in response.

"If you doubt Avril isn't here, please search the rooms." Said Dad dropping his body on the couch.

Alvi ran up the stairs, and then opened the door of Avril's room.

"Avril." He was hoping that the person he was looking for was in the room. But he found no one. His gaze was fixed on a black suit still hanging beside the wardrobe. Like Avril deliberately put it on display there. What is none other than Alvi's suit left behind when he accidentally stored it in Avril's bed (flash back eps 14.)

"Even you didn't give it back to me. You're a real fool." Alvi turned around and passed back in front of father.

"Dad..."

"You ask Galih."

"The shift will be hard on me...."

"You have men everywhere. But just finding Avril you can't." Father nodded in wonder.

"But..." Alvi scratched her un-itchy head.

"That's it. Leave him alone first. I'm sure when he gets tired of keeping quiet, he'll come out on his own."

"Why is dad so relaxed?"

"And why are you so panicked?"

"I'm worried about you...."

"He's in apartment x." Said father after a long sigh.

"Why are you so good, Dad?" Dad smiled then patted Alvi on the shoulder.

"You are my son too."

"thank you. Since the departure of mom and dad, only dad cares about me more than uncle Hendar."

"You can't talk like that. After all, he's your family now."

"What does family mean? They just want to use me."

"No. I'm sure Hendar isn't like that."

"I'd be lucky if my father was my father-in-law."

"Haven't you? This is proof, right?" Dad pointed at Alvi's ring.

"You're a stupid, stubborn man Alvi. At your engagement to a girl of your family's choice, you crush her hopes by still wearing your engagement ring to the woman of your choice. And now you're here, leaving the show without you knowing what it's like right now."

"I don't know dad either. And I don't care either"

"I thought you were here, Alvian." Say Galih when entering the house.

"Put...are you alone?" Ask Alvi

"You want to ask where Avril is? I'll tell Alvi."

"But I already know." Galih fell silent and looked at her father. Dad casually sipped his coffee as if indifferent to the conversation Alvi and Galih.

"Dad...why did you tell him?"

"Tell me what?"

"It's in vain that I hid it father." Galih said kneading his temple.

"You just calm down. I'm not going to see him now. Let him know the truth."

"Well, I'll go back to the apartment. I can't stay away from them for long." Now Galih is about to leave again.

Galih leaves the house to Nadia's apartment.

"We'll see Avril what game you're going to play." Mumbled Alvi smiled with satisfaction.

"Dad, I'd better go home."

"Why don't you just stay the night? My own father is here. You know for yourself Galih and Avril left father."

"Can I?"

"Why not. You're my son."

Alvi smiled happily hearing every statement from her father-in-law.

. A week passed, Avril turned a deaf ear about Alvi's condition and news. He didn't go to college, and didn't go home.

His appearance was again changed like a moment after being abandoned by Aldian. Nothing but a shirt outfit, jeans, or sweater.

His hair is always tied every day, his bangs are turned into straight parallel to the eyebrows.

But even so, its elegance did not disappear even though its appearance changed completely.

Avril went back to college with that performance. He is currently sitting in the campus garden with Famela. Famela looked sadly at Avril who returned as cold as ever.

"Don't look at me like that." Avril noticed Famela's gaze, and was still focused on flipping through the pages of the novel in her hands.

"You're not Avril..." Avril fell silent, then closed the book.

"I am who I am what is Fam? It's me." It's me."

"No. The Avril I know isn't like this."

"Then what was it like? Already Fam. I'm lazy to make a fuss with you." Avril left in a fit of annoyance leaving Famela still sitting in the campus garden.

"Even you're getting more emotional." Famela muttered annoyedly.

Avril came to a halt at the end of the park road when she saw Reno and Syifa walking side by side with different discussions and gazes. Like a couple of lovers.

"Rin? You and Syifa? Where's Aldi?" Avril asked while in front of the two by looking around for Aldi's whereabouts.

"Hey.. Are you Avril?" Reno's question made Avril even more upset.

"Avril is dead Ren. Dying with her feelings betrayed by her lover." Avril was about to leave, but her arm was pulled by Reno.

"Sorry Avril, but I'm just kidding. I'm not used to your current appearance." Avril brushed aside Reno's grasp and then passed leaving him.

"Avril.." call Syifa who then follows Avril, and Reno follows.

"I want to be alone Syifa.."

"No. I'm not gonna leave you alone." Avril was a little surprised when she realized there were no more rings in Syifa's fingers.

"Where's your ring?" Avril grabbed Syifa's hand.

"I let go." Reno's words embrace Syifa's shoulders.

"What does this mean?" Avril was astonished.

"I can't bear to see Syifa who is constantly ignored by Aldi. I want to make him the most valuable person. Not the neglected." Syifa smiled feeling that she was really lucky if Reno really became her companion. But alas, this is just a charade and the two deal to pretend to be dating. The goal is just to find out if Aldi loves Syifa or not. And make it easier for Aldi and Avril to get back together if the two are still in love.

"So, you and Aldi." said Avril hesitated.

"Yes, maybe my relationship with Aldi can't be together." Syifa replied without any burden in her eyes.

"Syifa. I want to talk." Aldi's voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.

"Sorry Mr. Aldian. But he's my girlfriend now." Reno sneered at Aldi. Aldi stared intently at Reno with meaning.

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