Endless Taste

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. On the road, Avril still thinks of what Alvi meant, and the reason why Alvi told her to go home.

"Ray.." call Avril.

"Yes Miss! why?" Ray asked without looking at Avril.

"Not usually Alvi behaves like that." Avril said looking far ahead.

"Master just wants to keep his distance from miss."

"Why Ray?"

"Have you ever kissed a miss?" Avril was wide-eyed and stared intently at Ray.

"That's Ray's disgrace." Cetus Avril with innocence.

"Haha I'm serious miss."

"Never mind." Avril replied after a long sigh. "Even often." Avril murmured with raging memories.

"Did the lady seduce him?" Avril turned harshly to Ray to find the question.

"I'm persuading not to seduce Ray. You think I'm a whore?" Avril hit Ray's arm in annoyance.

"No miss. That's not what it means."

"Then what?"

"If a man is tempted, he wants more than a kiss." Ray's words made Avril squint down the door.

"You're a pervert Ray." Cetus Avril again.

"Ti-no, miss. I only answer the question. You don't want anything on Miss. So you're sending the lady home tonight."

"Gruesome." Cetus Avril did not turn his eyes away from Ray. "Yas Ray. In the future, if Alvi is angry I will let it go. I won't persuade her anymore." Avril said innocently and shuddered in horror.

"It's not like that either, miss..." Ray chuckled softly in response to Avril at this moment.

"Oh yes Ray. You know the reason Alvi kicked me out, means he confided in you?" Ray nodded while returning a smile.

"Not driving away, but-"

"Yes yes.. You're saying he just told me to go home, right?" Avril asked interjected with a nod of response again by Ray.

"Ishhh is there." Avril shook as if inexhaustible.

Arriving home, Avril immediately passed in and Ray returned to his apartment.

"Aihh... said he stayed?" Ask the father from the couch in the family room.

"Alvi told me to go home to Dad." Avril replied, sitting next to her father.

"You guys got into a fight?" Avril shook her head in response to the father's question.

"Then?"

"Emmm probably don't want to engage in some nasty gossip." Avril replied casually.

For days, Avril was again astonished by Alvi who had no news. Unrequited messages, unanswered calls made Avril worried.

"Isshhhh where is he?" Avril paced back and forth in her room with a cellphone while continuing to call Alvi's number. Avril glanced at the clock on the wall of her room that had been showing at 10 am. He has an appointment with Baren and Syifa to work on their final task together. Avril rushed to their meeting point which was none other than the city park. On the way, Avril tried to contact Syifa.

"Hallo Vil." Sapa Syifa from across.

"Well... Your call has changed?" Ejek Avril accompanied by a small laugh.

"I was carried away by Baren and Aldi."

"I'd guess. Who are you going with?"

"I myself. Have you arrived?"

"Yet. I'm still on the road."

"Yes already. I'm at the intersection any minute."

"Well Syifa."

Until the park, Baren looks standby at the meeting point.

"Where is Syifa?" Avril asked to sit next to Reno.

"Buy drink." Answer Bagas while continuing to focus on his laptop.

"Dea's not coming?" Avril asked turned to Reno.

"He has an event. Said he wanted to meet his friend at the internship." Reno said that he smoked a cigarette in his hand.

"You're still smoking Ren. Poor your lungs." Avril delicates and then decides where to put her laptop.

"You also forced to forget Aldi. Poor your heart." Say Bagas.

"Once upon a time Vil. when under stress." Answer Reno.

"Stress why are you Ren?" Avril asked again with her eyes focused on the laptop without turning to Reno.

"Stres has a cousin like Anita." Cetus Bagas both focus on the laptop in front of him. Syifa sat near Avril and placed 2 bottles of cold drinks.

"Thank you." Avril said with a smile.

"Together." Syifa returned a smile Avril no less sweet. From afar, it was seen someone watching them from inside the car.

"Do you have no intention of seeing the lady?" Ray asked who was watching Avril.

"Let's Ray. He's with his friends." Replied Alvi smiling thinly then closing the car glass.

"We're going home, Ray. Later in the afternoon take me to Avril's house."

"Good sir." Ray returns to drive the car out of the park. Avril turned to the parking lot and glanced back and forth as if she felt someone was there.

"What's wrong?" Ask Syifa.

"Nothing." Avril answered, focusing on several books and laptops in front of her. Sometimes Avril hit Reno because Reno only glanced. Bagas laughed at Avril's indecision that had not changed from before. Luckily the weather today was shady but not raining. Until finally, they feel exhausted themselves and decide to forage and then go home. Like an SD child who is being given a group assignment.

Before returning home, Avril deliberately invited Syifa to take a walk in the mall. Avril stopped at a baby clothes and supplies store.

"Cieee aunty candidate." Ejek Syifa nudged Avril's arm.

"Aaaa I'm already impatient Syifaa.." whiney Avril angrily then leaned on Syifa's shoulders. Then, the two went back for a walk to see some models of clothes and accessories.

"Ehh Syifa...have you ever thought which one of us would get married first?" Ask Avril suddenly. Syifa suddenly fell silent, her gaze becoming faint. But then again throw a smile at Avril.

"Of course you." Syifa replied enthusiastically. "With Aldi" shirked Syifa then and almost inaudible. All Avril caught was Alvi's name.

"You love her?" Syifa asked with breaths that began to cramp.

"What you're asking is Syifa. You can see for yourself. I love her so much. I made a lot of mistakes and always broke her heart, but this time, I wanted to start with her from scratch." Avril looked more and more at her engagement ring.

Syifa refrained from getting carried away with Avril's answer. Syifa thought that their chatter did indeed lead to Aldi. His heart was pounding, his heart felt slashed.

"Avril. I have business after this." Say Syifa then. Avril nodded in response to Syifa's invitation.

"Indeed I'd better let Aldi go with Avril. Because from the beginning I had no right to enter into their lives." Shifa muttered wiping away the tears that almost fell from her eyelids and walked slightly behind Avril.

. The two separated at the intersection towards Syifa's house. But Syifa did not go straight home, but turned the direction towards Aldi's house.

Looks like Aldi is leaving.

"Al... Can I talk to you for a second?" Syifa asked as she got out of her car and approached Aldi.

"What's wrong?" Aldi did not answer Syifa's question.

"You still love Avril?" Aldi frowned at the silly question he thought had passed.

"What are you asking? It's Syifa, we're engaged. Don't think too much about others. The matter of my feelings for Avril, let me bury her myself deeply. I don't want to hurt you, and I don't want to involve you with my problems either." Aldi grabbed Syifa's agitated shoulders with tears on her cheeks.

"What are you crying about?" Aldi wiped the tears that Syifa could not contain.

Syifa took off her engagement ring with Aldi, then gave it away with a still unstoppable cry.

"Sorry Al. I can't continue our match. I'll talk to dad so there's no misunderstanding." Say Syifa before turning around. Aldi pulled the hand of Syifa who was now behind him by continuing to sob.

"Why Syifa? Is it because I have nothing now? Or because-"

"Avril still loves you Al..." Aldi gasped to find the narration from Syifa.

"Awil? No Syifa. You must be wrong."

"I heard Al's confession. So why am I in between your relationships? I shouldn't have been in your stories in the first place. A long-standing relationship with a sense of never ending. Until now, even though I watched Avril with Alvi, I never found the end point of feeling for you Al." Aldi slowly removed his grasp from Syifa's hand and let Syifa pass by just leaving him.

"Even you're not after me Al. What does all that you've shown your seriousness to mean? Was I really just your place of impingement when I missed Avril?" Syifa muttered continuously sobbing and kept driving faster.

Aldi stared at the ring returned by Syifa. Aldi still does not understand what Syifa said. Seeing how Avril loves Alvi, it is impossible if Avril really says that she still loves Aldi in front of Syifa. Given how willingly and breastfed Avril accepted the fact that Syifa became Aldi's companion and chose Alvi as her future husband. Aldi sighed deeply before finally leaving his residence.

Avril was silent in the car as if reluctant to move. Aunty was on the porch to pick her up and bring her things.

Lazily, Avril came out and the aunt half ran over and brought Avril's laptop bag.

"Non awaited with Galih." Auntie.

"No one?" Aunt nodded in response to Avril's question.

"With Brother Nadia?" This time aunt nodded.

"What's bi?"

"Auntie knows nothing less."

"Dad there?"

"No non."

Avril walked slowly with curiosity about the arrival of her brother.

"Where are you?" Ask Galih in a voice that made anyone who heard him shudder in horror.

"I. from the garden." Answer Avril stiff.

"From now on, don't ever get in touch with Aldi again."

"But-but.."

"Don't argue. That's if you still think of me as your brother. He's only bringing you into danger. Don't think brother doesn't know. Silent brother just wants to know if you're going to be honest or not. But in fact, you're still protecting her by not telling me anything. " Say Galih then walked past Avril who was sculpting.

"If you and Aldi had been in an accident, you think I'd just shut up? I've lost my mother." Galih's shout full of anger shrieked Avril's ear.

The car passed by with his car leaving the house. Before long, the sound of a car entering the yard was heard. Avril sat down on the living room sofa with her forehead twitching without wanting to know who the guests were coming at this time. If it was Alvi, it was certain that Avril would hug him tightly.

"Awil." Avril was shocked and looked up to hear the voice of who called out to her.

"The aldi? Wh-why are you here?" Avril asked then moved from her seat.

"Something I want to ask." Said Aldi seriously.

"Sit. I'll make you a drink." Avril was about to step up, but Aldi grabbed Avril's hand making Avril stop instantly.

"No need. I'll just be a minute."

"Sorry Al..." Avril politely took Aldi's hand off from him.

"Sorry." Lirih Aldi's. The two sat face to face and Avril asked the aunt to bring her a drink for Aldi.

"So?" Avril started the conversation.

"Do you really still love me?" Avril frowned at the question that she thought was very surprising.

"Why else Al? Obviously you and Syifa sud-" Avril stopped, her tongue suddenly twisted when Aldi showed Syifa's ring.

"Syifa returned it to me. Syifa said that you still love me. You even admitted it in front of Syifa. Is that really Avil?" Aldi looked expectantly at Avril with his dearest gaze.

"When? Al. I'm not crazy. No matter how much I feel about you, it's just the past. You're with Syifa. And I'm with Alvi."

"Avil. I'm fucked up. I'm sorry I hated you and blamed you for the passing of my brother and father. I shouldn't have spoken like that." Aldi lowered his head not daring to look at Avril's face.

"There's one more thing I want to tell you Al." Aldi looked up as Avril let out a long sigh before continuing to speak.

"I'm going to marry Alvi." Aldi stared flatly at Avril who now looked serious. That fast Avril forgot her feelings for Aldi? They even decided to get married. Aldi smiled bitterly with an eye glint that avoided contact with Avril. His eyes began to dewy at the statement that was beyond his thought.

"So you don't love me anymore?" Ask Aldi as if to confirm once again.

"For a five-year relationship even with no news, I still love you. But just loving it is in vain Al. We weren't meant to be together. You found your destiny, and I'm the same."

"And that's your decision? Haha I thought I was gonna leave you." Aldi dripped the dew from his eyelids by looking deeply at Avril's black bead, and once again Aldi hesitated at what Avril said. Although Aldi realized that Avril's gaze on him was different.

"You're right Avil. If not destined, not only the feelings that become useless, but time will also be wasted. The end is only regret that is stored. May you be happy Avil." Aldi moved followed by Avril who approached Aldi with a gaze still storing taste.

"I'm sorry.." said Avril.

"May I embrace you. For the last one. As a friend." Avril nodded and Aldi tightly hugged Avril releasing the disappointment and longing that became one.

Avril was wide-eyed when she saw Alvi who was watching her from the doorway. Avril took off Aldi's embrace and ran over to Alvi.

- connected.