FRIENDSTHAT
Episode 11
January 2006
Ayu waited for twelve at night with her eyes almost clenched. Every time his eyes closed for more than a minute, he would attempt to open his eyes again.
Five more minutes. Five more minutes.
The phone in his hand slipped into bed several times as he began to fall asleep. As his eyes nearly closed for the umpteenth time, the alarm on the phone rang loudly. Ayu jumped in shock, then quickly pressed the green button on her phone on Ditto's contact.
In the first ring the phone is lifted immediately. Ayu immediately exclaimed, “Happy birthday, Ditto!”
There was laughter from across the phone. “Thank you, Cha.”
“Hopefully long life, the more pinter, the cooler every time the gig, the more savings to buy vespa.”
“Amin.”
“Don't forget the main tract—but don't at Wartam doang, up a little bit, cake.”
“Ampun, deh. Which is treated a lot of want really.”
This time replace the laughing Ayu. After talking for a while, Ayu disconnected her phone. Tomorrow is still school day and he doesn't want to come late to school.
***
That morning, Ditto woke up smiling. Today is his birthday. And since being friends with Ayu, Ayu has never been absent at all to be the first to wish her a happy birthday.
Except Ditto himself, anyway. He sometimes falls asleep while waiting for twelve and ends up calling Ayu when it is morning. Makes the girl nag because she thinks Ditto forgot her birthday.
Upon arriving at school, Icha immediately approached Ditto who had just placed a bag on the table.
“Happy birthday, Honey!” Icha exclaims while offering gifts that he has prepared from far away.
Some of Ditto's classmates immediately cheered cheering.
Ditto just grinned then said, “Thank you.”
Icha just wanted to say something when the bell in the classroom was ringing out loud. So the shoulder-haired girl waved her hand to Ditto and immediately passed to her class next door.
“Gile, early in the morning already samperin aja girl,” ledek Tio, his colleague in class.
“Means looking for a girlfriend,” says Ditto. “Let's not sirik again if the theme is samperin girlfriend.”
Tio just clucked bitterly. But he saw when Ditto casually put a gift from Icha under the table without intending to open or peek at the contents.
***
“Later malem we walk, yuk,” woo Icha when Ditto just out of class for a break.
Ditto scrunched his forehead. “Nanti malem? But tomorrow is school, Cha.”
“Only do you not want to celebrate your birthday with me?” Icha flicked her hair back, then grabbed Ditto's hand and held her. “I told the basketball team that today I missed sparing at GOR, you know.”
“But not Wednesday is also the way, Cha.”
“But where is it good to wait for Saturday?” icha grunts with frowning lips.
“Udahlah, Cha, if you want to go on Saturday aja.”
Hearing the decisiveness of Ditto's voice, Icha finally chose silence. Upon arrival at the canteen, Ditto who already wanted to approach Ayu had to hold back her steps because Icha had preceded her. Icha approached Ayu who was sitting in the corner of the canteen, seeming to want to vent. Therefore, Ditto chose to join his other classmates, not to confuse or persuade Icha who might be lashing out at him.
From the beginning he was always lazy to deal with a sulking girl.
***
Ayu had almost waved to Ditto to join her, when it was Icha who approached her.
“Gue sebel with friends lo.”
“Why else?” ask Ayu in surprise. This morning in class Icha was fine. “But this morning lo seneng because already gave a gift to him.”
“Iya.” Icha folded her hands on her chest in annoyance. “So I'll make sure she walks today, make her birthday both the same me. Uh, he's nolak. He said Saturday the way. That's a long time, Yuuu.”
“Three days to go, Cha.”
“Tetep aja not cool,” tampik Icha. He snatches Ayu's still-full iced tea glass and drinks it without permission. Ayu just let it go. “Where is it good to fit +3 so? I want it on Day H. Let the moment pass.”
“Yes, if the Ditto does not want, you want how else, try?”
“Iya, hell,” muttered Icha. “Udah past four months same road
he's, he's so cool, Cha. Was that so long ago?”
Ayu laughed at Icha's curses. Ever since he found out that Icha was dating Ditto, the girl had no qualms about confiding in him. “She is so, not lo doang who complains if she cuek terribly.”
“Sometimes cueknya he tuh nyebelin,” complained Icha while supporting the chin. “Nagak like another guy who wants to wait for his girl to go home and go home together, sometimes I just don't know where he is. Butiii, the same cute nature of him that made me have a crush on him.”
But Ayu said nothing, he again listened to Icha who began to vent about how cool Ditto was when performing with the school band.
***
Wartam after school ramainya not playing. Luckily Ayu and Ditto got a place at the table they used to occupy.
“Not be the same path Icha lo?”
“It is,” replied Ditto directly.
“Always Icha—eh, wait a minute.”
Ayu immediately grabbed her phone that was in the bag and answered the call. While Ayu answers a call from Arman— who is now officially his girlfriend, Ditto notices the girl without Ayu noticing.
Damn, why the hell did Ayu have to be the same as Arman? the weakness in the heart. I don't know since when Ditto always cursed every time Ayu talked about other guys and finally made up with them. But Ditto knew he didn't like it. However, he managed to hide his feelings from Ayu and everyone around them.
“Sorry, earlier the Arman turned out to be my nyariin,” said Ayu as soon as the phone was finished.
“Lo didn't say I wanted to be here with me?”
“Say, but maybe he forgot.” Ayu shook her hands in the air as if it was nothing important. “Lanjut that earlier, indeed Icha no longer protest to elo?”
“Lo see his SMS that has already given the operator, a lot,” grunya.
Ayu laughed in satisfaction as Ditto scowled in annoyance. “Gue wants to break up like he's from him.”
Ayu's laughter is over. He raised his face with wide eyes. “Serious lo?”
“It. I've been males.”
“Lha, why?”
Asked so, Ditto was silent for a while. Think about the right answer to that risky question.
“She was spoiled,” replied Ditto in the end. “Ya .. It is very different from lo.”
“Hah? How come I, anyway?”
“Gue wants something like elo,” Ditto said straightforwardly.
His eyes looked at Ayu seriously. “But...”.
“But what?” ask Ayu impatiently. He took off his hair because it was too loose, then tidied the tail of his horse again until it felt strong and not messy.
“But ... not as close as elo gini.”
Ayu kicked the table in annoyance while Ditto was wide with satisfaction. “Again aja lo, To. Laugh there!”
Ditto did not stop laughing until nearly ten minutes later.
“OK, okay,” muttered as he sighed. “But I really am, Cha.”
“What?” salak Ayu ferociously.
“Pengin dropout.” Ditto nyengir wide. “Terus I again deket same chick, nih. Classroom sister, cousin temen lo tuh, the Neta.”
“Who?”
“Si Asa.”
“Hah?!”
“Gue has ngincer him from yesterday-yesterday,” Ditto said lightly without responding to Ayu's surprised expression. “Gue has SMS-an also the same him. I've added Friendster as well.”
Ayu successfully made dumbstruck because of speech
Ditto's. Is that asa? How can?
And Ditto had already communicated with Asa when she was still her boyfriend Icha, already friends on the social network that is currently hits, Friendster.
Oh gosh.
“Ngapain is the same Asa?” ayu asked with judes, unknowingly the intonation of his voice rose by an octave.
“Lha, why?”
“It seems that you do not match Asa,” Ayu replied straightforwardly.
Tell the cake if you are jealous or what, Cha, Ditto grumbled in his heart. But he ignored Ayu's words and continued to chatter about Asa.
***
