HEARTBEATS

23. Heartbroken

Under the night sky filled with stars and also the moon, under there the girl was pensive while sitting in the gazebo in her yard.

He stared at the many stars in the sky, so beautiful that he was unsaturated to look at.

Revelyn felt that tonight was so quiet and silent, accompanied by the silence of the girl was still imagined by the incident at noon at school.

"I'm sorry, if you want us to be like we used to be, sorry. I can't."

The girl let out a heavy sigh, that remark always lingered in her mind for a moment.

Now what should he do?

"What do you think?"

Regan's presence surprised Revelyn, the girl turned her head as Regan took a seat beside her.

Now Regan also looked up, staring at the beautiful sky.

"It's nothing." Revelyn replied, she lowered her head while swinging both her legs.

Regan smiled, "if there's a problem, tell me."

"Velyn has a boyfriend."

Revelyn's honesty made Regan look at her in disbelief, Regan a little surprised at that.

"Really's? who's? Leo?" guess Regan, Revelyn shook her head.

"Not."

"Who would it be if it wasn't Leo?"

"She's the head of the osis, and Velyn is happy when she expresses her feelings for Velyn, but ...." Revelyn paused her sentence, making Regan wrinkle her forehead.

"Why?"

Regan was curious, because the look on his sister's face began to turn sad.

"Leo seems not to like Velyn soan the same guy, even Leo always forbid Velyn to make decks with the guy," explained Revelyn.

"What's that guy, bad guy?"

Revelyn shook her head, "she's kind to Velyn, just that she always pissed Leo off and vice versa."

Regan smiled, she turned her gaze towards the sky.

"Velyn know?" regan asked, the girl shaking weakly.

"What?"

"If someone forbids us something, the sign is that he cares-" Regan pauses for a while. "- and if someone gets angry when we get close to someone else, that's a sign that he's jealous." Regan looked at her sister fixedly with a sweet smile, but Revelyn just looked at her brother with a cengo expression.

"So you mean Regan, Leo's jealous? but why?" ask Revelyn confused.

Regan chuckled while shaking her head, then rubbed the top of her sister's head in anxiety.

"Sister Regan loves you" said Regan smiling.

"Velyn too." the girl stared fixedly at Regan, she smiled widely.

"Sister Regan wishes she could always be by your side."

Revelyn nodded steadily, "sister should promise about it" he said as he looked straight ahead.

Regan fell silent, her expression turning flat.

"Although you can't, you won't be alone." Regan's words made Revelyn look at him straight away.

"Sister?"

"Because you still have Agitha's brother, Leo, and the others."

Revelyn nodded, she lowered her head while closing her eyes for a moment.

"Yes." Yeah."

...🍕...

Vienna smiled, he and Ayka had finished serving dinner for Andhara and Leo.

Tonight Ayka wants all the family to come together for dinner, she wants Andhara's relationship as well as Leo's improving, and she also wants to get to know Leo more deeply so that she can be a good Mama for Leo.

"Mas, let's eat." said Ayka, she called Andhara who was sitting on the living room couch.

Andhara nodded, she then got up from her seat while walking towards the dining table.

The three of them began to sit on the chairs, while waiting for Leo to come out of his room. Vienna chose not to call the boy, because he wanted Leo to be surprised by the presence of Andhara and Ayka.

A little while later the long-awaited finally came, the guy went down the stairs to get to the kitchen. But Leo was silent near the stairs as everyone stared at him, Leo was surprised that everyone had gathered at the dinner table.

Ayka throws a smile, "Leo, let's join us, let's have dinner together." take Ayka gently.

Leo was initially still silent with his expressionless face, but to appreciate the three of them finally the guy nodded while walking towards the dining table.

The guy takes a seat next to Vienna, he sits opposite Ayka and also Adhara.

After a long time, Leo was finally able to have dinner together, but he felt the atmosphere of this dinner seemed awkward to make Leo want to go to his room immediately, but when they started eating, he said, Ayka continued to shower him with various questions.

"How's your school?" ask Ayka.

"Good." replied Leo briefly.

"But why did Mama hear from Grandma, that you like to ditch."

Leo closed his eyes for a while, feeling annoyed as the woman called herself 'Mama'.

"Why indeed?" ask Leo coldly.

Ayka smiled, "you're going to graduate, so you have to be diligent in learning and improve your attitude at school."

Leo spontaneously put his spoon and fork on the plate roughly to cause a loud clanking sound.

"What do you know about me? you're still new, even to know me further yet. So don't be pretentious about me and how I behave!" leo said, he smiled slantedly making Andhara reprimand him for being upset.

"The leo?! where's your manners? Papa never taught you that!"

So Leo chuckled, "Why ask about manners? did Papa teach that to Leo? even when Mama was gone, Papa was never there again for Leo" Leo said, staring at Andhara with a sarcastic smile.

Andhara and Ayka fell silent, making Leo cluck in annoyance while turning his gaze away.

"You know, Papa's sorry. Therefore, Papa wants to make up for Papa's mistake with-"

"By marrying her, then making our family what it used to be. Like that, right?"

Andhara kept quiet, she then nodded weakly.

"Do you know yak? how hard Leo can be for you, how hard Leo can be to get rid of all the fear and pain that Leo has. As hard as Leo tried to make the mama lupain, still can not! Leo misses Mama, Leo needs Mama, but Mama is no more! Leo wants Mama, but not her!" leo snapped, he looked at Ayka annoyed.

Ayka looked at Leo fixedly, "i am not Hira, your mother. But I'll try to be a good mom to you."

Leo fell silent, he could see the earnestness in Ayka's eyeballs. But the guy immediately got up from his seat and looked at Ayka flat.

"Please be a good Mama for me, do as you please, but never bother me!" leo said before he finally went to the room, leaving Vienna, Andhara, and Ayka who was silent on the spot.

Andhara looked at Leo, his only son, the fruit of his love with his late wife.

Hira, he's not the Leo we knew. I'm sorry, I failed to be the father he wanted me to be.

Even to keep my promise, I can't. I'm still sick if I remember you, I can't even forget you.

Andhara begins to remember Hira's last request before leaving, making her feel guilty again.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm going to sleep. But before that, promise me."

"You have to take care of our baby, I don't want him to be a child who lacks the affection of a father."

"Please promise me, Andhara."

Andhara grabbed her hair in frustration, her eyes began to heat up rethinking the memory of the past.

Ayka and Vienna who saw Andhara like that immediately calmed her down, Ayka understood that Andhara still could not forget Hira completely.

But Ayka is already here, and she will help Andhara to keep her promise.

...🍕...

He stared at the picture frame on the wall of his room. The picture of a happy family has now disappeared.

Where is all his happiness? why should he suffer?

Where's mama? Leo misses him a lot.

Leo closed his eyes for a while while rubbing his face in a huff, he could become as weak as he was now.

The guy bent both knees, then looked straight ahead with a blank look.

"Leo is not alone, Leo has Papa, Grandma, friends who love Leo, and also Mama ...."

"Mama will always be by Leo's side, Mama promises, Mama will always live in Leo's heart."

The pain in Leo's heart was increasingly felt, his chest became increasingly tight. Making Leo's eyes heat up, the guy heaved a heavy sigh.

But Leo's gaze turned to his phone next to him, the flat object was lit because of incoming notifications from the chat group on his phone.

Leo immediately took his phone, he did not open the notification, but the gallery. The guy looked at his picture with Revelyn.

At least only that photo could make him a little calm.

After that Leo again put down his phone, he rubbed his face again while looking down deeply.

Mama, Leo has no one left ....

Leo's scared! Leo was afraid of himself again.

...🍕...

Sanjaya High School.

Alana's eyes squinted at Vito sitting on Revelyn's table, while Alana, she deliberately changed seats at the very end of the row.

The guy occasionally laughed at Revelyn's conversation, looking happy to make Alana burn with jealous fire.

"Have you eaten?" vito asked, Revelyn who was sitting in her chair just shook her head.

"Why?" ask again.

"Father." replied Revelyn, from the look on her face the girl seemed to be thinking of something.

Vito frowned in surprise, "you why?"

Revelyn looked up, she looked at Vito as she forced to smile.

"No papa."

Vito nodded in understanding, "but who is it for?" asked Vito when he saw Revelyn who had been holding the supply box in his hand.

Revelyn stared at the provisions in her hands, she then looked up.

"This make---"

But Revelyn's sentence stops when she sees Leo walking through her class, spontaneously the girl wants to call.

"Le-"

"LEO!"

Eh?

Revelyn immediately looked back, looking at Alana who was walking towards Leo. Alana carried a box of supplies in her hand, making Revelyn spontaneously squeeze the box of supplies in her hand.

Leo frowned in surprise, he stood in the doorway of class XII IPA-1 while waiting for Alana who was walking towards him.

"What?"

Alana throws a sweet smile at Leo, and she puts the box in her hand at Leo.

"Make lo, I make it myself you know" said Alana, she then smiled slanted when she saw Revelyn who was staring at the two of them fixed.

At first Leo just stared at the box of supplies that were thrust at him with a flat gaze, he then looked up, staring at the seat Revelyn was in.

"Velyn, I asked, who's that for?" vito asked softly, making Revelyn sober from her daydream.

The girl suddenly fluttered, she then thrust the provisions on Vito.

"Make you" Revelyn said.

Vito smiled broadly, "thank, we can eat together." Vito bargained, the girl only nodded as she occasionally glanced at Leo who was still staring at her from the doorway.

Leo sighed, he then nodded while receiving a gift from Alana.

"Thank you." said Leo, Alana nodded steadily.

"From now on, I will often bring you food."

Leo shook his head, "no need to bother." said Leo before he finally left. "because I will not eat this." muttered Leo, maybe only he himself can hear.

After Leo died, Alana walked back to her seat.

As she passed Revelyn, Alana smiled slanted at the feeling of winning.

Revelyn sat back with a blank look. He was still staring at Leo's departure, even though he had only wanted to give provisions to the man as his apology.

...🍕...

Class XII IPS-5

"Kalian lapar, nggak?" tanya Leo sambil berjalan menuju tempat duduk Axele dan juga Geral berada.

Both of his best friends spontaneously nodded.

"Gw is so hungry."

"Gw, too, has not eaten for three years" said Axele who spontaneously made Geral cluck upset.

"Died the dog did not eat three years!" annoyed Geral while pinning Axele's head.

"No, the proof is I'm alive."

"Our son of a bitch."

Leo rolled his lazy eyeball, he then put the lunchbox in front of his two friends.

"Eat it."

Geral and Axele's smiles widened, "really?" ask Axele spirit.

Leo nodded, "yes."

With the spirit of Axele opened the lunch box, he was as young as the contents were fried rice and also there were other decorations such as eggs, fried sausages and also lettuce.

With a swift Geral immediately bribed a spoonful of fried rice into his mouth.

"Nake?" ask Leo wonder.

Geral's expression turned sour.

"Asin njir,"

Axele laughed, "luckily I haven't eaten yet, but who made the nih nasgornya?" ask Axele in wonder.

Leos answered, "Alana."

It was spontaneous even made Axele kicked his desk.

"Why not say njir?!" axele shouted in excitement, she immediately snatched the spoon from Geral's hand.

With greed Axele ate the salty nasgor, to make Geral look at him disgusted.

"If artificial ayang Alana mah will I eat until it runs out, no matter the taste is salty, bitter, sweet, asem, I will still eat! for Alana!" axele shouted even though her mouth was now full of food.

Geral rolled his lazy eyeballs, "basic bucin is less micin."

Leo rolled his lazy eyeball while chuckling softly.

"Basic crazy."

...🍕🍕🍕...