Housemates

Refusal

Dylan sat down at the study table. He noticed a pendulum from a necklace attached to the neck. This young man suddenly smiled as he recalled Luna crying to force him to use the couple's necklace.

Both of Dylan's hands moved backwards. When he wanted to remove the necklace he was wearing, but the phone suddenly rang.

Dylan paused the intention to release the necklace. He then grabbed a cell phone. Video call from Luna. This man immediately accepted the call.

“Dylan see what I make!” Luna shows a framed painting, “ini your face painting. How similar to ‘kan?”

This young man took a serious look, “Good. Looks just like me.”

Luna smiled happily that her work was praised by Dylan.

“Tomple this painting I love to lo. Stored not thrown away! I'm tired of it.”

Dylan nodded his head. Luna was endlessly smiling looking at the guy's face from her mobile screen. Luna's eyes caught the necklace she gave her today still used by Dylan.

“Thank you yes,” said Luna.

Forehead Dylan pucker, “Thank you for what?”

Luna advance lips to point, “That's you still wear our couplle necklace.”

Dylan looked down at the neck. Then he looked at Luna back.

“How about not only necklace that couple. We are also a couple?”

“Means?”

“We're dating. Wantsome? Must want!” force Luna from that video call connection.

Dylan lowered his head, covered his mouth with a palm, and laughed softly. He looked back at Luna. Stare hard at the girl.

“During this it seems like I am less firmly talking to lo. I'm close to you it's just friends and relatives. I and your family ‘kan already know close. I have never thought about romance either. So, please do not misunderstand my kindness.”

“So... lo well same me what does that mean?” asked Luna excitedly again.

“Gue consider you a friend, but can already be called a friend as well.”

“All guys are the same. I just love PHP!”

Luna cut off her phone call suddenly. Dylan's brows linked up looking at the blackened phone screen. He put that flat object on the table. Remove used necklaces, store into small boxes, and insert into drawers.

While in other places Luna has shed tears until as much as she pleased.

“Dylan evil.”

Luna imprinted a framed painting containing Dylan's face on the table. He stepped closer to the bed and dropped his body into the bed.

“Luna!”

Sinta slowly opened the pink painted door. This middle-aged woman peered into the room. His forehead shriveled when he found the princess sleeping on her stomach on the mattress.

The mother of two children then went inside with her hands carrying a pile of clothes that had been neatly ironed.

“Luna?” Sinta patted her firstborn's thigh, “do not sleep on her stomach so dear!”

“Mama..” Luna quickly changed position to sit, then hugged the waist of the mother.

“E-eh, what is this?” Sinta tried to hold the clothes in both hands so as not to fall, “this ironing clothes Mama almost fell."

“Dylan evil, Ma.”

Sinta did not understand the meaning of this child. He took off Luna's embrace and put some clothes on the bed. Then the woman sat down beside Luna.

“What's wrong with Dylan? Why did you say he was evil?”

Luna hugged her mother again.

“Dylan doesn't want to be Luna's boyfriend, but why is Ma, Dylan so good with Luna?”

Sinta rubbed Luna's broken hair. He thought of Luna's words.

“Mama also thought Dylan already likes you,” Sinta said in his heart.

“Mama sees basically Dylan is good, son. Maybe you misunderstood. We know his mother, right? Already like brother.”

“Salah Luna too, Ma. Too much chasing Dylan. Maybe he's ilfil.”

“Hus, it's not good to say that. The important thing is that you have tried, if rejected do not make you lose the spirit to find a soul mate. One day someone will love you too.”

Luna puts cheeks on Sinta's chest, “while Luna doesn't want to open her heart to anyone.”

Sinta rubbed back her daughter's hair, “Iya Mama understood dear. The feeling is not easy to change.”

Luna tightened the embrace on Sinta's waist.

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“Can you ask for help?”

“Please what?” ask Kendro.

Luna reached out her hand holding the framed painting had been wrapped neatly, “Love to Dylan. Must get to the hands of his man.”

Kendro received Luna's lick, “What's this? Why not give yourself?”

Luna shook her head.

“Gue just drop. Already yes, there is still ten-minute class left.” The girl then ran away leaving Kendro who was still confused by Luna's attitude.

Tears suddenly plunged freely on Luna's left cheek. He rubbed his wet cheeks quickly.

Luna recalled Brian's words a few weeks ago.

I regret loving someone who doesn't love me.

“From now on I can't insist on staying close and forcing Dylan to like me. Maybe all this time he was sad, but not good to say.” Luna hit her own head, “dumb, supposedly lo aware of this from long ago, Lun.”

“Why I didn't realize that. Already rejected Brian even dare to near Dylan.”

Luna sighed, then accelerated her steps towards her faculty building.

“Gue cariin everywhere turns out to be here.”

Dylan and Javier who were talking while sitting on the stairs raised their heads.

“What's wrong with both of us?” ask Javier.

“Gue cariin Dylan doang sih.” Kendro gives Luna a lick, “make lo.”

With doubt Dylan received the thing, “From whom?”

“From Luna's. I met you in front. He said, drop it for lo.”

“Why did he not directly love himself to me?”

Kendro raised both shoulders.

“What is it that Luna loves?” ask Javier, “open dong!”

Dylan followed the instructions of his best friend. He opened the wrapper covering the painting. Javier and Kendro together amazed to see the work of Luna.

“This Luna herself painted?” Javier took the painting out of Dylan's hands.

“Good,” comments Kendro who views painting with Javier.

Dylan recalled his last conversation with Luna. He thought about it because Luna would not see him today. Though the man wanted Luna not to expect more from him.

“Lo again luna?” javier's question jolted Dylan.

Dylan shook his head quickly, “Nggak.”

The man is lying. He did not want his problems with Luna known to the crowd.

“We are fine. Maybe he's in a hurry to get to class."

“Kata Luna earlier also he was in a hurry to enter the class,” sela Kendro.

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