I'm Not a Bet
Calm Before the Storm
Her night.
Arindi's apartment, 9 p.m.
Arindi was sitting staring at the blank canvas in front of her, the palette in her left hand was still clean, she wanted to paint something but she had no idea yet. It was a task he had to complete the day after tomorrow.
He also changed to look at the night sky sprinkled with thousands of stars through the walls of the apartment made of glass in front of him now. The glass wall was very wide, which was one of the reasons he chose the top floor of the building to live in, this corner of the room was his favorite place to pour all his ideas and imagination. He could sit there for a long time until the sky changed from light to dark.
That was also the reason he still accepted his friend's unreasonable bet, because he did not want to exchange the floor of his apartment with the floor of his best friend even if only one day.
Arindi still stared at the sky in silence, she felt the silence of the idea even though behind her, Nadine and Rasya were busy and excited about her.
"So how the hell Nad, dong story, I wonder, how can they finally be together," said Rasya.
"So gini Yes...."
The talk of his two best friends makes it harder for Arindi to concentrate, more so the loud voice of Rasya who scares his ears every time talking about the name of Tristan. The name itself was already quite disturbing in Arindi's ears.
"You guys don't have a job? I can't focus now." said Arindi casually as she stared out.
"Here deh Rin, the story to me, I've been fighting to go home, close the studio in a hurry." added Rasya.
"5 ... Ga home?" Arindi turned her head towards her best friend while giving a sharp look.
"Sal.. yuk Sya buruan unplug, my neck is still sore because of that, after all tomorrow we have morning class right...." Nadine suddenly stood up and tried to run away as Arindi started counting down, she did not want to be the easy target of Arindi's anger anymore.
"But Nad...." Rasya is still trying to survive.
"4 ...." Arindi started to stand up and relax her hand muscles.
Rasya and Nadine rush out of Arindi's apartment, even they tote their footwear out of fear. Arindi once learned karate even though she did not get to the black belt, but she was very agile, which is why her best friend rushed to escape when Arindi was standing.
His days with Tristan had already made him endure a lot of embarrassment, making him even more emotional if he kept talking.
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Rendy's residence, 9 p.m.
Bruuum!
A motor sport just got parked in Rendy's yard. The figure of a tall and athletic man who only wears a short-sleeved white shirt makes the silhouette of the hand and chest muscles of the field was plastered for real. The man got off the motorbike and approached the small gazebo in the yard.
In the gazebo, Rendi was strumming her guitar and Joe was playing a game on his phone. Randy greeted the newly arrived man.
"Dateng also lu Tan. long awaited," said Rendy.
"I just finished my shower" Tristan said.
"Huh? Abis what are you doing? Bathing malem-malem, lu ga abis that weird right?" ask Rendy suspecting something.
"Damn you, weird what the fuck?"
"Weird? Why the hell?" Joe still doesn't know.
"This is Tristan all day long together and the same girl, suddenly returned home from the mallem .. shower," explained Rendy.
"Lu ngedate with Cellyn?" ask Joe then.
"What a hell, what a shock," replied Tristan.
"Celly? Cellyn is past time, not this Celyn is A Rin Di," Joe explained again.
"What?" Joe looked in disbelief.
"Who's doing it anyway?" answer Tristan weakly.
"So.. seriously you street ma Arindi? That Arindi was, wasn't it?" Joe still can't believe it.
"Is there another Arindi?" ask Rendy.
"Wuaahh Tan, do you marry me Tan?" ask Joe then.
"Why? You like him too Joe?" Rendy.
Joe nodded with a smile.
"Udah ah don't need to be discussed, I'm not anything," explained Tristan.
"What's going on?" joe said again.
Finally, Rendi tells the chronology how Tristan can be the same Arindi all day.
"Wuah turned out to be stabbed by his own best friend," Joe pretended to be sad.
"It's your style, have you done what effort to feel stabbed? Joe you already have a girl, too" replied Rendy.
"Yes, yes, but it's still...."
"Udah do not need to discuss. pinjem your guitar." Tristan also does not care about the opinions of his two friends about Arindi. He just wanted to calm himself, somehow the girl's face was clearly reflected in his memory, making him restless for no reason. He started strumming the guitar in his arms.
"What rumor is Ren?"
"So gini Joe...."
Rendi began to tell Joe about the four friends. Tristan still continues to strum guitars, he is impressed no matter but his ears hear clearly every detail of the story.
"Seriously they are?" scream Joe.
Rendy just nodded.
"You're telling me, really, is it possible that he went to BEM and there's another reason?" Joe is getting serious.
"There must be a reason why an Arindi would go to the BEM," explained Rendy.
"Is it also because of the bet?" search Joe.
"Yup, that's obviously it."
"Heeemmmm, dare them too. And if it is true because of the bet, it means the object of their bet ...."
Joe begins to channel the events, which he can finally get his own question answers after thinking. As if their thoughts could communicate, Joe and Rendi stared at Tristan at the same time. Tristan who felt in the face of his two best friends then looked coldly at the two of them.
"What do you mean? Pain you bedua!" tristan said that felt seen.
"Tan, I'm not going to say gini if I don't know who they are, since the beginning I already felt something strange, proven to happen yesterday. You realize Arindi can't be on the circuit and end up with you? By accident? A deliberate coincidence, isn't it Joe?" cerocos Rendy long.
"Gue agreed with Rendy. If you don't believe, ntar you're proving yourself, you'll be involved with him if it's really like Rendy said," Joe added.
"You need to deduce something that is not necessarily the truth" Tristan argued.
"Ok deh Tan, as my best friend already ingetin you. Don't let you be a victim too, a victim of feelings. Haha."
"The only horrible creatures in the world are women, because they're never wrong" Joe added.
"Hahaha really, this other thing is Tristan.. the steel-hearted man... Want an angel who comes down from the sky he will not open his heart," ridiculed Rendy.
"No no no, but why is it that once I can be sure you're wrong Ren, I'm sure Tristan will bend his knee in front of Arindi."
"An u bedua?" Tristan is getting caught up.
"Seriously I'm Tan, feeling I'm really this time," Joe added.
"Sok sok an use feeling lo Joe," Rendy laughed.
"I'm seriously Ren? Wanna bet?"
"Ok, what if I'm really?"
"The key to my bike, and if I really you are going to lose your bike," said Joe.
"Again" replied Rendy.
"Why the hell, he's not an item, '" Tristan replied.
"Woaaah she's angry, just keep bang her boyfriend." Joe teases Tristan.
Joe and Rendi continued to laugh at Tristan, until he finally left his two friends who were noisy behind him. He thought that by meeting his best friend, the story of Arindi would evaporate in the silence of the night, but instead he kept remembering the girl tonight.
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Celyn's house, 9 p.m.
Cellyn looked furiously at her screen. His lips were trembling with anger, his teeth were shaking with emotion. He could not calm down and kept agitated when he opened a private chat message he got from someone he did not know, someone who did not even put a photo on his profile.
His hand continued to scroll the screen display on his hp. There are dozens of photos of Tristan with Arindi there. The photo was taken with the right angle so it appears that the two people photographed were very intimate, photos containing provocations that were edited in such a way as to cause misunderstandings, Cellyn just swallowed raw without clarifying the truth.
"Women's basis ******!"
"#£####""*"****(*()#*@(((£?#"
All the coarse swearing just came out of his mouth while half-screaming. His mind only imagined Tristan who was talking affectionately to Arindi.
"Lu girl that time, right?"
"Basic sialaaaaaaaaannn...."
"Engga.... You'll never get Tristan."
"Tristan is mine, mine... Forever just for lakeee...."
"Wait for my retaliation *"£"*£***"#####&...."
That night the storm started blowing. Not tight but also not slow, harmless but also will not stop, will not move tree branches but also will not allow the night to be quiet.
A sign that a big storm is coming.
