I PICKED HIM

"The Wrong Serba"

Ali was silent for a moment, hearing Elena's reply. Maybe he was too quick to express his feelings, or indeed there was no hope for him at all from her.

Back on the phone, though,

"Hello... Is it quiet?" ask Elena.

"Yes, you have no problem El, if not ready," said Ali.

"Sorry Al, I don't mean to disrespect your feelings" Elena said.

"For now I'm not ready, after all we don't know our own nature yet" he added.

"It doesn't matter to El, I get it, too" Ali said in a slightly changed voice.

"I hope, after this incident, we can still be close, right, El?" ask Ali to Elena. Because Ali was afraid, after that night their closeness would become tenuous.

"Yes, Al, we stay like this, just live it all," he said, which made Ali a little grand.

"Thank God El is so, I'm glad to hear it."

One week passed, they attended Hima meetings for the next time. This time their seniors discussed about the Hima members' familiarity night event.

"Alright adek-adek, brother as the new chairman of Hima, wants to invite all of you to participate in the makrab event," said Ari as the chairman of Hima nursing.

"Sorry brother, makrab is what and continue it when do you do sis?" ask Diah who is so innocent.

"He, the Makrab deck was a night of familiarity for all of us who joined Hima's organization," Nenty said with a laugh.

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry mbak, because we are new, so do not understand," said Diah.

"So everyone knows what makrab is? Now if you know, now we discuss the time, about when we can do it?" ask Ari to all the members of Hima.

"Our touts may be at any time, so it depends on the decision of your brother and sister" Elena said at the time.

"Well deck, we'll discuss this again, so we all have to argue dong," said Mbak Nenty who pitched cynical.

"It's not so loh kak means Elena, we are all new members ready to join the makrab when and wherever it is done sis, mbak," said Ali who confirmed Elena's speech earlier.

"So you're all in, right? Whatever our decision will be, you must be ready to accept it okay" said Ari.

"Yes ready, brother" said all Hima members who attended the meeting.

"Alright, we will hold a makrab on Thursday night, and his place in the house of brother Robby," said Ari to members of Hima all.

"Okay, brother." Answer Elena and Diah compactly.

Three days later, the night of the event of familiarity arrived. They all gathered first in the campus parking lot. After they had all gathered together, they set out to go to Robby's sister's house. Their activities that night, is to make satay and also roasted chicken. Everyone seemed to know each other that night. And after finishing eating and also berberes, brother Robby was invited to play honesty by turning one bottle.

"Well, we've been eating, than we've been chatting it's not clear how we make a game?" ask Robby.

"What's the fuck's brother By?" tanya mbak Intan and accompanied by others also want to know.

"We play honesty okay" Robby said.

"Oh, play honesty, can you be adek-adek?" ask Nenty to the new Hima members.

"Main what it looks like mbak, because just heard," said Sintia, one of Ali and Elena's classmates.

"So the play is pack the bottle deck, already the bottle is rotated, well if the bottle head stops in front of you, you are free to ask anyone, who, the person you're pointing to should answer honestly, okay?" mbak Nenty said that explains how to play honesty.

"Oh, yes I understand," said Sintia.

They started the game. One by one I have questions. And it was Robby's brother who got hit at the time.

"Well, Robby's brother got it, who do you want?" mbak Intan said while laughing.

"Em, who would you like to know, who is Al," said brother Robby who made Ali feel dag dig dug.

"Al, answer me honestly, do you like El?" asked Robby who made him confused and anxious to answer honestly.

"No other questions, you have to answer them Al!" firmly, Robby.

Ali replied, "yes, sister, I like Elena,"

"Cie cie, someone's in love with this" said Nenty and Sifa who made Elena's face embarrassed.

"Well El, what do you think, Al has revealed this feeling" Robby told Elena.

Elena simply fell silent while chuckling to cover up the embarrassment of what Ali said just now. Then, the bottle is turned back and again the one that hit is Robby's sister.

"Wow, me again" said Robby, laughing.

"This time I want El. Well El, you like it too not the same Al?" ask Robby's sister to Elena.

Sontak Elena was surprised and confused at the question posed by her senior. He looked at the faces of the entire members first who looked at him with a face full of seriousness. It made him feel anxious to answer his questions from Robby's sister.

"I-yes I like kak, like in the sense of being a close friend of that sis," Elena said in a nervous tone.

It immediately made Ali not believe what had just spoken from Elena's sweet mouth. He immediately lowered his head, and let the topic go and he tried to be a good listener.

"Oh, do you like Ali as a friend?" ask Mbak Nenty further.

"yes, I mean Elena, if I'm serious about going out, I'm not ready yet. Elena still wants to see what Ali's attitude will look like in the future" replied Elena who was still the same as when Ali first told her love.

"Nah Al, so you have to give more attitude and attention, give a surprise and things that make Elena happy so that she is ready to be your girlfriend" said Robby's brother who calmed Ali a little. Ali was silent and did not respond at all.

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After the night of familiarity was completed, their routine was as usual, to the campus to go home to sleep aka night butterflies. Ali also came to his kosan Devi to just play ordinary.

"Dev, do you think Elena's gonna be the same as me?" tanya Ali asked Devi's opinion.

"Lah Li, why is she with me?" devi replied in surprise.

"I want to hear from you, Dev," forced Ali.

"It's actually hard for Li, if Elena is going to be your boyfriend," said Devi, who made Ali surprised.

"Why is that Dev? Why is Elena!" tanya Ali slightly sighed.

"I'm sorry Li before, Elena already had a boyfriend but they are ldr an," said Devi.

"Seriously Dev? but how did he never tell me if he already had a girlfriend," said Ali snorted annoyedly and seemed to not believe if Elena had a lover.

When he heard the story from Devi, Ali thought to ask Elena directly. But he was afraid that everything would add to the murky atmosphere. Ali thought he wanted to get away from her, but Ali was also afraid that something was wrong. Ali was wrong and still could not believe that Elena already had a boyfriend.

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