If You Love

Eps. 27. A Friend

Hii... See you soon with Rilly and Brill

Forgive me for showing up again.... Hope you continue with Aby here...

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Rilly tidied up the textbook when the bell rang the lesson hour mark was over. Now he does not need to rush home because he is worried about Betsy or the work that awaits at home. Rilly tries to get home in time.

After Rilly did not immediately move out of class, he looked at his phone weighing whether to turn on the object or not. He knew Brill was still trying to get in touch, it was the fourth day the guy was in Jakarta.

His last chat last night still expressed a desire to meet and info about until when the guy was here. There was not a single chat and call the guy answered. The talk of Armando and Isye's aunt is so strongly imprinted on his memory, and further restricts him from meeting Brill.

"Ril... Would you like to walk again?"

"Eh. yeah..."

"Bareng yes. I want to walk too..."

Giveel, Rilly's new friend, does not sit in a row but this girl is the most friendly student who welcomes herself as a new student in the class, plus lives in the same complex. Giveel his son is jolly and supple, first offering a relationship as a friend makes Rilly unyielding to familiarize himself, and began to enjoy having someone to talk to and do something at school... and one thing, Rilly is more confident with the state of his face even though according to Aunt Isye he still needs one more operation, but at least his face does not look 'creepy' anymore.

Rilly waited for her new friend to finish cleaning up hers...

"Yukks street..."

Giveel smiled and walked ahead of Rilly out of the class.

"Aren't you with Brigitta and Zania?"

Rilly asked cautiously as they walked down the hallway between the classrooms to descend towards the first floor of the three-story school building, their classroom on the second floor. The two girls Rilly mentioned were close friends of Giveel.

"Son... Together they must be the way to where I used to be. Mami I can't get me now, the exam class has to be more serious studying..."

Giveel replied slowly there seemed to be turmoil, but a few seconds later his facial expression was normal again.

Below as they traversed the parking lot before reaching the gate, two of Giveel's friends immediately shouted in a frenzy calling out to Giveel.

"Veels... We're waiting for you..."

From far away Zania shouted as she waved her hand asking Giveel to approach them. Giveel hastened the pace of approaching his two best friends since tenth grade. But when Rilly realized that it was slowing Giveel turned around and pulled Giveel's hand.

In front of Zania and Brigitta, Giveel threw an awkward smile...

"Sorry, I'm not coming with you guys..."

"About? Like that now, have a new theme so tell us the story..."

Gita said ketus with a cynical face mimic when she met with Rilly. Zania is also seen sneering, very visible facial expressions showing displeasure there is Rilly among them. Realizing that Rilly was standing slightly behind Giveel, Rilly threw away his rest through a slow breath, wherever he always felt unwelcome to many.

"It's not... You know how my mom is. Now Saturday Sunday I can go..."

"Veel day gini live in patesin like that, why your mom so not asiik anyway..."

Zania started to grumble. Rilly becomes awkward, wanting to smile for the two girls who are dealing with them but in their attitude Rilly sees there is an indifferent attitude even not like him.

"Mommy said I'm in an exam class, I have to study seriously..."

"Oh my goodness Veel, it's still a long time, there are no tests, just entered us. There are-there are only..."

Giveel just her lips to hear the words of Zania about her mother, her heart does not feel good mami assessed like that, her heart is not good also several times have refused the invitation to hangout with her friends.

"Yes, pull out yuk Zan..."

Gita without saying anything more to Giveel immediately got into the car while looking at Rilly with the same look in his eyes. Rilly goes awry, at least they blame Rilly for Giveel's attitude to them.

"Just go home, Ril..."

Giveel stepped up finally after staring sadly at the departure of two friends in an expensive car driven by Brigitta and Zania.

"I'm sorry... Veel, things are getting uncomfortable because of me..."

Rilly said quietly while matching Giveel's steps.

"Ehh. not that Ril..."

"But you're sad..."

"Mmhhhh... Yes, it's not good with Gita and Zania, but. I also don't want to volunteer with my mom..."

Giveel shrugged his shoulders and did not hide the sadness in his heart, not understanding why the friends since tenth grade could not understand his current condition.

"It's like they don't like me walking with you..."

"Let's just. If they're really my friends, they should understand my situation right, understand that my mom means good..."

"I feel bad about you..."

"Don't feel that way Ril. I'm even grateful there are you, other friends are also like Gita and Zania, consider my mom strange... I am not comfortable walking with them either. I'm honestly glad you're..."

Giveel smiled as the two of them looked at each other. Rilly was relieved, there was a person like Giveel who was open and willing to be friendly with him, no matter if the other classmates had not or might not even welcome him well.

One month of being in a new class, he felt it was special from many girl friends who were indifferent, there were some who just smiled and kept their distance. Precisely a guy friend who is nice, everywhere may be like that, the boys can be more friendly if his new student is a girl, the hospitality followed by the cynical views of the girls in class. The fate of a new student, and a Giveel offering hospitality was enough for him.

Giveel's wire rang...

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"Yes mom..."

"Why walk? Mang Ujang says you don't want to be picked up he said to walk... it's far from darling, who are you walking with?"

"My friend's name is Mama..."

"Male? Darling... Do you have a boyfriend now?"

"Ihh mami... Rilly's name. Mami doesn't believe Ayin now..."

Giveel frowned, his tone turning sulky, annoyance suddenly burst forth. Ordinary mami chatty indeed but now feels more curbed like to ask a lot of things especially regarding what and with whom he did something.

"Eh that... Ayin has a new friend, his house is close to our house.he used to walk when he came home, Ayin followed..."

"Mommy's already got the entrance gate, mami samperin aja ya..."

"Hhhh no mam, Ayin wants to stop by at Moe's Dough..."

Giveel gave an excuse, which he really did not want his mom to pick him up.

"We met there..."

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My dear mother ended the call. Giveel looked annoyed at the rose gold-colored flat object in his hand, right it turns out that mommy is now turning overprotective.

While beside Giveel, Rilly walked in silence, inwardly desirous of having someone she could call mama, who would care for her.

"Rilly, I stopped by the cafe before the entrance gate.mommy I'm waiting for me there..."

"Oh. I can..."

"A little late papa? Not looking for Ortu, right?"

"Gaaak.my parents are in Manado..."

"Ehh? Seriously? You from Manado?"

"Yes..."

"Or not Ril, I often go to Manado, oma-opa I live there..."

"Oh yeah? You're from Manado too?"

"To be exact oma-opa I am from Palu but then work and live in Manado... Now retired, but still living there..."

"Oh that..."

"Keep, you're here the same who dong..."

"I.. live with Aunt Isye..."

"Oh that..."

The two girls smiled at each other, like finding a new reason that further added to their closeness.

At the famous bakery and cafe the two girls turned and entered. Giveel picked out his favorite bread and sweet cakes, chose for Rilly to also order two ice coffees, then they took the place for two in a corner of the room.

"Seek your hp number Ril..."

"Ehh yes..."

Rilly then calls out his phone number, Giveel saves the number and makes a call.

"Hp you're dead huh? Not connected..."

"Ehh.. sorry, just ya..."

Rilly turns on her phone with a feeling of anxiety, afraid Brill stormed in with calls and chats again, she feels bad if it happens again today, she said, at least he felt guilty for not being able to respond well to the man's wishes.

Hp Rilly beeps later, a call is made in an app.

"That's my number, saved yeah..."

"Yes..."

Just moments after Rilly had kept Giveel's number ringing again, a call that probably wouldn't stop before Rilly agreed to Brill's request to meet.

"You didn't answer your phone Ril? That's the fifth time it sounds..."

Giveel asked as he looked at Rilly with an inquisitive look when he saw Rilly just letting his phone ring without answering him.

"Eh. doesn't matter..."

"It's important that if it's not important he won't call repeatedly like that..."

Rilly exhales in an agitated manner, thinking Brill will get bored of himself and eventually stop contacting him, toch they are not in a relationship that requires intense communication.

"Will not answer yes?"

Giveel said again as Rilly's phone rang again. There was a smile of understanding on Giveel's pretty face, making Rilly smile in an awkward way.

"Yes..."

Rilly replied slowly.

"Friends or girlfriends in Manado? Kangen..."

"Eh?"

"Sorry. so kepo hehehe... Boyfriend huh?"

"Mom..no really..."

"Yes it has been answered. pity you, it's separated the same you keep the phone unanswered.. sad for sure..."

Giveel stirred his ice coffeenya with a brown flat straw. Rilly looked at his phone, Giveel's words touching his heart. Is it true that Brill is sad because he did not answer or reply to all the calls and messages? With a turbulent question in the heart Rilly pressed the green button on the phone.

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"Yes... Brill..."

"Finally Ril..."

Brill screams happily across there. Patience and the will to not give up contacting Rilly came to fruition.

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