If You Love

Eps. 35 One Day Later, Brill Timothy

“Rill..”

Brother Ando lifted a transparent clear plastic bag so it was immediately discovered what it contained. Little smiley Rilly knew what Ando wanted. Rilly had just entered Betsy's oma room with a large glass that was used by the oma to drink.

“Yes for a minute, Rilly bring in the glass of oma first.”

When Rilly cooked Ando apparently went up to his room so that it coincided with the finished noodles made Ando had come down looking fresh because he had just taken a bath in a basketball jersey suit that apparently became a daily sleepwear.

“Please eat sis... Rilly want to enter the room, want pijitin oma.”

“Temenin briefly Ril, not good to eat alone.”.

Rilly stopped stepping into Betsy's oma room, seeing Ando's brother who did not eat right away still standing as waiting for him to stay with her. With little reluctance Rilly sat in front of Fernando. He remembered the dislike of Armando's stare that caught several times the night's activities that now routine Fernando and Rilly, but somehow he sat down also following Ando's request.

To be honest every time, Rilly was afraid to interact with Ando's brother because of Armando, but how else?

Now everyday they must meet here, especially at night when Ando's brother comes home from his place of business they will meet both in this dining room, do not know also why this Ando brother always eats dinner at home, even though in a city this big people with a life like them rarely anyone who eats at home. This is also what Rilly observed during his stay here, the main family of the owner of this house almost never ate at home.

But in the last few months, Fernando has always eaten at home and always asked Rilly to make instant noodles.

“Kak Ando should reduce eating instant noodles..”.

“Udah often you say Ril..”.

“But brother Ando does not stop..the danger of you constantly consuming this..”.

“Iya, you know.. this is the last deh, for your sake I will stop eating instant noodles...”.

Fernando answered lightly.

“What the hell Brother Ando.. for the sake of health brother Ando dong.. time for Rilly..”.

Fernando only glanced for a while then ate voraciously, looking so savored.

This overbearing bloke may be due to his love of exercise, with the facial lines inherited from Armando's om gene being very clear, good looking in fact, but for Rilly not so he noticed Ando's physicality, someone far away there has become the standard for judging a handsome not a guy.

Fernando is too masculine and someone in his memory is very handsome, with a body not too contained but not thin with a face that can be said to be sweet, only thick eyebrows make that sweet face so accentuate the side as a guy.

“Not learn again you?”

Brother Ando's voice rang out on the sidelines as he enjoyed his instant noodles.

“Oh... Rilly.. Rilly did not pass the selection.

Rilly replied quietly, the announcement last week left him disappointed, his name was not on the list of those who passed admission to college. It seemed like a good thing was still too far from his life line. He had hoped that someday things would be better in his life, not not to be grateful for his present existence but he wanted his life not to depend on others anymore, and his innocence affected his mentality to hope again.

“What faculty do you choose? At what university?”

“FEKON at UNSRAT..”

“Oh?? So you plan to go home to Manado? Don't want to study here?”

“Rilly will come home. so try at the university in Manado, it does not pass..”.

“Why not here? You can enter private, many good universities.”.

Rilly smiled but his heart ached, some time ago he had a chat with Giveel and so knew that studying at a private university was very expensive.

“Rilly can't, Rilly wants to join oma..”.

Rilly replied slowly, this was also the reason why, he did not want to be separated from the oma, even though Aunt Isye was good, too good even, he did not want to, but it would be very different if he stayed here while Betsy's oma was gone.

“Oma has taken care of Rilly, there is a nurse, continues to live in aunt Irma's house as well… private university here is much better.. here just do not need to come home, vacation you can visit oma too.. later brother Ando help you find a good university.”.

Brother Ando stopped his eating and became chatty about his college.

“Do not make it, do not papa kok Rilly did not continue college, already grateful to be able to finish high school..”.

Fernando stared right in Rilly's eyes, he placed the chopsticks on top of his noodle bowl.

“Ril... Why think like that? High School diploma is not enough for your life in the future...if you can get better why give up? Not pass to State University but do not give up dong.”.

“Gak papa, sis.. in Manado SMA diploma already can make working room.”

“Rilly? Do not have a mental attitude just dong, just live life. Do not have a low view, must have the determination to realize the best life, not just a mediocre life, or just below average… you can really if you dare to have big dreams.dare to have big dreams.kayak Ando and kak Oyen. You also studied at least S1.”

Rilly looked at Fernando who was being serious in front of him. He wanted a better life, but how? According to him, the lecture at PTN was the only one he could receive when Aunt Isye offered it, the lecture at PTS opened the option he dared to accept, how much would the cost that Aunt Isye had to spend? He was afraid that later on he would not be able to repay the kindness of Aunt Isye.

“For what nonsense? Looks like exciting?”

Aunt Isye just came home not directly to the room as usual but stopped by to sit near her boy.

“This is mi, Rilly did not pass the entrance exam and did not want to continue college aja he said.. I said earlier in college in private only..

“Benner Ril?”

“Iya aunt, no papa. kan Rilly want to come home too, so Rilly feels no need.. no papa really, Rilly help treat oma aja..”.

“Ril... mami just ask you to go to college, how the hell, time do not want?”

Om Armando is now the one who entered the room. The conversation about Rilly stopped.

“Honey... I just arrived... want to take a shower?”.

Aunt Isye looked at her husband with a smile.

“Again talk about what?”

Om Armando stared probing, seeing his son here his curiosity appeared, Om Armando did not want his son to deal with the young girl his wife now cared for. While Fernando spontaneously moved to sit next to Rilly now, Armando's heart churned, it's been a long time he observed his son every time he came home at this hour.

“Rilly want to enter a room, aunt..”.

“Eh?? We are talking about you..”

“No aunt, as Rilly said... Rilly came home, that's it..”.

Rilly had just gotten a sharp look from Armando's om. He knew he couldn't mess around, if he meant that look.

“Rill, briefly, pastiin used to be your lecture..”.

“Oh yes, Rilly remembered earlier had not incandescent oma... oma again waiting actually..”.

Rilly entered the room hurriedly, but the door was not closed entirely because he listened to an Armando om sentence…

“You two do not need to care for the child, let him go home with mom.”.

“What the hell, honey.. pity you, I promised to finance his college...”.

“I forbid it, Is... enough of your charity work..he has finished High School, has been operated...he is not your business anymore.”.

“Honey.. She's a mother child, she's my sister, I want her not to quit school... she should get a good education.”.

“Mami will be taken care of Irma, it should be like that you children take turns taking care of mami, she has never taken care of mami so now it's her turn. Leave the child's affairs to Irma as well.”.

“Hon..”.

“I forbid you Is... don't fight me.. and you Ando, don't deal with him, don't get too close to him ..”.

“Loh? What does papi mean?”

“Do not be kind to him.”

“Hah? I'm not being pretentious, I'm just being nice to this family member.”

“He is not our family, keep your attitude, later you are fooled again like yesterday.”

“Jeez... my attitude? Why is papi interfering with my personality now? I'm not a teenager that people can fool, pi... anyways, why call Rilly that?”

“Yes, you are indeed not a teenager anymore, but you were tricked all-out with Sendy.”

“Loh? Papi what's with Sendy?”

“You're off guard that kid can be like Sendy.”

“Papi is not rational, why generalize and suspect people?”

“Papi just beware, Ando! You guys aren't careful with him then I do it!”

“Jesus Hon? That's what you thought of Rilly?”

“Terden! That's my judgment, and you should listen to me, don't be naive!”

“A naive and arrogant papi!"

Fernando answered angrily and then immediately went up to the upper room, leaving his half-living noodles, he was offended by the words of the papi.

“Hon? Ando twenty-seven years, you still dictate it? You don't trust your son?”

“I don't want him to get entangled with irresponsible women, I guess I'm not wrong!”

“That's the same, Honey, you make her angry, you don't respect her privacy, anyway you say as if she and Rilly have something.”

“You don't know, do you? They almost every night chatting together until late at night, it must be because of something, Is.

“Oh?? Honey, you're too suspicious, you really don't appreciate your son, what are you papi like? Do you not understand, at his age now whatever he does has become his personal responsibility? Why treat Ando like a snot who knows nothing?”

“Is... I only..”

“You are outrageous, Armando. Your suspicions about Rilly offended me. She's my family Armando, even though you don't want to admit it. She's my sister.”.

Aunt Isye left her husband with an annoyed face, and Rilly rubbed her chest, something pierced her heart, it hurt. The door that opened slightly closed slowly until it made no sound.

With a shunt step he took the folding mattress on the side of Sister Dina's bed, then set it up and laid her body there. Oma and Sister Dina were already asleep, remaining Rilly who was lying against the wall, the corner of her eyes wet.

She was not a crybaby girl, having been used to keeping all the heartache in her quiet heart. But the pain this time was so stabbing, a baseless accusation just because he helped Ando's sister cook, he never intended to flirt or anything like that, he served brother Ando just because he wanted to feel the warmth of an older brother, yes, he was like seeing the figure of an older brother from Fernando. It turns out that it is not allowed by Armando.

His determination to reject the kindness of his aunt Isye to finance his college is getting rounder.

There is no sentence ‘one day life will be better’, nothing like that is possible in the line of his life, there is always something that blocks every time he steps to achieve something.

Rilly has not been able to fall asleep because of a broken heart looking for his cellphone, it turns out that it is at the foot of Betsy's oma. Rilly lay down like that again opening the fb account application he created since he had his own phone.

Rilly scrolls the timeline, likes a few posts, is interested in seeing a friend request that is red, and there is the name Brill Timothy R.

So remember the story a year ago, was he able to feel regret? The choice that time did not meet Brill seemed to have no meaning for his life after that, maybe if he decided to meet the story will be different, maybe he will have a little something beautiful in his life?

Rilly confirmed the request with a thumping heart mixed with excitement that suddenly appeared. Rilly noticed some photos of Brill on her wall making Rilly feel a little better.

Rilly made a comment on Brill's latest selfie...

Hi Brill, are you?

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