It Turns out There's Love

06 - A CONCERN

At resto.

Zafira was still waiting for Ronald, almost ten times the girl went back and forth looking at the clock that was coiled in her hand, thirty minutes had passed since Ronald said goodbye, there is also no sign Ronald will soon return to see the beautiful girl.

Zafira picked up the phone in the bag and pressed Ronald's contact, a connected call but no response from Ronald.

Zafira took a deep breath, his head spinning through the room, eyeballs sweeping through the resto state, hoping for Ronald to be there, but his hopes were futile.

But suddenly Zafira's eyes caught a figure who was walking a little hurriedly towards the table, where the place was currently sitting.

"Zafira..," call the figure, who is none other than Fariz.

"You? Why are you here?," Zafira asked with a shocked look on her face.

"I deliberately followed you here," Fariz answered honestly without covering up the real situation.

"What?" Zafira's clear eyes rounded just like that when he heard the honest words of his friend.

"You were following me on purpose? You're not my bodyguard, why follow me this far?" Zafira asked astonished at the questionable look of Fariz who was still standing at the table like a defendant.

"May I sit down?" Fariz tried to ask Zafira for permission, as she was actually waiting for an offer from Zafira to tell her to sit down but she did not make an offer.

"Yes, I can" Zafira nodded, a sign of no objection if Fariz sat down with him.

Seeing Fariz sitting in a chair, Zafira impatiently waited for the friend's answer.

"Now tell me, why are you here following me?," with her shady eyes, Zafira stared unblinkingly at the black-hated man before her.

"Zafira, you have to listen to me, stay away from Ronald, he's not a good man for you" Fariz spoke at the heart of the matter.

Zafira frowned, there was a look of surprise on that pretty face, her lips were about to answer Fariz's words, but she canceled the intention, she said, the girl's eyes were fixed sharply on Fariz's face which seemed to be thirsty from being seen swallowing saliva repeatedly.

"It seems that you are thirsty, I order some drinking water yes," Zafira bargained as usual, always giving little attention to Fariz, not because he likes Fariz much less but because he thinks Fariz is his best friend, a childhood friend who is already like his brother.

Another case with Fariz felt, one of the things that made Fariz amazed the girl in front of him was the caring nature of Zafira, which sometimes makes Fariz often misinterpret the attention of the beautiful girl.

The little attention of Zafira made Fariz's heart grow more amazed and more fond of the beautiful girl, from day to day the feelings in Fariz's heart towards Zafira grew more and more and more and never seemed to end.

The nature of the attention that the girl has decreases from the mother, Laras, who always pay attention to the papa, Arga, in all situations and conditions, in all situations, one of the reasons that made Arga's heart melt that eventually fell in love with Laras.

"No need, I'll just drink your drink" said Fariz, reaching for a bottle of Zafira mineral water with a quarter left.

"Oh no, this is my mark, I can order you a new drink" Zafira tried to ban, trying to take back the bottle in Fariz's hands.

Fariz, however, kept Zafira's hand away from the bottle and quickly gulped down the water in the bottle.

Zafira could only gawk at Fariz's behavior then shook his head.

"Thou art here, ordered to drink unwillingly, even willingly to drink my former, slovenly!," grumbled zafira astonished.

"It's okay, I don't feel disgusted, drinking water from your old bottle will taste sweeter, hehe, hehe..," Fariz chuckled teasing Zafira.

"Iiihh, not funny," Zafira blurted her lips to make Zafira's face look more beautiful in Fariz's eyes.

Fariz unconsciously, continued to look at Zafira's face and enjoy every second that passed with Zafira, this is a rare moment, he can be alone and this close to the girl of love.

"Keep.., continue your explanation earlier, what happened to Ronald? Why are you telling me to stay away from him?" Zafira asked with a serious look.

Fariz, who was still staring at Zafira's face, stammered as Zafira asked her questions again.

"Eh.., that.., I was deliberately following you from school, and I was also following Ronald downstairs," Fariz replied stammered, then cast a glance in the other direction

"Yes right, Ronald had permission for me to see his mother downstairs, and I knew that, and on, what was the problem?," Zafira said casually without suspecting Ronald.

"Are you sure he's meeting his mother?" Fariz refocused his gaze on the girl in front of him, staring at Zafira unblinkingly.

"Yes, I'm sure, what's going on? you say the obvious, don't talk in a hurry," Zafira began to get upset.

"Ronald lied to you, he didn't see his mother but his girlfriend, I saw Ronald with a girl and bought him an expensive bag" Fariz told Zafira, hoping that the girl can open up a little mind about her assessment of Ronald.

If it's true that Ronald met his girlfriend, it means that Ronald has lied to him.

"It's impossible for Ronald to meet his girlfriend, I'm sure he's downstairs to see his mom," Zafira still insists on maintaining her own thoughts.

"Zafira, I'm sure, the girl is his girlfriend, I can see the affection between them," Fariz kept trying to open his mind.

"Aah, you are, deliberately want to muddy the atmosphere. Even if Ronald met his girlfriend downstairs, maybe they met by accident, because I know, his girlfriend you mean it must be Citra. Ronald and Citra have been broken up for a long time. Now they are just friends, nothing more. Ronald told me all about it,"

"I wonder, you still believe in that playboy? why don't you try to open your eyes, don't put too much trust in a lying man like him," Fariz began to be annoyed by Zafira's unwillingness to believe his explanation.

Fariz was so worried about Zafira, he did not want Zafira to hurt because Ronald was smart to lie. Fariz continued to try to advise his best friend but unfortunately the girl adored Ronald more than him.

"It was Fariz, there was no need to explain all this, because Ronald had already told about his past with Citra. I believe they have no relationship anymore. And then I'll ask Ronald directly, what exactly happened between him and Citra below,"

Fariz frowned at the temple, staring in wonder at the girl in front of him. And he was also surprised, what advantages Ronald so that Zafira could be very fascinated even with the ease of always believing every word that slides from Ronald's mouth.

But Fariz did not run out of ways to convince Zafira, he reached into the phone and showed some photos to the girl.

"Let's see this, it might make you believe me" Fariz gave Zafira his phone.

Zafira's eyes narrowed, looking at a photo of Ronald with Citra, where in the photo seen Citra was embracing Ronald's arm.

"This photo that you just took?" asked Zafira with eyes still focused on observing the photo on the phone screen.

"Yes, now you just believe what I said?" Fariz was a little relieved to have given evidence to the beautiful girl.

"Sorry Fariz, I can't believe it just by looking at a photo before I hear an explanation directly from Ronald" Zafira said giving back the phone to Fariz.

Fariz's face looked gloomy hearing Zafira's words, he took the phone and put it back in his pants pocket. Fariz was disappointed that Zafira believed in Ronald more than he did.

"Well, I can't force you to believe what I'm saying, but my message is, you have to be more careful with Ronald, he's a cunning man" Fariz said.

"Yes, take it easy, you don't have to worry about me, I'll be fine" Zafira smiled at Fariz.

As Zafira looked at Fariz's face, the girl accidentally looked at Fariz's lips, with a bruise on the corner of his best friend's lips.

"Why are your lips bleeding?" asked Zafira a little worriedly.

"It's okay, it's just a small wound" Fariz replied casually ignoring Ronald's punched wounds.

Zafira opened the bag and took out a wet tissue.

"Here, I clean your wounds" Zafira said softly.

Without feeling awkward, Zafira reached out and touched Fariz's lips, left hand held his chin and right hand cleaned the wound at the corner of his best friend's lips with a wet tissue.

"No?," Zafira asked, gently touching the bruise.

Fariz choked, his eyes widened, his heart racing, the touch of Zafira's hand made Fariz's heart beat erratically.

For a few seconds Fariz's breath stopped blowing to get the attention of Zafira who was so sweet.

"No?" Zafira repeated his question.

"Ti-no..," answered Fariz stammered looking fixedly at the pretty face before him.

"Why is it bruised like this? You've been fighting, haven't you?" Zafira tried to guess.

Fariz, who did not want to lie, finally told the truth to the friend.

"Yes, I hit Ronald, and he hit me on the lip" Fariz explained.

"You hit Ronald because you saw him with Citra? Right?," asked Zafira confidently. Again and again Zafira guessed precisely.

"Yes," Fariz replied, nodding to Zafira's words.

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