JANUARY AND MAHENDRA

27. When You Tell Me That You Love Me

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The day is getting late, people who are behind the house look still reluctant to enter the house. Presumably they still want to relax, and just joke ria. Gantari still laughs to see Mahendra who ceaselessly creates jokes even though he will be collared with Luke or Yanuar. Then Dirga? Looks like he chose to split up and enjoy the night with Laras.

And in the corner of the yard right next to the entrance of the house, Nathan was sitting alone enjoying his coffee. The man knew if he drank coffee in front of Mahendra, who was even scolded completely so Nathan chose to join the separation and watch the crowd made by Mahendra in front there. Occasionally, Nathan would also chuckle because Mahendra's joke was still heard in Nathan's ear.

"Funny huh?" Ask a girl who came from the crowd and sat right next to Nathan.

The man only glanced at Gantari and then nodded before looking back at Mahendra who was still funny.

"Abang you're funny" the girl spoke again, so she chuckled.

"Nat, do you know why Mahendra chose to run away?" Gantari asked, Nathan only shook his head but he kept trying to answer the question of the girl beside him.

"Because I'm sick of it" Nathan replied, but it made Gantari laugh.

The girl turned to Nathan, "He's just afraid of Nat, he's really afraid of losing you. The way he was wrong from the start and it made him unable to do anything"

"He's still as understanding as ever, Nat. You should know and be proud to have a brother kayak Mahendra, although maybe you every day must be dizzy because of his behavior. Just like me who every day will hold his head every time Mahen treats me strange things."

Nathan nodded his head in agreement, feeling that what Gantari said was indeed true. Mahendra is as understanding as that, Mahendra is no longer doing fun things to Nathan, but at least Mahendra is still doing it for others.

"But behind it all, Mahendra is still Mahendra. He's still the same Mahendra who used to care for you, Mahendra's anger is not just because he hates you Nat. he's just trying to heal his own wounds".

Nathan said, his net turns to look at Gantari, "I never turn on the Mahen bang, because indeed if he was angry it was natural. I was the source of anger bang Mahen back then. And I also don't expect bang Mahen to be sorry for me so soon"

Nathan looked back at Mahendra in front of him who was still laughing with the others, "Geliat he can still laugh and make people laugh I've felt enough. I just want to see him be himself, he's been carrying too much weight."

Gantari also looked at Mahendra, the man who was playing with the others. Seeing how the man laughed, seeing how the man solved all his problems, Gantari was again amazed, Mahendra is indeed magical.

She laughed and made Gantari laugh.

"Gan," Nathan calls Gantari to turn to Nathan. The girl just nodded.

Nathan returned to his voice but still accompanied by a small oddity, "Bang Mahen tuh if you already like the girl he will fight for it. You see, I have never found out that Mahen fell in love or attention with girls other than mothers. Bang Mahen is weird, but if it's the same problem he's in love I can guarantee he never lies about his feelings. Because he will always take care of what makes him feel comfortable. And that I found in you, for the first time I squirm the eyes bang Mahen sparkled and the first time also I squirm bang Mahen jealous when I was with you."

The man then turned back to look at Gantari with a gaze full of demand, "I put bang Mahen yah Gan, because I'm not sure I can continue to exist for him. He was easily sick, it was a long time ago" at the end of his sentence Nathan smiled bitterly.

Nathan grabbed his warm coffee and then he sipped. He again watched Mahendra as he sighed his lust.

Gantari who saw Nathan was still consuming coffee when he was in a state of heart disease and stomach acid also sighed with a sense of wanting to reprimand this man.

"Nat, do not drink coffee often" said Gantari.

Nathan then chuckled after realizing that Gantari was staring at him who was enjoying his warm coffee. "Not often kok Gan, this is also a new drink."

"Why does Nat, like coffee?"

"Why yeah? I also do not know for sure, maybe because I often stay up late and alternate nyari with coffee so as not to sleep. Eh so addicted deh, even though the same mother bang Mahen always love me milk every mallem as a substitute let me not drink coffee continue. But how well, it doesn't work if you don't drink coffee". Nathan said he was still wiping his coffee.

Gantari nodded her head understandingly, "but you also have to inget the same health Nat". The girl then got up, she smiled briefly at Nathan before she sauntered away leaving Nathan alone, Gantari chose to join Mahendra. The girl slightly smiled as she turned her head back to look at Nathan for a moment.

Seconds after Gantari said his last sentence Nathan was silent while staring at the coffee that was in his grasp. He also did not know why coffee was the reason for his illness. Though this coffee that always keeps himself awake every night along with his duties or work. Until he forgot what it was like to sleep.

Nathan sighed for the umpteenth time, then he threw away his warm, unspent coffee, staring at every stream as it spilled onto the ground. Nathan realized, if not himself then who else? Nathan also wants to live longer so he can do things he has not been able to do. Half of his life is too busy, right? This should be an opportunity for Nathan to lead a more enjoyable life.

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Gantari woke up, he slightly checked his phone turned out the clock was still showing at 3 in the morning. He narrowed his eyes a little, then with a slow movement did not want to disturb the others he moved from his bed. With his heart he stepped past Mahira, Laras and Jihan who fell asleep under a foam mattress, and Keshwari who fell asleep on the bed. Gantari walked slowly and walked out of her room.

The girl slightly rubbed her eyes, walking towards the kitchen her throat felt dry. He just wants to drink now.

Gantari almost jumped when she found out Mahendra was struggling in the kitchen. The man turned his head when he found out someone was walking towards him.

"Lo gapain? Malem-malem too, almost I think the thief" said Gantari while opening the refrigerator taking mineral water and then sipping it.

"There is no good-looking gini Gan" Mahendra interrupted, his hands are still busy twitching open 2 packs of instant noodles.

Gantari only snorted

"Still laper too lo?" Gantari asked a little closer to Mahendra. He stood right next to Mahendra.

"Do not know, suddenly want instant noodles only."

It was strange, even though Mahendra had spent a lot of meat and now he made 2 packs of instant noodles at once. If only kepengen only at least he made one pack instead of even directly 2 packs like this.

"You?" Tawar Mahendra's.

Gantari shook her head, the girl chose to sit while staring at Mahendra's broad back.

Staring at each of the man's gestures while presenting his own instant noodles, Mahendra took a seat right in front of the gdis. Then gobbling up his food carefully, Mahendra is like that he will always be calm when eating, he said pamali if eating while talking.

Mahendra finished his meal, he then sighed while patting his own stomach slowly. Finally feeling full too. Gantari just chuckled. "Gue just realized something, you turned out to be very calm if you eat again"

Mahendra then chuckled when he heard Gantari's words. The man moved, waltzing away towards the backyard.

"Where are you going?" Ask Gantari

"Do you see anything Gan?" Instead of answering, Mahendra instead asked a question after he was at the door, Gantari just frowned looking at Mahendra's face which became a sumringah.

The girl became curious until she finally got up and walked over to Mahendra. The man then grabbed Gantari's hand and then he held it and took it somewhere.

Mahendra opened the basement door in the corner of the backyard, both of them entered a room Mahendra then turned on a light switch that made this room filled with dim light.

Gantari looked at Mahendra, as if he wanted to ask the man what room was under his house. A lot of Mahendra's collection items are stored neatly here, many books are also arranged on wooden shelves. There is a long and wide sofa almost similar to a bed located right in the corner of the room. This is probably the place Mahendra uses to relax.

"This is the stuff of Gan's mother, I deliberately nyimpen here" said Mahendra when he saw Gantari was circulating his views on every neatly arranged item. "It just so happens that my mother likes to read books, so yes the collection of all books".

Gantari then became interested in one of Mahendra's mother's books entitled 'The beauty is Luka author Eka Kurniawan '

"My father also had this book" the girl said as the red-coated book went on.

Mahendra who heard that immediately changed his attention turned to Gantari and then walked up to the girl.

"Gue was horrified to read this book" Gantari immediately goosebumps then put the red-bound book back on the wooden shelf.

"Why? It's really good that it's a book" Mahendra said.

"Did you ever read it?" The girl looked at the man beside her.

Mahendra nodded, "already"

"Aren't you afraid to read it?"

"Why should you be afraid anyway Gan, it's not a horror genre"

"But there's horror to know"

The next instant Mahendra chuckled, "yes but only a little Gan, not all the horror".

"There's a horror impression of it"

"It's up to you, if the debate is not finished" Mahendra's final, the man then grabbed his guitar lying on the sofa.

Gantari looked at Mahendra who was pushing without a tone, he was arranging the strings to be better heard.

When it feels right, Mahendra began strumming his guitar singing a song that almost every night Gantari heard, the difference he witnessed this directly and no longer limited by the walls of the house.

The song Westlife - My Love by Mahendra is now real in hearing Gantari, the vocal sound and guitar accompaniment that somehow became very fitting stated by Mahendra. Gantari's eyes closed as if he was enjoying the strains and songs of Mahendra, until finally his eyes opened when Mahendra's voice was no longer heard.

The man moved from the sofa walking towards the closet that contained an ancient cassette player, seen the man was choosing his favorite cassette. He tuned it, the music has now changed but still from the same singer, the song Westlife - When You Tell Me That You Love Me now plays beautifully on the old cassette.

Mahendra walked over to Gantari and then stretched out his hand as if inviting Gantari to dance with him. Gantari then chuckled before he received Mahendra's hand.

"Gue can not dance, btw" said Gantari when his hand was in Mahendra's grasp.

Mahendra clasped Gantari's slender waist to get closer, sedik moved his body to follow the music that was playing, "gue also really can not, we can find according to instinct alone"

Mahendra's words made Gantari more and more chuckling.

As if carried away by the atmosphere, both equally enjoy the flow they move according to the instinct of the origin in rhythm and can still be said as a Dance. They do not even know the actual concept of dance, basically moving left and right as long as they do not hit and step on each other's feet.

"Gan?" Call Mahendra, Gantari just cleared his throat. The two are still looking at each other. Behind this dimly lit room they still enjoy music that seems to be an escort.

"when will you say that you love me?" Mahendra asked, his gaze becoming very serious. "And when will you accept me?"

Gantari then smiled, as if returning all those gazes. "Now, Mahendra now I will say it"

Gantari's hand took off the link on Mahendra's grip and then turned around hugging Mahendra's bend. He twitched a little to align his height with Mahendra, until finally Gantari ventured to kiss a glimpse of the thick lips of Mahendra. Let if later Gantari will be ashamed of himself because he has dared to do something like this.

Mahendra who got treatment suddenly from her girl was immediately stiffened, her heart pumping very fast Gantari just dipped her but why she felt so flowery.

Mahendra also smiled, a smile no less sweet with Gantari. The man immediately tilted his head to grab back the lips that had kissed him. It was as if he did not want to let those lips get away from him.

This time, Mahendra will be in control.Let's just say Gantari was opening every path to the deepest feelings.

The taste of flowering mixed as if to be a spice for both of them who are sowing all their happiness.

Mahendra further deepened his kiss, tasting everything that was on the moist surface of Gantari's lips made this girl's feelings become more depressed.

Mahendra took off the link, then looked at Gantari's bead very slowly although now his eyes are really very cute, Mahendra's hand turned to grab Gantari's bend and kissed her again deeper and wetter, wetter, his body walked forward and made Gantari automatically walk backwards until he collapsed on the long, wide sofa with Mahendra on it.

Mahendra lowered his kiss on the jaw and swept every corner of his chin until it reached the neck of the level belonging to Gantari, the girl stiffened even more when clearly felt Mahendra kiss him. A kiss that felt so soft but so strong, this intoxicating Gantari was crazy with frustration when the kiss was changed with a suction.

Gantari held her breath, until she finally gave up and without realizing it she moaned. But at that moment everything was over, Mahendra raised his head to look at my face Gantari with a very sweet smile. "Gan, sleep again. I'm sleepy"

Along with Mahendra's words, the man moved to turn his position into a slant and then grabbed Gantari's body tightly. Very tight, as if he had never let go of this girl.

Gantari snorted when she heard Mahendra's well-ordered breathing, the man had completely fallen asleep. This is how Gantari sleeps? This girl's sleepiness was lost when in the kitchen earlier, especially with Mahendra's kiss that made him crazy.

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Sorry for the soy sauce his🙏

Do not stay in shadow. Mahendra is 2 people.