Linger

Heartbreaks

The sound of music pounding, cigarette smoke pouring out in circles in the air, as well as the smell of alcohol that pierced the sense of smell did not dampen Irina's intention to keep going, splitting the cool crowd of humans wrapped their bodies on the dance floor. The goal was only one, the bar table where the handsome bartender was waiting for him with a perfectly bright smile.

"Hi" said the bartender in his early twenties. Her hair is now in blonde paint, replacing the dark blue hair that last week bolstered her appearance.

"Obsolutely yes, Ga." Irina said after returning the smile of Raga, the handsome bartender whom the customers hailed.

"As you wish, pretty." Before long, Raga began to mix drinks. His muscular stocky arm moved agilely to grate the ice cubes into a perfectly round shape then put it in a glass and then flush it with brownish alcohol liquid.

"Here you go." Irina grabbed the glass thrust before her, looking at her for a while before chugging the liquor in one gulp.

"One more, Ga." Her request. With pleasure, Raga made another glass.

While Raga was busy concocting drinks, Irina threw a glance towards the dance floor, at the dozens of humans dancing freely, completely removing the mask they had been wearing in public. Yes, this club is an exclusive club for celebrities. Ranging from top celebrities to newly debuted all blend into one, negating the usual distance unfolded when they are in public. Here, everyone becomes themselves. High security where everyone who comes is not allowed to bring a cell phone or recording device of any kind makes people can calmly do everything they want. Including smuggling some people from non-celebrities they are dating.

"Si Mahesa Gavin is not your boyfriend huh, sister? How did I see the news that she married another woman, anyway?"

Irina turned her head, finding Gabriel Permana already sitting in a henchman at the stool bar, displaying an insolent smile that for God's sake made Irina want to throw a raw fist into her handsome face.

"So, is Mahesa Gavin really your girlfriend or not?" gabriel asked again with an increasingly annoying look on his face.

Irina decided not to answer. He took a look in the other direction, but at once also cursed when he found a pair of female celebrities making out at one of the tables. One of the short-haired ones seemed to climb onto the lap of the blond-haired one, landing light kisses while giggling. Irina knows the two celebrities, they are actresses and singers who are on the rise lately. That builds an image down to earth so that people flatter them with various sentences of praise. Who would have thought that the two of them were same-sex fans? There aren't.

"If you know this, mending we just realise is not really Kak gossip who is sanser? Mending we're actually dating, counting revenge on Mahesa Gavin?" bargain Gabriel.

Irina still ignored Gabriel's tweets. Until suddenly a man in his late twenties came to them and immediately landed a kiss on Gabriel's lips.

Irina was no longer surprised by this kind of sight. Because it is common knowledge among celebrities that this snot boy is a same-sex lover. I don't know how many men she dated at her young age. What is clear is that Irina has found Gabriel making out with several different men every time they meet at the club.

"If you want to pervert, at least look at the situation. Not in front of my eyes." Sindir Irina who was only responded to with an oddity by Gabriel. While the lover of the young man seemed not to care at all about Irina's existence there. The man continued to put kiss after kiss on Gabriel's lips, something that made Irina suddenly feel nauseous.

At first Irina intends to rise from her place and look for another spot to spend her drink that has just been delivered by Raga. But his intentions were scrapped when an American Express landed on a bar table, making him and Raga turn their heads in unison.

It was completely unthinkable for Irina that she would find the Midshipman there, standing towering in a black shirt suit whose arms were rolled to the limit of the elbow and his top three buttons were open, made him be able to peek at the chest of the man's field with a little more clarity. The dense black hair of the usual Taruna neatly arranged now looks a little messy, but strangely it actually makes his appearance more attractive.

"Bukain room for this perverted couple, I can't stand their disgusting behavior anymore." Said Taruna in a flat voice, but clearly the dislike was evident from her pair of beads glancing cynically at Gabriel and her lover who were forced to pause from their activities.

Taruna looked at Raga and looked at the man sharply. "Lo's eyes are blind? Can't see what I just threw?" tanyanya cynic.

Raga chuckled at the words of Taruna. The man is famous for being friendly and very professional in terms of work, but when it comes to personal life, the Taruna will always act decisively and even tend to be rude to people who do not conform to his wishes.

"One VVIP room is ready to be occupied. Follow me." Raga said while taking Taruna's American Express.

"We can pay for the room by ourselves if we want." As for Gabriel's lover's man.

"Gue again is not kind enough to pay in the room for you because I want to. This is all I do to protect my eyes from creatures like you. So, you better leave now if you don't want any commotion." Say casual cadets. He then sat down at the stool bar beside Irina, snatched the whisky glass from the woman's grasp and then sipped the liquor straight to the toilet.

Irina was just silent as Taruna glanced at her at a glance with a gaze that was too difficult to interpret. Then the hiss coming out from the side of the lips of the man with Gabriel caught his attention. He could see the flash of fury in the man's eyes. Perhaps if Gabriel did not hold his arm as hard as he could, the man would directly lash at Taruna right now.

"Udah, let's go. Don't make a fuss here." Prevent Gabriel as his lover is about to walk closer to the Cadets.

After that they actually left, leaving Irina and Taruna with a silence that slowly took hold.

In the midst of that silence, Irina again recalled the words of Gabriel a moment ago. He was still wondering, where did that smelly boy know about his relationship with Gavin? Though all this time Irina was sure to have hidden their relationship well. Or maybe, this news has spread among celebrities? How could?

"Want to continue drinking here, or in an apartment?"

Irina turned her head, only to find Taruna playing with an empty whiskey glass, leaving behind a lump of ice cubes that began to melt.

"The wine stalls in my apartment are over." Irina. When his eyes caught the figure of Raga who had just returned, he immediately made a gesture to tell the man to make him a new drink. Raga understands the code that Irina gave and immediately mixes drinks after returning the American Express owned by Taruna.

"How many glasses do you want?"

Irina shrugged her shoulders. It didn't occur to him at all how much alcohol he had drunk tonight. What is clear is that Irina just wants to forget a little bit about her sadness over Gavin's marriage.

"Without as much as you can, I pay." After saying that, no more conversations occurred between the two.

Glass by glass offered by Raga was immediately welcomed with pleasure by Irina. The woman gulped down her drink quickly, ignoring the soreness in her throat because it was nothing compared to the pain she felt in her heart. Irina tried hard to remove the shadow of Gavin who was smiling gently at Kalea this afternoon. Trying to convince themselves that what Gavin is doing is only part of their plan. To make this marriage smooth and they can still maintain the relationship.

I'll believe you, Vin. I'll try.