Looking for a Blue Sky

Chapter 96: Apple to Apple

The division of student learning results has been completed, not until eleven o'clock in the afternoon all students have been allowed to go home, some go straight home and some are still at school to chat with their friends because the next three weeks they will be separated for a while.

Sevia says the holiday is not going anywhere, so Cindy has to keep working on her class break, while Vira says she might go to her grandmother's house off the island, Rea just silently listened to the stories of his three friends, the girl did not tell him that she was going on vacation to Spain with her father.

The eagle went into the classroom took his bag on the bench and then invited Rea to come home, the girl said goodbye to her three friends and followed behind the Eagle who had walked before her. While walking next to him, the boy invites his girlfriend to chat.

"Are you packing?"

"Not yet, I want to ask your mother for help choosing some clothes and what items I should bring, most later after arriving home."

"Is this your first time going out of the continent?"

"Hem, my vacation abroad has never been far from the Asian continent."

"Oh yeah I read a little bit about the Alhambra, it turns out quite tragic the story behind it, but it seems more tragic our story."

Rea bit her lower lip hearing her brother's words.

"How can you compare our story with the Alhambra, it's not apple to apple" said Rea.

"I know, the point is more tragic our relationship," said the Eagle as he continued walking and did not realize that Rea stopped stepping.

The eagle realized that the girl was left behind, he turned around and stretched out his right hand, the boy knew that the girl did not like what he had just said.

The eagle moved his hand, the girl was still silent until she said sorry and Rea ran to receive her hand.

"Don't say our relationship is tragic, we've agreed to make good memories in the middle" Rea said.

The guy smiled, they walked to the motorbike care outside the school, the Eagle was weaving his arms to Rea like a child.

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In the afternoon at her house Rea really asked her mother to help her pack, Lidia happily chose some clothes from her son's closet, she was happy when Rea told her that her father was taking a vacation together, and she was happy to pick a couple of clothes from her daughter's closet, finally Farhan wanted to show his affection to his daughter as well as Lydia thought.

Rea sees her enthusiastic mother putting one by one clothes into her pink suitcase, Lidia also advises Rea to bring her flat shoes and sneakers, the woman also advised that her son always carry lip balm in his bag.

Rea agreed with her mother's advice, and hesitated a little to ask her about her mother's words yesterday, who said she was divorced from her father.

"Is mom not sad?"

"Are you sad?" Lydia threw back a question from her son.

"Sad, because I wish we could be a whole family, but I'm sadder that you'd have to suffer if you were still my wife."

Lidia was seen stopping her activities by arranging clothes in Rea's suitcase, turning her face towards Rea with a smile, the woman sighed then continued what she was working on.

Rea looked at the woman who gave birth to her was clingy, he saw her mother was much different, if it used to always look glamorous now the woman who gave birth to her preferred to dress naturally, if ever, even now his mother looks very relaxed just using shorts and plain white t-shirts.

The girl then jumped from the bed she was sitting on earlier while looking at her mother who was busy arranging her suitcase, kneeling behind her crouching mother and hugging the woman.

"I love Mama" he said, kissing her cheek.

The words of her daughter made Lidia moved, even she almost shed tears.

"Thank you even though you know you don't want me first, you still want to conceive and give birth to me" Rea said, tightening her arms on Lydia's boat.

Lydia's tears trickled down, but she hurriedly removed and turned to look at her daughter.

"Having you is God's most beautiful gift to mama, so there's no need to think about such a thing anymore" Lidia caressed Rea's cheek, looked her son in the eye, what he had just realized was very similar to the eyes of the man he loved so much.

"You want to live happily with the man you love, don't live like you, okay!"

Lidia smiled and closed the finished suitcase she filled with the equipment she felt needed by Rea, while the girl chose to stand up and approached Arkan.

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They walk down the stairs to the dining table, Rea goes into the kitchen to pick up a drink from the refrigerator, when passing by Anisa the girl teases her teacher who is getting married next year.

Rea placed the drink in front of Arkan, looking at the man's face.

"What?" ask Arkan to look at Rea whose eyes are spinning exploring his face.

"I'm making sure there are scars on your face, not to have stripes on your precious face," Rea said while still looking at Arkan's face.

The man grieved at Rea's words.

"Don't fight anymore just to defend me, I don't want to be responsible for marrying you until no girl wants to be with you because your face is not smooth anymore."

"Well....."

Rea laughed seeing his best friend was upset to hear his words.

"How many days are you going to vacation in Spain?"

"Say six days, after that I'd like to stay a few days at my father's house."

Arkan then stood holding Rea's wrist "Let's go for a walk, at least when I think of you having fun with the Eagle in Spain, I can remember what we're going to do."

Rea was shocked, his hand was still holding a drink, the guy had already pulled him up to pick up the bag and say goodbye to his mother.

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Arkan invited Rea to a fortress located in the city's governor's residential complex.

"It's not the Alhambra, but just think of it that way, isn't there a fortress building."

Rea flicked his lips to hear Arkan's words, he felt today in both men he loved equally compare something that is not apple to apple.

"Because Ar, the Alhambra must be a lot more romantic."

"You're wrong, romantic or not it depends who you go with" Arkan's reply made the girl shut up instantly.

Seeing Rea who was silent and stopped walking Arkan stopped his steps up the steps of the fortress, He then extended his hand towards the girl he liked so much.

"To me to come here with you is already very romantic" Arkan said.

The guy moves his hand like the Eagle did this morning, Rea smilingly grabs his best friend's hand and follows Arkan up the rampart.

They saw the view of the road and the buildings around the fort.

"Romantic right?"

"Hum...,"

Picture credit: Fort Vredeburg from detik.com

Note from me : more romantic at night, dear difficult nyari photos at night ❤❤ 😁😁