Love Sejagat, Love Friend

Between Luna and Liona

" Can I sit at this table?" Pinta Liona looked at my face and Luna took turns. I just waited for Luna's reaction. I could see Luna looked uncomfortable, but I couldn't help but decide to join Liona, let alone this was Luna's cafe.

" Okay, maybe I'm bothering you. I'd better sit at another table." Liona smiled wryly. His body turned around to look for the table that was still empty. Just as Liona stepped up, her hand was restrained by Luna preventing her.

" You can join us !" She looked coldly at the window. Liona quickly pulled one of the empty seats from the next table and sat between us.

" Thank you." He said a fake smile. I just looked down, continued eating.

" Oh, I forgot to order food. Servant..." Liona seemed to call a female servant over. He started ordering some food, and his order almost filled our table.

" Sister Luna, I've only seen you these weeks, now you have dared to come here again apparently, have you made a deal?" Liona turned her head towards Luna who was enjoying her food. Almost made him choke but soon he swallowed it with his drinking water.

" Stop calling me brother !" Luna pressed on.

I was very surprised by Luna's quick answer. What's the matter? Are they brothers?

" Don't interfere in my family's affairs ! If you still want to eat one table with me, don't provoke my emotions."

Liona covered her mouth with one hand hearing Luna's overwhelming reaction.

" Sorry, sorry... I didn't mean to interfere in your business, only I thought maybe your mother would lock you up again."

Me and Luna turned at the same time towards him with sharp gazes. Liona's relaxed attitude seemed to not respond to our unhappy attitude. How he had just sat joined in and threw in questions that might have offended Luna's privacy. Even there I did not understand what kind of situation this was, Liona was like wrongly putting herself in that place by talking brainlessly provoking Luna's emotions.

" Dance... Let's go home ! My appetite is gone." Luna looked at me and she got up from her chair. I followed him up with a confused mind.

" Yey, wait... I just joined you guys. Sit down, brother Lun... Um I mean Luna and.you" Liona pointed at me with her eyes, her tone became suppressive at the end of her sentence.

" Don't be too sensitive, I'm just warning you to be careful here. You have to understand how your mom is pretty stubborn."

" I can take good care of myself. And don't you fucking care about me ! You have no business in my family."

" All right, let's see how I'll affect your family." Liona replied with a smile on one end of her lips.

Without retaliating again, Luna seemed to not want to argue she stepped away with a struggling emotion in her chest. I was left at the table with Liona the creepy woman made me overtake the body of Luna who had gone out of the cafe.

" Never try to take what's already mine, ugly chick !" Liona held my hand by looking at me sharply like a murderer. I shriveled at him releasing his grip and inching out immediately to meet Luna.

What happened between them? I don't understand what Liona's words mean. And actually at that table I was just a spectator but I didn't understand what I was watching. They seemed hostile for a long time. Whether they are brothers, friends, or indeed enemies, I don't know.

On the way home, Luna looked silently looking out the car window. I wanted to ask what happened and expected an explanation from Luna seemed inappropriate for now, considering how her face was full of emotion while with Liona at the cafe. For now I'm quiet enough until the emotions evaporate, and maybe next time I'll ask.

" Was your house near the road when I hit you?" Luna started a conversation splitting up in the middle of the silence earlier. His face remained focused towards the car window.

" iii." Reply slowly.

" Can I stay at your place tonight?"

" I'm sorry I'm not so presumptuous, but I beg you tonight. I can't if I have to go home. Especially after meeting this guy." His answer began to look at me.

" But... Tomorrow's your last day of exams. School in jakarta. How can you get to your school if you sleep in my house."

" you mean?" Manya suspect.

" I'm just begging you this time, Tar. If you don't let me know I won't make you, but maybe we'll have a hard time seeing you again. There won't even be another chance. Please Tar... Please..." Her baby touched my hand. The look of his plea seemed deep. But I can't touch his personal affairs at the moment.

" Someday I'll tell you my real problem." For a moment I breathed deeply. I watched his eyes closely. Her sad eyes made me feel that her life was being threatened and miserable.

" yes. I'm a permit." Reply lirih. Suddenly the face before me that was withered turned into a smile on his lips.

" Thank you Tar... I promise we'll always be good friends and I'll help you when you're in trouble too." Luna hugged me moving my body. I immediately let go because I felt my breath was blocked.

" Ah sorry-sorry Tar I'm too happy. Hehe..."

I smiled, patting her shoulder.

" Sir, please don't tell Papih if I stay at a friend's house sir, just tell him I'm in a regular apartment. One more pick me up tomorrow at 5am to my friend's house, I'll go to school."

" Nice Non." Reply Mr. Luna's driver.

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Finally we arrived also in my simple house, Mr. Driver was quite smart through the narrow alley of my home road. Even though I already knew the tires were a little out of the alley and almost into the gutter. The two of us went down to open the gate of my house, while the driver immediately turned his car back out of the alley carefully began to turn the car towards the main road and disappeared.

" I'm sorry my house is like this." My words broke the attention of Luna who was staring at my house.

" Eh, it's okay. I'm glad you're willing to give me a free stay." Reply exclaims.

" Do you have any other brothers in your house? Besides Mamakmu?" Ask Luna after I introduced her to Mamak and told her what Luna meant by coming here. My mother also allowed him to stay. I took off my uniform and changed my clothes in a casual dress.

" I'm an only child. And Mamak is my only family here. Brothers from my father more in the village is still one province here, only different regions. But they're old. I was last there when I was nine. To this day we never go there again. Because this Mamak house is the only place I go home. That is why there is no word for home. My mother also used to be an orphan who was entrusted to her neighbors. I don't know for sure what happened. Because that's my old Mamak story." My face started to open with Luna. He just nodded.

" What about you? Your family." I tried to pry about her family after what happened from what Liona said this afternoon. It makes me curious. Luna fell silent and her face began to turn withered. I realized my words might have been wrong when it appeared that he was silently hugging his knees on my bed. I approached him face to face.

" I'm sorry if it makes you uncomfortable. Don't keep going. I don't want to know anymore if you don't want to tell a story."

He smiled ketir.

" I'm lazy to talk about my family. You can certainly guess it. Family destroyed. Only my sister was the only one I could hope to defend me and protect me."

I nodded to not ask any further.

" Well let's take a break."

" I'm gonna take a Tar bath." Said later.

" Please. There's my mama in the kitchen again making some order cookies.

" If that's how you go to sleep first." Luna got up out of the room after I agreed to it.

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