Loving Your Own Friend

MensahSen Episode 31

This morning I'm going to college, then in the afternoon intend to go to Arka's house to meet Mei's aunt. After breakfast, I say goodbye to my mother, then leave.

"So, what did you call last night? But I called back my sister's inactive number." I asked Riza's sister while in the cafeteria along with Raya and Cindy too.

"Ah it's okay Cit, just want to ask you news, fear you have nothing." replied Riza.

"Cieee is still the attention of this ex-lover pair, why not just reverse it anyway?" Cindy said.

"Yes, anyways so that it can complement each other right" continued Raya.

I don't pay attention to the words of the two of them, but Riza's sister swallowed Raya and Cindy's words, I'm afraid Riza's sister asked me to be in a relationship again, I'm not ready to be in a relationship with anyone anymore.

After I finished my study hours, I drove the car to Arka's house. Not long since I arrived. I knocked on the door and the door opened.

Aunt Mei greeted me with a smile, then I kissed Aunt Mei's hand. Mei and I walked into the house to the dining table, and it turned out that Aunt May was having lunch.

Aunt Mei invited me to eat together. "Let's sit down baby!" aunt May's titah.

"Gue thought you didn't come Cin." said Arka

"Gue kangen is also the same aunt Mei" I replied.

"I'm too, right?" her question made me misbehave.

"What the hell lo!" my spoken.

"Rika, how are you?" ask me to relieve the nervousness, because Rika looked at me with a dislike gaze after hearing Arka's question to me earlier.

"Good." she replied briefly

We all ate without making a sound, I was getting uncomfortable with Rika's gaze. And again why is he here? Is he here every day?

After eating, Aunt Mei took me and Rika to the family room, while Arka went to her room. We chatted while laughing about Arka's childhood, I was late in the conversation, but I accidentally saw Rika's face change. So unhappy would he be if I were talking about Arka.

Aunt Mei said if Rika now lives here, because it would be better to go to campus with Arka, than Arka back and forth to pick her up in the apartment. I was shocked to hear that, so Arka and Rika stayed in one house? My mind was already floating around imagining what it wasn't.

In the middle of the chat, aunt Mei excuse me to go to the toilet. It was me and Rika who were in the family room.

"You must be surprised, after knowing I slept at the house of Arka" said Rika with a satisfied smile.

"Lo can imagine me the same Arka met every day? and you should know, almost every night Arka always come to my room, I was overwhelmed to obey his wishes." he added with a sly smile.

I was furious at Rika's words, somehow my heart ached to imagine Rika's words.

I really don't think about Rika, why she said that. And Arka can't tell me if Rika's sleeping in her house. And again, what did he say? Almost every night Arka to Rika's room?

On the way home, I cried in the car, Rika's words still ringing in my ears to my mind. Arka could do that.

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Today Mama and Mama Lilis will move from our house first, early in the morning we have brought out the things we will bring to the new house. I put my thoughts aside to Arka, I have to focus on the new house first, although actually still Arka still very often comes to mind.

Quite a lot of things that we bring, so we have to rent 4 pickup cars and the driver.

When everything was ready, we headed to a new home. It's hard enough that I left my childhood home, too many memories that we've been through there, especially with Papa.

1 hour later we arrived in front of a minimalist-sized fence in the sky blue, but the yard was quite spacious, much wider than our old house. It turns out that Sari's sister is waiting for our arrival. After the fence is opened, all the cars come in.

"Where do you like, do you like it?" ask Sari to Mama.

"Yes Sar, the yard is wide and there are many trees, I will plant a variety of flowers in the yard later." replied Mama with a smile and continued to look around the house.

"Let's go in" Sari said.

The four of us went inside the house, while the pickup driver was busy dropping off the things.

Sari showed all the rooms in this house, there are four rooms, including the rooms in the back. Each room has a bathroom in it, except for the room in the back.

I chose a room that was a little far from the living room. I opened the door of the room, a smaller room than my old one, the room was still empty, then I went out and asked the driver to lift my things into the room.

During the day all the goods have entered, I will be busy tidying up the furniture of the house and room in the next few days, I thought.

"Ma, don't be too tired, Mama will be sick" I told Mama who has been busy tidying up kitchen utensils along with Sari's sister. While Mbok Lilis may be cleaning Ernan's room.

"Don't love, Mama's okay, Mama's very happy" replied Mama

After hearing Mama's words, I passed away to go to my new room. I felt so tired that I fell asleep until the afternoon.

In the evening, I woke up to a loud noise from outside the room. I took a shower and went out to see what was outside.

It turned out Raya and her family were coming, I approached them. "Om, auntie, the same is it from earlier?" my many.

"Well, you're a mute mediocrity in the room!" answer the Raya and everyone laughs.

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Today I have no intention of going anywhere, I just want to stay in my room. Even after I got home from Aunt May's house, Arka didn't call me. Actually I want to know the news, but my disappointment in his behavior is greater than my curiosity about his condition.

Why is it like this? if I could choose, I would rather not have any feelings for her. It's enough to be his friend and he's my best friend. But I have no control over it. Get rid of this feeling if he's not for me. Pl-please...