
Leon threw his body in his chair. Now the clock shows at 12 p.m. Breath is heavy.
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The office feels very cold even though the AC is maximal work. He bent his body, trying to reach the bottom drawer of his desk. Something slowly he took out of the drawer. A stuffed chicken holding a tomato in front of its mouth. The stoic eyes of the chicken remind us of someone.
Leon clucked in annoyance as he looked at the puppet.
"What's a friend?" He put the stuffed chicken on the side of the table, facing each other.
"You think I want to be your friend?" Said Leon, as if asking the puppet in front of him.
"Friends, heh?" He smiled cynically.
"I want more of that." He hugged his chicken doll. Piled his chin on his stuffed chicken while closing his eyes.
"Until when?" Lirih.
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Seven years ago summer, July
"Leon!"
I was bored, and he always called me.
"Hm." I looked back and focused on looking out, not the view outside the window I saw, for what I saw that boring thing.
Something I saw was more fun than that, the image of someone reflected on the windowpanes.
"Leon!" Call again.
"If you want to ask me what gift I want. The answer is none!" I looked back at the shadow reflected in the window. The dark brown hair almost resembled black raised by the wind. He sat in his chair, behind me. Eyes closed. Heads wagged.
He fell asleep in his sitting position. Sometimes he wakes up but is not fully awake and then falls asleep again. Lately he has been sleeping a lot. I didn't know what he was doing until he had to stay up.
"I just want to make you happy, Leon." Say again. He sat next to me, I knew he would occasionally glance at me.
"I've got everything." My speech's flat.
"No need to give me anything." Add me
"All right." He smiles. I continued my habits. Keep watching. He was still asleep in the same position. His head returned. I keep looking at him
to the extent..
Jduk…
Oops, his fist hit the table. It looks ridiculous to me. He gurgled to touch his reddened forehead while grimacing in pain. It was nice to see that stupid behavior.
"Why leon?"
"There's nothing, fan."
Stefani almost realized what I was doing. Today the home bell sounds faster than usual.it now shows at 4 pm.
I didn't really like going home from school because I couldn't see him anymore, his usual silly behavior made me smile involuntarily. He was always careless, so his behavior always made me laugh.
Although more careless the fool, but only he can make me feel there is a gust of wind in my chest cavity, it feels calm.
"Leon!"
Again he. I ignored him, and I kept walking towards the parking lot.
"Leon!" He shouted again.
"What's wrong?" I ketus. He just showed off his grin. I don't know what he likes about this guy. A lot of women I was willing to play, ah no, denied origin can be my girlfriend, the woman instead chose this man. Is my charisma lacking for him?
"We're together!"
"Hm."
I saw the woman looking at the two of us from the school gate. He immediately threw away his face when I turned to look at him. I breathed a heavy breath. It always is.
First year of school where I first met him. He was weird and stupid, a first impression upon knowing him but as time went on, I started to understand him. He is not smart, so he always tries hard. He's weird because I don't know him, that's my conclusion.
I don't know why everything can change. To me, she charmed because of her kindness. He was late for school because he helped a cat who could not get off a tree. Finally he went up and as happened to the cat, he could not go down.
I laughed at him, he looked so cute, pale. I wanted to help him but he fell first. And instead of grimacing in pain, he cheered because he could come down from the tree. And the question is why am I there? You guys must know the answer.
I slammed my body on the couch. Tired of having to drive a car to go home from school, plus having to listen to the babble of the fool without stopping.
"Honey, Mama's already bought a yacht to celebrate your birthday. You're happy." Mama came up to me, she sat next to me rubbing my head.
"Mama has also spread all her invitations, how? You likey?" Mama asked me again her eyes rolled towards me.
I just breathed a tired breath.
"I'm not a teenage girl who wants her seveneen celebrated, Mam."
"You've come home, where's your father?" My mom started switching to my sister. Eric just looked back.
"You're home, my dear brother." As usual, Eric tried to tease me while ruffling my beloved hair.
"Sad."
"How do you want Leon?" Mama asked back. I disregarded it.
"Why not? Isn't this fun. Can you sail a whole week in the Pacific Ocean?" Eric chimed in.
"You want to, you'll go" I said indifferently.
"Basic, do not regret later not being able to see beautiful women in bikini. Ah. They must have a nice body, even a little flattened chest." Eric began to fantasize a no-no. Success gets it from the Mom.
"Woman bikini what?" I'm back indifferent. I took the magazine on the table and read it.
"There isn't one girl friend you like?"
What I like? Somehow the shadow of Merisa is encroaching on my mind.
"Imagine how she wears a bikini…"
Feel like wearing a bikini?
"Surely she is sexy, can see her curves, her neck is level, her legs are flawless smooth…"
The curves of Merisa's body, her level neck, her smooth legs.
I unconsciously imagined it all. Damnit damnit! I'm not sane. Hey, I'm also a man it must be natural to imagine that.
"All right." My answer was quickly followed by a scream from Mama.
"So wonder who that woman you like" Eric winked at me. Success makes me blush, shame. This made Mama and Eric tease me all out until Papa came.
The aura he carried could always make everything quiet.
"What's wrong?" Ask while opening his coat. Mama approached him, trying to help him take off his work coat.
"Our youngest son is in love with his friend." Mama spoke while giggling. Papa just looked at me with his stoic face. I just kept quiet, Eric.
"If you don't have time to spare, it's better to study." Papa. His voice sounds unpleasant. Suddenly everything felt quiet. I can only bow my head.
"Women are not only attracted to handsome men but also to smart men." Say it while it passes.
I was surprised to hear the other words but in the end Mama and Eric laughed amusedly even so I was still shocked by what he just said. Indirectly, he supported me.
I was waiting for my own birthday, knowing he was coming. I was incessantly developing a smile but it wasn't long. My delusion's all gone. He's not coming.
I was annoyed, wondering if he didn't accept my invitation? I'm coming home early. Why linger there? Niko and Stefani called me but I didn't pick up at all.
It felt like going to her house, dragging her, forcing her to say birthday to me, forcing her to give me a gift. Heh, I'm really not sane.
In a huff I went home, Eric looked at me in astonishment.
"Why are you coming home?" He keeps following me.
"It's none of your business!" I quickly set my foot into the room.
"So someone delivered you a gift." His words were accompanied by a shout as I continued to take my footsteps up the stairs to my room.
"Dispose of it!" Shouted him.
"You sure? It's from Azkanida, Merisa Azkanida!" His shouting. I stopped stepping. My feet seem to have forgotten how to walk.
"Discover!" I saw him from below sticking out my hand, instructing him to throw the gift up. Intending to destroy me, he even took the gift away. I had to chase him around.
"Return!" Shouted him. He didn't touch my screams, but his laughter grew. We were fighting over the gift and accidentally we both threw it into the pool.
Without thinking I immediately threw myself into the pool, still in formal clothes and then swim to take it not think that I can not swim.
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A man looked at the stuffed chicken in his hand. He shook his head in disbelief. He saw a man who looked almost like him sleeping in bed.
The hair of this sound asleep man was wet due to his reckless actions just a moment ago. He looked back at the stuffed chicken. Breathing out heavy breaths.
"Is this doll worth more than your life, Leon?" Again he breathed a heavy breath.
He saw the stuffed chicken, he scrunched his forehead to see how ugly the stitches of the stuffed chicken in his grasp.
"Bas stupid." He shakes his head, concerned.
"Although ugly, look again this chicken is similar to you, Leon." This man giggled softly then placed the doll beside Leon. Slowly he stepped out of the room of his brother, Leon.
from: Azcanide Rise
To. : Leon Alvalendra
Happy birthday 🙂
To be continue.....