Reality is Not as Beautiful as Expectation

Friendship between girls and boys

Because it was late at night and the rain had not subsided, Austin finally accepted Elena's offer to stay.

It was fortunate that the electricity was already on, so if Austin got bored, he could watch television.

"I went to bed first, yes" said Amel as he went to the room.

"Aren't you in the room?" ask Austin.

"No, because I'm not sleepy yet" Elena replied.

Tinctong! Tinctong!

Elena and Austin looked at each other. They were a little scared because someone was pressing the bell at eleven in the evening.

"Who is it?"

"Maybe your parents."

"But my parents came home Monday."

Both of them were very curious, finally Elena proposed to go to the 2nd floor, because there she could see the person pressing the bell.

So curious, Austin agreed to Elena's proposal. They both went to the second floor with Austin in front and Elena in the back.

Arriving on the 2nd floor, the two immediately looked down. How surprised Elena and Austin were that there was nobody below, but Elena's bell kept on burning.

Elena who was basically a coward immediately held tightly onto Austin's hand. "I'm scared."

"Udah don't be afraid. Yeah, we better go down again yuk." Then, Elena and Austin returned to the living room.

Austin tells Elena to sleep with Amel. But because Elena was so scared, she couldn't sleep.

"Well, I slept first" Austin said.

Just as Austin was about to go to the guest room, Elena quickly held onto her hand tightly.

"Don't sleep. I'm staying up late."

"I'm sleepy, Na."

Elena was crying because she was really scared. Just this time he had a very scary incident.

"Shut! don't cry! he'll come here later" Austin said.

Instead of stopping crying, Elena's cries became more and more intense.

Austin pulled Elena's hand back to sit on the sofa. Then, Austin hugged Elena while calming her down so as not to cry anymore.

"Well, I'm staying here."

Elena wiped her tears as Austin said that.

A few minutes later, Elena started to get sleepy. But if he sleeps, he's afraid Austin will leave himself in the living room.

"Aren't you sleepy?" ask Austin, and Elena nodded.

"Yes asleep," said Austin, but Elena shook her head and said no.

"Better sleep. I'm here anyway, so you don't have to be afraid."

"You're not gonna leave me, are you?" elena asked, then Austin shook his head.

Elena immediately slept on the sofa in a sitting position and her hands held Austin's hands.

Without warning, Austin changed Elena's sleeping position. Austin placed Elena's head on her thigh.

Seeing how Austin was treated, Elena was speechless.

"I'm not comfortable sleeping like this."

Austin covered Elena's mouth with his hand. "Sleep, don't be noisy!" his orders.

Elena closed her eyes, but she could not sleep. He even imagined when he was embraced by Austin.

"Why smile?"

Elena immediately opened her eyes upon hearing Austin's words. "What?"

"Why are you smiling?"

"I'm not smiling. You've seen it wrong."

Austin scratched his non-itchy head. It may be a little soybean, so he mislooked.

...****************...

Next morning.

Czechoslovakia! Czechoslovakia!

The sound of the camera makes Elena and Austin wake up. Spontaneously the two kept their distance, as there was Amel who was looking at the two with a flat expression.

"I'll report to Om with Auntie if you both sleep together" said Amel.

"Don't dong," beg Elena.

"We didn't do anything last night" explained Austin.

Elena also explains that last night was a ghost, so she had Austin accompany her.

"So seriously, what's wrong?" ask Amel to make sure.

"It's serious" Elena and Austin said.

"Oh yes! I'm making breakfast for you guys. It'll be eaten" said Amel, and Elena and Austin thanked Amel. After that, Amel returned to Elena and Austin.

When Amel returned, Austin returned to Elena. But when she said that, Elena instead told Austin to stay home longer, because honestly Elena was still afraid of the consequences of last night.

"Breakfast in the morning, just finished it home" Elena asked.

Seeing Elena's eyes, Austin took pity on her. With Austin forced to obey his wishes, because if he left now maybe Elena would cry like last night.

Elena went to the kitchen to fetch some drinking water and food that Amel had prepared. After that, he went back to Austin.

Elena put down a tray containing two dishes of fried rice and two glasses of drinking water. Then they both enjoyed breakfast the next morning.

"Who was crying all night?" austin Syndicate.

"Don't suck!"

"Oh yes, later in the afternoon we go to your parents' house huh," said Austin, then Elena just nodded.

Elena picks up her phone, then she opens her class chat group due to the large number of messages in the group.

When the message was opened, everyone was talking about Austin. Especially Reza and Ferdy, they both ask Austin whereabouts.

"Your nyariin friends."

"Emang yes?"

"Yes." Yeah." Elena showed Austin her phone.

Austin just smiled at how worried Reza and Ferdy were, to the point that he said they were looking for Austin to some place.

"Call them there! poor you know, they must be worried."

"If I call them and tell them where I am now. Surely they'll be in shock, because last night I was in your house."

"Don't tell me, just tell me you're at your brother's or your other friend's house.'

"The other friend? I only have 2 friends, Reza and Ferdy."

Elena was silent, wondering why Austin only considered Reza and Ferdy. Though Austin's friends at school are quite a lot, even Elena thinks that Austin is friends with all the basketball kids.

"I'm not considered a friend?"

"What do you want to be my friend?" ask Austin, and Elena nodded.

"But I don't want to have girlfriends" explained Austin.

"Why?"

Austin explains that there is no pure friendship between a girl and a boy.

"How do you mean?" confused Elena.

"If the friendship between a girl and a boy there is usually one who has a crush. Later when one of them expresses his feelings, they may later become awkward."

"But we're not awkward. At that time you were expressing your feelings."

"If you're not awkward, then you like me too"

Elena swallowed her saliva, she was at a loss as to what to answer. He loved Austin ever since he said he liked Elena.