Red Threads

Raga Plan

“This is me who is too slim or lo who is fattening anyway, Git?” Mika grumbled, when she found out that Anggita's uniform skirt she was wearing was very dirty.

“Lo is like a liliput. This is my smallest uniform skirt, Ka. Wear this belt. Could help.” Anggita handed a black belt with a picture of a lion in the middle.

Mika snorts. He was sure, it must be the belt belonging to Anggita's sister who is still in fourth grade.

“Gue really feels like a kid SD.” Mika was still grumbling, while putting the belt on her waist.

“Bawel very lo! How's it? Can, right?”

Mika grinning horse. Not too bad. Although he had to tighten the skirt, to form a wrinkle at the top. At the very least, it would not make the object fall when used to school.

“Lo still don't want to go home?” tanya Anggita, who was replied with a trouser by Mika. “Keep, how are your books?”

“Gue has pinjem empty book Kai, anyway. So, I just need to borrow a package book in perpus.”

“So, last night you stayed at Kai's house?" Anggita's eyes were wide open, along with a shout that filled every corner of her room. Mika must close her ears for personal safety. "Crazy! If Raga knows how?”

Mika sniffed her shoulders indifferently. “Gue has told me to break up with Raga. But, he did not answer agree or not.”

“Don't tell me, you want to mutusin Raga because of Kai? Don't tell me, you've fallen in love with that guy?” Angita squinted suspicious eyes. Little did not believe Mika's decision.

Mika is back. “Feelings can't be imposed, right, Git. If I don't love Raga, what else? Honestly, until now I am still confused about my own feelings. Am I really dating Raga because I love him? Or, I just make him a lonely escape?”

“Jeez, Mika! Why didn't you realize it before? Poor to know the Raga.” I put on a face like he was hurt.

“Why be a fussy lo, anyway?” Mika frowned. “Lagian, I also don't know the reason Raga suddenly talked to me like that time.”

“Love doesn't need a reason, Ka.”

“Love does not need a reason. But, like requires at least one reason. Kai said that to me. Anyway, that day, Raga also said she liked me. Not love.” Mika added, which immediately made Anggita speechless.

“From lo humpang at Kai's house and fear that there will be rumors that are not real, mending lo nginep here aja.”

“Bby, nih?” Anggita nodded to answer Mika's question. After all, her parents were not at home for the next three days.

“Lo leaves with me, did Kai pick up?” ask Anggita. Then, he went to take the motorbike key from the top of the nightstand and attach the backpack on one shoulder.

“Sama. Kai immediately departed after my delivery here earlier.” Mika rushed to take her bag from the bed, and followed Anggita who had gone to the front room first.

Along the way to school, Mika's mind is filled with Raga. Not because he missed the guy, but about how to tell Raga the truth. He was busy writing the right words. He didn't want to offend or hurt the guy's feelings. Even if he knows, using sentences as gentle as anything, deciding to end a relationship will definitely give a wound.

“Down! Arrived. Nightmare,” said Anggita ketus. He became arrogant with the attitude of Mika who was found several times daydreaming. “Should, Raga who is agitated because she wants to be cut off. Why are you like a bego gini, anyway?”

Fortunately, Mika is used to Anggita's words that sometimes never get filtered. It just let out a small snort. He himself did not understand why he was confused to say about his decision.

“Gue didn't take the wrong decision, did it?” mika asked hesitantly. Yesterday, he was so sure of his decision. He had been thinking about the decision for a whole day, and already felt unanimous. However, his steps were suddenly daunted when the appointed time was about to arrive.

“Nnothing needs to be defended, if you already feel it is not suitable. Free. It will also be a wound. Slowed down, the results must be the same. Equally sick. Lo also does not want, right, if suddenly Kai turned back the gegara lo who does not have the same attitude of his own feelings?”

“But, my decision is real, right?” ask Mika again. Anggita sighs with anxiety. It felt, he wanted to pin Mika's head right now.

“Now I ask. Do you like Kai?” Anggita's question was answered by Mika with a nod. “More like Kai what Raga?”

“Kai," said Mika without thinking.

“Lo in love with Kai?” Mika spontaneously nodded.

“Since when did you fall in love with him?”

This time Mika was silent for a long time. He seems to be thinking. Then, he finally said, “Ndon't know.”

“Listen, Ka. If you really love Raga, you will not tell Kai to touch your heart even a little. If you really love Raga, you will not fall in love with anyone else again. Because with Raga, you feel enough. But, what actually? I fell in love with Kai. So—” Anggita paused his sentence for a moment. Her lips smiled meaningfully at Mika. “Lo sure knows the answer.”

Mika fell silent. In his heart, he weighed the statement of Anggita. Before finally agreeing to it.

Now he knew the answer to the question that had been filling his head. He never really loved Raga. Perhaps, he only makes the man as a backrest when lonely. As someone he was looking for, when he needed an escape. Didn't, Raga has always been there to listen to the story. Although what the guy did, only gave a makeshift response.

Mika does not care if later he is dubbed as someone who is not grateful. However, being in a relationship with someone who is not truly loved is like holding a time bomb. Wait until the bomb explodes. Just wait for time, until he destroyed himself because of the forced feelings.

“If so, I met Raga first yes," said Mika. He left the parking area first, and waved at Anggita.

“Happy fighting. Don't be groggy in front of him!” Anggita shouted, which made some students turn their heads towards her.

Mika walked quickly towards the place that Raga had determined. His footsteps stopped, when he saw the man sitting behind him in the garden chair. Raga's eyesight focused on the phone's screen. Not one bit disturbed by the passing of students around.

Mika exhaled a long breath. Trying to ease the anxiety that arises in his chest. It's a lot harder than meeting that guy in class for the first time. After successfully mastering himself, he bounced his heart to approach Raga.

“Ga,” call Mika. Raga looked up, then commented a thin smile.

“I've been waiting for you from earlier,” said Raga calmly. Very calm.

Mika's forehead wrinkled faintly. He did not catch the restless tone in Raga's voice. The guy is still acting as usual. It was as if they had only met to discuss about something that happened yesterday, as usual.

Is this me overreacting? Or, Raga is indeed too stupid, anyway? Mika grumbled in her heart.

“I want to say something.” Now, it was Mika who was riled up by Raga's statement.

Will Raga decide it first? No. gabe. That can't happen. In the dictionary of Mika's life, abstain if the guy decides a relationship first. After all, it should be the woman who said that. And, guys inevitably have to agree to it. It doesn't matter if someone looks different. But he will continue to follow that principle.

“There is more important than talking about your silly message yesterday.” Mika's pair of eyes widened in disbelief. Silly message? Is breaking up a relationship ridiculous? He could not accept that assumption. He wanted to issue a rebuttal, but Raga first returned to voice.

“It just so happened that I met one of my neighbors yesterday. He works in an apartment building, where Nagra used to live, as a security guard. I asked him, is there anything suspicious about Nagra, after you left?” Raga paused her sentence. His eyes were seriously fixed on Mika. “He said, nothing. But, there was one more person who came to Nagra's apartment. Two minutes after you left.”

“Who?” Instantly, Mika forgot about her goal of meeting Raga today. The discussion about Nagra is much more interesting than the decision he had thought about yesterday.

Raga shook her head. “I haven't been able to put him on who. I haven't seen the CCTV footage. He said he wanted to give me the CCTV footage today. When are you going to Nagra's apartment? Maybe, we can find a clue there.”

Mika started to wonder. He is sure, not many know if the guy occupies the apartment. To his knowledge, the guy had little trouble socializing and was very privacy-preserving. Although there were those who visited the apartment, it was definitely only the people close by. Maybe it was true about the news. Nagra's killer was indeed a person close to that guy. It is highly unlikely that anyone else would have known Nagra lived in the apartment, if not really close to the guy. However, it would be different if the person was deliberately stalking Nagra.

“We have to find CCTV in Nagra apartment,” firmly Mika.

“My neighbor's words, after school we can come to Nagra's apartment to see the CCTV.” recording video Raga showed a row of brief messages between himself and one of the apartment security officers.

“Oke.” Mika nodded enthusiastically. Raga smiled thinly.

Not far from where they were, Kai stood behind an acacia tree. Both hands are in my pocket. His head lowered deeply, looking at the end of the shoe. His breathing was heavy, as if something was troubling his mind.

He had just raised his head, when Mika was no longer on the park bench. His eyes stared hard at Raga. Then, switch on that guy's phone. He should be able to get the phone, and find out about a security guard that Raga had talked about.

Kai decides to come out of hiding, seconds later.

“Lo want to go to Nagra apartment? Can I come with?” Raga flinched when she found Kai standing in front of her.

“Since when did you get there?”

Kai smiled while snoring. “Not important. I just want to ask, can I come?”

“Why do you suddenly want to come?” Raga squinted suspicious eyes at Kai.

“Gue must make sure, that Mika will be fine same lo.”

Raga laughed loudly. As if it was the funniest statement he had ever heard. “Lo thinks, what do I want Mika to do? Don't be that possessive. You're not who he is either. She's still my girlfriend.”

Kai clucked. “After that will also be an ex. So, hows? I can come, can't I?”

“Ngak!” toilet Raga.

“Padahan, I want to help mecahin Nagra.” death case Kai pretended to be disappointed.

“No need to bother. I'll help Mika make that case.”

Kai squinted his eyes. Highlight his unreadable eyes were fixed on Raga. There was something in his chest that made him uncomfortable. Slowly, he hissed. His hand was clenched tightly in his pocket to divert the rage. In his heart, he said firmly.

I will not let your plan run smoothly, Ga.