sacrificial taste
episode 13
the next day he arrived an hour early.
I was pacing around in my room, confused about what attitude I should show her not only that I was embarrassed to see her after she kissed me in front of my best friend last night.
"vaniaaa why so long? kasian tuh nak zafran has been waiting for a long time" mother shouted
"yes, I'll be a minute ma'am"
I took a deep breath and approached the zafran
"sorry to keep you waiting"
he put on me a helmet that made our eyes look at each other at a very close distance and I realized that he bought me the same helmet with him just a different color
"what's this?" I nodded my face and raised one eyebrow at him
"when you don't know, it's a helmet" he mocked me
"yes I know it's a helmet, I mean why did you buy me the same helmet as you?"
"it's up to me dong, let's go up"
it was true that he was taking me to eat chicken porridge.
"eh, son zafran" the porridge seller's aunt greeted the zafran as if they were familiar
"two ya bi, special porridge for special people" he glanced at me with his ignorant smile "this is my favorite porridge place"
"ohh, by the way how many girls have you been eating here?" I don't know why I asked him that
he raised his voice "bi, he asked me how many girls I've brought here"
"uh what the hell" I pinched him
auntie brought us porridge "don't worry son zafran usually himself here, you're the first girl you've ever seen with nak zafran"
"hehe yes bi, thank you" I took the porridge
"why ask like that?" zafran looked at me with one eyebrow raised
"don't know" I just focused on stirring my porridge
he chuckled softly while shaking his head "vaniaa vaniaa"
after we finished eating, the zafran pounced on auntie and I followed what the zafran did
***
after we got to the point that I deliberately walked quickly so that no one would think I was here with him, we were too late because on the way we got stuck because there was an accident.
"from where? tumben's late" my senior's already in the training room to start the streching class
"stuck jammed, sorry"
"well, change your practice clothes quickly"
not long after the zafran came and my senior asked the same thing to the zafran with which he asked me and the answer to the zafran was the same as me which was stuck in traffic.
"well, that Vania was late and the reason is the same as you don't go together" my senior lady said rather cynically because of the rumors I heard she liked the zafran, our age is also two years different.
"let's change your clothes quickly" the senior who was familiar with me told the zafran
"really you're here with a zafran?" Lana nudged me
"no"
***
"kantin yuk, I didn't have time for breakfast because I was afraid of being late" Yuni
"you guys go first well, I'll go to the toilet first, I'll catch up" I do feel like I have a stomachache
"ah, there's no need! you guys go first"
"have it, don't be long"
after I came out of the toilet, I was surprised because the zafran was in front of the toilet.
"what are you doing here?"
"i didn't see you with your friend, so I'm looking for you"
"what's up? why lookout for me?"
"i tell you as I walk to the cafeteria" zafran held my hand
I flicked his hand " uh, I'll just go to the canteen" I thought I'd go to the cafeteria with him and see we don't know what he'd think
"but that's a public canteen, free for anyone" zafran held my hand again and pulled me to walk
"my friend goes to the hospital, when you come home, I'll visit him"
"uh uh? who?"
"my friends, can I introduce you. yeah?"
"but there are two conditions"
"why use conditions anyway" he stopped his way
"if you don't want to" I left him
"ehh,iyaa wait! what condition?" he chased me and took my hand
"first let go of my hand, why do you like to hold my hand anyway"
"iyaa yaa" she let go of the handle
"good, the second you have to walk far behind me! don't follow me, okay?!"
"lohh, what's the matter?"
"just do it, this is easy" I deliberately gave such conditions so as not to be discovered if I go to the cafeteria with him what else is there already nadin, can be bad if he sees me
finally the zafran stopped walking and let me walk first in front of him. When I got to the kantin I was surprised to see lana and nadin hugging hera, they looked sad
"uh, what are you guys?"
hera stood up and hugged me, I let go of her embrace and made her sit back down.
"what's hera? let's tell stories"
"i'm moving the van, my mom and dad are getting divorced because my dad cheated on me" hera's words made her cry break
I was shocked to hear it, not knowing what I would do to calm him down
"calm yourself" I could only hold her, until she was calm enough.
"i'll move out, after tomorrow's trial I'll go with my mom to bandung. It's my last day here, you guys don't forget me well"
"what are you saying, you don't have to worry about the modern era.We can call even video call, use technology" when stroking hair hera
"yes, don't worry!" connect yuni
yuni, lana, and nadin approached and also embraced hera.
"you're fine there well, I heard those cute guys you'll definitely be at home there" Lana mocked hera
*connect*
