Sorry I Love You, Friend!

Angela & Angelo

Aska got out of the taxi in front of the white house. A simple house, but not with its inhabitants. Aska had been to this house and all his observations Angel and his family lived like people were. Especially Angel and her mother. When Aska first arrived, Angel's mother deliberately showed off her collection of handbags and branded shoes and Angel filled a three-meter-high glass cabinet. At first Aska was amazed by the monument of the bag but then he was confused, from where Angel and his mother got the bag with a fantastic price range. Not to be suspicious, but with Angel's income working at the bar, he will not be able to collect dozens of bags and shoes that if pennied enough money to buy the latest luxury car.

Aska knocked on the door of the house several times, for a long time she stood up until the door opened slowly. Angel was standing at the door wearing a nightgown, a green mask on her face and hair full of rollers. Aska just realized, she was visiting at the wrong time. The watch in his hand shows at 12 pm, it should be a bedtime for most people but curiosity makes Aska can not wait any longer.

“Hai,” greet Awkward Aska.

Angel looked unhappy at the arrival of his guests. “Why?” ketus tanyanya.

“I came to ask you something.”

“Tomorrow, I want to sleep," Angel was about to close the door but Aska quickly held him back.

“Just a minute.”

Angel gave a lazy sigh and opened the door violently. Without letting her go, she left Aska at the door. Aska came in and sat down on one of the living room couches.

“Quick say.”

Aska groaned slowly, suppressing his emotions to the lowest level. “Alright, I'll just go straight. Why did Bima replace you to pay the debt?” Reveal fierce.

Angel was shocked, immediately the look on his face shriveled, fretting. “Ap, what do you mean? Whose debt?” Mumbled wave. "I don't understand what you mean," he quickly.

“No need to pretend. I already know everything, you better be honest" Aska sighed sharply.

Angel took her breath for a moment, preparing to face the woman she hated so much. Women who are always in Bima puja. During this time there is always the name Aska in relation to Bima to make Angel sick and want to tear the woman's face, but Angel knows, he will not be able to do it. In addition to Aska is not a match, Angel is also afraid Bima will immediately decide if just a little Angel dare to touch his best friend.

"What if Bima pays my debt? I'm his future wife, so I'm entitled to ask for his help. What right do you have to ask us about our problems, you're just his friend" he jolted angrily. She must not be afraid of Aska, she must not scare him.

Aska clenched her hands, refraining from beating the woman in front of her.

“Friends? I've known Bima longer than you, she's more than just a friend! And I should know whatever happens to my best friend.”

Angel squeezed his hand nervously. “Come out, get out of my house. You've made me sad again, you made me remember Bima again," she suddenly screeched.

Aska clucked in annoyance. “You don't have to pretend in front of me," hissed Aska. Aska has memorized Angel's cunning tricks to attract the attention of others to sympathize with her. This woman knew that Aska would never be affected, so why was she still acting in front of her.

Aska's eyes caught the shadow of a young man standing in front of the entrance. Elo?! The young man looked at Angel Nanar.

“What did you do to my son?!” Shouted Angel's mother who suddenly came out of her room. The woman immediately approached Angel, hugging her while glaring angrily at Aska. "Get out!” Banish rough.

Elo approached Aska, pulling her hand out of the house. She did not want her mother to act rudely towards the woman she loved so much. “I drove you home," he said, not caring about his mother's screams asking to return home.

Aska did not budge, she chose silence and followed Elo's steps.

"Aska, why are you home?” elo asked after being quite far from his home.

Aska was distracted from her daydream, along the way Elo was just silent, suddenly hearing her voice made Aska a little awkward.

“Just want to make sure of something," muttered Aska in response.

“What's because of debt?”

Aska looks at Angel's twin sister. Although both are identical twins, Angel in the male version never irritated him. Even Aska always felt comfortable beside her. “You know something about that?”

Elo nodded slowly. "What should I do?” tanyanya.

Aska sighed, feeling guilty. He never intended to make Elo sad. Aska stopped her steps making Elo stop and turned to look at her. Elo never took his hand off Aska's wrist.

“Sorry,” sighs Aska while pulling Elo into her arms. "Sorry.”

Elo sobbed on Aska's shoulders, he vented all the burdens he had borne so far. Having Mom and Sister who are crazy about possessions makes her tired. Whatever he gave was never enough for them.

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POV Elo

"Elo, here,"

Elo gave a small smile as soon as he saw Angel - his twin brother, waving towards him. He immediately approached the three people surrounding the round table in the corner of the room. Tonight the bar where Angel works part-time seems more crowded than usual so Angel can freely be with her boyfriend, Bima.

"Darling, this is my sister. His name is Angelo, we are twins" explained Angel introduced Elo to his girlfriend and other colleagues.

"Hi Elo, good to see you. This is my friend Raka and-" Bima is busy looking around looking for another figure who should be sitting next to her. "Ah that's him. Aska, her name is Aska," pointing her towards a shoulder-haired woman wearing jeans and an oversize shirt. The woman approached as soon as she saw Bima waving towards her.

"Why is it so long?" ask Bima. The man opened a bottle of soda and poured it into a glass and gave it to a woman called Aska.

Elo was silent, his eyes fixed on Aska's face. The woman was as if a magnet that attracted Elo to keep following her every move.

"Elo, what's wrong with you?" call Angel to disturb Elo's consciousness.

Elo shook his head slowly then returned a glance at Aska who seemed uninterested in her presence.

"Oh yes Aska, when are you back in Singapore?" usik Angel's. He pulled the hand of Bima who had been busy tidying up the collar of the Aska shirt that bent inward.

Elo could clearly see the jealousy in Angel's eyes whenever Bima paid more attention to Aska than she did.

"Aska can't come back until the new year. He had promised to celebrate his birthday together," explained Bima ignored the aura of protest launched by Angel.

Elo chuckled softly, he was enjoying this sight. Rarely could she see Miss Popular ignored. Elo averted his gaze and was surprised once he found a pair of brownish eyeballs staring at him sharply. Aska raised her eyebrows as a question mark but soon she looked up and re-circulated her gaze downstairs where dozens of people were stomping their bodies to the beat of music.

In a split second his eyes met with a sharp sliced eyeball that made Elo's breath stop until he almost forgot to breathe. His heartbeat is hunting twice as fast and for the first time in his life, Elo knows what it's like to fall in love at first sight.

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"Damn it! I've told you many times, you have to be careful ! Look at what you've done, who's gonna replace all this broken cement?"

Elo groaned slowly. His emotions are always provoked every time he sees the arbitrary behavior of the foremen on the workers. A year ago he had also experienced the same thing, before finally being transferred to another part because they saw his persistence and tenacity in work.

"Why don't you compensate for all these losses?"

A voice distracted everyone who witnessed the commotion. They turned to look at the owner of the voice who dared to yell at the senior foreman who was respected by everyone in this hotel construction complex.

"Who?! Who do you dare to interfere?" Hardik the foreman.

Elo gasped, his heart racing again. Aska! What the hell is he doing here? The woman stood upright looking at the foreman with her sharp eyes and seemed arrogant. Elo tries to dig up memories on the night of his meeting with Aska. Is there any information that was missed from the figure of the cold woman. As he recalled, Aska worked in Singapore but Elo did not ask further about his field of work. He was too busy admiring the woman from afar without daring to approach.

"Hey, Fariz! Shut up!" The project manager ran over to Aska. "I'm sorry she's Miss Aska, she's inexperienced so easily provoked by emotions" he explained while trying to calm the situation.

Aska glanced at him lazily. "Then, why don't you replace it with a more experienced person? I don't want this project to fail just because of a trivial problem like this" Aska said coldly. His tone sounded heavy when emphasizing the word failed in his sentence.

"Ma-sorry Ma'am," Fariz lowered his head in fear.

"Mom Aska, how about we go to the room, here it's hot and smelly. You better wait in the shade," the manager asked. The man was clearly trying to curry favor to attract Aska's attention.

Elo could see Aska was not interested in the exaggerated attitude shown by the manager, he preferred to look one by one the faces of the people who were there. Elo choked once those eyes looked at him again. Just like that night, there was no expression just a cold gaze. Elo is sure that this time he will be ignored again but it turns out wrong, Elo sees a brief smile that quickly passes with Aska's steps that move away accompanied by the project manager. Elo was still trying to convince himself, was what he saw real? Aska smiled at him?

"Oi, Elo! Scrap on the job," call his friend. "No need to dream of length, only in love with a smile that was so late this boy," he continued with a mocking tone.

Elo gawking, smile? Does it mean that Aska is smiling at him?

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