Take My Heart's

DOES DANIEL REALLY LIKE ME?

It didn't feel like a week went by so quickly. Daniel, who initially behaved normally, the longer he looked more attached to Khalisha. For two days, Khalisha felt strange and uncomfortable with Daniel's attitude. In addition to going home and going to school with Daniel, Daniel also often goes to his class. There are only reasons that Daniel used, making him unable to resist with Daniel's increasingly strange wishes. Actually, what makes Khalisha feel uncomfortable is not only Daniel's attitude towards her, but the views of her classmates. There were so many envious gazes that led to him, there were even those who mocked him, including Siska and Dita. It could be said that they were the masterminds of all the ridicule thrown at him. Although it feels heavy because his days no longer feel calm, he remains grateful. He is no longer alone in facing it. Mayang was always there for him. Accompanying himself and defending him when he was ridiculed.

As in previous days, Daniel picked up Khalisha at his house. If he usually asked Khalisha to carry his bag, he would not do it for a week. He also rarely ordered Khalisha, making Khalisha feel that he ate a blind salary.

"You're in! I've been waiting for your friend" said Daniel smiled. His eyes did not look at Khalisha.

"Thank you for me" Khalisha said, "you should go to class now. Your friends must have been waiting for you."

"They don't have to be thought of. Let them wait. Most now they are gossiping, " Daniel said no matter what.

Khalisha stared in disbelief. "So your friends like to gossip?"

"of course. If there are no teachers, they are not talking clearly. Don't know what to say. I'm so sorry I heard it."

"Any yes," said Khalisha just thrown from his mouth.

"Huh?! What's so weird?" daniel asked confused.

"Yes very strange. They are guys. Do guys like gossip, anyway? Like a girl," said Khalisha with a plain face.

Daniel laughed at the words that came out of Khalisha's mouth. Her innocent face instead made Khalisha look adorable, making her want to pinch her cheek.

"Why are you laughing? Is there something funny about what I said?" khalisha asked confused.

Daniel stopped his laughter. "No. Nothing funny about what you said. They're guys, but their mouths look like girls. Huh, ah. Why talk about them. It doesn't matter."

"If so I go in first. You also. Maybe now your friends are gossiping. You will soon miss their gossip."

Daniel was surprised to hear that. Usually Khalisha always seriously responded, but what she heard just now, Khalisha was unconsciously asking her to joke.

"You can just. I'm not a guy who likes to gossip" he said smiling, "if that's how I went to class first."

Daniel steps away leaving Khalisha still standing in front of his class. Daniel's departure even made his classmates disappointed. They could no longer see Daniel's handsome face in front of their class, even though they knew that Daniel would return to class to meet Khalisha.

Khalisha stepped into the classroom. No matter the envious gaze that had been pointed at him since. His gaze was only fixed on Mayang who was sitting next to his chair. Instead of being ordinary, he looked strangely at Mayang who kept smiling looking at him.

"Why are you smiling? Is something funny?" tanyanya sat down.

"Cie.. cie. who delivered the same girlfriend," seducer Mayang.

"Daughter? Whose girlfriend?" khalisha did not understand.

"Yes your boyfriend, Lis. Whose girlfriend is it again," she replied with a small smile.

"My girlfriend?" khalisha asked confused.

Mayang began to get angry with his best friend. "Oh my goodness, Lis. Yes, your boyfriend is. Why am I talking about someone else's boyfriend."

"You are there-there is. Since when do I have a boyfriend? Who am I dating anyway? You know that no one is close to me but you."

"Of course it's the same Daniel. Who else but him?"

"Then anyway? I don't think so," Mayang said in disbelief.

"What is not?"

"Look at Daniel's attitude toward you that's unusual, Lis. The Daniel I know is so cold. Let alone girls, guys are hard to be friends. You see for yourself that was on his side was just Andhika, Nathan, and Bayu. He never seemed to talk to anyone but them. But with you, his attitude is different. It looks like he's approaching you again."

"Then anyway? You know a lot about Daniel. Maybe you like him again" Khalisha said.

Mayang even laughed to hear it, making Khalisha again confused. He knew that Khalisha had never been friends with anyone. Never mind a guy, with a girl he never talks. Khalisha is a very secretive person. It is very difficult for others to be close to him. So it's only natural that he doesn't know about people who like him.

"I like Daniel? Yes it is impossible. Daniel's not my dream guy. Anyway if I like him, there I eat the same heart. Must have been made to keep kesel because of his attitude. I know Daniel's attitude from the gossip of my friends. I've also seen Daniel's attitude a few times with others" he said.

"Oh. I thought you liked Daniel. You know a lot about him."

"What if I like Daniel? Don't tell me you're jealous" seduced Mayang.

"No" answered Khalisha spontaneously.

"Don't do it, Lis. You have to be open with Daniel. I think Daniel likes you. Daniel's very considerate of you, Lis. His attitude is the same as yours it does not look like an employer at all. You didn't see Daniel's different attitude to you, Lis?"

Khalisha did not know what to answer. It is true what Mayang said. He also felt that Daniel did not look like an employer to his aides. Daniel's orders to him were also very strange. Every break came, Daniel must have approached her in class and asked her to eat together. Not only that. He also asked her to bring him a cake. When you think about it, as long as he was his assistant, Daniel never gave him any hard work.

"Did Daniel really like me? But where is possible. I was his assistant. The time he the employer likes the same assistant, "inner.

"Lise!" call Mayang slowly.

Khalisha regressed from her daydream. He refocused on Mayang who looked strangely at him.

"What's wrong with you, Lis? How bengong?" ask Mayang weirdly.

"I'm okay," he answered.

"My words don't think too much! Just let it all happen. If Daniel really likes you, I hope you open your heart, Lis. Although I do not know him directly, I am sure that Daniel is a good guy. As your best friend, I just want what's best for you, Lis. You're a good man. It's worth it for you to get the best."

Khalisha was moved to hear it. He did not expect those words to come out of Mayang's mouth.

"Thank you, May. You are my best friend. I'm lucky to have a friend like you" he said sincerely. He is very grateful to have a friend like Mayang.

Shocked and happy, that's what Mayang feels today. He did not expect that Khalisha would really consider him a friend.

"Thank you, Lis. I'm so happy that you've considered me a friend."

"I should have said that. Thank you for making friends with these poor nerds."

The school bell sign for class rang loudly. Students from various classes flocked to their respective classes. And so was Khalisha class. The chair, which was originally only occupied by a few people, has now been filled all. Mayang and Khalisha stopped their conversation. While waiting for the teacher to arrive, they both chose to take out their books and read them. The positive influence on Khalisha is contagious so quickly on Mayang. Mayang who used to be very difficult to read books, now easily read books. Mayang is very happy to be friends with Khalisha. He hopes that he can be friends with Khalisha forever.

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