The Heart-Bitter

Imagery Flirtation

Daylight blazing Citra was enjoying her favorite meatball noodles in the campus cafeteria when Shinta came in very excited like she had just won the lottery. Today Citra came to campus a little afternoon because he was compiling a thesis and there was an appointment to see his supervisor. The other reason was because he wanted to meet Andri who somehow made his world feel different when he met her. Andri is not like other men on the campus who seemed to itch to want to be close to Citra. But when chatting with him Andri can be off joking with each other or just sheer ngalor-ngidul.

"Where are you going so early? You didn't answer any messages let alone my calls!" Shinta's eyes glared perfectly towards her best friend fiercely.

"Sleep" Citra answered casually while still eating her meat noodles. Hearing Citra Shinta's reply hissed incoherently.

"Sleep? Is that your answer? While I've been caught looking for you? Can't you try to find an excuse to sweeten my little cheapskate?" Shinta sulked furiously, it felt like she wanted to tear Citra's face apart.

"So what! Since when has sleep been a violation of the law?" He still answered casually no matter Shinta still fireworks with anger, in his heart Citra laughed amusedly at Shinta's behavior. Shinta to beat her molars in anger. He took forcibly a fork from the Citra chicken noodle bowl.

"Thank you, my best friend! otherwise I've ripped off your pretty face with a fork!" Shinta brandished a fork to Citra's face, then she stabbed the meatball in Citra's bowl and devoured it all at once.

"You're actually mad what's hungry anyway?" Citra's tone of voice was sad because the meatballs that remained one had been eaten by Shinta.

"BODO VERY MUCH!" Shinta's voice is unclear because she is still chewing the meatballs Citra is lamenting.

"You must persuade the Panji to enter our baaket team! I tried desperately to persuade him this morning, he didn't budge. The only reason men are unpersuaded by my seduction must be because they've been lured by you, beautiful!" His spirit is back.

"Why should I? If he won't let it go, everyone has their own choice."

"You didn't see him play this morning, Rico and his team played this morning, Andri played because his friend forced him to fight them. He doesn't seem to know what our main team is up against, he shoots seamlessly from all angles, passes are perfect, blokshot, dribley gokil, over the feet! Elo know! Instead, he wore levis trousers and regular sneakers instead of basketball shoes! Everyone in the box was watching!" Shinta's energy story made the entire canteen that had been noisy suddenly quiet, as if everyone was listening to Shinta. The image looked around the canteen and it seemed that what Shinta said seemed to be confirmed by them.

"What about Rico? Does Rico agree that Andri joined?"

"Rico disappeared immediately when his team lost, but the others warmly welcomed, those who accompanied me persuaded Andri."

"She told me that she didn't have time, she went to college while working, she told me that after you first persuaded her."

"I know the key is on you, come on Citra, I see you're getting closer to her, and I see your eyes glow so radiant, your face so happy every time you meet her, come on Citra, come on, don't you try to lie to me, Andri is your type, right?" Shinta mocked Citra until Citra red went out of her face.

"Sokay know!" The image throws a roll of scrap tissue into Shinta's face. Both giggle.

"Well, I'll try for our college, not for your recent slander."

"Curtain! Still want to tickle too, watch out for you! if you let your guard down a little, I'm your hotshot!" Shinta laughed, He immediately ran away from his chair while sticking his tongue towards Citra when Citra was about to throw it with a spoon.

The image snatched his bag and immediately rushed out of the canteen. His steps traced the campus hallway to Andri's class. He had indeed seen Andri play basketball, but not a complete game.just to see it shooting-shot, but it was like basketball as according to what Andri's orders, just to see it, the ball just came in and was fired from any angle. That's what made him desperate to approach Andri and split the brochure of his theater performance. And this is where he is now frowning looking for the figure of Andri. There was no figure there, as well as in the park that had been passed.

"His language is gone mbak?" The image flinched in shock when someone poked his shoulder from behind and heard a familiar voice.

"Oh, Citra, who do I think. You looking for this?"

"Damn it!" The image hit the hand of Andri who thrust the coin five hundreds. Andri laughed out loud. The image immediately grabbed Andri's hand and dragged him to the park. Andri who did not expect the reaction of Citra walked dragged along following the steps of Citra.

"You don't want to be on the basketball team but you showed off your skills this morning, Ish!"

"Haha... I'm going to show off to you this morning, I'm sorry you don't have a hahahah..!" The image instantly blushed his face, but then his fierce face appeared again.

"I'm the one who's been so hard! Shinta forced me to persuade you!" The image began to sulk.

"It's amazing, right you said, no girl can't be rejected, she even introduced me to her coach, her coach watching the game earlier."

"You know, next week there is a tournament between campuses in Jakarta, so long as our campus is always a loser, so it's natural that they are all eager to invite you along."

"Come on, I won't have time to do the exercises. I heard the practice early in the morning or even at night. I also didn't deny they were training, my friend set me up. If I join the team without training it will disturb the harmony of the team. I don't want to be a parasite there later."

"The tournament starts next week? All right, I'll take a week off, if your friends are okay, let me know!" Hearing Andri Citra's reply smiled very sweetly that Andri had seen that made her heart melt. If it wasn't for the image that forced him to never even consider it. Instantly the atmosphere became clumsy, the two just looked at each other and blushed.

"I have an appointment with my script teacher, what time are you coming home?" Imagery breaks the ice.

"I don't have any more courses, from here directly to work."

" Ooh..!" A disappointed tone came out from Citra's mouth unintentionally. He immediately stood up followed by Andri who also stood up. They walked together until they finally separated. Andri towards patkiran motor while Citra entered the room of the lecturers gathered.

In the afternoon new Citra came out of the room of his guidance lecturer. He went straight to a cafe where members of the basketball club gathered to meet Citra. Arriving there he was awaited by Shinta, Rico, Joko sir as a coach and several members of the women's and sons team who deliberately attended there. The image directly told the results of his meeting to them.

"I told you! Andri will definitely not refuse if you ask, his heart has been captured by you!"

Shinta laughed crazily, which was greeted by fierce plotting by Citra.

"I don't agree!" He can't join this team, he's never trained with us!" Rico said with a voice.

"I don't agree with you Co!" This time, the team members who were also friends of Rico interrupted.

"You can feel the match this morning, right? He is almost alone playing against us who are almost a full team. I'm sure he didn't know all his team-mates before, but he was able to pass well, seeing his friend's position, shooting seamlessly from everywhere. I'm sure once we play together, he can be directly with us. You're a great Rico, but Andri's a perfect addition to our team."

"I was playing around, not wholeheartedly!" Rico responds to Kamal's attack.

"I agree with Kamal, Andri is playing well, his emotional control is good, some times you provoke him he just smiles. I think he's worth a try." This time coach Joko delivered his review.

In the end the decision has been made, the training ahead of the tournament will be made following his free time Andri. Moreover, Andri has taken time off to focus on the tournament. Only Rico could not accept the decision. He just went home without saying goodbye. Shinta tries to prevent it but Kamal holds it back and codes for Shinta to let her go. Citra immediately contacted Andri, reporting the results of his decision. Citra also asked Andri to provide training time together ahead of the tournament. Andri gave two training schedules before the tournament began. All team members agree on a new schedule.

Across there Andri just closed his phone, the cheerful sura of Citra and the screams of her friends who tease Citra make him smile inexhaustibly. The training schedule he made increasingly makes his time with his family less. The carefree feeling turned into a trifle. Julia's face returned. Until late at night he could not remove the faces of the two women in his head.

Andri arrived home the next morning. His wife had left for work, only his son and a maid who went home every day to help keep his children at home. In the afternoon Andri picked her son home from school and they and took a day break together. After Maghrib Andri promised Citra to train together with the basketball team on the field they would rent. After saying goodbye to Julia who had just returned home he immediately rushed to turn on his motorbike no matter the look and suspicious attitude of Julia. Just now he parked his bike three people came to him. Three guys who played against him yesterday played basketball.

"You're not welcome here, please go home!" One said harshly with a look of hatred towards Andri.

"Oh, sorry, you're Rico, right? I thought you guys had a deal last night. But it's okay if you guys change your mind, I'm going home now."

"And don't you approach the image again! She's mine!" Andri who had turned around was about to return his dirt back turned to face the three.

"Oh sorry, I didn't know that Citra already had a boyfriend, she never told me, but I doubt it, I'm not sure Citra wants to date the same rude and disrespectful person you are."

"Dog! Lots of booze!" Rico immediately attacked Andri with a punch, Andri just deflected it and threw Rico's body, as well as the attacks of his two friends. The three continued to attack blindly, Andri who had only fended off the attack finally dropped the two friends Rico until they could not wake up again. Having no choice, he immediately catches Rico's hand and locks it back so Rico can't move and can only scream out loud noises and pain.

"I'm not your opponent Rico, you won't be able to stand up to me. I came up well, where's your manners?" Andri said sharply in the ear of Rico, rico continued to say harshly.

"You only have two choices, I break your hand or you apologize!"

"ANDRI! RICO! What's going on!" The voice of Citra and Shintra shouted simultaneously. Behind them, the rest of the basketball team looked at them and Rico's friend who was sitting in pain.

"I'm teaching your girlfriend some manners!" Andri looked at Citra angrily while throwing Rico at Citra. Rico fell in front of Citra. The image stared intently at the newly awakened Rico holding his hand while grimacing in pain.

"Explain Rico! What are you doing now?" The image shouted furiously.

"I told you! I don't want him on my team!" Rico answered harshly. He left them and so did his two friends. Kamal immediately approached Andri and apologized to Andri.

"I'm sorry for what happened, I'm his best friend but, that's Rico, he's great at basketball, but his emotions drown him all. We're still training, right, dri?"

"Genesis? What events? I've been here since, you're late! I didn't see anything." Andri's face was made innocent and astonished - astonished, Kamal laughed and immediately embraced Andri invited him into the field.

Kamal was right, Andri immediately began to hang out with his new friends he knew as if he had played with them for a long time. Impressive image amazed with the game Andri once saw him play. It's not wrong that Shinta's attitude was crazy yesterday. Begging - please ask him to persuade Andri. Andri played as if it was true that nothing had happened before, he could immediately get along and joke with everything. Except Imagery.