The mask.

47.

Speaking of the birthday party to be held for Andi, the young man let out a tired sigh. He will be his own hassles, because the grandmother agreed the opinion of his friend, the Rama. Andi had to be the shining prince that day, andi could see the mocking laughter on his friend's face secretly that day. Unfortunately his friend was too smart to set the expression in front of the grandmother, so Nek Lidya did not see the expression of his friend at all.

Nek Lidya decided the party was held a week later, it was Andi who resigned from the first set time the grandmother. Imagine, just three days from now, forced Andi to ask for more time, he felt sorry for the waiter who had to work harder. Rama did not help at all, the young man smiled faintly at his friend's distress.

Andi leaned her body on the back of the chair. "Such a cry as seeing your own friend confused," Andi snorted annoyedly.

"What looks clear?" timpal Rama with a mocking smile.

"Gosh, Ram, what sin do I have as your best friend?" andy complained.

"Hmm, maybe you have a debt that has not been paid off in your previous life?" guess Rama's origin.

"No way, I'm a good boy, diligent in saving, no way not to pay the debt, Ram," Andi snorted.

"Such a essence, anyway? Just kidding, An," Rama replied casually.

"You, you didn't help me just now" Andi lamented blaming Rama.

"Enjoy it, An. When else can you be the main character?!" kekeh Rama, Andi was even more upset.

"Heh, if your turn comes, I'll wait too, see?!" andi snorted with an annoyed bent face.

"Yes, yes, please. Do whatever you want, buddy," Andi said.

The two young men had been left behind by the grandmother, Nek Lidya busied himself to arrange this and that for Andi's birthday party. So the two can clash their mouths openly, if there is a grandmother, they will not be like that.

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A week passed quickly, Andi had been busy since morning. When he just woke up, there were already more than ten servants standing around him. Shocked of course, but the young man had no time to protest. Bath water prepared with a fragrance mixture that, ah, never mind, do not talk about. Andi himself dizzy just by smelling it, what power, Andi must obey and do whatever has been prepared.

Rama, who was wearing a long-sleeved casual shirt, rolled his shirt up to the elbow. Andi looked at the envy of the clothes her best friend was wearing, she compared to what she was wearing right now. Ha-ah, too much, even if it could the young man would refuse to wear clothes like this.

"Why face? Tangled very?" rama's satire leaned against the wall.

Andi grumbled annoyed. "Don't ask!" ketus Andi is upset. Because he was very sure this friend knew why he was pouting, but still asked to mock him.

"Ha-ha-ha, okay, okay, sorry. Btw, would you like to open a gift from me now what later?" Rama shook his hand holding a small square-sized box.

Andi's eyes sparkled happy to see the gift prepared by his friend, yes, even though he did not know what it contained. "Now!" he said with passion. Rama again chuckled softly, the young man threw the box he had been showing off at his best friend. "Happy birthday, man. Happy aging?!" he said in a joking tone.

Andi nodded fully haru, despite hearing the ridicule of his comrade, for him it was no problem at all. Her friend prepared a gift for her, that was the most important thing. "Young master, please don't move much. We still have a lot to do?!" reprimanding one of the servants who was styling Andi's hair, he was a little troubled because their young master moved continuously since earlier.

"Well, I'll be silent like a statue this time until you're done!" timpal the young man. He grasped the gift his friend gave him tightly, as if afraid to disappear if released even for a moment.

"Don't want to know what it is, hmm?" Rama starts to get a little nosy, trying to get his friend to keep moving.

"Well, pity them on being busy?!" reply Andi looked at his friend from the mirror reflection.

"Young master doesn't want all of you? We can decorate you both!" haggle with one of the servants while looking at Rama.

"Better not, let the main character shine brightly. The complement must not rival the light of the main character today!" rama's reply was serious, he turned down the offer for a dirahas. "I'll wait here until it's done" continued Rama. He sat down casually while flipping through the pages of the magazine.

Two hours later, Andi had finished. His face does look more radiant, supported by a luxurious suit set, adding a handsome and sweet impression to this one young man. Unfortunately Andi was too tired, to smile he could not. It was as if his strength had been used up to prepare for over six full hours. Don't ever have another party for him going forward, Andi will avoid as much as possible. Let him not shine, than his strength has been sucked away.

"Come on. smile buddy?!" rama reminded me. "Be king today!" the young man continued to cheer.

"Even for the role I don't have the energy, Ram!" mooed Andi in a very slow voice.

"Ho-ho, really?" Rama raised his forehead up. "Hmm, try to open the gift from me earlier," continued the young man looking intently at his friend.

Andi straightened his back even though it looked ogah-ogahan. His hand opened the wrapping that covered all sides of the gift box that his best friend had given him. "Wow!" andi screeched with sparkling eyes. "This is for me?!" ask the young man to make sure that there should be no need to ask again.

Rama nodded. "Sure," he replied. "Unless you don't want to," added Rama to question his friend.

"Impossible! No way I don't want to, this is great, my God, thank you, Ram?!" the burning spirit of the young man who had stated that his strength was not in the slightest.

"Let's see, does it match our 'Prince of flowers? Come on, try it on?!" said Rama.

Andi nodded, wearing quickly the watch his friend had given him. The hours that can only be obtained after ordering a few months before, that means this friend of his has prepared a gift for him from afar. Ahh, he is more and more affectionate and moved to his best friend this one. "Good, right?" andi asked, showing off the watch in her hand.

"Of course" replied Rama who followed suit like his best friend.

"We're twins, Ram?" pekik Andi couldn't believe it.

"Play one message if it can be more, the same is complicated," said Rama lightly.

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The two of them immediately went down together, not wanting to delay and make the invited guests wait. Despite having no close friends, Andi invited all the friends in the class she attended. As a result, quite a number of their fellow students came. Not to mention the acquaintance of the grandmother and her late grandfather, all congratulated Andi.

"You two long?!" granny whispered softly.

"Sorry, Grandma, Andi had a stage fright earlier," Rama replied, hiding a mocking smile behind the glass he was holding.

"Lied, Grandma Lidya. Don't believe what Rama said!" kilah Andi fast. "I'm taken for a long time, Grandma, that's why!" the young man explained.

"When am I?" rama asked with a innocent face without sin.

"Lidya, how are you? Thank you for inviting us to your handsome grandson's birthday party?!" a voice interrupted the three people who had been busy whispering to each other.

"Ho-ho, Rian, nice to meet you! Thank you for coming," replied Lidya who was happy to meet her old acquaintance.

"Should we go somewhere else? I'm afraid our grandchildren will get bored if they get together with us," said Rian invites Lidya to move places, giving the young people a chance to get to know each other better.

"All right then. Rama, Andi, you two accompany Kiara. She's like my grandmother's granddaughter, which means you're brothers!" get Nek Lidya's message before he leaves.

"Happy birthday, this is for you. Thanks for being invited, yes!" kiara said half reluctantly. If not for his grandfather, he would have been here and met again with an arrogant creature that exasperated him half to death.

"Thank you, yes," Andi retorted scratching her cheek awkwardly. He was unfamiliar with this girl in front of him, so he was at a loss for what to respond to.

"His name is Kiara" whispered Rama who saw his friend awkwardly.

"Gapain you whisper? Just be careful if it hurts me?!" ketus Kiara snorted in annoyance.

"Eh, no, no, no. Rama just told me what your name is!" obviously Andi does not want his best friend to get into trouble.

"What can't it do on its own?" ketus Kiara covered up the shame of being wrongfully accused.

"He-he, I'm ashamed that he didn't know her. Later who was asked even thought strangely," replied Andi honestly.

"No problem," Kiara replied briefly. "I'll go first, yeah. There are still many who want to say congratulations, but my country is here they are not here," continued the girl while staring around.

"Okay, thanks again, yes to Kiara's gift" Andi replied with a face full of smiles.

"Observice your cheek muscles stiff because of the big smile!" rama half mocked his friend.

"Sirik aja, anyway. Smile there if you want!" timpal Andi pouting.

"Okay, I don't smile a lot can be a statement of like, especially if the exhibition smile, may our prince depart from his throne," reply Rama sound annoying.

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"Your granddaughter is beautiful, Rian?" puji Nek Lidya's. Now the two are sitting in a greenhouse, not far from where the party is held.

"It's your grandson who's too handsome, Lidya!" the old man praised Rama.

"If that's not me, Rama is very handsome and Andi is handsome and sweet." the old grandmother's face was cheerful when talking about her granddaughter.

"Some time ago I asked Dani to bring our grandchildren together, unfortunately my grandson seems to be refusing if I betrothed them. That's why I'm silent and not pushy, letting it all flow. Well, if they're both going to be together!" I'm Rian talking about Kiara and Rama.

"Ahh, just let the kids find a partner they like. Our job is to pay attention and give our blessing, Rian!" reply Lidya who put everything on the stroke of fate.

Rian and Lidya continued to talk, occasionally they both reminisced about the time they had passed. "Ha-ah, it turns out we're this old, huh, Lidya?" Rian let out a long sigh calculating roughly how much lifespan he had left to accompany his spoiled grandson.

"Your grandchild is that big and you only realize now that you're old? What a weird grandpa?!" chirps Lidya. Instead of being angry, Rian laughed out loud. "You're right, I'm weird!" I'm the old man.

"But thinking about our old age, I count how long I can spend with my granddaughter, Lidya," the old man complained.

"You don't think I've ever thought that way, even every night I ask to be extended, not because I can't leave this world, but because I'm afraid to leave my little grandchildren!" for parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren are considered young, regardless of how much age their grandchildren have. Likewise Grandpa Rian and Grandma Lidya, both still consider their grandchildren are still children even though they are teenagers and enter adulthood in society.

"At least I can leave when they have found happiness for themselves, so they will not feel too sad when I arrive" continued Lidya. Rian nodded in agreement, that was also what he wanted. At least before he left, his grandson had found a place to lean on other than this old self.

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Andi's birthday event took place lively and smoothly until the end, now the young man lay exhausted from receiving many remarks from the invitation that came. The gifts piled up behind were left unopened, the young man chose to rest first and then take care of the gifts.

"Yo," said Rama playfully entered his friend's room. Andi did not reply, only raising one hand in response.

"Drink, nih!" Rama offered a warm drink to his friend.

"Put it first, I swear I have no more energy, Ram," complained Andi who was too lazy to move his body.

"Yes, so drink this, it must be quite good if it has been exhausted," said Rama half-forcible, pity to see his friend dying of fatigue.

With great difficulty Andi got up and sat down, the young man stuck out his hand without any energy. "Thanks, man," he said weakly.

"That's the grandma who made it, so spend it until the last drop!" Andi nodded quickly.

"Ram, help open the gift, yuk," invite Andi after spending the drink brought by his best friend without remaining.

"Gee, a gift, yes your gift. Time should I open," reject Rama quickly.

"Help it, if alone, a week will not be finished this," persuaded Andi pointed to a pile of gifts that mount in the corner of his room.

"Come on, yeah, yeah, huh? Help your friend?!" pinta Andi put on a welding look. Rama let out a long sigh, telling the waiter to bring back the empty glass, while he stayed in his friend's room to help the friend open the gifts he got. Not part of it, it's okay. The important thing is to open the box. But even if his friend gives one of the gifts, he will not receive. Because it's all for his friends who are having a birthday.

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