The mask.

58.

Andi's nightmares kept coming, the longer the clearer he saw. He sometimes saw blood, sometimes he saw flames that wanted to devour him. A woman who called out to him gently, but she could not hear what the woman said. Then her last dream, she saw that she was saved by someone her age. Unfortunately, he could not see the face of his helper.

Due to the influence of nightmares that always haunt his sleep, Andi also looks less cheerful and more quiet, the young man also procrastinated his sleep even though his eyes look very sleepy.

Andi knocked on Rama's room, and Rama opened the door for his friend. "What's wrong?" asked Rama who was still wearing reading glasses.

"Not slept?" andi asked scratching her cheeks awkwardly.

"Already! This is just one of my clones?!" balas Rama flat.

"He-he, I'm just a pleasantie, Ram," Andi's grin looks at her friend.

Rama took a long breath. "What's wrong? Can't sleep anymore?" ask her with a more friendly voice. "Don't think too much, you said it was just a nightmare that wouldn't come true, would you?!" the young man reminded his friend.

"Stay, I hate closing my eyes when I'm alone" Andi lamented.

"Come, gih! But don't master all my beds?!" rama said opening the door of his room wide. He had guessed that his friend must have asked to be allowed to sleep in his room. Blame the pillow that her friend brought her, so she knew without having Andi say what she wanted.

"Ready on, boss!" andi said excited, grateful there is Rama as a friend who wants to understand him. The young man invaded half his bed and fell asleep as soon as he lay there.

Rama shook his head slowly looking at his friend who had easily fallen asleep in his room. The young man went back to reading the book he read earlier, Rama's eyes were not sleepy, so he continued his activities before Andi came.

At midnight, Rama opened his reading glasses. He was preparing to go to sleep when he heard his friend muttering indistinctly. Not intending to wake up, Rama listened first. Andi's hands were flailing about in empty air, his mouth muttering an indistinct groan. Rama breathed and woke up his friend. "An, An, hey, wake up!" rama shook his friend's body slowly.

"Rame?" andi looked dazed.

Rama smiled faintly. "I'm going to sleep, so slide a little, dong," said Rama saying the reason he woke Andi.

"Ahh, I took a lot of places in your bed, huh?" timpal Andi out to the edge.

"Don't be too sideline, it'll fall. I had no experience of people falling out of bed" Rama joked. Andi nodded in understanding. "Let's go to sleep again, it's still night" Rama closed his eyes. Andi nodded and closed her eyes again. He did not realize that he had a bad dream so he was awakened by his friend.

Rama opened his eyes, staring regretfully at his friend who had fallen back asleep. A mutter of apologies was uttered without a sound from the lips of the young man. Rama believes it is only a matter of time and his friend will know all the truth.

"Everything that will happen will happen, I will face it all and ask for forgiveness later!" muttered Rama before returning to try to fall asleep.

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Rama, who used to wake up early, woke up earlier than his friend. He moved as slow as possible so as not to disturb the sleep of his friend who looked very sound. After bathing and getting dressed, Rama went downstairs and had breakfast. "Bi, you don't have class today, let him sleep longer" said Rama as he began to eat his breakfast.

"So, clean my room when Andi is awake!" said the young man again.

"Okay, young master," the aunt replied, she would tell the other servant the message.

"I go first, bi," said Rama after he finished breakfast.

"Be careful on the road, young master!" reply the waiter.

An hour later, Andi came down from above. The young man's face looked brighter, probably because his sleep was not too disturbed. "Morning," said Andi greeted with a wide grin.

"Morning, young master. Looks like your sleep is good" replied the waiter who looked more senior than the others.

"He-he, maybe because I slept in Rama's room" Andi replied.

The waiter smiled warmly. "Please enjoy your time, I'll clean up Mr. Rama's room" said the waiter leaving Andi, so that the young man can have a relaxing breakfast.

Andi who was tired of fiddling with his phone, tired of looking at the phone screen, he began to explore the world through his laptop. Tired of these activities, Andi lay in any place while exhaling a lazy breath. "Fuh, bored," the young man complained staring at the ceiling with a lazy expression. "Did I just go to Rama's office, huh?" murmured Andi asked himself.

Andi stood up, clapping her hands twice. "Alright, it's decided. I'm going to Rama's place, who knows if there's anything I can help, he-he," the young man said excitedly. Andi changed clothes quickly, he immediately left after saying goodbye to the waiter at his house.

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This was where Andi was now, standing in front of the towering office. Andi was welcomed because his face was recognized, he was known as the second grandson of the late owner of the company before. "Welcome, young master. What can I help you with?" ask a middle-aged man politely.

"I just want to see Rama here, so don't make unnecessary noise, sir" Andi replied with a wry smile.

The middle-aged man nodded in understanding. "I understand, let me take you to Mr. Rama's place" he said, letting Andi walk in front of him.

"Thank you, sir," Andi said.

"It's my duty, sir," the middle-aged man quickly replied.

Andi smiled. "What's wrong, I can go in by myself. Thank you, sir," Andi replied, thank you again. The old man left Andi alone, Andi stuck his ear to the door, hoping for something he could hear from inside.

"Aisshh, the door is too thick, there's nothing I can hear" Andi lamented blaming the door in front of her. Andi also knocked on the door, after hearing a reply from inside, Andi immediately entered with a big smile.

"Huh?" rama muttered his forehead. As he remembered he did not have an appointment with his friend, why his friend was even in front of him at this time.

"He-he, I'm too bored at home. Want to take Jo or Kiara out, they have their own activities. That's why I decided to come here," explained Andi as if to understand the meaning of the muttering of his friend.

Rama took a long breath. "But I can't accompany you, An. See, my work is still a lot" Rama said, showing documents piled up on his desk, documents that asked to be completed quickly and precisely.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry. If necessary I can help, well even if not much," Andi replied quickly.

Rama smiled faintly. "Alright, do as you please. I'll do it all quickly" we're Rama before re-immersing himself into the heap of work he has. Andi approached, took one document, tried to read and helped his best friend a little. Finally not fifteen minutes, Andi gave up. He was blindly wrong about taking care of business documents, he could only work on everything related to the law. Andi also chose to sit in the chair in front of Rama's desk, he made himself as a telephone receiver, so that if there is a phone in, if there is a phone, his best friend will not be disturbed and still be able to work on the documents that accumulate.

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Twelve o'clock less, Rama glanced at his watch. He took care of his work and prepared to leave the office. "Want to eat in the cafeteria?" rama asked to justify his suit.

Andi nodded excitedly. "Good idea, we don't have to go far to eat!" the young man responded. Rama smiled faintly, both of them went down using the elevator and reached the office cafeteria. There Rama and Andi queue for food and eat with other employees. Many rebuked them, especially reprimanding Rama as a superior here. Andi returned the greeting very kindly, even too friendly according to Rama. As for Rama, the young man simply nodded his head in response to all the greetings he received.

"Ram, smile little napa. They're your subordinates, you know!" tegur Andi whispered softly.

"And their greeting will never cease" replied Rama flatly. He had tried to return the greeting as his friend suggested, but within an hour, Rama never stopped getting a greeting. Even the same person sometimes why more than once, just to see a smile from him. Andi chuckled softly, laughing at his friend's speech which sounded like a lie.

The sound of the knocking of the table interrupted the two companions, Andi and Rama looked up, looking at who the perpetrator was knocking on their table. "Does I have to sit here?" ask the guy. Okay, Andi scanned it carefully. From the looks, it's very nice to see. Looks smart and very neat. His face is only covered in thin make-up, the added value is because it is not aunty with menor makeup that comes close to them. But it didn't seem like she was the one being asked for an opinion, so Andi chose to be quiet while looking at her best friend.

"Please, this is a public place!" balas Rama flat.

"Thank you, boss," said the woman happily. He felt that his initial plan of approaching his boss was quite smooth going. "I am Annisa, the new receptionist here" said the woman Rama met Andi.

Andi smiled broadly. "Andi, Rama's only friend!" andi proudly claimed to be a close friend of Rama.

"Well, really? You mean you're so close to our boss?" timpal Annisa's trying to pry information about his boss.

"Of course, even last night I slept in the same room as Rama!" reply Andi showed off the closeness between himself and his best friend.

The woman choked so surprised she heard Andi's words just now. "A–what?" tanyanya looked at Rama and Andi alternately. What a cold boss is because he turns, but he never sees his boss bothering or trying to tease employees at their company. Whether it should be someone with a sweet and small look like this young man beside him, or should be cheerful and generous of a smile. Various complicated and unbelievable thoughts were wandering around the little head of the woman, she stared in disbelief at the two. Satisfying humans as beautiful as his boss turned out to have oddities as well.

Rama looked indifferent, as if he had not heard what his friend had said. He reached out and cleaned the corner of Andi's lips with a tissue. "Eat the right, do not speak constantly," the young man scolded with a flat face. It did not matter that the clerk sitting nearby opened his mouth wide to see his behavior. Whatever you want to think, Rama is not responsible for correcting all the misunderstandings they concluded.

"Good, boss!" timpal Andi smiled broadly.

Rama broke his friend's hair, actually this was like a habit and not a deliberate movement. "Basic, eat fast. I have to go back to work again" said Rama with a thin smile even though it only lasted a few seconds. Annisa felt heartbroken, the prince of her dreams, the man of her clan, did not even glance at women. The young man even liked men, only this time Annisa felt dislike for her destiny to be born as a woman.

"I'm sorry, boss," said Annisa weakly, her heart too sore to see her boss's sweet behavior.

"Hmm, yes," replied Rama briefly.

"But your food has not run out" said Andi half surprised.

"Maybe another diet or some urgent work!" timpal Rama's. "Trule your own food," continued the young man again telling his friend to continue eating again. Andi nodded obediently, returning to his lunch without speaking again. Rama pulled the corner of his lips, there is also a point of his friend coming here. At least because of this, he would be calmer without interruption and the female tigers who seemed ready to pounce on him at any time.

"I'm full, the food is good, Ram," Andi said after finishing the food he had taken. "Well, although not as good as aunt's food of course," continued the young man accompanied by a wide grin.

"Tomorrow at home, don't come here. Let it eat home food" said Rama lazily.

"Bored, Ram. Eating alone is not good to know," complained Andi puffed his cheeks. Andi was a very cheerful person, always showing the expression she felt. He is not good at covering up the emotions he is experiencing. As with Rama, the young man always played with his emotions. Only in front of Andi can he be more expressive, but sometimes Rama can still hide what he does not want to appear to his friend. Including his bad side of himself, his side that could turn evil at any time. Rama does not want his best friend to know who he really is in the past, because it could be that he will be hated because his past is too dark and bad.

Rama went back to work, this time Andi chose to lie in the resting room Rama, the room behind a large shelf, right on the right side of the table Rama. Three o'clock past a little, Rama's work has been completed all. The young man stretched his hand and stood up, standing quietly in front of his office window. Looking at the scenery far ahead, everything looks small from up here, looks like a miniature toy only.

"When am I here?" muttered Rama, he did not realize that his best friend had stood not far from him. Andi intended to surprise Rama, but even he who felt surprised to hear the muttering of his best friend.

"Are you really going, Ram?" andi asked, looking straight at Rama, asking for an explanation from his friend.

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