The Pearl of the Heart of Alvino

53

After college, Nadira and Cacha and Febian go to the hospital to visit Rania. Not to forget they brought a very complete fruit parcel for Rania. After parking her car in the hospital parking lot, the three of them headed to the VVIP room where Rania was being treated.

"Hi, Ran. How are you?" greet Nadira who just entered the room.

"Well, you're coming." The face that had looked gloomy now immediately looked very crisp.

"Good day, Om." The three of them shook Mr. Sandi's hand in turn.

"Siang too. You guys back from college?" ask Mr. Sandi gently.

"Already, Om," said the three of them compact.

"Oh yes Ran, because there is already your friend. Papa wants to look at Ana first yes, you're okay if Papa stays?" The three of them stared at each other questioningly hearing Mr. Sandi's question to Rania.

"It's okay, Pa. Greetings to Ana, tomorrow we'll finish everything."

"All right, the most important thing now is your recovery first. Papa loves you." Mr. Sandi kissed the top of Rania's head and said goodbye to go from there. After the departure of Mr. Sandi, the three of them immediately approached Rania to ask about Ana because they were very curious.

"Ran, where is Ana?" cacha asked curiously, Rania just kept silent because she was still hesitant to tell him everything.

"Ran," call Nadira to wake Rania from her daydream.

"I'll tell you everything, but don't be surprised and you also have to promise that you'll still be normal with Ana and pretend you don't know anything."

"All right, we promise." The fingers of the four of them were interlocked, indicating that they would not break their promise. Before saying everything, Rania repeatedly exhaled violently, while the three of them could not wait for the story from Rania, especially when they saw the corner of Rania's lips that were still slightly blue.

"Ana is now in prison" said Rania.

"What?!" the three of them couldn't believe it. "How can you?" connect Nadira.

"I didn't expect that Ana would be that hard on you, Ran," said Cacha when Rania was done telling her everything.

"Everything is not Ana's fault entirely. Me and papa are guilty." Rania's face looked so sad. He realized, not all the mistakes should be delegated to Ana, because for him it was natural that Ana was jealous of her who was more noticed by the father.

"Patience, Ran. I'm sure it'll all be over soon and we'll be together with Ana again." Nadira rubbed Rania's back gently to calm her down.

"You can keep your word that you're going to pretend you don't know" Raina said worriedly.

"You just calm down, Ran. We will keep our promise," said Febian steadily, Rania pulling both corners of her lips displaying a humming smile.

"Thank you" said Rania happily.

"No need to thank you" replied Nadira. The four of them chatted and shared jokes with each other.

"Ran, there's something I'm going to talk to you about" Febian said seriously as they were about to say goodbye.

"What do you want to talk about, Bi?" rania asked while looking at Febian who was also looking at her.

"Bi, I'm waiting for you in the cafeteria. I'm so hungry." Nadira pulls Cacha's hand out of the room, knowing that Febian will definitely have a serious conversation with Rania.

After Nadira and Cacha came out of the room, Febian sat down beside Rania and clasped Rania's hand tightly, while Rania just kept quiet without rejecting Febian's hand.

"Ran, may I ask you one more time?" ask Febian. Rania did not reply, she just stared questioningly at Febian.

"Are you sure you don't have the slightest feeling for me other than the feeling of being a friend, Ran?" Rania shook her head slowly in response to a question from Febian.

"Sorry, Bi. I just think of you as my best friend and my feelings have never been more than that" said Rania softly, she lowered her head for not daring to look at Febian. The atmosphere in the room was suddenly silent, as the two of them were both silent, even Rania could hear a long sigh from Febian.