The Unexpected Love Journey

Ch 11's. Old Enemy

Toni, was one of Andre's friends while sitting on the Junior High and also became his best friend along with Brandon and Dimas. Her cheerful, unjaim, and always connect when invited to joke anything makes the four of them very clop. Their foursome stature is quite high making them often called the fantastic four.

His reason? he doesn't know for sure about that either. It's just, based on what Dimas— listened to who often won't change girls—they are called like that because it is close to the word perfect. Rich; beautiful face; athletic posture and body shape, are some of the many reasons.

But the four of them, in fact, did not admit it, because the people did not know how ridiculous the four of them were when they gathered together in their basecamp at the house of Dimas. He, Brandon, and Toni actually wanted to show their original colors that were full of silliness in front of a lot of people. However, as usual, Dimas with his expertise rejected the idea outright on the grounds that his cool image will be destroyed and make girls will run away from him.

Their friendship can be fairly harmonious and durable even though there are various rumors. But everything changed when they were in the 3rd grade of Junior High. The Toni they knew slowly turned very foreign. Their friendship with Toni slowly begins to crack and turns into competition.

And the peak, is when Toni whether intentionally or not, snatch his girlfriend and first love at that time. That is what also makes his concentration disturbed during the match in Singapore and caused his team to swallow a bitter defeat; from a highly seeded team to champions to nothing, going home without results.

Luckily for him, Dimas and Brandon were always there when he had those bleak times. As people say, first love is hard to forget. It took him 6 months to forget his first love.

Therefore, after meeting Yunita, he promised himself not to let the same thing happen again. And that's why, too, he gets so emotional when he sees Toni close to Yunita, even though it may not be intentional; it was a fear of losing someone he liked a second time.

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“Already, there's no good thing you're arguing here. Think how about it when reporters outside hear this?” said Dimas who was holding Andre's arms and shoulders while Toni, that person threw a cynical smile as he walked out from before the four of them.

After Toni disappeared from his sight, Andre became aware of the sight of people around them looking at him while whispering. Realizing that it could be a bad image for himself and his family, while putting a flat face, he again clasped Yunita's hand and left the place followed by Brandon and Dimas.

“Basic shucks,” she swears in heart, “why should today anyway?” subconsciously, he spoke the words he should have spoken in his heart. His words, it seems to make Dimas, Brandon, both their respective spouses and also Yunita astonished.

“Hah? What does it mean?” Yunita asked directly,

“Anu..” he actually really wants to tickle and answer the others. However, his mind was deadlocked, he could not think of a single lie that would sound convincing at this moment. Having no other choice, he finally told me about Toni's words that were ringing in his head at this time continuously and made his mood a little chaotic.

“Whose man was it?” yunita's question left Dimas, Brandon, and himself speechless for a while. The three of them stared at each other, like talking using their telepathy and eyes. While Yunita, looked at him with a gaze like a person who was overwhelmed with people's past. The two women who came with Dimas and Brandon were seen to not care and just play the phone.

Feeling that it was only a matter of time before Yunita knew it, she nodded her head as Brandon and Dimas looked at her; as a sign that Dimas or Brandon could tell her about Toni.

“Why is it?” Yunita seemed to be very curious about it. Dimas and Brandon looked back at Andre, like they were asking permission to tell him about it. Andre himself just nodded and smiled. Because to be honest, he has not wanted to talk about Toni since Toni seized her lover for no apparent reason.

“Yes, the rumors that the cave heard are many. Some say it's because of girls. Moreover, he is this (pointing Andre with his gaze) popular among the girls in Junior High we three first. But for the cave, it makes no sense about that, because he only has 1 ex-doang during Junior High School. It ended tragically because the son of a bitch Toni,” Brandon nudged Dimas' arm when Dimas used the word ‘bangsat’. Both of their partners also seemed a little surprised when Dimas said those harsh words.

“Continue in your opinion because what?” yunita asked back, who seemed to be very impressed with it.

“Not knowing either, because until now he is the same Toni has never met and talked about it well. Even so, it was actually the first time that Toni appeared after the end of Junior High School. And also..”

“Enough, there is no point discussing the rich bad past that is,” feels this talk will be long, he cut off the talk of Dimas, folded his hands on the table, “From on that, he said, what if we talk about the disgrace of Dimas who fit him to date the same beautiful sister and ended up slapped, how? Agree?” his proposal made Brandon smile broadly, while Dimas began to look misbehaved; his facial features also changed from calm to frantic; his eyes also seemed unable to focus. The Brandon and Dimas couple who seemed to feel like they were not being considered, stood up and went home first.

“Heh, you huh? If it's just the three of us, nothing. The Yunita period should also know the disgrace of the cave anyway? He was, sorry yes, not included in our circle,” Dimas who had started to panic trying to prevent Andre or Brandon to start telling stories.

“Circle what the hell?” Yunita asked again,

“Ah, group chat we three,” replied Brandon,

“That's free? Easy, stay entered into the group kok later. After all I'm the same he's also been destined for each other next time. The proof is that the cave has met him twice accidentally,” he denied the reason Dimas just now; and a little happy also could make Dimas, who usually likes to work on him, very much, looks panicked. Well, count a little revenge on the mouth of the bucket all this time.

“Hoi, whose name is destiny if you have met three times accidentally, twice mah is nothing,” Dimas confidently replied to Andre. Andre could not refute Dimas' words and just fell silent unable to say anything.

“Three times already,” Yunita then broke the silence when Dimas smiled confidently because he felt he had won over Andre.

He was surprised, because they remember only 2 times they met accidentally, while in Singapore, and on the first day of entering the SMA at that time. “Where?” he asked out of curiosity where he met Yunita for the second time.

Yunita who was smiling widely, made her become very curious; which seemed to be felt by Dimas and Brandon who were now looking at Yunita seriously. Maybe hoping to get a disgrace that can be used as material, he thought.