Waiting Room

Chapter 5 #2

I \= April

The horn sounds so loud from outside. The person I thought of was him. Okta again, Okta again. I'm lazy to deal with him. Why would anyone like that on earth. One who still approaches someone whose heart is already possessed. Has he lost his shame or what? When I came down to see her, I saw her opening the gate and telling her to come in. I immediately ran and held mom.

"Eh. Mom, don't tell him to come in. We're gonna have a chat here!"

"In just let it be nice to talk to him." Say mother. I saw Okta nod but I immediately held her back.

"No. Mom's here already. Now you just come in again." I asked while bringing my mother in.

"What's wrong?" I asked Okta.

"Take college together?"

"No." I closed the gate. The horn sounded again. I opened the gate again.

"Watch?"

"T I D A K." I spell my words afraid he doesn't understand the word no. He got off his bike. When I tried to close the gate, he suddenly held it.

"Please say yes." He said with a pleading face.

I took a deep breath before speaking. I am trying to gather patience to deal with it.

"Look. I'm NOT gonna. T-I-D-A-K-S. NO. NOPE. Understood?"

"But I bought two tickets."

"Just find someone else."

"don't want. I'll just wait for you until I want to."

"Why the hell do I have to keep coming?"

"I want to be your best friend."

"Oh...." I went away leaving him alone in front of my house. I took a snack and went back to the room. Since my class was still starting in an hour, I just waited while eating and opened up social media. Looking for funny meme memes on social media.

Ah boring, I just want to be a cube. If you can talk or anything. Okay, I'm gonna take a shower first, then change clothes. There is a lot of laundry at home. I have to get her to the laundry immediately. Because there's no domestic assistant here, so yeah this way. Yes already, before the campus I deliver the laundry that piled up first.

"Mom.... April kekampus!"

"Eh. What did you bring?"

"Dirty laundry."

"OKAY. You have a mother. I'm going to the boutique soon."

"Okay, my mother."

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When I was ready, I went out with the laundry. Not yet to the gate, there is a message on my whatsapp, he said today my lecturer will not enter. So yeah, I'm not going to college. Oh my God, my life is getting boring. When I came out of the gate, I still saw the creature that had been taking me away this morning. He has no end. Was he bored waiting for me for almost an hour?

I pretended not to see it and walked away. But he pulled my hand.

"Where are you going?"

"To the laundry place."

"I'm taking it."

"No need. It's close." I kept walking and tried to ignore it. But he got on his bike and walked after me all the way to the laundry. I went out and walked back home. Okta still follows me with her bike.

"Why still follow me? Hhhhh." Tukasku.

"You take care of you." I shook my head to hear his answer. When I got home, I went back into my room and sat down and listened to music.

Curious, I peeked behind the window, I wanted to see if Okta was still there or not. Oh, my God, it turns out he's still there. Then he called me.

"What time do you want to go out and watch with me?"

"No." I hung up the phone and sat back in my bed and read a book. No other activities today. Want to call janu, maybe now janu is not awake, I do not want to disturb him.

"Eh. April."

"You want to watch, right? Come onl. But the movie's up to me." Yeah, there's a reason why I accepted it. Being bored at home. And I'm sure Janu won't get angry about this. He said it's okay to be friends with Okta. Just friends.

"Oh. Come onl. Come onl. Okay, it's up to you." He looked happy, like a child who had just bought his favorite toy.

We both got on the bike and went to the cinema.

"Don't kegeeran yeah. I accepted your invitation because I was bored at home. Not because of you."

"Whatever reason. I'm still happy."

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Because I was so bored, I decided to watch a comedy movie. Before I started watching, I warned him not to talk too much. Just focus on watching.

Because the movie is funny, I often laugh so hard that my tears come out. Every now and then I glanced at Okta, I knew she seemed to be watching me. I raised my chin towards him, indicating what was the question? He did not answer and immediately turned his gaze away.

After the movie was over, Okta and I walked out.

"You don't remember the scene that the main character was talking to his employees. That's funny hahaha." Obviously, I laughed. Then I saw him smile at me.

"Eh sorry. I talk too much." Saying to him.

"It's okay. If you can keep talking. I want to hear your voice more often. Mmm now eat first huh? I'm hungry."

"mmmmmmm. Alright. I'm also." I don't know what the wind is, this time it doesn't upset me. I felt happy and comfortable being close to him.

Uh wait. Comfortabley? No, no, it's just the pleasure of watching a movie just now.

***

He ordered two cheese burgers. He said it was his favorite food. While eating, he looked at me with a smile.

"Why?" Askaqua.

"You don't judge as I thought you would."

"Your calculations are so wrong."

"Yes. I-i know. It turns out you can be fun and you can be pretty too."

"Oh. So I wasn't pretty before?"

"No. Especially if you're angry it's not clear."

"Hmmmmm~."

"But you're fun too." My speech. After I realized that I had spoken that sentence, in my heart I said "God. What I just said."

"Yes I'm a fun, kind, generous person, comfortable being hugged too."

"Haha. There's just one." Okay. This time I admit. This guy is fun. He's like the second Janu of my life. But still no one can replace janu. Uh but I don't mean to make Okta an impingement. She also knew I had a boyfriend.

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We're home by evening. He stopped his bike in front of my gate. Smiling, he said, "Thank you."

"Yes. Same same thing."

"Your boyfriend won't get angry?"

"No. He knows we're just friends."

"Friends?"

"Why? Don't want to be friends with me? Yasudah. I'm in. The drug!"

"Eh no. Not a bag.." I immediately closed the gate and re-entered the room. I don't know what's going on today. I became a liar. I said I hated and disliked Okta, but all I did was get her into my life. But that's okay, making friends is not the wrong thing to do.

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