We, Without Me

As Companions

"Through?"

"Sad." Cheering Yuki responded to Dimas' question which he thought was full of ridicule.

"I'm sorry, I can't protect you or just be there for you." Dimas' voice tone sounded ordinary, but it stored a sense of regret. His eyes also looked faint and lethargic. But that look was unable to look directly at Yuki. He actually stared at the origin of the leaves on the tree that swayed slowly due to the wind.

"Lack of sleep or mostly wearing koyok?" chirped Yuki with a crispy frown. His elbow nudged Dimas' arm which now swerved.

"I guess for sure because over time ngapel same processing children, right? Why am I still walking together? Do you want me to give you tips and tricks to hook girls?" Yuki raised his eyebrows together. The girl smiled broadly showing off a row of upper teeth.

"Dication attention even makes people sprain. I'm sorry I'm fine," murmured Dimas while yelling at Yuki's temple.

"Mahaha ... Yeah, suddenly a good pretentious. Goosebumps me." Appoint Yuki on her arm with a line of fine hairs that are asleep. Yuki was clearly pretending with those goosebumps.

"That's there!" Pushing slowly on Yuki's left shoulder, Dimas flicked his chin as he said, "it's Bang Riko showing up, go after it!"

"Eh yes, Wit."

"Wit-wit what woi?!! The longer it becomes unclear!"

"Casual, Bro ... Don't be so hard." Patting her butt covered in jeans, Yuki kept looking straight at the male figure with a blue shirt patterned in bark batik. "That's why I'm going after Bang Riko. It could be bad if there's a big day in the lab."

A moment later Yuki instantly grabbed the bag lying on the long chair. Spreading the pace of chasing the man called 'Bang Riko', one of the laboratory management figures he wanted to use.

"Excite, Ki!" yuki shouted Dimas who responded with a whimper of both thumbs without turning over the body. The girl had already run to jump over the 30-centimeter-tall flower fence.

"May you be happy this time. I will always try to be there for you ... Enough as friends so that our relationship is not separate." A round of knotty smiles rose on Dimas' lips, enduring the multifaceted twitches. He cannot deceive bitterly in a heart that strikes.

'If my life wasn't this hard and I had the courage to be honest, would you accept me as more than a friend, Ki?' The hand resting on top of the thighs was clenched, squeezing firmly until his fingernails felt pressing on the palms.

Dimas exhaled heavily, lamenting the feelings he had long hidden. Very tight and almost always successfully controlled with a shield of inferiority.

His life is all short of making Dimas did not dare to expect anything. Not to mention having to know the fact that Yuki loves a man who is considered more than everything he has. Sontak Dimas retreated, further closing the tight feeling that was unexpectedly present for Yuki.

'But in fact I feel unworthy even just to like you.'

Moving from his seat, Dimas scooped a rough face that suddenly felt stiff. "Aware Dimas! Your life is not just yours! Study, graduate and work harder! Your grandmother and sisters need more decent food!"

Love comes suddenly. It is increasingly realized when cheap mascara and eyeliner Yuki wear off. Loud cries but looks funny in the thumping freshman school heart of Dimas. There is sadness, anger, disappointment, envy and of course jealousy. Unfortunately Dimas did not have the courage to confess his feelings. He will only struggle to bring back Yuki's smile and laughter as a friend.

While the man who once filled Yuki's heart was currently focusing on driving towards somewhere outside the City. He did not go alone, but with a friend who had previously reported information about Saka's whereabouts.

Soon Keven wanted to drag Saka in front of Alia. Solve the misunderstanding of the three so as not to sacrifice the baby in the womb of the innocent Alia.

Seeing Dimas who was very close to Yuki increasingly aware Keven in the position of Saka first. His closeness with Alia who is considered ordinary certainly raises the jealousy of Saka. What's more with the misunderstanding that keeps them away, it's not wrong Saka was angry to accuse Keven of pebinor. Although Keven still feels strange about the accusations of Saka which are only based on his closeness to Alia which is actually longer intertwined.

"So she left a day ago. We're late."

Keven's jaw hardens with tightly clenched teeth and eyelids. Instantly his head pulsed withstanding the anger. He could only exhale heavily restrained breaths while opening his eyes wide.

A simple rental house with a courtyard cemented within an alley the width of a car was where Saka had lived for some time. But now the house is empty. It has been abandoned in a span of time that no one knows, including the neighbor that Saka is keeping safe to help guard his home.

Keven can only snore. He is getting confused to find Saka where else. Without Saka, Keven would always be overshadowed by Alia's responsibility. He could not close his eyes at the condition of Alia who desperately needed support. And the bad news is Keven clearly knows that it can never make his relationship and Yuki improve.

"Gue try to contact my acquaintance again. Moga he can track Saka's current whereabouts."

"Please help me, Gi. I couldn't reach Saka at all," pinta Keven told Yogi, the man who was busy typing something on his phone.

"Liet down. I must also help Saka. Pity also Alia's current condition ... I did not expect that Saka's marriage with Alia would end so soon. Even ...." Yogi paused his sentence, he was a little unwell to continue the words that might offend Keven.

"Gue heard from the gossip of our school district the cracks of their relationship there are links to the same elo. But not long after Saka got married, elo got married too, yes I'm sure that all that is just nonsense gossip. After all, you have been in office from the school era," continued Yogi said. Occasionally men of the same age Keven look at changes in the look of Keven's face.

Not yet the long sentence Yogi got a response from Keven who clearly felt insinuated, Yogi's phone rang loudly. The phone connection contains information that Keven is very much looking forward to clearly ejected. It contains the name of the city that they know very well, City B. The city where all the trouble started and the city where their main residence were all located.

"We better move now ... Please ask me to find out the exact location where Saka is now. Tell him that I need a lot and want to use his services," said Keven steady while driving his car in a narrow alley so that the tire does not slip into the gutter.

Krieg ... Crings ... Krieg ...

The sound of bicycle bells rang out from a distance. The quiet streets without motor vehicle traffic successfully echoed the distinctive continuous sounds in Saka's hearing.

Reversing the body to the source of the sound, Saka's eyes can capture the sight of a girl in a high school uniform struggling to pedal a bicycle. The fading red basket was filled with various contents, as well as the back which appeared to contain a tightly tied rectangular basket.

"Sorry, Om, lama ...," he said with a sigh of relief while lowering his bike's mid-standard. Observe a large basket tied to the back of the bike so as not to fall over because the bike is out of balance.

"You're selling?"

"This? Yes," she replied, trying to wipe her sweaty palms on the black skirt she was wearing. "Om want to buy? But the snacks behind this want to be deposited into the stalls. I've ordered."

"What's in this front basket?"

"Oh this is fried ... Om want? Buy it Om, cheap. There are bananas, tofu fill, mendoan, sweet potatoes alike bakwan. A thousand calls, cheap, right? Buy it, Om?"

"Hm... Can mix 10 grand."

"Really, Om?" ask him with sparkling eyes.

"Yes ... This is take your book first," said Saka with a short nod while thrusting a bag of crackles containing the book that must be returned.

"Almost forgot ... Thanks, Om." Patting her forehead, the young girl received the pouch that Saka thrust out.

"This is your grandmother making it too?" saka asked shortly after a bag of red crackles filled with fried food he bought changed hands.

"Not."

"So you?"

"not too. It's got people. I'm just helping out with the sale, 'cause she's got another pregnancy."

"Every day you're like this?"

"No, Om. You want to help nitipin cake tomorrow at the place of sale Temennya Abang. So do not go around the kayak today again," he explained while tightly closing the container where the various fried foods were placed.

"Yes first, Om. It's time to make nyetor. Thank you for the book, it has been returned" he continued, saying with an anxious expression adorned with a friendly smile.

"Next time change your uniform first." Point Saka right on the tie that is still attached neatly with a logo characterized by high school.

"Regular change. This is a hurry." Grinning the girl passed by pushing strongly the first stroke of her bicycle. Even the body of the bongsor that looks bigger than its age until it stands, resting on the pedal exerts all its strength. "Yes, Om. First ... Let's ...."

"Be careful, Nita ...."

Saka's small clang to the energy of the girl figure who had been accidentally dragged into his car.

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Sorry if my update schedule is not regular🙏 Honestly would not want me who like this. But what else if I don't have much time to take😅

Because this is not a novel that has become a new me Up, if you are free, I must be typing a lot. Like I used to regularly update 2 chapters per day (but yes the clock is not necessarily sih😂).

Thank you who still want to faithfully follow Yuki's story🥰 I will not hang the story anyway. Definitely FINISHED HERE and hopefully not boring (worried also be more and bosenin😁).

FYI, here are some typical batik gonggong motifs from Riau Islands. (Riau Islands yes, not Riau)