When Love Should Choose

Two Childhood Friends

Chapter 7

Who her? Who her? Ardian kept counting in his heart. Suddenly, he remembered to pick up his phone that was on the small table beside the bed. He removed the large pillow that covered his face, opened his eyes and looked at the screen of his phone.

After finding the name of the contact he was about to go to, he pressed the call and waited for a response.

“Halo, Bik? Who is the foreign girl on the 2nd floor?” ask her fast when the call is connected. Turns out Bik Aini's mobile number was the one he was referring to earlier.

“Oh, son Ardian, why use the phone all from the 2nd floor? Bibik thought who was. Hehe.”

“Iya, who is that girl?” ardian asked quickly, feeling impatient waiting for Bik Aini's reply.

“Propay, Son Ardian. It's still your acquaintance in the hometown first. He said, old neighbor who is in Tanjungbalai.”

Dugm! Ardian's heart seemed to be dislodged hearing Bik Aini's explanation. The old neighbor in Tanjungbalai, could it be…

Ah, it's impossible! There was no way that Nia, her childhood friend whom she had always thought of all this time. What's he here for? Hasn't his family been in communication for 10 years, let alone with the Nia family? So how could the girl suddenly be in her house.

But, if you recall the look of the girl's gaze, her face, her stature, and her voice, all of that is very familiar to Ardian. It was similar to Nia, her childhood friend.

Hurriedly, Ardian walked towards the door of his room. He did not realize that his cell phone was hanging in his bed. Even the voice of Bik Aini who felt astonished and continued to sniff about the name of the girl was no longer heard by him. Hurriedly, he opened the door and stepped out. I mean, where's the girl going now?

By the time she reached the bathroom, the girl had already disappeared. His feet went through the other rooms on the 2nd floor but did not find the girl.

Suddenly he felt stupid himself. After bathing, surely the girl will go to her bedroom to dress or sidelined when viewed from the appearance earlier. Yeah, then where's the room? Stunned, Ardian stood in front of the guest room across from his room. Is it possible that the girl is in here? thought Ardian.

He didn't know if he should knock or break in. Then, if you have faced the girl directly, does she have to ask, “Are you Nia, my childhood friend?”

How about the answer, “Bukan”? Will he be disappointed? But, it wasn't the girl who made him flutter earlier no matter who he was.

Ardian held the handel of the room door, moving it down. Turns out the door wasn't locked. Slowly, he pushed the door inside. After the door was half open, he hesitated to step inside.

The girl was brushing her hair when the hesitant Ardian steps up behind her. Stunned, Nia looked at the guy who was suddenly behind her chair, looking at her through the mirror.

The faces of the two of them were both facing the makeup mirror with Nia sitting on the sofa round chair and Ardian standing glued behind her.

For a long time they looked at each other in the mirror. Nia had already stopped the movement of her hand that was brushing her hair.

“Ardian,” voice Nia slowly. Now he recognized the young man after a long time looking clearly through the mirror.

“You...?” faltered, Ardian replied.

“I...?” nia asked while pointing at her own nose. “Swimming together, kite playing, marbles, jump rope, hide and seek, have you forgotten all that, Ardi?” rahu Nia's voice.

Ardian. Only Nia called him “Ardi” first. No one dared to call him Ardi. Even until now he did not allow any friend to call him that. Ardian would get angry and tell them to call him Ardian instead.

“Nia...,” also triggered the name from the mouth of Ardian. For 10 years Ardian tried not to mention the name of the girl, because his heart would feel sad and hurt suddenly if the name of the girl he called or called someone else.

Incidentally, of the many female friends he knew in the city of Medan, there was no one named Nia. Otherwise, he would have been mad for no reason at the woman, blaming her for having the same name as his childhood best friend.

Nia smiling. From both corners of her eyes came a happy tear. His heart that held back longs for 10 years, and something else that he had hidden well for 10 years seemed to pay off at this moment, this second, when Ardian stood behind him, as if he was standing behind him, looking at her through the mirror with a longing gaze, and like there were other flavors there as well, like the taste Nia had.

“How are you?” suddenly Nia fell from her seat and turned to face Ardian. The white towel that covered his body had been removed, changed shirts and pants ponggol.

Now, they are facing directly, no longer through a mirror.

Ardian looked at the girl standing in front of him. Wanting him to hug her for a moment, spilling all his yearning and restless fidgeting for 10 years. I don't know why he didn't do it. He just touched the tip of his nose with his index finger, like he was about to wipe his wet nose. Perhaps, the reaction of the body of sadness and haru mixed to make his nose feel wet with tears.

The man did not cry with tears, but cried in his heart until his chest felt warm and cold mixed. “As you can see,” said.

Nia stunned. As I see it? All I saw was the same Ardian I saw last time.. Like that farewell day. Ardian who is grumpy and indifferent, is no longer as friendly and considerate as before losing his mother, thought Nia.

“Why should it be, Ardi?” tanya Nia hoarse. “I hope to see you again in a better state. But it still remains the same. You just enjoy the luxurious life given to you for 10 years without any affection.”

Ardian heard Nia's words that felt sharp reaching into the recesses of his heart. There's a lot of play there. Sadness, anger, disappointment, longing, revenge, love, hate, mixed up.

“Haha! You are still a pretentious little girl like I used to know!” said Ardian in a voice that was intentionally sinicized.

Nia smiled faintly. “Whatever the story is, my judgment is correct, Ardi.” said Nia softly. “If you don't, you won't stand stiff in front of me right now, just staring and blurting out cynical remarks, holding back tears without daring to take them out, and acting strong.”

Ardian widened his eyes hearing the sharp words of the girl in front of him.

It felt like he wanted to get angry and scream out loud to the point of deafening the girl. While in the city of Medan, no one dared to speak words presumptuous let alone be rude to him. Especially the girls he knew, all of them must have been sweet in front of him and let out charming soft words. There is no one like Nia, so brave to throw forth blunt condemnations.

“You...?”

“Yes, I'm your childhood friend, Nia. Gift, the name given to my father. Only you know my name other than my two, Ardi. Likewise, I'm the only one who calls you Ardi, right?” ask the girl.

Ardian laughed, his tone sounding discordant. Nia stood up while raising her head, folding both her hands in front of her chest with a brave face. He did not feel guilty in the slightest so he did not feel afraid to speak frankly to Ardian.

“If you have a tongue, you are the star, yes?” praise Ardian while smiling insinuatingly.

Nia released her hands that were hugging each other in front of her chest. Now his style changed, crossing both hands in front of the waist. With pity, he stared at Ardian who still did not want to admit his condemnations.

“However, you've come here. Someone must have invited you, there is no way a stupid girl like you can come alone to this big city alone, let alone come deliberately to look for me?” ardian fishing line full search.

Nia's chest felt hot hearing Ardian's spicy words. Moreover, the young man continued his insinuation.

“But yes, you have arrived at my big house and given a luxurious bedroom that fits across from my room. Would it be nice and comfortable to sleep in this room? Different from your narrow room in.. at..”.

“Tanjungbalai,” said Nia continued. “Don't say you don't remember your own hometown after living in a big city, Ardi,” interrupted Nia with a disappointed tone, even though he knows Ardian only pretends not to remember a moment from their hometown.

“Iya, Tanjungbalai!” cetus Ardian seemed to have just remembered. “I've been 10 years leaving that place and never coming back. How are you doing now? And how do you do yourself, naive little girl?”

Stupid, naive, Nia was furious to hear the stamp-cap that Ardian pinned to her. However he knew, it was just the mask of the young man to cover his own face which was embarrassed because his bad attitude had not been able to change.

“Iya, I'm stupid, naive, and ugly,” smile Nia bargained. “You alone, Ardi has grown into a smart, clever, and handsome young man,” continued while staring fixedly at the young man.

Ardian smiled back with a snort. “That's none of your business!”

said ketus.

Debaran in his heart that had been organized now felt hunting again upon hearing the girl's true words of praise spoken as a compliment that satiated his arrogance.

“It seems, you did come alone, huh?” ardian's eyes swept across Nia's silent room. There was no one there but the two of them.

“Iya, I myself came to the city of Medan. From Tanjungbalai take the train overnight and arrive here last night afternoon. Then I picked up your father with a big car to get to this big house,” explained Nia.

“Oh....,” hiss Ardian mangosteen, whether the girl's speech goes in her ear or not. His eyes were more busy paying attention to the appearance and stature of the girl in front of him than hearing his words.

He saw that the girl's hair was long and still wet, then her small egg-shaped face, was still the same as before. His skin is also still ripe. Only now, the girl looked more beautiful than before after growing up. Moreover, the shape of the body is also beautiful and charming like a Spanish guitar. The gaze of his eyes that were no less sharp than Ardian himself seemed to have a magnet that was able to sedate Ardian to continue to remember him. Anyway, the whole picture of the girl makes Ardian can't just erase it from memory after seeing her again for the first time since the breakup 10 years ago.

“You heard my words, Ardi?” ask Nia slowly.

“Hah?” waking up from his daydream that was staring at the stature of the girl, Ardian replied embarrassedly, “Iya, listen, dong! How chatty!” the break-up pretended to be upset. “Aih, I forgot to take a shower because I kept talking to a chatty girl like you,”.

Ardian's eyes pretended to glance at the wall clock in Nia's room with a serious look, then put on a style about to turn around quickly. “I take a shower. I am going to be jogging in the park soon. You want to come?” tanyanya menole's.

“Jogging? Clock like?” Nia took a glance at the wall clock. At 10 am.

“Ohiya, you haven't had breakfast, have you? That's okay, next time. You vacation is still long here, or just a moment back?” ardian Fishing.

That means that who wanted to get out of Nia's room earlier was not so-so. It was like a magnet was holding her steps and a glue duaton was sticking its foot on the floor of the girl's room.

“I?” Nia pointed at her own nose. “It looks like it will still be a long time here,” he said.

Ardian breathed a sigh of relief. Nia somewhat did not understand why Ardian had to breathe a sigh of relief, but she did not have time to think about it because Ardian immediately dispelled his thoughts.

“If you are hungry, just go down first to eat. Your breakfast must have been provided Bik Aini since. I want to take a shower first, later to follow.”

“Oh, yes, Ardi,” Reply Nia.

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