Youthful Time Volunteers 2

Telephones

Although it is not good news that Rani will tell Martin, Rani still calls Martin. At first Rani had thought Martin would not pick up the phone from him because it was still in the middle of lesson hours, but it turns out Martin picked it up.

"Who's this?"

"Lho, doesn't Martin know I called him? Didn't he keep my HP number?"

Rani wondered why Martin didn't know he was calling her. Rani thinks Martin didn't keep her phone number. Then Rani remembered that Martin did not ask for his mobile number, Martin only gave Rani his own mobile number. How will Martin keep Rani's phone number, if Martin doesn't know her number himself?

"It's Rani."

"Rani? Did you call me for some good news?"

"Bad news, to be precise."

"Gue wants to meet," said Rani. "It's better if we talk directly."

Actually not to make it any better. But according to Rani, if she tells bad news by phone, Martin will definitely hang up. That way Rani will lose the chance to talk to him again. And Rani doesn't want that to happen.

"OKAY. Four o'clock at Cafe 69" Martin said.

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At four in less than ten minutes, Rani was already hanging out at Cafe 69. Among the Garuda High School students who filled the cafe, Rani saw the bushy-moustached man again. The man was like a mere apparition, he appeared everywhere.

Rani again ordered an iced cappuccino, and it was the only drink that accompanied her until half-five, when Martin showed up. Martin decided the clock, but he was also half an hour late. Martin did not apologize at all.

"So how?" ask Martin directly.

"Tristan doesn't want to talk to you" said Rani.

Martin snorted, so loud that it felt like he could beat the noise in the cafe. "How can I make you feel like I'm meeting?" exacting.

"Gue can't make Tristan want to talk to you, so I still have to treat you," said Rani.

"Don't go back to those treaties again!" snapped Martin. A few pairs of eyes turned their heads towards them, especially the eyes of the bushy-moustached man that— was so intensely staring at them. "Lo's a waste of my time. I should have guessed from the beginning that you're just a useless girl." With those hurtful words, Martin left Rani.

It's the same as Martin hanging up. Even worse because they become a spectacle.

After Martin left. Rani then pays for her iced cappuccino and walks out of the cafe. But just a few steps into the cafe, he saw Martin standing up on the phone, not far from him. Martin turns his back on Rani, so he is unaware of Rani's presence. With reckless Rani sneaks closer to him, trying to steal a listen.

"It doesn't look like it can't be Galaxy SMA. We need to find another school."

That's all Rani could hear before Martin started walking away. Rani did not dare to follow Martin because she thought it was too risky. So what he did after that was to call Miko.

"Hello?"

"Did he call the school name?" ask Miko.

"No," said Rani. "But I'll find out."

"Stay careful yes, Ran," Miko said. "Gue will also discuss it with Ghevin. Maybe he knows which school Martin's about to go to."

Rani just hung up, but her phone rang again. It was Melly who called. Rani lifted it up.

"Ha—"

"ROSELYNN…!!!" Rani also immediately kept the phone away from her ear.

"Crazy the Melly, make my ears pengang aja. Why the hell does he have to scream like that? That's my trademark. So that's supposed to scream well me, not him."

"Why the hell are you yelling like that?" tugut Rani's.

"Where, Ran? Ghevin made sure I had Tristan to have dinner together" Melly said.

"Good dong" commented Rani. "That means he's getting closer to Tristan."

"No, that's not good at all" Melly said. "And Ghevin also did not want to get closer to Tristan. He wants to interrogate us. Actually, he's been doing it for weeks, but I always put it off. Now I can't put it off anymore because Ghevin's a big deal."

"It's better not to put it off again" said Rani. "Who knew by interrogating you, Ghevin finally realized that you were compatible with each other and then decided to fully approve of your relationship."

"Gue also wants it to be" Melly said. "But Ghevin is unpredictable. He's fighting, again, with Tristan."

"Will Tristan be taught dinner with Ghevin?"

"Tristan was forced to do it" said Melly. "It was also after I coaxed for hours. Now, once he wants to, I'm the one who's stressed."

Hearing Melly's voice so upset, Rani took pity on her. If Ghevin arranges dinner, then he's serious. Two mortal enemies were met in a single table, what would happen?

But it seems like Rani knows the answer from Melly's next words.

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Seriate....