Chapter 2: A Man Who Save Her

Inside of her room, Zia was cried out. Spill out the pain that she felt because od Naya and Gwen's words to her.

Actually ... there was nothing wrong with what Naya and Gwen said. Zia just couldn't accept that everything they said was the truth.

Zia still wants to continue and believe in her idealistic, thought that Eza can definitely change. She still wanted to believe that Eza would definitely change one day.

It's not easy, but she trust Eza can do it.

Zia's eyes opened, looked at the ceiling of the room and that was dazzlingly lit by the lights. He lightly brushed the tears that dwelt on her cheek with her fingers.

Slowly, the memory of the began she met Eza returned to her memoir. An accident was began their relationship, still remains strong in the memory ...

... -toxic- ...

"Bunga Bangkai*! Hey, focus!" That screamed made Zia woke up from her reverie. The eagle eyes from her senior now turned to Zia, made Zia suddenly frightened. Zia hurriedly lowered her gaze as several seniors walked closer towards her.

"Hey, Bunga Bangkai. You also not only have a bad name, but your behave already badly. How could you not pay attention when your senior was explaining here? What do you wanna be if you already grown up but really hard to manage yourself?!" Shouted the senior woman with red color on her lips.

"Come on, May. You just spent your time scolded children like that. Now push up a hundred times!"

"Pu-push up?" Zia squeaked.

"Why? Can't you push up?“ The senior named Maya raised Zia's face with his finger so that the girl wiped her gaze. "Can't you just push up a hundred times?" he mocked Zia.

Zia did not move. Actually he just had accidents and accidents and even still happened because of sprains, but the seniors seemed to close their eyes with that incident.

"Come on, push up! Don't just shut up!" Behind them, another senior shouted.

When Zia was lower her body, one of the man's warm hand immediately held her back. "I'll replace you to do it."

"Wow! Is he a late prince show, right now?" The man who was standing behind them mocked.

"I think her hand was sick. If she does push up a hundred times and gets injured, do you dare to take responsibility for her?" The man with name tag Tapai Busuk made the seniors surprised to hear that.

“What the hell, the new student now have no morals! How dare you protest! Isn't really polite to seniors!" Maya, the woman with red lips replied.

"Senior?" The man whose called Tapai Busuk laughed. "Yeah, alright. You maybe my seniors, but ... who knows that maybe your age is younger than me? Giving law without logic, does it describe y'all a student in college?"

Hearing the word 'age', seniors whom handled book hurriedly checked Tapai Busuk's mandatory book, were flabbergasted by the birth year that was filled in there.

"He's two years older than others in his year," whispered the bespectacled senior who took the mandatory books belonging to the freshmen.

"Ah, whathever! He still under us!" whispered the others.

No one seniors dared to raise a high voice to Tapai Busuk again. Behind the man's tall body, Zia was still stunned. "Watch your verbs. Not all new students are younger than you. If you feel like you still want to be respected, respect us too. "

"And, once you dare to rebel makes no sense to all of us here again, don't call me Tapai Busuk if I didn't brave to report your rotten deeds to the authorities."

The man immediately walked away and left his name tag in any direction while Zia stared at him leaving with a flushed face.

A man had just come and approached her, defending her and even daring to fight the seniors. Is this the hero of romance movies?

SheㅡZia started to fall in love.

"You are drooled, Zi." Naya nudged a girl who immediately checked the corners of her lips.

"Uh, Nay!" Zia grumbled after found out that Naya lied her.

Instead of apologize, Naya laughed. "You looked like someone fell in love at first sight, here!"

... -toxic- ...

“Gweeen! Gweeen! Where are you?!" shouted Naya when she and Zia reached the house.

Yes, the three of them—Zia, Naya, and Gwen—indeed live in a rented house not far from their campus. They have been friends since childhood, so it's no wonder they are still together even as adults.

"What's the fuss?" scolded Gwen with her proud sky-blue apron and right hand still holded the spatula. "I'm frying chicken, here!"

"Fried chickeeen? There's a thigh part for me right, Gwen?!" Zia's eyes suddenly sparkled while she made sure that her favorite part was fried by Gwen.

"Eh, uh, don't out of topic, Zi! I haven't finish telling Gwen yet!” protested Naya. "You know Gwen, I think Zia was fall—hmmph!"

Before Naya finished her words, Zia hurriedly covered Naya's mouth with her palm.

"What are you doing, guys? Oh, you two are weird!" Gwen scrunched up her face.

"Mpph ... mpph!" Naya was still trying to speak, but Zia immediately interrupts her.

“Alright, Gwen! You just go back to fried the chicken in your kitchen, don't get it burnt! You don't have to listen what Naya's talking about, she was crazy right now!” said Zia who was still holding back Naya from speaking casually.

Gwen looked at her two friends in confusion. "Okay." She then turned around and returned back to the kitchen.

After Gwen left, Zia finally let Naya go. “Naaay! Please don't say something weird, please!" warned Naya.

"What is it? Blushing huh? Gweeen, Zia was fallin' love again, today!” shouted Naya, ignoring Zia.

Zia glared instantly at Naya. “Lies, She lied to you, Gwen! Don't trust Naya, Gwen!" she shouted suddenly.

"You two are crazy!" There was a reply from the kitchen, Gwen was reluctant to listen to what her friends said. In your first day at college, you two being crazy, huh! Hush, hush, hurry up and take a shower now, then eat!"

"Ah, my lovely Mommy Gweeen!" Naya immediately ran and hugged Gwen in the kitchen.

"Chicken's thigh for beautiful Zizi, right!" Zia followed Naya to hug Gwen.

Their hugs tightened Gwen. Plus unpleasant smells from Naya and Zia, Gwen desperately pulled her body out of Naya and Zia's arms. “Eww, let me go! You guys smell like crazy, oh my! I can't breath”

"You don't know our experience, Gwen! So we just share the scent of our day today, who knows if you flashback!" said Naya, reluctant to let go of her arms.

“Yeeeep! I agree with her, Mom Gwen!" Zia agreed to Naya's remarks.

"Oh my God! Why no one of my friends insane here?!”

-To be Continue-