LOGINReihan and Melsa sat opposite each other at Rei's favorite coffee shop. Melsa did ask the man to meet at a place far from campus, so she just followed Rei's recommendation. Two glasses of drinks served on the table. Rei, without asking Melsa, already ordered a chocolate frappe for her. The girl's favorite drink since high school.
Melsa's eyes narrowed to see that the man was still as charming as ever. Rei looks calm and mature, especially the way he dresses now as a requirement to become a teaching assistant requires that he be more serious in dressing.
"So how are you now?" Asked the man to open the conversation first.
Melsa who felt caught staring at the man a little nervous because of the sudden question from him.
"Euh, fine. How are you in school, graduated early than you should, huh? "
The man smiled then nodded. "I haven't been quiet there for long."
"Why?" Melsa frowned.
"It is okay." The man changed the conversation seemingly objected to discussing that. "Since when have you been dating Alex?"
Melsa felt that she never told Rei the name of her boyfriend, she wondered why he knew.
"Only five or six months. Recently."
Rei was silent again hearing Melsa's answer, he watched the coffee cup in his hand as if there was something interesting there.
"Hm, Rei, about that photo painting .." Melsa decided to bring up the incident the other day when she accidentally pressed the like button. "I accidentally found it on the explore page."
"That's a painting I made a few years ago Mel, don't worry, I'm just posting it on social media for fun."
Melsa nodded slowly, “Ah, okay. It's okay, I was just shocked when I saw that it was your account. "
"Your boyfriend isn't angry, right?"
"Alex doesn't know, I didn't tell him."
"Are you happy with him, Mel?"
"Why do you ask Rei?" Melsa is uncomfortable talking about her boyfriend to the man. It felt strange and Melsa felt like betraying one of them.
"Let me not just feel guilty before leaving you."
Melsa remembers the times Rei asked her to end their relationship. Just before Rei moves overseas to study, he calls the woman and ends the relationship by phone call.
"You were mean back then, until now I don't know what my fault was."
"I have no choice." The man smiled bitterly.
"You mean?"
"Didn't ypur brother tell you about this?"
Melsa shook her head. "What's wrong with my brother?"
"You just ask him yourself."
“No, I don't want to. I want to hear from you now. "
Rei sighed, doubting whether he should leak this or not.
"Rei .." Asked Melsa.
"Your brother is the one who told me to break up with you first."
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He deliberately did not accept Rei's invitation to go home together even though the man insisted. After her short conversation with the man, Melsa contemplated today's events. She felt guilty that she had met her ex-boyfriend without telling Alex. However, if the man finds out, he will go berserk and Melsa can't stand it if that happens.
Melsa's position hasn't changed since half an hour ago, she is still lying on her bed feeling tired from all this. Melsa's hand reached for her cellphone and looked for her brother's number, Mas Tirta.
"Hello, Mel?" Tirta, who was on the road driving to the client's place, put a call on his car speaker so he could stay focused.
"Tirta, are you at the office?"
"I am driving, what's wrong?"
"I want to talk but it's a bit important."
"Just when did you talk to me that was not important? Every time you call, there must be something. "
"Yes, that's why. Can you spare time now? "
"Just a moment." Tirta pulled over her car to talk to Melsa. "Yes, why?"
"What's wrong with Reihan?"
"Reihan?"
"My boyfriend in high school."
"Are you still in touch with him?"
"I didn't, but now he teaches at my campus." Melsa did not hear Tirta's response, because she was worried she asked again. "Sre you who told Rei to break up with me first?"
"Eh, about that .." he heard his brother stammered and never gave an answer.
"So it's true, Tirta?"
"Mel, I did it because there is a clear reason." Finally Tirta relented and told her sister the reason why she wanted them to break up. "You used to go up to third grade and Rei studied abroad."
"So what?"
"I think it will disturb your concentration with a long distance relationship like that."
"I'm the one who running the relationship, I know it's going to be annoying or not."
"Yes, you know what your thoughts are, but think about it, if you have a problem with him and you continue to fight, you will feel dizzy and frustrated when you should focus on the national exam."
"But bro, don't you think otherwise?" Asked Melsa, "I actually lost concentration because that year I thought about what was wrong with me until Rei asked to break up suddenly for no reason."
"Mel, I just did what a brother should do. Protect my own sister. You don't know Rei will cheat with other women there or not. The temptation there is heavy. "
"Rei is not you, don't match him with you!" Melsa hung up suddenly because she was annoyed with her brother.
Tirta sighed because he knew that her sister was disappointed. However, in the past he only wanted to protect his sister. Long-distance relationships are difficult to have, especially for a couple who is too young and he doesn't want his sister to get hurt and waste time on teenage love like that.
The moon shone brightly without being covered by clouds. Melsa can see the beautiful starry sky from her bedroom window. Usually he always spends Saturday night with Alex, but last night after he kissed Reihan, he told Alex that he didn't want to be bothered this week because he was focused on doing the assignments he would collect on Monday. Of course that is only an excuse. She wouldn't be able to act normal if she met Alex as if nothing had happened. Previously he did things he shouldn't do in a relationship. Let's just say he's old-fashioned or outdated because he thinks a kiss is such a big thing. However, for him, in a relationship there should not be a third person and the slightest physical contact with the opposite sex.After Melsa pondered the kiss all night, she found one good reason why she could do it behind Alex's back. Deep down she realized that she wanted to take revenge on what that man had done to her. When the man attends Becca's birthday, his ex-girlfrien
"Sorry, it's messy, I didn't know you would stop by here." Melsa said in a panic when she entered her own apartment. Melsa messes up with items that are scattered in front of the viewing room. Things that should not be there, such as skincareen, make up tools and even a few books that were piled up from reading last nightReihan smiled to see the woman was busy running here and there. The man finally chose to sit on the sofa that Melsa had cleaned earlier. His eyes looked around observing the room. He found several photo frames that were displayed on the tv table. Photo of the woman with her family, then with Andre and finally he could see Melsa posting her photo with Alex. It annoyed Reihan and wanted to throw the photo into the trash. But he realized that right now he was no one to that woman.Melsa came with two glasses of water and a can of soda for Rei. "You still like to keep drinks like this, don't you, Mel?" Rei refers to soft drinks served by Melsa.The
When Melsa is about to turn towards her class, she meets Reihan who just came out of class. "Mel, what's wrong with you?" Reihan asked because Melsa's face now looked annoyed or angry. Either way, there was something bothering her."It's okay, rei. I'll go to class first. ""Wait." Reihan held Melsa's wrist. "After college I will take you home, okay?"Melsa was lazy to argue longer with the man. she just nodded so Reihan quickly freed her hands so she could enter the classroom right now. "Bye." Close Melsa ends the conversation.Reihan noticed Melsa's departure, he watched the woman's back walking away from him. Reihan shook his head and continued his way to the lecturer room.*Today, fortunately, Melsa algorithm lecturer did not provide her with much task and only told the students to do the questions. Because if the lecturer gave the material, she would definitely not be able to digest it properly because his thoughts were currently being
"Where are you?"After Melsa turned off the call with her brother, the cellphone soon rang again. Melsa sighed when she saw who contacted her at that time."Apartment." She answered reluctantly."You didn't attent your class now?" Alex is more possessive level than Melsa's own parents. The boy memorized the schedule for entering her class one by one."No, I'm following tomorrow's schedule to take another class.""Why?""It's okay, I'm not in the mood right now, bit sleepy.""Sleepy?"Melsa is silent. She rarely lied to Alex, more because she was lazy, not because she couldn't. And besides, it seemed like Alex had an inner eye. If Melsa lied, her instincts would taper off."Are you sick?""No Lex.""How come you are sleepy and prefer to go home?""How about it, rather than sleeping in class and not focusing, right?""Want me to go to your place?""No, I still want to sleep.""Fine
Reihan and Melsa sat opposite each other at Rei's favorite coffee shop. Melsa did ask the man to meet at a place far from campus, so she just followed Rei's recommendation. Two glasses of drinks served on the table. Rei, without asking Melsa, already ordered a chocolate frappe for her. The girl's favorite drink since high school.Melsa's eyes narrowed to see that the man was still as charming as ever. Rei looks calm and mature, especially the way he dresses now as a requirement to become a teaching assistant requires that he be more serious in dressing."So how are you now?" Asked the man to open the conversation first.Melsa who felt caught staring at the man a little nervous because of the sudden question from him."Euh, fine. How are you in school, graduated early than you should, huh? "The man smiled then nodded. "I haven't been quiet there for long.""Why?" Melsa frowned."It is okay." The man changed the conversation seemingly
Reihan is explaining in front of the class while Ulfi is whispering to Melsa. "Are you fighting again with Alex?"Melsa turned to the friend who sat beside her. "Yes." The answer is short."Because of Becca?"This time, Melsa nodded and pursed her lips because she was annoyed at being reminded of the incident."After going to gloryness, let's go?" Ulfi doesn't seem to give up."What do you want to do? Today Alex comes in, fi. " That is a sign that Melsa must go home with her lover."Important, Kia told to gather. Don't you read it in the Squidward group? "The woman shook her head. "I didn't have to read this morning, I was late.""Melsa." Call someone to interrupt Melsa and Ulfi's discussion."Are you smart so you think don't want to pay attention to me while explaining in front of the class?""Eh, er .." Melsa was surprised because Rei admonished her. "Sorry, Sir." Then the woman straightened up looked forward a