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Since then, Ify often met Rio and came home with him, even though she was confused about the free time the young man had and thought about his job.

When Ify asked about it, Rio would certainly give a short but clear explanation where there would be no space for Ify to ask again, but after that she would always feel that it felt strange and odd.

Currently Ify and Via are walking out of school after class hours are over, today all the students there came home quite quickly from their usual schedule because the teachers were discussing the problems of the competition which was to be held in one week.

"Fy, why have I seen Rio come to pick you up lately?" asked Via to express what she thought.

"Um yeah, why?" asked back Ify.

"Yeah, it's okay, it's just weird that a boy as handsome as Rio could be attracted to you." Via replied teasing Ify and did not say clearly what she was currently thinking of her friend.

"Huh! Yeah because I'm pretty, attractive, gentle, im-"

"Stop, stop. I'm tired of hearing the compliments you say to yourself." cut Via waving her hand excessively.

"So, when are you guys officially dating?" asked Via again.

"What the heck is your question." dodged Ify while her lips were drawn into a smile.

"Don't dodge it once I know how come you both like each other." Via mocked, making Ify feel even more embarrassed and happy.

"Ish Via." said Ify in an sulking tone.

"That's a reward for you for always teasing me before." said Via with a happy and satisfied face, but on the other hand Ify showed a frown.

"Oh yeah, when are you going to go racing?" asked Via turning to another topic.

"Maybe Saturday this week if the schedule doesn't change." Ify replied doubtfully forgetting what Via did to him before.

"Have you decided what to bring?" asked Via again, who began to worry a little about her friend because this was the first time Ify had participated in an activity like this, especially without him.

"I've prepared it, take it easy, everything is in order." Ify replied confidently making Via smile.

When they arrived at the bus stop, the black car, which the two girls already knew, looked straggling on the side of the road, Via and Ify fell silent and headed straight for the car where Rio's figure had just come out of there.

"Already home?" Rio asked with a thin smile towards the two of them.

"Yes." replied Ify with a soft nod.

"Looks like today you guys came home earlier than usual." said Rio while looking at the time on his watch.

"Oh it's because the teacher is having a meeting, that's why we came home so early." Ify explained, Rio gave a short nod.

Via next to watching the interaction between the two in silence, when she saw how Rio and Ify relate she saw the two of them naturally close and without any sense of distance between them as if the two had known them for a long time.

Even Via saw that the interaction between Ify and Rio was much closer than when Ify was close to those who had clearly been with him since childhood.

"Vi!"

"Vi!"

"Via!" Called Ify many times until the last time she called her best friend's name loudly that made Via immediately wake up from her reverie.

"Ha? What?" asked Via confusedly staring at Ify innocently.

"I've been calling your name but you didn't respond, what's wrong?"

"Ah, nothing." Via replied smiling at Ify.

"Oh, today you came home on the pick up or take the bus?" Asked Ify again.

"Looks like I'm going to take the bus, because my papa doesn't know I'm leaving early today." Via replied, making Ify frown.

"Then you just stay with us, right Rio?" Said Ify voicing her opinion while asking Rio.

"Yeah, no problem." agreed Rio gave a friendly smile towards the two girls.

"Okay then, let's go home." Ify said excitedly.

While Via, who had absolutely no one asking for her opinion, could only remain silent and just followed the two of them into the car without commenting.

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Five days before their departure to the place where the inter-school competition was held, the school gave Ify and the two people who were school representatives in the competition to take a day off to prepare more before the competition was held.

Currently Ify is examining some of the material that Mr. Heru gave him to study because in every material there can make Ify know what kind of questions the referee will give later.

Tok..ok

The sound of knocking on the door to her room made Ify avert her gaze from the text of the material she was reading, getting up from her seat, Ify walked to the door and opened it where after she opened the door Deva stood there holding a white plastic bag filled with snacks.

"What is wrong?" asked Ify confused.

"Nothing, I just wanted to deliver someone's deposit for you." Deva said stretching out her hand that carried the white plastic bag containing the snacks towards Ify.

"For me? From whom?" Ify asked, curious and confused.

"Either I don't know either, but the food deliveryman only said that it was for you." Deva replied, raising his shoulders not knowing.

"Oh, this might be from Rio." guessed Ify, remembering that a few days ago the young man also sent him breakfast to school so that it made Ify think that Rio sent him this snack.

"Rio? Why did I just find out that you have male friends besides Sis Iel and Alvin." Deva is confused because he doesn't know who Ify mentioned Rio.

"Of course you don't know, every time he drove me home you weren't home." Ify explained, opening the white plastic bag to see what Rio had given him.

"Wow, lots of it, I can bring it when I go to the race." muttered Ify with sparkling eyes while Deva, who saw the type of snack given by the person named Rio, was a little surprised.

Deva knew clearly that every kind of snack in the plastic bag was not cheap, especially in a large package like that, moreover, this food is imported food from abroad where it makes Deva quite curious about the identity of the man his sister knows.

Besides that, Deva is not Ify who is always lacking in updating the surrounding problems, he knows clearly which local products are foreign products.

He learned this from some of his friends whose parents often go abroad where they will always give them gifts from their parents.

"Looks like your friend is quite rich." comments pretend they don't care.

"Oh, indeed. Rio is an office worker, but I don't know the office where he works." replied Ify did not care.

Meanwhile, Deva, who knows a little of Rio's information from Ify, only nods his head still with an expression that pretends he doesn't care, based on Deva's understanding of Rio's job as an office worker, it's very possible that he can buy Ify this kind of expensive food.

But Deva did not expect that a man named Rio could easily buy his brother this kind of expensive snack, he was again curious about the current status of the two's relationship.

"A potential boyfriend for an older sister?" Deva asked, making Ify a little surprised.

"What are you, not Rio is just a friend." replied Ify evasively.

"There wouldn't be a friend who was that concerned." Deva mocked at all what Via did.

"Yeah, really, we're still just friends. But I don't know the future." replied Ify where after finishing her words she immediately closed the door ignoring Deva who called him asking for an explanation.

No matter what Deva says outside of Ify, she cares more about the food that Rio brings, she then chooses randomly to eat today while returning to studying the unfinished material.

"Delicious and soft." Ify comments when she takes a bite of a round biscuit type snack covered with chocolate in which there is a marshmallow which Ify really likes.

This made Ify not stop eating while reading and without realizing it, she had finished the five small packages in the large snack pack, when she realized Ify felt that her teeth were starting to feel strange and uncomfortable.

She immediately took a glass filled with water and rinsed her mouth for a few moments then headed for the bathroom to spit it out, then Ify returned to drinking the rest of the water that had been before and this time she swallowed it.

Only then did his mouth feel less uncomfortable and Ify decided to stop eating the snack for a moment and switch to another snack.