El and Alvira's Relationship

"Well these are my friends."

Since Rehan spoke to Nusa like that while pointing at two people she knew very well, Nusa is here now. Being in a war of words between Mario and Reza does sound a little strange, but strangeness is the hallmark of both of them.

"I already said that I was playing red ludo, and yours is the blue one. Are you color blind?" Mario said while looking annoyed at Reza with a facial expression that showed that he was lazy and uninspired, he looked at the cellphone screen to get rid of his annoyance. Just imagine, his turn to play was taken over by Reza without the slightest guilt even though it was his pawn, huh!

Reza looked at Mario with a smirk that seemed very unique to him. "I don't like blue, I never liked it. Blue is a soft color, so I prefer red because red is bold." he explained with raised eyebrows, he felt very proud of himself. After all, who also likes a soft blue like that? Girls prefer blue color than boys. Yes, at least this is only Reza's opinion.

Nusa chuckled a little at the pointless debate, luckily their voices were muffled otherwise they would be the center of people's attention. She took the glass of matcha that Rehan always ordered for her when she visited here. She likes coffee, but for some reason today she just wanted to enjoy matcha with a mixture of fresh milk in it.

"You guys are like little kids, why don't you two swap pawns? Or one of you should give in."

Mario and Reza immediately turned to Nusa, they pointed at themselves. "We?" they said in unison.

"Sorry, Nusa, Reza and I are different. D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T, DIFFERENT! Like a butterfly and a caterpillar. What's clear is I'm a butterfly." Mario said with a proud smile while patting his chest proudly, he felt the most beautiful when he made himself into the depiction of a butterfly rather than a caterpillar.

Gosh, why only El has a different sense of humor among his best friends?

Reza hit Mario on the head quite hard, he didn't agree with what the man said. "I always get the bad parts, you are always the good ones. Tomorrow you can start the theater play in class alone, I'd better retire from being your director." she says.

"It can be big, if it's useful, like El's house which is as big as the presidential palace, that's fine. Well, it's no use, you seem like a girly guy, right?" Mendelik was not enthusiastic about Reza's words involving their hit drama project.

"Gosh Mario, it's a shame that Nusa is here." Reza said.

Nusa chuckled again at the interaction between the two. Even now she was thinking, did Mario and Reza ever have a big fight?

"You two are so cute, I think you two are perfect friends forever, just like in the big screen." said Nusa as she took out her cell phone from her bag.

"We are indeed humorous from birth, if El doesn't know when he can smile. Very different from Alvira who is too sweet, friendly and loves to laugh!" said Reza while supporting his face with his right hand, he began to imagine if he got the blessing very easily from El to win Alvira's heart. Ah unfortunately it can only be a shadow forever aka very impossible.

Nusa raised an eyebrow when she heard Reza mention Alvira's name, suddenly she became curious about this cute girl. Then she quickly grabbed her cellphone and immediately opened a social media application that was very much in demand.

She immediately typed the name 'Alvira' in the account search field. Now, she was really curious half to death. What happened between the girl and El? how come... so close? even El was not angry and instead pulled Alvira's hand to hug her on the motorbike.

Nusa has no intention of stalking Alvira, this is truly the expression of the deepest heart. You could say she was just curious, please explain the difference.

"Nusa, what are you doing?"

Curious about what Nusa was doing, Mario and Reza approached the girl.

"What are you doing, looking at the school prima donna's instagram account?" asked Reza when Nusa carefully looked at each post which Mario thought was very charming, it was a series of Alvira photos taken from various angles and of course with a different opium style.

Nusa raised an eyebrow. "Why? Was it wrong to see Alvira's account? Yesterday I met Alvira and happened to have the opportunity to talk about dance extracurriculars." She said honestly. In fact, it was true that she met Alvira who was standing near the car, one could guess if the car was towed by another car, it seemed to break down.

"She is the most perfect prima donna, moreover Alvira is the only person who really loves El. There is no girl who can upset Alvira because she is a beautiful girl or she is disturbed by the temptation of a man who likes her because she has a scary brother," said Reza while looking at Nusa who was listening to every explanation seriously.

//For your information; In general, we can define prima donna as something that is considered the best and is made superior. //

"Bara? What's their relationship?" asked Nusa with curiosity high in her mind.

Just as Reza wanted to return to answering Nusa's question, Mario excitedly pointed out that currently Alvira was posting a snapgram --like a status on Instagram-- which many people had been waiting for. Gosh, is Alvira so charming?

The three of them stared at Nusa's cellphone screen which now displayed a video reply to a post from El's Instagram account.

"So today I'm with Bara which is very cold like the south pole. Bara, please say hi!" Alvira said in the video.

El is seen starting to stare blankly at the camera while saying, "Hi."

Nusa's curiosity peaked.

"They look really cute, don't they? No wonder the girls are jealous of Alvira, but they have to be careful because they will lose, especially since El doesn't like girls who act a lot or in other words are called attention-seeking girls." he said while looking at the screen which again displayed some photos of Alvira's posts.

While Reza, the man who is seen sitting sweetly looking at his cellphone which is now playing videos on Instagram status, Alvira's face is not bored to be seen. He even played the video many times. If only El knew what his best friend was doing, it is certain that Reza's hopes would be buried in the deepest pit. El is very overprotective with his sister.

Mario looked at Nusa's face. "Yes, I agree with what you said. El loves Alvira very much, even earlier he left us both just to pick up Alvira, at school. He knows that every day the girl brings the car to school, but it's possible that Alvira's car broke down ." she says.

"You feel your friendship with Bara comes second?" asked Nusa.

"No, why do you feel that way. As long as El does the right thing, we never want too much. After all, El has given us everything about friendship, so it's enough to be friends who understand each other, that's more than enough." Mario said with a sweet smile.

Mario's appearance this time is very different from the Mario that Nusa saw a few minutes ago. While the man was joking, it wasn't clear that Reza was debating the color of the pawns played in Ludo, if the current Mario looked a little mature.

Nusa patted her chin. "So they basically love each other?" She asked again. Alright, now it looks like she'll be cosplaying as the interviewer.

"Yes, that's clear, Nusa. Alvira always makes breakfast for El, but the man never eats it. He said sometimes it tastes salty, sweet, even very spicy." said Mario with a small chuckle at El's flat expression at that time, even though he knew the guy was holding the heat to death. But what can El, who seems to have only one expression in his life, only a flat expression is presented.

Nusa raised an eyebrow. If she was already curious about something, then she would not stop until she got a satisfactory answer.

"Then why did El accept the food? You can refuse it and tell Alvira what the food lacks..."

"I also never understood that one thing. But Alvira always said that Mira made breakfast. Even though Alvira lied, El still knew that it was Alvira's cooking." To be honest, Mario was also annoyed with Alvira's behavior like that. But he knew enough about putting boundaries between them because he couldn't cross the safe line that El had made for his sister.

"Mira?"

"Mira is a Alvira's mother."

Nusa nodded her head in understanding, starting to feel connected to their conversation. "Bara fits Alvira so well, it's as if it was created especially for perfect people."

Mario chuckled hearing Nusa's words which were basically too innocent. "You are also beautiful, Nusa. All the girls in this world are beautiful, nothing is imperfect, even if there are we should be grateful."

Nusa chuckled. "Yes, I am beautiful and always grateful." She said with a sweet smile.

Mario gave two thumbs up to Nusa. "You're the coolest girl who can get close to El and gain access to his world besides Alvira." He says.

"Which mean?" Nusa asked a little awkwardly, like something that smelled of El and she could do that, she must have had extraordinary goals.

Mario just smiled and sat next to Reza and played the ludo game again on his cellphone and computer system, he was reluctant to answer further with Nusa's question which did sound a little crowded from earlier. He focused his attention elsewhere, and he felt sorry for inviting Reza to play ludo with him.

Nusa who saw him again could only hold her curiosity deeper, and let time answer. Eh wait, surely she will find out even if slowly!

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