El Embrace for The First Time

"You seriously don't want to go to school with me?" asked Rehan when he saw Nusa who had just finished tying his shoelaces. He walked to his sister and gave red money (one hundred thousand rupiahs) as pocket money for Nusa today, just like the previous days.

Nusa raised her head, then shook her head while smiling sweetly at Rehan. "Bara wants to pick me up to go to school together." She said while placing her thumb in front of Rehan as if to say 'okay' implicitly.

Seeing that, Rehan sighed slowly. "Be careful on the road, wear a helmet, don't forget to grip with El, don't talk too loudly on the road, tell El to drive a motorbike properly, don't speed because there will be an accident--"

"Listen to me Rehan, I'm an adult. And we still use the rules like I'm a kid?" Nusa said interrupting Rehan's overprotective conversation with her. She shook the hand of her brother who was about to leave for work first. "Be careful on the road, Rehan, I love you, see you later!" She continued while showing a smile that showed a row of clean white teeth, very sweet.

Rehan nodded his head and kissed his forehead affectionately. "I love you too if El acts negatively on you--"

"Come on Rehan!" squealed Nusa as a warning that she would be fine and Rehan was just too worried about her. She pushed Rehan's back so he could quickly get out of the way to his car, which he had just washed yesterday afternoon, looking so clean it gleamed in the sun.

Rehan bends his smile, he's just worried, that's all. "I'll pick you up at school after the clock goes home. See you later, study well and don't be naughty!" he said who else gave the message.

Nusa nodded with a bright smile while waving her hand in the air. "Be careful Rehan, don't speed!"

After seeing Rehan get into the car and immediately start the car, Nusa finally sat back in the chair provided on the terrace of the house. She tightly gripped the straps of her bag with her swinging legs, looking like an adorable little child.

Not long after, she heard the sound of a motorbike starting to enter her yard. Who else if not El who with her cool style this morning made Nusa open her mouth in awe.

"Hurry up," said El without greeting or greeting Nusa. According to him, it was just a waste of time. He didn't even understand her current way of thinking.

Nusa blinked her eyes, then quickly got up from her seat and went straight to El with a sweet smile. "Morning, Bara. You look cold this morning." She said without the slightest fear, after all, it was just a light greeting there was no way El didn't reply.

El opened his helmet, his eyes looked very cold and gave off a quite intimidating air. "I didn't answer your greeting," he said in a flat tone, he looked Nusa up and down. The girl looks cute, but his goal this morning was just to pick up Nusa, not to compliment the girl out of curiosity.

Nusa raised an eyebrow, then brought her face closer to El's. "Why are you still cold?" She asked with a very innocent look in her eyes. She thinks why is it so difficult to return greetings? Even though she just said 'good morning too' or just 'hi Nusa' but the guy didn't do it at all.

Nusa wants to be greeted like that by this handsome man because El is nearby, and taking a little chance is okay, right?

El rolled his eyes. "Up or should I leave you?" he said, having restarted the engine. He was already wearing a helmet which made Nusa immediately rush because El's words sounded serious.

"Bara! I'm coming! Let's go, otherwise, I'll be late!" shouted Nusa. If El had left her this morning, she definitely wouldn't have gone to school.

Due to his protective nature, Rehan is among the people who allow her to take other public transportation to get to school. Online vehicles? No, Rehan never let her download that app. Because according to Rehan, as long as he and some of Nusa's friends are still around, why should she order a vehicle online which has been unsafe in Rehan's mind? Ah yes, only Rehan was too worried. It's always been that way, never changed.

Nusa immediately got on El's motorbike. "Yes. Let's go, captain." She said imitating the words that pirates used to say and now she was ready to sit in the back seat comfortably.

"I'll throw you into the sea," said El as he rode his motorbike at standard speed. The clock is still showing at half-past six in the morning, indeed quite early. But El is very understanding with Rehan, who always takes Nusa to school on time, so he treats Nusa as best he can the way Rehan treats the girl.

The morning atmosphere that was not polluted enough made cold air enter and greet each other. Nusa regretted not choosing to bring a jacket. Thinking about the jacket, she remembered the jacket Bian had lent her.

"Bara?" Called Nusa while tapping El's shoulder with her index finger repeatedly.

"What?" replied El who screamed a little because his voice was muffled by the wind that blew because the speed of the big motorbike was quite fast.

"Bian's jacket, where is it? I want to return it today, after all, it is his jacket."

They were talking half shouting to each other.

"I threw it away."

"Why throw away other people's stuff? The jacket is still good, what happened when he looked for it?"

"Does not matter."

"Don't be like that! What if I get scolded by Bian? It's just a matter of responsibility! At least think before you act."

"Yes, I'm in charge."

Hearing El's very annoying answer, Nusa snorted while suppressing her anger. The problem is she does not dare Bian, gosh El..!

"Bara, apologize to Bian later, I don't want to know, you have to apologize."

"Foolish, don't care."

"Then we're not gardening!"

"Indeed we are not friends, we are strangers."

Nusa growled in annoyance, annoyed with El who was too relaxed. Just imagine the jacket with Bian's famous logo thrown away by the man, it's heartless!

El looked at Nusa from the rearview mirror which he deliberately aimed at the girl's face without realizing it. He saw Nusa who was bending his smile while snorting in annoyance.

"You look ugly," El commented while turning his gaze back to the road again, not wanting to trigger an accident because he accidentally focused his attention on Nusa, it's not funny when accidents happen just because of trivial things.

Nusa glanced at El from the rearview mirror too. The man whose face is now covered by a helmet still remembers it with the expression she always shows. She puffed her cheeks, which was still annoyed with El's actions, which she thought were outrageous. What if Bian scolded her for not returning the jacket he had lent him? Ah, looks like he should be the one apologizing to Bian. After all, expecting El to admit her guilt seemed an extremely impossible thing.

El raised one eyebrow. This time in his mind he chuckled a little to find Nusa who turned out to be sulking at him. He started to drive his motorbike towards the school area, making several pairs of eyes immediately turn to them, again and again, accompanied by screams of female fans who spoke in praise of him.

"Bara, I should just be dropped off at the gate, this is going to take up a lot more talk like yesterday and that's a bad idea," said Nusa as she tugged at the strap of Bara's bag frantically, she didn't want a similar incident to happen again. Especially to the point of being bullied by Priska and her two friends... oh no, she doesn't want to feel it anymore!

El stopped his motorbike right in the parking area, then immediately got off the motorbike and removed the helmet from his head. He looked at Nusa when his helmet was hanging from the rearview mirror, the girl had a worried look in her eyes. "Get off my motorbike, Sa."

"You haven't answered what I said."

"What?"

Annoyed, Nusa immediately got off El's motorbike. She stomped her foot repeatedly on the asphalt parking lot. Before she could leave El alone in the parking lot, the man grabbed her wrist.

"Where do you want to go?" asked El, he looked at Nusa very sharply.

Nusa stuck her tongue out at El. "Go to class, I'm lazy with you." She answered in a less relaxed tone of voice.

El looked at Nusa with a flat gaze. "Would you like to bring a helmet to class?" he asked, pointing at the round object that was still protecting the head of the girl in front of him.

Shame, that's how Nusa felt. "Tell me, Bara, if you don't take the initiative to take off my helmet so you won't be embarrassed." After that, she took off her helmet and placed it right on top of El's motorcycle gas tank. "Okay, the helmet is off my head, bye!" She continued.

"Wait." El holds Nusa's hand.

Claws looked at El in annoyance. "And now what's wrong, Bara..." she answered with layers of patience.

"To class with me," El said while embracing Nusa's body, like it was normal for him, even though embracing a girl's shoulder was the first time for him.

Then El walked, making Nusa inevitably have to follow his every step. At that moment, the atmosphere became chaotic again when he saw Nusa who easily got all of El's attention, which the girls in this school wanted so much.

"Don't be too confident, I just want to be responsible for what happened to you, like what you wanted before."

This is El's first embrace of a girl in his life.

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