Smart Ass!

"Mother, tomorrow Abi must go to Palembang to take care of the new product that will be launched next month," said Abi trying to tell Iris what his activities were. Even though Iris never really cared.

    Iris just focused on her food and turned a deaf ear to what Abi said. He didn't care where Abi went and what the boy did. All he cares about is that the money transfer goes smoothly every time he asks for it.

    "Well, Abi go well, Bun!" Abi held out his hand asking Iris' hand to be shaken. But, as usual, Iris ignored him.

    "Abi go Mother."

    Abi immediately stood up and immediately left the house. There was no point waiting for Iris to give her hand.

    ***

    "It's been said that if Iya sends a message or a phone call, it will be answered."

    Abi has just arrived at the campus but Iyya's shrill voice has disturbed his ears in the morning. Oh yes, Abi forgot, Abi has never had a beautiful morning.

    "Sorry," said Abi passing Iyya just like that.

    Seeing Abi who passed, Iyya immediately followed him and balanced his slightly difficult steps.

    "Did you forget that Iyya's legs hurt so much that it was hard to walk? Where are her responsibilities as a boy?"

    Ignoring it, Abi even approached Delyn who was talking to his friends. Iya also wanted to follow but instead was pulled by Alula who had just arrived.

    "Ah, what? I want to chase Abi! He's weird today," said Iyya, so he was even worried. Abi is not usually like that. That is, apologizing for things that are not important.

     "Yes, I know, but we have to hurry to class. Abi has gone to class too. Why bother chasing anyway?" Iyya's the only one who bothered with the reason to worry. They have the same goal, why are they tired of chasing?

    She's silent. What Alula said was true. "Is that so?"

     Alula sighed tiredly after that. Yes, this is beautiful, smart, kind, caring, and royal. Only one drawback, slow. Slow to respond to many things.

    "Eh? Where's Jane? Usually, you two are like twins, going around together."

    "Jane's gone first. She did last week's homework. So let's hurry to class. It's like you've already done it!"

    "Oh, that's fine. It's okay, since when did Iyya never do work?"

    "Well, that's good. So let's hurry to class, so I can copy it."

     "Oh, Alula. This isn't high school, right? Don't get used to copying other people's assignments all the time!"

    Allura laughed innocently. "No, no. Come on, let's go to class. A lot of talks!" He immediately pulled Iyya so he could walk quickly. If not, then they will continue to talk a lot.

    ***

    "Abi has to eat a lot of vegetables to be healthy and not get sick easily," Iyya chirped while transferring the vegetables in his fried rice to Abi's fried rice.

    "Ah, the reason is that you don't like vegetables," said Janeva quickly, who was amused to see Iyya being so caring.

    Iyya snorted at Janeva who joined in on the conversation. Instead of just focusing on eating, he blamed it.

    "The drinking water must also be plain water to stay healthy," he said again, this time exchanging his water with Abi's orange juice. And what Abi did was completely silent and did not rebel in the slightest. Even when Iyya was busy moving vegetables onto his plate he remained silent and focused on eating.

    "If that's the case, Iyya wants to drink juice," said Alula this time.

    "Noisy you two!" Iyya snapped. So far, he has never ordered food with juiced water as a drink. After eating he must always be taught to drink only water.

    "Why is the food in the Arjuna Sakti cafeteria so-so? It's delicious, like here, the cafe has fried rice. It's delicious," said Iyya talking to himself because the others were already focused on their food.

    "But, in the Arjuna Sakti canteen the food is delicious and there are many choices for breakfast. In this cafe, there's only fried rice, the rest is just ordinary snacks," said Jane ready to argue with Iya.

    "Yes, if you want to eat something else, just look for another vendor. After all, I want fried rice, and here it is. The scenery and the weather are also good. It's not too crowded, it's comfortable!" he exclaimed excitedly as he inhaled as much breath as possible.

    "Abi!"

    The arrival of two women at their table made Iyya, Janeva, and Alula look confused at the two of them. In contrast to Delyn and Abi who was silent.

    "Can we join here or not?" asked Dinda as pleasantries. Even if it is forbidden they will still sit there.

    Delyn immediately automatically moved to sit from Abi's right to be near Alula. Let Stefani and Daneera sit nearby. This table does have a lot of chairs with a round table in the middle.

    "Thank you," Stefani said softly and sat down next to Abi happily. Ah, Delyn always knows what he wants.

    "Oh Abi eat vegetables? Don't hate it?" Stefani asked looking at Abi amazed.

    He's been holding back his emotions. What did she mean by saying that? Iyya also knows why.

    But, to be honest. Yes, I don't know if Abi doesn't like to eat vegetables. If it was like this, how could he allow her to win? Iyya will never give you a chance.

    Iyya was about to return to action when suddenly what Abi did made him speechless.

    Abi ate voraciously all the vegetables that Iyya had deliberately put in his rice. Even the word dislike was not at all visible on his face. He just enjoys eating as if vegetables were his favorite food.

    "Says who? I like it," he said which made everyone freeze. Delyn and Stefani were dumbfounded in their place. This made Iyya confused, did Abi really like vegetables or not?

     Especially for Delyn, who was with Abi, this was the first time he saw Abi eating vegetables.

     "Since when do you like vegetables, Bi?"

     It was only when Delyn asked that Iyya believed that Abi didn't like vegetables. But, what were they just seeing?

     "You don't need to know," said Abi, continuing to eat. He also drank the water that Iyya had exchanged earlier.

     "This is also the first time I've seen Abi drink water," Stefani said again, still looking at Abi with the same gaze.

     It's okay, Iyya is annoyed now. "What are you doing here? Looks like we're stalkers, don't you think?"

     Stefani returned Iyya's gaze with a condescending smile. It's been read once.

    "Why? Afraid of losing the competition? Afraid because I know everything about Abi? Are you afraid of being rivaled?"

    Iyya laughed loudly. Likewise with what Alula and Janeva did. Hearing his best friend being belittled like that, sounded funny to their ears. Alright, let them see how Iyya acts.

    "I'm afraid of losing to you?" Iyya rolled his eyes very annoyingly in Stefani's and Dinda's eyes.

    Deliberately, Iyya then hugged Abi's arm and put his head on Abi's shoulder in a spoiled manner.

    "Abi, when she said Iyya was afraid of losing his competition. I guess he doesn't?"

     Abi doesn't like the way Iyya sticks to him. He just wasn't used to it. Because since Mahesa is gone, hugs and a hug are foreign to him. Delyn just always keeps his behavior.

    However, Abi also doesn't like seeing Iyya's self-esteem fall. Abi does not like to see women sad because of defeat. Then, how could you have the heart to drop Stefani's self-esteem? The answer is that Abi knows that Stefani is deliberately making a competition based on her obsession. I don't know what the obsession is for, even though he was the one who left Abi when Abi had given up on everything.

     "No. You won't lose competitiveness," said Abi slowly to Abiya.

    Just so you know that Iyya's heart is now pounding, beating wildly with Abi's face being so close to him.