Chapter 16

After cleaning myself and performing the maghrib prayer, I lay down on the bed for a moment while waiting for the evening prayer time to arrive. My eyes are closed because I feel too tired for today and I don't have the energy to move anymore. Even though there was no archery practice session today, it felt so broken that my heart felt uncomfortable. Is it because of Nareswara and Garvi that I feel like this? They shouldn't be fighting because of me and why would Nareswara care about me until he hit Garvi?

I don't know, I feel like I can't think when I'm tired like this. Moreover, today I am very wishy-washy.

The shock I felt made me groan because I was still sleepy and changed my position to face to the right while pulling the blanket but it felt heavy. Until I let my body not be covered. My body was shaken again and this time I opened my eyes and changed my position to lie down.

My eyes widened when I saw Nareswara who was crossing his arms looking at me with an annoyed look. "Who let you in," I shouted at him because I was really surprised when I saw Nareswara in my room.

I turned to sit on the bed while looking for the ponytail of my hair that I had previously removed and thrown beside the pillow. "Why are you still here," I shouted after finding a black ponytail and tying my hair loosely.

"Isha prayers then come down for dinner," said Nareswara as he threw me the mukena top that I had laid on top of the prayer mat.

My head looked at the digital clock on the nightstand and it was half past eight in the evening.

Before Nareswara's back passed my bedroom door, I said to him, "Thank you for caring about my pain towards Garvi."

He turned his head just as he was in the middle of the door frame. "You don't need to thank me because he deserved a beating," he replied and for some reason, I hated the sincere look in his eyes.

I bit my inner lip slowly while exhaling heavily. "You got hurt fighting with him and I don't like seeing you hurt because it hurts." It must have hurt a lot when you got hit, especially since the blow left an impression on the corner of Nareswara's lips. I can still see the wound and the traces of blood flowing from the corner of his lips.

"That's what I want. I don't want you to feel pain alone so I will accompany you to feel the pain too. Although, mental pain is much more suffocating than physical pain like this." He pointed at the wound on the corner of his lip.

"Next time, don't do it again because I can avenge my hurt." I put pressure on him so that he doesn't interfere again because this is not his territory but mine and Axelle's and both families.

He looked at me closely from a short distance. "You think you're the only one who feels sick," he asked me and I nodded. "You're wrong! I also feel hurt towards him and that pain made me beat him this afternoon."

I stood up and took a step so as not to be too far from where he was standing. "So, what did you do to Garvi earlier for your pain? Even though you said earlier that you hit him because you wanted to feel the same pain as me. Which one is true," I asked a little excitedly because I didn't understand what he thought he was saying. have multiple descriptions that are not the same.

He exhaled and looked up sadly. What the hell, looks can change this quickly. "For both," he answered briefly then turned and left my room by grabbing the doorknob to close the door to my room.

"Don't fight with him anymore," I told him while looking at the door which was about to close completely but stopped.

"I don't guarantee." His response then continued to close the door loudly, making a sound.

"Nares is crazy," I shouted annoyed because he was annoying.

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I can't forget what happened last night at dinner. My family praised Nareswara except for me Zeina who was silent. My silence was not because Zeina was talking on the stairs, but because I was tired of saying a word or two after I argued with Nareswara in the room before dinner. The memory came at the wrong time because now I was in the archery building.

"Save my number. I've said it many times and you didn't pay attention," Nareswara scolded, snatching my phone which was in my hand. Rude.

Yesterday, when I was about to enter the room after the scene of teasing Agha, a call came in from an unknown number and it turned out to be Nareswara. Since yesterday he's been begging me to save his number but I didn't and now he's doing it himself. Saved the number in my cell phone contacts.

Best friend.

What the hell? He named his contact like that. It's up to him. "I bought a new phone and number after leaving the airport so you have to keep my new number. But keep my Korean number." He said dramatically and why could he be this dramatic? Same with Betari. Is this because he is Betari's twin who is crazy about studying and is the drama king?

"I looked for my name in your contacts but it wasn't there. What did you call my Korean number," he asked and why was he so curious?

"It sucks," I answered and stood up.

"Am I too excited to come early?" I talked myself into walking on the spot.

Nareswara brought my phone screen to my face and the name of an annoying contact was displayed there. "You are too much! Why did you name my contact like this? Even though I named your contact Best!"

Gosh, it's just a matter of contact name, he's like this. "The important thing is that your ID card doesn't have the name Annoying, okay!"

He sulked put my phone back in his bag and sat down. "You always underestimate other people's feelings," he muttered and I could hear it.

I approached Nareswara and then took my bag. "I put the bag in the changing room locker first and you wait here. After you are officially accepted as a school archery athlete, you can put the bag in the men's changing room locker."

I stepped away from him who was still sulking. My emotions are stable so I wasn't angry with him this morning. Moreover, today I am practicing archery so I have to maintain my emotional stability. I can't be influenced by anyone today.

After putting my bag in the changing room, I came out of the room to be greeted by the sight of Nareswara, who was warmly welcomed by Mr. Handoko and several other friends. Seeing Nareswara who looks happy like this makes me happy because he has no difficulty communicating here so he can interact well with other people. Maybe Nareswara was destined to live here because his aura was really friendly.

"Naya, don't daydream," scolded Arthur who was in front of me and I just realized.

"I'm not daydreaming," I said because I wasn't daydreaming.

"Then how many seconds have I been standing here?"

"Twenty seconds," I answered carelessly.

"Maybe because I don't know myself."

We laughed and our laughter invited Nareswara to look at us with an annoyed look. Wow, he's good at changing expressions. He should have just registered to become a Korean actor instead of returning to Indonesia.