A Date ?

"Come on Val, don't be so sluggish," shouted Anwar, patting his shoulder.

Val smiled, he ran quickly and swiftly when Jason passed the ball to him.

"Yeah, Valiant!" Ilyana shouted, Valiant aggressively threw the ball into the basket, and they won hands down.

Val is exhausted. He dropped down and sat in the middle of the field, watching Jason and Anwar who were screaming excitedly

"Whoah!! Eat eat!"

 .....

Val's room was quiet.

Jason's footsteps as he entered were faint, a few steps getting louder until he stopped in front of the door. 

"Val, aren't you joining us for dinner?"

Val, who had just come out of the restroom, turned around.

"Boss" he looked tired, sat down on the bed immediately.

"I don't think so, I'm still full, I ate a little earlier"

Iyan looked from outside.

"You can't miss this, I'm the one who cooking now, it's sure to be delicious, come on," exclaimed Iyan.

Jason approached, he knew Val must be tired and his face looked pale.

"Don't refuse, Iyan's cooking is quite good, at least if we have a stomach ache we know where to go, we can sue him"

Iyan interrupted. 

"Eh, don't be like that, it won't hurt your stomach, it's guaranteed to be delicious, if it's not, you have your money back."

Val smiled.

"Who wants to pay anyway?" exclaimed Jason.

 .....

"Hello"

It was scorching hot, near noon and Val was outside. That Saturday Val had a date with Ilyana. He doesn't know what it's called but that was what Ilyana said. Coincidentally, he had nothing to do that day. Being with Iyan at the apartment will certainly be awkward, while his boss goes out all day and only comes home at night.

The call was from Jason. Although he was so busy in a meeting out of town, he would still always bother him whenever he had time, whether it was work or personal matters.

"What are you doing?" Jason's voice on the other end of the phone.

Val stood where he was, the air was very hot. His face and clothes were starting to get wet with his own sweat.

"To the theme park, Boss, with Ilyana"

"Ilyana? Why did you come out with her? It's weird, since when did she start to approach you? Then, have you had your lunch yet? Don't miss it, you've getting thinner lately."

Val smiled. Walking back and forth two or three steps and back again, watching his sneakers step on the colorful playground con blocks. His boss started to sound like an old granny lately.

"I did, Boss, what about you? Have you had your breakfast yet?"

Jason couldn't stop smiling, he didn't even pay attention to the meeting participants who had already taken their places.

"I had breakfast in the car earlier, the bread was so delicious, thank you"

Val smiled. His cheek is red whether it's from the hot weather or because of his sweet conversation with his boss.

"If you like it, I'll buy it again next time, they've just released a new variant, and the price isn't expensive either. There are several types of macarons too"

Jason smiled so wide that it attracted the attention of his grandfather, Ian Garber, who was already sitting in his place. He never found his grandson to blush from smiling like that before.

"Um, that's great. I'll bring some food home later. I heard the mochi cake near here is also delicious. They opened a branch in Argent, but the taste is more varied here"

Val nodded. He saw Ilyana running out of the toilet towards him.

"Come on Val, let's go in"

Val nodded.

"Em Boss, I'll get to go now, see you at home later."

The theme park area was quite crowded that weekend. Val and Ilyana were about to enter the huge playground. Val was standing among the many queues on one of the rides, while Ilyana bought cold drinks for both of them on the other side. The heat was no joke, and Val was starting to feel uncomfortable because of it, sweat already soaking his body behind his plaid shirt.

Ilyana approached with two large, cold glasses of juice, thrusting the juice straw into Val's mouth.

"Drink this, Val, you looked so pale"

"Thanks, Il"

The sun is shining hotter. The playground is getting more crowded in the afternoon, Val and Ilyana have already boarded several rides from bump cars to roller coasters.

"Whuuuhhh!" They would probably run off their voices after screaming like that.

"That was so much fun!" Ilyana pulled Val's hand and sat in front of the restaurant, it was time to eat.

Val couldn't hide his tiredness, he was sweating so much that his back was wet.

"There's a lot else, right? Il? So tired."

Occasionally Ilyana took out her cell phone to take photos with Val, even secretly taking photos of the young man. Valiant, even when sweaty, is still very attractive.

"Oh, there's a lot of sweat."

Val smiled and reached for the piece of tissue in Ilyana's hand, but his touch made the girl stop, she stared at him.

Val, who was a bit awkward, stood up.

"So what do you want to eat? I'll order it"

Ilyana frowned, how many times did Val avoid her eyes?

Val moved quickly to the front counter. But, just a few steps in front he stopped, his body felt so light as if his feet hadn't touched the ground, and his head was so dizzy. His whole body was spontaneously hot up to the top of his head as if he was floating in the air.

"Akch" he almost stumbled and fell if no one had stopped him.

"Val!"

Someone was standing behind him, Val turned his head, finding a face he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Fena, you, here?"

Ilyana who was watching from a distance quickly approached. Someone was already standing very close to Val. The girl moved closer and grabbed Val's hand.

"Val, are you alright? You look so pale"

Val shook his head, for a moment he felt like he was going to faint, but now he was better. Even a little nausea and would like to throw up. He might get heatstroke.

"It's fine Il, I think it's just heat stroke"

The girl was still holding Val's arm, as was Ilyana who didn't intend to let Val's hand off even after he was already sitting on the chair. The two of them looked at each other as if they were sworn enemies. The wind passed from behind their long hair as if you could hear the sound of a war drum being beaten. But Val pulled the new girl's hand

"Fe, since when did you come back, what are you doing here?" asked Val.

Fena, a sweet girl with light make-up, a white lacy top, and a long skirt down to her ankles smiled. She pointed at the group of kids lining up in the queue for the Ferris wheel.

"Teachers invited the kids to play here, what a coincidence, Val, it's been a long time, you look even more handsome."

Val smiled at the sweet girl's praise. Fena was his older sister at the orphanage, she probably thought of him as a younger brother who she could tease at any time.

"Fena, what a sweet mouthed"

Ilyana is wary, the presence of a third person during their date is not what she expected, especially one who has a history with Val. She held Val's hand tightly.

"Let's just go home, Val, it's already afternoon, I'm tired too."

Val nodded, he had to admit that he was also starting to feel unwell, either because of his breakfast that morning or definitely because Iyan put too much chili in his cooking.

"Come on Il, I'm so tired"