Two

You don't trust uncle and auntie?"

Narra was startled by a male voice that came from behind her.

He deliberately stopped by his parents' office first to ensure that the results of his parents' hard work when they were still alive were well taken care of.

The corner of Narra's lips pulled upwards.

"I don't believe it, uncle," said Narra.

He then sat on the sofa in his uncle's office.

"Narra might as well study," he continued, "You can't bother uncle and aunt forever."

"Why talk like that?" objected his uncle.

"You and Lean are the only ones who need to be looked after after losing a brother."

"Later, uncle will teach you everything."

Narra smiled broadly, "thanks, uncle"

The man who Narra considered to be a substitute for his parents smiled as he nodded his head.

"But there are a prerequisite "

Narra's eyebrows rose as the smile disappeared from her face.

"Condition? "

"Yes "

"What? "

"Uncle and auntie don't like that you are still close to your male college friend whose body is covered in tattoos."

Narra was stunned, her uncle mentioned her friendship with Befriel, who really had a hobby of making tattoos all over his body. But only Narra knows the meaning of the tattoo depicted on her best friend's body.

"What do you mean by Efriel?"

Narra has a nickname for her best friend.

"Why? "

"Uncle and auntie don't like him, he doesn't have any manners at all. Surely he just has a bad reason for wanting to be your friend."

"You will only be taken advantage of"

Narra smiled slightly, "Efriel isn't like that."

"Just look at his sloppy style," explained the uncle, "we don't know where he lives or with whom."

"No one can guarantee that he doesn't use drugs"

"I'm sorry uncle and aunt, but we hope you don't hate because of this ban."

"Because you and lean are now our children"

"Except for those of you who still think we are other people"

"Yes, uncle," interrupted Narra, "from now on, whatever uncle and auntie say, Narra will do."

"But maybe a little bit with Efriel, uncle, you know he's Narra's friend from school."

"So we won't be able to go straight away, especially now that we are on the same campus even though we have different majors."

"So the kid is going to college" a crisp laugh escaped his uncle's lips.

He didn't seem to believe that a kid who looked like Efriel was serious about going to college.

"You should often give him drawing books as gifts."

Narra frowned, "why?"

"So he doesn't draw something he likes all over his body."

"Uncle, we can't insult people," said Narra.

In the past, his mother always reminded him never to say bad things about people he knew, because according to his mother, what came out of someone's lips seemed to show what someone's behavior was like.

"Yeah, sorry, uncle."

"You know it's all because uncle and aunt are worried."

Narra nodded her head with a smile, she knew very well how worried her uncle was about everyone close to him.

He feels very lucky to have many people who love him and lean even though his parents have abandoned him.

"Narra"

There was a man's voice calling him when he just got out of his car.

Narra turned towards the sound to see someone calling her this time. His smile appeared when he saw the tall figure with curly hair flowing below his ears like a girl even though he was a boy.

"Efriel, this is campus!" said Narra in response to her friend's appearance.

"Do you want to kick the lecturer out of class again?"

Narra glared at him for a few seconds with her hands on her hips.

"I haven't started college yet," he answered.

"Starting from what time?" Narra asked.

"Fifteen more minutes"

Narra's one hand turned to her watch.

"Okay "

Then he pulled Efriel's hand to come with him, making his friend shuffle along.

"Where are you going? "

"Noisy "

Narra turned her gaze to look for an empty chair in the campus park area. After finding him, he forced Efriel to sit on the bottom and him on a chair.

"It's rude of you to hold someone's head!" said Efriel when Narra's ten fingers were holding her head.

"Naughty," replied Narra.

He took out the rubber band he always had in his bag. Smoothing Efriel's curly hair with his fingers.

"Riel, take your mother to campus!!!"

One person shouted in another corner, followed by laughter from others hearing those words.

"You know, Mom, her job makes the most handsome kid on campus embarrassed!"

It seemed as if Efriel had never been hurt by his classmate's words, he only responded with a joke.

"Mom, aren't you afraid it'll be difficult to find a girlfriend if you keep being like this?"

Narra laughed a little at Efriel's strange questions, who always called her mother.

"It's a good thing you're handsome, you still look like someone who hasn't washed their hair for a month, and many people still like it."

"I'm already in the imitation category," he continued, " It's been cheapened, but no one wants it, because it's fake. There are those who buy it, most of them are fraudsters too"

"What you say is careless!"

Efriel gave a small smack to the head of the Narra who was talking strangely.

"Don't really hit it!"

Narra rubbed her aching head.

"What you said was annoying," Efriel replied.

"Here, I'm not finished yet!" Narra grabbed Efriel's hair and forced him to sit down so he could tie his friend's hair.

"Why, mother?"

"No reason," replied Narra.

Then he fell silent to seriously tie Efriel's hair.

"Fighting with lean?"

"No "

"Keep going? "

"There's no way"

"Done" Narra then forced Efriel to look at her and smile assessing her friend's appearance.

"Like this okay"

Efriel frowned while watching Narra's movements.

"Lies, being cursed is even worse," said Efriel.

Narra laughed a little, "let it be as bad as it is"

"About me, right?" Efriel narrowed his eyes.

Narra immediately looked down because Efriel already knew that her uncle and aunt didn't like Narra having a friend with a strange appearance like her.

"Sorry," Narra said quietly.

For a few seconds the atmosphere was silent, there was no sound from either Narra or Efriel.

"Just relax again," then Efriel laughed and elbowed Narra's hand.

"It's like this is the first time," he continued, "I've done it often, haven't I?"

"You don't have to be angry, right?"

Narra shook her head and smiled.

"Great "

"We can just chat on campus, I won't come to your house again."

Narra feels sad now, "sorry"

"You know, uncle and aunt, now my parents are both lean?"

"Yes "

Efriel ruffled Narra's hair.

"I'll go to class first, okay?"

Narra nodded her head and waved one hand at Efriel who hurried away to go to her class.

He felt guilty because he had said something that would have disappointed his friend.

Slowly Efriel's figure disappeared from his sigh