chapter 10

Seeing his friend's expression, which looked like he had completely lost his will to live, made Tody feel uneasy.

"Oh, sorry, sorry. Is it true that Rhea was angry because your event last night failed?"

"I don't know. It seems like there is another problem that I don't know about."

"Didn't you ask Rhea?"

Sean lifted his head and looked at Tody. "I've tried to ask him many times why he's acting cold towards me, but instead of telling me, he keeps getting angry at me? How can I not be dizzy?"

Tody scratched his head. "Abel doesn't seem to know about that either, Sean. Abel said every time he asked you guys what the problem was, Rhea always said it was nothing. Well, you know yourself, Rhea has never been one to confide in anyone."

Sean dropped his head on the table again. "In fact, now there is the Source of Calamity, again."

"Source of disaster? What's that?" Tody didn't understand what Sean meant.

"My cousin, he just came from America. And what upsets me is that he is also trying to be nice to Rhea. The damn boy never changes."

"Which cousin is yours, huh?"

"Kak Juno. He is Om Ferdy's son - his sister kissed me. From the beginning, he was the source of disaster for my life. Just imagine, since the beginning, every time there was a girl I liked, I was definitely attracted to him. Maybe this is my destiny. times yes, always lose in everything?" Sean lamented his fate.

Tody looked at Sean with concern, then patted his back trying to strengthen him.

"I've never won a competition about anything, especially about girls. From the beginning I've always lost, Dy. That's why until now I've never had a girlfriend, and also where is there a girl who likes me." Sean showed his desperate face more and more. "Should I change my life motto, huh?"

"Which motto?"

"Don't give up."

"Have you had a motto like that all this time?" Tody was surprised.

Sean raised his head again - staring at Tody languidly. "I changed my refusal to give up to just giving up. What do you think? It's not appropriate, is it the same as what I'm experiencing now?"

Tody looked at Sean confused.

To be honest, he wasn't the type of person who was good at comforting his sad friend. Tody himself was confused about what to do.

"Just be patient, bro." That was all Tody could say.

***

Sean sat behind his desk, looking at a piece of paper with no idea what it contained. Then suddenly his memory returned to the past where he first met Rhea, fought with Rhea, tried to cheer Rhea up when she was sad and faithfully accompanied Rhea at any time. Sean also remembered his own words that he had once said to Rhea.

(("I will keep waiting for you. And I will not give up before you fall in love with me."))

Sean folded the paper and put it in the desk drawer quickly, then stood up, grabbed his jacket and walked out of the room.

Sean half-ran down the stairs in his house.

"But Sean."

As Sean was about to walk to the front door, his maid called him.

"Yes?" Sean turned around.

"There was a call from Madam," said Auntie.

"He said he couldn't reach Mas Sean's cellphone. Madam wants to talk to Mas Sean."

"I'm busy. Just tell me I can't be disturbed," Sean said as he turned around and walked out.

"But Sean!"

Sean still didn't come back though

Aunt calls him.

Auntie gave up and went back to talk to her mistress who was definitely waiting for Sean with the phone line still on.

***

Sean knocked on Rhea's boarding house door that night. Rhea opened the door and was surprised to see Sean in front of her boarding house.

"What are you doing here at night?"

Sean smiled, then took out his right hand that he had hidden behind his back. A beautiful sunflower was in his right hand.

"Here." Sean gave Rhea a sunflower.

Rhea gasped when she saw the sunflower. Sean had often given her sunflowers, because Sean said he wanted to see Rhea always as cheerful as the sun.

"Come on, take it. I'm tired." Sean was still holding out the sunflower in front of Rhea.

Rhea accepted the sunflower.

"What are you carrying sunflowers for? It's nighttime, isn't it?"

"Because there aren't any moon flowers yet," Sean said casually, then he smiled when he saw Rhea glaring at him.

"So what exactly is your purpose for coming here so late at night?" Rhea returned to the original topic.

"Rhe, we're going out, let's go."

Rhea frowned.

"Out? Where?"

"To the karaoke place."

Rhea was shocked. "Huh?!"

"Well, just consider it as entertainment. How about it? Do you want some?"

"I want to." Another voice replied from somewhere.

Sean and Rhea looked towards the source of the sound.

Juno with her characteristic smile walked towards them.

'That idiot again,' Sean muttered in annoyance, because once again Juno had interrupted his meeting with Rhea.

"Malem, Rhee," said Juno.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Sean asked grumpily.

"I want to meet Rhea," replied Juno casually. "I heard earlier that you want to go to karaoke, right? I also like to sing, how about the three of us?"

"NO." Sean clearly refused.

"If you don't want to go, then let me go with Rhea. Let's go, Rhe." Juno took Rhea's hand.

"Hey, hey, let go, let go!" Sean tried to free Rhea's hand from Juno's. "If you want to go to karaoke, go by yourself. Rhea goes with me! I came here first."

"Okay, let's go as a group of three. That's it, right? What do you think, Rhe? Do you agree?" Juno asked Rhea for her opinion.

"I haven't said yes to your invitation to karaoke," answered Rhea, which automatically made Sean and Juno despair.

"Come on, Rhe. You'll go with me, okay?" Sean coaxed again.

"Let's go as three, Rhe?" said Juno.

Rhea gets dizzy. 'Oh, how long will I be like this?

Stuck between these two crazy, annoying guys?"

"How is it, Rhe?" Sean and Juno put on their tense expressions waiting for Rhea's answer.

"Okay," Rhea replied, making both boys smile instantly.

"With my car, Rhe," said Juno enthusiastically.

"Eh, can't." Sean doesn't want to lose for sure. "I came first, which means Rhea is with me. Right, Re?"

Rhea was confused. It was certain that after Rhea said yes, they would definitely argue again about who Rhea would go with.

"Just be with me, Rhe," Juno coaxed.

"Just be with me, Rhe." Sean still didn't give up.

Seeing the situation like that Rhea thought that whatever decision she took would not solve the problem. Therefore Rhea took a deep breath before finally deciding.