Best Mate [English Version]

Bab 4

    Rheya's invitation to the campus festival was immediately answered 'okay' by Pinot.

    After what happened to his best friend, Andik - two and a half years ago, Pinot became distant and refused to make friends, he even distanced himself from the thing called love. like the lyrics of the song 'Lebih Indah' which changes everything to be beautiful. Rheya's sudden presence sent a small vibration through his chest.

    After all this, Rheya was the first to greet him. Rheya was the one who started chatting with him. Rheya is the one chasing him. Rheya, the first girl he invited to Kwitang, no, to be exact, the girl who followed him. Rheya, the first girl who laughed at what he said, I don't know, the girl thought what he said sounded like a joke. Rheya, the girl he was taking home, no, to be precise, he had to make sure she got home safely, because he didn't want to be accused of kidnapping someone's daughter.

    Pinot wants to continue doing little things like that with Rheya, and how happy he is when Rheya takes him to the campus festival. The first time he went out into the crowd and it was with Rheya. He imagined he would make pleasant memories with Rheya.

    At first, Pinot couldn't understand why Rheya - the girl who was being approached by Niko, suddenly asked him to be his fake boyfriend? Maybe Rheya just wanted to play with him, so he didn't really care. However, he likes it when Rheya whines at him. He thought the girl was adorable.

    Pinot also deliberately didn't tell Rheya that he knew Niko. If Rheya knew, Rheya would definitely not be comfortable with him, and would probably look for another guy to ask to be her fake boyfriend.

    Pinot just wants to be close to Rheya, but Niko messes things up by revealing his past. No matter how much he tries to save it, the past still follows him. Rheya will definitely stay away from him, and his desire to be close to Rheya will fail.

    But, suddenly, Rheya appeared in front of him and said she wanted to hear the explanation directly, Rheya even mentioned their status as friends.

    "Friend?"

    "You say you don't need friends, but I need you to be my friend."

    "Why?"

    "Need a reason?"

    "Hm, yeah, at least..."

    "Hmm." Rheya thinks. "Can we talk while sitting down?"

    Pinot obeyed obediently when Rheya led him to sit on the floor, in front of the watermelon class. He sat staring at his shoes - black with dangling laces, looking worn, he couldn't remember the last time he bought new shoes. Then glanced at Rheya's black shoes which still looked new. Their black shoes also seemed to say something about their status level. At a glance, he also knew that Rheya came from a wealthy family.

    "Why didn't you tell me you knew Niko?"

    "Sorry. I didn't mean…"

    "You guys are close friends?"

    Pinot shook his head.

    "Between one and ten, what number describes your friendship?"

    "One."

    "Okay." Rheya snapped quickly, then drew a conclusion. “You only know Niko because you went to junior high school. Just like I know Niko from the same high school. Your and Niko's problems are over. Now it's our problem."

    "Hm?" Pinot turned to Rheya, confused.

    Rheya immediately straightened out. "I want to be friends with you, so I have to know what you are like. I don't want to hear from people who say you are this, you are that. I want to hear directly from you."