COMPLICATED LOVE (GREYSON LOVE STORY)

CHAPTER 5

"Sorry, Greyson. I can't..."

Sofi langsung membalikkan badannya, ingin kembali ke dalam kamar. Namun tanpa disangka-sangka Greyson menarik tangannya. Direngkuhnya Sofi dalam pelukannya. Hangat... Dan mendebarkan.

Sofi ingin berontak. Namun ia terlanjur terhanyut dalam kehangatan pelukan Greyson. Jantungnya berdebar kencang. Ia berharap Greyson tak bisa merasakan debaran jantungnya. Sofi menenggelamkan kepalanya pada pundak Greyson. Air matanya membasahi baju Greyson. Greyson memeluknya erat, seakan tak mau melepaskan Sofi.

Greyson terdiam. Ia membiarkan Sofi menangis dipelukannya dan menumpahkan segala kekesalan dan kemarahannya pada dirinya. Jujur, Greyson tak tega melihat Sofi menangis.

"I'm sorry, Sofia... Sorry... Please forgive me..."

Sofi terus menangis hingga akhirnya ia melepaskan pelukan Greyson.

"Would you forgive me...?"

Sofi menatap Greyson dalam. Kegelisahan, keresahan, dan ketulusan akan meminta maaf itu langsung tertangkap begitu Sofi menatap mata Greyson. Seketika keegoisan Sofi luluh. Sinar mata Greyson benar-benar hilang. Greyson yang ia lihat saat ini jauh berbeda dengan Greyson yang dulu ia kenal beberapa bulan lalu. Greyson kali ini lebih rapuh. Rapuh karena kegelisahan.

"Yeah..."

Satu kata itu meluncur dari mulut Sofi, membuat kegelisahan dan kesesakan di dada Greyson luntur seketika. Senyum lega langsung mengembang di bibirnya.

"Thank you, Sofia. Thank you..."

Greyson kembali memeluk Sofi. Dan kali ini Sofi membalas pelukannya. Setidaknya kali ini Sofi sudah lumayan lega karena ia sudah tidak ngambek-ngambek kucing dengan Greyson. (*ngambek-ngambek kucing itu gimana ya? Gini lho, ngambek tapi ga mau nyelesein masalahnya. Jadi selalu menghindar dan lari-lari kaya kucing -_-)

"Uhm... I'm hungry, by the way. I didn't eat my dinner last night. Company me to go to the restaurant, would you?"

"But, it's already midnight."

"But I'm hungry. I won't go alone. Please? And... I will explain everything to you. Especially about... You know who."

"Meredith?"

Greyson hanya menjawab dengan anggukan kepalanya.

"Okay, let's go."

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"Our parents are very close."

Kaata-kata itu mengawali cerita Greyson tentangnya dan Meredith malam ini. Seusai makan, Greyson -yang masih ditemani Sofi- memenuhi janjinya untuk menceritakan segalanya.

"I knew her since I was little, about five years old. She moved from Australia to Oklahoma and she was my neighbor. Her house was beside mine. We were always together that time because we studied in the same school too. She stay in Oklahoma for about three years. But then she moved to LA. Four year passed, and she came back to Oklahoma when the christmas time. Our family started to keep in touch again because we ever lost contact before. But Merry and her family keep stayed in LA and she was busy with her job as a model. And then I started to built my music career, I live in LA and we usually met."

"So the point is... You and Merry were friends when you was little. But you lost contact with her and when she came back to Oklahoma you met her again and keep in touch again?"

"Right," Greyson terdiam sejenak. Berpikir dimana ia harus memulai ceritanya lagi. "And about me and Meredith... She likes me. She told me about that about one year ago. But I didn't like her. I mean, I like her as my sister. But you know, till this day, she always act like I'm hers. I don't know why."