// 5 //
"so, a girl? been texting you weird stuff?" gadis bernama sarah itu mengangkat kedua alisnya, menatap michael dengan tatapan penasaran.
michael merubah posisinya menjadi menghadap sarah. kebetulan mereka sedang berada di balkon kamar gadis itu yang terletak di seberang kamar michael, dan cowok itu memutuskan untuk menceritakan segalanya pada sarah karena gadis itu bisa dipercaya.
"no, we talk like a normal. it's just weird that i kept replying to her texts," ucap michael sambil memetik senar gitar yang ia pegang dengan sangat pelan, menghasilkan nada yang lirih.
"so, she likes you?" sarah tersenyum jahil.
michael tertawa sambil meninju lengan sarah pelan. "oh, c'mon. all she does is throwing compliments at me, it's sickening me."
"and why are you keep replying to her text?" sarah melipat tangannya di dada, lagi-lagi memberi tatapan mengintrograsi pada cowok di depannya itu.
"i don't know. i think calum's right when he said i'm too nice to people especially girls," kata michael menggerutu. "but i feel guilty everytime i smile because of her texts. i mean, her as in the stranger."
"i know. she's probably a stalker and adrianna wouldn't like that," gumam sarah.
"she's probably you."
"wow, okay," sarah memutar bola matanya. "plot twist, yeah?"
michael hanya tertawa lalu kembali memetik senar gitarnya dengan pelan, mengalunkan lagu more than words dari westlife sambil sesekali menyenandungkan liriknya. michael membiarkan mulutnya terus bernyanyi sementara pandangannya menyapu ke arah kamarnya di seberang sana.
michael selalu merasa kamarnya terlihat sangat nyaman bila dilihat dari balkon kamar sarah, ketika faktanya adalah kebalikannya. michael tidak pernah menyukai kamarnya. terlalu luas dan ada kamar mandi di dalamnya, yang sering mengingatkannya pada hal-hal horror mengerikan yang ia tonton di tv-tv.
tapi setidaknya dia tidak mendapatkan kamar kosong yang di dekat gudang, yang 100x jauh lebih seram dari kamarnya yang sekarang.
"hey, mike," tiba-tiba suara sarah membuat michael menghentikkan petikan gitarnya. "adrianna texted me. she said she's in your house."
michael menghela nafas lalu meletakkan gitar milik sarah di dekat kasur. "i'll be back at eleven. don't go to sleep until then, yeah?"
"what are you gonna do in my room, at eleven?" sarah memutar bola matanya.
"my room sucks, it doesn't have a balcony to play guitar at. now shut up," michael melempar sebuah bantal ke wajah sarah sebelum tertawa dan menutup pintu kamar gadis itu.
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unknown number: hiiii gorgeous mikey
me: eh, hii
me: ur gorgeous too
unknown number: YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE WHAT IF IM UGLY
me: it's called compliment at least say thanks, you ungrateful shit
unknown number: 'ight, 'ight. thank you
unknown number: btw u coming toniiight?
me: where? :/
unknown number: john's party??? i thought you're vip
"ann?" panggil michael kepada gadis yang sedang duduk diam di hadapannya itu.
"hmm?"
"are you invited to john's party?" tanya michael.
"yeah, but i said no," jawab adrianna pelan. "why? d'you want to come?"
"i was just wondering and i'm not even invited," kata michael lalu kembali menatap layar hp-nya.
me: i'm not invited lol
unknown number: too bad i can't see you there, then
me: not your lucky day
unknown number: heheh
unknown number: is sarah good??
me: um why
unknown number: i heard jared wants to ask her out like on a date
unknown number: but he's afraid you'll punch him like what you did to ricky in the 9th grade
me: how do you know jared's afraid
unknown number: he told it to the whole class....lmao
unknown number: "i don't know man, michael might end up killing me. remember when ricky asked sarah to go on a date and michael said no but ricky was like 'what the hell mike' and they ended up fighting? that's scary as fuck, guys."
me: lmao he did say that???? :(
me: hahah it was stupid i was stupid
me: i didn't like to share sarah to anyone especially guys hahah
me: i didn't even let her play barbies with her girl friends bc i wanted her to play tamiya with me instead
unknown number: you sound so head over heels hmm
me: wait what
unknown number: you like sarah hmmmm
me: what no................. wtf
me: like i said if i liked sarah i would've dated her instead ok
unknown number: youre just denying it hmmmm
me: yeh keep telling me that
"mike," suara adrianna memecah keheningan diantara mereka berdua. "i came here to have a good time with you, not to seeing you being busy with your phone."
michael menatap adrianna sebentar, sebelum melempar ponselnya ke sisi sofa lain dan mengangkat kedua tangannya. "oops, okay. i threw it, see?"
adrianna melipat tangannya di dada dan memasang ekspresi jengkel. "you're always busy with your phone these past few days."
"really? woah..." michael nyengir, berusaha terlihat santai.
"is there anything you'd love to share with me?"
michael menggeleng. "no, ann. i'm not hiding anything. look, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to make you upset."
adrianna hanya menggigt bibir bawahnya bingung, lalu mengendikkan bahunya. "it's okay. i'm leaving. see you tomorrow at school, mike."
"no, wait!" michael ikut berdiri dan menahan adrianna agar gadis itu tidak bisa lewat. "i'm so sorry. i swear i'll pay more attention to you. there's nothing on my phone, i just like to play with it since i've downloaded so many games."
dengan tatapan lelah, adrianna hanya menghela nafas. "then just spend your quality time with your games."
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a/n
ooOOH LET THE GAME BEGIN
((btw mana ya kok ga berbau thriller sama sekali))
