Spotlight (Razif Haydar 2)

Bab 7

"You datang naik apa ni?" Tasha mengacau lagi lemon juice yang sudah dipesannya sebelum aku tiba tadi.

"Oh, I pinjam kereta my friend..." Tak tipu, aku jenuh tipu Angelo tadi sebab nak pinjam kereta dia. Mujur dia bagi je. Kalau tak jenuh aku nak cari alasan tadi.

"Laa, tak cakap. Kalau tak boleh je I ambik you kat INSEMAS tu. Eh, orderlah. Kesian you dahaga." Tasha memanggil salah seorang pelayan dan dia datang ke arah kami dengan senyuman dan buku menu. "Anything, Jonathan. My treat."

"Tak payah susahlah, Tasha. I can pay myselflah."

"You student kan? It is my invitation anyway pun..." Kemudian dia berpaling ke arah pelayan wanita tadi. "Grape juice. And I would like to have Caesar Salad with extra breadcrumbs. Jonathan, you nak makan apa?"

"Anything should be fine, Tasha." Tak biasa wey aku makan kat kedai yang salad semedang harga dekat RM40.

"French Omelette with Oyster. Is it fine by you?"

Aku anggukkan sahaja. Aku jeling harga makanan itu. Damn what the fuck RM35.90. Gila!

Tasha memesan makanan tersebut kepada pelayan tersebut sebelum dia pergi meninggalkan kami. Kemudian datang lagi pelayan lain membawa handphone dan kawannya di belakang tersipu-sipu.

"Cik Tasha, boleh tak kalau kami nak tangkap gambar dengan Cik kejap?"

"Daa, of course. Panggil your friend sekali."

Dan Tasha pun selfie dengan beberapa orang lagi pelayan di situ. Okay, I hate this but I have to compare.

Semasa dengan Danny, tak ada sekalipun masa kami dating, aku tak tolong tangkapkan gambar dia dengan peminat-peminat dia. Dan kalau dia layan pun, most of the time gaya Danny macam dia malas nak layan orang-orang itu semua. Tapi kalau dalam masa sejam sekurang-kurangnya 20 orang minta tangkap gambar, siapa tahan?

"Sorry you have to see that." Tasha mengucapkannya sebaik habis sesi selfie meet and greet bersama Natasha Chec.

"It's okay. Orang famous kan?"

"Alah, don't say thatlah. I orang biasa je. Nothing special."

"Of course you are. And a kind heart too. You siap airdrop gambar phone dorang tadi kat your phone kut. Danny never do that..." Fuck!

"Danny? You kenal dia?"

"Oh, I... I teka je. Sebab well, you know, the rumours and Twitter. Twitter is tabloid in 2020."

"True. Agree sangat." Kemudian dia menghirup lagi lemon juicenya itu. "Speaking about Danny, I rasa I agree with those rumours."

"Why?"

"It's Danny after all, right? Stubborn, arrogant, stone cold. And you know what, his mood swing, God! Hence I said, at this rate we were going before, I don't know how I could I stand him."

Apa yang Tasha katakan itu adalah apa yang kami rasakan sekarang. Dan kalau betul apa yang aku fikirkan dan rasakan, yang kami rasakan itu adalah cinta. Cuma mungkin, rasa cinta Natasha tak cukup untuk bersabar dengan Danny. Mungkin juga sama dengan aku.

"You didn't date anyone after Danny?"

Tasha stretch tangannya dan bersandar di kerusi. "You know, it's hard to open our heart to someone after someone closed it. And even then, Danny sets the bar too high for everyone who tries to enter my heart. It's hard to open up once you close it."

Same, Tasha, same. No one could ever beat Danny in whatever circumstances sekalipun. He is if not the best, the one at least.

"All in all, Danny tu baik. He just needs someone that can handle him. And I'm not."