ALDEBY
|35.| Past Tours

Time showed at 21:07 as Beby exited the FS Agency office building. Reading the first day is very draining and time. But Beby admitted, that he was really excited about this webseries project.

Beby walked back to Studio 3. Sometimes he smiles at the crew or fellow models who cross paths with him. At first, Lola takes Beby home in Daren's car, but the girl refuses. Beby reflected on Aldef's face waiting for him in the editing room.

But, when Beby got there, he did not find Aldef's whereabouts. Fahri's figure appeared as Beby looked back.

"Ri, you know where Aldef is?" ask Beby.

"Yes how do I know. Kan, I daritadi joined reading together lo. Anyway, that Aldef's girlfriend was lo times, not me."

"Yes too, anyway," muttered Beby.

"Gue unplug first," said Fahri who answered a nod by Beby.

The grey hoodie girl grabbed the phone inside her white sling bag. Then, Beby dialed Aldef's number.

One call, missed. Two calls, missed. The same thing keeps repeating until the fifth call. There was a continuous tone, but no one answered.

Where is Aldef really?

^^^Me:^^^

^^^Al, where are you? I'm done, right.^^^

Just as Beby was about to press the send button, Ana's distinctive voice caught her attention.

"Cock, haven't come home yet?" ask Ana.

"Lo look at Aldef no, An?"

Ana nodded. "Well, get out of there."

"Go?" Both Beby's eyebrows linked in wonder. "Where to go?"

"If it's eike also don't know. Clearly, Aldef left while carrying the fainted Celine."

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Aldef will take Celine to a nearby hospital. However, a voice greeted Aldef's eardrum in the middle of his focus splitting the streets of the Capital City.

"Al ...?"

"Hm?" Aldef looked over for a moment.

Celine held onto Aldef's wrist. "Anterin I'm home."

"Who? This is I'm taking you to the hospital."

Celine shook her head quickly. "No need. I'm not okay. Go home."

Aldef sighed for a moment. "OKAY. Where's your house?"

Celine also mentioned the address of the rented house she now lives with Poppy. Fifteen minutes later, Aldef's car stopped in front of a minimalist house with a predominance of light brown paint.

"Go in first, will you?" take Celine.

Actually, Aldef was hesitant to accept. After all, Celine was a part of her past. To this day, Aldef still felt the same feeling in his heart as he stared at Celine's eyes.

After a long time of thought, Aldef finally accepted Celine's invitation. They stepped hand in hand into the yard of a house that is free of fences. Just before the door, Aldef and Celine were greeted by a shoulder-haired girl.

"Sister Aldef?"

Aldef who was called so warm even felt astonished. His eyeballs looked at the girl clad in a pink sweeter. His face looks familiar. But ..., who?

Suddenly, Celine laughed softly. "You forgot my sister, Al? It's Poppy. Which you used to play."

Uh! Aldef remembered now. Poppy is the girl he meets at night, while Aldef is on his way to his parents' house.

"It's so different for you now, yes" Aldef said, smiling kindly.

"Yes, dong. Slimmer, right, me?" poppy said confidently.

Aldef only nodded briefly. To be honest, Poppy's posture is far from slender. More precisely, too thin. The pottery cheeks that became the hallmark of the girl also disappeared. That's what made Aldef not recognize Poppy during their first meeting.

"Let's go in, Al," Celine asked. "Someone wants me to talk to you about. At the cafe yesterday, right, we didn't get to talk much."

Indeed indeed. Aldef and Celine's meeting at the cafe last night was indeed very short. At that time, Aldef was not ready to hear any explanation about Celine's sudden departure.

Aldef, Celine, and Poppy enter the minimalist house. Celine lets Aldef sit on the living room couch, while Poppy breezes away to his room to rest. Shortly after, Celine returned with two glasses of warm chocolate milk.

"Thank you" Aldef replied politely.

Silent. The two stared at each other for quite a while. It was as if their eyes were talking to each other. Voicing anything that has not been delivered in the past.

Celine chuckled, breaking the deep silence that enveloped her living room.

"You haven't changed, yeah, Al. Your gaze, your face, your smile. Everything is still the same. You're still the Aldefra Mahardika I used to know."

Aldef silent. The first impression of Celine being in Aldef's head was the same. The girl hasn't changed at all. His laughter still made Aldef feel opium.

"I'm sorry, yes," continued Celine. "Because you left at that time."

"Why?" ask Aldef. "Why did you leave me? Why did you send me by letter? Why not talk directly?"

"It's not yet time you knew. Later, yeah, I'll tell you."

Aldef is just a mangosteen. "Keep, why are you back now?"

Celine looked away. His sense of vision stared wryly. His memory replayed the events 1 year ago.

"Mama and papa died in an accident. I'm living together with Poppy. We are both who have never experienced a difficult life, so it is very surprising when left by papa's mother. Not to mention, I have to pay for Poppy's blood wash that's not cheap."

"Poppy's sick?" ask Aldef.

Celine nodded while smiling bitterly. His hand quickly wiped away the tears that he had unknowingly soaked his cheek. "Poppy's old wife was convicted of kidney failure. But, since Ortu died, Poppy's condition has gotten much worse."

Celine turned her head, looking at Aldef softly. "I don't have anyone but Poppy, Al. I'm so scared that he's gone. I'm also the sickest person every time he's HD."

"Sttt!!!" Aldef moved to bring Celine in his arms. It felt, Aldef also felt the sadness that Celine experienced. "Don't be sad, yeah. You still have me."

Celine took off her embrace. The girl stared at Aldef's goal. "Right, I still have you?"

Aldef nodded slowly. "If there's anything, don't hesitate to ask for my help."

A huge smile rose on Celine's lips. The next two seconds, the girl fused back into Aldef's arms. "Thank you, Al. Thank you for always being the one I rely on the most."

And that night, Aldef spent more time with Celine. Random stories from A to Z endlessly flow from both. Moreover, about their memories during High School first.

Both are washed away. Until Aldef forgot, there was a girl out there waiting to hear from him. The girl who now has the status of her boyfriend.

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Aldef arrived at the Golden Apartment lobby when the time had shown at 22:17. While standing in front of the elevator, he meets Miko.

"Lo himself?" miko asked as she flirted to the left and right, looking for someone.

"Yes" Aldef replied in surprise. "Why? Tumben lo nanya is it to me."

"So this morning you left just like me, right? Lo anter he went home first? Or how?"

"Oh .. adek lo ...."

Aldef's two eyes rounded as soon as he realized something was wrong. Miko who saw Aldef's overreaction was astonished.

"Why?" ask Miko. "Beby's home, right? I didn't call from earlier on."

****! aldef on himself. He quickly ran to the car park. How could Aldef forget Beby?!

"If Beby does anything, you die!" threaten Miko when she manages to catch up to Aldef.

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