Morning Star
Doll Shop And Funeral

"You shouldn't be that angry with Natalie. He's not wrong. He just wants to help me" I explained when Adira ended the story.

The afternoon after school was home Adira invited me to meet at the mall Kasablangka. He just told me about his problem with Natalie. The two of them are marahan and the cause is because Natalie who came to the campus event yesterday without telling Adira first.

That night, Natalie just wanted to help me. Now I feel guilty for him.

"Yes, I know I was wrong. That's why I'm not getting here. Will you help me?" Tanya Adira pleaded.

"Help what?"

"Temenin I made nyari kado. I want to give Natalie my apology to her,"

"That's easy. Buy her a chocolate, a flower, or a doll. He must have liked it." I said give advice.

Adira seemed to be cursing my words. "What is Ra?"

"Three are better." Sahutku lightly.

Adira immediately gave me a shot. "Seriously me!"

I also chuckled softly at his expression. "Gue is even these two rius."

"Judek. For the sake of a girlfriend. Let alone chocolate, the same flowers dolls, edelweiss flowers if I want to also bring," said Adira boasting.

"I'm not sure I'm the last one." My lips.

"Belom know lo if I was desperate," said Adira, reassuring. "Lo cepet abisin gih lo food. We'll find the doll first, ntar,"

I obeyed Adira's words. Soon I might finish my remaining food. This afternoon Adira also treat me to eat and said I was free to choose any food in this mall. I decided to eat at the foodcourt and order a steak.

"Do the stars know if you're the same as me? I don't want to hit him again" asked Adira after wiping the corners of her lips with tissue.

"You know. Just calm down."

Adira mangosteen relieved. "Thankful deh. Just know my bad experience in high school. Where my handsome face always bonyok because of her work."

This time I looked at Adira lazily. Entering the world of lectures did not make the level of PDan reduced at all.

"The same star is official?" Again Adira's question was heard.

I just showed off my smile wide. "Repo!"

Adira immediately melengos. Seemed annoyed by my answer just now. He then chose to go to the stick stand that I ordered and then paid for it.

I wanted to tell Adira something, too. All of you can meet him here. But considering Adira who is having personal problems I so undo my intentions.

"Yuk Ra." Take Adira who has returned.

I nodded and immediately followed Adira from behind.

After going down two escalators, Adira and I arrived at a cute looking doll shop. From mini-sized dolls to even the biggest dolls are all complete.

Adira told me to walk into the store first. Maybe because he was embarrassed as a guy had to go into the store.

"Become, let's go in. Where the hell is diem?!" Invite me when looking behind Adira just standing in front of the store door.

"Lo, who came in. Shame I have to go into the store unyu-unyu kayak gini." Push it while shuddering.

The two maids whose duties were the welcome statue of the store seemed to hold back their laughter. Maybe laugh at Adira's words just now.

I don't know where the whisper of the devil suddenly crossed my brain. I walked over to Adira again, trying to persuade her. All of you I want revenge because he also once pranked me time in the villa.

"Come on. This is for Natalie. Sacrificing a little cake for a boyfriend himself," I said trying to persuade him.

"Yes not a victim of the image as well Ra times. You want to help me. I believe in the same choice."

I smiled ignorantly. "Gue buy a monkey doll only once."

Adira bulging. "Lo want to help me get better with Natalie if you want me to break up with her anyway?!"

I just found out, revenge can be this fun.

"Makanya let's go in! Very long time!"

After I forcefully pulled Adira's hand, she entered the store. I smiled with satisfaction too. Moreover, many pairs of eyes were paying attention to him. Plus the visitors at the store contained all the women.

"Lo want to take care of me?!" Asked Adira who was shrieking in annoyance.

"Revenge is more exact." Cengirku.

Because this doll shop is quite spacious I chose to look around at the far right shelf first. My gaze was fixed on a white teady bear doll whose neck was brown.

Just about to pick up the doll, a hand extended out from behind quickly. Took the doll I wanted to take.

"Elo?" I was very surprised after turning around and seeing who did it.

"It's great to see you again, ****," he said, showing off a smile that I found disgusted.

Tare.

"Lo is like a demon. Appears everywhere" I said frontally.

Adira came soon. She stood beside me and looked at Dara as equally astonished.

"Woow! So this is your behavior behind the stars? Like other guys? Pecun really yes lo," said Dara looking at me with a judging look.

Somehow the woman named Dara was very happy to find because of me. I feel like my hands are itching to plug his mouth.

"Not looking for disease! Why do you disturb the Kejora?" Ask Adira who does not accept.

Dara showed off her cynical smile. "Gue wonder. Why is everyone always saying this damn girl?! Make me sicker!"

Adira chose silence. He might as well think the same of me. Not wanting to make a scene in a public place. But Dara again raved increasingly insolent.

"About how the reaction of Bintang if you look together with other guys like gini," the sentence was clearly shown to me.

Dara pulled out her phone from inside the sling bag. He directed his camera at me and Adira. But Adira's hands are faster to fend off the phone.

"God! That's not how you become a girl until you want to ruin people's relationships?"

Duuars!

Adira's sentence is like an arrow that slides right at the target. I smiled with satisfaction at Dara who was now in her place. Resisting frustration. Moreover, the small laughter of shop visitors now sounded. They laughed at Dara.

"Lo mending go away. Than you become viral because you are caught wanting to destroy people's relationships. Are you ashamed?" A violent insinuation again slid from Adira's mouth.

The shopgoers are getting crowded. Some are just watching, some are intentionally recording. They cornered Dara.

Dara is like a big loser. Evidently the girl can only sculpt while squeezing her own phone. And a few seconds later Dara chose to leave the store.

"The sentence lo pedes terribly. Sampek kicep is the Dara," I praised Adira after looking at Dara's departure just now.

"Abis ate the devil's noodles earlier. So the pedes are still stuck on the tongue," joked Adira while chuckling.

I just laughed for a moment at Adira's joke.

"Btw thanks. You helped me," I said.

"Selow Ra."

After the people disbanded we both continued the original purpose of buying the doll earlier.

***

"Here you go" I said as Adira's car pulled over on a highway near the cemetery.

"Are you sure you're not alone pa-pa? I can make you feelin lo if I make ngizinin come," bargained Adira who is still keukeuh.

"Sure," I replied as I took off the seatbell. "Let's go to Natalie's house, right?"

Adira finally let out her breath. "Judek. Lo ati-ati."

After getting off Adira's Toyota I walked down the road to the funeral of mama and papa.

Today is my mother's birthday. So after buying a doll for Natalie earlier I asked Adira to accompany me to buy a bouquet of white roses, my favorite flower first. Don't forget I also brought you a chocolate tart.

After arriving at my mother's grave I immediately gasped. A fresh white rose was perched on top of my grave, with a small greeting card inside.

I knelt down and took the card, reading the contents.

Happy birthday, Clarissa gem.

Please, I'm sorry.

Only that sentence fills the card. I flipped through the paper but there was absolutely no sender's name there.

"Who sent this white rose? Must be someone who's been close to Mom. Because how could that person know you like white roses? But who? Why is he apologizing?"

My eyes swept across the vast expanse of the cemetery. Who knows, the sender of the roses is still around here. But after I clipped my eyes found no one.

Maybe if there was no apology there I wouldn't have wondered who the sender of the roses was. I'll find her later. Now, I have to say happy birthday to my mom. And also pray, of course.

"Happy birthday, ma. Happy there, same papa. Don't worry, now I have someone to take care of me. I love him, ma." I showed off a happy smile.

"I'm sorry I rarely come here again to see my mom and dad. But I promise, I'll be here more often now. Like before."

"I'm saying yes ma, pa." Gouged me up and kissed their headstones in turn.

All the way home I was still guessing, about who sent the flowers to mama?

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