Secrets & Prejudice = Keep it secret, you will hurt
eleven new people

“Alana!” call someone when I'm home alone. Don't ask me where Ananta is, I don't care anymore. Now I look at the person in front of me, Diki.

He stood up nervously. Seeing her as scared of me made me feel guilty for having brushed her off this afternoon, when she had done nothing wrong. I just got carried away upset with Ananta leaking my secret.

“Hai, I'm Diki, uhm Kenta in the game. We've been chatting before.” Nervous speech. Yeah, but I didn't ask you what I thought. But I didn't say anything rude like that, he wasn't wrong so I shouldn't be angry with him. That would look weird.

“ehm, yes” I replied briefly. I glanced at something in his hand a glass of milk tea (my favorite). He was a little excited to see me glancing at that neatly wrapped plastic glass.

“Oh, this was I made it for the guy who bought it but the guy left." and again, I didn't ask. I just nodded slowly as a form of politeness.

"now, this is for you” he said again while thrusting the fresh milk tea to me. Uh, wait for him to sell milk tea?

“It. Our family business, um please stop by sometime” he said stiff, I finally took the milk tea he gave. I accepted it because I was confused about how to refuse. Next time I'll make sure I buy and pay to pay for the gift today.

“thank you. I went home first” My words threw a short smile and then immediately left. I had to get away from her before I got carried away with my emotions again. He looks like a good guy, so I don't want him to get hit by my bad mood, but he's holding me back.

"hmm. May I be friends with you?" he asked still timidly. Before asking that question he should justify his expression first. He looked at me with horror so how could he be a friend.

"umm may" I nodded. Just friends. With Ananta being cold and annoying I could be friends for years, so I thought I could be friends with him too. That's a small problem.

"thank you" he said briefly. I hurried and left again. This time he didn't hold me back. Well, one more new friend, it's okay.

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Get home. I threw the bag violently on the sofa. Choose to relax before entering the room. My hand accidentally touched something near the sofa.

The dusty black bag was again, this time the biggest. Did that guy come I thought I was upset. Even though our family was close, I didn't like being friendly to him. That guy made a bad rumor for my family, but we didn't do anything wrong.

“Don't keep hiding like this, pity Ananta..” said mom with someone on the phone. Uh, I'm guessing that guy's not here because he's on the phone. He must have left again, then later came back for a while just to pick up the stuff. It's been. That's what he's been doing all this time in my house. Just stop by as if my house was a coffee shop where I had a quick drink and then left again.

“I know the conditions are difficult. But you have to face it firmly. Escape like this will only trouble everyone.” Said firmly. That person seemed to be talking again, and kept mother quiet for quite a while. My mother always persuaded him with good words, but still it didn't work. Because although he was often advised he never returned to his home lately

“i can't always help you, so face it yourself. You yourself chose this.” He hung up the long phone from the man. Right mom, don't get involved. Even if you like it, don't want to get involved with the problem. It would look stupid, I thought. He has his world, and even if you love him you will never be part of that selfish man's world.

“Mother” called me, mother approached me after realizing my whereabouts.

“have home? Take a shower, I'll cook in a minute.” He said calmly, now the mother sorted out a pile of vegetables that were more than usual.

“why cook a lot? That guy came again ma'am?” ask directly. I'm lazy to talk about this guy.

“hmm? No, just stopped by this afternoon before leaving again.” Now I am busy with vegetables.

“Om Ari why again? Escape?” frontal manya.

“avoid more precisely, he has not been able to go home.” Obviously, the same thing I thought. Still in this position he troubles us. His wife was so uncontrollable. Once several times the wife of Ari and stepmother Ananta was angry with us, even until now our relationship was never good because of him. Of all the people in the family, only Ananta was well received, the rest were always irritating.

Maybe, until now I still love Ari. The man he fought with his best friend. Such love is difficult to express. A sad story, mother became the losing side even until now. He continued to mediate from the complicated affairs and ended up getting his bad. Unlike my mother, I promised myself to get the person I love no matter what happens.

From the day he revealed my identity to the centa I had a cold war with Ananta. Looks trivial indeed. But still I was annoyed by his attitude that never appreciated me. As much as I tried to be nice, he never cared about it.

I tried to ignore him, but as if he was comfortable he was not paying attention to me. We haven't been home together for days. I don't care anymore. I don't think the reason is because he's angry with me. Because he doesn't even care about me at all.

The biggest possibility is that he was trying to catch up to Bu Lita as long as I stayed away. I always lose. Or should I just give up? I breathed heavily feeling something stuck in my heart.I still can't get away from Ananta.

I think I really like it. Loved it so much that he became a fool who persisted despite being expelled so many times with uncaring eyes.