The First Curse of Love
50. Scandal Dating
That morning, the Department of Variety was shocked by dating rumors from Felicya Aletha with one of the producers in their department. A headline was prominently posted on almost all news portals with the caption: "IS FELICYA ALETHA DATING PRODUCER A?"
Just yesterday they did a press conference, and this morning one date news has spread to all corners of the country. What is more surprising for the employees in the department is, it turns out that Danny, the God of Death who is rumored to be in a special relationship with Felicya Aletha.
The news was corroborated with some photographic evidence. In the photo it is clear that Danny and Felicya entered a hotel alternately within ten minutes. There is also a picture of them having dinner together.
Danny doesn't know anything about the news. Felicya's agency has yet to provide any clarification.
"Waaah, if this rumor is true, I'm the same Felicya." Said one of the employees after sipping his coffee.
Hearing that, several other employees started to put their ears on nicely.
"Why?" Ask one of them.
"You all don't know? Three years ago, Danny was engaged to an ANH Radio producer. But a few weeks before their wedding, Danny was caught cheating on his ex while filming in Shanghai."
"Huh? That right?"
Before the question that represented all of the people's curiosity was answered, Danny instead came first and immediately made them all disperse the crowd. As usual, Danny seemed unconcerned about the circumstances surrounding him and just walked past them all like the wind.
"MAS DANNY! DANNY!!" Call Bagas with breath gasping as he approached Danny who was just sitting at his desk at the time.
Danny looked at Bagas with one of his eyebrows raised. He then threw a bottle of mineral water to Bagas. "Drink first, just talk." Danny said. Then he opened his laptop.
"It doesn't matter now!" Refuse Bagas while putting mineral water on the table.
"What's wrong?"
"So, Danny doesn't know? Not looking for an article this morning?" Tanya Bagas can't believe it.
"What the hell is it?" Danny's getting caught up.
At that time, Bagas immediately gave his phone to Danny and showed one of the articles that reported about the rumors of his date with Felicya. Instead of feeling surprised by it, Danny just looks ordinary and even impressed relaxed.
"You're all on my team already know the truth, right? So, I don't have to explain anything." Danny said, handing Bagas' phone back.
Danny was back struggling with work on his laptop, as if nothing had happened. It was as if he had never caused any excitement.
"But Danny..."
"It has. Continue your work, and stop taking care of this kind of unimportant thing."
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Moments after the rumor spread, Felicya through her agency stated that her dating scandal with Danny was not true. But a week later, Felicya actually admitted in an interview with the magazine, that it is true he admired the figure of Danny. He likes his precision and determination at work. Then he jokingly said that on the night of their meeting, Danny had already rejected his love.
It was again causing a new uproar, although not as strong as before. Slowly but surely, the news began to get muffled, though in exchange, Danny had to accept blasphemy from some Felicya fans, mainly from among the male fans.
Felicya was busy struggling with a novel in the waiting room of the Music Show program, when someone suddenly opened the door. Felicya stopped his activities for a moment, then looked at the mirror which showed the image of a young man in a sweet way with work clothes that read ANHTV on his right chest.
"Diamond is there? Get in here." Felicya said as she shook her canoe's hand.
The young man looked a bit hesitant, he looked into the room to see if there was anyone else in it. Because the last time they met in person, he had to accept the anger of manager Felicya.
"Sir Anna again found the producer. Aman." Felicya said again, giving one information that his manager was not in place.
The young man looked back to see if anyone else had seen him. After making sure that the situation was safe enough, he then went inside the room, closed the door, then walked towards Felicya.
"Lo's crazy, huh?! It could be that you caused a rumor that dragged my producer. Now one country blasphemes him for who? For elo!! Because of your childish attitude!" Smell it with fire. While Felicya who can guess every sentence that will be spoken Bagas, followed with the motion of the lips.
Felicya and Bagas have been close friends since they both sat on the High School bench. Where there's Bagas, that's where Felicya is. Bagas always protects and looks after Felicya, fulfilling all his bad wishes. But ever since Felicya jumped into the entertainment world two years ago, and Bagas has been busy with his work, they have rarely been together. Even meeting him was difficult.
"Lo was on purpose, right?" Bagas ended his conversation with a question.
Bagas looked at Felicya with both eyes squinting. Of course, he knew how Felicya's attitude and nature really were. Felicya can lie to anyone, but not Bagas.
"Well, I guess with that rumor, Danny's gonna find me again. But it turns out I was wrong. Boro-boro found me, he just did not even care at all about the rumors. I felt guilty, so I finally gave a statement." Felicya brightened with a completely guilty look.
"Keep if you feel guilty, why talk in the interview if you like Mas Danny? Why say, if Mas Danny refused that night?" Bagas folded both his hands on his stomach, and looked at Felicya with a probing look.
"Yaaa. I want to know people know that Danny is good, and not as bad as people think. I want people to know that Danny deserves to be liked. Anyway, if I don't say anything in the interview, people will think that Danny is shaking me."
Seeing her beautiful best friend who really looks cornered, Bagas finally began to feel unbearable and can be a little softened. Bagas who had been overwhelmed by frustration, was now slowly able to control his emotions. He pulled out one of the chairs, and sat right in front of Felicya. Bagas looked at him straight.
"Keep how are you? What about the people at your agency?" Ask Bagas in a soft-sounding tone this time.
"Gue was called the Director. I was scolded, and they asked me to keep my attitude. But what I feel most sorry for is Anna's sister. I initially thought that Kak Anna would be angry with me too, but it turns out she was the one who stood front and defended me. And as punishment, I'm not allowed to hold a cell phone for the next few weeks."
Bagas. In his heart he condemned the treatment of Felicya's agency. After all, in an age like now, where would anyone feel at home not to hold a cell phone? Felicya must be bored to death by it.
Not long after, Bagas took out a small doll from inside his bag. The doll, which is quite old boy character, was once given by Felicya for Bagas. But for now, Bagas suddenly felt the need to give it back to Felicya.
"Because your cell phone was again confiscated by the agency, you can temporarily pinch Sibi." Bagas cleared his throat quite loudly then, as if hiding his true intentions.
Felicya immediately smiled as she received the doll that Bagas named Sibi.
"Well, I haven't seen Sibi in a long time. I can't believe it's still this simple." Felicya said while playing both hands of the doll with a pair of sparkling eyes. "Yes, until now I still don't know, why this doll lo kasi name Sibi? It's a little weird, hehe..." Continue Felicya while chuckling softly at the end of her sentence.
The word Sibi itself is actually Bagas take from the abbreviation of his name with the nickname Felicya namely Cia, which comes from the letters of the alphabet C and B, which if pronounced in English will be SIBI. But according to Bagas, it was a secret. Felicia can't know.
Felicya must not know, that Bagas secretly also keeps a pent-up feeling for himself. A feeling that transcends a friend's affection for his best friend. A feeling that he himself was not even able to describe in words.
"Not to go!" Answer Bagas with a ketus while rubbing Felicya's face.
^^^To be Continued...^^^