Chapter 84 - No One Likes Solitude

The Plans relieved stress after exams with friends in a small pub by the side of the road.

At first, Vira had no intention of joining with her classmates but considering the atmosphere at home was not delightful so she decided to join 2 female friends and--

"Are you sure you will join us?" Sunny asked these three men dressed in elegant and classy clothes. They have different appearances.

Sunny, Vira and Ashley, became closer because they felt they match as simple and not as complicated women.

Ashley who was wearing glasses also said. "We will only have dinner in a small cafe, nothing special there, you will be bored if you join us," Ashley said, she refused Hazel's request, and two of his friends to join.

"I know, you and Vira are very close, but joining us is not something fun." Sunny supports Ashley's words.

"Hey! Why are you two so fussy? How about we ask Vira directly, could she mind adding three more people, we can treat you all night anyway? "Said Azka, Hazel's best friend.

"Azka is right!" Support Reo.

Ashley and Sunny looked at Vira's face with compact, sharp eyes. "Aren't the other friends having a more exciting party at the X cafe, then why do they want to join us?" Ashley hissed at Vira with an unpleasant face.

"How can we have a table with them, we will be the center of comparison, look at their style of clothes, very expensive and classy, ​​while we look like beggars, okay actually you are an exception." Sunny hiss agreed with Ashley's words.

Vira looked at the faces of her two friends who looked insecure, then she smiled. "Wouldn't it be great if we were friends with anyone, who would have thought that the smart girl in my class would eat with three popular guys on campus? Come on!" Vira took her two friends, then forced her footsteps closer to the position of Hazel and his friends.

"Come on, you guys promised to treat me tonight, it's a shame if we missed it." Said Vira with a smile.

Hazel smiled back at Vira's smile, They followed the girls from behind.

Reo chuckled irritably at the smile on Hazel's lips. "Stop smiling like crazy!" His hissed mocked Hazel.

Azka agreed with Reo's words.

Meanwhile…

Seeing Herman pulling the suitcase, Vino looked nervous, he was already wearing casual clothes while waiting for his wife to come home, but until eight o'clock in the evening, his wife still didn't come home.

"Why don't you try texting or calling her?" Herman asked, tidying his shoelaces before leaving Vino's house.

"Should I?" Vino asked with a doubtful face.

"Ah, never mind, the important thing is you know that she's fine, she needs space to calm down herself, let her have fun with her friends, don't worry too much about her, I have to leave in a few days, I hope when I come back you will make up and give me a cute and adorable nephew like myself! "

Hearing Herman's words made Vino sneer. "If I have a baby, he should look like me or my wife, why should he look like you," Vino whispered, not receiving it.

"Your life is boring, your wife is too inexperienced, and my life was full of surprises and joys, surely babies want all of that," replied Herman proudly. "Okay, I have to go, you have to have dinner even if you are alone. Don't forget to send my greetings to Vira, I won't contact her, let her ask you, and miss me." Herman's smile seemed to expand.

"He won't miss you!" Vino hissed with a sour face.

After Herman left, this room felt so lonely. Vino leaned his back and all that could be heard was the sound of a clock on the wall, he lowered his head, feeling the loneliness that assaulted him, just like before.

He took a deep breath, rubbed his palms together, put them in front of his face, at the corner of his nose, he tried to warm his body through the two palms that felt slightly warm.

yes, a little warm then disappeared, like his wife's voice, like their little quarrels, like the beautiful night they passed. Everything felt so warm then disappeared.

Vino realizes that while he was living with Vira, his loneliness decreased, his sense of loneliness began to slowly disappear, fear, the nightmares rarely appeared in his dreams, he became better than before.

He looked around, looking for the figure of his wife. He hoped that the warmth would return, even though his wife would get angry or grumble, it was better than them to keep quiet to each other.

The sound of the bell rings.

Vino immediately jumped off the couch, he ran as fast as he could and opened the door.

Even though I have to kneel before you, even if I have to apologize a thousand times, right now, this time! Then I will.

The door opened, Vino's face looked surprised.

*****

Hazel pulled the glass in Vira's hand, he knew his friend was having a hard time, but she had finished a glass of alcohol, and Vira was not a woman who can handle drinking alcohol.

"Hey, stop drinking, you don't force yourself," said Hazel in a whisper, he deliberately sat next to Vira so he could look after his friend.

"Hazel, you've just been staring at Vira, you ignore your food and drink, you're not exciting!" Ashley said with a flushed face, she seemed to be drunk.

"Ish, look at you, you forgot your glasses, stop drinking. You are not a girl who likes to drink, don't push yourself!" Hazel said with an annoyed face.

"Did you hear what Hazel said? He sounds like a father!" Ashley whispered to Sunny, both of them laughing derisively at Hazel.

"Come on Hazel, this drink ain't bad even if it's not as good as your dad's liquor collection!" Reo handed a full glass towards Hazel. "Try!" His pleading was compelling.

"Give it a try, even though this is just a small cafe but look, it's very busy and exciting here!" Sunny said, pointing to a crowded cafe guest until the room felt exhausted and crowded.

"You guys should look for a cafe that is way better than an old pub like this, I'm having a hard time breathing because there is too much smoke here!" Hazel hissed irritably.

"Uh, you insisted on coming, from the start we didn't invite you!" Accusing Sunny took Hazel by surprise.

"Yes, I was wrong, it's already nine o'clock in the evening, let's go home! I heard your parents are military officers, you are not afraid to be seized by your father!" Hazel asked Ashley.

"Ah, you're boring Hazel, why did you take my father's profession? You put me in a bad mood." Ashley hissed, her face turned sad.

"Let's finish it quickly, we have to go home, Hazel is like an hourglass!" Sunny said, refilling Vira's empty glass.

"What are you doing? she can't drink much! "Hazel hissed, rejecting the glass Sunny had given her.

Sunny clicked her tongue, she was irritated by Hazel.

"All right, I'll drink!" Hazel said, he took Vira's glass and finished its contents.

Seeing Hazel's behavior shocked everyone in there.

Azka elbowed Reo's stomach, both of them exchanged astonished looks.

Vira could only be dumbfounded while her two female friends looked in disbelief.

"Hazel, you drank from Vira's glass," Sunny whispered, watching the empty glass from Hazel's lips which had just landed on the table.

Ashley looked at Hazel's face which looked confused by what Sunny said.

"If you drank from the glass of a girl that means you are kissing indirectly," Ashley said with a flat face.

Hiccup! Hazel hiccupped immediately.

****

Vino kept both hands in the coat pocket he was wearing.

Maybe the night was colder today or his feelings were just freezing, especially after that unwanted discussion.

He swallowed hard, waiting in the parking lot of a cafe that had started to empty.

He read the name of the cafe and convinced himself that this was the same cafe as the message his secretary had sent him earlier.

An old cafe which was quite busy and well known among the lower middle class, a family diner, and warmer places.

But he didn't see the person he was looking for.

Drrtt.

His cell phone vibrates, he reads the incoming message.

Good night, sir,

Has Mrs. still not returned home? She and her friends had left the cafe at 11 pm.

Vino's forehead frowned, "Is she on her way home?" He asked himself.

He decided to return home and wait for Vira.

Just as he was about to open the car door, two shadows interrupted his vision.

"I told you, you can't drink alcohol, now finish this fast!" A quite familiar male voice made Vino turn his head.

He saw two people turning their backs on his eyes, sitting in chairs under the dim light of the parking lot.

"Ah, my stomach hurts so much .." a woman's voice grimaced.

"I'll take you home--"

Vino immediately approached the position of the two shadows, he swallowed hard when he was sure that the woman's figure was his wife.

"Can you stand, or should I carry you?" Asked the man.

"Ah, you're overreacting, thanks for the medicine, I think I'll have to accept your offer, I'm not sure I can go home alone." Said the woman.

"Ah, you, what if your husband finds out you were escorted by another man, he will be annoyed and angry, especially if he finds out that man is me." Hazel hissed, helping Vira walk to his car.

"You're the one who made me angry, I didn't want to hear about Vino," annoyed Vira.

"Ish, you shouldn't be stubborn .." Hazel replied, he helped open the car door for Vira.

Just as he was about to close the door, the figure of a man with both hands in Coat pockets made Hazel pause.

He opened the car door again. "Go home with your husband," Hazel asked with a bitter smile on his lips.

Vira stared at Hazel for a moment then turned to her husband, who was standing in front of the car with a pale face.

Vira swallowed hard.

"Hey, brother! Your wife is so lousy, you should have come and brought her home sooner--" Hazel said with a weird face, he forced a smile.