Chapter 19: 18.
"So what?" asked Delo.
"I'm afraid that there will be something wrong with Skala."
"He can't be physically playing with women, Das. Don't worry."
"If he plays mentally, what will happen? Make Skala not feel at home at school, make her cry or maybe stress."
"Fuck you!" said Delo.
"You know Skala, she can't possibly lose to a mean guy like Binar. I'm sure Skala can handle Binar, she's a tough woman. You can't be tame like this."
"Damn it, Nggar," Dastan scolded kicking the leg hanging from the table.
Dastan tries to take a deep breath and then exhale slowly. Relax his brain and throw away his negative thoughts about the treatment of Binar to Skala.
"Are you calm now?" asked Delo after a moment of silence.
"No," said Dastan quickly. This made his two best friends roll their eyes. "I have to do something to calm my heart," he mumbled later. He grabbed his bag that was on the table and then walked away. Leaving his two best friends who could only shake their heads.
*****
ring.
"Hello," said the girl standing in front of the gates of Deandles High School. The girl was waiting for an invite along with her friend.
"Meet now? Where?" The girl's brow furrowed in surprise. "Okay, at the cafe where we usually meet." The girl ended the call and put her phone in her bag.
"Who's on the phone?" asked his friend.
"Um, friend," the girl answered simply.
"Oh." The girl's friend just nodded. "Eh, that's my pick-up car. Go ahead!" say goodbye
"Hehm, be careful on the road." The girl waved her hand in the air.
As soon as the white sedan pulled away, the girl rushed to stop a taxi. Called his family's driver not to pick him up at school but at the Delamor cafe.
*****
Dastan stared at the girl in front of him, gulping nervously. The man moved restlessly in his seat a. Sipping the clear liquid in front of him to the ground, glancing at the girl for a while and then turning his gaze around as the girl's gaze fell on him.
"What's the matter, Dash?" asked the girl when the man in front of her was silent. In his heart he smiled at the man's awkwardness.
"I... I want to ask you for help," said Dastan finally speaking up.
"About Skala," the girl guessed right on target. Dastan nodded, not daring to look at the beautiful face in front of him. The girl then was silent for a moment. "You changed, huh. When we were together, I wasn't the right person who could change you. But with Skala, you can change into a better person."
Dastan smiled faintly. "Yeah, it's a long process until I can finally change. Yesterday's incident made me more aware." Dastan was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry, Sav," he said quietly.
Sava just stood there. "Why apologize?" she softly. "It's not Lo's fault, Das. 'We' are indeed not matched."
Dastan looked at the fragile girl in front of him pityingly, his hand reached out to pat the girl's shoulder.
Sava smiled faintly. "Don't worry, Das. The Skala is safe. I'll take care of him at school."
"Thanks, Sav. I don't know who else to ask for help. I can't take care of Skala at school."
"Tsk, it's really deasperate, you know. Until you ask for my help, which is actually your ex," Skala sneered, smiling mockingly.
Dastan just scratched the back of his neck while laughing.
"Falling in love with Binar is as easy as falling in love with Lo, Das. If you don't want Skala to move to another heart, you have to start dating her. Make her fall in love with you once again," Sava said slowly.
"That's what I'm working on now, Sav."
Sava smiled faintly at the answer.
I told you, La, Lo is the center of my axis. Just follow what fate says, he wants you to fall in love with me again_Dastan.
******
Skala was waiting for her pick-up when a motorbike stopped in front of her. The man on the motorbike took off his helmet, smiled at Skala.
"Come home with me, come on, La," said Dastan.
"Ehm, no need, Das. My driver will pick you up," said Skala with a faint smile.
"Pak Udin can't pick him up now, I met him on the road. The car is still having problems, I've already told him, "said Dastan.
"But..."
The incoming message from Skala's driver made the girl's sentence stop. His brow furrowed as he read the message, everything Dastan said just now was exactly the same as the message from Pak Udin. Even the driver also asked Skala to go home with Dastan.
"From Mr. Udin, right?" asked Dastan guessing right on target.
"How come you know Mr. Udin, anyway?" asked Skala in surprise.
Dashan just smiled. "I often play at Lo's house. In the past."
Before Lo's memory is gone.
"Does that mean we weren't just schoolmates, but more intimate than that? What kind of friends?"
"Let's just talk while we eat!" asked Dastan, not comfortable being in Deandles for long.
"Eat?"
"At McD. Just a minute. If you're still in doubt, I'll let your mama go," Dastan persuaded.
"Ehm, you don't have to. I'm also hungry anyways," said Skala. Remembering the incident in the cafeteria earlier, when Binar snatched his food on purpose.
Dastan gives a similar helmet of his own to Skala. Waited until the girl sat behind him.
"The grip on my waist doesn't matter, La," Dastan chirped, glancing at Skala from the rearview mirror.
"Huh? Erm." Hesitatingly Skala grabbed Dastan's red jacket, gripping the jacket without touching the man's waist. Make the owner of the jacket smile amused.
"Already?"
"Hmm."
"Okay."
Dastan invites Skala to eat at a fast food restaurant not far from Deandles school. Parked the motorbike, then helped Skala down from the top of the motorbike.
"Eh, how come I just realized this. Is this a couple helmet?" said Skala smoothing out her slightly messy hair.
Dastan joins in tidying Skala's hair. "Hmm," he said simply.
"Lo's girlfriend, huh?" guess the smiley Skala.
Dastan looked into Skala's eyes who were also looking at him. The girl's mocking smile turned into an embarrassed smile.
"Come in!" asked Dastan not intending to answer the question from Skala just now.
The two of them entered a very busy restaurant. Walked to the counter for ordering and their arrival was greeted warmly by the restaurant staff on duty.
"Good afternoon, can I help you?" asked the restaurant clerk smiling kindly.
"I order..."
"Just the usual message, Mbak," said Dastan cutting Skala.
"Okay. By the way, why haven't you been here in a long time, Mas. Usually after school you always hang out here," said the employee while preparing Dastan's order.
"Hah?" The Skala looks confused.
"I'm still angry, Ma'am. It's just getting better," Dastan chirped, smiling.
The restaurant employee just smiled. "It's normal, Mas. The relationship always has a fight."
Dastan just smiled faintly.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone