Love In The Throne
Two Men

Evan breathes the cigarette smoke he sucks into the air. The night air is quite cold enough to be diverted by the blowing of cigarettes that are now in his hands. It's been half an hour since Evan leaned in front of the hood of his car waiting for someone who never saw the trunk of his nose.

Shortly after, a black sports car approached and parked right in front of him standing.

Evan is still relaxed not shaking with the strains of cigarettes in his hands. Even Evan deliberately played a puff of cigarette smoke that he caused to the ceiling.

Alvin exited the car with a furious look towards Evan. The sharp hostile gaze was indisputable. Alvin never thought about what Evan was doing in front of his house. Evan seemed to be really challenging himself to fight blatantly.

Alvin stands right in front of Evan. Both of his hands were put into the pockets of his pants with a ketus face looking up at the fierce stare of the man he already considered to be the enemy.

"Ngapain loe here? Want to see Nanda?" Evan chuckles at Alvin's funny-sounding words to him. Without stopping his stiffness, stepped on his cigarette butts are still long.

"You seem to have guessed my purpose in coming here huh"

"Ga needs to make a pleasantry. What do you need to see Nanda?"

"It looks like you're okay. Thank goodness"

"What do you mean?"

"I know where Nanda is right now" Alvin's eagle eyes stared intently expectantly at Evan.

"Fuck...!!! Elo, who ran away my wife??? Loe umpetin where is he??" unconsciously Alvin pulls a rough collar of Evan's shirt. His anger makes him unconscious has leaked his big secret that he has been shut tight.

"What?? Wife??" Evan was no less surprised than Alvin. Evan convinced himself that what he had just heard was not true.

"I-I mean, my future wife.." said Alvin clumsily covering up his mistake.

"Wife candidate? I wasn't wrong, was I?" Evan squinted his eyes at the truth from Alvin's words

"It's none of your business!! Tell me where Nanda is!!" snapping Alvin who did not make Evan flinch at all.

"You haven't changed Alvin. Still greedy with your lust"

"What do you mean by saying that. Don't talk!!"

"You've had Celine, the woman you've been dating for years. But you also keep another woman whom you acknowledge as your future wife. Where is your conscience as a real man?"

"Heh, real man. You mean like loe?" alvin replied.

"At least I never played women" Evan replied with a grin.

"Loe forgot herself? What have you been doing all this time? Loe's no different jerk like me. Well, at least I've never taken anyone's property, have I?" Evan again only chuckles at the innuendo Alvin threw for him.

"If you had listened to my explanation, maybe this misunderstanding would never have happened"

"Exposing that you didn't accidentally fuck my girl? That's what loe meant?" tease Alvin starts to get emotional.

"I've never slept with any woman, including the girl you mean"

"Heh, Loe think I believe it?"

"What you see is not necessarily what it is. All you see is a piece of what was cut off at the beginning and you only see it at the end"

"Gue believes more in what I see with my own eyes than with all the fake chatter loe. Know!!!"

"Well, okay... It's up to you. Obviously, I've said the truth. Oia, I'm not here to review our past. I just wanted to let you know that Nanda is currently at her friend's house" Alvin looked back into Evan's calm eyes. Alvin's heart asks what Evan meant to tell him about Nanda's whereabouts. Doesn't Evan like Nanda?

"Say where?" alvin urged expectantly.

"Later to send the address to your mobile number" Alvin was surprised by what he said when he mentioned the phone number.

"It's not a hard problem to get your phone number. Obviously, it wasn't Nanda who gave me your number"

"About your relationship with Nanda, was your words correct?"

"Right" Alvin replied confidently.

"How about Celine?" Alvin snorted harshly at Evan's heartbreaking question.

"Quick send me the address I don't have time to serve you" Alvin stepped foot to leave Evan still waiting for an answer to his question.

"Give me anything?" alvin repeated Evan's words.

"Yes, whatever you ask I'll try to grant it"

"Including your life?" Evan was silent. This time the replacement Alvin who chuckled reproachfully saw the stupidity of Evan who had blatantly dropped his pride just for the sake of a woman.

Evan just stared silently in his position when Alvin's body had disappeared leaving himself alone. Evan could only grunt violently restraining his emotions over Alvin's treatment of him.

***

After taking a shower, Alvin picks up his cell phone to check if Evan actually keeps his word to give Nanda the current address, where his current status wife is hiding from him. And it turns out to be true. Evan kept his promise. A short message from Evan's cell phone number has gone into Alvin's phone. Without wasting any time Alvin immediately grabbed his jacket and car keys to get to the intended address.

Alvin's car drove fast. I can't wait to find a woman who now bears his wife's predicate even though his status is only temporary.

***

Geck.. Geck...

Vira knocked on Nanda's room door. Vira believes that Nanda hasn't eaten tonight. Since meeting with Evan, Nanda immediately shut herself in the room. Whether there is anything between a friend and his boss that makes Nanda look shocked and panicked.

"Ndaaa... I went in.." There was no answer from inside the room. Vira ventured to stay in the room to see the condition of her best friend who looks stressed and depressed.

Vira found Nanda who was curled up hugging the bolster with her eyes closed. But the closed eyes of Nanda did not necessarily make himself visible as a person who was sleeping soundly. Vira knew that Nanda was pretending to be asleep.

"Nda... Eat yuk. I know you're not sleeping. I'm laper niihh... Wake up yuk" whining spoiled Vira. But Nanda still did not budge. Nanda was still silent in his position.

"Nandaa.... Come banguuunnn... Food loe went cold" slowly Nanda opened her eyes and looked at Vira with a sad look.

"Gue is full Vir. You're the one who ate it..."

"liks. I don't believe it"

"really. Before you go home, I ate a little bit of it"

"If you still do not want to eat, I will call Mr. Evan to come here to tell you to eat" threatened Vira. And the threat of Vira managed to make Nanda wake up and throw her upset face at him. Vira smiled with great pleasure because his efforts were successful.

"Yes, let's eat. Sucks"

"That's dong..."

With a lazy step, Nanda dragged her two feet towards the dining table to enjoy dinner with her sabahat Vira.

"Sda..."

"Heeemmmm..."

"Sorry yes if I'm kepo. Actually between you and Mr. Evan, what is the relationship? How did you see Evan so badly? He's a loe guy, right??" vira said looking.

"Secret" answered Nanda quickly.

"Nandaa.... Please dong. I kepo niiihh... Tell Napa" Vira blurted her lips and was upset at the dangling answer her best friend gave her. The answer made him even more curious.

"Someday I'll tell you everything. But not now yeah, pleaseee..."

Vira could only take a long breath. And then continued grunting as an expression of his disappointment.

"All right..."

Nanda smiled bitterly. A smile of guilt for hiding his own problems that make those closest to him worry.

"Yes we've eaten yuk" Nanda nodded confidently.

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