"Van, wait a minute!"
Novan's footsteps stopped as soon as his name was called, he turned around and now faced Marcell who was walking after him. Novan waited for his friend to stand in front of him.
"Why Cell?" asked Novan once Marcell was standing in front of him. Novan's gaze was straight at Marcell's face, waiting for his best friend to speak up.
"I have something to talk to you about, more precisely I have information for you," Marcell replied, making Novan now frown. He looked at Novan more deeply and intensely.
"What the hell?" asked Novan. Wanting to hear an answer from Marcell as soon as possible.
Instead of immediately saying what he wanted to say, Marcell embraced Novan and immediately walked forward. Of course Novan was also pulled forward.
"It's better while walking to the parking lot," said Marcell.
Novan didn't argue anymore. The boy nodded, he just left it up to his best friend. While continuing to walk, Novan now repeated his question again. "So, what do you mean?"
"You're going home alone today, right?" asked Marcell.
"Why are you even asking that? You said you had something to tell me."
Marcell clicked his tongue, "Never mind, just answer my question. It's related to what I told you."
"You want to ride with me? You don't have a motorcycle, do you? Don't worry, I'm alone. I'll take you home if that's your goal this time."
"That's not it." Marcell said again, "I brought my motorcycle, I don't want to bother you."
"So?"
"So you're really alone, right?"
"I told you just now that I'm really alone, I'm usually alone, I'm not with anyone. So, what do you mean?" asked Novan again, this time in a more urgent tone.
"Well this is a great opportunity for you, Van, instead of being alone, you should take Uti home."
"Wait a minute." Novan braked his steps, Marcell automatically stopped too. The two of them faced each other again and looked at each other. "Didn't Uti bring her own bike?"
"Not this time." Marcell shook his head firmly, sure of the information. He had no doubts about the answer he gave this time.
"Is that right? How did you know?" Novan was of course surprised, he knew nothing about this.
"I know from my girlfriend, Weeby told me, and Weeby must know from Uti." Marcell nodded again, "well now this is really a golden opportunity for you, give Uti a ride, take her to her house, at the same time you let her know where her house is, right? Then you can also spoke with her, tell your feeling, at the same time. Honestly, this is a really good time. You should really take advantage of it."
There was no need to rethink that Marcell's words were true. And Novan immediately agreed. Pressing his lips together, Novan moved his head up and down, his brain thinking about what action he should take next.
"There is no need to think too much, hurry up and take this opportunity. Don't waste it, just jump in before it's too late. Especially if Uti already likes another boy. Don't do it, you'll regret it later."
"But where is Uti now? She must have gone home, right?"
"Maybe, I don't know." Marcell shrugged his shoulders. "But she could still be waiting at the bus stop out front, hurry up and get her, she could be there."
Indeed, there was still a possibility. It made Novan's hopes soar even higher. He became excited.
"Alright, I'll check now, if Uti is still in front of the school waiting for public transportation, I'll go to her."
"Yes, that's what you have to do. Hurry up and go."
"Okay, I'm leaving now!" Honestly, Novan had gotten too excited this time. He had walked away first, leaving Marcell in place, but a moment later, Novan stopped suddenly and turned to face Marcell again. "I'm forgot, I haven't said thank you to you, Cell."
"Ah, take it easy!" Marcell waved his hand, not objecting at all. "Hurry up, you can leave now, or Uti will already be on the bus!"
"Okay!" Novan gave both thumbs up, then ran to the motorcycle parking lot. He quickly put on his helmet and started the motorcycle. Quickly, Novan rode to the bus stop in front of the school.
Novan raised the glass of his helmet, then his eyes stopped at one point. Right on cue, Novan's smile grew as soon as his eyes found Uti. He immediately approached her.
"Uti!"
With the motorcycle engine still running, Novan called out to Uti, who was sitting on the bus stop seat. Uti kind of flinched when she saw Novan. The atmosphere at the bus stop was still quite quiet this time, only a handful of students could be counted on the fingers.
"Novan?" Uti muttered softly. Uti then pointed at her chest. "Is it me you're calling?"
"Yes, hurry up!" Novan waved his hand, telling Uti to come closer to him.
Although she hesitated for a moment, Uti did as Novan asked. Uti stood up from her seat, walked a few times until she was standing near her classmate.
"Yes, why?"
"Let's go to the back." Novan patted the back of the motorcycle seat lightly.
"What does that mean?"
"I'm taking you home."
"What?"
"You didn't hear me say that?"
"It's not that, it's just-" Uti swallowed, confused as to why Novan was acting like this. "I'm waiting for an bus."
"It's still a long wait, it's better if you're with me."
"What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly like this?"
Novan sighed softly, "It's okay, I just want to take you home. Think of it as my repayment for everything. Want some? Let's hurry up."
"What if I refuse?"
"Maybe I'll still force you." Novan smiled broadly.
Uti sighed softly, "But your house and my house are not in the same direction, so it will take a lot of time for you to go back and forth with me."
"I've offered you, which means I've agreed and don't care about any other reasons. So, do you want it? Hurry up and get on, we're ready to go."
Uti had not moved from her spot, while Novan was waiting patiently for her.
"Uti?"
"Yes, I want to." Uti answered quietly and briefly. But it succeeded in making Novan smile so wide, especially when Uti approached and climbed onto the body of his motorcycle.
"That's what you've been saying."
"Go now then, I'm ready." Uti patted Novan's shoulder once.
"Okay, I'm going now."
During the trip, Novan and Uti were mostly silent. Only some light was exchanged. Even that was only brief. And Novan also discussed Uti giving love to one of his photo posts on his social media account. Novan claimed that Uti was stalking him, but Uti denied it completely. What actually happened was that what Novan said was true.
"That's it, if you don't believe me, that's it."
Novan chuckled softly. "Yes, I believe it. Relax, I was just kidding."
"Hm, it will be there soon. I'll just get off at the front."
"Not just in front of the house?"
"I don't think it's necessary."
"No problem, I'll just take you to your house, okay?"
"Uh no, I don't want to. You have to obey me."
Not wanting to argue about it anymore, Novan chose to obey. He followed Uti's wishes.
After Novan's motorcycle stopped at the place Uti wanted, Uti got off. "Thank you for taking me, then I think you should go straight home, I want to go home too."
"Yes."
"Okay, are you careful? Bye!" Uti gave Novan a brief smile before she started to walk away. Not forgetting, Uti also waved her hand.
Novan watched Uti leave. For some reason, something was bothering Novan at the moment. There is something that Novan wants to say right now, Novan also doesn't want his meeting with Uti this time to be very short.
Novan hurriedly took off his helmet and got off his motorcycle. He ran a little to catch up with the girl he was riding with.
"Uti!"
"Yes?" Uti turned around, surprised that Novan was now in front of her. "Why don't you go home? Why did you follow me here? Did you miss something?"
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?"