Right now Kanaya is busy walking around the mall spending the money she has, even though to be more precise the girl only buys things she really needs. It may seem that he is very extravagant, it is a big mistake because in reality his needs are so many that they require a lot of spending.
"I think my face wash is about to run out," Kanaya muttered as soon as she passed the skincare shop with various brands, Kanaya often bought her skincare at this shop.
The girl immediately stepped into the shop and looked for the skincare brand she usually uses, more specifically the use of face wash. Kanaya's mouth opened wide when she saw the product she had been eyeing for a long time, because the product had to wait for a month to get it.
Without thinking, Kanaya immediately grabbed the product. Coincidentally, it was also sold out at home and she really needed this facial serum. It seems that it is not uncommon for a woman to want to buy something that is definitely not what she wanted in the first place.
"I think I have to buy all the skincare, make stock," Kanaya mumbled again as she took the entire series of skincare she usually uses.
Until the girl didn't realize that her body had shifted so that she bumped into someone else, Kanaya immediately turned her gaze away to apologize. However, as soon as he saw that figure—a very familiar figure.
"Lo Farel, right?" he guessed, although actually Kanaya was hesitant for fear of the wrong person.
Seeing the man's brow furrowed, Kanaya became worried, she was afraid that she had the wrong person. Who knew the man was just like someone he knew.
"Wait, I think I know you."
For some reason Kanaya's heart was beating so fast when she heard the voice of the man she thought was Farel, his voice was really similar to the Farel she meant. "B-but are you really Farel?"
The man nodded. "Yes, I'm Farel. Lo—Kanaya huh?"
With a wide smile, Kanaya nodded her head quickly. "Yes, I'm Kanaya, your high school friend."
Of course Kanaya will not forget her high school days, especially with the person in front of her right now. Even to this day Kanaya still keeps the memories of the two of them neatly, from the first meeting and closeness she still remembers them.
It feels like Kanaya wants to go back to the incident where Farel asked her name. However, it feels useless because it can't be repeated at any time.
"Hi! How are you?" Farel asked with his trademark smile.
The smile is still the same, Kanaya muttered.
The girl returned Farel's smile. "Good news. How are you?"
"Yes, I'm good. What are you doing now?"
"I'm busy doing college assignments, anyway. Where are you now? Didn't you move to Malang when you graduated, right?"
Farrell nodded. "Yes, I did move to Malang because I really wanted to continue studying there, only now I'm going home first."
Hearing that Kanaya nodded in understanding, now it seems difficult to find a topic with Farel. If in the past there was always something the two of them talked about, but now it felt really awkward.
When she realized that she was currently in a skincare shop, Kanaya blinked in surprise to see Farel's figure here. He first looked to the side and also behind Farel, there was no female figure that Farel might come to this place to take his girlfriend.
"Are you here alone?"
Farel nodded making Kanaya raise her eyebrows in surprise. "W-why?" he asked quickly but whispered a little because he didn't want to embarrass Farel, so it shouldn't be surprising that Farel could actually buy skincare for himself because a man doesn't hurt to take care of his own skin, right?
"Look for skincare for me," he said.
"Seriously? Since when have you been using skincare like this?"
As soon as Kanaya asked such a question, suddenly her hair was ruffled by a hand who else if not Farel owns it. Kanaya's eyes immediately widened at that, the memories of the two of them seemed to be playing back in her memory like a broken record.
"You're kidding, Nay. You know that I'm really anti skin care like this, I came here to buy my girlfriend's skincare as well as her birthday present," he said as his hand slipped from the top of Kanaya's head.
Kanaya just felt happy when she was reunited with Farel, then the man ruffled his hair like before, smiled at him, but the one fact that the man had just said made Kanaya who was already flying high, immediately thrown away so that her whole body hurt from hitting the rocks. very sharp.
Kanaya quickly changed the look on her face which was a little surprised to hear that, but the girl immediately smiled broadly ignoring the wound in her heart. "Cie already has a girl now, why does she want to be with you?" Kanaya asked with a chuckle.
"That's why I'm very lucky to have him, he can always accept my shortcomings," he said with an implied tone full of pride.
Yes, the woman is very lucky to be loved by Farel. Whereas he could only admire her without being loved.
"Rel, I think I have to hurry and leave now. You've been calling earlier, is it okay if I go first?"
"Oh that's right, then we can talk again sometime! Btw, Aunt Eva, how are you?"
"Fine, fine. We'll continue later! Bye!"
After that Kanaya immediately walked away from Farel and walked towards the cashier, to be honest her mother didn't call. It's just that Kanaya doesn't want to look sad because she can't hold back her tears anymore, it hurts to hear Farel boast about another woman in front of him.
Back when in high school he and Farel were close, during the three years in high school the two were very close. And for Kanaya, Farel was the first man to be close to her.
However, during those three years the two were just close with no relationship other than friendship. Yes, that's Farel's status, different from Kanaya who really wants more than that.
Until now Farel doesn't know how he feels because Kanaya really keeps his feelings safe and without telling his friends.
Kanaya has always felt that the treatment that Farel gave her was like more than a friend, therefore Kanaya very bravely put more feelings for Farel because she thought Farel had the same feelings for her.
Once three years had passed, Farel did not give him any clarity until finally Farel was no longer in the same city with him and that made Kanaya realize that Farel only considered him a friend.
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