"I'll go first. My class starts in five minutes." Yuana turned to her class. Manfred continued on his way to his faculty.
Yuana and Manfred often go to and from college together. Manfred picked up and dropped Yuana. Doing that almost every day, Manfred felt like he was just dating Yuana.
Before entering class, someone grabbed Yuana's arm. Yuana was shocked and turned quickly.
"Joseph?" Yuana frowned.
"Sorry, I want to talk to you about something." Yoseph pulled Yuana slightly aside, away from the class.
"Later, class is almost starting," said Yuana.
"This time the lecturer is late. I saw in the parking lot his car hasn't arrived yet," said Yoseph urgently.
"Okay. What's wrong?" Yuana relented and heard Yoseph.
"I like you, Yu. I want us to go out together." Joseph looked at Yuana seriously.
"What?" Yuana frowned, then smiled.
"Don't you believe me? I'm in love with you." Joseph confirmed his words. He took a step closer to Yuana.
Yuana smiled again and shook her head. "It's not surprising, Jos. You like to spread your charms. You're really cool, you're loved by girls. But sorry, I'm not interested."
"Yuan, I'm serious. I never have this feeling for other girls. It's very different in my heart." Joseph was still persuading Yuana.
"What else?" Yuana said sarcastically.
"You are always in my heart, my eyes, everywhere." Joseph looked at Yuana intently. Usually, when he treated a girl this way, she would melt.
Yuana just glared with wide eyes. "Jos, just keep your feelings to yourself. It only lasts a week or two at most. I am not sure you've ever felt that way before." Yuana left Joseph.
"Yuan, wait ..." Joseph called.
"Don't you listen to me? Just keep your love. Thank you." Yuana smiled, grinning. She entered the class and sat among her female friends. She purposely so that Joseph could not approach her.
"Damn!" Joseph cursed. He entered the class and sat next to his best friend, Rio.
"Hey! Why are you so upset?" said Rio.
"Yuana laughed at me. This is the first time I found a girl who treats me this way. Usually, when they know I like them, they will be surprised and blush. I really like Yuana." Joseph looks very resentful.
"Maybe he has a boyfriend," Rio said while fiddling with the pen on his finger.
"I don't know. She just said you're cool, girls like you, but I'm not interested. It's true, I'm ignored. Damn." Joseph clenched his fists.
"Do you give up? Like you don't know girls, Jos. Find a way, so you can get her." Rio challenged Joseph.
"What can I do?" Joseph frowned, asking for an idea.
"How come it's like you've never been close to girls? Bring her special things. Maybe special cake, buy her branded things, whatever ..." said Rio.
"Shit. Why is my brain like this blunt?" Joseph scratched his head even though it wasn't itchy. He felt stupid himself.
"But in Yuana's case, maybe you have to slow down ... don't need to rush." Rio gave a suggestion.
"Okay ... I'll try." Joseph looked at Yuana.
Yuana had already prepared her notes and writing tools. "I know Joseph won't stop today. A playboy like him will keep his mind to conquer girls. I have to be careful with him," Yuana thought.
"Just wait, Yuan. We'll see tomorrow, you won't be able to refuse me," Joseph growled in his heart.
The lecturer entered the class, in a hurry, because it was already ten minutes late.
"Morning everyone. Sorry, I stopped by the hospital earlier, so I'm a little late. Okay, let's get started." The lecturer immediately opened his notes and taught. Yuana was relieved. She could take her mind off the day's lesson.
*****
Sure enough! The next day Yuana was again chased by Joseph.
"Yuan!"
Yuana turned around. "What else, Jos?"
"Tonight, there will be a good movie. Let's watch it," asked Yoseph. "Give me your address, I'll pick you up later."
"It's Saturday night, right? Hm, don't worry. Your girls will be waiting for you for sure," Yuana said calmly.
"Hey, it's just the two of us. If you want, I can break them up today." Yoseph reached out, wanting to hold Yuana's arm.
Yuana moved quickly, taking two steps back.
"Aren't you thinking normally?" Yuana immediately got angry. "It's that easy for you to break the girls up. Do you play with other people's hearts that bad? Is it nice to see them hurt? And I don't want to get involved in hurting other people. Do you think it's fun to laugh at other people's wounds? I'm not that bad, Jos." Yuana left Joseph and went to see Manfred who he saw was about to leave campus.
"Hi, Fred!" call Yuana.
"Yuan? Do you want to go home?" Manfred smiled sweetly, handsome.
"Yes. Can we go together?" Yuana confronted Manfred.
"Sorry, I want to practice with the band." Manfred wore a helmet on his head.
"Ooh, yeah. You guys have started performing a lot, so keep practicing." Yuana shrugged her shoulders.
"Not bad. We are quite luck, I think. We can already perform regularly at one of the hotels. We are scheduled to be there twice a week." Manfred replied in a crisp voice, out of joy.
"That's great, Fred. I wish I can see you sing. It must be cool and dashing." Yuana smiled. Although Manfred was good at playing guitar and keyboards, Manfred was more as the vocalist in the band.
"I see, and I'm really handsome too." Manfred laughed. "Come on, I'll take you home and then I'll practice at Andre's place."
Yuana sat behind Manfred. Slowly the motorbike pulled away, leaving the campus. From afar, Joseph watched them.
"I see. She already has a boyfriend. Caucasians I think," he muttered. Joseph went to the parking lot, got in his car, and left campus.
When in class the next day, Joseph met Yuana again. Yuana was also upset because the guy had no intention of stopping her. What else could the boy want?
"Please, Yuan, just go with me once," Joseph coaxed. He didn't want to force Yuana, he wanted Yuana to be honest about her boyfriend.
"Come on, don't bother me." Yuana's tone began to be curt. Yuana took the equipment out of the bag, not paying attention to Joseph.
Joseph smiled faintly. Yuana couldn't pretend to be good at all. "Sorry if it bothered you. You rejected me because you already have a boyfriend, right?"
Yuana glanced at Joseph. Did the playboy think Yuana had a boyfriend? Which one?
"Why don't you just say so? The foreigner from the law faculty, right?" Joseph gave a clue as to which guy he meant as Yuana's boyfriend.
"Manfred." Yuana thought. Yuana just smiled. She didn't want to say no so that Joseph wouldn't keep bothering her. She also did not want to say yes, because she would lie. On another side, Manfred had never asked Yuana to be his girlfriend.
"Do you know what I like about you, Yuan? There's a mysterious side of you. And if you have no boyfriend, I'll keep chasing you," said Yoseph.
"Just try, it won't work," replied Yuana.
"You are so confident, Girl." Joseph laughed out loud. That time he was forced to succumb to a girl.