"What are you doing standing like an idiot over there? Hurry up!"
Ayla flinched at Arka's voice inviting her to come home. Ayla swallowed hard. She just remembered that her brother entrusted herself to Arka. One thing that can't be contested is because Ayla has to be with Arka when she leaves and comes home from school.
"You go home alone! I'm waiting for a friend!" replied Ayla. Of course, with the courtesy tone, the world has ever seen. Arka heard that answer and immediately turned off the engine, drew an eyebrow then looked at Ayla with a look full of inquiry.
"Who do you want to go home with? With those two magical boyfriends of yours?" guess Arka.
Ayla rolled her eyes in exasperation. How can Intan and Nuna be called magic by Ayla? The two of them are Ayla's precious friends.
"I see they have gone home first, then who are you waiting for?" continued Arka then with a full investigation.
A red car came to a halt, the windshield was lowered and it was clear that Devano was there in the driver's seat. Without saying anything, Devano was silent and managed to make Ayla stand up very nervously. Ayla wanted to walk towards the red car but Arka grabbed her hand so Ayla couldn't approach Devano's car.
"What are you doing?" asked Arka in a tone that was now far from friendly, even looking full of inquiry and curt. "Where are you going?" Arka explained again.
Ayla swallowed hard, not because Ayla was afraid of Arka. Not at all. It's just that Ayla doesn't want Arka to complain to her brother that Ayla came home with a guy and it wasn't Arka. Maybe her brother will be angry and will lecture Ayla for hours and that is something that Ayla avoids even when it is.
"I I …."
"She came home with me. Who are you?"
Those words managed to make Arka pull an eyebrow perfectly, still sitting on his motorbike, Arka pulled Ayla so that Ayla's legs backed up and approached Arka.
"Who are you?" Arka repeated. Throwing a question to Devano, as if he didn't want to lose to Arka at all.
Devano's jaw tightened, he didn't say anything more than looking at Ayla's eyes with his piercing gaze. Ayla being looked at like that seems to be enough to make her shrink, even Ayla feels that today is the day where she will get something that will really be complicated even when it is.
"Ar, you went home alone, huh? I want to go home with Devano. I promised him, and I—"
"Didn't Daren already say that you were entrusted to me? And didn't you already say that your father also forbade you to be accompanied by strangers? Then why do you want to be accompanied by a guy you don't know?" said Arka at length. Like a sentence that makes Ayla unable to say anything at all even until that time.
"However… however…."
"He is your guy?" Arka guessed again; this time Arka looked at Devano with a clear squint if Arka didn't like it. Even with Devano, it was as if both of them had flown the war flag.
This situation is a really very difficult situation for Ayla, on the one hand, she wants to ask Devano about their relationship, on the other hand, what Arka says is true. Ayla is not a rebellious child, she always obeys every command given by her father. So, how could she have to break the rules that her father had made if she wasn't allowed to go home with strangers?
"Come on, come back with me!" invite Arka again. This time Devano did not remain silent, he immediately got out of the car, walked with big steps, and grabbed one side of Ayla's free hand.
"Come back to me," and the sentence managed to make Ayla even more scared. Not an invitation sentence that came out of Devano's mouth, but like a commanding sentence that sounded so terrible. Ayla could only be stunned, she didn't know what to do to take care of everything. Honestly, Ayla was really feeling scared right now.
"Arka, please ... help me," Ayla pleaded, who was now about to cry.
Seeing Ayla about to cry, Arka seemed quite impatient too. He was silent for a moment then released his grip, letting Ayla go with Devano. Although to be honest, anger was starting to overwhelm Arka now.
"When you get home, immediately contact Daren, Ay!" Arka shouted. Ayla raised her hand and formed the letter 'O' on her index finger and thumb then she glanced at Arka and smiled. Yes, Ayla knows that Arka is not a bad guy. She was just worried, and she was just trying to hold on to the trust her brother gave her.
Devano, who saw Ayla smiling at Arka, opened the car door a little harshly, ordered Ayla to enter, and slammed the door perfectly. Ayla gasped in surprise, she immediately sat in an extraordinarily tense position, saw Devano getting back in his car, glanced at Arka, and drove his car so fast.
Ayla couldn't say anything, she turned to Devano with a stupid face. Until then Ayla lowered her face perfectly. She had to ask, yes… she had to ask now because otherwise, things would really get even more complicated.
"Devano, is it okay if I ask you now?" asked Ayla at last. She continued to twist the hem of her skirt, then she glanced at Devano who was silent without a word. "By the way, I'm still confused, when did we actually start, huh? So why are we dating? I still don't understand all of this at all. Even if we don't know each other, we don't even date, do we?"
The car immediately stopped moving, now Ayla was made even more confused and scared. It's nothing, she totally feels that this is something that has never been imagined even until then. This was the problem, a question that was answered with something that completely silenced Ayla like the dumbest human in the whole world. How should Ayla respond to this? Or should she apologize so Devano doesn't get angry? Ayla did not understand why Devano was so angry with her. In fact, Ayla just asked. Yes, Ayla really just asked about what happened.