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Chapter 3
FEELINGS COULD COME ACROSS OUR CLEVERNESS
(The next morning)
"Kev, please be quick. I'm late," Brian said in a rush.
"Where are you going?" ask Kevin.
"I need to go to the club. Have you forgot it? And you're going to follow me," said Brian.
"Oh my god, I forgot it," Kevin slaps his head, "Brian, Brian, I'm really, really sorry. I can't go. I need to follow Nick for his photography ceremony. I'm really, really sorry, Brian. Okay? You understand it, right?"
Kevin fetches his coat and went out. Brian stops from packing his tools. He looks at Kevin who is now driving his car away drearily.
"Don't worry, Brian. He just need to do some work," Mrs. Richardson try to calm Brian down.
Brian didn't answer anything. Slowly he gets back to his packing.
(That Evening)
"I don't know what are you thinking, Kevin! But damn that sucks, you are taking my work and you away from me!" Brian shouts at Kevin.
"Brian!!" Kevin slaps Brian's cheek. Brian kinda shock to feel that.
"What's happening to you?" ask Kevin with a cool voice, "You're too much different than the one I known before. Nick is just trying to get well with his work. Please understand, Bri. Don't annoy me. Please,"
Brian didn't say anything with his hand placed on his cheek. Kevin looked a him with a soft look.
"Nick is not going to take me from you. He's just going to be friends of mine," Kevin try to persuade him.
Brian ran out quickly from Kevin's house.
"Brian!! Brian, wait!!" Kevin shouts, "Don't go!! I'll explain it to you!!"
Brian ran faster. He doesn't want to know anything. A friend of Kevin? Until Kevin don't even have a time with himself? Time has changed since that Nick came in Kevin's life. Kevin didn't be with him anymore, Brian close his eyes.
"Oh my god, what have I done? I annoyed my own best friend," Brian snorted, "What should I do? Why am I so jealous for Nick?"
"Because he took over your best friend," a stranger interrupts him. Brian looks at the stranger.
"But why can't Kevin make more friends?" said Brian.
"But he disregard you. He just can't appreciate the friendship you'd given," said the stranger. Brian thinks for a while.
"What should I do?" ask Brian.
"Easy. To show Kevin how much your friendship is, you just need to give me something and then Kevin would always appreciate you," said the stranger.
"How?"
"Tomorrow, Kevin would receive a letter from his 'friend'. In that letter, there's a code in there. You just need to tell me that code and you can said it'll all solve up," said the stranger.
"What kind of code is that?" ask Brian.
"It's just a personal mail code," the stranger answers.
"What do you want to do with it?" Brian confused.
"I'll send a notice pretend as his general telling him to reset Nick's opinion. It'll be fine after that," said the stranger.
"Nothing else?" Brian feels something strange, "Nothing would happen to Kevin, right? He won't be fired or stuff like that?"
"Trust me," said the stranger.
"Okay if you say so. Deal. I'll give it to you tomorrow," Brian agrees.
(Tomorrow that day)
Kevin was doing his work when he heard his office door was knocked. He shouts for the visitor to come in. It was Brian. Kevin looks at him and asks him to have his seat. Kevin actually quite shocks that Brian come to visit him. Kevin stops his work and sits closer to Brian.
"What do you want for drink?" Kevin tries to treat him as good as possible.
He doesn't want Brian to feel anything again.
"No, Kevin. I don't want anything. I just… want to talk to you," Brian said.
"What?"
"I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry for yesterday. I mean… I can't control myself. I just can't believe I annoyed you. I'm too jealous that I try to push you into troubles. I'm sorry, Kevin. I'm sorry. I don't know how should I do to tell you I'm sorry," Brian pretend hardly to cry in front Kevin. Lie tears comes over his face.
"You don't need to do anything, Brian. I'm very happy to hear you say that. It's the most precious gift I'd receive in my life," Kevin smiles sweetly to him, "Come on, let me make a cup of coffee for you,"
"Okay," Brian nods. Kevin went out.
Brian quickly sweeps his tears and starts to search for the envelope. He remembers the stranger said the envelope should be in the Meditate File.
Brian looks at the files on the table and tries to search for it quickly before Kevin got in. Soon, he found the file. He pulls it out and opens it. In that file, the envelope was placed on the top. It's easy to find. Brian takes the envelope and opens it. A few numbers was written on the folder of the envelope. DA 206 M 5068. That's the number. Brian tries to remember it. Then he closes it backs carefully and sits back on his seat. However, he feels strange. That code sounds weird. It seems a very important code. Not like a personal mail code. Brian thought for a while. May be that stranger was hiding something from him. Maybe that stranger is Kevin's enemy. So, he tries to get the code.
"May be I shouldn't give it to that stranger," Brian decides.
Kevin comes in, "Sorry, a little bit late,"
"It's okay," Brian take the coffee from Kevin's hand.
Brian walks out from the Army Base. He walks towards the telephone booth.
Suddenly, the phone rang. Brian answers the call. It was the stranger.
"Got the code?" ask the stranger. Brian kept silence for a while thinking what should he answer.
"No," said Brian.
"Are you sure?" ask the stranger, "You don't find it?"
It the mean time, a car stopped by the Army Base and Brian saw Nick came out from the car walking in towards Kevin's room. He tries to calm himself but he knows he can't.
"I found it," Brian said.
"Really? What's the code?"
"DA 206 M 5068," Brian answers slowly.
"Again?"
"DA 206 M…" Brian repeats.
"M?" the stranger asks to go on.
Brian kept quite for a while. Am I doing right? Brian thought. Suddenly he saw Kevin and Nick get into Nick's big car and went off. He knows he can't stand with that situation.
"M 5068," Brian continues.
"Got it," said the stranger, "We won't meet again after this. Keep the secret in your mind,"
Brian quickly nods, "Yeah, sure,"
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