I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
33. Togetherness

Joel was still standing there after Charlie's call ended. Grunting was annoyed that Charlie had just cut off his call before he finished his words.

Silence and think hard to think about the bad possibilities that might happen. His eyes were still staring at the phone in his hand. Recalling what Charlie had just said, then a long sigh.

"Why should he come again? I did get to see him once, but I didn't expect him to keep coming" said Joel .

Joel sighed and put his phone in his pocket. His eyes turned to look at the beach that had been completely dark signifying the night was crawling up.

Joel stepped closer to the guardrail, not taking his eyes off the beach. Until he didn't realize someone was approaching him.

'I chose this place because I liked it. Besides this place is still in the beach area, but also to remove him from my mind, ' said his heart.

'And when I was fully separated from him, he came again and said the absurd thing, ' he lamented.

A gentle touch of her shoulder made Joel jump in shock and immediately look back, only to find Ariel staring at her worriedly.

"Did something happen?" ask Ariel.

"Nothing" Joel answered quickly. But he turned his face away quickly.

"Joel,,,?" call Ariel.

His hand squeezes Joel's shoulder gently while pulling him, forcing Joel to face him.

"You can talk to me anytime, you know that, right?" ariel asked as Joel faced her.

"I won't force you to say it, but don't lie to me" Ariel said.

Joel looked at Ariel for a while. Her heart churned when she imagined the bad things that Jesica could do to her.

'Ariel has nothing to do with Jesica. If he harms Ariel as Charlie says, I really won't forgive him and I won't let anything bad happen to Ariel either.

"Joel,,,?" call Ariel again.

"Hmm,,?" Joel simply muttered in response.

"Are you okay?" ask Ariel.

Joel was silent again. Don't know what to say. Suddenly Ariel pulled her hand and walked quickly towards Joel's house.

"You know? The longer you're here, the bigger you give Bram a chance to destroy your kitchen" Ariel smiled.

"Oh, shit, I almost forgot about it" said Joel patting his forehead.

Ariel laughed softly, but her heart was looking for a way to make Joel feel better.

As soon as Joel was inside, he was greeted with a sight that made him rub his eyes as if he could not believe what he was seeing.

The kitchen is neat. The food he had finished cooking was neatly served on the table. Even the dishes that he had not finished working on were ready on the table to join other foods.

"Are you the one who finished all this, Ariel?" joel asked looking at Ariel who was still smiling at him.

"I only helped a little, Bram was the one who cleaned things up more" said Ariel.

"Him?" Joel widened his eyes with his index finger pointing towards Bram.

"Hey, what does that mean?" sahut Bram folded his hands.

"Just asking, turns out you can do something other than destroy something" Joel said.

"I'll take that as a compliment" said Bram.

"Oh, take it. I'm sure you're rarely praised by others" Joel replied. "If you remember your arrogant nature" he continued.

"Whatever,! Just say as you please," Bram replied, turning his eyes away.

"To be honest, Bram doesn't like anything messy" said Ariel. "That's why he works more than me" Ariel said. "And he can do it quickly" he added.

Joel smiled sincerely, and looked at Bram who was still turning away from him. Joel immediately approached Bram and placed his hand on Bram's boat.

"Thank you" said Joel sincerely.

"Don't get me wrong" Bram said. " I did it because of Ariel, not you" he continued.

"really?" joel asked, raising his eyebrows. "then I'll pull back my words" he continued, lowering his hand from Bram's shoulder.

"It turns out you're a guy who likes to pull words so easily" Bram said.

"KRRUYYUUKKK. . . . . . .!!!"

The sound of Bram's stomach growled. Laughter filled the room where they were.

"Well, I think someone's really hungry here, let's eat!" take Joel.

"Whisper,!" murmur Bram.

Ariel still laughed while holding her stomach. Putting a red hue on Bram's face.

"Arielll,,,!" bram protest.

"Ups, I'm sorry" Ariel said, trying to hold back the laughter by closing her mouth.

"Let's eat, let's eat" Ariel asked.

They immediately sat around the dining table. Ariel scoops some food into Joel's plate. Not to be outdone Bram also thrust his plate, hoping Aiel also took food for him.

With pleasure, Ariel also scoops food for Bram and for herself.

"You didn't add anything to it, did you, Joel?" search Bram.

"Specifically for you, I just added the stomach washer," Joel replied at will.

Bram throws a napkin next to his plate and lands right on Joel's head.

"You're a bad doctor" Bram said.

"And so far I've never heard any complaints from my patients" Joel said confidently as he threw the sherbet at Bram.

"I don't even want to be your patient" Bram replied.

"And I never even expected you to be my patient in my dreams" Joel replied.

"Did anyone ever tell you that you're really arrogant?" grunts Bram.

"It's not arrogant, but I just believe in myself" Joel said.

"Tck,," decak Bram.

Just realizing something, Bram turned his head slowly towards Ariel who had just been silent.

Joel did the same, and prepared to apologize.

They turned to Ariel at the same time, only to see Ariel staring at the two of them alternately propping up her chin.

They were even more astonished, Ariel looked at them with an ornate smile on her face.

"Why did you stop?" ariel asked raising her eyebrows.

"Sorry," said Bram and Joel.

Ariel failed to hold back her laughter. It makes them both more confused and look at each other.

"Why are you laughing?" ask them both at the same time.

"Come on," Ariel replied in her laughter. " I just feel like your relationship is changing gradually, and I'm enjoying it. Although sometimes it is annoying," explained Ariel.

"Sounding you say that, I wonder if you feel better now?" ask Bram to Joel.

Joel stunned...

Not with Bram's question, but considering Bram's attitude that is always shown to him, makes Joel not expect Bram to know his mood.

"Did you tell Bram something, Ariel?" joel asked could not hide his surprised face.

"Whatchu mean? We went in together when you were outside and I caught up with you. I don't have much time to tell Bram anything" Ariel said.

"Is it really surprising that I can guess your mood just from that annoying face of yours?" bram was a little upset.

"Woww, I'm touched" Joel said unconsciously.

"Come, please" Bram began to bribe his food.

"Hemmm, your cooking is good, too" said Bram, again bribing his food into his mouth.

"Ine Ehnak (it's delicious)" Bram said again with a full mouth.

"Don't talk when your mouth's full, Bram. You can choke" Ariel reminded.

"Thak akhahn, (will not)," replied Bram.

"Let it go, he'll feel it after it hits him, Ariel" Joel said.

"UHUKK,,,,!!!"

The next second after Joel finished talking, Bram choked and spouted his food towards Joel until it hit his face.

"BRAMMM,,,,,!" yelled Joe furiously.

"Sorry, I'm sorry," said Bram wiping his mouth. "I intentionally. It's your fault that I'm choking" Bram said.

Ariel laughed heartily at their behavior, as well as the familiarity formed between them.

Seeing Ariel laughing, the two of them looked at each other for a while before finally laughing along.

Their laughter stopped when Ariel suddenly leaned towards Joel. His hands extended to Joel's face and rubbed the napkin on Joel's face.

"There's a little food stuck here" he said gently rubbing Joel's face with a napkin.

Joel froze when Ariel's face was very close to him. His heart was beating faster than before, unable to respond to anything.

As if just realizing his attitude, Ariel's hand movements stopped on his cheeks with eyes looking at Joel's eyes.

'Ugh,, sucks. At least don't make out in front of my face, Bram cursed in his heart.

Unable to bear what he saw, Bram throws his napkin at Joel again. And landed perfectly in Joel's head.

"Are you a kid? How can you eat with those straws?" lick Bram. "And again, you can use your own drag, why should Ariel do it?" continued.

"Hey, you're the cause, don't throw blame at others when you do" Joel said.

"Although that's the case, you can do it yourself" Bram said.

Ariel pulled her hand, her face blushing after hearing Bram's last words.

"Disturbers," snorted Joel.

"Well, just like someone," Bram replied.

"Hey, enough. We're not going to finish dinner with an argument, are we?" ariel interrupted after successfully calming her heart.

Ariel's words resulted in stopping the argument that had occurred. They began to enjoy dinner in a warm atmosphere. A small chat took place in the interlude of a small debate that made them laugh again. Laughing at their own attitude.