The Effects of Early Marriage
18 The Quarrels of Friends

Freya, Nania, Nuna and Aruna are in the park, a park that connects their school with the campus next door.

"Help me, dong."

"What help?" asked Aruna who saw Freya's serious face.

"Help me to get divorced from a guy."

"Huh?"

"Don't bother, Yes," Aruna did not think with the wishes of her best friend.

"Ck, I'm serious."

"Why do you want to split up?"

"Why is it still?"

"Your new marriage is corn, yes."

Aruna tries to remind Freya that her marriage is still a corn, while Nuna is silent. So did Nania who was silent, instead of her friend wanted her to separate, only she knew how Freya felt.

"What's the trouble, yeah, running that wedding?" ask Aruna.

"You know what's so hard? Yes it's hard, it's. I was young, I was in school, I had a lot of dreams. They sold me out of a business deal. They want more company than children. Try if Arby's family is poor, where they might want to marry me to him. There they are afraid of being made difficult by Kere's son-in-law, especially still in school. Just take care of my needs they are stingy, let alone have to help Arby's needs. Logically, there are parents who want to marry their children at school age if there is nothing. Getting pregnant out of wedlock is not it."

"She's good, next year she's out of school, can go to college where she likes. You can fall in love with the girl you like. You don't know, if he secretly likes girls. They could go to college and date secretly. Even if he is not a virgin, there is no sign, different from girls. Once not a virgin, it will not be covered."

"You try to remember everything."

"Your son speaks like that, not you who feels. Try if you are in my position, forced marriage so without regard to his opinion, how? Arguably a disobedient child, little-spoken wife. Like other guys are said to be cheating," Freya let out all her heart.

Meanwhile there were four men who heard their debate.

"You know what that Arby said? He said I embarrassed his exit because of the sale of cakes. He threw away the cookies I made from three o'clock. He doesn't know how to be me either."

"Yes, I mean ...."

"Huh, stop. It's also free to talk to people who don't want to understand, someday if you just feel a little of what I feel, then you just understand."

As Freya turned her body, she saw four men looking at her with different eyes.

"See, you little nibble."

Freya passes them and deliberately nudges Arby.

"Whatever Freya chooses later, I won't ban her, because I know being her is hard" Nania gave her opinion.

"Freya, wait for me!"

Nania goes after Freya, it's very clear to whom she's siding. He also nudged Arby and Marcell, between intentionally and not.

An atmosphere of silence, awkwardness occurred between the six teenagers who were still in the park.

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A high school student was smoking in the corner of the back shed. Smoke billowed before him. His head looked up at the sky, his face looked flat, not sad nor looked happy.

I don't know how many cigarettes the prayer suction, leaving the smell of nicotine on his face and clothes, but he doesn't care.

Should he think about value?

Nah!

Not far from him, some saw him smoking, the man did not approach him, nor did he stay away. He simply stared silently, letting the stared man stay busy with the long cigarette that lived along the pinky and other advantages scattered on the ground near his feet, as well as packs of cigarettes that had been trampled, he said, indicates that the contents have been exhausted.

He sipped his drink again until it ran out, then crushed it and threw it in any direction, making a noise when the can hit the wall. Then his hand turned the cigarette back to his lips, sucked it deeply, after which threw it on the ground and stepped on it.

Welcome to my paradise

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The debate doesn't happen with the girls' team alone, but also the boys' team.

"I think your parents are selfish" Ikmal exclaimed.

"Don't interfere, Mal," said Vian.

"Who intervenes, I'll just give you an opinion."

"But your words cornered Arby,"

"So who cornered Arby. I told you to just give an opinion. The parents I told you were selfish, not Arby."

"Already, don't fight," Marcell interceded, not wanting them to fight like Freya and her friends.

"True Freya said, we are older and men, still want to have fun, free to go anywhere. In the prohibition of parents only like to be upset, especially should be prohibited husband or wife. Lost our young freedom."

"I never forbid him to play with his friends" Arby defended himself.

"But you forbid him to sell cakes, right."

"Well, whatever she sells cookies for, I can give her money. I even gave him an ATM and a credit card."

"Why would he accept something from someone he hates. Just like his parents he already hates, let alone you."

"By the way, do you like girls anymore, Ar?" ask Vian.

Arby didn't answer, he knew enough about his feelings. When he said he liked someone about Freya, he fell for it.

"I'm saranin, you better forget that girl you like, Ar, or you let go of Freya before your marriage lasts much longer. Than you hurt each other. Poor Freya, she's a girl. The status of the widow and the status of the widower have different views from each person, they have their own thoughts and judgments. Don't touch her if you can't love and defend her. Because once again, it is true what Freya said, once women are no longer virgins, the sign will always be there. Unlike the guy, he can pretend to be a virgin even though he already has children elsewhere."

Ikmal patted Arby on the shoulder, then left Arby, Marcell and Vian.

Arby thought, should he let go of Freya because there is no love?

Oh, of course not.

It's not because he likes Freya or not.

Is it because of parents' problems?

Or because of the prestige of having to be a widower at an early age?

Whatever the reason, he doesn't care. What is already hers should always be hers, unless she is bored, then she will throw it away.

Fuck Freya's feelings. My heart problem, let it be my business. No one can arrange it.