Reordinate the Fate

First Destination: Argument

"Who will cook tonight?" Zac who had been lying relaxed on the grassy ground while closing his eyes, opened it and looked at the origin of the sound. “Anyone. Do you want to cook today, Risa?"

The woman paused, "I’d really want to, but—"

"You can't cook, right? Just let me handle this." Stevan in an uneasy voice took the portable stove from Risa's hand and placed it on the cooking table.

"Hey Cliff! Can you fill up the bucket with water while I wash the vegetables?” Cliff receive the bucket given by Stevan. Stevan entering the campervan and come out several times after that carrying bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, and onions, "We will eat grilled skewers tonight. Is it okay?"

"I'd like it! Certainly have no problem with it." Will, who sat in a cloth chair while reading something, replying Stevan's question.

"Hey! I also want to cook." Risa jogged and followed Stevan who is washing vegetables in one of the flowing water. Stevan doesn't reply to Risa's word and turns off the tap, after that moving to leave the tap, return to the cooking table.

"Why are you ignoring me?" Risa stand beside the cooking table in annoyance.

"Just put the bucket of water in the ground, beside the table's leg, Cliff." Instead of answering Risa's annoyance, Stevan is increasingly seen ignoring him. The boy is now cutting cucumber with a knife in his right hand. Risa clucked and entered the campervan.

‘Is she angry? Isn’t is suppose to be me?’ Stevan thought for a moment, but immediately wiped it out of when he see Risa coming out from the corner of his eye. He could see the woman coming out with another cooking knife in her hand. "I will cut the meat!"

Stevan said nothing. Risa doesn't know how to cut it, but her friend doesn't seem want to help her, even at least just giving any information. She decided to try it herself and strike the meat with the sharp edge of the knife, resulting the repeated hitting sound.

Dak! Dak!

"What are you doing, freak?!" Stevan finally let out his voice. The boy was really upset with Risa, but the woman did not seem to care about his frustration.  "It can hurts your hand and damage the meat in the same time, you fool!"

Stevan hold Risa's hand, "Let me teach you! Grasp the other side of the meat and move your knife in the side like this. Cut with certainty and don't cut your own fingers! "

Stevan cuts vegetables again, this time are the bell peppers, while staring at Risa who is cutting meat. This time it is right, but still Stevan watches Risa's hand movements many times. Meanwhile, Risa cut in with a happy face.

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"It is finished. We are going to eat now.”Stevan makes about 20 skewers for everyone. "If it's not enough, just eat this apple. I deliberately made vegetables and fruit menu in the early days. This material will rot and smells bad if they are stored for long time in the campervan.”

The boy sit on another cloth chair after saying that. He looks toward the sky and find that the sun had exchanged duties with the moon. The sky is dark and they use the campfire as the closest light source.

The night air was colder than Stevan thought, but again he hasn't feel it really cold yet, maybe because he had just finished grilled the skewers, sat around the fire for long time makes him rather feel hot in this cold night air, and now he still can feel the warmth from the fire even he step back  a few meters away from that wood pile wrapped by fire.

"It taste pretty good." Cliff stand next to Stevan, apparently taking a skewer and just ate it.

"What do you mean by 'pretty good'? I'm sure it's delicious! " Stevan takes another skewer and eat it after protesting. The others also take the skewers and eat it.

"Who will sleep in the tent tonight?" said Zac with an apple in his hand.

"Me!" Risa raises her hand excitedly.

“That means you're the other who have to accompany her." Will pointed at Stevan with his skewer stick.

"Me?" Stevan asked, "Why should I?"

The other three looking at each other with exactly one same thing in their minds. Then Will opened his mouth again, "Yeah. If you want us to sleep in tents with your ten-year bestfriend, that's fine.” The man continued with an evil smile, "But you can't accuse us of anything."

"Hey! What's with that smirk?." Stevan instantly throw an apple to Will.

"I'm sure you that you all won't mess with me. So I'll just chill down.” In contrast to Stevan who seemed distracted, Risa seemed relaxed, "I can be comfortable with anyone, doesn't need to necessarily him eveytime."

"I'll sleep in the tent tonight." said Stevan while glaring to Will. The other three men snorted laughter together. Risa just look at them four and fold her arms with shake's one head.

That it, in the end Stevan is sleeping in the tent together with Risa tonight. Both sleep in a large sleeping bag. Curled into one blanket. "Stevan, are you mad at me?"

Risa breaks the silence. “No, no. You definitely mad to me.” Her eyes looked straight to the top of the tent.

"I've been tired of being mad at you for years. I'm just a little bit annoyed back then because of what you said.” Stevan finally speak of the unesay feeling that had piled up in his chest in the rest of the day, "How can you say, “My life is my Idol life now' and mention I don't know anything about you now?"

Stevan looks at Risa, "I'm a little offended by that."

Risa paused to hear Stevan's words further. This man certainly can turn an atmosphere when he is talking in serious way. “It's like saying that I'm the one who doesn't want to hear all your stories and doesn't really want to know about you. When the fact is you were the one who close yourself from me. I just being considerate by not forcing you if you don't want to tell me something.”

"Don't you feel that I'm always beside you, never leaves you alone?"

"Stevan, I don't have any intentiom of sa--"

Stevan cut her words, "Then what if I say this: You also don't know anything about me now. You're busy with your only activities in the entertainment industry. You will also feel offended, right?”

Risa looked at her childhood friend. Her heart's feeling warmth. He just realized if Stevan's words all were true. Stevan open his mouth for the last time, "Do you know that you are changing and become selfish? Try to become me and think how hard I'm adjusting myself to your change and attitude now."

Risa approach Stevan and put her head on his shoulder, "I'm sorry."  Risa really wants to cry right now. She feel very guilty somehow.

Stevan laughs and ruffles Risa's hair with one hand. "Forgive accepted. Now let's sleep."

See how’s Stevan being really nice everytime to her? Risa hugged Stevan's left arm as tightly as when they were children. She is changed a lot, but Stevan is always the same. This man is the only one who always stay by her side all the time and in every situation.

"I love you Stevan." Risa said it sincerely.

"I love you more, Risa. Much more.”

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