No Sober Explanation

After about half an hour searching for Miraya at Sky Light Club and Pub, a wrong hunch creeping on her mind. Maybe Marcella was never on the club and somewhere else. Miraya's eyes widened, and she turned her head quickly to Artemis.

"Is she being kidnapped?" she said horrifyingly. Artemis chuckled weirdly at her. How could she think that easy?

"Why would someone want to kidnap her? Does she have enemies?" he mocked at her. Miraya pouted her lips and turned her head to explore around.

"Uh, then where is she?" Miraya grumbled once more.

"Our last choice is my friend's house. Come on, let's go!" Artemis asked Miraya to leave and get to another spot to find their switching role players.

While walking to the parking lot, Miraya tried to find out who the man replaced Artemis Brajamohan and why he did it.

"Who's your proxies anyway?" asked Miraya before they're getting to the motorbike. Artemis turned his head to her and stared.

"Why do you want to know?" Miraya narrowed her eyes to him as if she was suspecting things.

"I'm just wondering why you did that. Why do you have your friend come to the club and change the role?" Artemis glared at her for the useless question.

"I don't want to do this engagement; I think you felt the same way. Otherwise, you won't ask someone else to come to your place." Miraya stared at him and managed her breath. She should calm down to endure the urge to punch Artemis yet, and she should find her sister soon as possible.

"Why don't you say it by yourself instead of having your friend?"

"You are asking too much. Now, do you want to find your people or not?" he peeved at her.

"Fine! I hope we'll never meet each other again after this!" Miraya jeered at him even more. She has to hop onto the motorbike as before to go to someone's house. At the same time, Miraya's parent was waiting for her to come home and give them the best news about the dating.

The security guards on the main gate of Ariel's housing compound permitted Artemis and Miraya to visit the house. The guard even reported to Artemis about the situation he found out after the last watch.

But Artemis wanted to make sure by himself. He rode the motorbike with Miraya to the front of a beautiful house.

"Is this the place?" Artemis nodded and got off from his motorbike.

"But it's so quiet... he doesn't even turn on the lamp!" Miraya added while looking around. Artemis took his cellphone then recalled it. As before, no one picked it up.

"Where the hell are you?" he muttered and pressed the same dial number a few times. He hissed in annoyance and started walking towards the yard. Miraya followed him soon as they stepped onto the porch.

"Why is it so dark here?" Miraya kept murmuring, wondering her curiosity.

"Is he not coming home yet?" Artemis asked Miraya about it.

"I don't think he's home. The light even doesn't switch on!" Miraya pointed to the lamps on the porch and inside the house. Artemis did not want to give up yet. He knocked on the front door hoping that Ariel was inside. Otherwise, he wouldn't know where to find him.

"Ariel! Ariel, are you inside?" Artemis kept on knocking while calling Ariel's name. But no one showed up to the door. He scoffed in annoyance and almost broke the door.

"Hey ... that's someone's property, you'll get sued!" Miraya warned him before he kicked the door to force inside.

"What's the big deal! It is my friend's house, and I'll pay for the door tomorrow!" Artemis replied casually and ready to put his stance to kick. Miraya then yelled to stop him.

"WOW ... Wait ..." Miraya put both hands in front of him, and Artemis stopped instantly.

"What now?"

"Think slowly. What's the point of breaking that door if the owner is not inside?" asked Miraya reasonably. Artemis frowned his forehead and considered it for a minute. After few seconds, he nodded understandingly.

'He must be an idiot since birth. How pitiful!' Miraya hummed on her mind.

"Then what we should do now?" asked Artemis finally. He gave up with the brilliant idea about them breaking in.

"Maybe we could just wait here ... " Miraya tried to suggest to him something, but Artemis shook his.

"We can't. I don't want anybody to see me like a scrounger in front of someone's house. I will ruin my reputation!" Miraya looked at him in disbelieve. She couldn't believe that she has stuck with the most narcissistic annoying man ever. Furthermore, that guy was supposed to be her next future fiance. So, she just took a deep breath and calmed herself.

A FEW HOURS LATER

"AAAAHHHH!" Marcella shouted out loud when she saw a man was lying next to her.

"AAAHHKKK ... WHAT HAPPENED!" the man also jumped out of bed, widened his eyes, and mouth opened.

"What are you doing to me!" yelled Marcella, still with her shocking face and those beautiful popped eyes.

"I-I ... what happened?" Ariel, who wildly shook, could not utter any words. He accidentally slept with Artemis's future fiance that Ariel's supposed to break up.

"Uhmm ... I will resposible for this. I know I shouldn't do this for you," said Ariel sounded worried. He took his pants from the floor and put them on.

"I-I am sorry about what happened between us last night. I was so drunk, and it was so wrong!" Ariel stated more.

"Are you blaming me?" Marcella pointed at herself with her finger with her frown look. The guy was shaking his head quickly.

"No ... No ... that's not what I meant. I mean, hmm. I think we should clarify this." Marcella was quiet and cast down her eyes. Ariel seemed too frustrated with the complicated situation.

"Are you trying to play trick with me? I'm the one who got drunk while you were sober. You take advantage of me!" Marcella directly accused Ariel.

"No ... I would never do that!" he defended himself.

"A drunk man cannot have sex. Only sober one can do!" stated Marcella.

Ariel was staring at her and tried to think fast to solve the problem he made last night.

"Okay, let say I'm the one you should blame too. So what consequence do you want me to do?" asked Ariel afterward.

"I thought you said to cancel the matchmaking plan between us!" Ariel was frowning and silent for a moment. Did he say that way last night? After several minutes, then he nodded his head slowly.

Ariel, who pretended to be Artemis, now grinned with his strange look at Marcella.

"I cannot do that, now. Artemis. I mean, me! We should have a relationship. I have slept with you. I should be responsible for you!"

"But you resisted the matchmaking plan. How could you change your mind now?" Marcella insisted on her demand.

"That's before it's happened! I cannot let someone who slept with me just went off like that. That's not fair!"

"What if you're pregnant! I don't want you to do the abortion or face the pregnancy by yourself!" he added more.

"You are overthinking!"

"Fine ... but I think you'll change your mind if you knew what kind of mistake, I made last night to you!"

"What do you mean?"

"I'm not Artemis Brajamohan. I'm his best friend, Ariel Raeden!"

Marcella's eyes shot open.

"What!" she jolted by the reality.

"ARIEL ... ARE YOU THERE? OPEN THE DOOR!" suddenly, a shouting voice was coming over through the bedroom and made Ariel's head turned to the door.

"Who's that?" asked Marcella with her bewildered look. Then, Ariel grinned at her worryingly.

"I think that is Artemis!"