Your Boyfriend Is Mine

She ran pretty fast.  She sprained her leg several times.  But she is a strong girl.  She is a bit of a tomboy typical girl. It can be seen from the style of her clothes. She wore an oversized t-shirt, boys' jeans, and sneakers.  But of course, she is a girl.  Her lips smiled many times, her face reddened from the scorching sun.  She repeatedly wiped the sweat dripping down her forehead.  Until the smile returns to her lip's maximum limit.  

She was standing in front of a glass door of a cafe.  She tried to take a deep breath.  Regulating her heart rate to return to normal.  She exhaled several times until she felt that she calmed down.  Her hand slowly pushed the door of the cafe, and with the best smile, she entered the cafe.

 Someone waved his hand from one of the tables in the corner of the cafe.  Bella's heartbeat fasts again, maybe because she was still tired from running from her house to this cafe because she couldn't wait to meet her childhood friend, Alex. This is the first time they meet, after not seeing each other because Alex decided to study abroad.  

Bella couldn't sleep thinking about the day of this meeting.  But now, the smile on her lips was slowly fading.  She knew Alex very well, and she knew almost all of Alex's friends.  But the figure sitting beside Alex up ahead, a beautiful girl!  Bella admitted that the girl sitting next to Alex had a pretty face.  Maybe If she was a guy she would also fall in love with that girl, physically that girl stole her attention.

 Bella's footsteps became heavy.  She was confused, what is she to do now?  she had stepped lightly earlier and couldn't wait to meet Alex but now… a strange feeling overcame Bella's attitude. The bad feeling.

 The look in Alex's eyes found Bella who was standing not far from the cafe door.  He waved his hand asking Bella to join the table immediately.  "Hey come here!"  He was half screaming and slightly stealing the attention of cafe visitors.

 The girl sitting next to Alex stole Bella's attention.  But she pretended to ignore the unfamiliar figure. She immediately waved Alex's hand back, pretended to smile, her footsteps slowly getting closer to Alex's table, the face of this strange woman's look getting clearer.  Bella could see the girl's hand gripping Alex's palm under the table.  And it made her chest feel tight.

 "Come on, sit down. I've already ordered your favorite snacks!"  Alex said cheerfully as usual.

 Bella nervously took a seat in front of Alex.  She pretended to be calm but the look in her eyes couldn't lie.  Those eyes looked as if she couldn't wait for more to know who the girl sitting next to Alex was.  No, she shook her head.  She would pretend not to want to know and hope that Alex wouldn't introduce the girl sitting next to him.  Because she wasn't ready.

 "Wow. So your name is Bella. You look cool!"  Said the girl sitting next to Alex while pointing her thumb at Bella.

 With an incomprehensible face, Bella shook her head.  No one has said she's cool all this time.  And she is one of the most indifferent girls in appearance, even several times people think that she is not a girl.  Bella looked at Alex's face full of question marks.

 "Bella. she is my girlfriend. Her name is Gracia!"  Alex said while gently stroking the top of the head of the girl called Gracia.

 The girl was very beautiful with cute behavior, she resisted the touch in her hair while puffing her cheeks, she pouted at Alex and whined in a childish voice.  "Aii… What did you do to my hair? I spent hours styling my hair but now it's useless."  she said in a bubbly tone that stunned Bella.

 "Ah, I'm sorry honey. I didn't mean to mess up your hairdo. But you're so cute as a kitty. I can't help but wanna touch you again and again."

 Bella's eyes quivered.  Did she join in for a show that makes her stomach churn before she's even had a beer?  And who is the man sitting in front of her right now, is he the Alex she's known all along?  Instead of thinking about all that, Bella was more interested in Alex's drinking glass, they were used to sharing drinks.

 "Okay. I won't be mad at you because of Bella!"  Gracia said, her gaze shifted from Alex's face to Bella's face, the fake eyelashes seemed to be closed several times, Gracia's blinked eyes looked cute in Alex's eyes.  "Now I trust you, honey. I won't get jealous every time you call Bella."

 "Who– Me?"  Bella pointed at herself.  She looked confused by Alex and Gracia's conversation with her name on it.

 Alex removed his hand from Gracia's body since Bella had noticed that the skin touch between Alex and Gracia was too excessive.  Maybe because she is single, it makes her annoyed to see the harmony of this new relationship.

 "And for now you won't be mad anymore if I call Bella right? She is my childhood friend."  Alex tried to explain to Gracia but he had no intention of explaining the meaning of this meeting to Bella who had been staring at his face with a sharp gaze.

 "Yeah. I wouldn't be jealous because I know that Bella looks more handsome than pretty!"

 Cough!

 Bella's voice coughed until her drink splattered, she immediately apologized and pulled a tissue to clean her mouth.  What did she just hear?

 Gracia put on a worried face.  "Are you okay? You are careless just like my boo."  Gracia said, smiling sweetly.

 Bella rolled her eyes.  My boo.  Shit!  You made me choke.  She looked tired from this conversation.  A meeting that didn't live up to her expectations.

 "Alex!"  Bella's voice sounded heavy until Alex and Gracia were silent and watched her.

 "What is the meaning of all this? You said you took me to drink beer and enjoy fried pork skin but why–" Bella stopped when her sharp eyes met Gracia's flirty eyes.

 "Never mind. I have to go!"  Bella couldn't continue her words.  "We'll meet next time when you have some free time."  She quipped Alex.

 Before Bella could move from her position, Gracia's fingertips touched Bella's arm.  "Sissy, I see your clothes are wet. How about we go to the restroom first? I'll help you clean yours."

 She won't accept any help from Gracia but Alex gazes forcing her.

 "Gracia is right. Go to the rest room and she will help you. You can learn a lot from Gracia, she is a fashion and makeup influencer."

 Bella laughed sarcastically.  And I don't care!  All I care about is you!  Her heart hissed in annoyance seeing Alex's innocent face.

 "Anyway. I have something to tell you, Sissy. Can I call you like that?"  Gracia asked with irresistible eyes.

 Alex turned to his girlfriend and asked.  "What do you want to ask her? You can ask me."

 "No. It's girls' talk!"  Gracia replied getting up from the chair, she approached Bella and took Bella to the restroom. "Boy, you're just waiting here!" Garcia blinked her eyes.

 Bella felt that something was wrong here.