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Chapter 21 - | Friend

"Can you believe this guy!" said Andrew, pertaining to his brother. "Stop it, you two." said Jaime, who is sitting beside John, while he's looking at both Simon who's sitting beside me and Andrew who's sitting beside Simon. "It's been done, Andrew. I rest my case." said Simon as he crossed his arms. "Simon." called John who is sitting beside Yeshua. And the tension lingers in the air.


Simon uncrossed his arms, leaned onto the table and, "Yeshua, if you may, can I ask why are we eating breakfast here? There's other cafes in this town." said Simon, making all of us look at him then look at Yeshua's reaction to his question. Yeshua did not bother to look at us but He continued to stare at the sea. "What kind of question is that!?" whispered Andrew to Simon as he hit him on the shoulder.


Hearing the sound of Andrew's hit on Simon's shoulder, Yeshua finally looked at Simon. "Isn't Matthew your friend Simon?" asked Yeshua as he looked at Simon seriously. "Y-yes. He is."Yep. Simon is taken aback."Is that how you should treat your friend?" asked Yeshua. I looked at Simon and I can trace the crisis happening in his mind. "No." answered Andrew to Yeshua's question to Simon.


Yeshua looked at Andrew and then smiled. "Thank you, Andrew. But let Simon answer for himself. Hmm?" said Yeshua to Andrew with a smile. Andrew nodded as a response. Yeshua then looked back at Simon and His smile slowly faded.


"Simon." called Jaime.


"Alright, alright! No."


"You should treat Matthew as your friend, Simon, not your enemy." said Yeshua as a smile forms in His lips.


"Yes, Simon," said John.


"That's what we've been telling him, Teacher," said Jaime.


Simon tried to talk but he seemed to have failed to find words to say. He ended up leaning his back onto the chair and crossed his arms. "Simon! This is the first time I saw you not justifying what you have done!" said Andrew with a huge smile on his lips. It is true."Enjoy this while it lasts, brother." said Simon with a sarcastic smile.


Yeshua chuckled. "Order for Rie!" one of the baristas at the cashier shouted. Both the Jonas brothers and JJ brothers looked at me confusedly then looked at Yeshua. "'Rie'?" asked John as he looked back at me. "It's okay. I forgot to tell Matthew my name so he used Maria's." answered Yeshua to John with a smile.

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