(May) I Fall in Love

Haura's Story

One of the inpatient rooms that had been filled by several visiting teenagers is now back quiet. There was only the patient and a handsome teenager there. Silent. No talk at all. Between the two teenagers, no one wanted to start a conversation. They act like they don't know each other. Lousy. Such is.

Nevan is good with a cell phone in her hand. I don't know what's interesting there. Whether it's just tinkering or really there's something that can attract his attention.

On the other hand Haura was still sitting on her patient bed. His eyes glared out the window. Staring at the sky where dusk will soon come to greet. The orange glow has slowly begun to appear. It means that the beauty of a moment will be present and then leave without excuse.

The black bead of the teenage girl occasionally stole a glance at the handsome teenager who was in the same room as her. A second later, Haura's breath was heard. It's happened a few times.

Haura wanted to start the conversation but broke it down again. Since the return of Farel and his friends, Nevan's face looks so moody. Even Nevan ignored him. His best friend was exactly like a chameleon. I like to change expressions. Sometimes it's so sweet, sometimes so fierce and sometimes so cold like ice in the north.

Ting..a notification of the re-entry message sounded. And it came from Nevan's phone.

Haura turned her eyes to Nevan who had been ignoring her. It was clear to see that Nevan was smiling as she read the message. Not a perfect smile. Only a thin smile but it could be caught clearly by Haura's eyes.

Afterwards Haura looked back at the sky. The orange is starting to become visible. Beautiful and soothing. Even though dusk never offers immortality but is quite great in accompanying anyone who is being hit by a calamity.

"Nevan." Finally Haura made a sound trying to break the silence that had been going on for almost an hour. The girl was so sure that if Nevan waited to open her voice, it would never happen.

"Emmmmm...." Nevan is still focused on the phone that has never been separated in his hands. His gaze was not sidetracked in the slightest from that flat object. Even Nevan only muttered to answer Haura's call without turning her head at the caller.

"I'm just friends with Brother Farel."

That instant also Haura's words were able to attract Nevan's attention. The handsome teenager turned his eyes to Haura. But Nevan still hasn't said anything.

Meanwhile Haura's gaze had yet to shift from the twilight sky. The girl did not stare directly at the interlocutor. I don't know what, but Haura just wanted to tell Nevan that Farel was indeed just a friend to her. Without any more relationship than that.

Haura breathed in the air deeply. It was as if his lungs were actually able to hold as much oxygen as they could.

"I knew Brother Farel two years ago. I was still Junior." Haura's mind glared two years ago. The first time he knew Farel was by accident.

"In the past, when I was in Junior High I often got bullies from my friends" Haura said with a bitter smile remembering her difficult times when she was in First High School.

Memories that he did not want to remember again came to mind the teenage girl.

"You know Van, in this world there are some people who don't like differences. For them if there was someone different from them then that person was a bully that made their surroundings seem like they would be completely messy. And it must be destroyed by any means."

Although without saying a word, Nevan put more attention to listen to every word that came out of Haura's mouth.

"Different social status. That's the main reason why I was bullied. I tried my best not to disturb anyone. I didn't even want to be friends with anyone to avoid attracting the attention of other students at my school. But it turns out I was wrong, when people from the beginning didn't like us even our silence was a problem for them."

Haura smiled bitterly and then put her face together to hold back her tears from falling because she remembered the dark time.

"Every day there will always be someone who pranks me. Whether it was through physical or verbal assault."

Haura looked out through the window in the room. His breath was so heavy.

"At first I just ignored them, as much as I could try to avoid them. Instead of stopping bothering me, they just become more and more so. The peak when I was in the third grade Junior High. They always do physical attacks on me. They even tried to cut my hair. They hit me and more. I don't want to remember it anymore. That's where I started to fight over all their actions. If it were just swear words I would never care, but they kept hurting me." Haura continued to tell stories even though her interlocutor did not make any sound at all. Haura was convinced that Nevan was hearing it. Haura's voice sounded raucous. Indicates that the girl is refraining from crying.

"I never told Mom and Dad what I was going through. I don't want to overload Mom and Dad's mind. Especially when Dad's health began to deteriorate because of the disease that Dad suffered. I choose to handle everything myself. At that time I really had no friends."

Tests.... Finally the clear liquid was shed from Haura's black bead. The girl immediately wiped away her tears lest Nevan see that.

But unfortunately, from the first moment Haura started to make a sound, Nevan's eyes never turned away from the girl. Of course it can be confirmed that Nevan saw Haura crying. The handsome teenager clenched his hands very tightly to dampen the emotions that so erupted in his chest from hearing Haura's story. Nevan never thought that behind the joy of Haura, it turned out that her best friend had been through such difficult days. And when that happened he wasn't with Haura.

"The first time I knew Brother Farel, I was being bullied by my friends." Haura smiled bitterly again. Soon the girl said, "I was wrong, not a friend. Because I didn't have any friends at the time."

"Huufffff....." Haura sighed again. Then go back to the story.

"I was taken to a narrow alley. I don't know where the exact location is I've forgotten. I was taken by some female students. It turned out that there were also some men waiting for our arrival. They are not students my age. Because they wear High School uniforms. I started to panic because I didn't know their faces. After that they forced me to smoke. Of course I refused it. It turns out that my rejection made them very angry. No tangung-anggung they grabbed and slapped me. I tried to ask for help, but it was free. It's so quiet there. I could only give up and pray that someone would come to help me."

"As a miracle, when they never stopped hitting me, suddenly a man came to my aid. There was a fight between my helper and the children who bullied me. An unbalanced fight. Because they fight one on five. I thought at that time the person who helped me would lose. But it didn't. God really brought me a great savior."

"After everyone had left, there was me and the man. The man I originally thought of as a street kid because of his very messy appearance. He is Farel's brother." A smile was clearly visible on Haura's face as she thought Farel was a street child.

"Sister Farel doesn't look like a schoolboy. He's very different from what I see now." After a long story, Haura finally turned her gaze to Nevan.

It was only then that Haura realized that Nevan was looking at her intensely. A look that was hard for the girl to understand.

"Since my first meeting with Brother Farel, I began to get close to him. I consider Brother Farel a very good friend. He is my savior. Almost every day Farel came to school to pick me up, but not once did Farel come in with a school uniform. That's what makes me even more convinced that Brother Farel is really a good-natured street kid. I once asked about Brother Farel, but he only replied that he was a street child. In accordance with what I frowned upon. And from the moment that Brother Farel helped me, not a single student bullied me anymore."

"Time passes very quickly. When I entered High School, I found out that Farel was a student at Sander International High School. That means Brother Farel is not a random person. Because those who go to school are the children of great people."

Without both of them noticing the twilight had passed leaving the second since earlier. Dark skies began to grace the horizon. Haura's story is not over yet.

"Something I didn't expect happened again. Brother Farel's parents knew that I was good friends with their son. Social status becomes a problem. Even in terms of choosing a friend."

"Sister Farel came to see me and asked me to stay away from their son. The reason is only one, they want their child to get along with the right people. And I'm not that exact category of person."

The teenage girl raised the corner of her lips. Laughing at himself, "This world is so cruel, right? even to make friends alone must be in accordance with the rules they created themselves. It should fit in with their circle of life. Is everyone like that?"

Nevan only listened to every word Haura said. There was no intention at all to answer the question of the girl who was telling him.

"Since then I have kept my distance from Brother Farel for everything to return to its original state. Although it was hard at first to ignore Brother Farel. But now, everything seems to be fine. Everything has gone as it should."

Nevan's heart was in disbelief when Haura said that it was hard to ignore Farel. He didn't like it if Haura praised the man.

Nevan moved from her seat to approach Haura. The teenage boy was standing right in front of Haura, making Haura have to turn her face to be able to look directly at Nevan's eyeballs.

"It's time for you to rest." Nevan immediately laid Haura's body without permission first.

"Close your eyes and go to sleep."

"But I haven't...."

"Don't say anything anymore. Go sleep. You've talked too much." Nevan covered Haura's body to the chest.

The tightness of Nevan's chest. After seeing Haura close her eyes, Nevan still did not move from there. Even now the teenage boy sat his body on the edge of Haura's bed. His brown bead stared at the dark night sky.

"I'm sorry, I'm not around when you need a friend" Nevan said.

Haura's hearing can capture her clearly what Nevan said because she had not slept. The girl opened her eyes again. Staring silently at Nevan's face, while Nevan was still staring blankly out the window.

None of them spoke after him. Even the clockwork sound of the walls could be heard clearly as the two teenagers again dissolved into silence.

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Sorry typonya's still everywhere. Ignore if it is a little disconnected. Hehe......

Never bored it feels for me to thank my readers for the support of everything.