A Light Fountain

Pretty much beautiful

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The sound of knocking made him look towards the door.

"Darling you can come in?" Evelin asked for permission to enter.

But before Assena answered, the door was open.

Whahuh? he said he asked for permission, but it was not answered that the door had been opened.

Now it appears that Assena is still staring in front of the mirror with her head turned towards the open door.

Evelin was still standing on the doorstep, watching Assena from top to bottom and smiling.

"Great dress, perfect for you. You look graceful." Praise him as he approaches.

Upon hearing the compliment, Assena seemed to see the whole of herself, as if to be sure.

Looked graceful? really so?

"May mother help to apply makeup on your face?" evelin said with a smile.

"Mom knows you never wear makeup, I want to help you with your makeup. Can you?" Connect again.

Assena bit her lower lip thinking and hesitating.

"It's okay, everyone also put on their face. Especially at a party like this. Trust me, I'll make you beautiful." Evelin poked Assena's nose in a frenzy.

Then Assena slightly smiled and nodded in agreement.

"All right, mommy's gonna get her makeup kit first, just wait a minute!" Evelin rushed out of the room.

Assena just looked at the back of Evelin who stepped missing behind the door, then sat down and waited.

It didn't take long, the sound of footsteps came closer. Looks like footsteps sounded so rushed and Evelin appeared in the doorway. Looking at Assena who was already sitting waiting.

"Well let's get started!" Evelin excited.

Evelin began to wrestle with makeup tools, and some hair ties and flops to decorate Assena's hair.

Every time Evelin gurgled, Assena watched him in the mirror.

The gentle touch on her face and hair she felt.

Instantly he was so touched by the treatment of Evelin which was always good and gentle.

"He was so kind and gentle as a mother to her biological child. She was always nice to me, even though I ignored her." He murmured in his heart.

Perhaps his little heart had already accepted it, but when the shadow of his time remembered, made his feelings wrangle and scream to not be touched and reject it all.

Assena's eyes were now closed, her heart twitching. Between him feel comfortable with the treatment of Evelin, also between mass shadows also appear simultaneously.

He breathed slowly.

How does she feel about her stepmother now?

"It's over." Evelin said to Assena.

Assena who regained her senses, immediately opened her eyes. And wow he was surprised.

Who is in front of this mirror? like not just himself.

It only took 20 minutes to make the Assena. Just simple makeup, because Assena is already naturally beautiful. So there is no need to overdo it, and because Assena is still a teenager to look young and simple.

Assena looks so beautiful and graceful. With a thin make up makeup, hear reddish pink lips. Her hair in a circular braid filled the back of her head, leaving only a little hair on either side of her face. Also his bangs were razed until eyebrows covered his forehead.

Whoever saw it, 'beautiful' was the right word for her.

"You're so pretty, baby." Praise Evelin touching Assena's shoulder while standing next to Assena, staring in the mirror at the same time.

Assena looks amazed, is this really her?

Sometimes he looked at the mirror and looked at himself in turn. Overall look at.

"Let's go quickly! You'll be late." Evelin said as he wanted to hold Assena's hand to come out.

"Wait a minute, I forgot something. Just a minute!" He hurriedly ran out of the room.

Assena frowned, what else now?

In just two minutes, Evelin was back quickly. And there was his breath that was gnawing, also visible sweat on his forehead.

Evelin returned with a shoebox. With a smile, "Wear this, it's matching the color of your dress." It was as if he had forgotten his tiredness going up and down the stairs.

Assena who looked at her stepmother with sweat on her forehead, and the breath that still sounded disorganized was due to the painstaking effort of helping to prepare all for her.

"Why look at mom like that? put it on soon you'll be late. It's already night." Evelin smiled and felt strangely given that delicate look.

And Assena's reflexes immediately turned to the wall clock, and it was 08:30.

Evelin opened the shoebox, and it looked like the branded flat shoes, in the same color as the dress that Assena was wearing. Intentionally do not use the high right to look simple.

Assena put it on both feet. And it's true it's very harmonious.

Evelin who saw that, smiled. "It's perfect, now it's ready let's go down!" Take it with Assena's hand.

But Assena was silent and did not step in. Making Evelin turn around frowning and asking "what's the matter?".

Assena looked at Evelin's face. "Thank you." The word came out with a slight smile.

Evelin who heard that smiled widely, not expecting Assena to say that to him. He hugged. "It's nothing. I was just helping my daughter, and that was supposed to be".

Assena was a little constricted to get such a warm hug.

Evelin's tears fell, so moved, just by hearing the word 'thank you' that sounded sincere.

Behind Assena's back he immediately wiped his tears with his thumb. Then take off his embrace.

They descended the steps one by one, with Evelin leading Assena.

Up to the bottom floor. Arkan and Isabella who were watching television turned to see Evelin and Assena walking hand in hand.

Arkan smiled "so pretty is my daughter. Are you leaving, baby?" he smiled and stood up from his seat with his eyes still staring at Assena's hand held by Evelin. And saw that Assena did not refuse to be held.

As soon as her smile was so revealing, she was happy to see the unprecedented closeness of Assena and Evelin. And that's what he expected of course.

"What's so pretty, where are you going?" Isablella asked as she walked over, looking from top to bottom amazed to see Assena.

Assena just smiled shyly, looking at her cheeks blushing.

"So don't want to go to his friend's birthday pasta dear." Even Evelin answered.

"Together with mom too?" Ask Isabella.

"No, I'm just gonna drive you to the front." Evelin smiled as he glanced at Assena.

Now Evelin, Arkan and Isabella appear to be in front to drive Assena.

Assena was already in the car, lowered the windshield, and a slight smile looked towards them.

"Be careful honey!"

"Happy do!"

"Don't come home too late!"

that was how Arkan and Evelin were waving their hands.

**

And the car that was driven by Mr. Sur also sped into the streets that were almost crowded. Because it's Saturday night, where people usually

spend time outside. Especially the young ones.

**

In the car, Assena pulls out her phone from inside a small, matching-colored bag.

He was surprised, there had been so many messages and missed calls from Jasmine.

"Is it ready?"

"Where are you?"

"Thank you for the phone!"

"Have not left yet?"

"I've been waiting here"

"where have you been? not replying nor picking up my phone"

"Come on pick up the phone"

That was a message from Jasmine.

"She's so chatty, she must've been waiting there." Mumbled slowly. And was about to reply to the censure from Jasmine.