Butterfly Cocoon

Chapter 7

One week has passed, Ransi still does not change her decision to quit school. Rafan and Ara continue to persuade Ransi to return to school, but Ransi desperately rejects her. The girl was already embarrassed to all Galaxy High School students who had considered themselves as cheap women.

The insult that was thrown not long ago is still very clear in Ransi's mind, making her unable to sleep in recent days. Zoya has been very outrageous, he should not expose Ransi's work to all students even the teachers already know it.

Ransi hopes if he is expelled from school, but considering Ransi is a smart student and gets many awards from every race he participates in, but, making the teachers do not have the heart to remove Ransi from school, especially the national exam will take place next week, very unlikely if Ransi moves or is expelled from school.

This past week Ransi rarely went home and chose to calm herself down at Azalea's house. Before going to Azalea's house, Ransi told Ara where she was going and explained to her sister who Azalea was. The worry was so felt in Ara's mind, the girl was afraid that later the brother would act recklessly because of the inner pressure experienced.

However, Ara gave everything to the Creator and never stopped praying at night. Ransi and Ara are very different. Inside and outside the house Ara always uses a long headscarf to cover her aura while Ransi? No need to explain anymore.

As long as Ransi is not home, Furqon watches over Ara who lives in the house alone. It was nothing, the handsome man was afraid that if later Mr. Krishna and Adzriel returned would be rude to Ara. While Ustadz Ibrahim and ustadzah Fatmah are still in Jambi because there is an important business that must be resolved in a long time.

Ara misses the ustadzah of Fatmah because usually if Ransi does not return to the house of the ustadzah of Fatmah who will accompany Ara to sleep at home and cook her favorite food. However, now Ara felt lonely and scared.

No one can shake his heart at this moment. Furqon longed to accompany and eliminate the fear in Ara's mind, but what could the man do other than look at Ara's house from behind the window of his house that was side by side with a distance not so far away.

Without a bond Furqon would never dare to touch someone who is not his muhrim, even if that person is the girl he cares for. As Ara screamed in pain from the loud thump that was delivered from the hand of her father or Adzriel, Furqon could hear her from behind the walls of the house. His heart ached when he heard all that. Again Furqon could do nothing but pray that Ara and her family could live together, love each other and be kept away from the violence that Mr. Krishna and Adzriel always do if their will is not followed.

Not only did Ara experience torture, Ransi also experienced the same thing if he did not give his father and brother money that would later be used to buy liquor, gamble and buy illegal goods.

"Looks beautiful. However, it is so painful if the thorn is scratched. Well that's the life that every human being should live on this earth."

It flashed instantly in Ransi's mind the words Azalea had not been able to understand until this very second.

"Rose Flower? A thorn? Scratches wounds? What did Azalea say the other day, I really couldn't understand it" muttered Ransi as she stared at the sky filled with stars and moon.

Azalea was asleep in the room and did not know that Ransi was outside the house.

As time went on, the two became increasingly familiar with each other. Ransi who already did not want to continue her education, every morning until the afternoon helped and accompanied Azalea in the park to sell Flowers, for one week lately Ransi was not working. Rafan who knows all that from Ara does not dare to disturb her lover for now and let Ransi incline himself with his new friend.

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Rafan climbed the stairs leading to his room located on the second floor. Her heart felt empty not seeing Ransi for these few days. Not much is done by him, carrying out obligations as a student, if he has returned to confine himself in the room until the morning before, and so on.

When he entered the room, he saw a man sitting on a mattress while flipping through a medium-sized photo album covered in batik.

"Papa?" said Rafan, the man in question turned to him.

"From childhood until now there has been no change in your room," Satrio said, looking at the turn.

"I don't want to change anything, nor do I want to change my true story" replied Rafan as he put his backpack on the table.

"How long has your relationship with that woman been?"

"Two years. When MOS I was crowned king and Ransi as queen that's where this love first grew." There was a bit of grief when Rafan said that, because he missed Ransi so much.

"Geez, my son is really an adult now" Satrio said as he punched his son slowly.

"Pa, stop joking." It seems that at this time Rafan does not want to be invited to joke and prefers to lie on a mattress.

"What's bothering you?' satrio asked, lying next to Rafan. Both of them looked at the ceiling of the room.

"Mama doesn't approve of my relationship. I'm afraid that mom will bother him even more that she's forcing me to get engaged to Zoya."

"Not to mind Refa. Keep fighting for your love, don't let your love fate be the same as your dad."

"I mean papa?"

"There was a man in the final semester in a match with a woman he did not love, the man loved another woman and their relationship has been going on for five years. Because of the coercion of the parents of the man of the last semester was forced to accept the matchmaking and cut off the relationship with the lover he so loved."

Rafan looks at his papa's face and dissolves into a story that is very interesting to him.

"While his heart is broken, the man still hopes that one day he will return to match with his former lover. However, upon learning that his ex was also married on the same day, that hope vanished by itself along with all the memories that were so sweet to remember."

'The man of the last semester was papa," said Rafan made Satrio smile wryly at his son.

"Well, you're right, son."

"That's why papa never thought mama existed as a wife."

"Love cannot be forced. Even though you try to start and rebuild it, your heart still cannot accept the love of another. Therefore keep your love Rafan, do not let what papa experienced also happen to you."

"But if fate makes my romance the same as papa, what do you think will happen next?" ask Rafan.

"A regret that will haunt you for life," Satrio replied with a rough breath.