ETHEREUM

CHAPTER 7

The woman with a plain black T-shirt and jeans of a similar color, is now standing while laying her face on the iron fence on the edge of Lake Orphanage Melati.

It's almost afternoon. But the woman was still in the wind in that place.

“After all?”

Alia turned her head and was immediately surprised to find Raffa who was walking closer to her with both hands inserted into her pants pocket.

“Good, yes, the place. Pantes aja you feel at home here,” said Raffa when the man was standing next to Alia. Rama now looked towards the lake with a sparkling gaze.

“This place is like my birthplace. Ms. Melati said, if I was found on the edge of this lake alone when toddler,” said Alia.

Raffa turned towards Alia and looked at the look on the girl's face. There was a stroke of sadness on her beautiful face.

“I don't know when, where, what day, what date I was born. I don't know all that. But Ms. Melati and all the residents of the parlour always celebrate my birthday when the date Bu Melati found me here.” Alia's lips were attracted to form a bitter smile.

“It feels like .. I don't know myself. Alia's name was even Bu Melati who gave it.”

“At a time when all the parents in the world gave their child's name with a good name and meaning. My parents threw me out,” said Alia. “Miris.” Alia's lips smiled wryly.

Alia breathed a long breath. His head slightly raised. Withstood tears that almost slid. If only Raffa was beside him. Alia must have cried so much in this place.

“Doctor Raffa?” call Alia. “Don't like me! I don't deserve people as good as Doctor.”

What Alia said earlier made Raffa's heart feel choked.

“Me and the Doctor are like Night and Day. We can never be in the same place at the same time. Our lives are opposite. I live in the night. Silent. And the light of my life has dimmed since I was born. While the Doctor lives surrounded by crowds and bright future Doctor beautiful. Just like Daylight is always bright,” said Alia. “Impossible it feels we are ber—”

“You're wrong, Alia!” sela Raffa, made Alia turn her head to look at Raffa who was standing next to her.

Raffa's gaze was fixed to the sky as if it was going to sink to the bottom of the lake. The color in the lake water was changed to orange as the light of the twilight sky pierced to the bottom of the deep lake.

“You forget the twilight that is present between Day and Night,” said Raffa then changed his gaze towards Alia. “Where dusk comes bring and introduce love to Day and Night.”

The wind in the afternoon seemed to play with Raffa's hair. Her hair was slightly reddish due to the twilight sun. Plus the deep eye gaze from Raffa's bead of eyes seemed to hypnotize Alia to stare at the man for even longer.

Raffa's right. Twilight really showed her a love. Alia could see the radiance of love from Raffa's eyeballs.

“Senja exists because of the Creator. Day and night exist because there are those who create. You and I are created because they are created. God can create anything he wants. Anything .... Including my feelings this to you.”

Alia wants to scream. The indirect love statement from Raffa felt like thousands of flowers were plunging down into his heart. It was laughable, but it managed to make Alia unable to hold back her smile.

“Doctor don't joke!” sulcan Alia.

“I told you, I'm not a kid who likes to joke. Especially about feelings,” said Raffa.

“Iya. Yes, deh.” Alia relented while chuckling lightly.

“Don't do it, Alia! You must clearly answer my statement earlier!”

Alia frowned. “Jawab which statement?”

“Iya, yes. I want to! But I am ashamed to answer. Doctor Raffa hastily, anyway. Not good to know hurry!” sela Alia's.

“I'm not in a hurry,” Shall Raffa. “I'm afraid you're hunted taken the same other.”

“Dih.” Alia laughs at Raffa. He thinks there's no way anyone would like him other than Raffa. Very nice of you, Al.

“Yes, already if you belom can answer, I just go from here.” Raffa turned his body and walked away from Alia with a relaxed pace.

Alia looked at Raffa's broad shoulders who were walking slowly leaving her. Alia clenched her lips tightly. The woman held back from yelling Raffa. There was a feeling of unwillingness when Raffa said ‘go’.

Alia's hands stretched out as if she wanted to reach Raffa's body. “Doctor,” great-grandson in a slow voice.

The contents of Alia's head were already shouting command the woman to chase Raffa. But Alia's body doesn't want to be in sync with her brain. His body suddenly became a mannequin and his voice felt suffocated in the esophagus.

“Do-Doctor Raffa!” Finally the voice held by Alia came out as well.

Alia stomps her body and walks quickly towards Raffa, and fights her sense of prestige to catch up to Raffa.

“Why?”

Bugs.

“A–Alia?” Raffa gawked as Alia's body suddenly crashed into his body.

The girl hugged him. She held Raffa's body very tightly.

“J–Don't stay with me! I answer now but Doctor don't stay in me!” great-grandson Alia. The girl's voice sounded soft as her face was covered in the chest of Raffa's field.

“K–You why?” ask Raffa wonder. The man's hand was now holding Alia's shoulder.

Alia's hands clenched behind Raffa's waist, and the girl's eyes were tightly clenched. Alia was afraid to speak. His heart is still worried. He wants to take Raffa. But he doesn't have the same feelings as Raffa. And if Alia refuses, she will lose her chance to meet her parents. It is not a guarantee Alia can meet her parents if married to Raffa. But Alia had a good feeling about this marriage.

“S–I received Doctor Raffa.” application A sentence that came from Alia's lips. Successfully made Raffa push the girl's shoulder and look at her in disbelief.

“You're seriously accepting me? Is this not in a hurry?” ask Raffa enthusiastically.

“Not the Doctor who is in a hurry?!”

“So you're serious?” ask Raffa again.

Alia nodded with a slow rytme.

No. gabe. Alia accepts Raffa not because she has the same feelings for Raffa. He accepts Raffa only because of his selfish nature who is eager to meet his parents. Even though it still looks gray in Alia's shadow.

‘Hopefully I do not nyesel.’ Inner Alia do'a.

Unbeknownst to both. There was a pair of black eyes that were staring softly at Raffa and Alia. Both eyes were down. The heart of the owner of the eye screamed asking him to leave this place immediately. However, her body felt stiff watching how Alia hugged Raffa so tightly. As if, the girl did not want the person in her arms to leave her.

“It turns out I'm weakly writhing you with another guy, Al.” The soft mutter, slid from the lips of Dio who was standing beside a tree near Alia who was hugging Raffa tightly.