FORBIDDEN TO FALL IN LOVE

45. Scratch

'Why am I so nervous?' valeda thought to heart. Valeda's forehead became wrinkled, not understanding what he was feeling.

"How's it?" ask Daniel again. "Perhaps, if I ever see her again, under the circumstances she's in, she'll want to take me back."

"really?" Valeda squinted his eyes. "That means you still like him?"

Daniel only answered with a shrug of his shoulder, leaving a myriad of doubts in Valeda's heart. They do not have a special relationship, even the relationship they have is under a contract. However, for some reason Valeda wanted to have Daniel from head to toe.

"That's Kris!" Daniel turned his chin towards the front.

Valeda turned his head and found Kris running small towards the car. "Sorry" Kris said as he opened the car door. He rushed in from the steering door. "Have you guys been here long? I'm from the toilet."

"It's okay. We have a lot to discuss" Daniel replied.

"We're going straight back to Miss's apartment?" kris asked while turning on the car.

"Almost buy fast food first" Valeda said quickly.

'Hhh, because of that stupid question, I thought to myself, ' Valeda's mind, when the car started to go. Valeda turned to look at Daniel who was looking out the window. Daniel seemed to enjoy the beautiful night sky that day.

Valeda moved a little, looking for a comfortable position where he sat. He threw a glance out the window. It was a beautiful night and it looked beautiful. 'I haven't seen Rangga in a long time, ' he thought. Valeda glanced at Daniel. Not knowing why, Valeda felt guilty thinking about Rangga at this moment. But, still he was not feeling good because he continued to avoid Rangga. Sooner or later, they would meet as well in the end.

Valeda glanced back at Daniel. Daniel's head looked up with his eyes closed. Valeda could see Daniel's regular chest movements.

'Since when did he fall asleep?' thought Valeda with a small smile. This time, Valeda was not hiding anymore. He looked at Daniel frankly. It was the first time Valeda had seen Daniel fall asleep. Daniel's face seemed calm and thought nothing of it.

While recording the curves of Daniel's face in his memory, Valeda noticed a thin stroke on Daniel's neck. A flash of memory in the past, flashed through Valeda's head.

Valeda blinked a few times. A flash of memory that he himself did not know what was because it was too fast, making his head slightly dizzy.

"Why, Miss?" asked Kris from her chair. He had seen his master shake with a bent face.

"Ah, I seem to remember something, but at the same time forget back," replied Valeda, not understanding what he felt.

"Is Miss okay? Miss looks a little pale. Want to go back to the hospital?" tawar Kris's.

Valeda lifted his face and looked through the rearview of the car. He became confused to see her face whitening like a ghost. "What's wrong with me? Do I look okay?" ask Valeda.

"Yes, Miss. Do you want to go back to the hospital now? We're not too far away."

Valeda again saw Daniel sleeping next to him. "No, no need. I'm it's okay. Let's continue our journey" replied Valeda.

Kris did not speak out to debate Valeda. He decided to follow Valeda's words. Kris will only glance back through the rearview mirror more often to check the condition of Valeda.

Valeda's attention returned to the fine strokes on Daniel's neck. Valeda was convinced that it was no ordinary scar. At first glance, the stroke is like a burn. But, it is not so noticeable if it is not really noticed.

Valeda's forehead is wrinkled. He started thinking very hard. Why did Daniel's scar make him remember something? But, that memory was vague and left only a big question mark on his head.

'Be it! I'll ask Daniel when he wakes up, ' Valeda said in her heart. Valeda inhaled a lot of air until he felt his lungs were no longer fit, then exhaled slowly. Valeda tried to let go of thoughts that he thought were not so important to be a burden in his life.

***

(The next day.).

"Good," replied Daniel. He tidied up the lunch box he had brought.

Valeda glanced at Daniel's neck again. Last night, Valeda missed the opportunity to ask because Daniel looked tired. So, Valeda harbors his curiosity to this day.

"Is there anything you want to ask?" Daniel turned out to be conscious with a serious look from Valeda's eyes.

"Ummm... I want to ask you something rather sensitive," Valeda said carefully.

Daniel quickly finished some of it, then sat up straight beside Valeda. "Okay, as sensitive as your question is, miss?"

Valeda hesitated a second ago. "What kind of wound is that?" finally the question came out of his mouth.

"Which one?"

Valeda stretched out his hand, touching the thin stroke on Daniel's neck.

THE PLAQUE!

Valeda's eyes widened as Daniel brushed his hand away violently. The heat and pain were felt a second later, after Valeda realized what Daniel was doing.

Daniel threw away the face. His face turned serious. He rubbed his scar. "I get annoyed every time I'm asked what this scar is," Daniel's tone turned harsh.

"To..why?" Valeda is still in shock. He was not even able to blink.

Daniel glanced with a cold look. "Why are you so curious about this wound?"

"I remembered something when I saw it. But it's not clear. Like a flash of events" explains Valeda.

Daniel snorted with a wry smile at Valeda's reply. "You don't need to know."

"What's? Whatchu mean?" valeda protests are upset. "It bothers me and you say I don't need to know?"

Daniel looked up, showing his wound to Valeda. "Are you disturbed now?" ask her with a high tone.

Valeda bit her lower lip. He felt very upset that Daniel was angry with him without Valeda knowing the reason. "What makes you so angry!?" bentak Valeda's. "Yes! I'm no longer bothered by that! You are satisfied with my answer!?"

Daniel got up from his seat. "good. You have to forget things that are not important so that your life is as happy as it is now."

Valeda is rising. "What actually happened? What was? Is the wound related to me? Have we met before?"

"This injury has nothing to do with you. Excuse me!" Daniel grabs his lunchbox and rushes out of Valeda's room.

Valeda was still standing in his place. He was trying to digest what happened. The next minute, Valeda knew that there was something Daniel was hiding. There's something Valeda doesn't know about Daniel. He's not just a man from an orphanage, as Valeda knows.

Daniel ran away from her. Not just once or twice, but every time he gets cornered. Daniel did not immediately explain what Valeda was asking. Daniel tries to buy time about what Valeda wants to know.

"What exactly happened?" valeda whispered to himself.

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