Guarding Love

CHAPTER 2 - The Prize

As promised, Hanny again visits the orphanage to meet Arden who is currently called Jo by her.

"Sister Jo..." He called out a happy shout while running towards Arden who was helping his sisters clean the courtyard. Arden smiled happily, his angel back again.

All residents of the orphanage certainly know that Hanny and Arden if they are together can not be separated. Arden immediately washed his hands and approached Hanny who had been sitting sweetly on the field chair under a shady tree where they usually chatted.

"Where's the prize.." Extending his long hand toward Arden who had just arrived before him.

"All right. wait a minute." Arden then spins around and goes back inside the parlor to retrieve a present for Hanny. But before that he approached Om Alex who was sitting in the living room waiting for Bu Risma to finish with his guest.

"Om.I want permission. If I grow up, I'll marry Hanny." He stood in front of Alex. Alex stared strangely at Arden, "Basin a strange boy" he thought and chuckled softly.

"Learn first the right, grow up. Until the time comes if you guys are going to be together." Alex explained, smiling gently. Alex knows the seriousness of Arden and cannot argue that his daughter also asked him the same thing some time ago.

"I promise you, when you grow up, you'll be back with Hanny. Please always take care of Hanny for me." Arden said, leaving Alex silent for a moment.

"Where are you going?" Alex asked to hear Arden saying he was leaving.

"Maybe soon my family will come om, may go far. But I will definitely be back." Arden said again then left from there leaving Alex still confused by the explanation of the strange teenager. But Alex also believes that teenagers are serious.

"Sister Jo. Why is it so long?" hanny complained with her lips pursed towards Arden who had just approached her. Arden sat down next to Hanny and pulled out a necklace from her pants pocket. Long necklace with antique key-shaped pendant.

"This is for you Han." Arden said after splitting the pendant into 2, along with the long necklace it was split. Hanny stared at the jaktub not believing there was a necklace that could be split 2.

"Wow..Why can you brother?" He asked who had been holding some of the necklace with the key that was split.

"We?" His question convinced him.

"Yes, me and my twin brother. You should always wear that, huh.." Arden replied again with a sigh for a moment and then told his story again.

"We got separated when we were 10, that was 5 years ago. My father was shot with my twin sister and they're missing. My mother and I managed to escape with the help of my father's friend. Until now I don't know where my father and sister are. If you might have left me forever, 2 years ago when you drifted here. We dove from the top of the cliff into the river and when I woke up I was here." Obviously Arden looks so sad to tell the worst.

Hanny wept listening, then hugged Arden while still sobbing sadly.

"Hanny's.." Call Arden gently and release Hanny's embrace from him. Arden raised Hanny's face to look at her.

"Gear me, look me in the eye." He said and Hanny looked straight into Arden's eyes.

"Remember this face, remember these eyes, remember there is only 1 handsome boule with the name Jo Paijo. Ok?" Hanny finally laughed at Arden's words and nodded her head. Those green eyes, there was no way Hanny would forget, those eyes that were always drugging her made her feel the pounding in her heart all along.

"I won't forget you, Hanny. I love you, in my heart there's already your name, only you." Arden hugged Hanny. Maybe adults will say, they're just kids going into their teens. But their hearts were tightly closed.

"I'm also Jo's sister. We will always be together. But this papi word is only monkey love because we are still small. Is it weird, huh? Monkey days can love us equally." Hanny said plainly, Arden let go of his embrace and pinched Hanny's red cheeks in a fit of anxiety.

"Anyways, you should always wait for me. Understood?" He nodded again and Hanny nodded.

"Ah.lucunya my little girl." Inner Arden.

~TBC~