I Call it, Love

Episode 2 - The Bitter Truth

*KRING!!*

The break bell rang so loud that it could be heard all the way to the classroom hallway. The students who were still focused by their lessons held hunger for a moment stared at each other, because the break bell had saved them from dissatisfaction.

Likewise with Eliana who immediately tidied the book and stationery to her desk drawer. Yun, the male friend who was sitting across from me with her stared in wonder at the figure of Eliana who looked unenergized.

"What's wrong with you, Eliana? Since this morning it seems like you are looking limp," Yun said to Eliana who was leaning on a chair.

"I'm fine, you don't have to interfere in my affairs" exclaimed Eliana with a flat face.

Clau then approached her as soon as he heard a conversation between Eliana and Yun that sounded like there was a problem.

"Eliana," called Clau while pulling Eliana's limp arm.

"You must not go on like that, let's fill your stomach with food .. " invite Clau full of hope that Eliana will rise from her slump.

"You go first, I don't have an appetite" she poked in a low tone.

Hearing the rejection from his friend, Clau only snorted in disappointment. Disappointed that she has told Eliana that Riu and Bomi started their relationship this morning.

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The orange sky to the orangean began to appear, Kongjae High School students burst out of their school building. Visible figure Riu who is not usually home with someone other than Eliana, now prefers to walk together with his lover.

Of course it makes Eliana really desperate, because her hope is not as beautiful as reality. He then walked out the school gate to the road that led to the park near their school.

Out of annoyance, he threw a large enough stone towards the shady tree. Slowly both his eyeballs release clear liquid to wet his cheeks.

"Hiks .. hiks .. "the sound of her crying began to harden. But no one heard his cry.

"Why my life is so fucked up! I didn't expect my life to be this bad .. Did I just kill myself?" eliana said to herself.

A hand held out a handkerchief towards him. He who initially cried while bowed immediately looked up his head to ascertain who the person was.

What he expected was Riu who came to him when he was down, but it turned out that a man who looked foreign to him was the one who gave the handkerchief to him.

"Don't cry, wipe your tears with this handkerchief," the man continued with his hand that held out the handkerchief.

"Te-thank you, sister," Eliana said as she received the handkerchief given to her.

Slowly Eliana wiped away the tears that were soaking her cheeks. He then stared doubtfully at a man who looked his age was watching him. His hand patted an empty swing beside him.

"Du-sit down, sister," Eliana said in a low tone.

The man then sat on an empty swing while continuing to stare at the orange sky that afternoon.

The two fell silent without saying anything for about ten minutes.

"I thought you were strong, it turned out that your heart was weak as well," the man continued to focus on looking at the orange sky decorated with flying birds.

"A-what does that mean?" eliana asked a little.

"He didn't even look at me at all, was he a kidnapper?" Eliana muttered in her heart to make her whole body tremble violently.

"A-I'm going home, my family must have been waiting for me. T-Thank you for the handkerchief. Tomorrow I will return it after washing," exclaimed Eliana who then went down from the swing took her backpack which some time ago she put in the grass of the park.

He bowed his body as a gesture of respect and gratitude. After that he immediately walked with quick footsteps in order to get away from the figure of a man who looked foreign to him.

"Blessed .." said the man in a low tone while smiling cynically.

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Eliana lay her body on the floor mattress that she used to sleep on every day. Of course he relaxes after doing homework that is only done by him every day.

*PRANK!!!*

"Based on women j*l*ng!! Just die you!!" Shouted someone who sounded familiar in Eliana's ears. He just covered his ears with a pillow because he was disturbed.

"You should be the one who died!! You useless husband! Your job is to make money to support your family, not even drink every night!!!" Now the screams of a woman Eliana heard made her stare at the ceiling of the room.

"When will this drama end soon? It feels like my family has been a mess since a long time ago" Eliana snorted. He slowly opened the door of his room which some time ago he locked tightly.

**CRAK!!*

A vase of flowers landed right on his head as soon as he came out of the room. Little by little blood began to pour down his face. Mother and father who were fighting because of their problems only fell silent when they found Eliana who was injured because of their actions.

Eliana held onto her bleeding head from a vase of flowers that had been accidentally thrown at her.

"Why are you going to keep fighting like this? Father, please change, "push Eliana with both eyes that have blocked the tears.

"Don't interfere with our problems! You're just a kid who doesn't know about family matters! Get out of front of me!" his father who was already burning with emotion.

Hearing those words, of course, made him decide to leave the house until things improved again. He walked all night without a clear purpose.

"Meong ..meow ... "

"Eh? Aren't you the cat at the time?" eliana thought as she stroked the cat's fur in front of her.

"Yesterday you ran in a storm, now you come to me like this," continued Eliana said in an annoyed tone.

The cat pulled the arm of Eliana's clothes and made her walk with the cat. Eliana only smiled broadly to find a cat figure that was able to comfort her.

"This world wasn't as beautiful as I had hoped as a child, I thought I would live happily with my family. But fate says something else, my family that became my role model instead made me cry" said Eliana with a gaze directed at the cat before her.

Slowly he lifted the bluish-white-haired cat into his lap. While caressing lovingly.

𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐....

𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛, 𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎, 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝, 𝚔𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗, 𝚟𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝! 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊!!!𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊🍀