In The Rain

CHAPTER 21

Chocolate milk shake. Obviously, it's a friendship offer as a sign of peace. Throughout the afternoon Gemintang was in the factory, he said he would finish administrative affairs, but it turned out that Gemintang knelt beside Raden and asked what he could do to help him, he said, or is there anything he can take away. Like a nurse who helped the surgeon, Gemintang immediately gave tools to Raden every time Raden stuck out his hand.

They talk about unimportant things, they talk about family.

“You saw Laura today?” ask Gemintang.

“No. You see?”

“No. He looked a little dizzy yesterday. I'm afraid because he knows his daddy's condition is deteriorating.”

“Maybe. But it could be because of Adit."

“Why did you say that?”

“Please give me that screwdriver again.”

“Which handle is red or yellow?”

“Red. Because this morning, when Adit pulled out a horse for me, Adit seemed so quiet.”

“Maybe because you intimidated him.”

“I did nothing, I just rode,” Raden said, Gemintang did not comment.

The factory floor was very dusty, Gemintang sat on a bench near Raden. Even though Raden's head was under the machine, although he did not directly see the face of the Gemintang, he was still aware of the existence of the Gemintang. The scent of the Starry Body filled the entire room.

Behind his clothes, grains of sweat poured out of Raden's body, but when his hands came into contact with the hands of the Gemintang, it was cool, wanting Raden to stick his hands to the face of the Gemintang.

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On the way home, Gemintang talk a lot and again talk about things that are not important. When they were about to arrive at the gate, Gemintang turned to Raden and said, “Please take a long bath. I'll have Heny put off dinner so you can refresh yourself and take a break. I'll prepare a drink for you. What do you want to drink?”

What he wanted from the Starling at that time was an explanation why he suddenly became friendly to her? Did Thunder ask him to do that? Or is this his idea? Why did the Gemintang suddenly act like a stepmother trying to take the heart of her stepson?

Hmmm, whatever the stratagem, he will not succeed, inner Raden as he stepped into his room. She would never consider a star as her stepmother. Do the stars not remember their closeness first? though his proximity to the Gemintang made his heart pounding.

Raden cursed himself. Twelve years after his closeness to the Gemintang, Raden still has the same feeling. Hey, Raden, heartbroken male‐. Men who never dizzy face women, but feel the glare is too deep when removing the Star.

Raden was frustrated because he could not take Gemintang away, because at that time Gemintang was still a minor, he did not want to be involved in legal issues on kidnapping charges. All the time Raden missed the Gemintang, he had a great inner debate, but he could not have the woman.

In every Raden waiting for the Gemintang on the edge of the forest, Raden felt anxious in case the Gemintang did not appear. His anxiety did not go away, until he saw the Gemintang standing among the trees bathed in sunlight.

But one day, on the last day of his encounter with the Star, the sun did not shine. It rained that day…

The flashback

That day, even more than the previous days, he was eager to meet the Gemintang. He and his father had a big fight in the morning. Thunder changed the rules of the purchasing system that was in his factory. Although not breaking the law, Raden did not agree with his father's plan, he also tried to increase input to his father, but Guntur was very angry.

"How dare a snotty child, who has no work experience, give advice on how he should run a business and manage his life?"

Raden was sick of seeing what was happening, but he had no power to oppose it. He felt he had to pour a quarrel with his father to Gemintang.

The star was already waiting for him there, sitting under a tree while folding legs. His face lifted when he saw Raden rushing over to him. Without a word Raden knelt before the Star, held his cheeks and kissed his lips. His tongue was extended into the mouth of the Gemintang, lapping the sweet taste of the tongue of the Gemintang, which was very different from the bitterness he had just experienced with his father. The Gemintang kiss always drifted away from the sadness that enveloped her beautiful home.

When at last he let go of the lips of the Starling, he muttered, "How nice it is to meet you.” Then again he landed his lips on the lips of the Gemintang. Slowly, without further ado, it throws the Starlings into the ground, on top of the soft clumps of ferns and moss plants. Without resisting, the Gemintang lay down and Raden followed beside him, crossing one of his thighs to the Gemintang body.

Raden raised his head and looked at the Gemintang. The Starry Eyes exuded a shade behind his eyelashes. Her lips were wet and mesmerizing, her hair was left scattered behind her head like a strand of silk thread that was spread across a green field. The blowing wind gently hit her cheek.

“You are beautiful once,” whispered Raden. He bent down and kissed the eyelids of the Star.

“You are also handsome.”

Raden shook his head, denying. “I'm a selfish bastard. Who do you think I am, come to see you like this, kiss you, feel sure you're willing to be kissed, without even making small talk." Raden put his head in the shoulder groove of the Gemintang. The star put his hand on Raden's neck. “Me and Daddy had a big fight this morning.”

“Try to tell me the situation.”

“He married mommy to get a good name and mommy money. She doesn't love mommy and mommy knows it. My dad was the one to blame for mommy's unhappiness during his life and caused mommy to die young. I mean, mommy died of heartache. And daddy doesn't like me because I know what he's doing and he can't stand my attitude. Many people managed to fool him, but he could not deceive his own son and that is what ignited his anger.”

That soothing Gemintang finger kept stroking Raden's hair. “Maybe you judge her too much. After all, he's an ordinary man, Raden, not a god. He can also make mistakes. Should parents be impeccable?”

Gemintang stroked Raden's lips with his fingertips. “I am sad to hear your relationship with your father is not harmonious. As bad as my father was, I still loved him. The reason is because he's my father, I can't be in this world without him.”

The starry smiled cheerfully at Raden. “Patience, Raden. All those years your father lived that way. Not easy to accept changes.” Glassy Eyes. “But I'm amazed you dare to defend your principles, even though your attitude ignites the anger of your father.”