Mentari in the Night Sky

The Past: Exploding

It's been a week since I lived the way Ken wanted and planned. For one week, Natasha did not attend school. It will be difficult for Natasha to show her face again after what happened, I know that because I have seen several times the victim of bullying who finally decided to change schools. But there was something more awkward than Natasha's absence, neither her father nor William did anything about all of Ken's actions against me.

In fact, it wasn't just Ken who bullied me, other friends besides my classmates bullied me. Of course they dared to bully me because the Parker Family was behind all this. And I keep letting that happen.

Only my old classmate bullied me, the upperclassman just silently observed as if someone told them not to do anything. Some of my classmates were not bullying me, especially those who had an older brother at this school. Those who have been victims of bullying have also not bullied me. They simply gave an expression as if they could not believe that someone from the Allison Family who had a considerable influence could be bullied. Felix also keeps his word not to disturb everything Ken does.

"Your father or William couldn't possibly not have known about this, right?" ask Caroline.

During this one week, both Caroline and Stephanie had also been quite tired from defending me from the bullyan I got. People also started to stay away from them because they thought they were part of me bullying Natasha. Sera had been keeping her mouth shut as I told her to. Several times Charlotte went to see me and begged to let her brother tell her everything that happened but I refused.

"It seems like father and sister Will want me to feel what I want. All this time they've been protecting me and making me feel comfort and tranquility."

"They've even started harming you, Zeta. Now they're attacking you mentally and physically."

"I agree with Carol, the longer they go. If the Allison Family doesn't do anything, the Allison Family will not be as strong as they think and can continue to torment you" Caroline replied.

"Carol, none of this is a matter of the Allison Family's reputation. Don't you remember how a pot almost fell over Zeta's head? If the bodyguards were not alert, what would happen to Zeta? And also the days before, how could they purposely put a knife and a gun on Zeta's table? Moreover, the gun is a real gun not a toy gun" complained Stephanie.

"I don't understand Ken anymore" Caroline said in an upset tone before leaving me alone with Stephanie.

"What are you gonna do? You still don't hate Ken?"

"My mom says feelings are not just about feeling and not feeling. But right now I don't feel any feelings for her."

"You haven't realized that feeling."

"Ah.maybe you're right. It took me a long time to realize the feeling I had. Ever since Alvin's presence, I feel like I can feel my feelings faster. Looks like it only applies to Brother Alvin."

Stephanie no longer replied to me. He accompanied me in silence watching the other children who were playing volleyball. I immediately told Stephanie to join the other kids once one of the balls landed in front of us. Stephanie touched my shoulder for quite a long time before finally leaving me alone where the reserve players usually sat.

The gym teacher gave us the freedom to do anything at this hour. Boys decide to head to the ball field and girls prefer to play volleyball, avoiding the sun. I really hate any sport because I have very little energy. My body will be sore as soon as I finish doing the sport. It seems that compared to sports, I hate the aches I get.

Once again, a ball landed in front of me. The moment I wanted to take that volleyball, someone pushed my body forward. Someone who is now bathed in creamy carrot soup, the soup that Sera also spilled into Natasha's body. The hot splash of soup hit my hand, so hot that it made my skin instantly redden.

"Uncle," I stammered.

"Youtube!!!" shouted the other friends as soon as I saw me fall because of the encouragement of my bodyguard and immediately approached me.

I immediately stood up to Uncle Stephan with a limp step as soon as Caroline helped me up. My whole body is shaking. I couldn't even call the other bodyguards until Stephanie called all my personal bodyguards into the gym and immediately gave first aid to the wound on my uncle's body. The eyes were also hit by the soup.

"Uncle," call me again.

"As I promised, I'll run before Miss feels any pain."

"I'm sorry, Zeta" I said in tears.

"I'm glad to be able to protect you, Miss."

"I'm sorry, Zeta," I said once again.

"No, Miss. It is a joy for me to be able to protect Miss,” said the uncle before finally being taken away to the hospital.

I'm shaking. There is no happiness in getting a wound. There will be no happiness because of that. No one can be happy with getting hurt. The consequence I got from protecting Ken was that more and more people would come to protect me. I never thought about the consequences of making the decision to protect a man I might now hate. I didn't realize my decision to save Ken from falsehood would end up being like this.

Now that I know the reason for my silence, I want to teach me in every decision I make, there will be many people who feel the impact. I finally understood why I had to think carefully about every decision that would come out of my mouth. I shouldn't just use my feelings when making a decision. Ah.. This is the reason why William always uses his rationality when making decisions.

"Ah..he's in class."

I immediately ran to class. Stephanie and Caroline kept following me, and they even had their bodyguards follow us directly. Looks like she's afraid that Ken will hurt me. But I will hurt him.

A bouquet of white lilies, red poppies, red roses, and chrysanthemums filled the table and chairs I was sitting in. All the flowers that symbolize death welcome my arrival. Just like the knife and gun that filled my desk the other day, now the flowers of death adorn my table and my seat as if the sender wanted my death.

Caroline immediately picked up the bouquet and threw it at Ken. Some of the children who were in the classroom were shocked and immediately understood the situation. Stephanie followed some children by closing the classroom door and closing the window with a curtain, preventing outsiders from knowing what was happening in this room.

"That's enough of this, Ken."

"I don't want to talk to you" Ken said as he pushed Caroline's body and walked over to me.

"What's it like to live in hell, Zeta?" he asked while pushing my body.

"When my aunt died, I shouldn't have let Uncle Stephan help you. I should have prevented him from helping that ungrateful man."

Ken stopped his body from pushing me. He looked at my eyes with anger which I also responded with anger.

"The soup that was spilled onto Natasha's body, was not a soup that had just been lifted off the stove. How could you let that hot soup be spilled right away? I don't care if the hot soup hits my body but when it hits the person who's always protecting me, I can't stay still."

"..."

"You want me to feel what Natasha is feeling but did I drop a flower pot over her head? Did I put a knife and a gun on his desk? Did I spill water droppings on him while he was in the bathroom? Did I write a derogatory sentence on his desk? Did I stumble his leg to make him fall? Did I put up a poster of insults along the school corridor? Did I put a death flower on his desk? And did I send him a death warrant?" I said as I continued to push Ken's body to make him fall on his seat.

"You ever say I'm so easy to read? No, no one can read my true feelings for you. They all read it as a feeling of love, including my two brothers. But do you know that the feelings I have for you are just feelings of guilt and pity. The guilt that I shouldn't have made my family come too late where my family could have saved Aunt Lily and the pity of seeing you helpless before your own father after your aunt's death."

Silence filled this classroom. Everyone in the room was shocked to see what I was doing and to hear what I was saying. They never thought a Zeta who always showed her soft side, turned out to have a very different other side. The side they might not want to wake up to.

"It turns out Zeta has the same evil side as her father and two brothers" Ken said, chuckling.

"Ken!!!" once again Caroline shouted to her name.

"Should I hurt Aunt Anastasia?"

"Hey!!!"

Shouted Ken with his hand already swinging in the air. Aunt Anastasia, the one who took care of her from her childhood until now. The one who always gives a mother's warmth to Ken after his mother's death. And a very valuable person in his life. I hit his weak spot.

"Why don't you throw me in again for the second time?" ask me cynically.

"Alvin, how can a bastard seem to love****** like you. You two are a very compatible couple" he said with a mocking laugh.

I don't care if he insulted me but when he brought others in like he did all this time, I couldn't stay silent. I swung my hand upwards about to slap her cheek until a hand held my hand and stopped me.

"Don't dirty your hands for garbage like that" said Alvin.

"One week after this, you'll be in the hell that you made" Alvin continued.

Alvin took my body out of the classroom. Leaving an increasingly gripping silence. Leaving the frightened eyes of my friends. And of course leave someone who until now still has high confidence and arrogance.

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