No Rose Without A Thorn's

Engagement

The rain that has been raining the earth since morning has just ended, leaving light droplets that wet the balcony floor of a house. A girl in a white dress, stood staring at the soft afternoon sky. His light had just been seen after a day covered in dark clouds that brought downpours, for some reason he felt that the afternoon seemed to represent his heart. A little restless even though he knew he should be relieved.

"What are you thinking, Keira?"

asked a woman who had apparently been watching the girl for some time.

Keira, the girl's name, did not turn or answer. The woman approached, looked at Keira's face from the side and stroked her hair.

"Finally today came as well" said the woman with a relieved expression. He continued to caress Keira's hair with affection.

"Blessed baby, you deserve to be happy."

Keira looked at the woman next to him.

"If ...."

"Relse ... We should leave soon...."

The cry of a girl on the door of the room disconnected Keira. He did not answer, but the girl followed him to the balcony.

"Oh, apparently Mom is here. I'm looking for Mom, get out of here before the fangs come out!" said the girl while adding fangs with fingers on her lips.

Keira laughed then pushed the woman beside her.

"Go first, ma'am," she said quietly as she tidied up her mother's dress. The woman called mother smiled.

"Alright, Mom goes first. Dizza, you go with your brother, yeah."

"She's, Mom!" The girl named Dizza and merta saluted her mother, Mrs Kusuma. The woman laughed and rushed to see her husband.

Dizza looked at Keira and smiled.

"I wish I had inherited half of my sister's beauty."

Keira laughs. "Of course you can't be beautiful like Big Brother" she said, folding her hands to her chest.

"Yes I know, since I was in school, all my friends always said 'Wahh your sister is so beautiful' Brother knows, that time it felt like I wanted to break the neck of those who said it."

Keira laughed as she thought Dizza's words made no sense.

"Come here!" Keira grabbed his sister's hand.

"You can never be beautiful like your sister, because you were born beautiful like your mother" Keira said. Dizza pondered for a split second.

"I never even remember my mother's face. " Dizza pensive for a moment.

"But I don't care. Beautiful or not, I am your sister. Father and Mother's Son. Without diminishing my respect for the mother who gave birth to me, I love all of you!" dizza ceria said.

Keira nodded while laughing. Suddenly his phone lying on the table rang, Bara's name flickering on his screen.

"Don't lift!" shout Dizza. Keira scrunched her forehead and then admired her phone.

"Hmm .. yes .. okay .. see you later."

Keira closed her phone while Dizza pursed her lips.

"I became envious of Brother Bara. He's taken my only sister."

Keira laughed and slapped her finger on Dizza's forehead saying, "You're so overreacting!"

Dizza complained and then suddenly hugged Keira.

"Sister, I really feel weird. Big Brother is only engaged but why do I feel like I'm going to lose Big Brother?

Maybe I'm a little groggy when I'm not engaged. Heart ...."

Keira immediately took off Dizza's embrace.

"Are you okay?" tanyanya.

Dizza.

"What do you feel? Should we call a doctor?"

Dizza shook his head again.

"I ... just worry ... I'm happy but I'm worried, I don't know ...." Dizza looked at Keira and laughed. Keira hit Dizza on the shoulder in annoyance, thinking that Dizza was sick again.

"Son, stop worrying about me or anyone else" Dizza said seriously. Keira looked at Dizza and laughed.

"Sister, Brother must be happy ..." continued Dizza.

"Dizza, why do you keep saying weird things? Of course you will be happy. Do you think this is a forced engagement? Brother is engaged to a brother of his own choice, then should Brother feel unhappy?" ask Keira wonder.

Dizzah shrugged his shoulders. "Once .. I just feel the need to say it. Ahh, I want to hug Brother once again. Promise me that you will always be my sister even if you are engaged or married!" he said, hugging Keira again.

"A blank sloth let alone Dizza?" ask Keira annoyed.

"Please promise that you will be happy and stop worrying about things."

Keira laughs. "Of course Big Brother will be happy, "he said cheerfully but behind Dizza's embrace he held a necklace and behind his boisterous laughter he hid a sad feeling. Can I really be happy?

*

The engagement party between Keira and Bara was quite lively. Although Keira repeatedly expressed her desire to hold the event simply, but her mother, stepfather and Bara family insisted on holding a special event.

Tuan Kusuma and Ny Kusuma look very happy to welcome the guests, as well as the Bara family, Tuan and Ny Wijaya are very happy to see their son will be married soon.

Bara and Keira look very compatible. Keira looked at Mr. Kusuma from a distance. His stepfather was seen laughing a few times, Keira felt a little annoyed. "You won again!" he swore in his heart.

Keira is right, Mr. Kusuma does feel like winning. From the beginning he wanted Keira to marry Bara, so that his business would become more profitable with the support of the Bara family. This engagement is a great start.

"Dear, why? You tired?" ask Bara.

Keira turned to look at Bara for a moment then nodded slowly.

"I want to go out for a while" Keira replied as she stepped out of the room.

Bara pulled Keira's hand. "I'm coming" said Bara, winking his eyes.

Keira smiled very sweetly then both of them walked out of the room. Mr. Kusuma glanced at the two who joined hands then smiled in satisfaction.

"Uuh ... What kind of simple party is this?" moaned Keira while holding her head that began to dizzy. Tired of smiling at all the guests.

"Shall I carry?" bargain Bara flirtatious.

"You're crazy!" Keira brushed off Bara's hand in annoyance.

Bara laughed and led Keira into the emergency stairs. He was tired of the party going on.

They sat on the emergency stairs without saying anything, dissolving in each other's minds.

"You're happy, right?" bara asked Keira who seemed to be thinking about something.

"Is there anything you're thinking?" guess Bara when Keira doesn't answer.

Keira shakes. Bara hugged Keira's shoulder and then she put Keira's head on her shoulder.

"Sleep" Bara said in a soft voice.

Keira tried to close her eyes but failed. His head was too tired to sleep.

A while passed Keira straightened her head again and said with a slight annoyance, "They won."

"Do you not like it?" ask Bara.

"What part do you think I don't like?" Keira asked back while looking at Bara's face.

Spontaneous Keira chuckles amusedly.

"Navigator ...." Bara clasped Keira's hand and looked into her eyes.

"Can you ignore them? let them feel victorious and make any agreement between them? Can we close our eyes to them and live our own lives?"

Keira sighed. Of course that's what he should have done. Living happily with Bara without having to think about what her stepfather did. Doesn't he love Bara and Bara love her too?

"Keira, forget everything that made you sad. I promise we'll be happy" Bara continued. Keira would answer but Bara brought her face closer.

"Not to answer. I know we'll be happy." Bara got closer and he touched Keira's cheek. He knew how often the cheeks were soaked by Keira's tears. He wanted to replace those tears with happy tears.

"You just have to trust me."

Keira said, he did not answer. She let Bara kiss her forehead and then turned to her lips. Within a few seconds the two were already kissing and ....

"Aaaaaa .. pardon .. forgive!" squealing a girl. Keira flinched, the reflex he pushed Bara.

A girl was carrying flowers on the stairs below them. The three of them misbehaved. Bara covered her frustration by yelling at the girl.

"What are you doing here?!"

The girl retreated in shock, Keira covered her embarrassment by throwing her face away, unwilling to see the girl who caught them making out in this place.

"I'm sorry, I didn't intentionally. I didn't see anything. Please continue!" the girl said as she prepared to leave.

"Wait, who's the flower for?" ask Bara.

"This is for an engaged couple on the 10th floor. Mr. Bara and Miss Keira. I'm sorry I went the wrong way because the elevator was full of me ...."

The girl continued to talk while Bara and Keira only looked at her seriously.

"God! Is that you guys?" asked the girl when she realized the couple in front of her were just staring at her.

"Come, give me the flower and go" said Bara slowly. The girl just silently looked at Bara.

"But how do I know that you are indeed the Bara Master?" tanyanya.

Keira chuckled at Bara busy serving an innocent flower deliveryman.

"Come, give me the flower" Keira said briefly.

As if hypnotized, the girl handed the bouquet of flowers to Keira.

"Come here!" Keira grabbed Bara to get closer to him.

"You can take a picture of us receiving this flower and giving it to your boss. Tell me you gave it to us directly."

The girl was silent for a moment, for some reason she seemed to be bewitched by every word the woman before her said.

"Come, wait a minute?" ask Keira impatiently.

The girl immediately took a cell phone and photographed both of them.

"Now you can go" said Bara.

The girl immediately left before taking the time to look at Keira once more.

Bara stared at Keira, he would approach to continue their activities that had been previously disturbed but Keira refused. He pushed Bara slowly.

"Forget it, we're gone too long. They're definitely waiting for us."

Keira walked ahead of Bara who scratched his head which was not really itchy. He cursed annoyed at the flower delivery girl.

**

Nada, the name of the flower delivery girl, swore all the way. He was upset because the elevator was full, he had to deliver flowers on foot through the emergency stairs. Even more upset because he had to meet a partner who he thought was perverted.

"Can't they wait to get home? Ah, really shameless!"

"What are you doing?" suddenly his steps were stopped by a heavy voice waiting for him at the end of the mini market.

"Snobody surprised me! " cry the annoyed tone.

"Shocked how? You who are too serious curses all the way," complained the man called brother.

"Ah, do I look cursing?" tanya Nada wonder. He felt like he was just cursing in his heart.

"Of course you curse in your heart!" exclaim that man.

Laughing tone. "Sister always knows what I'm doing" he continued.

"Who are you swearing at? Why are you taking so long?" ask the man while giving the helmet to Nada.

"Nothing, not important. Just a couple of perverted lovers," replied Nada lightly. The man chuckled.

"Forget it, let's have fun!" yelled Nada while riding into the motorbike. They laughed then disappeared around the corner to a place of fun.

The Nada and Evan version of the fun venue is a cheap barbeque shop. The place is rather remote and can only be found by two-wheeled vehicles or on foot. They used to spend time in that place to eat and just tell stories.

They are not siblings, nor are they lovers, although Nada sometimes hopes to become Evan's girlfriend. He often spoke to Evan who was only answered with a snap of a finger on his forehead.

"Where are you going after this?" tanya Nada while sipping her drink.

"I'll be gone for a few days. So please don't do weird things while I'm gone."

Nada growled in annoyance, "So don't think I'm gonna do what?" ask Tone without guilt.

Evan slammed his spoon on the table, Tone stroking his chest in shock.

"A week ago you said the same thing before pulling Uncle Kit's hair. And earlier you said the same thing when you unknowingly rolled Willy's bike!" yelled Evan out of patience.

Tone just silently scowled.

"But it's their fault ...."

"Nad, be sweet like a girl. Do not be too often provoked by emotions. How can you get a girlfriend if this keeps up?!"

Tone leaning against the shop wall.

"Should I have a boyfriend? Just the past I don't remember, is there a man who wants to be with a woman who doesn't remember her origin?" tanya Nada lirih's.

Evan looked at Nada. "Why do you care about your past that you don't remember? You should even be grateful to forget the past" complained Evan.

Nada looked at Evan then both of them fell silent. They were two different people who somehow met God.

Evan is the one who condemns his past that if he could willingly exchange himself for a Tone that actually loses the memory of his past.

If he were to lose his memory, of course he would be happier without having to imagine the pain at all times. Of course he will not hold a deep grudge.

Instead, Nada is always trying to remember a part of her lost past. He always tried to find out the truth of the pieces of memory that lay in every memory.

Nada had an accident when she was 11, she remembers nothing but nightmares about the fires that often haunt her. The fire and the faint figure of an elder sister he was waiting for. It was just a clue that he had other than a necklace that was always stored in the bag.

After an accident, Nada only knows that she is the adopted child of a couple who had taken her abroad. The couple died in a plane crash five years later. Leaving Nada alone with a thousand question marks about the true origin of Nada.

Instead of getting an inheritance, apparently the couple just left a debt. Nada never knew that her father and foster mother turned out to have serious financial problems. Having no relatives, his adoptive mother's sister sent Nada to the orphanage without a penny. That's where he met Evan. A boy who holds many mysteries. Evan stood up and paid for their food.

"Let's go home, there's something I need to get done right away."

Tone packed his things. He looked at Evan's back who walked out of the shop first.

"What is Brother hiding?" ask Tone in the heart.