Orion (The Hunter)

Bracelets and Pictures

" So you guys tricked me ?"

Hansen and Reina shook their heads together. They simultaneously denied the allegations of questions Gabriel had given them.

" You're the one who suddenly acted indistinctly. Stay away from Hansen for no reason and then pretend to be busy as if you would already be a big boss." said Reina.

Gabriel rubbed his hair because he was frustrated. How Gabriel can explain what he is going through while this problem will end with the breakup of their friendship. Gabriel didn't want that to happen. Hansen was his best friend as well as Reina.

" I'm really busy."

Reina rolled her eyes tired of hearing that. " Yes whatever, just take care of your busyness"

Hansen moved out of his seat. Reina and Gabriel looked at her departure with puzzled looks on their faces.

" Is he angry ?" ask Gabriel. It was just realized that Hansen had not said anything after cheering with Reina earlier.

Reina shrugged her shoulders indifferently. " Maybe, but I wish she was fed up with you and could accept me."

Gabriel clucked irritably at Reina's words. " It's so ugly that you think."

" Just leave it. The origin of Hansen I can get to be a demon doesn't matter to me." Reina smiled haughtily as she wagged her hair looking at Gabriel confidently.

" Crazy." Gabriel sneered softly.

TUK !

Gabriel was shocked when a buffet containing food and drink arrived in front of him from behind his body. Suddenly his head turned to look at the person who did that to him.

" Hans ?"

" Eat." Hansen sat down next to Reina.

Reina grumbled softly while throwing her eyes the other way. Seeing Hansen's attention to Gabriel made Reina envious. When did Hansen also concern himself with her like the man was treating Gabriel. Even Reina expected more because she did not want Hansen to be her friend but her lover.

Gabriel smiled accepting the food in front of him. Let her guilt be her deepest secret. Provided Hansen doesn't know it Gabriel will try to keep it for the sake of their friendship.

Hansen tapped on the back of Reina's hand that was looking at the wall. What is interesting about pastel and flat painted walls without any indentation like that. Hansen became frowning confusedly staring at Reina and the wall was alternating.

" What's a ?" Reina looked at Hansen.

Hansen shook his head to dispel his strange thoughts. " Nothing. You want to go to the beach ?"

Slowly Reina smiled sweetly. It turned out that Hansen was not as bad as he thought. " Can it be ?"

" Can, just as long as you want."

" I want to !"

Hansen smiled until he showed a pair of dimples on his cheeks. His hand patted Reina's head. " After Gabriel finished eating."

Reina turned her face which was warming up. Hansen's treatment just now made his heartbeat hard to control. Reina became misbehaved just because of such petty treatment.

The silent Gabriel looked at Hansen and Reina's interaction with a faint smile. It turned out to be true what Reina had said about her closeness to Hansen. Look, even now they look like lovers.

But it did not last long when Gabriel accidentally saw Hansen's right wrist which was still filled with a black bracelet. The smile that had been present faded slowly. Gabriel remembered the bracelet. Monica's bracelet when the girl received her first salary as a model in Gabriel's company.

Gabriel's gaze turned to look at Hansen's smiling face looking at Reina. Was that face really smiling when she was happy or was she smiling just to cover her wounded heart ?.

...*****...

Orion stared at Ziran at a glance. " At least I put up a picture of him fully dressed."

Ziran laughed without feeling shunned. " Well, you don't understand the art of drawing so it's natural."

Orion clucked before glancing at the cynical Ziran. A perverted man who doesn't know himself. " It doesn't matter what's important I'm not a pervert like you."

" It's a shame that I showed love to him because he left behind a trace of betrayal in my memory" Ziran said.

" So you harassed him by drawing it like it was ?" ask Orion.

Ziran grinned with sneaky sparkling eyes. " For now, just enough pictures, next time maybe I try to go straight to the original person."

" You're a disgusting man." Orion sneered.

" That's the obsession of love if betrayed." Ziran replied.

" It's up to you." Orion looked back at the image of Monica in front of him.

" What do you see until you don't blink like that ? Are those your past memories ?" ask Ziran.

" No." Orion retorted briefly without averted his gaze.

" His pretty face ?" Ziran asked again.

" No."

" Then ?" this time Ziran asked confusedly.

" The stupidity."

" What is it ?!"

" I looked at his stupidity. She is a smart and independent girl but why can she be so stupid ? I've shown Orion the truth but he still insists on finding Hansen. Even the reality of the past did not make him turn away. He still wants a good-natured Hansen with no grudges in hopes of forgetting his past. Isn't she a stupid, naive girl ?" Orion asked after explaining the length.

" No." Ziran let out a breath before continuing her words. " She's a girl who loves a man without direction like you sincerely. He didn't mean to want you or Hansen. He just wants the man he loves to be able to make peace with his past in the hope that one day you can live a happy life without a shadow of vengeance."

Orion looked at Ziran beside him. Slowly both of his hands clenched with his jaws that began to harden. " Don't make up."

Ziran smiled as she patted Orion on the shoulder. " I'm just deducing from your story that I've heard every time a member of the Star Race talks about your story with her."

" It turns out you have plenty of time to take care of other people's lives. " Orion brushed Ziran's hand off his shoulder. His eyes turned sharp looking at the black eyes of Ziran like a predator challenging his opponent.

" You don't love him" Ziran said after concluding.

" Silence to you." Orion pressed his words.

Ziran continued to smile looking at Orion fearlessly. " You just feel guilty, don't you ? Because at the time of his death you didn't come to protect him like you promised him."

" I said you're quiet !" Orion shouted furiously. His hand pulled tightly the collar of Ziran's shirt towards him. This man meddles too much in his affairs and Orion is very dislikeful of it.

" Know yourself and get up. There's no point in you pensively just looking at the portrait. Find the mastermind and avenge his death like you avenged the death of your parents." Ziran released the grip of Orion's hand on his collar before turning away.

Orion shouted loudly channeling the anger that had been harbored earlier. " Don't talk nonsense if you don't actually know about any Ziran !"

Orion turned to look at Monica's picture on the wall. Looking at the beautiful face of the girl who was smiling sweetly. Are you happy now to see me like this Monica ?.