Revisions

#2

Charcoal stands pecking at the window of the room, looking at the messy yard of the house due to the heavy rain last night. Mr. Jim and his wife are trying to clean up the mess caused by the strong wind.

"Non, this is the cure." Ratna went into the room and put the medicine on the table.

"Yes, thank you." Arang answered flatly without looking. Ratna looked at Arang for a moment and then closed the door. After the door was closed, Charcoal approached the table and took the medicine. He saw the medicine then after thinking, he crushed the medicine and threw it into a closet in the bathroom. Charcoal came out of the bathroom just as Edgar entered the room.

"You're better?" ask Edgar.

"Yes..." Arang answered nervously. Edgar approached Charcoal.

"Have you taken the medicine?" ask Edgar again.

"It." Charcoal answered nervously and walked to the window, away from Edgar.

Edgar looked at the medicine table. The medicine is no longer there but the glass of water is still full. Just reduced a little. Edgar took the glass and handed it to Charcoal.

"You have to drink a lot" said Edgar.

Arang looked at the glass restlessly. He didn't take it. Edgar patiently waited for Arang to take his glass. Charcoal finally took it and drank it a little. Edgar looked relieved.

"Edgar, I'm going out." Charcoal spoke without seeing Edgar's face. Edgar glanced at the watch in his hand then sighed in disappointment.

"Sorry Arang, but I have to come back this afternoon."

"I'm going out on my own." Arang still looked out the window, looking at Mr. Jim and his laughing wife.

Edgar saw the direction of Arang's view and he immediately took a glass in Arang's hand.

"Willy will take you and Ratna will accompany you." Edgar finally gave up.

Arang looked at Edgar's smiling face.

"I'm not locking you up, Arang. I'm taking care of you. Your health is important. I can't let you go alone if you don't recover. That's why you have to be diligent about taking your medicine, you understand, right?" Edgar said slowly but sharply.

Charcoal's eyes dimmed for a moment but a second later he smiled.

"This time, how long will you be gone?" ask Arang.

"One week. I'll be back here next week. Anything you want to tell your family?"

Charcoal shook his head then approached to tidy up the collar of Edgar's shirt.

"Go don't worry about me."

Edgar smiled, he looked at Arang's face so close in front of him.

"I must miss you." Edgar said then he tilted his face, wanting to kiss Arang. Arang held his breath, then dodged slowly.

"They're looking at us." Arang said slowly. Edgar looked out the window and saw Jim and his wife cleaning the yard. Edgar clenched his hands in annoyance but he smiled at Arang.

"Get yourself, I'm leaving."

Arang just nodded.

**

"Non, where are we going?" Willy asked carefully from behind the wheel.

Arang looked out the car window.

"Where? If only my memory had come back, I would have known where to go."

Charcoal grumbled in the heart.

Willy and Ratna are still waiting for Arang's answer. Arang seemed to think and asked Ratna.

"What places does Edgar ban?"

"Master forbid us to go to the crowd."

"Why?" ask Arang again.

"Last time Miss went to the crowd, Miss immediately got a headache and was taken to the hospital."

Arang. Two years ago they had been to a shopping center, but up there, Arang confused to see many people. It's like remembering something, but not remembering it. He forced himself to remember and his head became sick.

"Then we go there.."

"But, Miss...." Ratna interrupted. He did not dare to break Edgar's orders. He was afraid that until Arang returned to relapse.

"Don't worry, it's been a long time. I just want to know if I have a problem in the crowd. Look for a crowd center not far from the hospital, just in case something happens."

Ratna and Willy looked at each other. Arang pulled out his phone and gave it to Ratna.

"And if anything happens to me, call Dr. Hans, don't call Edgar."

Ratna and Willy were still motionless and did not reply.

Arang looked at the two in annoyance.

"Actually I don't like to say this, but I wonder if you're willing to drop me off or you'd rather I fire you guys because you've been dating my house?!"

"What???!" Willy and Ratna cried out in shock.

"But Miss, we...." Ratna tried to defend herself.

"If I'm the one who fired, you can go straight away with the severance at the moment" Arang took out his wallet.

"But if Edgar fired, I'm not sure you'd get the money, Edgar could have kicked your mom and dad out." Arang looked out the window, looking at Mr. Jim and his wife who were still cleaning the yard and laughing.

"But Miss, we have nothing to do..." Ratna defended herself.

Arang.

"Do I have to tell you the details I saw in the back shed last Saturday?"

Ratna and Willy looked down embarrassed not to think that their actions in the Arang pergoki. The two look at each other.

Arang sighed in annoyance.

"You should know, I may be sick and remember nothing of my past, but I am still a normal human being, not blind, not deaf. Next time you want to date again, do it right, not in front of my eyes!"

"Miss, forgive us. We didn't mean... "

"And you're Ratna, what's on your mind? Aren't you afraid your parents are angry?"

Ratna twisted her skirt.

"You Willy, if you really feel like you love Ratna, why not be frank with her parents?"

Both silent.

Charcoal threw out a face again.

"But whatever, it's your business. You're not the only ones with complicated business."

Ratna and Willy looked at each other and finally agreed to take Arang to the center of the crowd.

**

Edgar lamented at the window of the plane, next to which Mrs Lana was already fast asleep. Edgar regretted his mother's willingness to meet Arang. He did not expect his mother still holds a grudge against Arang. Edgar tried to close his eyes, but he remembered Arang's subtle rejection this morning as he was about to kiss her. Edgar was offended, it was not the first time Arang refused to be touched. Edgar recalled all the subtle rejections of Charcoal that often occur.

"Even when he was sick and didn't remember anything, he still rejected me!!"

Edgar clenched his hands.

Four years of living with Arang, Edgar never managed to touch Arang. Even if Edgar convinces Arang that he is his fiancee and they love each other, Arang always has a reason to refuse whenever Edgar loses control and wants to vent his passion to Arang.

"Please appreciate me, I won't do it unconscious and don't remember anything about you!" arang said whenever Edgar tried to seduce.

"You have a wife, don't play too far with me. Don't you want to protect me?I also want to protect your marriage, at least until my memory returns, and I know exactly what happened between us."

"If it's hard for you, live with me, then leave me alone."

And Edgar always relented. Although he could force Arang, he did not. He loves Arang, and he needs Arang's trust. During his four years together, Edgar could only smell Charcoal.

"Why don't you get Ruby pregnant?"

Edgar recalled Millan's question when they were frustrated with Charcoal's condition worrying them.

"If you had a child, he would definitely not leave you even if his memory returns."

Edgar laughed faintly.

"What kind of mother is she? It's worth it all his life Arang hates Millan." Edgar spoke for himself.

"What did you say?" Ms. Lana opened her eyes.

"Nothing." Edgar stared at the window again, not wanting to deal with his mother, and then went back to being lost in his own thoughts.

***

Ratna stood worriedly next to Arang. Ratna looked nervous, Arang turned his head and looked at Ratna sharply.

"Do you need a hospital?" ask Arang.

"Miss, I'm afraid something happened to Miss."

Arang did not care about Ratna, he continued to walk casually along the row of tenants in the mall.

"You're just afraid something's going on with you. Stop worrying. If anything happens and Edgar fires you, you should call Mr. Frans. He won't abandon you." Charcoal is running again.

"Sir Frans? Miss's lawyer?"

Arang nodded then stopped suddenly, making Ratna hit him.

"What's wrong Miss?" Ratna looks worried.

Arang looked at a cafe.

"I want to eat that." Arang pointed to the croissant image displayed in front of the cafe.

Ratna looked over and then heaved a sigh of relief.

"Miss, are you okay?" Ratna restlessly looked at the pensive Arang staring out of the cafe. He didn't even touch the food.

Arang.

"Have you ever seen me okay?" Arang asked back.

Ratna remained silent. He knew Arang was not healthy and not okay. He knew Arang lived a lonely and confused life. From the beginning of working to serve Arang, he felt sorry for the woman. Charcoal often falls ill, but that is not what makes Ratna pity. Ratna felt Arang was being exiled.

"Ratna, did you know me before the accident?" ask Arang.

"No. Miss has asked often. I was working after Miss had an accident. I didn't know Miss before."

"Nobody knows me here.." Charcoal fidgeting. Ratna looked at Arang then said carefully.

"Miss, I feel like lately Miss looks different."

Arang looked at Ratna. "I'm different?"

Ratna nodded.

"Did Miss take the medicine?"

Arang was still staring at Ratna.

"What's different?"

"Miss seems to be more self-controlled. No, Miss is confident. No. I'm confused to explain."

Charcoal was still waiting for Ratna patiently.

"Honestly, this morning was the first time I saw Miss threatening someone. But, it's as if Miss is used to it."

Charcoal took a breath.

"You're praising my ability to threaten me??"

Ratna looked at Arang in fear.

"I feel, in the past Miss was not a fragile woman. I think Miss has natural threatening skills."

Arang looked at Ratna again sharply and Ratna became frightened.

"And this is the first time I've ever been afraid to see Miss."

Charcoal's gaze softened, returned as usual and then laughed.

"You really comforted me.."

Ratna gawked and then forced to laugh, he was used to seeing the strangeness in Arang. Arang looks helpless but actually he is stubborn, Ratna feels Arang is just waiting for the power to come. Unfortunately Ratna does not understand the problems that occur in Arang. He only knew that they had to make sure Arang never met anyone without Edgar's permission.

**

Arang stands in the lobby of the Mall while Ratna is busy calling Willy who is not coming to pick them up. Arang was staring at a 4-year-old boy who was also waiting for an invitation with his mother. Arang smiled, he remembered Chloe, the daughter of his stepbrother. Sometimes his family comes to visit and bring Chloe. Although Arang does not fully believe in his stepfamily, he even tends to suspect their sincerity, but he loves Chloe. The little girl slipped out of her mother's hand on the phone. Charcoal laughed to himself to see the little girl unpacking her mother's shopping bag while muttering indistinctly. Suddenly the girl ran into the middle of the road as a car drove quite fast, the reflex of Charcoal running to save the boy. The car braked suddenly in shock, Arang and the boy bounced across the lobby. The boy immediately cried and within seconds the atmosphere became crowded. The child's mother immediately ran and thanked Arang who was still sitting. The owner and passengers were out in a panic.

"Sorry, are you all right?" The woman driving the car asked Arang. Charcoal actually did not hurt anything, but his head became dizzy. Ratna immediately ran to help Arang to stand up.

"Ruby!!!!!" Instantly a man mentioned the middle name of Arang, making him rebuke. They looked at each other in an instant. Ratna immediately dragged Arang away.

"Sorry, he's fine. We're leaving soon."

"Wait, Ruby.." The man pulled Arang's hand.

"You know me?" ask Arang.

The man looked at Ruby in disbelief.

"You don't know me?" he asked back.

Arang looked at the man before him, trying to remember him.

"Why call my middle name?Who're you?" ask Arang.

The man was getting confused, but Ratna immediately took Arang away.

"Miss, let's go. Willy's coming."

Arang stopped his steps then looked at the man's face again.

"Who are you?"

The man desperately looked at Arang.

"You really don't know me anymore?"

Arang shook his head and tried to remember the face before him. Ratna is getting worried, she tries to persuade Arang to leave, but Arang does not want to leave.

"Biran, do you know him?" the woman next to the man asked in surprise. Arang looked at the woman.

"Biran?"

The woman nodded. Arang tried to remember the name Biran, but nil.

"You're really forgetting me?"Biran asked in despair. Arang tried to remember.

Birans. Birans.

Bruaaaaaaaaaakkkkk...

"Tydaaaakkk, Ayaaaaah....!!!"

Arang shook his head, he even remembered the death accident.

"Miss, let's go."

"Wait a minute, he knows me." Arang looked at Biran and the woman next to him.

"Ruby, don't go. We need to talk." Biran held Arang's hand, Ratna immediately brushed it aside and pulled Arang away. The security guard sounded the whistle and asked them to disperse because their car was blocking the road.

"Miss let's get in the car first." Ratna persuaded Arang who looked pale. Charcoal according, he looked at Biran.

"Follow our car" said Arang slowly.

Ratna takes Arang to the car and whispers something in Willy's ear. Willy looked at Arang and then immediately drove his car forward, leaving Biran confused.

"Why did you leave them?" Arang shouted furiously.

"Sorry Miss, we can't take Miss to meet a stranger. Forgive us Miss.."

"He knows me. Get back or I jump out of the car!"

Arang cried in frustration and shouted in anger. Willy stopped his car and without command he got out and opened the door. Charcoal's coming out but Willy's holding his hand.

"Do you want what?" Arang shouted furiously.

"I'm sorry Miss..."

Ratna pulled out a syringe and injected Charcoal.

"Suck!!" Arang curses but the next second Arang is unconscious.

Willy and Ratna heaved a sigh of relief.