Sharing the Beloved

Can't Help Falling in Love with You

Celline smiled sweetly as she looked at Daniel. "Yes, I know."

That is the truth. Daniel loved it and he knew it quite clearly. But he still can't get them together. There are things that make him hang their relationship. More than friends but not lovers.

Is he too cruel?

"Thank you" said Daniel, then he ventured to kiss Celline on the forehead. "Don't forget to take the medicine again if the heat hasn't gone down."

Celline nodded in understanding. Then he saw Daniel's departure with a big smile. If the sun would still shine or if the earth still kept spinning, could it keep it?

He had never felt it before. An abnormally beating heart or warm flushed cheeks. It's like the love people say. Being happy.

But everything has risks. So what happens if he stays like this?

***

Daniel gets out of Celline's boarding house and runs his motorcycle. Today he skipped college, but he doesn't feel sorry. Yeah, it's because he did it for the reason 'for the person he loves'.

He chuckled as he recalled the moment of togetherness that happened with Celline. Those red lips and how sweet .. ah, if he keeps on remembering them maybe his mind can go crazy.

After a few minutes, he finally arrived in front of his own hostel. He parked his bike in a pretty shady yard. But when he had just taken off his helmet, he heard someone calling him.

Daniel turned his head and what he saw only made him frown. He didn't know why Nancy could be there, and look, the girl waved at him. Really made him feel unhappy.

"And!" exclaimed Nancy who was standing at the door while holding a white paper bag.

"That's a long time, anyway," said Nancy in a tone that seemed spoiled.

"Emang why? I just called you to call Celline who picked up. You're not doing it, are you the same?" Nancy asked intensely, as if she was interrogating her own boyfriend.

"It's none of your business, Nan," Daniel replied unhappily. Since when did Nancy behave like that to her? She was only limited to helping him to the hospital yesterday, but it seemed that the girl was thinking too much.

Nancy slightly pursed her lips, but she immediately confirmed her expression. "Ehm, sorry. I came here to give you this as a sign of gratitude."

He handed the paper bag in his hand to Daniel. However the man did not flinch and just stared expressionlessly at his hands.

"Nan, I don't think it's necessary. I help you sincerely" said Daniel.

"No papa, Dan. It just so happened that my parents just came back from Europe, so take a gift." Nancy kept trying to give the gift to Daniel.

Daniel looked at Nancy with a complicated feeling. He did not want to accept gifts from people who were too foreign to him. He helped Nancy too because yesterday the streets were deserted. If there was someone else helping the girl he would not bother to do so.

"Nan-"

"If you don't want to, I promise I won't go home and stay here until tomorrow." Before Daniel finished his sentence, Nancy had already cut in with her threat that was already too marketable.

Daniel could only breathe out a rough breath. "OKAY. I take this, you can go home now."

"Later first. When I was told to go home?" ask Nancy unhappily.

Daniel felt helpless against Nancy. Are the other girls as troublesome as Nancy? Perhaps it was true, only Celline could make him comfortable.