
...Flashback...
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Gibran stared at Ruby's puffy face, her appearance looking different than usual as she was dressed quite openly now.
They are currently in the apartment where Ruby lives. The girl still remained silent, until Gibran had to sigh many times as he could not wait for her to speak.
He then went to the kitchen, took a glass of water and gulped it out impatiently. A bit bitter on the tip of his tongue but Gibran ignored it, maybe the taste of water that is not cold is like that.
After that Gibran went back to Ruby, then gave a glass of water to the girl.
"Drink first...."
Ruby slowly touched the glass, she lifted her gaze and looked at Gibran for a moment then lowered her face again and began to cry again.
"Hey, why are you?" ask Gibran to worry.
He took a sitting position right next to Ruby, then touched the girl's face to look at her.
"Drink first abis it's a story, it's still not too malemy so I can help you jerk off,"
Ruby finally drank the water carried by Gibran until it was finished, and after that she wiped her tears.
"I don't know what I was born for...."
"Why do you think that?"
"Papa refused to see me. I moved to this apartment because papa always ignored me, he no longer talked to me, he was also reluctant to eat with me. He completely threw me away as if Jasmine's departure was my fault!"
Gibran just silently listened to Ruby tell him, honestly his head began to feel dizzy and his throat was a little dry.
"I used to go to bars whenever I felt bad, drink there, drink, but usually no one ever bothers me because I come still late afternoon and usually the bar is always quiet at that hour so even though drunk no one bothers me, but there were a lot of people at the bar" Ruby's story surprised Gibran.
"I was just coming home when they started bothering me and I sat down with them so I called my sister, but I knew today that you should go after Jasmine, but I really don't have anyone to ask for help other than my brother."
Ruby says a lot of things but Gibran just keeps quiet, his head starts to feel dizzy so he can't concentrate on listening to Ruby, even Gibran has to open his jacket and lean his body on the sofa.
"A little bit... Brother, do you have any feelings for me?" ruby asked while leaning her body on the back of the sofa while supporting her head with the back of her hand but Gibran did not budge, he closed his eyes and ignored Ruby just like that.
"Sister.." called Ruby, he touched Gibran's chest which immediately made the man look at him while holding his wrist, forbidding him to put his hand there.
"I think I should go home now!" gibran said while waking up. He did not understand why his body was burning when Ruby touched him.
"Sister...." Ruby called out in a soft tone of voice, blocking Gibran's wrist and restraining his departure.
"My head hurts so bad, can I ask you to help me go to my room?"
Gibran wiped away the sweat that slid down his nape, seeing Ruby currently wearing a red dress with a low and tight cleavage made his mind mess up.
He felt sultry and wanted to take off all his clothes but at the same time cold until he started shivering. This reaction left her body in shock until Gibran continued to sweat even more because Ruby continued to hold her wrist, feeling warm, the warmth that she felt like she wanted to feel all over her body now.
Gibran took a deep breath, but with his sanity, he tried to remain calm even though Ruby had now stretched out both hands, a sign if he asked in a carry.
Ruby's tiny body lifted so easily, Gibran then took her to his room, put it on his bed and quickly rushed away because his mind began to be difficult to control even the roar of his breath began to hunt, but Ruby withstood her departure by pulling her so much that Gibran's body would have almost overstressed her if Gibran had not supported her with both hands.
"Sir, this time ... So it's just mine this time." whispered Ruby as she continued to pull Gibran closer until the distance no longer applies between them.
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After the events of that night, Gibran is always haunted by his guilt for not being able to control himself and take advantage of Ruby's fragile condition and needs someone to embrace it, while her feelings for Jasmine were getting crazier.
She even left Ruby without saying anything yesterday after she took away her honor.
"I'll assume that everything that happened between us yesterday never happened, sorry that once again I'm blocking my sister" Ruby wrote in a message she sent to Gibran.
Gibran just slammed his phone into his bed. Frustrated with all this, he is angry with himself who cannot resist the temptation of his lust for Ruby.
"I made a mistake again, Jasmine... I made a mistake again.." groaned Gibran in tears as he hugged the photo of Jasmine tightly.
"Jasmine, sorry...."
It took several days for Gibran to come to terms with his guilt for Ruby. He makes up his mind once more to go catch up with Jasmine but before that he will meet Ruby and apologize to her.
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Gibran pressed Ruby's apartment bell a few times but there was no answer, thinking Ruby might be outside so he decided to call Ruby but there was no answer.
"Ruby's...." Call Gibran while pressing the bell once more.
He begins to fidget, with Gibran hesitating to open the door of Ruby's apartment which turns out to be unlocked.
"Ruby's...." Gibran called once more but there was still no answer.
there is no one in the living room, in the kitchen is also quiet, but Ruby's shoes are still neatly arranged on a shelf located near the entrance signifies if Ruby does not go anywhere.
Ruby's bedroom door was not completely closed, curious, Gibran entered her room.
The condition of the room was still as it was when he left it that morning, exactly three days ago even the bed was a mess, the blood patches that were left on the bed sheet, just three days ago, until the smell of their sweat mixed also still exists.
The guilt entered again, piercing into his heart.
The sound of falling objects from the bathroom distracts Gibran, he immediately ran into the bathroom and was surprised to find Ruby soaking in a bathtub with red water because it was mixed with blood flowing from her wrist.
His face was pale, he looked almost lost consciousness but Ruby still smiled at Gibran.
"Gosh, Ruby!" Gibran immediately approached Ruby, lifting her body out of the bathtub.
"I think I was too in love with you until I hallucinated...."
"Conscious, Ruby! Why are you hurting yourself?" Gibran opened his jacket, he placed it over Ruby's shoulder and saw her wrists filled with many incisions.
"Let's go to the doctor!" Take Gibran along while preparing to hold Ruby again but the girl pushes her body and steps back.
"Sister, I don't want to live anymore... I have no reason to survive!" ruby lirih.
"Don't be crazy, Ruby!" yelled Gibran furiously.
"Udah... I'm crazy...."
"Ruby's...." Gibran approached again but once again Ruby refused to be touched.
"Because you never consider me. Because you always get rid of me... I'M GOING CRAZY 'CAUSE YOU GUYS THINK ONLY OF JASMINE!" ruby shouted hysterically, her body falling limp at the end of her sentence.
He cried sobbing in front of Gibran who was currently only able to look at him pushyly.
"I hate you all! I hate... I don't want to live anymore, Gibran. I cape faced this one-handed feeling... I'm not strong anymore." Ruby began to hysterically cry as she fumbled the floor and let her palms be scratched by the glass fragments scattered around her until she finally found a large enough piece of glass.
"Ruby, please! Please don't do this... I beg you, Ruby!" pinta Gibran hugged Ruby's body tightly and held her back from harming herself.
"I've lost everything, brother... I have lost my father, I have lost you, even now I have lost my honor! I don't have anything... Breathing feels like strangulation, I cape!"
Ruby's cold body trembled in her arms, Gibran's tears could no longer be contained.
"Sorry, Ruby...."
"I'm sorry I can't change any reality, brother, I'm ruined!"
Gibran tightened his embrace, his breathing felt choked.
"Sorry, Jasmine.... It looks like I will forever be the bad guy in your life."
"Please, brother... I want to put an end to everything, I can't stand this pain... I beg you, brother Gibran... I beg!" Ronta Ruby as she continued to cry sobbing.
"Ruby, let's get married."
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