
Ara sat on the bed while daydreaming. After cleaning his belongings with Gio's help, the girl chose to lock herself in Gio's apartment room. Her boyfriend has gone nowhere.
"However," said Gio into the room.
Ara turned her head without saying a word, observing Gio's every move.
"Drink first," said Gio thrust a glass of chocolate milk favorite of his girl.
Ara accepted it and immediately gulped down the milk that Gio had just given her.
"Here's the deck," pinta Gio after sitting next to Ara.
Ara looked at Gio, after putting her glass on the bedside table, Ara again sat closer to Gio. Without saying anything, the girl immediately hugged Gio tightly, rubbing against his lover's neck.
"Capek," complained Ara.
Gio understood very well 'grandfather' as to what Ara meant. Gio sighed softly, why is her girl's life this complicated.
"It's not about the treasure, Gii. But about her memories." said Ara starting the story. The girl changed her position to lean on Gio's chest as the man laid down his body.
"Said the grandmother of the house that I bought from the savings of my father for Ara if it was big." he continued. Gio was just waiting for the continuation of Ara's story.
"After Ara was one year old, we moved there. But not long after that too, my father and Mother left me," a trembling voice was clearly heard in Gio's ear. His hands gently rubbed Ara's hair and back.
"The house has many memories, the house is also a hard witness of my life after the death of my father and mother. Witness how I lived a life without parents, just living with grandmother, studying and working desperately for my life with grandmother," Ara's tears slowly melted as she recalled every event in her life.
"A 15-year-old who should play a lot, must work hard for his life and school. Grandma was working at the time, but I didn't want to bother Grandma to continue so I also look for work as easy as to pay for school or my snacks."
Gio's eyes glazed over Ara's story, at the age when Gio was still cool playing with his friends, asking for anything that his father and his mother would instantly grant. But Ara? Gio could not imagine how hard Ara's life was at that time.
"It is not expected that his presence, hated by the big family, considered a carrier of bad luck, was treated unfairly, not even just in the family environment, in the school was the same. No one wants a friend with me, even if there's just a benefit,"
"I studied hard so I could get a scholarship so I could continue school even if I could get to college. That's what makes my friends jealous and hate me. Rania always says I'm lucky, lucky from where, Gii? I have no luck."
"Not healed yesterday's wounds because in the grandmother's residence, now there is a problem that causes my own family, what is the name lucky?"
"Udah, baby. Uday," pinta Gio slowly, he can't bear to hear Ara's story. His heart feels sore.
"No more, it's enough", now it's Gio's turn to drown his face scratched in Ara's neck.
"That's enough" he asked. Gio cried, for God's sake his heart was like being stabbed by thousands of knives hearing Ara tell a story. It hurts so bad.
Ara wiped her tears as she felt her neck get wet. Ara who was about to take off her embrace immediately held Gio.
"Why cry?" ask Ara softly.
"Don't cry, Gii." she asked in a hoarse voice. His hand gently rubbed Gio's hair.
"I'm not papa, I'm strong. The evidence is still here with you, can hug you," he comforted Gio.
Gio raised his head in alignment with Ara's head, staring inside Ara's two beautiful beads.
"Sorry," he said gently rubbing Ara's cheeks.
"Sorry, though," asked Ara confusedly.
"If I had met you sooner, I wouldn't have let your life be so hard." he said, which was greeted with laughter.
"Cock laughing anyway" asked Gio confusedly.
"That's set, Gio. When everyone left me, God was still good at loving you to me. It's not as if I'm not really alone because there's you who's always been my reinforcement. Don't ever stay with me yeah, you're all I have now." pinta Ara who immediately embraced Gio.
"No." she replied for sure.
Ara got up from her sleep and sat staring at Gio who turned his position into a stomach.
"Well eat?" ask Ara. Gio looked over without changing his position.
"No." he replied.
"I'm masakin ya," after saying that, without waiting for Gio's reply, the girl rushed out of the room towards the kitchen to cook their dinner.
Long enough Ara struggled with the kitchen utensils until Gio's whining voice distracted her.
"Myya...."
"Why, Gii?" asked Ara without looking.
"Totally long." protested.
Without further rebuttal, Gio sat at the dining table quietly waiting for Ara to finish cooking. He also took a shower and changed his clothes.
After arranging the food on the table, Ara sat down in front of Gio and took a meal for the two. The two people of different gender were eating quietly and without a sound.
"You're gonna live here too?" ara asked open her voice after the two finished eating. The two are now sitting in the living room watching TV with Gio lying down using Ara's thigh as a cushion.
"How do you want?" ask Gio jahil.
"Issh I nanya, don't ask back." upset.
"No dear. Most days I come to you, the night to go home." replied Gio.
"Don't you live alone first?" ask Gio. Tucked a worried tone from the man's words.
"No papa." answered Ara calmly.
"Well, what if there's anything?" ask Gio again.
"I'm used to it myself, Gii. And look...." Ara pointed at the corner of the room attached to a small camera.
"You will always be able to see me from far away. Right?" tanya Ara made Gio pat her forehead slowly.
"Oh yes, forget" said Gio chuckling softly.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine" said Ara rubbing Gio's hair gently.
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Ken sighed softly after sitting on his living room chair. The man had just arrived after meeting Ara earlier. He stopped by her apartment and returned to his extended family home. She couldn't always stay in the apartment because it would only make her mother worry.
"Where are you from?" the question that was thrown so tightly made Ken again sigh slowly.
Not intending to answer at all. His mind was filled with three girls entering his life. Moreover, Ara, she just knew that girl's life was as sad as that. It turned out that the three girls who had managed to get into her life were not strong girls without any problems. All the same, equally treated badly by his family.
"Gue nanya, bego" annoyed Arsal who had not received a response from his question.
"Lo don't need to know." said flat.
"Lo didn't enter the company when people nyariin lo, where's your responsibility?" ask arsal again.
"Whispering."
"Mamaaaa..."
Ken snorted as Arsal took out his mainstay, whining at his mother as Ken behaved like that to her.
"Lo's so big, guys, what's so whining?" pissed Ken.
Not what, mama if already angry mode will be very creepy.
"Lo is also often so if you forget." said Arsal lightly.
"Gue's met Ara..."
"Wahh, your boyfriend wants to be taken."
"He took it from me, after all he's not my friend anymore"
"Surely, you'll find out if you know the truth."
"will not. But the truth is, I know everything. He killed my girlfriend and my future son, but he's still free to roam. He should be in jail." said Ken did not lose.
Arsal clenched his hands holding back his emotions, his brother was really stubborn and selfish. Thinking about yourself without listening to others. Feeling the most hurt without seeing anyone suffer more than him.
"What you know is still half the truth...."
"Well, I know everything and he did it. Want to defend how I still won't believe," cut Ken fast.
He was surprised by his sister, why always defend Gio and consider Gio is not wrong when it is clearly Giolah who is wrong.
"Whatever."
Arsal said then left Ken who was again busy with his own thoughts.
...---To be counted--...