
"Oh no, this situation is even worse than the war against the sadistic bandits that happened last night in the courtyard of the village hall," Chery protested to God in her heart.
It was inconceivable before that he would be caught in a situation that required him to be with the man again and again, this was an inner torture! Complain Chery.
Arjuna's handsome face indeed spoils his eyes, but what about his mind that will always be tormented because of his rude and always cynical attitude, really Arjuna is now like a handsome prince of the devil's heart for Chery.
Arjuna's watchful eyes circled all over, wary of all the bad things that might happen, his opponent was not only bandits and wild animals today, but also nature, the last thing that really cannot be predicted when it comes and cannot be measured by its strength.
They take shelter under a teak tree that is estimated to be over 50 years old, because it is visible from its height that may reach more than 20 meters and the trunk of this tree is quite large, so it takes at least four adults to join hands to measure the circumference, the thick and shady leaves are also quite able to protect the body of Arjuna and Chery who are now sitting at the base of the tree that has grown to resemble a chair.
Silence, no more sounds they spoke to each other, they just kept quiet in silence while listening to the sound of rain, wind, the singing of the night beast, and the sound of the night, and once in a while lightning struck and could only enjoy the cold night wind that penetrated their bodies wrapped in clothes that had been soaked due to rainwater.
There is no fear in Chery, somehow knowing there is a figure of Arjuna beside him he feels confident and thinks that everything will be fine.
Until one day,
Grprr!
A coyote of enormous size suddenly came and right before them, his eyes burning red in the darkness, the animal is ready to pounce because it feels there are other creatures who deliberately want to enter its territorial line that can only belong to the herd, which is only, and if there are other creatures they will take that as a threat to them.
The roar of the coyote succeeded in making Chery's guts a little short after desperately trying to cool before Arjuna, the girl inching her buttocks docked near Arjuna.
"Shut up and try to stay calm, don't make any sudden movements and get his attention." Said Arjuna who realized that it seemed like Chery was a little scared, because the edge of his clothes was now being pulled by the girl.
"Hemm" Chery replied as her eyes continued to watch the movement of the beast for fear of attacking suddenly.
Sure enough, when Arjuna was just about to pull out a weapon from behind his back, the dog suddenly jumped up and attacked blindly into Arjuna's lap, while Arjuna desperately held back the scratch and the head of the beast that tried to bite him, when it became chaotic, Chery also panicked because he had only ever faced such a situation, he often interacts with pets such as dogs and cats, but they are all docile, and these wild creatures are terrifying.
Looking at Arjuna who seemed to be a little overwhelmed, Chery accidentally saw a sizable wooden branch lying on the ground, without wasting any more time, she took it, gathering all the courage, gathering all the courage, he slammed the branch blindly at the dog that was attacking Arjuna, causing the animal to be in pain and stop the attack and then go away to leave them.
Arjuna was sitting limp on the ground, he thought his life would end in this forest, how ironic it was not, that a trained officer like him who had survived the war in the conflict area, won against the sadistic bandits, he said, but having to die from a coyote, that would severely hurt his pride of course.
"You okay?" tanya Chery approached, but Arjuna stretched his hand forward as if to signal that he did not want to be approached by the girl.
"But your hand," Cheri pointed towards Arjuna's arm, her long-sleeved uniform torn, and her skin ripped open with fresh blood, as if she had been bitten by the creature.
"I've been hurt worse than this, and I'm still alive today, don't care about me!" he replied, standing up and sitting where they had been.
"Well, I wouldn't care about you even if your hands had to be rotten and amputated by the animal's bite." Chery was provoked by her emotions.
Again the man acted arrogant and arrogant after being saved by himself, twice he saved his life, and as much as he was in the maki after that, any patient will be angry if treated like that, Chery thought. Like there was a big lump in his throat right now, it felt tightness and pain, unchanneled anger made him feel 'goiter' himself.
The night was getting late, the two deliberately avoided each other to interact, ignoring each other, turning their backs as if they were alone in the forest, until finally Chery heard a moaning sound held back from behind his back, worried about the sound of the animal coming again, Cheri slightly turned her head to check what was going on behind her.
There were no beasts or anything there, only Arjuna whose paled face was holding his injured hand, his lips turned blue and his body was shivering, and his face was shivering, his back leaned effortlessly against the trunk of that huge teak tree.
Chery threw away her gaze and looked back at the opposite direction, the man was too arrogant, for what he helped her, just twice he saved the annoying man, he did not want his kindness to be repaid with hurtful words from Arjuna's poisonous mouth, his heartache had not even disappeared until this second.
It was like Chery covered her ears from the moans of Arjuna pain that was only a few feet away from her, her humanity was moved, but half of her refused, who swore an oath that would not help him even though Arjuna's hands were rotten and stumped, then if he suddenly helped the man, did not drop his own pride?
"No, no, no, arrogant and sharp-tongued man, it seems he deserves it all, let it be, he will surely resist harshly if he is helped by me!" chery murmured in his heart.
Over time the moaning sound finally weakened and disappeared, encouraged by his sense of purpose, Chery turned his body to face Arjuna who now had both eyes tightly closed.
"Hey you, are you sleeping? Or are you dead?" nervous Chery shook Arjuna's body slowly with the tip of his index finger.
There was no response from Arjuna, the man remained closed.
"Hey you, Juna, don't joke, don't play me, Arjuna, are you scaring me? It's not funny at all, wake up!" Chery shook Arjuna's body even tighter, but still with no answer from the man, she remained silent.
Realizing that something was wrong with Arjuna's body at the moment, Chery became even more panicked, she had no idea what she should do, and for the record, she had no idea what to do, he was in the middle of a midnight forest like this, and the rain was still falling profusely, less suffering and less miserable what else to try?
How could this cruel God put himself in this complicated situation, at least God do not make the setting to be in the wilderness like this for his story this time, he said, really Chery hoped that this was just a filming of a drama scene, but unfortunately it's real life, not a drama that she could protest to the director if the scene didn't go her way, the director for this time cannot be protested, because it is the fate line that must be in his path from God.