The Sky and the Stars

The Star In Dark

Time had already pointed at eleven o'clock past nine at night when the Star entered his room.

The young man who had a charming smile now looked glum. I don't know what he's thinking right now? The face was not as common as usual.

Of course the conversation with the sky was the cause. Although it is not certain that the girl who can attract the attention of her rigid twin sister is indeed Dara. Well, there are a lot of girls out there who have a stabbing look like Dara.

Yeah, it could be it wasn't Dara. That's how the stars comfort themselves.

But if the reality he faces will be true, then what should he do?

The star has been dizzy by the brain debate since then.

"Arrghhhh...!" The star growled, scrambling her hair in frustration.

"Don't fuck around Lang!" objurgation.

He then walked to the door to the balcony of his room. He shifted the glass door with the white-painted wooden frame. The stars stared at the sky completely without light. The sky was thick with black clouds rolling over hiding the starlight and drowning the moon.

Will his fate be the same as the stars in the sky today? Drown and disappear with the moon?

If she is a star and Dara the girl adoration her heart is the moon then she will be willing if she has to drown together every night. But that doubt again struck the corner of his heart.

While in the space adjacent to the wall located next to his room, now his twin brother was smiling. Just like ABG who first fell in love.

His heart now seemed to be filled with thousands of flowers with colorful butterflies flying. Ah, it's beautiful and amazing.

The star reached into his pants pocket, picked up his smartphone there and he started to light the flat object. The light from the sophisticated object now hit his face, but unfortunately the light was not enough to publish a sweet smile as usual. This young man was heartbroken before his love blossomed.

Who would contact at a time like this?

Reno's?

Ah, it's too ridiculous to call his best friend that one in the middle of the night like this. Can't he whine and complain like a kid who lost a toy? Instead he will be completely bullied by the young man of course.

He scrolled his phone screen again and then stopped at a name. Will he just contact that person?

Someone who has been the center of the chaos of his life.

With a nearly broken impulse, he then pressed the call button to the number. And I don't know what he's gonna say to someone across there one day. Or will he just get a curse from that guy for calling him in the middle of the night like this?

On the third ring, the call was finally answered, and the voice across it?

"Bin?" That voice sounded soft.

The star was glued for a while, then it dawned on him that something must have happened to that person. Tare.

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The girl curled up at the corner of her dark room room. The nightmares always come. But this time it was real.

His body is now trembling in fear. His tears poured down his arms and knees resting together. His current condition, was exactly like someone who was depressed.

Until an object vibrates from above the nightstand just below it he curls up. The light from that thing became the only source of illumination in that dark space, now.

Dara grabbed the object with trembling hands, she saw the name 'Star of Heart of Dara' imprinted there.

If under normal conditions, surely the girl would nag while reading that ridiculous-looking name. Really not Dara who saved the number let alone write the name of the owner of the number with a letter like that.

"Bin?"

"Hey? You kanapa?" The question was so obvious that it hinted at worry.

"Become?"

"Hell's...Dara?"

****. Star cussing. Waves of chaos in his brain were rolling up. Its emotions are similar to the hot lava vomit from the crater of merapi.

With his influsive movements the Star shot out of his room. No matter the dark lurking in the sky. The hanging black clouds had already started dropping small particles onto the earth.

But his concern for the girl he called earlier overcame the torrent of rain.

A little trouble when he had to find where the girl's room was, because the house was too large for the size of a house. Until one notification on his phone informs the point he is looking for.

"Become?"

The star found the girl after she managed to climb a connecting pipe from a defunct water tower. Through small gaps that enough to escape his body from CCTV monitoring, he was now in front of the girl.

He spread his gaze, looking for Dara's existence in the darkness. It was not until a few seconds that his eyes caught the girl's presence.

"Become?" The star again muttered the girl's name. He crouched down before Dara, extending his hand to touch Dara's head slowly.

The girl finally realized the presence of the Star, she looked up. In the darkness of the night he felt he found a speck of light in his life, like the light of a star.

"You okay?"

How could such a question be raised by the Stars at this time. Of course the girl is in bad shape. The star is destroying itself.

"I mean, did your mama hurt you again?"

Dara did not reply, her eyes just staring blankly at the Star. Eyes as beautiful as the moon were now dimming, no longer emitting its gentle radiance.

The star wiped the girl's tears. He wanted to hold Dara in his arms, but he recalled that Dara had not yet fully accepted her presence.

"Bara.Answer me! Did he hurt you again?" The star repeated the question.

Dara shakes. "I was just dreaming. But the dream is so real."

The star nodded, her hand outstretched, wiping away the tears of Dara who fell back.

The body that was trembling in fear earlier also inched quietly. Dara grasped the palm of the Star still attached to her cheek.

"I'm scared, Bin!"

The star could not help but embrace the tiny body in his arms. He pulled the girl, hugged her affectionately. "I'm here Ra, I'll always be there."

Dara did not reject the current presence of the Star. He allowed his body to be carried by the man to embrace him. Letting his body be protected by the young man, because that was exactly what he needed right now. Someone who can hold him and throw away his fears.

If anyone can, he wants to be taken away from his bad life. If it was as easy as taking out the trash, then he would have already thrown Laras out of his life a long time ago.

Seriate...

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'Duh.babang Bintang, othor gemesh really deh'

Actually the story of the same stars of Heaven there is a version of them small. That's me joining his love story Oma Delena, Mama Nada and Papa Nathan.

But I finish this story first, then I will publish the story of Babang Bintang who was born from childhood.

Thank you to all of you who have read my story until this part. Warm hugs from Lemontea.