The Tradition of Destiny

02

One week has passed, Hylen is back to his busy work at a luxury hotel restaurant in the country's capital. Hylen was determined to bury his heart completely in Kenjiro for the umpteenth time and prepare his heart for his grandfather's betrothal.

But the heart of a woman who has been in love since adolescence is not easy to be thrown away and buried just like that. That first love was deeply attached to Hylen's heart.

"Hilen! Your squid is charred!" Jojo cried when Hylen returned to cooking while daydreaming.

"God! Shit!!" When Hylen threw away the squid and replaced it with a new one, he cooked it again with full concentration.

"What happened to you? This week you're getting less and less focused on your cooking!" Tegur Jojo during the break.

"Let's see, I feel like I need to take a vacation to a place far from this country." Sahut Hylen while sipping a drink in front of him.

"Crazy! Keep fantasizing! Travel abroad how much are your savings?!" Jojo cried while menoyor Hylen's head.

In the entire hotel, no one recognized who Hylen really was, because Gongzie's daughter never once appeared on any show and never published.

"The dream may be Jo, not breaking any laws." Sahut Hylen let out a long sigh, setting himself up to be more patient and resigned.

"Hilen.. Hylen's dream during the day was the same as waiting for a monkey to lay eggs! It can't be true until anytime!" Seloroh Jojo chuckled.

Hylen just smiled, Jojo right, dreaming of living with Kenjiro is just a dream that will never come true. Hylen took a deep breath and walked back into the kitchen, Jojo just tailed behind him, because their break was over.

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"Cenjiro!" Excited Lady Lou began to be upset with the man who was always indifferent and preferred to pay attention to his smartphone since.

"ah! I'm sorry." Kenjiro Sahut.

"I've called you a few times! What do you think of this flower?" Lady Lou said with a frown but still held back her sense of regret and asked Kenjiro's opinion about the flowers to be used as decorations during their engagement.

"Olivia, I really like lily, but this time I don't want to wear lily, choose another flower." Sahut Kenjiro and got a confused look from Lady Lou.

"Emmm.. all right, just change it! Give me an example of another flower." Lady Lou said to the florist.

Kenjiro looked at Lady Lou who was busy picking flowers.

"Huuff... Olivia..., Olivia Lou, the only Princess of the Lou family the leader of this royal country, she's the woman who's going to be my wife, but she doesn't even care about my birthday, though all my social media is full of congratulations from the netizens."

Inner Kenjiro with a big sigh.

Kenjiro also misses someone who can always make himself excited and laugh all this time.

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Tonight Hylen again decided to be alone in her apartment again, she really wanted to be alone since the grandfather's hearing that day.

"Yes ma, Hylen is fine... Tomorrow Hylen try to go home ma." said Hylen on the phone.

"Are you sure? Mama can ask papa for permission and stay there with you." asked mama.

"It's okay ma, Hylen is fine, Hylen will be back tomorrow afternoon to the house. Mama take it easy."sahut Hylen again calmed her mother's heart.

"Alright if you still want to be alone. Be careful, kid, remember! Mama always loved you." said Mama.

"Yes ma, Hylen has arrived at the apartment, bye ma, Hylen dear mama."sahut Hylen.

The conversation on the phone ended and Hylen immediately pressed the password on the door.

Chequek.

Hylen immediately entered and closed and immediately locked the door of his apartment.

Clik.

The light flashed and Hylen was immediately shocked.

"God! What are you doing here?! Nah! Nah! How did you get in here?!" Hylen exclaimed at a man sitting haughtily by the window.

"You're really asking how did I get in here?! Oi! I can even take all the funds in your account to any bank Hylen! I really can't believe you're saying that all your love for me is just the past, but the proof is that you're still using my date of birth for all your passwords." The man greeted with a triumphant smile.

"Go brother! Don't make my life difficult anymore! I hope you don't forget about Grandpa's threats!" Hylen said to his eldest brother. Kenjiros.

"I didn't forget. You take it easy, no one knows that I'm here, I even used a taxi to come here and cover my face with a hoodie and a hat." Kenjiro stepped into the refrigerator and pulled something out of it.

"I just want to celebrate my birthday with you, come with your lonely older brother." Kenjiro said carrying a mini tart in his hand.

"What if I don't come back here?" Hylen asked as she put down her bag and stepped closer to Kenjiro.

"I'll definitely haunt your sleep." Sahut Kenjiro with a big smile.

Hylen finally smiled at him. Together they head to the pantry table and Kenjiro puts the mini tart on the table, and lights the candle.

"You should sing me a birthday song. Come on.. please..." Pinta Kenjiro and Hylen smiled, shaking their heads, but Kenjiro put on a pleading look as if a child was sulking.

"All right..., jeez..., where's your lover brother? You should have asked her for this." Hylen said, but Kenjiro begged with both hands clutched in front of his chest.

Hylen finally sings a happy birthday song for Kenjiro, and ends with Kenjiro blowing out the candles, and the two clap and laugh together.

Kenjiro took out a small knife and a small plate from the kitchen set drawer, cut a small part of the tart and gave it to Hylen.

"Thank you." Hylen received the piece of tart.

"I should be thanking you. You can always give me my life back." Sahut Kenjiro looked gently at Hylen, making Hylen always look down unable to accept the gentle gaze of the man.

Somehow Hylen's attitude always warms Kenjiro's heart and makes him smile.

"Why don't you celebrate with Lady Lou?" Hylen asked still with his head down and played the piece of tart in front of him.

"He doesn't even care if it's my birthday, just say no, but I've been with him all day checking out the preparations for our engagement." Kenjiro.

"Ow yes, what about the preparation of the engagement? I'm sorry I can't help anything, we all know how Grandpa's doing to me." Hylen.

"I'll see, I'm just following the woman's will, anything but one thing, I don't allow her to put up a single stalk of lily." Kenjiro Sahut.

"Why not? Don't you like lily very much?" Ask Hylen.

"Because I didn't manage to marry the girl who made me love lily flowers." Sahut Kenjiro and Hylen were surprised to hear it, so they raised their faces and looked at Kenjiro in front of him.

The two look at each other with the same memories of the past.

Flashback.

A teenage boy was sitting crying under a large tree in the back garden. His father and mother had just died in an accident during a business trip.

A girl who was not yet a teenager saw him then immediately ran to the garden behind his grandfather's mansion while carrying a series of white lilies in his hands, approached the boy and patted him on the shoulder.

"Why is my sister crying?" Ask the little girl.

"Of course I'm crying! Don't you know?! my parents were buried! They left me alone!" The boy was upset and came back crying while hiding his face on his bent knees.

The girl touched her heart, looked at her and patted the boy on the shoulder while giving Lily a flower arrangement in her hand.

"This is for you, said the mama of the white Lily flower symbolizes loyalty, from now on I will accompany my sister every day. Don't cry anymore yeah, I'll cheer up brother and invite you to play every day." Entertain the girl.

"What can you play to cheer me up?!" Asked the boy still cynically.

"Ehm. I love to cook, I often help my grandmother cook, I'll make you whatever you like." Sahut daughter.

The teenager wiped his tears and thanked him. The girl sat beside him and smiled broadly at him.

"Sister could also be the son of my father and mother." Entertain the girl again.

The boy nodded and smiled widely.

"I like the smile of my sister, never cry again yes, Lily flowers are flowers that always want to accompany anyone! like me." Said the girl again innocently and smiled widely.

Off Flashback.

Those memories of the past managed to make tears flow down Hylen's cheeks at will. Kenjiro smiled and rubbed Hylen's cheek gently.

"Don't cry, it's my birthday not the day of my death." Kenjiro said with a smile.

Hylen immediately grabbed a nearby tissue and wiped away his tears, then smiled widely but something flashed and shocked him.

"God! Why didn't you say a prayer before blowing out the candle?! Ach! It's screwed! Let's light the candle again and say the prayer of your brother and then blow the candle again!" Hylen cried as he grabbed a match nearby and lit the Tart candle again.

"Ah stop! Wh-wh-what for? My request will no longer take place." refused Kenjiro to turn off the flame of the candle.

"Eeeh." Hylen closed his eyes as if praying and continued by blowing the candle.

"Not to be told to anyone if you want to be granted." Sahut Hylen refused to answer Kenjiro's question.

"Well, I hope it gets done and you can be happy." Kenjiro said, the two also smiled broadly together.

"I miss your cooking, you

cook for my birthday tonight." Pinta Kenjiro again.

"You like to give commands, you suck!" Rutuk Hylen's.

"Ayolaaah, this will probably be my last birthday with you, Hylen." Persuade Kenjiro.

"Well, what do you want me to do?" Hylen at the end.

"I want to eat Mapo Tofu, dumpling, and ramen of course." Kenjiro.

"I don't have complete ingredients for any of it." Hylen Sahut.

"I've bought it complete, it's in your freezer." Kenjiro smiled winning.

"Ck! You're this!" Rutuk Hylen was upset but he went straight to the refrigerator and immediately prepared the cooking ingredients also wearing an apron.

"You look beautiful wearing that apron. If I hadn't been careless then surely we would still be cooking with grandma today." Kenjiro.

Hylen paused for a moment from his busy cooking, the memories of the past were re-presented by Kenjiro, and the memories that this time really made Hylen's heart beat hunting made a strange noise in him.

The flashback

Since the Lily flower incident, Hylen often invites Kenjiro to play cooking with grandmother in the kitchen. Everyone was happy with Hylen's cooking. All goes well until many years pass, the closeness of Kenjiro and Hylen no one disputes.

But one day when Hylen started to be 15 years old, and Kenjiro was 20 years old, everything suddenly changed because of a fatal incident.

While cooking together, the two play with flour and make the kitchen messy, angering the grandmother and leaving them both in the kitchen, punishing them for cleaning the kitchen without the help of servants.

I don't know what Hylen felt, he suddenly kissed Kenjiro's cheek when they were very close. I don't know what makes Kenjiro then just pull Hylen's waist and kiss her lips, suck even ********* soft. Hylen was shocked and widened his eyes but just kept silent not resisting, even as Kenjiro's other hand started to hold his nape, Hylen returned the kiss.

"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?!!"

grandpa's shout instantly made the two jump in surprise.

"So this is what you do when you're just two?!!!" Grandfather cried again and Hylen just silently lowered his head.

"No grandfather, it's not what grandfather thought. It's my fault, grandfather, not Hylen. He's innocent of anything! This is also our first time!" Denying Kenjiro trying to explain.

"You two go with Grandpa to the living room!" The orders of grandfather and the two followed behind the old man.

"Lucy! Call Hylen's parents here!" Grandpa's orders to the butler.

The trial is going on, as usual, girls are meaningless. Grandpa blames Hylen for the incident, accusing him of seducing Kenjiro, even treating Hylen as a flirtatious male seductress. That same day Hylen and his family were ordered to move to another mansion and forbade Hylen to come or visit the grandfather's mansion even at any family event.

No one can resist grandfather's decision.

"Hylen, I'm sorry." Kenjiro said as Hylen was pulling her suitcase out of the mansion.

But Hylen just smiled at Kenjiro.

"I'm fine, sister, maybe you should apologize to my mom and dad." Hylen smiled.

Kenjiro soon approaches Hylen's parents.

"Uncle, aunt, I'm sorry." Kenjiro said with a bow full of regret.

"That's it, there won't be any problems with us and Hylen. It is precisely you who should now be able to take good care of yourself. Uncle and aunt can no longer be with you. Be nice to your grandparents, they love you Kenjiro so much." Said Hylen's father while patting Kenjiro's arm.

Hylen's father and mother hugged Kenjiro tightly and they stepped out of the grandfather's mansion along with Hiro and Hylen.

"I promise I'll come pick you up when you make it to be a great chef." Kenjiro promises to give Hylen a white Lily and they part for the first time.

That was the first kiss Hylen had taken by Kenjiro, and vice versa.

Flashback OFF

"It must be nice to still be able to one roof with you and cook with you." Kenjiro said again.

"Oh my brother, all that is only the past, cannot be repeated to be corrected. Besides I told you I don't regret that my first kiss was taken by you, by someone I don't know." Hylen was aware of his past daydreams.

Hylen resumed cooking while Kenjiro was still enjoying the scene before him, smiling.

"Why would I be afraid if she got kissed by another man? I don't think I'd be willing to see him with another man let alone ignore and forget me."

Inner Kenjiro.

A few minutes after waiting with his cool looking at Hylen, finally food was presented in front of him as requested.

"Good meal." said Hylen while sitting in front of Kenjiro.

"Thank you, I'm so hungry." Kenjiro Sahut.

The two had dinner together in jest until all the food was clear of all the dishes.

"You're still the same, always a monster who likes to eat!" Ejek Hylen smiled.

"Who told me your cooking is always as good as grandma's!" Sahut Kenjiro and Hylen smiled red blushing at his face.

"I'm tired of cooking, I need to clean up, so you're in charge of cleaning the table and all these dirty dishes!" Hylen said as he walked into the room without waiting for Kenjiro's response.

"Hey! I am the grand heir to the Gongzie family! Aren't you wrong to tell me to clean all this up?!" Kenjiro exclaimed but was not encouraged by Hylen who immediately closed the door to his room.

Kenjiro just sighed staring at all the dirty dishes and did everything Hylen said that gave him a task.

Hylen finished the bath with fresh and out of the room with his casual clothes, oversized t-shirts and half thigh pants. He returned to accompany Kenjiro in the TV room.

"You're not coming home, brother?" Hylen asked as it was getting late at night.

"Are you throwing me out?" Kenjiro asked back, Hylen stared in disdain and then chose to quietly turn to the TV show in front of them.

"Hylen, run with me, accompany me to escape this match." Kenjiro suddenly said Hylen was very shocked.

"Don't be crazy brother! Get those crazy thoughts out of your brain!" Hylen glared at Kenjiro.

"Do you not want to be around me anymore?" Kenjiro asked with a serious look at Hylen.

"I've been used to being away from you for seven years." Hylen Sahut.

"Hylen, don't you love me anymore?" Ask Kenjiro.

"What about you, brother? Wasn't it brother who rejected my love five years ago and made my grandfather hate me even more? So what now, brother? Why did you ask that?" Hylen asked back.

 

FLASHBACKS

Five years ago Hylen insisted on meeting Kenjiro before leaving to go on to college outside the city. Hylen declares his love for Kenjiro, but Kenjiro has not yet answered him, the grandfather has found them very angry. Surely angry at Hylen, and that's when Kenjiro immediately told his grandfather to let go of Hylen and not care about Hylen's words on the grounds that Kenjiro did not care about Hylen's feelings.

Hylen is free despite the anger and punishment of his grandfather, but he is hurt very deeply by Kenjiro's words.

His grandfather and his guards leave followed by Kenjiro, leaving Hylen, the heartbroken 17-year-old girl, alone, crying even into the night until his mother comes to find him there and takes him home.

FLASHBACK OFF

Kenjiro also never forgot the incident, his heart was also hurt but he should be able to protect Hylen from the punishment of grandfather, he said, whatever it was she would do so that Hylen would not receive punishment from their grandfather and marry the man her grandfather chose.

"I've hurt you so deeply, but why don't you hate me?" Ask Kenjiro.

"Hating you is like hating my own life." Sahut Hylen stood up from the sofa and walked towards the balcony door staring out.

"You know brother? From the first moment I saw you smile under that tree, every day of my life seems to be just to see your smile. I only lived to keep my promise to you back then, a promise to be faithful like Lily flowers, a promise never to leave you. Whether it's love or not, but obviously I can't hate you." Hylen said with a long breath.

Two burly arms coiled around Hylen's abdomen from behind. Hylen was surprised but comfortably accepted the hug, he felt a great need for it at the moment. Hylen closed his eyes leaning against that sturdy chest, no matter everything else.

"That day I hurt Hylen too, for I love you too." Kenjiro said softly and made Hylen open her eyes again.

Haruka turned her body towards Kenjiro and looked into his eyes. Kenjiro looked down upon returning Haruka's gaze.

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