There's Only You

CHAPTER 17 - The Rejection of Aurora

"Is it because you still love Gibran....?" Ask Alwi with a ketar-ketir. She is terrified to hear Aurora's answer that may indeed still have a heart for her ex, and is still not open to her.

"It has nothing to do with Gibran. The presence or absence of him, our relationship still can not be too far away. Especially to bring a wedding. It's very unlikely Al" Tukas Aurora firmly.

"Did you feel differently about me? Is that the reason?"

Aurora only fell silent with a pensive look. He was confused as to what to answer. His feelings are starting to get worse.

"Why are you silent? Don't you have any feelings for me?" Alwi returned to scout, but Aurora still remained silent.

Dissatisfied with the attitude and answer given by the girl, Alwi gently summarized Aurora's face. Makes the woman look at him. "Look at me. Look me in the eye. And saying that you don't love me" Alwi looked at Aurora intensely and said softly. Aurora removed her face from Alwi's hands gently.

"I think our meeting is quite up here. I hope that after this, we can live each other's lives, without having to come into contact with each other" Aurora said with a heavy heart while shedding tears.

Then he ran away from the place. Leaving Alwi who remained seated was grieving and disappointed at the woman's refusal.

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Since that night, they have never met again. Alwi had already tried to contact Aurora, or send her a message. The woman's mobile phone could not be reached. And the message was never answered. Whether the woman has changed her number, or the number has been blocked?

I don't know. It made Alwi very disappointed. Is it as serious as Aurora's intention to stay away from her? Does the woman really not want to have any more relationship with him? Is there not the slightest place for Aurora to live in?

If you know it will be like this eventually, from the beginning he does not need to express his true feelings to the woman. Maybe this way, the relationship between the two of them is still fine.

Maybe they were as close as they were then. Even if it's just friends. Maybe it's much better, than having to stay away like this.

Alwi tried to forget his turmoil. Trying to forget Aurora who continues to explore her mind. He tries to stay focused on his work, so that he can keep performing well and satisfactorily in front of the audience and his loyal fans.

But alas, no matter how hard he tried, he was still unable to remove Aurora's shadow from his mind. Even so he thought about the girl, he could not concentrate on his work.

So that it has been almost a week, the performance on stage is increasingly declining. Sometimes he likes to forget the lyrics of the song he brought. Sometimes he forgets his tone.

So that makes the audience a little bit disappointed with his performance that is less than satisfactory. But he tried his best. But it was hard to forget the problem.

I don't know what specialties Aurora has, which she can't find in other women. He could not turn away from the woman. Was that the feeling he had for the girl?

Though all this time, he has always been the target of women. But why now his feelings are even fixated on that one woman?

"Why" Alwi asked flatly without looking at his manager.

"Don't pretend like there's nothing. Lately your performance has started to decline and disappoint. Sometimes you forget the lyrics. Sometimes you play the wrong tone. I got reprimanded by the label owner for this. If you have a problem, do not take it to work.

Remember Al, now you are famous and hailed by the public. Do not let your star that is shining brightly until it is dim and extinguished. Don't let yourself be ruined because of yourself. It's not easy, you can be in this position. If you make a wrong move, it's not just you. But we can all be affected as well" Celoteh Reno fretfully.

Alwi let out a long breath before replying. "Yes I'm sorry. I promise I will focus more on my work. I will try to give my best performance again like before"

"Actually you have a problem what the hell is Al? Tell me. Who knows I can help and give you the best solution"

"There's nothing. I'm just exhausted. Never mind, soon the show will start" Alwi got up from his chair, and walked towards the stage. This time he could not make any more mistakes.

It's true what Reno said. He is currently at the height of popularity. It's not easy for him to be in this position. Lest he destroy his own career which he has painstakingly built, just because of a woman.

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Not only Alwi who felt bad and disappointed to be in this condition. Aurora is also. For one week after the incident that night, she was always overshadowed by Alwi.

The disappointed look that emanated on the man's face at his rejection, up until now made his heart churn. Between sadness, pain and guilt. The man must have been very disappointed by his refusal.

And he's on his own? Did he unknowingly start liking Alwi as well? Although they had not been close for a long time, yet he felt comfortable while spending time with the man. Alwi's humorous and infuriating attitude somehow misses him so much.

What about how he feels about Gibran? For the past few days, he had never thought about the man again. He felt as if the pain of knowing the man's affair was a long time ago. Even the taste seemed to have faded.

And lately, his thoughts have always been about Alwi. He felt pain when he rejected the man. Does this mean that, slowly Alwi was able to replace Gibran in his heart?

If it's really like that, then what should he do? Could he be able to unite with Alwi, who incidentally is a top musician like his Papa used to be. She was sure that her mother would never approve of their relationship.

Huh. It turns out that after breaking up from Gibran, his life became more complicated. He had thought, if his feelings for Alwi were only limited to feeling amazed, because the man was able to comfort him. But apparently, his feelings are more than that.

To eliminate the sense of dread and its gala, Aurora picked up the remote and turned on the television in her room.

Through the television screen, she saw the face of the man she missed so much. It was Alwi who stood on a stage filled with thousands of spectators below, who cheered and applauded for him.