Two Ti Saraga

Part 25's. A Secret

Sometimes speech can come true. Therefore, keeping oral before speaking is an 'important.' list.'

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"You remember, Bayu used to promise one thing to you before your relationship started?" ask Raga slowly. Right now they were sitting on a rock on the edge of the school pond.

Manisha. His face still looks worried. Raga grimaced at that.

"Remember." Manisha answered briefly. His attention was full centered on the figure of Raga sitting right beside him.

"You remember if Raga ever shot Salsabila?" ask Raga again. Manisha scrunched her forehead. Of course he remembered the incident.

"Remember" said Manisha.

"Salsa, right?" ask back Manisha. Ensure if the Salsabila in question is Salsa. Not another Salsabila.

Raga chuckles. "Yes. Who else."

"Because of that promise everything can happen, Sha," said Raga then looked loosely at the pool.

Manisha squinted her eyes. "meaning?" ask Manisha curious. He still did not understand the meaning of Raga.

"Try to remember again. What promise did Bayu say when he asked you to be his lover."

Manisha re-spun the incident a few months ago on her head. He clearly remembered the promise Bayu had said back then.

The deg!

What promise Bayu now turned into karma? Manisha looked at Raga inside, asking for certainty of what she was thinking. Manisha's face immediately pias when she saw Raga nod.

"Ja-so Bayu hates him the same Lo?" ask Manisha doubtfully. Suppose it must be back to the answer Raga.

"Ta-but how could it be? Two souls in one body? How can you, Raga?" Manisha shakes her head. Still confused by all this.

"Sha. I'm dead."

The deg!

Manisha petrified on the spot. Raga's dead? Raga's not joking, is she? Please tell Manisha what to do when you hear that. If the one in front of him is not Raga, then who?

"This is Bayu's body."

Enough's enough! Hearing Raga's follow-up sentence, Manisha felt her chest start to clench. It was as if there was a bulkhead embedded in his heart. Manisha is still trying to clarify all the explanations of Raga in her pretty head.

"L-lo... No more kidding, right?" Manisha asked for certainty over Raga's explanation which he thought was ambiguous.

Again a nod to Raga that clarifies everything. Manisha gulped her saliva rough. If in front of him is Bayu's body, where is Bayu now?

"The wood is next to you, Sha. If you want to know... Bayu misses you so much." Raga explained.

Ba-Wayu is next to her? Manisha turned. Blank. There's nothing there.

"Arwah can't be seen, Sha. but I'm not lying about it" explained Raga again. He looked at Manisha filled with guilt. Raga also saw her sister who was staring lovingly at Manisha. But from her eyes, Raga knew that Bayu was very sad because Manisha could not see him.

"Why do you take, Raga.." said Manisha lirih. He is no longer able to speak. He finished digesting everything. This time he understood, why Bayu disappeared suddenly like this. This time he understood, why Bayu's house feels strange. Now he understood, why when he was near Raga Manisha was comfortable. Now he understands, he understands very well.

"Because the promise is a debt, Manisha. And speech is do'a."

Briefest. Dense. And vividly... Raga explained everything.

"The wood hates me, therefore I can crouch inside her body. Plus, he had an affair with Salsa after saying his promise. Although it was a fad, yet still, Sha. Promise is promise...."

Raga breathed. He finished explaining everything. This time Raga was a little relieved. At least, Manisha already knows that Bayu is not missing. But his body was borrowed by Raga for a while.

"Lo can't turn around Bayu anymore? You're not trying to have Bayu's body, are you Ga?"

Manisha is back. The thought of Bayu's life being deprived by her brother made Manisha unable to bear the crying anymore. He came back crying. In fact, Raga's explanation felt very painful.

Raga shook her head when she heard the question Manisha had asked for her. "No, Sha... I can only live in Bayu's body for a hundred days. When I get to that time, I have to go. And Bayu will return to his body." Raga still gives an explanation.

"However-" Raga fell silent. This makes Manisha frown and stare suspiciously at Raga. "why?" ask Manisha at last.

Raga seemed to be sighing for the umpteenth time. Does he have to tell Manisha all this? What should?

"However, if in a hundred days I can not complete my desire which is the reason for entering the body of Bayu, then Bayu..." Raga was silent again. "The wood will die." said Raga softly. He's looking down deep.

Manisha is back. His tongue is so twisted. He remembered that if Raga had been in this school for two and a half months, that meant the rest of Raga's time was only one month and three weeks away.

"Udah finished?" Manisha stared intently at Raga who was still loyal with her head lowered. Raga's headband became the answer to Manisha's question. Manisha's shoulder just dropped off.

"What problems make Lo unfinished design, Ga? What trouble...." Manisha said a word again. He felt his heart stop beating.

"Sandra, my childhood friend, haven't been able to find."

Raga's explanation this time made Manisha raise her head. He looked hatefully at Raga. It could be just because a 'childhood friend' makes Bayu must be forced to give up his life if Raga's efforts to find his theme failed in the middle of the road.

"Maybe you're thinking if I'm not working enough to find my childhood friend. However, he means, Sha. He was the most important person in my life after Bayu." Raga looked at Manisha inside. He also sees that Manisha is looking at him confused.

"Mayu and I are different, Sha. We are twins. However, the attitude of our parents towards me and Bayu felt very different. My parents loved Bayu, whereas I was not considered at all."

The follow-up sentence of Raga is able to make Manisha understand, why Raga's childhood friend is very meaningful. Manisha just found out, if the pain she had been experiencing so far was not comparable to the pain experienced by her boyfriend's brother, Raga.

Manisha thought of something in her pretty head. "Do you want me to help you find Sandra?" bargain Manisha. Anyway, this is all for Bayu's sake. Her boyfriend is between life and death.

Raga is shocked to hear Manisha's offer. Do not forget also the figure of Bayu who is on the left side of Manisha. He also looks surprised.

"You... seriously want to help me?" tanya Raga asks for certainty over Manisha's offer. Manisha nodded steadily.

"Yes. It's not for Lo. But for my girlfriend's sake, Bayu has to stay alive." Manisha said that while staring loosely at the pool. Manisha forgot, if there is currently someone who is staring at her intensely. Someone who wants Manisha to fight to come back. That guy is Bayu. Bayu Alvano Dwipaga's. Bayu looked towards Manisha.

"Thank you...." Manisha nodded without looking at Raga. His intention was right, he had to help Bayu. He must fight for Bayu's life.

"May I know one thing?" Raga raised her eyebrows when she heard Manisha speak so.

"Why did you die?" manisha asked as she turned her head quickly towards Raga who was stiffening on the spot. Honestly, Manisha was very curious about the cause of death of Raga Alvano Dwipaga. Not only Manisha, but the spirit of Bayu who was beside Manisha also seemed to ask for an explanation towards Raga who was still reluctant to open his voice.

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