WINTER GLOW'S

Princess Crystal

Fear, panic and hope in a time loop that feels very slow. The close distance felt very far and people around seemed to have no ears to listen to screams for help and had no eyes to see the misfortune that was happening. Sometimes Mika calls Reca's name to wake up, asking her to hold on a little longer because soon the nearest hospital will arrive.

" Please." Mika screams as soon as she arrives at the ER door, looking for the nearest bed she meets to lay Reca who continues to lose her blood. Hot tin shot right arm and waist penetrating up to the lower right abdomen.

Raka who happened to be on duty greeted him and his heart seemed to stop seeing Reca who was lying with consciousness gradually lost.

" Raka. Please Reca Rak, shea..." Mika could not continue her sentence, but the name she mentioned immediately made Kendra approach with a face that was equally surprised.

" Re, Reca?" As soon as she confirmed the face, Kendra immediately prepared with her gloves to take gauze to suppress the wound while Raka and the other nurses quickly put on the infusion. Because of the condition of the wound and the consciousness of Reca they were forced to cut clothes near the wound area to facilitate seeing the width and depth of the wound experienced and facilitate in sewing the wound later.

" Re?" Raka said almost without a sound, she was quite surprised to find Reca's arm with many scars and Kendra realized the same thing. Raka continued her duties despite occasionally having to try hard to hold back the tears until several times wiping her tears. Likewise Kendra who actually was nervous but had to control herself to stay focused for Reca who fought with time.

That afternoon also a cito operation (Should not be postponed) was performed. Mika was glued to the operating waiting room, occasionally the events of the shot flashed back in her memory. Various questions arise that are very disturbing his mind is of course who did it? Why did he shoot Reca when Reca wasn't looking for information about his father? How did he know the whereabouts of Reca and Mika back then?

" Nih" Raka handed over the burger parcel and sat down next to Mika while devouring the burger in her hand.

" Why didn't you say that I found Reca?" Since then Raka has refrained from asking because of Reca's critical condition, now she needs an explanation.

" This.." Mika thrust her personal phone showing some photos of Reca she took secretly while Reca was still working as a stunt double. Raka's eyes seemed to be about to be dislodged out of surprise, the same face but felt like two different people.

" Therefore, I could not recognize him immediately Rak. If it were, I'd hope it wasn't the Reca we know. He not only turned into someone else but was destroyed.As devastating as Rak after his bokap died he lost the right to grieve. As the mystery behind an unsolved death drags Reca into a black world, it is worse that she faces it all with her tiny body. It's amazing that he's passing it so well..." Raka chooses not to ask what it is, there must be a reason why Mika can not tell.

" Trus now what's your plan? Are you still on the topic of your feelings?"

" I've told her repeatedly. Heehhhh" Mika smiled as she leaned her head while looking up with her eyes closed and then looked up.

" Seriously lo?" Raka looked at Mika looking for the seriousness of her best friend's speech, can be seen clearly the tired face of Mika who has passed all the heavy parts in her love struggle.

" Hmmm, you know Shelf? As much as I reveal my feelings, as much as I was rejected."

" So you end up choosing Reca instead of the childhood love you've been waiting for since then, until you reject all the girls who deketin lo?" Mika handed over the scrap paper she had been holding since, as Raka opened the paper and looked at it... Raka immediately understood that Princess Crystal was Reca. Mika never even told her about the Princess crystal to her friends except Raka

" Lo certainly wouldn't believe Rak.. I myself until now can't believe klo turned out to be my first love, my childhood love, the girl I've been waiting for my whole life, I've been, My Crystal Princess turned out... Reca."

" Seriously lo?"

" I just found out a few seconds after Reca was shot." Raka patted Mika on the shoulder representing her support, this is heavy but she was sure Mika could get through it.

" Mik." Kendra's hand held back Mika who was intending to meet Reca, slightly gripping because anger was tickling her heart.

" You don't need to know what happened to my boyfriend."

" Friend?" So Sarah's talk...

I'm sure you haven't forgotten who's been spending all of Reca's time at High School, and it's still

the same person to this day...

" This time I won't budge again Mik, I'll seriously deketin Reca. And until I hear myself from Reca about the status of you two I won't believe."

" I don't need to trust Lo. And as good as you are away from my girl."

" Lo can't make me go as far as Reca because I'm a doctor here and now Reca is a patient of this hospital. If Lo didn't want me involved, you shouldn't have chosen this hospital in the first place."

Damn, Mika also did not want to go to this hospital but was forced to. He was afraid someone would harm Reca like the shooting. And why go to this hospital, because of Kendra. Mika knows Kendra will care a lot, so it can be expected to help Mika take good care of Reca.

" Ehm.." Reca muttered softly as Mika and Raka waited for him, Reca was still under the influence of anesthetic so tends to sleepy and fall asleep. Kendra also waited just can't be like Mika who sat very close and continued to hold Reca's hand.

Reca's voice sounded very weak, he was also delirious and muttered indistinctly.

" Mika." Raka, Kendra and Mika immediately reacted to want to hear more clearly what Reca said.

" Re, what did Re you say?" Micas

" Mica, Mica." This time the three men heard clearly what Reca was delirious about.

" Yes Re I'm here, I'm Re." Reca did not open her eyes because she was still unconscious. But his hand was like responding to Mika's words, he pulled the hand tightened his fingers as if he wanted to hug the arm closer.

" Mica..."

" I'm here Re, I'll keep you here." Once again as if responding to Mika's voice, Reca calmed down and went back to sleep. Kendra's heart aches, even under her consciousness only the name Mika exists. Just Mika, just,

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