Aster Veren
Episode 89

- Carel

Brak!

The sound of the door opening violently surprised me who was watching my headphone screen while daydreaming.

Then I saw the figure of Teo entering the room with a very alarming stature, looking very exhausted. I don't know what he's done until his stature looks like it.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked her to feel very upset by her unusual behavior.

"It looks like I have to be diligent in exercising again," he replied puzzling me. Especially when he threw his body on his bed lazily.

"... Are you really like everyone else, huh Teo?" I said while remembering all his gestures that look so charismatic, look like a good boy who is very guarding his image. Contrary to him at the moment.

"What do you mean?"

"So, I'm just saying what I see."

"Eat it, what do you mean?!" His words seemed upset, but I didn't care because my attention was diverted back to my conversation with my father over the phone a while ago.

I let out my tired breath, thinking about what would happen if Aster came to know this shocking news. I'm also not sure I can stop the news that's been spreading in the academy.

Everyone will surely swarm him to tell me what really happened. And at that time, I–what should I do huh? My mind wondered, thinking of what I could do to protect Aster's smile.

"When a few hours ago I expected Aster to recover soon, but now I hope he gets sick again for a few days ..," I muttered before sighing again.

"You crazy?" Teo's voice broke my daydream and made me look up to him, "what did you hear from your father? Is the news true?" He continued asking while rising from his prone position, then the green bead began to look at me seriously.

"... You think it's all fake news? Neither my father nor the old man–I mean uncle Ansel, both of them will never make a fuss for something that–"

"Well, I understand what you mean. I'm just worried about Aster's relationship with Kalea getting better."

"I'm more worried about the kid." I remember the son of Mr. Albert.

"Who?"

"Who else would it be if it wasn't Mr. Albert's son."

"Ah, the boy."

"It must be difficult to be him, he is very well known to many people in the academy. And again everyone knows the identity of his stepmother,"

"You're not self-conscious, are you?" His grunts made me look at him.

"What?"

"You were also famous in the academy as his son master Ian Alterio, a person who was highly respected by many. Besides, you are also famous as a brat with a million dollars–"

"I just found out."

"Yes, you're too cute. That's why I don't know things like that. But when it comes to Aster, I can give you a hundred for your sensitivity and care." It definitely irritated me with that proud expression.

"You're taunting me?" My grunts made him immediately turn away from my gaze.

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- Kalea

Then I spread my gaze throughout the room when I could not find Aster's voice anywhere due to the dark conditions of the room. Then my gaze stopped on the window curtain that swayed in the wind, and the moonlight that began to shine illuminated my dark room and Aster. Slowly the moonlight was getting brighter to highlight towards the Aster bed.

Is he asleep? My mind when I found the figure of Aster curled up on his bed with a heat-lowering plaster. Even the blanket that should have warmed his body had slumped, almost falling out of his bed. Showing her thin nightgown.

For a moment I was fixated on his sleeping charm. My eyes were completely unable to turn away from her, noticing her face that seemed to glow from the reflection of the moonlight. Looks so good in his sleep.

"... somehow I feel relieved because he is asleep," I continued muttering after sighing my leg.

Then I slowly stepped my foot into the window and closed it until no night wind could enter our room. After that I closed the transparent window curtain and turned on the room light before going to take my nightgown and went to clean myself.

After I finished cleaning my body and changing my school uniform to my nightgown, I returned from the bathroom and walked up to Aster's bed to check his temperature and justify the blanket I had neglected earlier.

"... thank God the fever has gone down." My whisper was relieved when I felt his temperature begin to warm, unlike this morning. Which is where Aster's body temperature feels so hot.

Looks like the troublemaker is adept at taking care of the sick huh? Thank goodness I told her, so she was able to meet Aster .. although I never expected that she would ditch all day. I continued in my heart, remembering Teo's words that said he would nag Carel for ditching.

And speaking of Teo, I remember what happened this afternoon. When Teo came to look for me at the library. The shadow as she hugged my body began to be reflected again in my memory.

I quickly shook my head to wake me up from the unusual situation, for me even now I think the opposite sex is unusual. Especially since Nathan's brother chose Nadin as his fiancee, it felt like I was starting to hate such a relationship.

I don't like it when the opposite sex is close to me, why? Because I don't want to repeat the past. When Nadin thinks I'm taking the guy he likes. I was just helping the boy get close to Nadin. But he thought I was the bad guy who stabbed him in the back.

"When the expression of feelings at that time was just an exercise. She didn't really express her feelings for me ...." I muttered in memory of the incident when that person expressed his feelings for me. And unexpectedly, at that time Nadin saw it.

... and there was this endless misunderstanding.

"But strangely, I felt fine being near Teo and Carel. Because they hated me from the beginning? So I'm not worried about their feelings. But ... Why did Teo's attitude change today?" I muttered back to the scene in the library this afternoon.

I couldn't even shake the shadow of Teo's face looking at me with her worried look, then slowly the gaze warmed up along with her thin smile. Makes my heart beat ungodly.

"What's wrong with me? I can still hear Teo's voice clearly now" I said, recalling all of Teo's words in the library.

"No need to hold back Leah."

"Don't worry, I'm sure Carel can explain the situation to Aster."

"Why? Aren't you afraid your relationship with Aster is deteriorating?"

"Because Aster has forgiven you, right? And you're friends now, so you're my friends and Carel, too. Of course we have to help our friend right?"

When I remember everything I said, I somehow felt a little calmer. It felt like I had someone I could count on, someone who could protect me and trust me in any situation. Great right?

I felt like I was back in my life when I had someone who could protect me and trust me as sincerely as I could. Then protect me from the envy of other women. For a moment, Nadin's face was back in my head. He really is my tough friend.

"... I think I should also apologize properly to you. Thanks to you who want to try to improve our relationship, I became close to Teo and Carel also ...," I muttered after being satisfied to see Aster's face.

Maybe it's like it's protected, I almost forgot what it's like. But after Teo comforted me, I recalled how it felt. And all this time, Teo and Carel were trying to protect Aster in their own way.

Then me, I will also protect you even though later you will hate me for that article, but I will not give up. I continued in my heart, recalling the memories of my childhood when my mother and father were almost married. And mother said I would be Aster's half-sister, of course I have to protect my sister even though mother didn't really say it sincerely.

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