Bara's Innate Girl
A Piece of Story

At eleven, Rara rubbed her red eyes as a result of drowsiness. The girl wanted to sleep, but she was arrested because her husband had not returned home. As Bara said, Rara cannot sleep until Bara returns home.

As soon as Bara returns Rara will serve the man. Prepare your clothes even to small things.

"For a long time they came home." he grumbled. His mouth was wide open as he stretched his muscles.

And at that very moment the door of the room opened violently. Rara almost swore if she didn't see who came. It turned out to be her husband, who was still wearing his shirt and a suit draped over his arm.

The two beads were tightly knit together, until Bara sat next to him. Rara, who was already completely sleepy, swiftly approached Bara, crouched down in front of the man and opened her shoes, as usual.

Rara bit her lips, when she felt a sting as her injured palm moved to open the shoes. But as clever as Rara hid the look of her face, Bara, a man who is observant and sensitive, can see the strangeness of Rara. Rara's hands trembled when she touched her feet.

After Rara saved Bara's shoes to the spot, Rara rushed towards the bathroom. She will carry out the next service for her cruel husband. Rara prepared warm water for the man.

Rara forgot about the wound on her hand, and carelessly put her hand into the bathtub filled with warm water as she felt the temperature of the water.

This time Rara could not hide her pain. "It hurts so much." he squeaked and blew his palm.

"What's up?!" the cold voice surprised him.

"Ah no. I'm fine Brother." hid his hand from Bara's sight. "I'm out first, your bath water is ready, sister." Rara hurriedly came out of the bathroom.

Before going to bed, Rara does her last job, which is preparing Bara's pajamas. After that, he could sleep without interference from Bara later.

Rara cursed herself while looking at the former rose prick. "I can't feel the pain when I hold it. Oh.. it's very painful." grimacing because the pain increased after being exposed to warm water.

The pain slowly led Rara to wander in her sleep, until in a short time Rara was asleep. The girl was unconscious, her words were heard by Bara who was already standing behind her.

Of course the man could also clearly see Rara's reddened palm and there were some scars adorning it. His face, which was always flat, was now changing. But no one could interpret the look on his face, because Bara, a man who was very good at hiding his expression.

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The next day, as usual Rara did her duty of serving Bara. After that, I was just getting ready to go to school. But this morning, Rara shortened her time to get ready, because she wanted to chase after Bara who always left early.

At the dinner table, as usual, the whole family was enjoying their breakfast. Rara sat quietly beside Bara, not too frightened anymore, because Sapphira and Vina no longer looked at her with hateful gazes. It was just that Dena, that woman just kept looking at him sharply.

"Sister Bara..." Dena with her sweet smile gave a small plate with bread that was complete with stuffing. Bara with a flat face received it then devoured his breakfast quietly and elegantly.

Rara saw all that, her status as the wife of a Bara as if it was useless. Shouldn't he be the one who did that to Bara? And again, Dena smiled mockingly at him.

Rara asked her heart. He had absolutely no meaningful feelings for Bara, but why would anyone feel sad? Rara rejected the thoughts that had drifted everywhere. She could not be jealous, maybe just a little sad because given her current status, but even someone else who serves her husband.

"Oh yeah..." Dena broke the silence. "Dad, Mother, Brother Bara have you not forgotten anything?"

"Forget what?" Davina answered.

"Sucks." piqued his annoyance, "You forgot my birthday?" lips pursed.

"Nobody forgets it, because your birthday is still one week away" Vina denied. Vina looked at her eldest daughter fixedly, "Mom knows what you want. From tomorrow I'll take care of your birthday party. Take it easy." said Vina who understood her daughter.

But....

Silent....

But....

Silent....

Everyone at the dinner table stopped his activities when he realized something. Until a second later, Derri, Vina, Dena, Sapphira, except Bara who remained flat-faced. They were compactly staring at Rara who was also unmoved.

They just remembered, Dena's birthday also coincided with the birthday of the youngest daughter of the Pramana family, Rara the poor girl.

As much as Rara's energy held back her tears, when she realized all the glances were on her. But Rara further lowered her face, she did not want them to see her sadness that made them even more happy to see her fall.

It used to be every day that it arrived, a massive celebration would be held in the mansion, to celebrate the birthday of the eldest daughter of this family. They partied, forgetting Rara who was also on her birthday on the same day.

The girl would be silent in the pavilion that was at the furthest spot from the main house, celebrating her birthday in loneliness.

It was all arranged by Dena. The girl who always felt Rara had taken hers, did not allow Rara to appear on her birthday. Even when Derri asks for Rara's birthday to be celebrated at once, Vina, who is her daughter's handler, rejects the request outright.

"The bastard does not deserve to be with my daughters!" that sentence was clearly shouted in front of Rara.

Once, Rara accidentally showed up at the party. Naturally many asked who the shabbily dressed Rara was among the invited guests. And what they say, they say that Rara is the daughter of one of the servants in this house.

What a pain the girl was so strong her usual pain.

Rara put in her last feed. Of course they were astonished by Rara's reaction and behaved like nothing had happened. Acting as if what he heard meant nothing.

"A.I'll go first." Rara stood up and approached Derri. Rara took the old man's hand, then put it on her head.

Rara who had lived in Indonesia was accustomed to the tradition. If Davina, Bara, and her sisters wanted to, she would have done the same to them. Kissing those grown-ups' hands before she leaves for school is sure to be a lot of fun. But that's not gonna happen.

Without wanting to linger, Rara immediately left. Leaving those heartless humans with his feelings of destruction.

Derri looked at the poor girl. Look, Rara's not even sad. Derri's feelings were shattered at how fierce her daughter was.

"Andini. look at our daughter. He's exactly like you now. He is very good at hiding his feelings." Inner Derri who is reminded of his late second wife.

As soon as he got into the car, Rara smiled. Until the car moves, the smile does not fade, until an unspeakable pain rises and collapses the defense of the girl.

Tears flowed, drenching his smile that was so heartbreaking.

A birthday? Will he celebrate this year in the same way? Quiet away from the crowd, and hear the boisterous cheers of the people celebrating Dena's birthday.

It's been four years Rara's been like that. From the age of six to thirteen, Rara was lucky enough to have her mother sing her happy birthday song. Even his mother was willing to sneak steal a piece of cake for him.

But after the mother's death, no one else did that for her.