
A little introduction to the main cast.
Ara, a girl who likes romantic things the most. No matter how small it is, he likes it.
He is very easily touched, and has tenderness towards anyone he encounters. It is also very easy to cry, if something hurts her heart.
His physical condition, he is not too beautiful like most other girls.he is also not too white, not too tall, not too perfect like those who become the dream of all men.
However, Ara was very lucky. He has a close friend. Real close. Although, only Ara thought of it that way.
It all started when they were kids. There were so many boys who annoyed him, because he was born from the womb of a call woman.
I don't know who his father was, he could only wonder in his heart.
Because of his strange circumstances, he was always ridiculed, even always a victim of their bully who did not like him.
Lately, her mother has been sick. He had to work to meet the needs of his daily life and also for the cost of his mother's treatment.
A job for a child, it seems, is only as a housekeeper. The salary he got was no more than the price of two packs of rice.
Ara did not understand, why his friend was willing to join in-bully with him, with other friends, just for defending him.
In fact, Ara did not want him to be involved with the problems that Ara suffered.
Ara was deeply moved by her heroic demeanor.
At the time of the incident, Ara was 12 years old. Yep! Soon, he will graduate from elementary school.
That afternoon, those –people who did not like Ara– continued to chase Ara from the direction of the school, to the forest border that was not far from his home.
There was nothing he could do, other than keep running to avoid them.
“Don't run you, you bastard!” shouted some of the boys who were chasing him, because they were eager to work on him.
Ara doesn't understand, ‘Why do they always want to hit me? Have they never been taught to always respect others?’ inner Ara, who felt very confused thinking about it.
“Aaaaaah!!”
Ara fell down instantly, because her legs were tripping over something. Both of his legs could not be moved normally. He was lying limp on the ground, with tears already pouring out on both sides of his cheeks.
Ara was not even able to get back up, or just look at them.
The few children who had chased him earlier, had already managed to stand before him. They smiled slantingly, as they closed their hands.
‘What's wrong with me? I'm not bothering them at all. Why do they always bother me?’ inner Ara, who was powerless to hold back the cries.
“You can't go anywhere anymore now!” said one of them.
His body suddenly shivered, trembling from being too afraid of the threat.
“Basic bastard! Why don't you have any shame, anyway? I am proud to be a class champion! That should be the class champion! A bastard like you cannot be called the best student!” mean it.
Ara just kept quiet while crying. There was nothing else he could do but mourn his fate.
‘I don't want to be the center of attention either! But, all the teachers in the school always praised my intelligence. How else do I face them?’ Ara could only help hearing their curse.
His gaze again sharpened towards Ara, “In addition to being an illegitimate child, are you mute? Oh, or deaf because I couldn't hear what I said?” His words were too harsh, for a 12-year-old.
“Iya! Because of you, I so not given pocket money for one month, because my value is worse than yours!” sahut another boy, who defended his friend's words.
“That's because you're too stupid! That's why you can't want him,” said the man's origin. They all looked furious at the babbling of this boy.
A boy with a doll in his hand came suddenly. He stood firmly in front of Ara at this moment.
Ara's eyes were perfectly rounded, when she first saw it. ‘Some one defended me? In fact, I don't know him at all. She also looks so foreign to me,’ Ara's inner astonishment.
The brat was not at all fond of, that figure they were facing.
“Bad you!” He did not accept the words of the boy.
The hero boy seemed to be unable to hold back anymore. He looks snide at them.
“Go, or I call dad and mom to piss you off!” snapped it.
They have a scared reaction from them. Ara was very touched, as the boy bravely chased them away, in order to protect her.
“Awas you!” furious at the brat, then immediately left together with his other friends.
Ara was still looking towards her rescue boy, ‘He was so adorable! The man who carries wherever the doll is, makes me want to pinched his cheek,’ Ara's inner gnash.
Ara got up, and immediately approached her. His eyes showed a cold attitude. It was completely different from his attitude when he was defending him earlier.
Ara lowered her head, ‘I'm afraid, she scolded me because of me, she so went along bearing her sap,’ she murmured inwardly.
He put his hand over Ara's head, rubbing it slowly. Ara's eyes were rounded. He was very surprised by it.
“Peach yourself well.”
Ara's eyes opened, her pupils widened and began to make another puddle.
The boy ignored Ara, and left. Ara started crying a little. Apparently, there are still people who care about it.
So happy for Ara, he had not even had time to ask the boy's name. However, he had already left just like leaving Ara.
Ara started wiping away her tears that started to flow down her cheeks.
***
The night came. As usual the routine is just working on PR and studying.
In between doing PR, he remembered the man who helped him earlier. Unaware, he made a smile on his cheek.
‘Who is he? How does he want to help me, anyway? I ‘kan only bastard! Why would he want to meet me? I don't even know her name,’ Inner Ara's absentminded.
When I think back, it doesn't matter! Now, it was time for Ara to give her a gift of thanks, for helping her.
‘I promise that if I see her again, I will love her candy,’ she added with a smile, then work on her PR again.
The next day, Ara passed by the group of people again. However, no one dared to bully himself again this time.
Ara thought to herself, ‘It was because of her hero yesterday.’