Brother, I Love You
LOVE RIVAL

This morning, Alfred woke up later than before. Somehow she felt her body was so heavy to leave her soft comfortable mattress.

While Bella, the girl is already struggling in the kitchen preparing their breakfast menu later. The girl was able to make her own cooking. She self-taught every time her brother wasn't home.

She also wants to cook for her sister. It's not always her brother who takes care of her. Already from he was a baby his brother took care of himself. Without even complaining about how hard it is to live without parents. Bella herself can imagine, how hard life without being accompanied by adults.

Once the girl tried to do everything by herself while in her brother's residence served out of town for school affairs. And as a result he even sighs in frustration every time he fails to make food or homework that he does alone. Bella wondered in her heart, how could her brother do household things alone? Even then it is still burdened with the existence of himself who at that time was still in a baby state must be very troublesome. Still mending now he's grown. But the cost of living and the needs must be getting swollen as well. Even so, her brother remained calm without the slightest bit of complaining about his problem. It was as if her brother had no burden at all.

And that's what makes Bella so loving and respectful of Alfred. Nor did he ever break the rules given by Alfred for his own good. Although she wanted to be free like her friends, but when she thought of her hard-earned brother raising herself to adulthood, her heart moved.

Bella chooses to obey and throw her ego away for the sake of her brother.

The girl then tidied up all her cooking after all was ready to the dining table. Bella only prepared a menu in the form of omelets made from a thin layer of rolled eggs. Served with grated radish. Bacon, roasted fish from salmon. The last is smoothie juice. He smiled as he looked at the dishes he had made this morning. Not to forget, the girl also prepared a lunch box for her lunch later.

Bella quickly runs into Alfred's room to wake the man up. The clock still shows half 6. So he still had time to shower and get ready.

"Sister." Bella exclaimed, when she arrived in front of her sister's room. But he was surprised when his brother's bed was clean with a neatly folded blanket.

Where's sister? His inner. The girl scratched her non-itchy cheeks by popping her confused lips.

Chequek!!

"Sister, breakfast is su–" Bella says hanging as the girl turns around and finds her brother in a shirtless state. Even the towel wrapped around Alfred's waist only covered his waist up to his knees. Because the towel used only has a width of not more than half a meter.

Glegs!!

Bella gulped dry as she walked through the bodies of her brother's eight boxes. Suddenly his blood rippled. Ducting a wave that stung all over his body as he stared at the drops of water that descended down to Alfred's body. His heart is beating rapidly.

Nawat, dang, dang, my heart feels like it's going to come out. Older brother.. Why are you so handsome? His mind stared at Alfred's body unblinking.

Alfred, who was unaware of Bella's presence in his room, was still scrambling his mane that was still wet. Wiggling it several times to make water droplets drip where.

"YAH!!" Bella's screams quickly left her brother's room with a burning face.

Sreiby!! Braakk!!

The hard blow of the door that was closed forcibly shocked Alfred who immediately jumped in shock.

"uh? Bellas!" Call Alfred to consciousness. He even stopped his activities while staring at the door that had been passed by Bella.

"Bella didn't see it! Bella didn't see anything!" Bella still standing and leaning in front of Alfred's bedroom door with her body shaking from groggy and shame. Even now his cheeks are reddened until his ear lobes heat up. His heart is still beating fast. His body went up and down trying to normalize his heartbeat and breathing that suddenly became congested.

"Hoo..??" Alfred murmured with mysterious smirks. Ah, her sister is so shy.

Slowly, Alfred dragged his feet closer to the door. He was still grinning ignorantly imagining how his sister's face was flushed like a boiled crab for enduring embarrassment.

THE CZECH!!

"Yeah..!!"

Bruk!!

Wink, Wink, Wink.

Alfred looked at Bella who had fallen against his chest while propping up the armpits of the girl did not let him fall. He still grins.

'Cold.' Bella's mind when her back came in direct contact with Alfred's bare chest.

He looked up to find Alfred smiling at him. His body began to heat up. For the third time his cheeks back reddened like a ripe tomato.

'Brother's face is very close. Shit, fuck. Die me.' Batin Bella nelangsa's.

"Good morning, Bella." Sapa Alfred smiled warmly. He leaned his body to make his face closer to Bella's face. The girl's heart continued to pound as Alfred's glasses-free face continued to draw closer to her face...

A light peck landed on his forehead and Alfred also let out a soft but short peck on the girl's upper lip.

'The taste.. Really..'

"Your face is flushed, Bella. Haha." Alfred laughed triumphantly.

"Eh?!! I-it's k-because of the brother who made me like this. Fuck up!" Bella is nervous. He began to stomp his feet about to pass from before Alfred. No matter what her sister says.

"Aahaha!! Really true?" Alfred's timpal exploded. Not strong enough to hold back her laughter because she was anxious to see the expression of Bella who was very, very adorable at this time. And Alfred then went back into his room after being satisfied to tease his sister, considering he was still not wearing clothes.

'Ugh!! I'm so ashamed. But..'

Bella subconsciously touched her cherry red lips. Where Alfred had kissed her. A smile on the corner of his lips. Fortunately, her brother had already left. Otherwise, he would really be a ripe red tomato this time.

'Why does my heart feel like it's going to fall because it's beating faster than usual. Do I have a heart defect?' Bella continues to monologue with her hands squeezing her chest. From that moment his heart continued to pump quickly just because he saw his brother's face. In addition, a strange sting appeared that made his face heat up and his blood rippled.

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During breakfast, none of them spoke to each other. Not them actually. But one of them, who else if not Bella. He could only duck in not daring to look into his brother's eyes.

I don't know since when he felt awkward just because he was sitting alone with his brother. Especially if he accidentally looked into Alfred's sharp obsidian eyes. His chest immediately ran a marathon. There was something strange about her brother's eyes. Not like when he was 7 years old. This time, her brother's gaze seemed sharp piercing but also implied affection.

Alfred was not oblivious to the atmosphere at the dining table which began to turn awkward. He knew how his sister was doing this time.

"Eerr.. Older brother. I'm just leaving with Edward." Bella said, be careful. He was afraid of offending his brother this time.

Alfred was in his place. A second later, he agreed. It's better that way. But who knows that there is a broken heart because it is ignored.

"Then, Bella left first, sister. Brother, be careful on the road!" Without looking into Alfred's eyes, Bella just left Alfred who was drinking glanced at Bella's departure confused by a slow step.

Kind of!

"What's wrong with Bella?" Mumbled. The man turned towards the door where his sister's figure disappeared, then again looked at the glass on the table that was still in his grasp.

"Snack." Choosing indifferently, Alfred flicked his shoulders before moving away from the dining table while cleaning their former place of eating.

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Edward kept glancing at Bella who was walking beside him towards their class. He felt that Bella's attitude today was really strange and different like never before. What's wrong with her? Her thought.

Throughout the journey the girl just daydreamed. She was still thinking about her strange attitude that was starting to differ on her brother lately. Alfred's attitude as well. Although still attentive as usual, her brother seemed to be storing something and hiding it from her. The rituals they always do seem demanding. Even though he himself did not bother about it.

"...It's lla!"

Bella weakly clucked still walked with focus that floated out of nowhere. Often he grunted in frustration making the person next to him sultry because of his behavior.

"Bella!" Edward again called the girl slightly raising his tone. But for the umpteenth time he was ignored again.

"BELLA!!"

"AH, Huh?! What's up, Edward?" Bella misbehaves.

Edward frowned. "You daydreaming?"

"Huh?" Bella's back is out of focus.

"What's the problem?!" Edward began to growl.

"Nothing." The girl replied briefly. His voice cheered the more curious Edward.

Arriving in class, Bella frowned to find Ken her best friend was sulking at the figure of a man with a factory pigtail named Sam. Edward walked over to Max. Leaving Bella who was walking towards her seat.

Bella touched her lips. The sweet taste mixed with mint from the lips of his brother still feels and imprints in his brain. Every now and then he felt something caress his heart. And he doesn't know what it is.

Seeing my best friend and best friend daydreaming, Ken then moved closer to Bella. And sit back on his bench. In the face of Bella's late-goal face. He frowned when Bella did not even realize she was now approaching him. He grinned when he saw the girl begin to touch his lips.

"You're in love, Bell?" Knock Ken teases Bella, but is actually on target even though the owner is not aware of it.

"Huh?!" Bella flinched because of being nudged by Ken. "What did you say, Ken?" Bella asked, her eyebrows clutched, not understanding.

Ken still had a mysterious smile. "Who did you kiss? Or the.. Who kissed you?"

"KEN??!!" Bella screamed in surprise. How does his best friend know? Bella then looked left right, saw the attention of the whole class immediately looked at her confused, Bella could only grin with an apologetic look. The girl then patted her lips that had been presumptuously shouting, looking at Ken seriously. "Sst... Don't be so hard." whispered.

"Haha!!" Ken's laughter broke.

"Why are you laughing?" Bella's grumbling.

Ken shakes. "No. There was no.." he said, as he set his expression back before continuing, "So, who kissed you?" Ken asked Bella that question again.

Just contact Ken's question immediately made both cheeks of Bella's chubby embarrassed. Ken grinned even more at Bella's expression that turned nervous.

"Only... My brother kissed me. But isn't that natural?" Bella honestly refuted. Ken raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Certainly Ken. I'm not lying." I'm Bella, again emphasizing every word. It's not a matter of lying or not for Ken. The young man was only surprised to hear the innocent statement that was thrown from Bella's red lips. What kind of brother would dare kiss his own lips? Is that guy crazy? That's what's crossed a part of Ken's brain.

Bella narrowed her eyes looking at Ken danger. "You're crazy, yeah. Ken." Ken gasp. "Where might I fall in love with my own brother."

"It could be, right."

Bella sighed heavily. "I don't even know what the definition of falling in love is." Bella's whisperings her fingernails. Ken just said he couldn't believe it. He quickly looked at Bella.

"Do you really not know?" Ken asked again to confirm his hearing. Who knows if he heard wrong. Or his ears that he had not yet cleaned did not hear. Bella was embarrassed.

"Huh-ah... YOU IDIOT!!" Bump Ken right in Bella's face. No wonder Edward always called him stupid. His brain is not as genius as most people.

"That's Ken. I love my sister as much as my sister. Not more." His fizzle.

"We'll see." Whisper Ken. Afterwards Ken stood up when someone was looking for him. "Let's talk again." Bella grunts.

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A woman with a brown back and a dot on the right side of her cheek walked so gracefully and gently wrapped in a black shirt and undercooked on her white knee along the corridor leading up towards the teacher room. He spread his smile every time some of the people who passed him greeted him. Making the eyes of the man who looked down on him.

"Good morning, Miss." Greet one of the students to the woman. And in reply with a warm smile was also a nod.

The woman stopped at a door that read the principal's room. He knocked on that door.

"Lake in."

Chequek!!

A person who was struggling at his desk looked up and smiled at the woman.

"Ah, Miss Helena. How's the seminar going?" Ask the person in front of him to the point.

"It's all going well, sir." His report.

The grizzled man with the name tag of the headmaster nodded happily. Helena handed over her seminar papers to the principal, and the man checked them for a moment.

"alright. You can get back on duty, Miss Helena." Helena bowed to the man before finally leaving the principal's room.

The woman came out of the principal's study to walk toward his study when she was suddenly struck by the figure of a tall man with glasses perched on the recesses of his nose its direction. His body suddenly stiffened like a statue staring at that person with a look that was hard to believe. Helena hesitated for a moment, but she couldn't possibly misidentify people. Moreover, that person was the person he once liked.

"Alfred?!" Helena murmured, but quite loudly. The focus is on the object he sees. He's really speechless now.

The man who was none other than Alfred stopped. When I hear his name being mentioned by someone. He who had earlier lowered his gaze to read his favorite novel immediately looked up. He gasps, but can be very well conditioned by his calm nature. Alfred smiled and made his eyes narrow.

"Yoo!! Long time no see, Helena." Sapa Alfred is friendly.

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This time Bella was completely alone. Ken must be present to the futsal club for the division of the first team as well as reserves. And now, Bella walks alone with her bento. He wanted to have lunch with his sister. Bella developed her smile as Alfred's shadow flashed through her mind. With a carefree step, he quickened his pace.

He looked up to find his brother in the teacher's room, but the girl did not find Alfred. For a moment he sighed while thinking where his brother went. Bella walked back while looking to the right front left back. In the cafeteria, he didn't see it. And in the teacher's room, too. Where did her brother go?

'The 'Garden!!' Pekik Bella, immediately ran towards the park behind her school.

Bella has barely reached Alfred's place. Suddenly his eyes had been shocked by the figure of his brother who was sitting together under the tree he used to spend with his brother, with a woman who was so beautiful according to him.

DEG!!

His heart seemed to stop beating when his eyes caught the expression of his brother who was smiling widely. Her brother was joking with a woman that made himself instantly petrified on the spot. He squeezed his lunch box without taking his gaze off the woman as well as her brother's back. His chest suddenly felt tight. It was as if there was a sharp dagger piercing through his heart. Even his eyes were starting to heat up. Until unknowingly a clear liquid fell from his eye slung down on his smooth cheeks.

"Sister.." His whisper was hard.

Suddenly his voice stuck in the throat. He made his throat hurt while trying to make a sound. But what came out was just sobs that managed to escape.

He wanted to get away from there, but his legs were unable to compromise. Till..

Braakk!!

The sound of a feeding ground falling onto the ground resuscitated him from his sculpting. Likewise, the two people who were busy chatting immediately turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.

Alfred's eyes rounded perfectly when he saw that his sister was the one who was watching him. 'Shit!!' Alfred cursed at his stupidity this time. He was about to catch up with Bella when suddenly a hand held her back.

"Where are you going, Alfred?" Ask the woman next to him who is none other than Helena.

Alfred sighed releasing the woman's hand from his hand. "I'm sorry, Helena. I have to go now."

And Alfred actually left Helena without waiting for a response from the woman. Alfred walked full of wide steps with anxious feelings as well. In her brain right now is how Bella felt when she saw him with Helena.

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Bella continued running without caring for the people who were looking at her strangely also confused. He did not even realize that he had left his school. And not far from the school gate, Edward who realized the departure of Bella out of the school gate with a mess.

Without a second thought he immediately ran to catch up with the girl and followed the bella behind by two meters.

In a park not far from the school, Bella stops her steps. And sit under the peach tree. So did Edward. It's just that, their positions are turned on each other. And Bella won't realize Edward's whereabouts there.

"Hiks.. Hix.. Brother.."

Onyx Edward's eyes were round hearing Bella's quivering sobs. What's wrong with her? Who made him cry? What really happened to Bella when she wasn't around? His jaw hardened starting emotions. He clenched his hands tightly until his knuckles were visible. His gaze turned towards the figure of the person who had made his Bell cry even though he did not know who it was yet.

"iii.. Hiiks, bad brother.. Hix.. Hicks." Bella's crying is getting louder. His body trembled violently because it sobbed for too long between his cries.

"Bella's Chest... Hiks, sa-– hiks.. –kit." Bella continued squeezing her chest which felt tight and also a strange feeling, as if her chest was continuously pierced by a sharp object. To make himself feel pain. As a result, the clear water in his eye pelupuk continues to shoot berbakut river.

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"Did anyone see Bella? I need to be with him." Tukas Alfred after arriving at Bella's class as quietly as possible.

"No sir." Answer one of the students. They look confused to see the sudden arrival of Alfred.

Alfred was getting anxious. He has been looking to every corner of the school. But there was no sign of the existence of the blonde girl. 'Where are you Bella?' His inner.

"Ken?!" Alfred asked back.

"You looking for me, sir?" Knock Ken, who just came with Sam is also Max.

Alfred turned. "Ah, yes! Do you know where Bella is now?" Ken frowned as he opened his mouth to speak when someone cut him off.

"I saw him walk out of the school gate, sir."

"WHAT!! DOUBLE WHAT!!What did you say?!! Sam, you didn't talk wrong, did you?!" Ken glared and shouted right in Sam's ear hole so surprised.

"Shhhh!! You're noisy, Ken! My ears can break because of your voice!" Sam's hiss, scratched the rough ear hole that was ringing due to the sound of Ken's toa yelling right near his ear.

"That's right. We saw him out and–"

"Eh?!"

Not yet Max finished his sentence, Alfred was already gawking away in a hurry. This time he was no longer just anxious, but very anxious. Thought garbled. Floating somewhere just thinking about Bella's current state.

'Bella, why are you leaving?! Where are you now? Didn't you know big brother is so very anxious, now?' Alfred continued to walk down the street by following his instincts. He turned to the right. Where there is a garden. Maybe his sister was there?

And it's true. He managed to find the whereabouts of Bella who was sitting under the peach tree alone. He can breathe now. But not in the next second. Because he was surprised when he saw Bella looked like she was holding back pain.

"BELLA!!" She screamed worriedly and rushed over to Bella.

Edward was buying a cup of orange-flavored ice cream for Bella. He took the initiative to entertain the girl with ice cream orange flavor favorite blonde girl. But when he turned around and walked five steps, Edward quickly stopped his steps when he saw an unexpected scene appear before his eyes.

Pluck it!!

The ice cream cup in his hand suddenly slumped as he subconsciously stretched the handle of that Ice Cup. His heart seemed to stop beating seeing something he did not want presented LIVE. And he chose to leave with mixed feelings.

"The accursed man!"

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