EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 177's

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Benny nailed my head with his fingers and immediately pushed me to stand straight. “Now, are you trying to seduce me? At a time like this?”

I rubbed my head while looking at him annoyed. “No! I only realized what I saw, behind your suspicious attitude it turns out you have a good eye color.”

“So miss, are you fascinated by me? Intending to cheat with me? All right let's do.” Benny suddenly pulled out my hand again which I quickly held back and immediately let go.

“Nona?! Stop messing! Now help Bayu!”

“Do not go through there, you want them to suddenly attack you?” Benny again stopped my steps, I saw that the four men were still conscious and were whining in pain.

“Why don't you make them faint?!” I'm a little upset.

“I didn't think of it. Then I'll make them—“

“No! Better now help Bayu first! That's more important.” I immediately pulled him down the stairs.

I don't want to go back and maybe the elevator is a good option for me to go upstairs to this hospital.

As soon as I reached the scene of the fight earlier, most of the criminals fell unconscious or groaned in pain lying everywhere.

 There were two people left in front of Bayu, two in front of Kenzo and one in front of Peter.

Benny immediately stepped forward to Kenzo to help the man who looked already overwhelmed. I quickly walked up to the elevator which now had its doors closed, pressed the arrow keys up and quietly waited.

While waiting, I stared at the back of Bayu who was now trying to repel the criminal who only had one person left.

But my ears heard a faint motion from my left side, I quickly turned my head and found one of the criminals there standing staggered over me with a penknife in his hand.

The way it runs reminds me of the zombies I once watched. I immediately ran over to Bayu when this man had managed to defeat the criminal with the last hit on his stomach.

“Bayu Bayu!” I screamed between nervous and amused myself for thinking about zombies at a time like this.

“He's chasing me!” I've been hiding behind Bayu's back while pointing at criminals who are very close to us.

I know, Bayu had been surprised by my presence but before this man fought him again, Benny hit hard this zombie-like man to fall lying unconscious.

“Less than two minutes, I've heard this woman's scream twice today.” Benny looked at me sharply as he folded his hands over his stomach.

“Hehehe, suddenly I was thinking about zombies when he was chasing me earlier. The walking style is similar.”

Nah!

“A……. Why are you two so happy to snap my head!!” I squealed in annoyance. This time it was Bayu who was pinning my head with his fingers.

“This is a sign of affection, Boo.”

“Boo?! What other call is that?! Benny also called me miss, not as usual. Now you also follow me by another name??” I asked in disbelief staring at these two men.

“Because it was in the elevator I had a chance to call your name so these people know, so I was thinking of calling you another call.” Bayu smiled slightly, patting the top of my head with a satisfied grin.

“How are you doing? Are you hurt?” I heard Benny ask Bayu.

“No of course, that one was like a sport to me.” Answer Bayu smiled.

“I've asked doctor Stefan to call for help but your blow is faster than them.”

“Yeah, but by the way thank you for commemorating before and have come here.”

I secretly smiled a little at these two men, both of whom were still chatting while circulating their eyes at the people lying everywhere.

I also took a look around, suddenly realizing how many people were chasing me, folding knives and batons fell on each of their bodies.

The feeling of fear struck me instantly, imagining how if Bayu could not sustain himself and he was injured by them, my heart was beating fast.

I started to feel my hands shaking slowly, cold sweat also I felt on my neck and back. I blinked a few times while clenching my jaws hard, hoping that this anxiety would lessen.

Bayu and Benny were still chatting as they put away the sharp objects. Then my eyes were diverted to see a man named Kenzo seem to fall sitting near the door of the emergency stairs with Petter who was standing while calling not far from him.

My foot stepped without me knowing it approaching a bowed Kenzo, seeing it like it reminded me of him just now that he was crying because someone was gone.

From the end of my eyes, Peter sounded angry on the phone while I was standing in front of Kenzo.

Her appearance was unruffled, when looking at the elevator earlier she had a sharp gaze and a firm facial line. His eyes are also round with a sharp nose.

This man looked up, and at that moment I saw a look of sadness on his face. There was residual sweat drenching the side of his face as well as his eyes and nose turning red.

For a moment this man looked at me, I blinked not expecting this man to show his sad face in front of a stranger like me.

“Ka—we have asked for help and soon Doctor Stefan will come. So hang on if you—“

“What doctor can treat my heart wound?” His voice sounded flat and dinging asked me.

“Eh? M—means heart injury……. Are you waiting for a liver donor?”

You idiot! Obviously I know what this guy means but still I'm trying to think rationally.

“Please don't think about what he said. He just has a fever.” Peter suddenly said beside me with his phone still stuck to his left ear.

“Fever? I was also in a fever....” Reflex I placed my right hand on this man's forehead with my left hand on my own forehead, intending to compare how hot the fever was now.

But it was precisely my forehead that felt hotter than her.

“B—not such fever.”

I immediately let go while looking up awkwardly smiling at Peter. “I understand.”

“What's your name?” Kenzo's question distracted both of us.

This man was looking at me seriously since then while his forehead was wrinkled.

“Sorry, introduce my name Icha.”

“Complete name?”

“Natasha Icha.” I answered with a small smile.

“Natasha Icha is an incomplete name ‘kan?” This man's question made me frown in wonder.

Is he a fortune teller? I was confused as to what my last name was. Either Davindra or Danendra.

“Since I kept thinking about this, when I saw your face first in the elevator it reminded me of someone. Now looking at you up close like this I'm even more sure I've seen your face somewhere.”

“Errr—maaf but I don't remember, have we met before?”

“No. but, I don't know if you've heard about this reality before.” He pulled his phone out of his pocket, fiddled with it for a while and then looked back at me.

“I never imagined I'd say it in this condition but you were right he.” Kenzo showed me a picture.

It's a picture of me laughing on the sidewalk with my colleagues, it's the road I used to go through when I had lunch outside the office. Taken silently from a distance.

“Natasha Icha Danendra, my sister's only daughter.”

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