Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 4~ What is Takana doing in my house?!

Dylan finally got home. He closed the door, then stood behind him. Leaning at the door, exhaling a long breath while lowering his body down. Today was exhausting. He opened his shoes and walked into the room.

The house looks like it did this morning. No things move. Because this house was completely deserted and uninhabited as long as Dylan left. His parrot also did not seem to sound. Tumben. Not as usual.

Dylan put his bag on the bed, then slammed his body there.

THE HUT!

Dylan was shocked and woke up. After breaking his body, suddenly there was the sound of falling objects. It was impossible after he fell asleep, as soon as the house shook. Just be right!

Dylan left the room. Take a moment outside. There's no one. Then he came out of the room and walked slowly to check his house and look for what had fallen?

"Oh?"

Dylan found something. It turned out that only a collection of items belonging to his brother had fallen. A wooden doll. It's kind of creepy apparently. But what can be done, that's her brother.

He likes things that smell mysterious, mystical and creepy. So that his room was decorated with something creepy and a glass cabinet full of dolls that shape! Point scary. Dylan rarely entered his sister's room.

What if there are supernatural things that come out of those mystical things? Just chill. Dylan was used to it. But still, the man did not believe in ghosts or other mystical things that his brother liked.

Dylan put the wooden doll back in its place. After that, he will return to his room. But just a few steps, all of a sudden, the doll fell back from its place.

Again like that. "Ah, Never mind," Dylan let it go. Such a thing is common. It will also go up to its own place. The creatures that Dylan couldn't see were just trying to scare him. But they did not succeed, because he was already used to their presence.

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Chapter 4: [Takana at Dylan's House ]

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Dylan went back to his room. He locked all the doors and windows of the house. After entering his room, he also locked the door. After that, Dylan sat down in front of the computer. As always, he will do his hobby.

Dylan is not like Otaku in general. He just likes the line, but he does not like to play online games or anything like that. Because according to him, playing games is boring according to him.

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Nights

At 23:00. Almost midnight. Dylan was still looking at his computer screen. He wants to finish the last episode of the anime before going to bed.

Shortly after 11 p.m., the anime was finally completed. He's getting sleepy now. Dylan shut down his computer, then slammed his body into the bed.

Sleeping in the supine position is commonly done. But, Dylan would not be able to sleep without his Dakimakura. The pillow was beside him. Dylan turned to the right side and closed his eyes. He thought he was hugging his Dakimakura. But it turns out he realized something.

"Since when was Dakimakura mine shaped." Dylan could feel the hands and posture of a human head. He started to creep. Slowly, open your eyes and be surprised. The horrible assumption is wrong.

It turned out that what he embraced was not a ghost or other creature. Rather, the thing he was hugging was that Takana Utsuki! Since when is the girl in the room?!

"....?!"

Most startled, Dylan retreated backwards excessively until he fell out of bed.

Dylan got back up slowly. Rubbed his eyes, then looked back at the bed. It turned out that the one on his bed was really the Takana!

"Kawaii.., Dylan-san when you're sleeping is kawaii once!" takana said with excitement.

"A–what are you doing in my room?!" dylan was still surprised.

"Visiting only. Your house is nice too, huh? Watashi wa daisuki!"

Dylan begins to grow angry with Takana. He forced her to get out of bed. Forced to walk to the front of the exit.

"Now, you get out of my house!" Dylan pushed him out of the house. Takana was standing in front of my porch. "I don't know where you came from. But what do you want to do to that extent?!"

"But I want to visit!"

"This is my home, not a place to travel. So, you don't have to bother coming to my house, do you? Go there! It's night! You'll be afraid your parents will find you. Go there!" dylan yanked him away from his house.

"Eh, but .. I don't have a place to live and a family" Takana said.

"Eh? Aren't you from Japan? Don't you have any family in Japan?" ask Dylan.

"No. I was always alone. In Japan, I was an abandoned child. Therefore, I want to visit this country to find new friends." Takana.

Dylan saw his big blue eyes start to glaze over and let out tears. The tears are getting bigger. Those tears passed through Takana's smooth cheeks. He wiped his tears and one of his hands covered his right eye.

"I'm always alone. I'm lonely outside. No one wants to play with me" Takana brought out her Indonesian translation book. "I came to Indonesia just to make new friends. I've always been keen to learn this language in order to get along with fellow Indonesians." Continue with a sobbing voice.

Dylan felt a little sorry to hear the story. It hurts when I feel the pain of Takana. His life story is the same. He is also concerned. Then Dylan opened the door wide. Takana looked up and re-opened his eyes.

"Well, just this time, I'll let you stay at my house." Said Dylan slowly.

Takana's eyes jerked. "really?" ask her doubtfully.

Dylan nodded yes. Takana was very happy. He went back inside Dylan's house. The man closed the door again.

"Hopefully no one else saw me bringing a girl into my house in the middle of the night like this."

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Dylan and Takana re-entered the room.

"Dylan-san is? Don't you have Futon?" ask Takana.

"Hmm ... How, huh? I don't have a Futon. But you can use my other little bed." Dylan replied while scratching his head.

"A suit similar to Futon?"

"Yes.., like that. But only, there was no blanket. You can use my blanket."

Dylan pulled the little mattress he said it was from under his bed. Then, he opened the wardrobe and took out a thick blanket from it. He gave the blanket to Takana. After that, Dylan returned to his bed.

"Oimachi, Dylan-san!"

"Hm ...."

Dylan fell asleep at 12 p.m. Dylan's always waking up tonight. Somehow, like someone is disturbing his sleep. He can't sleep well tonight. A rowdy voice kept popping up in his thoughts and dreams. Whether it is real or not. Dylan just wanted to rest his brain for the night, but it was hard.

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Next day–

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KRIEING... KRIEING....

BUKS!

"Ouch!"

Something hit Dylan's head. It turned out to be his alarm clock that had fallen on his head.

The clock he made himself. Especially to wake him up. He put it on a thin wooden board that I put on the wall just above the head. If the clock sounds, it will cause a loud vibration. The vibration can make the clock move without direction and eventually fall off the board.

Slowly he got up and opened his eyes. Groping slowly while fumbling his mattress. Dylan's looking for his Dakimakura. Usually when sleeping, he never let go of the pillow bolsters. But now why was Dakimakura at the door?

Dylan got out of his bed to retrieve the Dakimakura. As he glanced at the floor, he realized that in fact, Takana was no longer in his room.

"Where is he?"

Is he home yet? But he had no home and the door lock was still on his desk.

Dylan was looking for the woman. His bed and blanket were already tidied up. But where is he?

Dylan felt weird this morning. He saw that his room was very neat. Not as messy as last night. The glass near the computer did not exist. The anime figures look neatly arranged. The comics are no longer dusty. Someone has cleaned the room.

"But who? What Takana? But why would he clean my room? Very crafts! Besides, it's only half 6 in the morning. Did he clean it last night? She's not sleeping?"

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Dylan came out of the room. The other room still looks the same as yesterday. Except for that creepy wooden doll. The last time he saw her, the doll fell to the floor and now it's back where it belongs. But, why is only the room that looks neat and clean?

Dylan picked up a towel and walked towards the bathroom. But when he opened the bathroom door, he was immediately shocked. Because in the bathroom there is ....

Takana Utsuki's bathing in it!

Dylan closed the bathroom door again. Trying to breathe normally.

"really! I didn't know Takana was in there." His mind is still surprised. It was fortunate that the girl was facing backwards and Dylan's eyes had just seen her head. "Look a little, my eyes will definitely be stained!"

"Dylan why? Wh why? Dylan why?"

That's the sound of his parrot again. He keeps babbling. Say the same words every minute. Dylan wouldn't stand to hear it.

The sound of a rotating door knob. Bathroom door knob. That door is open. Dylan turned his back to the bathroom and Takana came out of it. His body was wrapped in a white towel. He glanced at Dylan.

"Dylan-san, are you awake?"

Takana's voice surprised him. Dylan answered him with a nod. "You go first to my room. Wear the right clothes. I..., want to take a shower for a while!"

Without looking at Takana, Dylan walked behind him and entered the bathroom. Takana just looked at him with a confused expression typical of her. After that, he walked into the room.

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"Haaah, fresh...."

Dylan wiped his hair with a towel while walking towards the room. He'll open the door.

"Wakatta!"

But before that, he overheard Takana's voice talking to someone in his room. "Who's in my room? Who's with Takana over there?"

Dylan's gonna eavesdrop. But unfortunately he did not fully understand what they were talking about from there. In addition to their indistinct voice, they must be speaking Japanese.

Then, Dylan will check it out directly. Slowly, he opened the door. Peep inside. There was no one there but Takana.

"Eh?" Dylan shakes his head. It turns out that on the bed, Takana was talking to her Dakimakura? Just be right!

"Ah, Dylan-san, have you finished your bath?" ask Takana.

"Yes. Uh, what did you do to my Dakimakura?" ask Dylan back.

"I'm playing with him. In order to look alive, you have to talk to her. Is that Kura?"

"Eh, Kura?"

"That's the name I gave her." Answer Takana.

The pillow cannot be spoken to. Dylan recaptured his Dakimakura from Takana's arms. Takana was silent. But he looked at Dylan with a smile. A deliberate smile. What's wrong with her?

From the first time Dylan met him, he had assumed that Takana was a strange child and that he should stay away from it. But, whatever it takes, Dylan has to let Takana stay at his house.

Dylan, please, brother doesn't come home soon. Otherwise, he would have mistaken her.

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Tap....

"Haha.., it was nice to be able to walk alone with Dylan-san. We're like close friends, aren't we?" takana said with a cheerful laugh.

"I told you, you're not my friend! I let you stay at my house because I'm just a little. A LITTLE! Feel sorry for you." Reply Dylan in an annoyed tone.

"Yes.., but who knows, you can be friends with me next time." Takana Mumbles.

"His Indonesian language is getting smoother. Did Takana learn a lot to be friends and talk to me a lot? Uh! I don't ge'eran just yet. He can't possibly want to be with me, and I don't want to be friends with him either."

They fell silent again. But his steps still continued to walk down the straight path ahead. They're going to the crossroads there. On the sidewalk near the intersection, Dylan would wait in front of a bus stop to get a vehicle to the school.

Near again they reached the crossroad. The bus stop was also visible. It's just down the street there. They also had to pass a Zebra cross to get to that stop.

"Well?!"

Dylan's surprised. Takana suddenly just stopped, then she looked at him. He looked at Takana. Instantly, his feelings started to feel bad. Again that expression. Takana's expression that looked tense and frightened upon seeing her. Looks like ...he's starting to be doing that again to her. "I have to be careful."

Takana was still staring at Dylan like that. He stepped forward to approach her. Dylan retreated backwards to get away from him.

"Miss...."

He started to mutter with the same word. Namely, "Oni".

"Oni! An oni...."

His voice is getting louder. Looks like Dylan should run now. Without waiting any longer, he immediately ran towards the crossroad.

"Oni! THE ONI!!"

Takana started screaming. He's after Dylan. Dylan had to run as fast as he could. It turns out that girl ran faster than me. Dylan was terrified. His breathing began to pant and his footsteps began to weaken. "That's chuckle. I'm not strong enough to run anymore."

Dylan finally ran all the way to that crossroad. Without looking right left, he crossed over the Zebra cross. But all of a sudden, the person over there yelled "Don't" and "Review!" to him. Dylan doesn't understand. His steps stopped in the middle of the road. Then he heard another vehicle.

The sound of a truck car horn.

Slowly, Dylan looked to the left and sure enough, a large truck was already in front of him. Only a few meters away. It seems Dylan is no longer able to dodge. The truck drove towards him and got closer.

CKIIT... BRUISES!

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To be Continued