Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 5~ Takana Story
CKIIT... ****BRU***!!
Dylan felt his body being thrown into the air. There were the sounds of some people screaming hysterically and the sounds of falling objects were very loud. More precisely, it was the sound of an object hitting something. Dylan's body was pushed up quickly. When he touched the asphalt of the street, instantly, his gaze darkened.
He can still move his whole body, but not completely. Then, he felt like someone was lifting his body and instantly a sense of warmth began to appear. Dylan opened his eyes again and was shocked.
Takana's figure was in front of him!
Takana looked at him with a face full of sadness. Dylan saw his mouth spit out a bit of blood and his head also started to drain that red blood.
Dazed, Dylan stared around. Not far from the place and Takana at this time, it looks like the same truck has been rolled on the road. Then there were many people gathered around us.
The voices of those people were whispering, screaming and someone was calling someone. Dylan could hear it.
"They survived! Can't be trusted."
"Hurry up and call an ambulance!"
"Son, are you okay?"
Dylan didn't care what they were talking about. Then he looked back at Takana. He still had the same face and his eyes were still fixed on him. "Dylan-san, you're fine, right?" ask Takana. His voice sounded soft and soft.
"I–iya." The answer.
"You sure? No one was hurt, right?" ask again.
Dylan just nodded.
The blood on his head began to drip. The blood fell on his cheeks and alma mater.
"His condition was seriously injured, but he only asked about my condition? Did he not think about his current state?" her inner self suddenly felt anxious about the girl.
"It's amazing! I've never seen anything like this."
Dylan again heard the people around him start talking about something again.
"me too. The truck drove very fast and hit them. But, they still survived!"
"Yes. At first, the one who should have been hit was the guy. But all of a sudden the woman came quickly and immediately hugged the guy."
"Wow, you've been watching the scenes a lot, haven't you?"
"Yes so. It's a miracle of God still letting them live in the world."
The astonished Dylan thought back to him in his heart."'The woman came and hugged the guy'? What the 'cow' meant was me, and the 'woman' was Takana. Is...
"Takana saved me?"
Takana moved her hand. He helped Dylan stand back up after confirming his condition.
"Aw!" Dylan suddenly hissed after standing up. Now he can't stand. His legs sprained and it hurt a lot when moved.
"Ah, Dylan-san, I'm sorry!" Takana lowered his body again.
"Oh .. It's okay."
The ambulance came. All police evacuated the scene. Slowly, Dylan was carried inside the Ambulance along with Takana as well.
Together, the two of them headed to the hospital. It seems Takana was the one who got the worst wound slammed Dylan.
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"You okay? Is anyone sick?" ask a nurse in the ambulance.
"It's okay. My legs just sprained a little."
"It can't be like that. Sprains, also dangerous. Should be treated immediately. And look, your feet are bleeding too. Then I'll give you the medicine."
"ah! No need!" Dylan refused. "Better, you treat tem.. uh, I mean, that woman alone!"
The nurse looked at Takana. Takana was also flinched. Then without saying anything, the nurse cleaned the blood on Takana's head, treated the wound and wrapped Takana's head with a bandage.
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Chapter 5: [Takana Story ]
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"Dylan-san is? You're okay, right?" ask Takana. His tone sounded anxious.
"Why do you keep asking questions like that? Why don't you just worry about your situation."
"Hmm.., Watashi wa anata no hogo Yujin desu!"
Again, those words. Dylan forgot to look for a translation of Takana's words. Anyway, tonight, it should not forget to find the meaning of those words.
Dylan and Takana have been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment. It was a very surprising and confusing day. They've been hit by a big truck that's going so fast, but why are they still safe?
"Dylan-san, aren't we going to school?" tanya Takana surprised Dylan. The girl looked too close to his face. Dylan immediately distanced the girl's sweet face.
"Keep your face away from me!" Dylan glanced at his watch. Time has shown at 9. "Huh, want to go to school? Just go there yourself. I'm going home!"
It seemed that after finding out he was late, Dylan so disengaged his intention to go to school.
"But Dylan-san, skipping school is not good!" Takana's coming back after him.
Dylan was getting furious. But iq will try to be patient. He turned back and faced Takana.
"Ta-ka-na-san, listen huh? It's 9 o'clock. Entering the school at 7. We're too late. We are free to go to school now. Now, don't bother me. I want to go home!" he said with a slightly snapping tone.
"Ah, okay I'm coming!"
"Again, I must bring this woman into my house." Dylan complained in his heart. If only he could, now he might as well get rid of Takana from getting close to him again. But he realized that the act was too criminal.
TRINGS!
Dylan felt a tremor in his pants pocket. Ianmerogoh into it, it turns out his phone is vibrating. Not because there was a call coming in, but there was a message from Ms. Aprilia who was Dylan's homeroom teacher.
Dylan, why didn't you go to school? I'm so worried about you.
"Hm? It's been a long time since April didn't text me." He muttered while typing a few letters on the phone screen to reply.
What's the matter, Mom?
TRINGS!
Its alright. Mother was a little surprised. Just this time you got an alpha in your absence.
Dylan didn't answer April's Mom. He also walked back to the house. Suddenly, his phone rang again. It was April again who sent the message.
Oh yeah, I want to tell you one more thing. Last time, when you didn't get in, there was an announcement in class. On August 21st, the Study Tour will be held. I hope you can come!
Dylan doesn't like to travel far. Especially with annoying classmates. He had decided not to come. But, it seems that April ma'am was expecting him to come along.
"Huh, what can I do...."
All right, I'll work on it.
TRINGS!
Mercifully. Thank ye.
Dylan didn't reply to her anymore. Then put his phone back in his pants pocket. After that, he walked back. Takana followed him from behind.
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When we got home
They headed straight to the living room. Put the bag onto the sofa, then walk into the kitchen. Dylan sat on a chair and Takana he sat down. The man looked at her and asked, "Why don't you sit on a chair there?"
Takana. "No. Because I'm used to it. I'd rather sit on the floor."
Dylan forgot. Japanese people usually sit on the floor. Sometimes, as he knows, Japanese people rarely use chairs as a tool to relax or eat together. Because it was impolite that Dylan himself was sitting on top, he immediately went down and sat on the floor like Takana. Only, he sat 2 meters further away from him.
"Dylan-san, why go all the way?" ask Takana.
"Like me, you know," Dylan deliberately took Takana to the kitchen because there was one thing he wanted to ask her. All meals taken from the refrigerator. But it seemed, the room was too dark and the air was a bit engrossed. Well then, Dylan will move his conversation to a better place.
"Hi!"
Dylan took Takana outside the backyard terrace. At that place, the wind from outside blew. Adding freshness and calmness. Plus some plants owned by his mother are neatly arranged in the yard. The plant gives off good oxygen to the body.
"Well, it turns out that Dylan-san also has En-gawa." Takana.
(En-gawa is an outdoor corridor that resembles a veranda around an open window. It usually faces the garden in a traditional Japanese house.)
"Did, En-gawa?" Dylan's surprised. "It's not like En-gawa in Japan. This is just the back porch of the house that is commonly used to sit back while being bored." Evidently.
Takana nodded in understanding. "Hmm.., your house is a little different. Inside there's no Kotatsu, and is this a window? Why transparent? Are there no Shoji and Fusuma? And apa–"
"Silence Takana!" snarled Dylan suddenly. The girl talked too much and she felt uncomfortable hearing it. "Look, yeah! This is my home and not yours. This is Indonesia and not Japan. So, please pay attention to more details, huh? Indonesian homes are not like those in Japan. The walls and doors are not like Shoji and Fusuma and in the television room there, you don't need Kotatsu. The climate in Indonesia is quite warm, not cold like in Japan. Do you understand?" Obviously Dylan.
"O–oke." Answer Takana slowly.
"Huh, all right, now sit here."
"Eh, can I sit next to you?!"
"A little bit too far!"
Takana was sitting next to him. Dylan was still feeling uncomfortable with him. Then, he asked Takana to shift further and again, and again. Only 1 and a half meters away (maybe).
"Dylan-san, my voice doesn't sound?" shout Takana.
"Don't yell woy! You're not too far!" snapped Dylan. That girl is considered a bitch. But, Dylan tried to be patient in dealing with it. "So, Takana? I want to ask you one thing."
"What?"
"Why were you involved in the accident? I should have been hit by that car."
"Hmm..," Takana looked at the sky while thinking. Soon, he looked back at Dylan with a smile. "Watashi wa anata no hogo Yujin desu!"
Dylan started to growl. "The correct answer, Takanaaa!"
"WATASHI WA ANATA NO HOGO YUJIN DESU!"
"THE RIGHT ONE!"
"WATASHI WA ANATA NO HOGO YUJIN DESU!"
"THE TRUTH IS TAKANA!"
"WATASHI WA ANATA NO HOGO YUJIN DESU!"
"DON'T JOKE WOY!"
"WATASHI WA ANATA NO HOGO YUJIN DESU!"
"DON'T NOISY WOY! MY SON IS SLEEPING! NO NOISE!"
We both flinched and were instantly silent as one of our neighbors shouted at the noisy ones. Dylan stared coldly at Takana and Takana stared innocently with her big blue eyes towards him.
"Watashi wa anata no hogo Yujin desu!" whispered Takana.
"Alright, quiet!"
"Watashi wa anata no hogo Yujin desu!"
"Dylan is noisy, noisy. Dylan's noisy, Kwak!"
It seems like at this time, it was Chef who started to noise and babble indistinctly. Takana looked towards his parrot cage which was hung in front of the door. The girl looked at the Chef, then jumped up and down while laughing.
"Birds! A bird! I liked. I'll name it Kiki-san!" Takana.
"Hey, his name's Coki, you know!" snapped Dylan.
"Coki? Huu..., ugly! Hmm. How about Neko. Because to be the same as the one on my shirt. 'Nyan Neko'."
"What's? Neko is a cat, you know!"
"Well, sometime, I'll turn Neko's picture on my shirt into an old parrot so that it can be just like Neko-san!"
"Again...."
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Nights
They were both in the room. Dylan was watching Anime on the computer. Takana was playing with his Dakimakura while sitting quietly on his small bed. Then Takana stood up and walked over to him.
"Dylan-san is? Why do you like Anime so much?" ask Takana.
"Yes.., because it's exciting."
"Just be mean, is that it?"
"Fun!"
"That's it?"
"It's not boring, it's entertaining, it can take an unimportant amount of time."
Takana. He hugged his Dakimakura, then dropped his body on his bed again. His head was on a pillow. Look at the ceiling of the room and say, "So that's your only excuse? Isn't it because you feel lonely, Dylan-san?"
Dylan's surprised. He briefly pause the Anime video that was watched, then turned his body to face Takana. "What do you mean?"
Takana is awake. "You watch Anime because you feel lonely, right? To the extent that you consider that Anime is your entertainer, comics are your best friend and Dakimakura this is the person you care about."
Dylan did not answer. Takana already knows his feelings. He can't help it. Does Dylan have to answer "yes" or "no"?
Since Dylan met the girl, her house has become more filled and she has people to talk to, like Takana.
"You're so lonely. No friends and all your family left you. Sometimes, I get jealous of you."
Dylan jerks. "Eh, why?"
"You still have people near you. Got a neighbor, someone else who still cares about you, and. When you were a child, Dylan-san must have been very happy, right? Even if your parents left you, but at least, you still have a sister who still loves you. Although you think your brother doesn't care about you, but at least, you still have a separated family."
"Eh, wait a minute! I'm not–"
"Will me? I don't have a family. I don't even know who my real family is. Since I was a child, I have always been alone. From the baby, I've been dumped by both of my parents. Then, someone found me and I was treated in an orphanage until I was 5 years old. It was then, that my miserable days of life began.
"The children in the orphanage started bullying and insulting me. Until finally, I began not to feel at home in that place. So, I secretly left the orphanage. Just armed with clothes and some of my savings are not much.
"Luckily, with that money, I was able to survive until now. I was always alone too. There is no place to live and be a child stranded on the streets. It's so sad."
Dylan kept listening. Listen to Takana's story. To him, the story was very sad. But, why was it that when Dylan noticed Takana's expression, he looked ordinary. Talk with a slightly smiling mouth.
"When I was 11 years old, I finally had the intention to go somewhere else. At that age, I started looking for a job. And lucky for me, I finally got a great job, even though the income was small. But at least, I can save up to go abroad with the goal of finding a true friend who will fight my loneliness." Takana continued his story.
"So, all that effort was just to get a good friend for her?" inner Dylan.
Dylan felt bad for himself. He should be more grateful for his life. He is still given a nice house to stay alive, many advantages, and some people also began to pay attention to it. It seemed, Takana's life was indeed very concerning. "But still, I don't want to be his friend after what he did to me."
"But I want to help his life and purpose, so that all his efforts are not in vain. Then I'll find a friend for him."
"Takana, I'll find a friend for you!" said Dylan.
Takana shook her head slowly. Refused it. "No. I don't want anyone else. I just want you, Dylan-san. Because to me, you're my best friend."
Dylan nodded heavily. He can't be Takana's friend. Because he felt unworthy. He is a boy who is not suitable to befriend Takana. His nature and behavior will not give satisfaction to him. Nor will he be able to make others happy.
"Eh, but by the way, why am I talking like this? Why am I happy for such a strange woman?"
After her words earlier, Takana fell silent again. Without saying anything, Dylan turned back, then pressed the play button to play the video again.
While in the back, Dylan could see the reflection of a small mirror located beside his computer. There, he could see Takana as if he was thinking of something. "Ah, but what's in it for me if I know the contents of his mind?"
Instantaneous silence. All that was heard was a voice from his computer that was showing the anime only. Takana is back to playing his Dakimakura.
Then suddenly, Takana jerked her eyes and immediately looked to her left side. He looked at the door of the room.
"He's come."
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To be Continued–