My Gentle Boyfriend's
08 The Birth of the Poisonous Tongue Girl

Black clouds clumped over the sky densely covering the sunlight that illuminated the Earth very badly.

The dark atmosphere of the clumping clouds seemed as cloudy and gloomy as the pair of golden eyes that were sitting around looked around it with a blank view without a ray of life.

The figure was Arlana, he just sat staring blankly at the view of the park in front of him as if not there.

It has been 1 month since the incident, in 1 month also all things have changed.

Arlana lived with her uncle and aunt for a while, she is also no longer in school for now.

The environment she lived in became very uncomfortable for her. Everyone's eyes stared at him with a look of disgust and pity. It happened at school too.

For the young Arlana of course it was a hard blow to him after what happened to his family.

Even her best friend Celine doesn't want to see her or be friends with her anymore. In the end both parents separated, and Arlana as a girl who is only 7 years old can only wait for her father to finish everything before returning to pick her up.

As if Arlana didn't feel anything, she just stayed still and didn't move. He was determined to let the cold and hot wind from the sun ambush his fragile-looking body.

"Until when will he be like that?" An adult woman of the same age as her mother asked looking down at the small-looking back of Arlana alone in the garden.

He sighed before turning his eyes to the figure of the man who only shook his head lightly.

"Gio is taking care of their divorce papers and the sale of their house, he also has some problems in his company. This incident earned him a blow from some foreign companies that wanted to take a chance"

"I told that stupid sister that she was a demon, but she still didn't believe me! Look now she's making her beautiful daughter suffer" the woman again spoke furiously, condemning the stupidity of Arlana's father who turns out to be her biological sister

"Why don't we ask Kelvin to meet him and play together. They're the same age, aren't they?"

The woman rolled her eyes silly while listening to her husband's words "Didn't you see 1 month ago when they met? Arlana just ignored Kelvin, not even bothering to look at him!"

"Then what else can we do?" The man asked while massaging his eyes with a sigh

"We can only wait-.." The woman exclaimed helplessly, as the two men were in silence and confused the pitiful figure of Father Arlana was seen approaching.

He looked 10 years older than before, the dark circles around his eyes were clear. His eyes even look bright in red.

"Gio, are you back?" The woman asked in surprise. He stared at his younger brother with a stark look, how could this brat look so bad like that?

"How's Arlana?" Gio asked back to his older sister without addressing the question

"He's there" The woman pointed to the garden right where Arlana was sitting, she sighed before returning to her voice "I told you she's a demon, but you didn't listen to me at all. Now look at your little angel there looking very sad.."

"Hellyn!!" The man by the woman's side pulled his wife's arm down "That's enough!"

Hellyn snorted in annoyance but did not continue, she knew the limit that it was not good to continue teasing Gio. Now all he can do is support him.

Gio let out a long sigh staring at Arlana's small back with reddened eyes full of regret. If he could, he really did not want his little angel to suffer to look so bad.

"What's your plan?" The man on Hellyn's side was indeed with a serious look, no matter at the current situation he should be able to determine how he would act in the future.

"We're going out of the country, at least until Arlana reaches First High School. That way at least I hope he'll recover as soon as possible."

"How did you get out of the country? In a foreign country you will be alone. Arlana will be lonely! Are you really thinking about her or about yourself?"

"Hellyn"

"No, Andrew shut up!" Hellyn glared at her husband and went back to talking "I won't talk about you or your ex-demon wife! I won't even interfere! But, this concerns Arlana. You know I've considered her my daughter, it's not because I don't have a daughter. But because I really love him and care about him! But taking him out was not a wise choice. He'll be lonely there, he'll feel alien and alone! You won't even be by his side and busy working! Are you still saying this for his own good?"

Listening to Hellyn speak long and wide, Gio only let out a long sigh of helplessness. He knew his gift would not be accepted by his brother.

But, even if he had to stay, there was nothing he could do. Arlana will be exiled. No matter which school he goes to there will definitely be leaked info and Arlana's life will not be quiet. The only path he thought of was to leave the country for a few years until everything was forgotten by time.

Gio sighed softly for the umpteenth time before explaining a few things to the couple in front of him. After arguing for quite a while, Hellyn could only sigh reluctantly letting him go carrying Arlana.

Staring at Arlana's back which remained motionless as she approached, Gio only massaged her eyelids lightly. He sat in front of Arlana.

Arlana felt a pain that was so devastating every time she saw his father's face. He looked older and wrinkled, his beloved father looked so pitiful.

Feeling the air in her slowly empty lungs, Arlana tried to breathe in as much air as possible and tried to smile.

The smile looked heartbreaking to Gio, but he did not say anything and just looked at his daughter with the same smile.

"We'll take care of each other, just Dad and Lana. That sounds good" he said later with a small nod.

Gio's body trembled softly before grabbing Arlana's small body into her warm embrace "That's right, just Lana and Dad. We'll be fine..."

Hellyn who was in the distance could not afford to stare at the sight and was swept into Andrew's arms with a broken cry.

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The day passed slowly with the Sun and the moon continuing to luminous the Earth. Time runs in a very dynamic and parallel fashion leaving every memory behind its back and moving forward without stopping.

Arlana along with her father went abroad to erase the memories that hurt her heart.

With each passing time, Arlana grows up and becomes a beautiful girl.

However, every time he went through was not easy. Every time that Arlana went through it was as if she was walking on a thin thread with flames burning underneath.

His father fell ill, it happened since they moved abroad. He was too tired to work and also experienced mental stress and depression.

As if his illness had not improved it was getting worse. When Arlana was 14, her father was at the last point of his life and left Arlana alone.

The girl cried again, she rebuked so badly and cursed towards the World.

His feelings were broken, he was sick and bleeding.

Every time he passed after his parents' separation because of his mother's betrayal was painful for him.

However, he tried to hold on and smiled.

That's because his father, as long as he's there and he's by Arlana's side, he'll be fine.

He doesn't need anything!!

But now his father has gone, completely gone and vanished from the World.

What are we just doing together and looking after each other?

What is it that only the two of us are together and take care of each other?

Didn't his father leave him in the end?

He left because he could no longer survive?

She left Arlana alone?

By myself...

In the end, he can only stand on his own and can't trust anyone?

So in the end he was alone? No matter even if someone loved him and promised to stay by his side, in the end it was only a Promise and nothing more. He'll just be alone?

The betrayal of his mother, and the death of his father for no longer surviving!

Then if it is like that, the thing that Arlana should do is not expect anything! Don't trust anyone! Not being close to anyone and not needing to be in touch with anyone!

He would stand on his own and be strong with himself without anyone by his side!