Not My Baby
1. Disappeared

Viona let out a long sigh again she failed to find the whereabouts of her best friend who was disappearing at this time.

It has been three months since he has not found the whereabouts of the friend.

Their last meeting was when Aruna asked for permission to work in a famous Bar in the city center, at that time he strictly forbade Aruna to leave but because the girl was stubborn her ban was only considered wind then by her.

As a result, their relationship stretched for several weeks, and when Viona wanted to apologize to Aruna, the girl had disappeared somewhere.

And that's why Viona willingly asked permission from her workplace just to look for the whereabouts of her best friend.

Viona stood nervously in front of a Bar that became one of the traces of Aruna Existence.

Blues Bars

From the name alone Viona can tell if this bar is not a place for girls like her.

Clamps

"Uh"

The aroma of liquor mixed in to make Viona directly close her nose, not yet she went inside but it felt like she wanted to get out of this place, even his holy eyes were forced to watch the people inside there who were hotly bearded did not know the place.

Viona walked towards the Bar stand that was at the end of the entrance ignoring the presence of people who were currently swaying to and fro above Dance flor.

"P-excuse me," said the hoodie girl

A man wearing black and white clothes typical of a bartender turned towards Viona.

The friendly smile he displayed as soon as he saw the girl who seemed to be from good circles standing in front of the bar table.

"Can I help you Miss?" Asked her kindly, the girl looked innocent she was sure if her existence here was forced.

Viona further tightened the mantle on her body as she realized some striped-nose men were staring at her.

"I want to ask you about someone."

The bartender twitched his forehead, was this innocent girl before him nowhere wrong? why looking for someone at the bar should go to the police station.

Viona pulled out her phone from inside her pocket then showed a portrait of a girl who seemed to look her age at the Bartender.

"Aruna, has she ever worked here?" viona asked expectantly especially when the Bartender's face was looking clearly at the picture he showed.

The aruna?

"ah! You mean Ari?" looking at the woman who was on the girl's phone it seemed like she knew her.

Viona looks confused if Aruna changed her name here?

"I-iya," doesn't want to lose track of Viona saying yes to the man in front of her.

"She's a beautiful woman, but unfortunately only worked for a week here after that she came out" explained the bartender. Ambiguous answer that does not answer the question at all related to the departure of Aruna so far.

Why did Aruna get out so fast? then where'd he go now? only one thing is certain, his best friend no longer works here.

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Viona comes out of the bar in a hurry after getting a call from the orphanage mother who used to take care of Aruna.

Mom told me that Aruna was there a few months ago.

"Sir, please come to this address, "Sign it to the taxi driver.

"None right."

It was not until ten minutes taxi arrived at a simple house located not far from the city center, after paying a sum of money Viona rushed into the orphanage.

"Sister Vio!"

Viona stopped her steps as soon as the orphanage children immediately ran to welcome her coming.

His smile was on seeing the children grow up healthy.

"Why is the new brother coming now?" Ask one of them.

Viona likened her position to the little girl who had a stocky body there.

"Sorry huh? Brother's been busy lately," said he felt guilty staring at one by one the children who were there.

"Supposed to come along with Kak Aruna," said the other time this skinny girl who said.

"Aruna is here?" Her question made sure to go back

"Yes! but brother Aruna won't play with us." a little girl looked down at Sendu.

Aruna is not usually like that, he is sure if Aruna is not okay.

"So don't want to meet brother Aruna and Mom first, we will play later?"

The children both nodded in agreement to let Viona into the house.

"Mom, is everything okay?"

The mother shakes her head and pulls Viona to the Whitewashed room where Aruna had been raised.

"Aruna didn't want to get out of the room at all from yesterday, I was so worried son." The tears of the mother of the home proved how the woman was so worried about the condition of her foster children.

"Mother calm down? I'll try to talk to Aruna." On her pats the fragile back of the orphanage mother slowly tried to calm the panic on her face.

Feeling the mother of the parlour had calmed down a little Viona asked the middle-aged woman to leave her alone to talk to Aruna.

"Please tell me as soon as you can, son" he pleaded

Viona smiled then nodded in response.

The mother passed from there to let Viona talk to her foster daughter, because since childhood she knew that Aruna only wanted to be calmed by her close friends as well as Viona.

Geck! Tok

"Women? Open the door."

"Let me in, please." At first Viona was not sure if Aruna was still willing to listen to her like she used to or not, but seeing the door of the room slowly open made her feel relieved.

"Let's go in!" Aruna pulls Viona into her room.

There was nothing different from Aruna other than her friend's increasingly thin body, but there was something that made her very surprised.

"Aruna, you...

Without feeling guilty the girl nodded with a smile, let Viona know because her happiness is Viona's happiness as well.

"Sorry, surprised? I'm not ready to tell you about this, yet" he said regretfully.

Aruna's thin body keeps a load on her stomach, without even undressing Viona knows if Aruna is pregnant at this time.

Sret

The thin body of the friend is drawn to sit on the bed together with him

"Who did it?!" Viona's hiss was sharp, how could she not know if her best friend was pregnant right now?

"Hey, why are you angry?" There was not the slightest sad look on Aruna's tyrannical face

"What do you mean?! what about your future if this is the case?" His voice grew annoyed to see the look of a face so calm from his best friend.

Even Viona could see that Aruna was smiling so gently as if she had not experienced any adverse events.

The sudden movement of Aruna gently rubbing her stomach made her chest rustle, how could Aruna be this calm? is this girl in front of him not thinking about her future?

"She's my baby, and I love her so much" she said softly. Viona bit her lips confused there was a sense of disappointment when she saw the condition of her best friend like this, but there was nothing she could do to see how Aruna loved the baby in her stomach so much.

"You don't see your current condition? the wind alone can blow your body away right now!" hiss Viona, where did the fat that once enveloped Aruna's body go? the cheeks that were once filled were decorated by a red hue now no longer existed.

Instead of being offended, Aruna laughed at Viona's anger.

"Don't worry, I'm fine"

The smile engraved on her tapered face was painful for Viona to witness, at a time like this the girl could still laugh so widely.

"If you're all right, why did Mom say you didn't want to get out of the room yesterday?"

Aruna smiled thinly not she did not want to go out but because of her condition that is not possible, she was afraid that the mother of the orphanage would know if she was pregnant right now.

"The nausea that I've been feeling lately is increasing, I'm afraid that mother will suspect later," He clearly smiled bitterly. Even though covered by oversized clothes still can not cover her distended stomach.

The answer that increasingly makes Viona was not out of thought to Aruna, how could this girl take care of her womb alone?

"Mom don't know?"

Aruna nodded

His head is getting dizzy now, he has not had time to think of a solution about Aruna's pregnancy, he has to think again about the ignorance of the mother of the home.

"Moreover now?"

"I don't want to burden Mom with her current condition." even though she was happy with her pregnancy she didn't want her happiness to make people around her feel difficult because of it, which is why she kept her condition a secret until now.

Viona is silent she is confused how in the future, Aruna's pregnancy can not be covered forever and to take care of the baby after birth they need a lot of money later. what can a 19-year-old girl do?

"Then how?"

"I'll just move into a contract." Replied Aruna with certainty.

As Viona's best friend can only obey the will of her best friend.

TBC.....