
...“I don't do drugs, I am drugs.”...
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"She's amazing, isn't she?"
Hara took a quick glance from the twisting street that led them to the next gate to get out. Even though in his life, Melati Sukma Dewi was one of the people who wanted Hara blacklist, he was forced to know that this girl would not carelessly praise people.
He has no inner eyes—or heart, or anything—to see the goodness of people. She's definitive an evil. So obviously Hara knows, amazing it doesn't mean good if it comes out of Melati's mouth. "How did you know that, Mel?"
"Because only an amazing person can ooze an aura like that, Boy."
It's hard to stop yourself from snoring. "Not all of you say you're squirming the aura using Gyo."
"Serious cave, jerky. A lowly person like you can't squirm." Jasmine snorted back, then threw her face to the side window of Hara's car. Of course Hara knew very well, Melati would not be satisfied until all her opinions were justified. "I don't know why but she looks so familiar. I felt like I was kayaking, writhing something extraordinary but closed. But so amazing, still a little too tired. Don't you feel it?"
"I don't even know what you're talking about."
"Be honest, Hara."
"What if I'm lying?"
But, now Hara thought about it, because Melati looked serious thinking about that.
Hara admitted, that girl is amazing.
In the canteen, Hara could see very many pairs of eyes from the most popular people in school looking at Rashi like a lion stalking prey, starving. Just a quick glance Hara saw her open the mask earlier, and it was enough to make Rashi the most beautiful, most beautiful girl Hara had ever seen in person in her life.
Maybe if Hara wanted to say she was one of the most beautiful girls ever, it wouldn't be an exaggeration. Not just the face, everything about her looks so beautiful as if she was created to be worshipped and adored.
Obviously he is amazing, physically.
The problem is, why is Melati who is just obsessed with music and looking for talented people for the benefit of her club, even talking about Rashi amazing? He is amazing, so Melati plans to invite him into the music club to find more members of the club. But what extraordinary thing did Melati see until she forgot her initial intention, busy thinking about why Rashi was so extraordinary?
Besides for Hara, she's a hassle.
Wh why? She's gorgeous.
All women are beautiful, it must be troublesome. The more beautiful, the more troublesome. What is so incredible?
"Hmmmmm. You seriously don't feel weird?"
"Lo's not avoiding, is he?"
Hara was surprised because for the first time Melati who was denied—disindir— was too busy daydreaming until she did not reply. The girl folded her hands behind her head, sitting staring at the ceiling of the car as if it took hard work thinking about the famous new boy.
"She's too pretty. And it turns out that pinter in class. A move from Asgard, and he said one of the most elite there. In a day not only makes people surprised he brought a child, he also shifted Widya's position as the most beautiful girl in school. The background is not amazing either. Don't seem arrogant, don't seem to deliberately seek attention."
"...."
"Is she even a human? She's too hot, too lovely to be true."
Did Melati suddenly go crazy?
Why is he talking about Rashi as if he is a fanatical devotee who looks over his idol? But then again, Hara is goosebumps because this is the first time she saw Melati obsessing over someone outside the music world.
Melati obsessed with Hara—perbudaknya unilaterally—because talent Hara fit as the mascot of the club. It wasn't that in the cafeteria he was talking about dragging Rashi into their club for all the men to come in droves and he would sort out anyone all along hiding their musical talent from him?
As Hara began to think about figuring out how to prevent the madman from going crazy—Delati was already crazy enough to mess up Hara—'s lifeas soon as it was made conscious.
How serious does jasmine mean.
Now he raises his feet up the seat, propping up his chin with his eyes staring blankly forward. "I hate this feeling. Suddenly, I feel like I'm in love with her but I'm afraid of her."
Okay, he's serious.
The problem is Hara can't understand in terms of what Melati thinks Rashi is scary. Is that something that makes him feel threatened? Something like, Rashi's popularity is going to wipe out his popularity?
But Melati doesn't even discuss the club now.
Melati sighed to herself, lowered her legs again and acted as usual. It was because his phone suddenly rang, displaying a call that was to him extremely important.
The Dictator of the Music Club is back.
"Yes, hello? Okay, gimme 15 minutes. I'm on my way. You—WHAT? IS HE THERE?!" Melati laughs loudly. "10 minutes. Tell Mahesa I'll pull my team if he says he's busy! Cool. See you there."
The water of Melati's face instantly cringed as if the whole indistinct talk about Rashi was just nonsense.
"Mahesa will be meeting today. Fuck that bastard really wants to bother taking care of a small event. There must be something. Ranch, Hara. I want to talk to Mahesa a lot."
Hara just rolled her eyes, obedient rather than bothering to see Melati's enthusiasm.
Why does everyone like that bastard, even Melati?
Whether for reasons of love or interest in the charisma of the leader, everyone seems to be crazy because of Mahesa.
It's exhausting.
...*...
"BRANCH!"
Rashi hurriedly placed an index finger in front of his lips as a gesture for Yatha to be silent. The boy latently imitated his movements, changing from what had been running to sluggish.
His actions provoke Rashi's smile, even though the girl is reluctant to see her brother's sleeping position has not changed. "Depose well, honey. Yatha used her brother. Let's have a good dream."
"Ih, how did you even say that, anyway? Wake up!"
"Udah, you're here." Rashi did not want to hear a debate or a fight or anything that provoked a commotion. Drawn the chair that Rashi remembered Ervan's place in, plus gave Yatha a chair as well so she wouldn't have to stand looking at Candra constantly. "So I met Melati. Said he was the head of the music club, huh?"
"Mela?" Sara is soon sidetracked from Candra. "You acquaintances? Well, reasonable, anyway. Mela must have joined the club, right?"
It seems like that, even though he just lost 'if you want to join the club'. "Kok know?"
"You're a school artist, Rashiiii!" Sara said a shrill voice, looking anxious about something. "Lo know not the hell in this school there are two girls, uh, three deh, really pretty girls. Cantiiiiikk among all the beautiful. Her name is Widya, Riska, and Juwita. Only one of my generation, if the two of your generation. And you immediately beat the three of them, you know?!"
Rashi grimaces. She likes to be praised beautiful and recognized, but that means. Beautiful questions will always be the basic reason girls turn their backs on each other. More beautiful is indeed the main benchmark men like you.
Briefly, Rashi steals the attention of most of the men in school from their former to her, moving to her.
Not that Rashi was sad or something, anyway. But he just hopes not to be involved in anything that is not important at all.
"And the most important part is," Sara pointed to Candra who is still faithful to the beautiful dream, "both former brothers."
"Yes, really not an ex either, anyway, maybe?" Sara shrugged her shoulders. All four of them reached out to pinch Yatha's cheeks which gawked at them. "But Brother never deket same they both. Oh, my goddamn brother, that's why he likes it. The girl was diaperin for a while, kept on being abandoned. They don't live!"
Rashi glanced at Candra, starting to feel her premonition badly.
Briefly, the two exes had a bad impression on Candra, right?
Rashi's position is getting worse, as it seems Candra is attracted to him.
The huft! If you have to be honest, the funniest but most fulfilling thing in her life as a beautiful girl, is about romance. He never got away from it even though Rashi became Mahesa's lover first. Can't stop people from liking her, and she can't resist the hatred of other girls' jealousy.
Again, Rashi had to rely on Mahesa's advice in this regard. Staying in control is the key to a quiet life even if the whole side is attacked.
"Keep knowing Hara, Ra?"
"Hara?"
Yatha was apparently reluctant to be hurt and did not feel at home sitting next to the sleeping Candra. That's why the boy moved into Rashi's lap, talking too. "What's the talk?"
"Temen Mama was dear. Which tos the same Yatha's." Rashi hugged Yatha to calm down first. "Hara yah, Ra?"
"Yes, why?"
His face showed he was quite young. Somehow Rashi can guess from his face he is younger. Maybe because she's sweet in a different way than Ervan? "He's a native of Papua?"
"More precisely Nusa Tenggara. Fun fact, Hara's Xena's cousin."
Rashi. "Xena is Chinese."
"I know that feeling! So interesting. Because it turns out, Xena's one family is Chinese all except Hara is equally bokapnya. Hara married her aunt Xena. Therefore Hara was schooled here, because Xena was also school here."
That's indeed interesting. Not the racist issue. Two races whose skin colors are opposite try to relate to each other. As Sara said, it was interesting. "But Hara didn't look like the Chinese mix."
"They're step-cousins. Hara had another mother, kept her parents divorced, her father married Xena's aunt."
"Oh, okay." Rashi nodded in understanding. Increasingly made interested in discussing the sweet little sister. "He's the same Melati there's something? That's a deket, I mean?"
Sara gnawed. "Um, no? Why are you asking me that? Omg, don't say—"
"He's cute. I like his eyes."
His sister gaped, melolot very wide as if the new Rashi revealed a super spectacular fact like 'Rashi is the cause of the third world war later'. "LO CRUSH HARA? YOOOOOO?!!"
Sara's voice shrieked, Candra jumped out of her chair, and Yatha closed her ears in fear. But Sara was too shocked to care about the impact of her screams, as she was busy stammering.
"Omaygat, omaygat, omaygat!"
"Should you scream?!" Candra's breaking the emotion table.
"Shut up! You should have woken up from earlier! It's home and because of Brother, we'll wait an hour!"
Rashi couldn't break up the two brothers' argument. Her head lowered, pushing Yatha from her stomach to find traces of sticky liquid printing in the former part of the abortion operation.
Oh, dearGod.
...*...
Candra's getting frustrated now.
He released his sleep because yesterday was not sleeping at all, busy thinking about Rashi while playing games on his PS5. Hoping drowsiness, it turns out even release until morning. Candra also thought her interaction with Rashi even became like a friend.
Candra wants more than friends.
The problem is, Candra also misbehaves herself, confused and agitated if Rashi even risi he too aggressive. Rashi just grieved. Moreover, they are cousins.
Not everyone sees romantic relationships with cousins as natural, especially if the cousin is the son of a parent's own brother.
Candra is getting softer seeing Rashi as easily as it blends in the classroom. His smile and relaxed manner of being make everyone instantly like Rashi, even though he looks scary because of the sniffling during the lesson.
Before Candra actually went to sleep, Ervan whispered in her ear saying, "So much a demon like you even have an angel cousin. It's not fair, motherfucker."
Earlier Candra replied to him arrogantly, managed to make his friends keki and envious. But now Candra is self-cursing, which may indeed be a demon, useless to the point of making Rashi have to wait.
He was patient and waited for her.
He wanted to apologize, did not want Rashi to look at him as a annoying figure because of irresponsibility. Just, Candra jaim dong, especially her sister who is super annoying, nagging and cursing him since earlier in the back.
In the end, Candra drove in silence.
If measured from their school, the distance of Rashi's house is further from his residence, so Candra immediately pulled the car over first at home to lower Sara, so that it can be two—three anyway, so Candra, more precisely—introduces Rashi to the house.
"Awas. Sara Aduin Uma let Brother not be fed! You Koala!"
Candra clucked irritatedly. He knows he's wrong, so can he stop hunching?
Not like Candra on purpose.
But forget about him.
The car immediately drove back at a slower speed. Candra turned her head to the side, finding Rashi leaning limp in the car while Yatha looked peacefully asleep leaning against her chest.
There was jealousy in Candra's heart, which obviously didn't matter because Yatha was just a snot kid.
Rather than that, Candra was more focused on seeing Rashi's face again in pain like the day after yesterday's mall.
Does his stomach hurt anymore? Candra doesn't understand why girls like to complain about her mens, but Uma doesn't. What is the difference between having a baby and not having a baby?
Instinctively, Candra stops the car in front of the minimarket. Rashi turns conscious the car stops again until he opens his eyes in a way that looks very tired and sick.
Because the dye on her lips was indeed faint, she started to look as pale as if she was about to faint.
"Cand?"
Candra reached out her hand carefully, rubbing her cheek at a glance. "Wait here." Then get out of the car, to regret what he did.
Duh, why should you also wear elus cheek? If it's found out Candra likes it and she's away, what? But Candra also felt no deep regret. Instead, his lips were smiling, because Rashi's hot cheeks felt soft and supple.
It is hard if it is beautiful. Every side must be beautiful.
...*...