
The taste that Ray has been trying to express in every word that comes out of his mouth is just a joke. He was never okay after his father no longer wanted him. The smile and laughter that he shared with his friends was just a mask that he made in such a way. The real one is very fragile and sensitive. But he can't just say it. Because, the feeling he wants to cover makes him weak in the eyes of others.
And this thing happened again. He left from Rion and Karel only to fill his time with his own. Some time ago he heard his father's voice with Sasha having a big fight in the room. The thing that made his heart sliced was when he heard the sound of children's cries that sounded bitter from within.
It also made him dare to knock on the door to injure the two, although he was sure he would return with the wound re-opened.
...***...
It was already night, and there was still a noise coming from inside the brown-painted door in front of him. Ray repeatedly pulled out his hand as he was about to knock on the door to stop the quarrel inside. The only thing he cared about was when the sound of a toddler crying bitterly over there. Although he had never seen Renand, he was convinced that the voice belonged to him.
Tok.dok...
Finally he managed to knock on the door with great shakes in both hands. The voice of the quarrel has gone, leaving only the crying voice that Ray believes belongs to Renand.
The door opened, revealing the figure of a father with a gaze ready to stab his heart. The two were silent for a moment, looking at each other. Arnold finally opened his voice.
"You what?!"
A question too short. But Ray did not want to stretch the distance back between the two. At least his father still wants to see his face.
"Dad, don't fight!" His voice was soft but Arnold could hear it clearly in his ears.
"Indeed, who is this father because?! Isn't this what you want?! Making a split between father and wife father?! Aye right?!" There was a faint smile coming out of Arnold's mouth. But there was an oddity that Ray could catch clearly between his eyes. Ray just breathed. Trying to push the door in front of him, to open perfectly.
"What do you want?! You still have manners, right?!" Ray was silent. Didn't mind the jolt Arnold made. And finally, the door was wide open. Show all of it. Then he made a wound in his heart. It's nothing, but he knows he's the cause of the two bickering in front of a little boy who's less than 5 years old.
"At least don't fight in front of Renand! He's a kid!"
The woman's face was already wet with tears and also her hair was stuck between her face. As for Renand, he just sat hugging his knees in the corner of the room. Letting every second of his enter the recesses of his soul that began to be fragile with this sort of thing.
Ray was still busy with his thoughts. While the hand was already swinging right in front of his face. Now only the pain and heat that Ray felt. Creeper through his nerves. The small steps sounded. It clashed with the floor which made it even stronger.
Renand hugged his mother's leg. While sobbing filled with tightness and despair.
"Mama don't..." He's Ray's savior. If only the boy hadn't stopped his mother, Ray's face might have been shattered by Sasha's slap. Although one punch was right about Ray's face.
Everything quiet. Sasha is back. And Arnold just hit the door rough.
No, no, no!!
Renand was a kid. He shouldn't have seen this kind of thing. Perhaps, Ray is not someone who easily gets along with a little boy like Shan. But he remembered very well, that he had also felt how the atmosphere was like this a few years ago. Some things may happen when emotions are all around them. Even forget about children who witnessed clearly how they cursed each other, or how they hit each other with a tight.
Ray takes Renand's body into his trunk. No matter what the kid is crying.
"Speak to father slowly, Renand will not forget this kind of thing. Don't make him like me!" Ray leaves both. At least Renand was already in his arms. He would close his ears if the quarrel was heard.
Because he did not want to make Renand fared the same as himself.
"Renand don't be afraid, they're just mad at you. Sorry, sister, yes..." Ray can't say anything but that. To be honest, he was never very close to the children either. It's just that, if it's necessary, Ray can just keep them.
Renand still drowned his face in Ray's chest. Trying to get rid of her tears. His hands trembled, a sign that the boy was now afraid. Ray held the boy tightly, trying to calm him down and hoping that he could catch a nap.
"Len's scared..." Ray rubbed Renand's back. I hope he will fall asleep soon. And before long the boy's eyes closed, his smooth snoring began to sound.
...***...
He could record everything, and it felt like he was stabbed. The more he heard the fact that his presence was a mistake that could not even be accepted willingly by everyone.
Ray took a long breath. Then he continued his heavy steps. Passing the stairs without knowing where it is going. I don't know what's on his mind, so his gaze doesn't contrast with his footsteps. Because the next second, he almost fell down there. If no one pulls his arm quickly, and compensates for Ray's careless steps.
Ray's breath seemed to stop for a moment, the oxygen that entered his lungs seemed filled with pollution and made him crowded. Because it makes the tempo of his heartbeat increase.
"If the road uses the same feet, see the steps dong! You want to kill yourself?!" The cold voice adorned Ray's ears. He looked up at who had saved his life. From the looks of it, this figure before him was a final-level student just like Shan and Kensie.
"Snake suicide, I still love life. Still love the same family, there is no way I want to kill myself in vain my precious time! Anyway, I just wasn't concerned. Not suicidal."
"Oh, you want to find a sensation?!".
"What sensation?! I'm not Syahrini! I'm just an ordinary kid who can sometimes not pay attention to the road, and fall suddenly! Not want to find a sensation let alone the same rich gini!!"
"Basic midget!" The mockery just came out of Erik's mouth. Without him knowing, that the mockery made the humans before him angry, and get ready to throw a thousand-word style that Ray learned along with Naruto.
"Have I said Midget, I'm not a midget?! I'm only a few inches shorter than you. And I want to know, if I'm a normal person. So I'm really tall, because I'm not lo the drop of a coconut tree!!"
"If it's a drop of a bougainvillea!"
"Bougenvil tree is still good as a display! If the coconut tree is not a display, but a betel climbing event!"
"Heh, there's no climbing betel nut with coconut trees! There are bamboo trees!"
"Well, I'm not short. Point!"
Erik sighed while rubbing his face. The figure before him was very different from the other 5 people. And in reality Ray is different from Shan, Kensie, Sean, Karel and Rion. It's nothing, but based on his observation on those 5 people, all of them on average do not have as much ability as this one.
"Lo is so noisy being a person! Can you not be rich in other sodara lo?! I'm dizzy with your pointless talk!"in
"Gue yes me, why should they be rich?!! Why is everyone always relating my nature to their same. They let me be them, and I'm pretty much what I am!"
"Whisper!"
"Gue isn't noisy, I'm just talking a lot!"
"Beah, move aside! I want to go through!" Erik just passed Ray. But Ray's curiosity is second to none. He may be interested in the person who just saved him. Or he just wants to fad and count to add cement. No one knows how he thinks.
"Why are you following me?!!" Erik's steps have now stopped. And his eyes looked at Ray with sharpness. But, the teenager instead folded his hands in front of his chest, and returned Erik's gaze fearlessly.
"Gue Bosen, want to find a new ear to hear my every talk!"
"Huh, you bosen alive?! Dealing with me, it means dealing with your brothers who have no morals!"
"My branches aren't that. They are really good, just prestige!"
"Gue doesn't want to know, just leave in front of me!!" Stuck Erik violently.
"Gue, it won't deal with you!!" Ray then remained silent. Actually, he was used to this kind of jolt. But it still hurts when I hear it.
"Not at home in school, same!!" Ray's grunts are now starting to stay away from Erik. What if her presence at school and at home is about by everyone?! Where is he going?!
And there he returned to Rion and Karel with a bent face. Then only silence covers the three. Until the lesson ends.