The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 84: Peace

“Not good,”

I don't know how many times Akram said the same word that almost made Elana pursed her lips back in annoyance. The man bit his sandwich, then grumbled incessantly before then bit again, grumbling again, as if he was about to disturb Elana who was eating her own part and showed the woman, she said, how forced he had to eat a sandwich that he considered low-class food.

To Elana herself, the food she had in her hands was quite delicious, and she ate it voraciously. Maybe because they had indeed passed the lunch hour to make it hungry, maybe also because the taste of food that is definitely substandard for the tongue of Akram, it was quite suitable on the tongue of the people of his tongue.

The bread cupped in layers of meat and vegetables in his hands still felt soft even though the incident had made their food already cool down, thin slices of spicy sweet-spiced meat with a lingering burnt aroma also taste delicious on its tongue, blending with fresh vegetables that add a crunchy savory taste when chewed. Saos and mayonnaise complement it, balancing the taste, and for Elana, this large sandwich really fits as a complete and practical menu for their lunch.

“It should be food like this placed on a plate, eaten with a knife and fork. If in this way, the contents and the sauce splattered everywhere, very slovenly,”Once again heard the voice of Akram next to him, making Elana who had swallowed the last bite of her cipher and held back long ago while listening to all the scolding of the man, finally lost her patience.

He then turned his head towards Akram, and stared exasperatedly at the man who had not even finished a quarter of the sandwich in his hand.

Akram even looked at the food in his hand with a frown like a jury of high-class cooking competitions who were assessing his eating.

“The bottle is cheap, tasteless and completely unscented, the texture is also attached to the tongue when chewed. The meat used is not fresh, as cooked yesterday. let alone withered and unpalatable vegetables, this is not organic vegetables but poisonous vegetables that contain a lot of pesticides on the surface of the leaves.”.

Akram was about to connect and throw all his protests that seemed to be very long, but then impatiently, Elana moved impulsively, and then, then snatched the remaining three-quarters of the sandwich from Akram's hand and grasped it with his own hands.

“You still want to eat it or not? If you don't want to, I'll spend it. I'm still hungry,” said Elana while raising her chin defiantly, preparing to fight any harsh criticism Akram thought would follow later.

But it turns out the assumption was wrong, instead of connecting the series of his reproach that had flowed nonstop, Akram's view was even fixated on the sanwich in the hands of Elana who had been bitten by him.

“There are my bite marks there. It is not hygienic and belongs to the category of leftovers. It was supposed to go straight into the trash and you even want to eat it?” sahut Akram with disgust.

“What if I eat it?” exasperatedly Elana opened her mouth wide, then bit the sandwich with a big bite before then chewing it with a loud voice and a annoying attitude.

He was already preparing to fight with Akram. But once again, Akram gave an unexpected reaction. The man just stared at the rest of the sandwich he had bitten in Elana's hand, then looked back at Elana with a look of disdain.

“It could be said as an indirect kiss. And if you want a kiss from me, you shouldn't eat my food. You just tell me, and I'll give it to you.” Follow him in a deliberate confident tone.

At once the food that Elana chewed and swallowed with a hurry immediately rolled wrong, instead of passing through the path of his throat, the food was even stuck in the trunk of his throat when Elana heard the sentence Akram. The repellent feathers in his throat that were in charge of keeping no foreign object from the outside could penetrate the defense to his lungs immediately react, moving to throw the food out again at full speed, through his throat and partly through his nose.

Elana coughed loudly in an agonizing suffocating voice as she refrained from spouting back her food. His nose was hot and aching, as well as his eyes that immediately broke down in tears.

Gosh darn. Akram Night with all his arrogance always managed to say a sentence that made him shocked half to death.

Seeing Elana trying to recover from choking, Akram quickly patted her back and offered her water to drink. When Elana received the water bottle, she raised her head and her lips thinned when she saw the corner of Akram's lips twitching with laughter.

This arrogant, haughty, perfectionist and aristocrat pretentious man dared to laugh at him!

It was very desirable for Elana to behave like a child who was hooked, who immediately got up while returning to stomp angry feet with a sulking attitude. But, he knew that he could not do it, because it would definitely make Akram laugh more.

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Immediately after finishing their meal, Elana again forced Akram to visit the clinic of the health facility available in Ocean Garden. Despite looking strong, Elana knew that Akram was holding back the pain, and also, the open wound on her chest that, if not dealt with immediately, was afraid that it would get worse.

Luckily when they looked at the giant map attached to the glass wall near where they were sitting, Elana found that the location of the nearest clinic was not far from where they are now. They only needed to walk about two hundred meters to reach that place.

Surprisingly, the attitude of the clinic officers was quite unusual. Once they found out Akram and himself stepped into the clinic, all the officers were immediately shocked to welcome, and immediately provide first-class service as quickly as they could.

It was as if everyone had been informed of the existence of Akram Night here and ordered to provide the best service.

Elana sat on the chair as the doctor closed back Akram's wound and rebuked him with a very strong weight. His forehead wrinkled as he watched over Akram who did not even sweat a single drop throughout his handling of the wound that must have been very painful.

“Is it always like that?” Elana ventured to ask, staring at Akram who was sitting on the edge of the bed and was putting his clothes back on.

Akram raised his head and looked back at Elana. His forehead was clenched not understanding.

“What do you mean?” he asked in an incomprehensible tone.

Elana glanced towards the closed door where the doctor who handled Akram had stepped away after saying goodbye with an unusually polite attitude mixed with fear.

“Treatment of people to you after knowing your identity…. Is... everything like that?” elana asked then, filled with doubt.

Akram watched Elana's expression, then inexplicably a bitter smile appeared on her lips.

“Almost everything is like that. Once they knew my name, who I was, the wealth I had and the strength of my family background, they all immediately put their best masks in front of me. On the one hand they were vying to curry favor with me in the hope that it would make me happy, and on the other hand, to lick me, they harbored a deep fear of the calamity that could befall them if until they made me unhappy,” Akram's eyes narrowed, then the man reached out towards Elana, and then reached out to her, before then ruling in an indisputable tone. “Come, Elana.”

Unexpectedly, Akram grabbed Elana closer, embracing her tightly with both hands coiled around Elana's back, tightening Elana's waist between her two open legs, which were still sitting on the edge of the treatment bed.

“You know why I don't want to let you go?” Akram rubbed his head tightly against Elana's head, holding her tightly until Elana could not see her facial expression. “That's all because you're the only woman, who treats me as myself. Not as a rich man, a powerful man or a bad man to be feared, but really as myself, as an Akram Night, an ordinary man with all his shortcomings that sometimes you can not tolerate.”

Akram's voice somehow looked pitiful. And at that second, only then did Elana realize that all this time, there was a lonely emotion disguised in Akram's soul, hidden well behind his frozen sternness, sinks at the bottom and is covered in layers of impenetrable protection.

Akram may seem perfect on the outside with all his wealth and advantages, it is still coupled with people who are respectful and adoring. But now Elana realized that deep inside her, Akram was always lonely and bore the burden of her heart alone, because there was never a single person he felt was capable of truly understanding his true self.

Elana wrapped her small arms around Akram's sturdy body and the man did not reject her offer of comfort at all. Akram's tense back seemed relaxed as the man muttered an obscure sentence, then moved comfortably as if leaning against Elana.

Elana's body might not be as strong as Akram's, but for now, she somehow felt like she was hugging a spoiled little boy who had never been hugged sincerely before.

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After all, it was a lot of fun all day. As soon as they finished hugging for a long time in silence, revealing what was inside their feelings in body language and hugs tightly without a word, the, it was miraculously created an understanding of each other among them.

No more fights after that. Akram and Elana, spend the rest of their time in the amusement park with a peace that never before could be perfect. Elana even let Akram hold her hand tightly, keeping her from getting separated in the crowd of visitors who seemed to be getting fuller as the day went on.

The sky was already dark when the time showed it was almost seven p.m. They have both tried all available rides, except for those that Akram said were dangerous to their safety. Akram has also managed to prevent Elana from riding the roller coaster with the highest climb in the world that he coveted, with the reason for the stitches in his chest that may be painful if you have to take a vehicle full of shock at high speed.

Currently, Elana had managed to persuade Akram to stand on the edge of the field, in a shady place by shady trees at the very back of the group of humans who had come to flock filled the field until they stood close to each other.

Elana had invited Akram to get into the crowd, at least to the middle of the field so that the experience they get feels more effective. But, of course Akram refused, the man again used the reason for the wound on his chest and said he did not want to be nudged by others and hurt himself.

Somehow Elana found out that it was only Akram's reason. Akram is not the kind of person who is soft and afraid of pain. The man was clearly refusing to get into the crowd and jostling with strangers he didn't know. But of course Elana did not argue with him, she really did not want to ruin the peaceful atmosphere created between her and Akram over the past few hours.

Therefore, he chose to follow Akram's will, standing still at the very back of the field, slightly separated from the crowd and near the wall shaded by a large, shady tree.

Nowadays, everyone gathers to wait for the peak closing attraction which is always held when the time shows at seven o'clock in this place.It is a legendary fireworks attraction, which is a legendary, the Elana has read in several news articles as the biggest fireworks attraction that is very beautiful, colorful, magnificent and pampering the eye.

Elana never specialized in seeing fireworks in person. On the eve of the new year, if not working shifts as a supermarket cashier, Elana will choose to sleep early so that she can get up early to work the next day. Likewise when he was still living in an orphanage, because his orphanage was located in the suburbs, there was never a big attraction like a fireworks party there. While living in the city, Elana sometimes only had time to listen to the sounds of earthy explosions in the sky on the eve of the new year, or also his eyes had enjoyed sparks of fireworks that were very far from where he stood when he happened to be outside the house when the turn of the year arrived.

Now, the atmosphere is completely different. The field was very wide, there was no barrier whatsoever for all of them to look up, towards the black sky that seemed to be a ready-made canvas spread wide and was available to be decorated by the colorful sparks of fireworks.

The closer it is to seven o'clock at night, the more the heart beats Elana with anticipation, waiting for the beautiful attractions that will occur. Akram seemed to feel it, the man turned his head towards Elana and grinned when he saw the blend of happiness and innocence of an innocent little boy who was adorning Elana's face.

“Gugup?” asked Akram without being able to hold back his smile

.Elana looked up at Akram who was looking down turned towards her, and she replied with a shy smile.

“This...this is the first time in my life. You can enter this amusement park, with all its attractions and also fireworks…. Thank you, Akram..” said Elana with real sincerity.

Akram's expression was unreadable, the man just nodded his head thinly, then his hand holding Elana's hand tightened as the first explosion seemed to be galloping across the sky.

“See!” akram said quickly that made Elana immediately focus her attention towards the sky.At that time, a loud explosion sounded, mingling with splashes that widened to form a giant circle in the air with a colorful adorned, bright color, so beautiful that it looks like a broken rainbow and pieces scattered to decorate the sky.

Elana's lips were about to see the incredible beauty that seemed so close. Even the deafening sound of fireworks did not bother him at all. Elana was so enchanted, spoiled her eyes by the blast after the colorful explosion in the air, so beautifully pampering her eyes.

What he did not realize was that, while Elana was busy staring in awe at the fireworks, Akram was staring at her with the same enchanted look.

Then when the fireworks show was almost finished, Akram could not hold back anymore. The man embraced Elana, took her into his arms, lifted Elana's body towards her bent self, then grabbed the soft and half-open beautiful lips with her own, kiss her with a passion that instead of subsiding after touch, but even more passionate.

Everyone still looked up at the sky and turned their backs, completely unaware that there were two lovebirds blending lips together at the other end, carried away by the magical nuances that surround and soften their hearts.

When the fireworks show ended and people began to fill the air with murmurs and move to disperse, then Akram released his kiss. The man's thumb rubbed the wet lips of Elana after he kissed her all out, while his eyes flashed with desire as he spoke.

“Let's go home and make love,” 

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