The Girl of Rhein
Hiding the Feelings part 1

Rhine drops Hazel off on the side of the road where her car still has a stop, and the distance the bookstore Hazel wants to go to is just a few shops from Rhine dropping Hazel off.

"Hazel, you're careful on the road because you have to remember that your stepbrother is free."

"You take it easy, Rhine because it's also early in the morning, what else is here close to the police station."

"You're carrying an electric shock device, right?"

"I brought it, you take it easy."

"Hazel, why don't you wait for me to take a day off work? I'll accompany you to buy a book."

Hazel shook her head and she immediately sent Rhine away from there. Rhine runs his car slowly, but his gaze still sees Hazel from the rearview mirror.

"Why did he even get into that dead end aisle? Didn't he say he was going to the bookstore?"

Rhine is confused with Hazel. He said he wanted to go to the bookstore, but why did he go into the hallway like a small gank, but there was no other way. That includes dead end gangs."

Curious Rhine turns his car around because he wants to know what Hazel did to him there.

Rhine in the car saw Hazel leaning against the wall between two buildings crying there. Hazel hugged her own body as if she felt alone having to deal with her problems.

There was a devastated feeling that Rhine felt upon seeing Hazel like that. Rhine knows why Hazel is like that, but Rhine can't do much because Rhine never responds to someone's love for her.

"I'm sorry, Hazel. You really shouldn't love me. I don't deserve sincere love from you." Rhein chose to leave from there.

At her place Hazel who was relieved to cry slowly she wiped away her tears. "I have to forget, Rhine, but can I? This taste is really strong on Rhine. Why should I fall in love with him? Why not with the man I expected? Hazel is crying."

A few minutes later, Hazel, who was feeling good, walked out of the hall. He went into a newly opened bookstore.

Hazel looked for some reading books there. At least he'll buy seven books for one week.

"First Love." Hazel was silent for a moment. She does not have a first love because Rhine is not her first love. Rhine is just love that hurts him.

Hazel puts the book back on, and she decides to go home because the book she wants to buy is already there.

After paying for the book, Hazel walked slowly thinking about everything she had talked to Rhine. Hazel tries to strengthen herself to accept everything, at least she feels happy to have given herself to the person she loves, even though that person has no feelings for her at all.

"Hello my beautiful sister, we met here. Waw! There are so many books you buy, so you have a lot of money?" Suddenly the voice of the person Hazel knew was right in front of her.

"Do you want money? I'll give you, but don't hurt me. You better make yourself a good person, I know you're actually a good person just your father made you that way." Hazel took some money out of her bag and gave it to her half-brother. The man, Hazel's half-sister, looked stunned at Hazel's words.

"He's not my lover, I work as a servant in his place. I'll give you some more money and I hope you don't ask for it anymore because maybe I won't work in that house anymore, I want to go as far as possible."

"You mean? Do you want to die?"

"Here you go, take this money." Hazel gave me some more money, and then she walked past her stepbrother.

The man who became Hazel's half-sister looked at Hazel with a strange look. "Will he kill himself? Butwhy? Isn't her life good with that guy? You stupid girl!" He looked towards the money.

"I'm going to use this money and I'd better not try with Hazel because that guy could get me in trouble."

Hazel was still walking down the street that morning. Then he looked towards the cake shop, Hazel remembered that Rhine loved peanut butter cakes. He then went inside the store and bought some cookies for Rhine.

After buying, Hazel walks home to the apartment. There he did all the usual activities, but he also kept thinking about whether he should stay there to stay with the people he loved despite hurting him? Or should he leave? Those two thoughts were bothering Hazel.

Time goes by quickly until nightfall. Hazel waits for Rhine to come, but it turns out that Rhine didn't come home today either. Hazel remembers that Rhine said he was going to see that woman named Selena.

Not long after Hazel's phone rang, she saw Rhine's name there.

"Hello virgin girl." Rhine was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have given you that name anymore. How about I call a cute bunny? I can't go home tonight because I have an appointment with Selena, if you want to eat, just eat first and don't forget to lock all the doors. Sleep well in my room. Yes, already then! Bye, pretty little bunny." Rhine closed his call.

Hazel fell silent with tears. He feels that Rhine really does not have any feelings for him, he is just being nice, even though Hazel knows that he should hold back his feelings because Rhine is not a man who easily has special feelings for women, even though he slept with that woman.

Hazel chooses not to eat dinner, she goes into the room and sleeps on Rhine's bed.

At least there he can breathe the scent of Rhine.

"Mama, papa, Hazel misses you" he said, closing his eyes.

That morning Hazel woke up with the bedroom still empty, she still did not see Rhine there.

Rhein also won't be coming home because she must still be staying overnight at Selena's house.

Not long ago the door of Rhein's apartment was knocked by someone. Hazel walked over and looked at the small hole in the door. When Hazel's door opened, she immediately hugged Darren who was standing stunned there.

Darren is confused why Hazel is like this?

"Hi, Hazel are you okay? Are you sick?" Hazel did not answer. She still hugged Darren and with just a head bob she answered Darren.

"Have you eaten?"