The Reincarnation of the Knight of Light
013 - Rian and Bella

"Whatever. Already yes, soon the bell comes in, we go to class first and thank you for your help today, dah …!"

Nanda says goodbye to Arya and then walks towards her second-floor class waving and pulling Bella's arm again.

Arya could not say anything, she could only return the hand and walked into the school building, towards her third-floor class.

*****

Hour after hour the lessons had passed and the break bell rang. As usual, Rian went to the roof of the school building to eat the bread he bought in the cafeteria.

But, when he got there, he was a little surprised by the presence of Bella who was busy enjoying the view of the city near the roof guardrail of the building.

"Not usually you're here, what's up?" greet Rian while walking and sitting on the long chair there that he used to sit on.

"Ee. .. nothing, I'm just enjoying the view from here" he replied, re-enjoying the view from behind the wire fence in front of him.

"I really like to enjoy the view from a high place. But, I don't know how long it's been .. I've never done this again," he continued.

Rian felt that there was something strange about Bella's attitude. He then glanced at Bella in between meals, trying to figure out the oddity.

Bella turned her head towards Rian who glanced at her while chewing the bread that was in her mouth. "Oh yeah, you're Arya's friend, right? You're very secretive, even though I went to high school in the first place we've met a lot, but I still don't know anything about you." 

Rian stopped eating her for a moment, his gaze staring into Bella's eyes for a moment without blinking. But a moment later Rian turned his head towards the bread he was eating.

"Sorry, my name is Rian, Rian Kamajaya. You also look closed," replied Rian who then spliced with his meal again.

Bella was not at all surprised by the brief introductions, given that such an attitude she often showed. He walked up to Rian who was still eating his bread and then sat down beside him.

"You want to?" tawar Rian offers his bread to Bella.

"N-no,"

"If you don't want to be okay, I'll eat alone,"

"Ee ... Rian, are you close to Arya?" bella asked with a little fear.

"Yes,"

"Then how do I get to know him?"

"Let's know, we've been friends for a long time, but I never knew what brought us closer,"

"so yeah. Between the two of you, who is stronger?"

Rian was slightly surprised to hear the question and turned his head quickly towards Bella.

"What do you mean?"

"Sorry. I mean ... If you're with you what's as strong as? Is the news about the two of you beating one biker gang a year ago true?"

Rian looked at Bella for a moment, then replied as he prepared to leave the roof of the building, "It seems that you are interested in the news, but I'm sorry that Arya and I don't want to discuss the news anymore,"

"Then again sorry. But ... do you guys always come home from school together?"

Rian's step which was already in front of the stairs down stopped and glanced sharply at Bella who was behind.

"Honestly, I'm annoyed by the question you're asking. What's wrong with you? Why do you want to know so much about me and Arya?"

Rian who heard the word 'sorry' again from Bella's mouth felt uncomfortable and decided to immediately continue his steps down the stairs, while Bella looked at Rian until she disappeared from her sight.

"Haa .. when it was my chance, but I made it into a waste. If this is ... how can I get protection from them?" mumbling Bella resigned to what happened.

*****

The day changed to night and now the clock shows eight o'clock at night. After dinner, Wulan, Romi, and Rena cleaned the kitchen and dining table together, while Arya herself went straight back to her room.

After a long time doing it yourself, finally Romi assisted again by Wulan and with added by Rena who also helped. On the sidelines of cleaning the kitchen, Rena ventured to ask Wulan.

"Sister! Is Brother Nanda really a martial arts master?"

"Which nanda? What do you mean Nanda Amara?" ask Wulan back who was not sure which Nanda was meant.

"Yes, that Nanda,"

"Of course, what I heard when he was in first grade High School he had won several martial arts tournaments and now he has brought home the second champion again" Romi explained ahead of Wulan.

Rena was slightly stunned to hear that, she did not expect at all that the tomboyish-looking and somewhat thug girl seemed to have such an incredible feat in the martial field.

"Haha! Of course, since childhood he has been good at fighting. Even though his opponent was always someone older than him, but he could still always win against him," Wulan said after laughing loosely for a moment. "Why did you suddenly ask that?" 

"It's okay, I'm just curious, because at school there are a lot of people talking about it and taking it for granted,"

"Is that so? It turns out that the girl has become a great person, approximately ... when can Arya also be like that?" he muttered while daydreaming.

*****

The night wind blew with him the silence. In a dark garden, a girl sits on a long bench crying and accompanied only by a lamp from a pole beside her that lights her up.

Rian who was on his way home after work saw the girl from a distance. At first Rian had intended to go through it and was unwilling to care about it.

But the closer she gets, Rian realizes that the crying girl is Bella. Therefore, with a heavy heart he decided to go to him and try to comfort him as much as possible. Although in his little heart he did not want to interfere in anyone's problems.

"What are you doing here?" rian asked who was coming from the front.

Bella who noticed his presence immediately wiped her tears and threw her face the other way so as not to be seen by Rian.

"No-no, nothing," he answered in a lie.

Rian knew that Bella was lying now, so he sat down next to her trying to look her in the face several times.

Bella always avoided it. A can of drink was given to Bella by Rian and placed on a long bench between them.

"Here, drink it to make you feel better,"

"Thank you,"

"I won't ask and won't ask you to tell me. But you don't have to hold it alone, if you feel inadequate, you can tell me until you feel better."

Instantly his tears that had been painstakingly blocked since earlier were immediately broken just like that. Her sobs make Rian feel uncomfortable, but Rian stays in his position, on his goal, and leaves Bella like that for a while.

"I ... hiks! I don't know what to do .. hiks! I miss both my parents" he said with tears streaming down.