
The sky had turned dark after a day of emitting a fierce radiance. A man clad in a black suit closed his laptop. He looked at the clock and it was late. It's time to go home. Enjoy a glass of warm milk, take a shower and go to bed. Tomorrow morning he has to go back to work again.
Until at home his expectations were destroyed because someone had triggered his emotions. How not if the room he usually used to sleep is now decorated with thousands of white roses. It was not that he did not like flowers, but his current condition refused to enjoy romantic things.
"Who's dirtying my room??" ask her with a loud voice. He looked at the four people sitting on the sofa of the teve room. They are Axel, Vey, Zizi, and Erin.
The four are silent. Probably intentionally.
"I know, it's you, right??" looking at Erin sharply. Which was stared directly at.
"Clean up now!" rough snaps.
"Ste.. Stevan, this is your special day. So it's okay dong if I happen to be romantic.." said Erin trembling. It was obvious he was afraid of the man's clasping.
"If you still want to see the beauty of this world, clean my room right now!" after saying that, the man who turned out to be Iraz was leaving to his four. I don't know where he went. Definitely out of the house.
"I've warned you before!" axel's comments after Iraz vanished from their sight.
"I was confused as to why he was like that." continued Vey Sayu.
"I'm not even sure if he's Stevan. Since Stevan wasn't a rude person before." now it's Erin's turn to say. He looks sad and disappointed. Iraz did something that hurt his heart.
"Kiking has turned evil."
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Iraz came back after the clock showed at half-three in the morning. He enjoys his time at the bar alone. It seemed more comforting than having to sleep among thousands of flowers. This special day feels empty because of the many trials that approach. If only he could control his destiny, he would change his life just fine the whole time.
At three o'clock he entered the house. He found his room clean again. The rose was cleaned without a single petal. It had to be so that Iraz's high blood didn't peak again.
"Where are you, Stevan?" ask Vey to worry.
"Why? Do I have to report every time I travel?"
"It's not so. But you're not used to the night world. I was worried..."
"Too dramatic!" iraz's comments passed the woman.
"Van.. please don't torture yourself like this .. Just tell me your problem, I'll try to help while I can."
Iraz stopped his steps at the bottom of the stairs. Reversing her body until her eyes met for a moment with Vey. It was obvious he would be disgusted by the words of women.
"I'm doing fine. I didn't torture myself. I live with great happiness. Don't look at me like you feel sorry for me. I'm strong and I can." replied Iraz smiling cynically.
"So stop bothering me . I want to live quietly."
Vey doesn't like to be desperate. Hence he remained determined to follow Iraz from behind even though he had already been yelled at. Of course he must know his sister's life is getting weird.
"Stevan, do you know that Papa would be so sad to see you like this? He never wanted a rough and messy Stevan like this." the only way Vey had was to carry around their Papa name. Because Stevan loves Papa very much and will do anything for him.
Stevan's expression changed. There is sadness there. It was obvious he was thinking about Vey's words.
"You remember that Papa really wanted to see you on top of the world. He wants Stevan, the son of the family successor, to be the supreme ruler of the business world. He's trying to educate you until he's willing to send you away, so that your social spirit grows. Then suddenly you come back. You came back with worse circumstances. He'd be very disappointed with all this." Vey finally managed to touch Stevan's face. From yesterday he was completely unwilling to come into contact with anyone.
"Stevan my brother, you should know that Papa's wish is the purpose of your life. So I hope you can change your nature even better. I'm afraid dad would know you're like this."
Iraz's eyes began to get wet with tears. "But isn't he selfish enough to use me as material to achieve his dreams?"
Vey wiped away his sister's tears that had managed to drip from the fertilizer. She smiled a little. "You think that's like that?"
Steven nodded small. "He even forced me to accept someone I didn't want. Perhaps, he meant well but why had he never asked first? Why did he conclude something without asking the person concerned?" here Iraz is starting to not calm down anymore. It seems like this happened because of the help of a little alcohol. He finished some sloki earlier.
"My sweet sister, it seems like you need a break. Sleep away..." Vey led him to the bed. Indeed carrying the name Papa is the most telling tool to soften Iraz. Look at him now like a child covered by his mother.
"I'm gonna turn off the lights. Good night to sleep." Vey turned off the lights and closed the door to Iraz's room. He stretched his muscles while yawning widely.
"It looks like you managed to talk to him." Axel's heavy voice managed to shock the woman. Vey immediately turned to the side and saw her husband leaning against the wall near Iraz's room.
"Well, plus a little more lies." continued Vey.
"It's okay, at least we should try to get him to accept the situation."
"You are right, dear. The future of the family is in his hands."
"From that, would you like to eat a bowl of noodles?" Axel offered with a warm smile.
"Hmm?" Vey smiled. "It sounds cool eating noodles at this hour. I can,"
"Okeii for a minute let's go to the kitchen to make noodles."
"Ayoooo," cried Vey.
"Don't be hard, baby, Steven's gonna wake up."
"Eh yes, sorry." Vey immediately shut her mouth and walked behind her husband. They got into the elevator and went down to the floor where the kitchen was.
There's one thing they don't know, about how hurt Iraz's heart is right now. The man may seem calm in his sleep but in reality he is not sleeping. He sat on his bed, hugging his knees while exhaling a deep breath. He felt something very painful in his heart.
"Blame me for not following you this once?"