The Rival Beside Me
Struggle

Rise called Lala and said she would arrive within ten minutes to pick her up.

Rise invites Lala to dinner together. Their conversation begins with a funny story, for example, about life when they were in college and moves on to a slightly serious conversation. Lala told me about herself.

" I'm not my parents' son. I'm an adopted son." Lala made Rise surprised.

Bangkit tells Lala that they keep secret about Lala's birth to the two Awakened parents.

" You can keep that a secret to my parents."

" no. I'll tell you the truth." Lala disagrees. Lala wanted to reveal everything about herself and didn't want to cover anything up.

" If you think you can't face it and go through it. Back off now is okay." Lala

" No La, I'll follow all your decisions." Rise turned around disapprovingly and would follow everything Lala wanted.

"You don't change clothes? You're not coming home?” lala asked so consciously with the Rise clothes that were still the same when she last met at the Office.

“ I stayed at Hotel. So that Andra doesn't find me. We need to make a decision before I go home and face my family. I'll follow whatever you say except split.” Answer Rise.

“How about your parents?” ask Lala.

“Are They going to kill me because I chose you? I think it can be overcome."

“Am I too valuable that you decide on a fiancee and obviously it will hurt your parents?”Tanya Lala assured Rise.

“My parents, even if they don't have me. They still have Andra. I have to find my own life. I used to think, I can live with all my advantages, but that's just my arrogance. Maybe if it wasn't for knowing you, if I hadn't met you again, I would have stayed that way. I realized that love made me that way. If You fall into the water, You can swim or someone can pull you out, but there is no way to get out of the sea of love, after You fall into it. ” said Rise at length.

“In this world you can't guarantee anything. I never knew if I ended up being so attached to a man named Bangkit.” Lala said.

“That's right, something that you can't even see or that's true, something that you can't even see or touch. You can't break free from it even if you try. I will only accept the life I live. I lost you when I lost my memory.I know I love you more than your love for me. So that brought me to meet you back.But you lived well after college and you were almost tied to Andra.” said Bangkit and Lala immediately touched a small scar on the temple of Rise.

Rise clasped Lala's hand tightly.

"I lost two pounds in a week trying to get away from you. And I lost three kilos of weight when I remembered you back.” added Rise.

“This is the reason why I hate you. If you don't disappear just yet, I won't know about the secret of my birth.”

Lala recalled her stepmother who was obsessed with wealth.

" I'm sorry, sorry I'll be good to you forever. To be honest I used to try to make you fall for me first, but I like you more and more. And the more I look at you the more I think I can't be with you because of my family. I'm scared, that's why I'm. I'm afraid of myself. I like you very much but when I think about it we won't be able to unite. I give up and try to get away from you with my hobby. I'm pretending to be a bad guy so you don't see me anymore, I'm hiding my love. But it turned out to make me forget about you because of my stupid hobby. I won't make stupid decisions like before.” Obviously Rise at length.

“Thank God, you see that as a stupid thing now. I really didn't like your hobby that long ago. That's very dangerous.” Lala.

Awake nodded his head, approving Lala's words.

“ I usually never remember my dreams, but when Andra took you. I have a dream feeling where you're walking towards the cliff."

“So you turned brave?” ask Lala.

" Granny supports me."

“So what now? Do you think your parents will let you be like your grandmother?”

“I'm an adult now, I'll take care of everything. What do you want with me now? Being a rival, lover or a husband?” tanya Arises and does not let Lala's hand out of his grasp.

“How can I make a pillar boy group a husband?” Ask Lala.

" It's not hard, you just have to answer yes."

Lala was confused to hear the words Rise. While Bangkit took off his hand and grabbed something in his pocket.

" Are you serious?" Ask Lala.

" I'm very serious."

" This fast?" Lala doesn't believe it.

" I don't want to waste any more time with you La. We've known each other enough before." Clearly Rise.

" Yes." Yeah."

" You accepted my proposal?"

Lala nodded her head. And Bangkit put up a ring in Lala's left hand sweet finger.

" Thank you."

" Everyone."

...***...

The next day Lala had done her duty to tell her about the plan she had made with Risen to her parents about marriage.

" You're really a filial son." Praise her stepmother. While Lala let out a long sigh, considering that her mother looked very enthusiastic about the news.

While the two Awakened parents were shocked, Rise went straight to the heart of the matter.

“I want to get married.” says Rise up and make his mother laugh happily. After a long wait, his son decided to get married. But his father's expression was inversely proportional to his wife's expression. His father showed a panicked look, He knew that Bersangi had decided to marry Devina. His father could already guess what his son would say.

And sure enough, his father immediately refused especially when mentioning the name of his future wife who had known him and investigated his background long ago. His father could not have married his son to an ordinary girl and their family's social strata were not the same.

Rise up to say if the information of his father is wrong. Lala's parents are not her real parents. He's an adopted son.

“ I know what Dad feels. At first I also thought about staying away and forgetting about it with my hobbies. Until I lost my memory because of it. I met another girl, but fate brought me to see her again. And I still can't forget it. Just once, I beg you for once Daddy understands me.” Pinta Rise to His Father.

“So she's an adopted child? You broke off the fiancee with Devina and chose her.”, said her father, trying to contain his anger.

“She is better than Devina Daddy.”

“You..” His father could no longer contain his anger and almost threw Bersang with whatever was around him. If only his wife hadn't arrested him.

" Rise! Leave your father alone to calm down." Pinta his mother told her son to avoid it first.

Rise up and leave his father's room.

The father rose up to speak to his wife.

" What sins have I committed in the past that his son has put him in this condition? Rise dared to betray her and Andra lived with her freedom."

" Don't think much. Calm down. Let's go see the girl. He looks good. I saw Him when Andra introduced Grandma." His wife tried to calm her husband.

" Andra?"

" It was Andra who introduced me to Grandma." Said his wife

" Andra? Rise up? Are they competing?" His father asked, Getting up more surprised.

...To be continued...