WHITE ROSE
(CHAPTER - 10 B)

Kinara continued her steps even faster. It was as if I had been hypnotized and only they were on his mind. His foot was disturbed and almost made him fall back. But he was still able to balance his tiny body.

After a few meters he ran away from me, something faint fell on his memory. Making a quick move is now starting to slow down. Until finally he stopped and stood pensively to find what memory it was.

"Who is he? Why do I feel like I've met him?"

The question was so stirred in Kinara's head. It's a matter of incident where I helped pick up the roses when I first met. However, somehow my face that he remembered now began to fade and erode from memory. It made him a little worried and so nervous about it.

Kinara was directly facing backwards. His eyes were fixed on the spot where I was standing staring before. However, he only saw people passing by behind this time. He didn't find me because he disappeared from where I was standing. Kinara's face was a little sad and agitated. His eyes were still not satisfied looking for me but still he did not find. It was as if our meeting was just an imagination. But he was sure that he had just met me because of the roses he had brought.

"I didn't even get to ask her name. And also, I also did not have time to say thank you to him," said Kinara Lirih while hugging gently the roses I gave earlier.

He re-directed the body forward and continued back to run towards the park. The faster and faster his footsteps down the sidewalk.

Until finally he arrived at Mustika Park which is not far from where we met and entered the park. Looking for a special place planted with roses. It did not take much time to see the person he wanted to meet was waiting for him on the bench in front of a small bed of roses. A mother and a girl of her age were sitting in a wheelchair. They did not hesitate to put on a smile to welcome the arrival of Kinara after realizing he had arrived.

Just like before. They immediately embraced each other. Giving each of them roses with a feeling of happiness and haru. Exactly so at that time. Like seeing a replay. The only difference is that I am not among them. And this time, he was able to tell that he had fallen. The flowers he had made before were now broken. And also the flowers that he gave was the result of someone's gift. However, seeing Kinara's fingers wrapped in wound plaster, Dewi smiled and was able to understand.

The goddess knew so much about her friend who was a little careless and clumsy. But on the other hand she was already happy that Kinara had already put in a lot of effort to string roses for her.

"It's okay. I already know you've been trying hard. Because the fingers in your hands will not lie," said Dewi as she glanced at the fingers of Kinara who was wrapped in wound plaster. Kinara's face was surprised by what the Goddess said. It was like realizing something.

"What's Kinara?" bu Yuli asked curiously after seeing Kinara's reaction.

"Ah, uh, no. I just remembered that someone had said the same sentence to me" said Kinara, awakened from a daydream by Bu Yuli.

"Did? If remembered again it is true. I've heard that phrase before. And also somehow I said that," said the Goddess with a slightly wrinkled forehead remembering something. Hearing what the Goddess said made Kinara even more confused.

"Who's the one who said that phrase? Why can't I remember?" those words were always on Kinara's mind.

After some time, the clock has almost shown the number four. The sunlight has begun to dim and is orange. The air started to feel a little cold. The wind blows softly. Making roses around dancing beautifully. Like telling them that their meeting time today is almost over.

Bu Yuli told Kinara that they should return to the hospital immediately. Hearing that Kinara immediately hugged the Goddess tightly. Her tears are flowing. A sign that she was so worried about the Goddess because after this she had to undergo surgery.

"Don't worry. We will definitely meet back at this place. Because this place is our special place," said Dewi while caressing the body of Kinara who still hugs him.

"Yes, I'll wait for you here" Kinara said as she let go of a hug. Pasting his forehead on the forehead of the Goddess and smilingly looking at her. Dewipun rubbed Kinara's tears gently.

"All right then. See you, Kinara," said Dewi after that while waving his hands. Kinara did the same.

The bodies of Bu Yuli and Dewi began to move away from Kinara who was now standing smiling with a haru cry that was imprinted on the cheeks. The red rose I made is now replaced with a white rose from the gift of the Goddess. Kinara hugged gently as she looked at the departure of Bu Yuli and the Goddess who had now disappeared before her.

While wiping away the tears, Kinara set foot to return home. On his lips there was a happy smile. He was ceaselessly smelling the scent of the white roses he was holding. The distinctive fragrant aroma of the rose, as well as the affection that the Goddess gave her.

The clock has passed the number four. Kinara felt so happy because she had already managed to change it. The accident did not happen to Bu Yuli and Dewi because they had left the place before exactly 4 pm. A sense of relief was radiated on Kinara's face.

He walked down the road to go outside the park. His steps came to a halt on the garden pavement after seeing a red light sign to cross.

"Go Kinara! Get out of there!"

"...!"

It was like he heard someone calling him. Kinara's face was slightly shocked and agitated. The smile that was put on now changed. It seems like he remembered something. He remembered my request. But still he can't remember me. His heart wondered 'who said that?'.

Until finally Kinara realized he had received two messages earlier. Kinara immediately picked up the phone that was inside the bag. Turn on and open the mailbox.

It is true that there are two new messages. There is no mention of my name. Just an unknown number. And finally she realized that I had helped her. Even though he doesn't remember what helped. And also gave my excuses through the messages he sent. Kinara immediately opened the first message and read it.

New message received

Sender: +6281 XXX XXX XXX (number disguised)

Helping people for reasons because we love them is natural. But, there is no need for a reason to help someone even if you don't know one.

Reading my first message, Kinara was a little pensive. It was as if a new memory had been struck in his mind. Remembering her arranging roses with a man, the helping hand she gave to him, and also once reaching her hands gently. Somehow he felt happiness remembering back. He had never felt like he had experienced this before.

Suddenly something surprised me.

"Lisaa!"

There was a loud scream from behind a little far from where he was standing. Kinara instantly searched where the source of the sound was. It looks like a mother is running from inside the park to get out with a scared and panicked face. His gaze looked forward and was unaffected by his surroundings. Seeing that, Kinara found out what the mother saw to make it like that.

After finding it, Kinara was greatly shocked. A little girl was running after a rubber ball that bounced and rolled towards the highway. From a distance, there was a car that was walking fast.

Kinara immediately rushed to run towards the little girl. The white rose is now gone. His right hand still holds a cell phone.

As soon as he noticed a little girl passing by almost in the middle of the road, the car seemed to lose control. Perhaps out of surprise at the sudden appearance of the girl. And once Kinara was almost about a step away, he immediately jumped up and clasped the little girl's body. Trying to bring and direct to the side of the road.

However, because it was a little too late, the front left corner of the car crashed into Kinara's crouching body to protect the little girl's body from impact.

Their bodies quickly bounced onto the sidewalk. The girl he approached was now separated from him due to the impact until mired in a small plant. But Kinara's body bounced off the side rocks. His head hit one of the big stones. Until fresh blood poured down on his head.

The silence appeared for a moment as his consciousness began to disappear. However, a cry from the little girl had canceled. Kinara's view was so blurred. He could not feel his body. But all he felt was the presence and movement of a person. Kinara found out that the girl he saved seemed to be okay.

"Oh my God, my son!" there was a voice from my mother that was so relieved.

"Hey, call an ambulance! This girl is still breathing! He's alive!"

"Woy, there are also some people who got hit!"

There was a sound of panic people began to fill around Kinara who was lying down. But his view is still faint. His body is helpless. His eyes are still a little open. But his breath now moved on his lips. He felt like he could no longer feel his body. Until finally, Kinara's eyes closed slowly.

"Maybe this is what that person meant. I can't seem to fulfill his request. But at least, I can save the one I love" Kinara said in her heart as she realized she could no longer feel her body.

However, just as his eyes were about to close, a faint memory flashed.

"Face your true destiny. Keep facing it even though it feels bitter. I'm sure you can. You're a very gentle girl, but you're so strong."

Kinara's consciousness began to slowly return. His eyes opened a little. His sparse breathing now began to appear and was in order. But he still could not feel his body.

"Why... Brother want to help me?"

A question in Kinara's mind appeared unconsciously. However, all he imagined was a male figure who went behind him. After the man gave her a red rose. From there, he realized that there was one thing that had not been conveyed to him.

Slowly he began to feel something on the fingers in his right hand. A hard but slightly slippery object due to blood dripping from the head. Something that feels warm. He realized that it was not a stone that he touched. His eyes glanced slowly toward what he was touching.

Seen with a faint phone that he still held earlier. That thing still did not part from the palm of that hand. The phone was still emitting light, a sign that he was still turning it on.

Behind his finger that was covering the screen, he noticed there was a new message that had not been opened. I remember reading my first message. Recall what I wrote in the first message. Kinara slowly felt so happy. His finger reopened the other message he hadn't read.

Something so surprising has appeared. He was stunned and could say nothing more. Her lips slowly closed and her tears began to flow. After reading the second message I gave.

Behind his finger that was starting to fill with blood. There was a short sentence written from the message but it made her very happy. A sentence that gives the main reason why I want to help and save him.

New message received

Sender: +6281 XXX XXX

Because I love you.

(Andy)

Kinara's lips smiled happily. The unstoppable tears on her eyelids were now falling and flowing slowly. His hands are starting to hold the phone tighter. Slowly his eyes closed with such a happy face. His body seemed to feel a calmness that was so soothing. The pain he felt before had disappeared. Only happiness is in his heart.

Until finally Kinara's eyes closed perfectly and his body began to not move at all. With lips that still smile happily.

A night full of warmth. Accompanied by flowers waving gently by a small wind. As if you knew the events of today. The event in which the red rose and the white rose were killed alternately before. But what I saw this time was different. Both roses have found true happiness.

It's time for me to go. Because I had to sacrifice myself, too.