Aster Veren
Episode 35's

- Esther

"Ha~ah... Why are we stranded in the library? I want to play outside ...." Oceh Carel destroyed my concentration on the book in my hand.

"Well how else? Red uncle won't let me play outside." Clearly I was after sighing tiredly in response to Carel's lazy demeanor sitting in front of me with her chin taped to the table.

"But yeah .. I still can't believe that Carel went to the same music school as Nathan's sister." I continued muttering, recalling the words of Carel who claimed to be in school with Nathan's brother.

"No, I didn't go to music school there. Yeah, I did go to school with him, but I didn't go to music. That school isn't a music school." Clearly still in his lazy tone.

"He? Isn't Nathan's school a music school?" I don't understand.

"No, the school is indeed known as a music school because of its striking achievements defeating other majors there.in fact there are various choices of majors other than music really." He explained as he lifted his chin from the table and stretched his body.

"Hee ...." I could not imagine the other majors in that school, because from the beginning I only knew that the school where Nathan's brother was a special school of music.

"By the way, Nathan is 6th grade SD." Said Carel while leaning his body into the seat he was sitting on.

"6 SD? Be– means he's 12 years old," I said in disbelief at Carel's remarks.

"Yup, that's right." He muttered while nodding his head steadily.

Hee... Nathan is 12 years old, right? I just found out.. It turns out Kalea likes the same older ones huh. My mind was even overshadowed by the face of Kalea who asked me to stay away from Nathan's sister.

"If Carel, how old is Carel?" I asked to confirm the words of my uncle who said Carel was 9 years old and was in third grade at Elementary School just like me. Uncle had said it before going out of town that day.

"I? 9 Years." He answered while glancing at me.

"Le–older than me?!" I muttered speechless, yes indeed from the beginning I also knew it so I immediately called him Brother Carel, but Carel forbade me to call him sister Carel.

"Hhaha, you have to obey what I say." His words look happy.

"He? Why?" I can't tell you how arrogant that smile is.

"Because I'm older than you." He answered while folding both hands over his chest.

"Aah, emh." I muttered while commenting on her thin smile because I could not speak anymore.

"Have you got this hour?" He muttered while glancing at the wall clock in the library, making me see the wall clock that had shown at 12:20 pm.

"Find Hana yuk, you have to eat and rest." Continue while rising from his seat.

"Hee, I still want to read books." I was sad to have to part with the pile of books in the library.

"These books won't run from their place, let's go." Carel immediately dragged me out of the library. With a heavy heart, I followed her steps towards the kitchen.

"Hana please make some food for Aster, it's time for him to take some medicine." He said when he got to the kitchen.

I saw Brother Hana still busy in front of the stove, "what's Hana doing?" I asked as I let go of Carel's hand and walked closer to Hana's sister.

"Wait a minute, the porridge will be ready soon." Sis Hana said with a smile towards me.

"He? Why the porridge again?" I was surprised by my lunch menu.

"You're still sick, so you have to eat foods that are easy to digest." Obviously Carel who had sat in his chair with his right hand who had reached for the cake jar on the dining table.

"Den Carel is right, miss." Continue sister Hana while smiling sweetly at me.

"Hee. but Aster is cured, Aster wants to eat another. Aster doesn't like porridge." I said while pursing my lips.

"Your face is ugly." Ejek Carel with his mouth full of cake and made me snort angrily at him.

"Well, I want to eat pudding." I muttered after sighing resignedly and immediately sat down beside Carel.

"Smart kid." Carel said with his hands that had landed on the top of my head, then he happily ruffled my hair as he pleased and irritated me. Sis Hana laughed at me secretly.

"When do you want to mess up my hair?" I asked as I glanced at Carel and smiled resentfully at him, but he ignored me and instead grew increasingly fun to mess with my hair.

"I can't eat tau!" I snapped a little and made him take his hand off my head.

"Hhehe.. sorry-sorry." He said while grinning with an expression ... happy?

"Homph." My murmur immediately turned my gaze to the porridge bowl before me, then I lazily began to eat the porridge bit by bit.

"Please ice cream den" said sister Hana while serving chocolate ice cream in front of Carel.

"cheat! Aster wants ice cream, too." My protest soon got a quick slit from sister Hana.

"Miss can't eat ice cream yet." Obviously Hana's sister made me come back to pursing my lips.

"Why?" My toot.

"Because Miss is recovering from her fever, I have to make sure that she won't go up again like yesterday. So for a while miss can't have ice cream just yet, I'll make pudding for miss." His words make me happy.

"Muilding ...." I could not forget the taste of mother-made pudding, I forgot when was the last time I ate pudding and unconsciously my smile had grown.

"When you eat a lot, miss." Said Hana's brother caught my attention, and I saw that Hana's sister had already smiled at me before continuing her work.

"Hem ...." Carel's murmuring made me glance at him who was propping up his chin with his left hand and his red bead kept looking at me with his thin smile.

What else is he thinking now? My mind wondered and went back to devouring the porridge before me.

"Hey hey Aster, hey hey ..," whispered Carel.

"As–ter!" Her next surprised me as she pulled my hair with her repressive yet still whispering voice.

"What?!" I asked to try to hold back my emotions that have been stirring since I was constantly upset by the child beside me.

"Let's..." His whisper while lifting a spoonful of ice cream close to my mouth.

I saw Carel smiling broadly at me before looking at Hana's sister who turned her back on us.

"Hurry now!" The next look of anxiety made my stomach amused when I saw that expression of fear.

"Gt..." I muttered trying to hold back my laughter, then I quickly devoured the ice cream in Carel's scoop, and I saw her big smile again expand before she continued to eat the ice cream quietly.

"When it's healthy, I'll give you a lot of ice cream." She turned back to me and smiled sweetly with a red bead that looked warmer than usual.

"Before that finish the porridge first." The next makes me chuckle, even though without any interest I will spend it. Because kak Hana's artificial porridge turned out to be very good.

"Haha. den Carel looks like her sister Miss Aster huh." Said sister Hana made me look at her who was standing next to me while pouring drinking water for me.

"Hope ...." Carel muttered while grinning sumringah.

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