I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
135. Likeable?

Time goes on without being prevented, until without feeling the minutes and hours continue to run, the day has changed and the week has passed so quickly.

Work and work are going as usual. The only different thing is, Ariel no longer lives in the apartment alone, but with her husband.

They choose to stay in apartments and occupy homes on the beach when it is a weekend or when they do not need to work. Making Joel's home a place to relieve fatigue, sometimes used to gather with their friends, or throw a small party to enjoy time with all their friends.

That afternoon, Ken was still keeping an eye on some of Ariel's students at the studio. The way that Ariel suggested to Ken back then actually managed to leave only nine people out of twenty-five.

"Your finger should be here, even if it sounds the same, but it would be weird if you played at a slow tempo,"

Ken explained while confirming the position of the finger of a girl who played the cello from the back of the girl's body.

"Ah, well, sorry sis," welcome the girl a little nervously as Ken touches her finger.

"Doing a mistake is natural, but in the future pay attention to where your finger is, again" said Ken again.

"I understand" he answered.

"Just relax," Ken smiled warmly.

Ken again noticed Ariel who was seen sitting quietly without doing anything, but several times his fingers pointed towards one by one the wrong person in playing the instrument and he was tasked to fix the wrong position to the right position.

"Enough,,,!" ariel said as she raised one hand, making all their activities stop instantly.

"You can rest, come back after two hours" he added.

Ariel pressed two fingers between her eyes, then sat down leaning back. Ken was about to approach Ariel when a girl approached him before he exited the training room.

"Uhm, sorry sis, can I ask for additional training after today's training session ends?" tanyakanya.

"I often make mistakes, somehow I also often lose focus" he said.

"You know that's not the authority I have here, right?" greet Ken.

"That,," bowed.

"Alice? Am I wrong?" ask Ken.

"No, that's right my name," he said, raising his face.

"Well, first, please don't be formal to me, just like Ariel's sister asked not to be formal, you can respect someone in other ways, if that's what you're worried about"

"Secondly, I will convey your request to Ariel, whether it is me who will train you or Ariel's own brother who will train you later, it depends on the decision of Ariel's brother,"

"Can you take it?" ask Ken in a flat tone.

"Well, thank you very much" greeted Alice with a satisfied smile.

"I_ehm, I'm out first" he said with a flushed face and left.

Ken breathed a deep breath after the door closed, feeling relieved finally in the room there was only himself and Ariel. He immediately turned around and approached Ariel.

"Is Ariel's sister sick?" ask Ken worriedly.

"No, I'm just a little dizzy, but it'll go away as usual" explained Ariel.

"Did Joel know about this?" ask Ken.

"No," Ariel answered, shaking her head.

"Lately he's been overtime, and he's come home tired, so I don't want to have his break time interrupted" he said.

"But, this concerns the health of brother, what if something happens? Brother Joel should know," Ken argued.

" I'm fine, and please don't say anything to, Joel," Ariel said.

"All right, I get it," said Ken

"Ah, yes, there was one person who requested additional training after today's training session ended. What about brother?" ask Ken.

"No problem, just say if he wants additional training this afternoon not to go home after training hours ended" said Ariel.

"Well, I'll tell him, '" replied Ken.

"Are you going to train Ken?" tawar Ariel's.

"I don't think I'm that good at educating people" Ken said.

"You doubt yourself?" ask Ariel.

"It's not so," Ken argued. "Only, I still need to learn again if I want to train others, I can't even distinguish the wrong and right melodies when played together" Ken replied.

"But you can do it if it's a musical instrument you like, don't you?" greet Ariel.

"Sometimes yes. It also still needs help from Ariel," replied Ken honestly.

"You can do it for yourself, and I have nothing to do with it" Ariel replied.

"Oh, yeah, who's asking for extra exercise?" ask Ariel.

"She's called Alice" replied Ken.

"Ah, cello girl?" ask Ariel.

Ken nodded his head slowly in response. He didn't want to talk about it any further. However, with Ariel agreeing to the request, she must find the girl to convey Ariel's answer to her.

Meanwhile, the girl named Alice was with her friends who were different rooms in the training.

"You're very lucky to be training with coach Ariel" said his friend who trained under Gerry's guidance.

"I'm lucky because there is also coach Ken who can calm the atmosphere a little while coach Ariel is in serious mode" replied Alice.

"But, can not be denied coach Ariel is extraordinary. Just imagine, we play together, with different tools but coach Ariel can know who made a mistake,"

"Even a little late tempo can be known quickly," said Alice full of admiration.

"I've heard a lot about it, I think it's just exaggerated, turns out it's true?" coir friend Alice surprised.

"More than the right word," Alice replied with a proud face of being able to train under Ariel's guidance.

"Sorry to interrupt your time,"

The greeting of a man made them turn their heads and immediately startled until they stood up.

"Hey, hey, just relax, why are you so surprised?" he said with a friendly smile on his face.

"Sir Ken, what's up here?" welcome Alice to turn awkward.

"Of course, I have no other activities, after all" Alice replied.

Ken smiled and asked Alice to move a little away from her friends.

"I just want to say, Ariel's brother agreed to additional training this afternoon, so after the training hours are over, you are asked to stay" said Ken.

"Really?" welcome Alice with a happy smile.

"Yes" Ken replied briefly.

"Thank you very much, brother," said Alice.

"Alright, you can continue your rest," said Ken.

"Ah, well, once again thank you very much," said Alice again.

Ken only nodded thinly and passed leaving Alice who soon returned with her friends.

They simultaneously frowned when they saw Alice coming back with a big smile that adorned her face.

"You look happy just because you talked to him? Errr,, who the hell, um, is Ariel's assistant coach" said the friend trying to remember.

"It's nothing" Alice said.

"Say you like it, don't you?" other friend's goda.

"Shut up!" sahut Alice with a reddened face.

They just laughed at Alice's unusual behavior, and returned to teasing her. While the Ken they were talking about was just being as flat as ever. Even when the rehearsal was over, Ken didn't say much.

Alice did not leave the training room when the practice hours ended. Leave the three of them in the room where Ken, Alice and Ariel are in front of their respective musical instruments.

Ken relented using Violin, while Alice who played Cello and Ariel remained in the Piano.

"It doesn't feel fair, why is it that every time I train, it's always the piano that's not mastered?" grouch Ariel.

"Do you pretend you don't know or you don't know that piano is the hardest field?" welcome Ken chuckling softly.

"Hey, it won't be difficult to study properly" Ariel said.

"And the older brother was still unaware that the older brother was one of the different people" Ken replied.

"Whatever,," welcome Ariel to surrender.

Ken laughed with satisfaction, presenting a confused look to Alice who saw their behavior was much different when outside the training hours.

'They are like brothers, but they are not. It also looks like Ken's brother likes Ariel, but Ariel's sister already has a husband, even though I've never seen her, ' Alice's inner being.

Ariel begins to give light instruction to Alice by playing the piano with Ken.

The game trials began with a short pause, starting from a fast tempo, faster and changing to a slow suddenly made Alice a little difficulty in balancing the game Ariel and Ken sounding in harmony.

Alice even admired Ken's violin to compensate for the piano's rhythm, but when the game ended Ariel looked at Ken with a look of wonder. Ask questions that surprise Alice.

"What's up with your game, Ken? You're late to enter every time the tempo changes" asked Ariel.

"If I say I don't know myself, will you believe me?" ask Ken to doubt.

Ariel frowned, and immediately approached Ken who was still staring at the violin in his hand.

He immediately took over the violin in Ken's hands and began to play it. Alice once again surprised and amazed, he realized Ariel was not a person who can be underestimated.

"Something changed the suit" said Ariel.

"I check it every time before use, so how can it change?" arie said again with a confused face.

"I'll find out about that, Ariel doesn't have to think about this" Ken said.

Ariel took a deep breath, then nodded. He was just about to start his training again when suddenly his vision blurred with a headache that attacked him made him stagger.

Ken's two hands managed to catch him before Ariel could fall down, looking at him with a worried face.

"Why is my brother so stubborn?" ken said in a annoyed tone.

"I just need to sit down, and it will improve soon" Ariel replied as she pressed her temple.

"Sister Ariel just go home, the training is over," said Ken to lead Ariel to a seat.

"True, it's better for Ariel's sister to rest, Ariel's sister even looks pale now," said Alice, who had been silent since.

"I'm sorry for not being aware of my brother's health, but instead asking for additional training" Alice said.

"It's not your fault, I just don't want to waste the desire growing in your heart, it will trigger to dance out all the talent you have," Ariel replied smiling.

'Those who say Ariel's brother is sadistic and cruel in training are just boasting, ' Alice's inner annoyance, does not accept Ariel in the call of cruel trainers.

"I'm going to call, Brother Joel to pick up my sister" Ken said, taking his cell phone out of his pants pocket.

"No,!" prevent Ariel.

"Don't call him, I can go home alone" he continued.

"But_,,,"

"I'm fine" cut Ariel.

"You can go home, Alice. Exercise is enough for today" said Ken.

"I see, if Brother Ariel doesn't mind, I can take you home" Alice said with a worried face.

"I appreciate it, thank you. But, I'm sorry I had to turn it down" Ariel replied.

Ariel tells them both to go home before she does. After feeling his headache reduced, he went home by driving his own car.

Previously, Ariel left and went home with her husband, but when Joel often overtime made Ariel can no longer go home together, and chose to wait for her husband's return to the apartment.

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#In the hospital, midnight.

Joel dropped his body on the chair in his room, leaning his head while adjusting his breathing. He looked at the clock that was coiling on his wrist and let out a long sigh.

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To be Continued....