
"Are you sure you're not coming back to school?" Ask the young teacher with glasses.
"No sir, I want to keep Rian here" Livia replied with a serious expression. There were still tears on his face.
"I also want to follow the guard here, can ya om?" pinta Alena with spoiled.
"Omm??"
"I haven't told you that Mr Arta is my uncle?"
"What!?"
"Ehm. Alena, please do not carelessly tell the story that we are still brothers. Later there could be unpleasant rumors among the students of Avernus. And don't call me in the school environment. Livia is too, please keep this a secret."
"OK om~"
"Ready sir, my mouth is tightly closed."
"Then you go back to school first. I'll get you a non-school permit for you. Let me know if Rian is awake." That way, Mr. Arta left Livia and Alena in Room 404 of Avernus University Hospital. In room 404, there are now only Livia, Alena, and Rian who are still lying unconscious. The atmosphere became a little awkward.
According to the doctor who handled Rian, there was no strangeness in Rian's body. Doctors diagnosed Rian as exhausted. For Rian's blood-thinning eyes, doctors still don't know the cause. Because based on the examination, Rian's eyes should be fine. Therefore the doctor plans to do another eye test after Rian is conscious.
To break the awkwardness, Alena took the initiative to speak. "Umm, Livia .. Can I ask you something?"
"What?" Answer Livia with a ketus. He was not in the mood to chat because he was still worried about Rian's condition. In addition, he also still did not forget Alena's interaction with Rian earlier.
"Mmm, are you dating Rian?"
"Why did you suddenly ask that?"
"Because I saw you so close to Rian. Starting from defending Rian on Tika's words, to crying when Rian was in pain. So if you're really dating, it's not a strange thing."
Hearing Alena's explanation, Livia became a little depressed. "Unfortunately we're not dating."
"But you love him, right?"
"I love him so much, but Rian only considers me as his childhood friend and close friend. I was anxious to express my feelings for Rian, but I was afraid that Rian would reject me. I don't want my relationship with him to be awkward. I don't want him to stay away from me. Therefore I can only hold my feelings and keep trying to make Rian fall in love with me." explained Livia while looking at the face of Rian who was still unconscious.
Hearing Livia's feelings, Alena who was on the right side of Rian's bed walked over to Livia who was opposite her. Then he held onto Livia's hands. "Then I will support you wholeheartedly" Alena said with a smile.
Livia was stunned to see Alena's sweet smile. Had Livia been a guy, she would have fallen in love at first sight. 'Had Rian been tempted by her, her smile alone made me a pure girl melt.'
"But don't you like Rian too?"
"It seems you misunderstood. I have no romantic feelings for Rian. Moreover, I only knew him yesterday, there is no way I can fall in love with a guy I just met for two days. Rian is handsome, but not as handsome as my father, hehehehe"
"Then, why do you look so close to Rian even though you just met him?"
"Aren't you sure about that?"
Then Alena started telling her father's story. Two years ago, Alena's mother was a hit-and-run victim. Alena's mother died on the way to the hospital. At that time, Alena's father was in Denpasar Bali to attend the International Conference of Psychiatricians.
Regretting not being able to accompany his wife until her last breath, Alena's father became depressed. He also tried hard to find the perpetrator hit and run his wife. And it turns out that the culprit was one of the office's children.
Alena's father sued the office's son. During the judicial process, Alena's father has often been threatened, even Alena's father had been gang-raped by unknown people.
CCTV at the hit-and-run site was declared damaged, so there is no strong evidence to ensnare it. What's more, the road conditions were dark enough that witnesses did not see clearly the car that hit his wife. Eventually the perpetrator escaped due to lack of evidence.
Alena's father's condition is getting worse day by day since his defeat in court. Alena's father was more often moody, aloof, and muttered indistinctly. Sometimes Alena's father also screamed as if he regretted what he had done. The hospital where she works also gave Alena's father a day off to recover his mental condition.
Alena who was 13 years old at that time did not have the heart to see the condition of her father. He also took his father to various tourist attractions in the hope that his father could forget his sadness over the passing of Alena's mother. But it was in vain. Until finally one year ago, Alena's father's condition miraculously began to improve. Alena was happy with her father's condition which began to improve. At this time, Alena's father is completely healed and has worked at his own Hospital.
"Wait a minute .. Does your family have their own hospital? cut Livia.
"Yes, just six months ago. If it is not wrong the name of Hospital Soul Healthy Heart."
Livia is surprised to hear Alena's explanation. "Wow, rich people ... really do not expect you.." Then Livia remembered something when she heard the name of the Hospital. "In the meantime, if not wrong Healthy Heart Hospital is the name of the Hospital that healed Riyana right?"
"Riyana who?"
"That's a well-known radio broadcaster who usually pairs up with Ardi. You never cook?"
"I'm sorry I never listen to local radio, I usually listen to Apple Music. I've been on a year's subscription."
"Ugh." Livia's heart felt pierced by a knife. Although the monthly cost of subscribing to Apple Music is not expensive, but for Livia who only lives alone with her grandmother, she can not be careless in wasting money.
"OK, let's get back to the initial conversation. So you feel that Rian's current condition is similar to your father's condition when your mother died, so you sympathize with him?"
"Yes. I felt that way when yesterday, Rian suddenly shouted and muttered indistinctly in front of the school gate. At first I thought Rian had a fever and was delirious. But when I checked, Rian's body temperature was normal."
"Wait, how do you check Rian's body temperature? You got a thermometer?"
"I stick my forehead to Rian's forehead to check his temperature. My dad used to do this when I had a fever."
'Damn ...' Livia desperately wants to curse and hit Livia when imagining the scene. But he could only curse in his heart to see the innocence of Alena. Livia tries to forget this and continues the conversation. "Let's continue further …"
"OK .. So after learning that Rian did not have a fever, I felt symptoms of depression similar to my father's. I also tried to confirm whether Rian was sick or not in class. And from there I believe Rian's mental state is in trouble. I don't know what's going on with Rian, but I don't want Rian to be like my father. I feel that the symptoms of depression experienced by Rian are still in the early stages. So I wanted to console him and prevent him from falling deeper. However, all that changed when I watched Rian's video on TeckTock. I saw Rian trying so hard to solve the challenge even with various magical disorders and weakened conditions. Looking at Rian like that, like I saw my father desperately trying to snare my mother's hit-and-run perpetrator." Alena was silent for a moment as if she was stringing up the words that would be said next.
"From there .. I realized .. I don't want Rian why-why. I feel like I should protect Rian from things that harm him. That's how I feel. So I volunteered to join Rian in creating TeckTock content. So that I can watch over and take care of her." continued Alena while looking at Rian's face gently as if she was looking at the person she cared about.
"Grrrrrr ..." For the second time, Livia was eager to curse and hit Livia's innocent face.