
"Are you sure you want to go, Rald?" Tanya Miko confirmed her son's decision once again. Gerald nodded weakly with an expressionless face.
"Give Daddy one reason why you're so anxious to go." Ask Miko again.
"There's no reason, Gerald just wanted to find a new atmosphere." The young man replied in a calm tone.
Miko seemed to sigh heavily, "then what about your matchmaking?"
Gerald looked at the father right in the bead of his eyes. "Isn't there still a year left? So let me go for just one year." Pinta Gerald's.
His father nodded, "then your school?"
"Let me take care of it, I promise to come back with a value that makes you proud." Gerald steady.
Miko could no longer forbid her son's wishes, she could only nod in conformity with the child's wishes.
After Gerald beat Jeffrey, he was suspended for a week for what he did. Rasya was very angry at him for beating Jeffrey without cause which made Jeffrey enter the hospital because of his weak body.
Flashbacks
With wide strides Rasya walked in search of the whereabouts of Gerald and his friends. He walked around corner by corner in his school until his steps brought Rasya was at the door of the rooftop. There, Gerald's three best friends were standing with very chaotic faces. Soon Gerald walked up to them with overflowing emotions.
"Where is he?" Ask Rasya flatly.
Revan who had been downcast raised his head to look at the figure who was standing with a very terrible face. He simply moved his chin telling Rasya Gerald's current whereabouts. Without wasting any more time, Rasya opened the door of the rooftop with a slight brute force. At the end of the rooftop is seen the figure of Gerald who is standing on his back.
After he stood behind Gerald, Rasya immediately pulled the shoulder facing towards him.
"Suck!" Rasya's scream was accompanied by a slap that landed on Gerald's left cheek.
"Basic shit!" This time the slap landed on Gerald's right cheek.
Browbeat...
That was what Gerald was currently feeling, not on the cheek that Rasya had slapped, but on his heart. Gerald felt his heart ache to see the girl before him cry with a look of hatred directed at him. Not even the heat on his cheek did Gerald ignore. He just stared silently at the figure in front of him who was crying as he pleased.
"Why are you always so mean to me, Rald? What's wrong?" rasha's scolding while hitting the chest of Gerald's field.
"If you're upset with me, just throw it at me. Not him, Rald." Again, just the punches that Gerald received. He has no intention of stopping Rasya. He still let the girl vent her frustration.
"Have you?" Gerald asked flatly as Rasya had stopped the action of hitting him.
"Go away" expelled Gerald who now looks back at the road ahead.
Rasya who was still gasping silently did not give any response.
"You should have disappeared from my life" Rasya said in a cold tone.
"You know? Ever since you were present in my life, only chaos has come my way. If you didn't exist, my life would be so happy. You should have gone far, as far as my view could not reach even by myself." Rasya seemed to catch his breath before he continued his sentence again.
"I hate you, I hate you so much." Sarkas Rasya before he finally left Gerald who still did not give a reaction.
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Gerald prefers to live in an apartment whose whereabouts are unknown to anyone. Even his best friend did not know the address of the apartment he currently occupied.
After cleaning his luggage, Gerald prefers to clean his body first before he finally breaks.
His departure to Japan was only known by his parents. None of his other friends told him.
After 5 minutes in the bathroom, Gerald finally returned to his room with a fresh face. He then grabbed his phone, alerted his parents. After that Gerald opened his social media account and closed all his accounts. Not only that, at this time Gerald even decided to change his phone number.
"I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want you to call me. I'm just gonna prove to you who Gerald really is." He said while activating his phone again.
Night in Osaka
Nothing matters on Gerald's first day in this country. Only a faithful silence accompanied him through this quite cold night.
He is currently standing on the balcony looking out at the night view in Osaka.
"How are you? Are you looking for me?" Monologue while staring at the streets of Osaka.
Rasha Pov
Today is not as usual, Papa looks a lot silent not much talking. Every time I ask, the answer is always the same. Just a matter of work...
I don't know, I don't understand either. Papa's attitude changed after receiving a call from Om Miko, did something happen?
I just went home to see Jeffrey did not understand the situation that happened. No dizzy I just prefer to go into the room and take my phone that had sounded since there was an incoming message.
After resting my body on the bed, I opened the chat application and opened the message that turned out to be from the class group.
Whatisthis? Gerald... Gerald... and Gerald.. Isn't he being suspended? Why did they say he disappeared? hhh.
I also scrolled down the message and there was a message from Aunt Nadia.
I immediately opened a message from him. I immediately closed my mouth after reading the contents of the message from Aunt Nadia.
Gerald left... And don't know when he'll be back? Oh.... Is this true? Spontaneously I shook my head expelling the negative thoughts that penetrated into the brain.
Unknowingly, my tears suddenly fell down my cheeks.
"Jeez... Why am I crying? Isn't this what I want? Why does my chest feel tight?" My murmur beat my chest which felt like it was being pinched violently.
Without replying to Aunt Nadia's message, I immediately closed the messaging app and threw my phone at just any place. Without my permission, my tears actually dropped more and more and more and this time even caused a sobbing.
"This must be a happy tear" I said in my heart.
I finally got up and stepped into the bathroom. I turned on the shower and flushed all over my body with cold water trying to drive away my tears that were still going down hard not to stop.
After taking a shower, I walked towards the dresser looking at my horrible-looking appearance with puffy eyes like I had been beaten up.
"Ish. This is a disaster. If later Papa asked all sorts of questions because of this how? Later I thought I was crying over Gerald's departure again. Oh no.. lest I.." grumbled me while applying makeup to cover my eyes.