The First Curse of Love
11. Ray & Celine

Qiara smiled as she looked at Danny who was sitting on the edge of his bed when he opened his eyes. Qiara, who was still half conscious, thought that what she was seeing was part of her dream, was still smiling, and Danny was too.

"Morning, Kobe!" Sapa Danny then waved one of his hands.

A shocked Qiara immediately rose from his position and looked at Danny with a murderous look. "Why do you always show up in my room? Is there no such thing as privacy?" Omelnya.

Danny chuckled softly then pulled Qiara's arm, forcing her to get up, "let's get up! We're jogging together."

"No! I'm males, I'm going to sleep. I'm still sleepy! It's Sunday, why do I have to torture myself to wake up in the morning?" Cerocos Qiara at length.

And when Qiara was about to go back to hiding under her thick blanket, Danny actually lifted her from the bed and took her forcibly into the bathroom.

After releasing Qiara inside the bathroom, Danny instantly closed his door from the outside while laughing wickedly. He didn't even heed Qiara's whining that kept swearing at him from inside the bathroom.

"Don't call me Qiara Serena if I don't kill you after this. I'm meeting yaaah!!"

...****...

"Lo why am I so bad that the sound of screaming like that?" Ray asked Danny as soon as Danny came down the stairs and sat down next to him who was engrossed in playing PS.

Danny just chuckled and had no intention of answering. He also followed the direction of Ray's gaze which was focused on staring at the screen in front of him. "Not seen Celine today?" Ask Danny then.

"Where do you want to meet? The same phone chat I did not respond. All my socmed also he's block."

"It's all over!" Danny blames Ray.

Right after Danny finishes his speech, Ray goes straight into the game over. He immediately slammed the PS stick in his hand with annoyance, which was greeted by Danny with a loud laugh.

"Sister-in-law, are you laughing at me right now?"

"That's because you're funny, hahaha." Pause for a moment, "if Celine can not be connected, yes meet directly dong." Further.

"According to you, she wants to see me?" Ask Ray. This time more seriously.

"Yes, don't want to. According to you, Bang." Danny answered without feeling.

Ray stared at himself.

"Lu want me to be a sister-in-law?" Threaten Ray then.

Before Danny had a chance to pierce Ray's threat, Qiara had already descended from the second floor with her face still sleepy and looked lazy. Danny and Ray turned to Qiara.

"Ckck...look at my sister's bad behavior!" Ray said with a sigh that was strong enough at the end of his sentence, as if regretting the fate of having a sister whose shape was like that.

"About you, Bang! Gini-gini she's the future mother of my children later." Danny protested in a joking tone as he stepped closer to Qiara, and embraced his shoulders leisurely.

"Ck, your hands are heavy!" Complain Qiara.

He then brusquely removed Danny's hand from his shoulder, and again said, "yes, let's go! Before I change my mind and go back to sleep."

Qiara then stepped ahead of Danny while deliberately yawning wide in a loud enough voice. Danny chuckled again and soon caught up with him.

"Sister-in-law, go first, will you?" Danny's Pamit to Ray.

...****...

Prissy sat at the dining table staring blankly at her laptop screen. When she woke up earlier, her mother called and said that she had been accepted into the S1 Department of Dance at Juilliard.

Her mother delivered the news with a passionate sense of pride, while Prissy, who received the news, somehow suddenly felt worried.

He was relieved that his goal was finally achieved, but he also felt unprepared to leave Danny here.

On the screen in front of him, Prissy could see his name clearly listed among the other names who had made it to the University.

For a moment he felt stupid, because he hoped he would fail again.

And 'pyaaarr!', the thunderous sound of the broken glass suddenly pulled Prissy from her banquet. He clutched one of his hands firmly with trembling, trying to dampen his emotions that began to pierce while closing his eyes.

"Sorry, Priss." Said his personal assistant who had just dropped a glass.

Prissy who suddenly lost her mind after struggling with all sorts of emotions in her, got up from her chair in a slow motion and approached Mia –Asistanya. Mia who looked frightened, just stood resignedly in her place. Of course he knows what will happen next. He's been with Prissy for the last five years, and he knows all about Prissy.

And just as Mia had expected, once Prissy was already standing in front of her, Prissy just landed a very hard slap on Mia's face. Prissy who usually looks beautiful and graceful, now looks very cruel and also scary.

"I told you, do your job well!!"

...****...

"So you're better than Danny?" Celine asked Qiara as the two of them sat face to face in the campus garden.

Celine seemed busy doing her job. While Qiara was busy struggling with the laptop screen in front of her after receiving an email from Alisha.

"Yes that's it." Answer Qiara.

"What are you two doing anyway? It's like dating people." Gutted Celine with a pretty bad tone of voice.

"Ask your cousin directly. Don't ask me."

"Lo still loves Danny, huh?"

The question Celine threw out immediately made Qiara shocked half to death. He then turned his attention away from the monitor screen, and threw a look of resentment at this pretentious Celine.

Not long after, Qiara smiled cunningly, an idea to give Celine a lesson suddenly just stung in her brain.

"Don't think about me, just think about your relationship with my brother. My brother's been here three days, but instead lo cuekin. The same phone chat is not a response at all."

"What?" Celine is shocked, not expecting Qiara to discuss her relationship with Ray.

Yes, Ray. Ray returned from Brisbane three days ago to do his script research. Since returning, Ray keeps trying to contact Celine, but it never works.

"Bang Ray nanyain lo continue. Pick up the phone once! My brother is still human, you know."

Qiara then cleaned up her laptop. He tells Celine to go back to the radio. "Gue first, huh?"

Qiara walked leisurely, leaving Celine alone there.

Celine seemed to think, she then looked at her phone and got twenty missed calls three days ago from an unknown number that she believed belonged to Ray.

Celine sighed softly. Why did this ex-boyfriend have to reappear when Celine wanted to completely forget everything?

Celine then felt her phone vibrate. Coincidentally, he receives a chat from Ray who tries to contact him with a new number after Ray's old number he's been blocking since they broke up. The chat was read, too,

Not to forget, Ray showed off his mainstay death smile, which always managed to make Celine's heart beat fast, then and even now.

...****...

Alisha sat at her desk twirling a ballpoint pen in her hand. His face seemed radiant as the memory of his encounter with Arga the other day continued to glow in his head nonstop.

Alisha liked everything that was on that man. His face, the look in his eyes, his attentive attitude, even his soft voice, Alisha liked him a lot.

...****...

A Week Ago...

"Hey!"

Tegur Alisha when he saw the figure of Arga when they had just completed their marathon running activities.

Arga who heard a voice reprimanding him, immediately turned around. He smiled when he found out that Alisha was the one who called him.

"Oh, hay!" Reply Arga later.

"Thank you, yeah, make it?"

"Yes, equally. Next time, be more careful, huh?" Arga warned in such a gentle tone.

Alisha simply nodded in response. "Oh yeah, as a thank you, I want to treat you to a meal, okay?"

Arga started to show a confused face. On one hand, he had to quickly pick up Qiara and immediately go to Celine's house. But on the other hand, he felt unbearable if he had to refuse the request of this good-looking girl.

Arga then glanced at his watch. And he seemed riled up when he found out that he was almost too late.

"I don't know when I'll see you again, and I don't like debt. So, this is the right opportunity for me to repay your good deed."

With a heavy heart, Arga finally nodded and accepted Alisha's invitation.

Alisha invites Arga to eat at a cafe located quite close to the location where Campus Night Run is held. In the cafe, there are several other participants who also stopped by to just rest after running a marathon.

Alisha and Arga enjoyed their dinner while having a small chat. Talk about why they can get to Campus Night Run.

"Oh yeah, I know Alisha." Said Alisha introducing herself while extending her hand.

Arga looked at Alisha's outstretched hand for a moment, then greeted her. "Argha. My name is Arga."

Alisha seems to think. It seemed like the name was not foreign enough in his ears. Christa even used to mention that name in front of her. But then Alisha thought again, that the name Arga is not only one person in this world.

Alisha shakes faintly. He and Arga then both let go of their hands.

...****...

"ALISHA, HELLO!!" Qiara shouted in the end as Alisha had not paid any heed to her call since she entered the room.

Alisha's daydreams instantly froze, as Qiara's shrill voice greeted her eardrums heartlessly. "Eh, Qi? Why?"

"What the hell is it, lo? Let's go to the broadcast room! Mba Uchie is waiting for you."

Qiara came out first without waiting for Alisha. Alisha caught up with her, and flanked Qiara's arm as soon as they walked next to her.

Qiara looked at Alisha at a glance, then hissed. Pretend disgusted.

...****...

"Why don't you ever pick up my phone or message bales? All socmed and my contacts you blocked. Make what?" Ray asked directly at the problem.

From the past, Ray was not the type of man who likes to talk.

"Because there's no alesan for me to connect with my sister again. I'm just following my brother's way to me." Answer Celine lazily.

He then circulated his gaze to all parts of the cafe without exception. Signaled firmly, that he was uncomfortable with this meeting.

For him, it was not easy to stare at this man in the same way as when they were still together. Everything has changed now.

"And it seems like Brother is too busy in college, until there is no time to contact me even while there, even to just give the news." This time Celine looked at Ray sharply.

"Fine, I know it's my fault, Lin! But I'm here now. So, can't we forget everything?"

"Holiday, Brother Ray! You're just here for the holidays, and I'm not a toy you can look for when you're bored."

"CELINE—"

Ray was shocked and in disbelief. If Celine had already spoken to 'LO-GUE' to him, it meant that Celine was already very angry.

"Lo ever thought, how do I feel when you go to Brisbane to go to college and lost the news? Do you ever think how tired I am here waiting for news from you every time you return to Brisbane and suddenly disappear? Three years, Brother. You treated me that way for three years. And every time you go on vacation, you always look for me and ask me to do everything. I take it, right? But for now, I can't handle it anymore. It's unfair, brother! Who will guarantee you, you will not throw me again later when the holiday is finished and you go back to Birsbane? I never thought about my feelings, right? Isn't that right, brother?"

"Lin, I know I was wrong with you, but this one time please forgive me. I still love you, Lin. Even if I never told you during my time there, I always thought of you. Today you are again doing, listening to what music, vacation where. I always thought of you. But my intention to go to Brisbane is one hundred percent for college, and I want to be totally there. It's for my future, anyway,"

Celine nodded several times with tears that she tried to endure as much as possible. No, he will not cry in front of this man. Not after what he's done to Celine all this time.

"Then go to college. Don't ever think of me even once."

"But I need you—"

"When on vacation? When do you feel bosen? Or when you feel tired? Then what am I doing to you, brother?" Sela Celine with unstoppable emotions again.

"Celine..."

"Get here, brother! I found Brother today just because I still respect Brother as Brother Qia. But after our conversation just now, I immediately realized that I shouldn't have found Brother again."

"Celines"

"Good college, brother. Don't disappoint Qia and your parents. Be a successful person in the future like what you dream of" Pause for a moment, "I'm home." Celine continued then with a broken feeling.

Celine got up from her chair and left the cafe with tears in her eyes. The tears that he had endured for three years finally spilled without being able to hold it anymore.

If you want to be honest, actually Celine still loves Ray very much. It was just that Ray's haughty attitude made him no longer able to last longer than this.

And today, Celine finally chose to give up.

^^^To be Continued....^^^