The First Curse of Love
20. Forgiveness Card

Celine rushed to Qiara's house after receiving a message from Qiara. Qiara said that Ray was sick and there was no one at home other than the housekeeper. Qiara also said that after he met Danny, he suddenly got a call from Radio and could not go home quickly tonight to see his brother's condition.

Although she still hates Ray, Celine still feels anxious when she hears that Ray, who was a young man, is sick.

Not less than fifteen minutes later, Celine arrived at Qiara's house in a car. Once there, Bi Sukma immediately opened the door for him.

"Bi Sukma, where is Brother Ray?" Celine asked in a panic.

"There's in the room. Again ngerjain –" Not yet finished Bi Sukma's answer, Celine directly entered the house and climbed the stairs to reach Ray's room.

While Ray who was focused on typing the script was immediately shocked when someone opened the door of his room quite hard. Ray opened the earphones hanging from his ears, and he was shocked when he saw the figure of Celine walking towards him and then touched his forehead with a panicked face.

"Sister Ray, is it okay? What is Ray's condition now? Which part of it hurts?" Cecar Celine, almost forgot to take a breath.

"Lin?" Lirih Ray who still does not understand the situation now.

"Say Qia, Brother Ray is sick. I am very worried about Brother, especially after knowing that Om, Auntie, Qiara is not home anymore. I'm afraid the kayaking in Brisbane two years ago is over again. Brother Ray is sick, and Brother Ray is alone, I'm—"

Celine had not yet finished her words, Ray hurriedly grabbed Celine's hand and stood before the girl, "hey! Lookatme! I'm fine, Lin."

The anxious look that had been imprinted on Celine's face had slowly faded away. For a while, he tried to numb his head. Then, when things went back to normal, he could see that Ray was fine.

Damnit damnit! Qiara must have been working on it.

"I'm home now!" Celine said in the end after being silent for some time.

Celine pulled her hand from Ray's. And as he walked towards the door, Ray hurriedly took big steps in order to get ahead of Celine. Ray is now standing in the doorway, blocking Celine's path.

"Sister Ray..."

The usual witty look was now no longer visible from Ray's eyes. His gaze was completely solemn and seemed to hint that he would no longer let Celine escape from him. One of his hands then pushed the door behind him shut.

"Please, give me one more chance, Lin. You still remember the forgiveness card you gave me, right? I'll wear it now."

Celine was glued for a moment. His memories are dragged back in time when Ray calls a forgiveness card.

It was Ray's birthday. And because Celine was too busy preparing to fill the pension event, she forgot her boyfriend's birthday. Ray was angry at the time and did not want to see Celine for a few days. Celine who did not want to give up kept trying to catch up with Ray.

Until the day they finally meet, Celine cries in front of Ray while apologizing. With a sob Celine said, "Please love Celine one card of forgiveness, and Celine will use it now. Celine will also give you a pardon card for Brother Ray. Celine's really sorry, Brother Ray..."

Ray smiled, he then patted Celine on the forehead with his palm while saying, "Approved!"

Celine smiled sweetly at that moment and she just floated a lightning kiss on the young man's cheek.

Celine is drawn back from her past memories. He saw Ray who at that time somehow looked so desperate. Celine who was originally hard is now starting to melt. He no longer has the desire to escape Ray. Celine then clearly captures a smile of relief perfectly sculpted on Ray's sweet face when she finds out that he has been destroyed.

"D— D— Approved!" Celine said.

Ray grabbed both of Celine's hands and stared deeply at her two beads. "I can't promise anything to you right now, Lin. But when I get back to Brisbane, I'll prove to you that this time I will stay and I won't let you go. I will not repeat the same mistake that caused me to lose you again. I can't really do it without you, Lin."

Ray cupped Celine's little face with both hands so they could look each other in the eyes. "This time you can trust me. I won't hurt you anymore."

Celine was still at home with her residence. It was not that he deliberately wanted to do so, it was just that Celine did not know what to say after capturing a form of sincerity that was clearly depicted in Ray's eyes. Celine is confident this time she can trust Ray as much as she can.

Celine can then feel as Ray turns his body, until now cornered at the door. Afraid he looked at Ray who was smiling so gently at him.

A moment later, Ray kissed her forehead, her cheeks alternately, her nose, then down to her lips. Ray did so gently, to convince Celine that this time he meant it.

The miss paid off already. Hopefully no more injuries this time.

...****...

Danny was sitting languidly under the sofa as soon as Qiara entered his room. Looking at the scene, Qiara let out a long sigh then sat on the sofa in the position right behind Danny. A while ago, Faradina called Qiara and said that since last night, Danny had not eaten anything. Faradina asks Qiara for help to persuade Danny to eat.

And despite knowing that the sofa behind him was occupied, Danny still flinch while playing a toy helicopter made of wood in his hand.

Once upon a time, as a child, it was Papa Qiara who made and gave the helicopter toy to Danny.

Once again Qiara was heard sighing before finally breaking down and opening his voice.

There's no answer. Danny is still busy himself with his activities that can be said to be useless.

"Gu—gue fetch eat, huh?" Pause for a moment, "yes, I don't care if you want to starve or not, but I'm like Aunt Fara. Aunt Fara until I ask you to help me persuade you to eat." He went on to try to explain that Danny doesn't think he's worried about him right now.

Although it was indeed true that Qiara was very anxious. It's just. This is the secret. Danny can't know.

Just as Qiara had just shuffled off the sofa about to grab some food, Danny knowingly held back his wrist and 'forced' the girl to sit back down. Then without saying a word, Danny climbed onto the sofa and laid down his body. His head he put on Qiara's thigh.

Qiara's heart pounded without warning. He could not even control his face which was now turning red.

"Two minutes later I'll eat."

Still closing his eyes, Danny grabbed one of the girl's hands and grabbed it. Qiara who could not protest just fell silent. Following his instincts, his free hand lifted and gently stroked Danny's temple.

"Poor." Danny said slowly. He then moved Qiara's hand right in front of his chest.

Danny seemed to intentionally let the dimpled girl feel her heartbeat.

When Danny accidentally opened his eyes, his attention was immediately drawn to the camellia flower bobble necklace that coiled around Qiara's neck sweetly. Danny smiled silently, and suddenly intrigued, how could Qiara think that Danny would give Prissy the camellia flower bobble necklace? When did he find out that Danny knew he loved camellia flowers?

This girl is really stupid!

"Beautiful..." Praise Danny in a slow mutter that Qiara barely hears.

...****...

After Danny's room, Qiara's eyes were fixed on Dean who was sitting in the yard next to his house facing the swimming pool while working on something on his laptop.

Just as Qiara was about to approach her, Faradina suddenly appeared and gave Qiara a plate of fruit, "please give it to Brother Dean, yes, Qi! Aunty wants to nyiepin Danny's food first."

"Okay, Tan."

As soon as he arrived at the side yard, Qiara immediately took a position at Dean's side then placed the fruit plate on the table. "Sister Dean..."

The slightly gasping Dean automatically turned his head towards Qiara, "eh, Qi? You're here?"

"What's Dean's brother doing?"

"Again nyelesein final editing. Next week Brother Dean has a Seminar of Results."

"Well, no feeling, huh? Though just yesterday saw Kak Dean busy pacing research, now already want Seminar results only."

Dean smiled then. He pulled over his laptop and adjusted his position so that he could see Qiara comfortably.

"Sister Dean continued. Don't care about Qia."

"Udah selese, really."

Qiara just nodded. Ever since the events of the night when Dean expressed feelings for her impliedly, Qiara had somehow started to feel awkward towards Dean. Dean could not lie to himself, he felt like there was a distance between himself and Qiara.

On the one hand, Dean regretted what he had done that night. But on the other hand, Dean felt his heart wither, because after all these years of harboring feelings for Qiara, he was finally able to declare it as well. Although what happened then was, Qiara could not accept her feelings, exactly as she had expected from the start.

"Qi, be honest with Dean, deh. You still feel bad, don't you, same Brother Dean?" Ask Dean as carefully as possible.

"Sorry Qia, Brother Dean. Qia just took a little longer to be able to look into Brother Dean's eyes the same way."

"Does that mean Brother Dean's feelings are weighing on you?"

Qiara lifted her face. He looked at Dean as if he wanted to say, that that was not the point. But Qiara was not too bold to convey his thoughts to this kind-hearted man.

The silence between them was suddenly broken as Qiara's mobile phone shakes rang out. Dean cleared his throat before finally taking his eyes off Qiara's two eyes. So too with Qiara who was a bit jolted. He hurriedly looked at his phone, and immediately answered the call.

"Yes, Windy? It's my. What's up?"

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