The First Curse of Love
41. Qiara VS Pricilla

After returning from the graves of Qiara's parents in the evening, Danny immediately returned home to his parents and locked himself in the room. Papa and Mama scolded Danny for what he had done for the past few days, but Danny was too upset to explain his position. So after his Papa ended his anger, Danny went straight to his room.

Danny was sitting under his bed. His right hand was used to support his forehead. One by one the sweet memories he had tore with the two old men Qiara shimmered in his head and again tortured him in a series of devastating regrets. Both of Qiara's parents always believed him, they even treated Danny like their own child. But in their last moment, Danny did not appear at all, and let Qiara, their daughter whom Danny had asked for before, get hurt alone.

"Jaga Qiara, and please don't ever hurt him. Qiara may have had a lot of power, but she was Om's precious daughter."

Papa Qiara's words to him the night Danny conveyed his desire to propose to Qiara, appearing in his memory and making Danny's tears again drip.

"Well, same with Qiara, yeah, son."

This time Mama Qiara's words were heard in her memory and increasingly made her chest tight.

Then when everything was unbearable again, Danny shouted very loudly and slammed all the innocent objects in front of him without exception. Danny even without hesitation landed his fist on the wall of his room to make his hand hurt.

But Danny is already at the stage of not being able to feel pain anymore.

...****...

"Gue's with Arga in the parking lot. It's over, right?" Celine asked Qiara by phone.

"Gue's coming down. Wait there." Qiara said as she tidied up her things on her desk.

After a week of work leave, Qiara finally returned to her daily activities. Although still shrouded in a fog of grief over the departure of his parents, Qiara tried to stay strong and continue to live his life as usual.

And yes, what makes his days feel different now is, his relationship with Danny is still cold for this one week as well. Not that Danny was silent, but all the efforts Danny made to approach him and improve their relationship were not at all willing to be discussed by Qiara.

His heart was still too sick over Danny's treatment of her on the day of his parents' deaths. It all felt even more painful for Qiara, as Danny brought Pricilla home with him.

"I need some alone time, Dann. So, I'm asking you for help, please tell me yourself first." That's what Qiara said to Danny six days ago.

But it wasn't Danny's name if he listened to Qiara's words. During these six days as well, Danny continued to follow wherever Qiara went secretly. Qiara did not escape his attention. And Qiara didn't not know that Danny was always following him, he knew, but chose to pretend he didn't know and still ignore him like a passing wind.

When Qiara had just arrived at the lobby, her steps suddenly stopped when she saw Pricilla sitting on one of the sofas. They stared at each other for a while before Qiara finally continued her steps and ventured to get closer. Qiara could read, that there was something Pricilla really wanted to tell her. That was why, Qiara took Pricilla away to a deserted place so that they could talk.

"Who would want to talk to me?" Qiara asked to the point while folding both of her hands on her stomach.

In Pricilla's view, despite trying to appear strong, but the sadness in Qiara's eyes was still very clearly visible. His face still looks pale.

"Qi, before that I was sorry for what happened to Papa and Mama Lo."

"Thank you." Qiara replied calmly while nodding her head.

Seeing how Qiara looked at him, inexplicably made Pricilla's guts suddenly shrink. He had never this flash before when faced directly with Qiara.

"And, for what happened in Shanghai..." Pricilla took a momentary pause to take a breath. He needs more courage to tell Danny what he hasn't told him.

While Qiara, as soon as he heard Pricilla say, he immediately held his breath. Both eyes again felt hot when the incident in Shanghai that he witnessed was again revealed.

"...it's not Danny's fault, Qi. I did it on purpose because I knew you were there. Sorry gu—"

THE PLAQUE! A slap lodged in Pricilla's left cheek before his words were finished. Pricilla touched her cheek and saw Qiara looking at her with anger. What Pricilla caught up with was, soon Qiara would spit out all the emotions she had endured all this time.

"Is it my fault you are the same? Why do you always do this to me? Either then, or now, you always do the same way to tear apart my happiness. I try to think positively and continue introspection, thinking about what mistakes I might have done to you until you always act like this, but want as hard as I think, I want to think, I don't know where I'm wrong."

"Qia..."

Pricilla's tears fell. The question that Qiara had just raised somehow made her heart feel very sick. In the heart of Pricilla shouted, that it was not only Qiara who suffered all this time. But he also suffered the same with Qiara.

"Lo's satisfied to have snatched Danny twice from me? Do you feel winning? And if you intentionally do that to destroy my relationship with Danny... " Qiara took a step forward to get even closer to Pricilla. His eyes on the girl were also tight. "... CONGRATULATIONS! IT WORKED!" Further. Simultaneously, a drop of Qiara tears flowed, representing all her pain.

"For the second, I agreed when you said I called Danny out of lo, and I'd like to apologize for that. But for the first one, you should know that you are wrong, Qiara! I never got Danny out of you first, you let him go and dragged him into my life. DID YOU FORGET?"

Qiara. Pricilla's words were actually able to hit him head-on.

"When Elo ALONE brings Danny into my life with LO'S OWN HANDS, then am I wrong if I end up falling in love with Danny? Everything that happened this second would never have happened if you had done nothing. Why am I finally to blame? And did you forget? Even though you gave Danny to me at the time, you still stick to Danny like a shadow. You don't want to get away from him. But have I ever complained about it? I even keep being nice when you treat me like an enemy. I try to understand your friendship, even though every second I am destroyed. But, did my efforts ever mean in your eyes or in your eyes?"

"Danny Lo was the one who never wanted to let me go at that time. Iue—"

"DON'T BE A HYPOCRITE, QIARA!! Lo enjoy, right, the moments Danny does not want to let go of you? Lo even fell ill because he did not want to lose Danny when he used to prefer to keep me. Lo make a 'show' in front of Danny, until he left me that way. Do you think I don't know? If you were hiding out in the clinic to avoid Dean?"

Qiara did not reply. His mind now wanders deep into the past, remembering what he had done long ago with Danny. And Qiara could not one hundred percent blame all Pricilla's words on her.

"That's the answer to your question earlier. That's a mistake you've made in the past. So, stop handing over all the mistakes to me, and immediately correct yourself. And you should know, I just follow how to play first to be able to take Danny back. YOU TAUGHT ME THIS WAY!"

Qiara's anger suddenly peaked without her will. He dismissed all his confessions and consciousness. Then out of control, both hands moved and grabbed Pricilla's hair very strongly. He didn't even care when Pricilla kept rebelling for release.

"What rights do you have until you dare to tell me to self-correct? Why do you always act like you're the victim?"

Pricilla who was provoked by his emotions returned to grab Qiara's hair with a strength that was no less great. The situation is getting out of control.

"Stop acting like you're the most hurt person in the world, Qiara!"

When the situation barely helped anymore, Arga and Celine came to know and separated Qiara and Pricilla as much as she could. Arga and Celine knew how frightening a Qiara would be if it had acted this way. Pricilla is definitely losing.

Arga managed to pull Qiara who incidentally was much more bar-bar from Pricilla. Celine manages to hold Pricilla.

"What are you guys doing? What if people see?" Said Celine who felt inexhaustible at the actions of the two people.

"Good, Qia! Your nose is nosebleed!" Arga screeched as he saw fresh blood flowing from one of Qiara's nostrils. Arga held onto both of Qiara's shoulders while looking at her with both eyes wide open.

Knowing that he was nosebleed due to the actions of Pricilla, Qiara's emotions burned and hard to control. It's like someone who is possessed.

Just as Qiara was about to launch another attack for Pricilla, Danny's loud scream instantly stopped him.

"QIARA! STOP!!"

They were all shocked without exception, then simultaneously looked towards Danny who was standing not far from their position.

Danny approached with a cold and angry look. And once on the scene, unexpectedly, Danny pulled Pricilla's wrist and took her away from the scene, without even turning his head.

Qiara, Arga, and Celine were in disbelief watching what Danny had just done. At that really unexpected moment, Celine even had time to think that maybe Danny was wrong to pull the hands of Pricilla.

Qiara smiled as she snorted as Danny and Pricilla had already disappeared from her sight. Not long after that, he shed his tears before finally breaking away from Arga and leaving the place with a crumbling feeling.

Qiara was injured when he found out that in a critical moment like this, Danny would prefer to save Pricilla.

...****...

February, 2013...

"Lo says you like Prissy. Then why haven't you shot it yet?" Qiara asked his guard at Danny who was focusing on reading comics in his class.

After being decided unilaterally, but still being treated like a girlfriend by Danny made Qiara really feel fed up. That's the reason, why now he finally decided to go after Danny like this. Qiara really could not bear this abnormal situation.

"Gue is still waiting for the right time, Qi." Danny replied with no interest at all. He also turned the comic sheet in his hand.

The answer is actually just an alibi. Because from the beginning, Danny never had the intention to make Pricilla as his girlfriend. It was just an excuse so that he could break up with Qiara, and Dean could approach her.

"Do you need my help?" Qiara asked seriously as her pair of eyes caught the figure of Pricilla who was walking in front of the class with some of her friends.

"No, thanks!" Imbuh Danny's.

Danny, who suddenly realized that Qiara was no longer with him, was immediately shocked when he saw the chatty girl approaching Pricilla and like she was talking to him.

Danny took the comic off and walked up to the two girls. But late. Qiara had already launched the action without Danny's consent.

"Temen I like the same lo. You want to, right, be her boyfriend?"

Pricilla listened to Qiara's words. His gaze then led to the figure of Danny who was standing behind Qiara with breathless breath.

Danny actually wanted to argue, but obviously couldn't. The situation now really gave him no other choice but to accept. He also could not bear to humiliate Pricilla in front of his friends and other students who were watching the scene. Danny's not that bad.

"A —what is this? How sudden?" Pricilla asked a little. This was too shocking for him.

"Nothing was sudden. Danny's loved you for a long time." Qiara replied casually. While Danny behind him looked so frustrated as he sighed.

"Gu —gue..." Pricilla is confused this time. Don't know what to answer.

But the friends behind him had started whispering to each other, until suddenly...

"Thank you! Accept it! Thank you!" Say friends Pricilla with compact.

Pricilla who was increasingly cornered in that situation also finally nodded while blushing in shame. That way, Danny was officially getting a girlfriend that day.

Qiara smiled miris. A moment later he turned around, patted Danny on the shoulder and said, "congratulations, Dann! Long last, yes, same Prissy..."

...****...

"Are you okay?" Danny asked Pricilla once they were both in Danny's car.

"I'm okay, Dann. But, why are you—"

"Everyone hates us the same. If I hadn't taken you away earlier, everyone would have killed you. All you have to know, I took you away does not mean I belain you more than Qiara, I just do not want Qiara involved in case the office people saw the incident. It's going to run if someone else sees the fight."

"Dann's..."

"Priss, it's time you went back to New York. I called Mia. He'll get everything ready."

Pricilla nodded her head in understanding while trying to hold back the pace of her tears which again almost fell. Pricilla understands that right now, Danny is casting him out subtly. And Pricilla took it with a chest. He also admitted his defeat. But now, there was one thing that stuck in his heart, which he had to ask Danny this second also — before he left.

"Danny, before I go. Can I ask you one thing?"

"What?"

"For a year we've been together, have you ever really loved me for even a day?"

Danny did not answer. He turned his face for a moment and thought, maybe this is the time that Pricilla knows about the truth of his feelings. In any case, Pricilla reserves the right to.

Not long after that Danny replied, "the first three months we were together, to be honest I don't feel anything for you. But over time, we comforted each other, calmed each other, shared laughter with each other, shared the pain caused by the parents, and you accepted me for who I was, at that time I started to have feelings for you. I'm afraid of losing you, and there's a feeling that I won't break up with you. There was a point where I felt like I wanted to lose that feeling forever. But all of that is not enough. Because I know that the only thing I need is Qia. I can't imagine my life if there isn't one. I—"

"Enough, Dann! That's all I want to hear." Sela Pricilla with a smile.

Pricilla then wiped her tears and tried to look at Danny firmly. "The fact that you loved me once is enough for me, Dann. After this, I no longer need to feel so pitiful. Thank you for loving me in such a wonderful way."

"Thank you too, for you were once a good pain sharing partner. I hope you can find someone who will love you in an even more extraordinary way."

Pricilla nodded with a small laugh, but even so her tears still dripped. "definitely. I'll definitely get better and better than you." Sneakily.

To Be Continued...^^^