The First Curse of Love
46. Collapses

"You know what is the hardest part of a painful breakup? Trying to get used to the absence of. Your days are overwhelmed by the immeasurable distress, the indisputable pain that makes you beg for forgiveness every second, as well as the sudden feeling of longing that rushes out on your heartbreaking long nights."

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"Danny, get up! You're gonna be late!"

Qiara's voice from outside immediately jolted Danny to make him wake up from his sleep in a state of surprise. Danny was silent for a while while while lightly kneading his dizzy head from last night's hangover. She must have missed Qiara so much that she fantasized about hearing her voice now.

Danny smiled bitterly with a feeling of nelangsa.

"DANNY! AS LONG AS I'M STILL BEING NICE, QUICKLY GET UP!!"

Once again Qiara's voice sounded. This time it was louder because he was screaming.

For a moment Danny couldn't help but react. That voice really sounds real. Danny then pinched his own arm to make sure that what was happening right now was indeed a reality.

"Aw!" Ringis Danny is back.

But the next second, he laughed with an infinite amount of happiness. The pinch on his arm hurt, which meant that he was not dreaming right now.

Danny jumped down from his bed, he immediately went out of his room to the kitchen. And there, Danny could see the figure of Qiara preparing drunk soup for him. Qiara even wore Danny's shirt which was of course always oversized on her body.

"Semalem drank how much anyway? I came to you unconscious. Ye know? Semalem you even threw up my shirt. That's a new shirt." Omel Qiara's. One of her hands she held her back to her waist, while the other was busy stirring the soup on the stove.

Danny didn't catch any of Qiara's nagging. She only snorted her smile, then rubbed her two eyes that had continued to dew since the day Qiara left her in the hospital three days ago. Not long after, Danny walked impatiently over to the woman and hugged her as tightly as he could. Fuck if it's just a dream or not. Danny just wanted to hug Qiara.

Hugging Qiara back like this, made her feel recharged. Her tears slowly dripped with both eyes closed.

"Danny, I can't breathe! I almost died." Qiara said in a choked voice while hitting Danny on the back, asking to be released. But Danny was flinching.

"I almost died because I couldn't see you, Qi."

Qiara's body, which had rebelled in Danny's arms, now began to calm down. Then without saying anything, he hugged Danny back and stroked the back of his neck gently.

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Danny gasped for real when he woke up from his sleep. It turned out that everything he went through a moment ago was really just a dream. But even so, he tried to fight as hard as he could. Danny now jumps down from his bed, running out of his room to the kitchen to look for Qiara. But it's empty there. There was no Qiara like in his dreams.

"Qi?" Sneaky Danny. Her tears fell. His eyes also faded.

"Qia?" Call Danny again. For a moment his mind died. He fully hoped that Qiara was still with him.

When not getting any answers, Danny immediately sat down and rested under the pantry table. The cry broke with the untreatable pain in his heart. Danny repeatedly hit his chest, trying to drive away the tightness that continues to crackle with a series of endless regrets. But the end result was in vain.

"Qiara, back..." Please Danny who is already on the edge of his desperate horn. "I can't if there's no you, Qi. I'm ruined."

Danny's attention is now on his hand wrapped neatly with a bandage. Danny can still remember that last night, an innocent mirror in his bathroom was subjected to his rampage. Danny punched him without feeling the slightest pain and allowed his blood to continue flowing. It was only after that, that Danny drank a few cans of beer in order to slightly forget his pain over Qiara's departure. But instead of forgetting even for a moment, Danny still remembered the pain.

Vague memories re-emerge in Danny's head. One faint memory that Qiara came to her apartment last night to treat and bandage her wounds. But for this time, Danny doesn't want to believe that memory. Danny doesn't want to be fooled again. Where could Qiara have come to see him again after he left Danny just like that. She must have been hallucinating because she missed Qiara so much. Exactly what happened just now.

But... Qiara's arrival last night really felt real. After discovering that one belief, Danny hurriedly ran towards the door about to exit his apartment and search for Qiara's whereabouts. However, as soon as Danny opened the door, Windy's newly arrived figure immediately greeted him.

"Where are you going, Dann?" Windy asked, holding Danny's shoulder.

"Qia semalem dateng. He came and saw the wound on my hand. I have to find Qia. Someone wants me to take you to Qia."

"THAT'S NOT QIA, DANNY! That's my. I'm the middleman and ngobatin wound on your hand." Sergey Windy who in an instant managed to break Danny's belief.

It has collapsed. Everything that was on him was completely broken.

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"Until when will you keep Danny?"

Windy's words immediately interrupted the activities of Arga who was about to insert the ball into the ring. That afternoon, Arga played basketball alone in the compound of his home. A slightly surprised Arga, letting the ball fall from his hand, rolled away until it stopped just below Windy's feet. Windy then leaned over to pick up the ball.

"Until I don't hate him anymore." Reply Arga later. And he only saw when Windy started playing the ball in his hand, dribble while getting closer to him.

"Friends can be angry, but they can't hate." Denying Windy. A moment later, he shot the ball into the ring, then managed to enter beautifully. Now it's Arga's turn to catch the ball that bounced, then flank it in the arm.

"Danny's gone, Win. He shouldn't have treated Qiara like that. I've endured my anger since the day she was hard to connect because she said it intentionally. What happened yesterday was the height. I know Danny got hit too, but what I got sprained on was that, even when he was hit again, he still found an opening to hurt Qiara."

"Danny's fucked up again, Ga."

Arga fell silent as he began to feel interested in Windy's words.

"The day Qiara left, Danny's night at the club and made a mess. He was heavily drunk and had a fight with some visitors. I was there at the time because Qiara asked me to keep an eye on Danny. I even paid compensation so that the mess did not end up at the police station. So, what I'm trying to say right now is, we should all be on Danny's side. I don't know what kind of mess he'll cause if we're negligent."

Arga seemed to think. Inwardly he completely agreed with what Windy had just said. At times like this, even when they hate Danny so much, they must still accompany Danny so as not to trigger other problems that will actually increase the murky situation now. Danny is enjoying his sentence. She lost her baby, and Qiara left her. Danny also has lost the trust of Ray who always trusted Danny his whole life.

So, if they no longer care about Danny and just let it go, of course Danny will be even more devastated than this.

And the next night, after getting information from one of his friends, that Danny was at the club and back making a scene, Arga immediately went after him. Upon arrival in front of the club, Arga was immediately greeted by the sight of Danny being dragged out by two burly security men from inside the club. They just threw Danny's body that was in a state of semi-conscious until lying down.

Arga ran to him.

"Danny!" Arga holds both of Danny's shoulders. As Arga was about to help him stand up, Danny brusquely brushed him aside.

"Take me off! Since when do you bother to care about me?!" Danny's grumpy who apparently staggered due to drunkenness.

"Elo has to go home now. You can't be here."

As Arga was about to return to his shoulder, Danny suddenly landed his fist on Arga's face quite hard. A moment later, Arga wiped the blood on the edge of her lips and tried to remain calm.

"Not to care about me anymore! Even if I die here, you don't care about me!! There's no point in me living anymore."

Danny's last words successfully messed with the calm that Arga tried to maintain since. The control was again released to make Arga just landed a blow on Danny's face.

"Sat! Who said you could die that easily?! You have to spend the rest of your life living in regret." Arga's hiss was sharp before finally crashing back at Danny.

Danny also retaliated to make them both furious. The clashes between Arga and Danny are inevitable.

Some time later, they were both lying in positions next to each other. They were silent while staring blankly at the overcast night sky. Danny then felt his eyes heat up, and slowly blur. Not long after a drop of tears flowed from the corner of his eyes that felt sore.

"Ga—" Call Danny tight.

"Hm?" Arga muttered without looking at Danny next to him.

"Gue was about to die from wanting to see Qiara's face but couldn't. I miss Qiara very much, Ga. Help me..."

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