“Oh my God, It’s Darren? Kevin’s best friend?” Grandma couldn’t believe what she heard from Ria.She was currently in grandma’s house this morning.She visited her because she wanted to ask Darren’s family contact person, with Jo, her son aka Kevin’s cousin.“Yes, apparently, it is Darren. We talked the whole night and he told us, all about what actually happen that day…”Ria told grandma about their conversation and the old woman sometimes nodded her head while listening to her.She also sometimes gasped and frowned while listening to her, feeling sympathy for the two young souls.“Oh my god… Poor Darren..” She said.“Yeah… The guilt he felt was too much that he forget about himself.” Ria said softly.“We didn’t recognize him at all… If only I knew..” Jo said and Ria nodded.“Kevin said so…” She uttered.Grandma smiled when she heard Ria mentioned her nephew’s name.“How is he?” She asked and Ria knew she was asking about Kevin.“He’s fine. He’s busy reunited with his best friend…” R
“What is it?” She asked softly stroked his cold arms and looked into his eyes. She stared at him and didn’t know how she will handle the loss and pain after he gone. She couldn’t. But this is fate. This was how it all will end. She didn’t want this to happen or not, it will after all. She hope this was not really the end for them. Ria closed her eyes, feeling the cold soft touch of his fingers on her cheeks. A second later, she gasped feeling his cold soft lips on hers. And she kissed him back with all the love and passion for him. They felt each other warmth and coldness. Felt the love and pain they had to face with all the fate that was written for them. They parted and Ria gasped for air. Kevin chuckled looking at her cuteness. “Look.” He turned to the cupboard and pointed at it. “There is something in the wall just behind this cupboard.” He said. “In?” Ria frowned. “Yes. In it. You might need a hammer to break it. But it’s not that hard anyway. I seal it with something
Day by day, Ria didn’t dare to go out of the house. Everytime she step outside, she always back to the house and run to find Kevin smiled at her lovingly. He would hug her and asked her if something was wrong but she always told him that everything’s alright. Kevin knew she was lying because her pounding heart that was clear to his ear. Kevin didn’t say anything about that. He also afraid that he will really has to go when she’s not around. He at least want her presence the moment when he finally has to leave. These days, Ria noticed something was not right happen to him. She often see him stood and looked straight but gaze to nothing. She called him a couple of times before he finally heard her and looked confuse. This time was the worst. “Kevin?” She called him. She approach Kevin who stood in front of the glass window but her gaze was straight and empty. “Kevin?… Kevin!” She finally stood in front of him and called him out loud. He looked surprised and immediately looked a
Dear Kevin, I’ve miss you the moment you were gone. And I still miss you terribly. I'm still counting the days when the miracle finally happen around me but I guess I just expecting it too much. I shouldn’t think about you a lot, but I can’t help it. I know I should let you rest in peace, you’ve been through a lot… Kevin. It’s been two years and I still can’t overcome it. It’s hard to move on. I know I should, I know you will happy if I am. I’ll try, I promise. Now, I’m doing better though… I did like what you told me to. I bought the house with savings that you gave me and I can’t thankful enough for that. Now this antique, beautiful, peaceful place, is mine. It’s ours. But oh boy, I was so bothered by the fact, this house was a well maintained old house, scattered, the moment you were gone. Everything’s broken. The ceiling, the floor, the walls, the window and doors?! Kevin, I would laugh and cry at the same time right now. Just how much power you hold to make this house
Big city.So, this is how It's like. Crowded, spacious and bustling of course.Cars, buses, four-wheeled or two-wheeled online taxis, orderly and neatly pass through busy highways.Franchise shops, cafes, and all kinds of small and large businesses that line along the roadside are ones of the markers that this city is a center of business and industry.Apart from that, here is one of the big cities with the best schools.Some well-known private and public universities are in this city.Many people who migrate here are those who want to continue their studies or people who want to try their luck for the better life. Ria was the one with the first goal.The 18-year-old girl had graduated from senior high school and wanted to continue her study. She's been studying as hard as she can, gave her best effort. It paid off. She got a scholarship at one of the state universities with good rankings.This university is also one of her dreams, because its accreditation reaches an 'A' grade.She
Ria's POVMy guess was right.Strawberry St where this house is for rent, is one the branch of the main road leading to my college building.What a coincidence…Only ten minutes walk?Wow, this is really a great opportunity. I have to admit that the streets in this city are really well managed.Every branch of the road will definitely lead to one big road.So are the small alleys.After entering Strawberry St, there is an alley that leads to a residential neighborhood.These neighborhood usually contains ten houses.According to Trisha, every alley like Strawberry St. will be filled with five group of housing area, each of them will consist of ten houses.This has been the case since 50 years ago.***Entering this neighborhood, made my mood greatly improved.It is very cool and shady here.There are tall Catappa trees and their wide branches stood side to side along the way .Even though the blazing sunshine is kinda terrifying on the day in this dry season, we won’t get overheat un
At least now Ria's mood have improved a little.Finally she found a place to live.She can focus on her study without worrying about where she lives or how far she was from the campus area.She already paid for one year.Ria actually wanted to pay for two years, but she also wanted to make sure she was still comfortable living there the first year.Or in the first month...Anyway, she was more relieved now.She was now at the inn to tidy up her things.This place was 45 minutes away from the house she had rented.She deliberately chose an inn that was a bit far from the city center, because it was cheaper.Ria tidied up her things and made sure everything was ready and not left behind.Books, clothes and little other things she valued.All of that neatly placed in the two medium-sized suitcases and a backpack.For people who were actually moving house, those were very few.What else would she brought with her? She really didn’t have much stuff.Since her parents died, Ria had started
RIA POV I got out of the online taxi that drove me right in front of the house. Reaching into my pocket, I took out the new fence key and immediately unlocked it. Yesterday when I told Trisha I was going to rent this house she immediately replaced the locks with the new one. I went inside, the taxi driver who helped carry my stuff also followed me behind. "Oohh... Now the one who lives here, this beautiful Miss, yes?" He said it casually and look around the house. "Yes, sir.” I answered him politely He put my two suitcases on the terrace floor and his face suddenly became a bit uncomfortable. "Oohh, is that so... Miss, this is all the luggage, right?" I nodded, "Yes sir. Thank you." I answered. "You're welcome. I- eh.. I just want to kindly remind you to be careful. I mean... this neighborhood is so quiet, so there can be lots of thieves or some bad guys, if you know what I mean..." He smiled awkwardly while scratching the back of his neck. “You should try to move in togethe