LOGINLian Moore had it all. About to graduate high school with the highest honors and every award possible, universities and colleges were scrambling at his feet. He had great friends, he lived in a perfect home. He never had to worry about everything. People around fawn over him. His life was set in stone, a straight path to success. That is until he fell in love.
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"Tolooong... Siapa pun tolong." Di suatu pagi yang cerah terdengar jeritan seorang perempuan muda dari sebuah bangunan berlantai dua. Tubuh perempuan muda itu sedang digotong oleh gerombolan pemuda menuruni tangga dari lantai atas. Masing-masing memegangi tangan dan kaki perempuan itu. Dua orang lainnya berjalan paling belakang dengan tangan terlipat di dada. Perempuan itu menatap nanar enam pemuda itu. Air matanya menggenang. Dia melihat orang-orang di sekitarnya yang hanya melihat dari samping tanpa berniat menolongnya. Mata perempuan itu bertemu dengan salah satu dari mereka. Laki-laki itu segera menunduk. Perempuan itu mengepalkan tangannya. Dia menggigit bagian dalam bibirnya. "Lepasin Sekar~" Sekar, gadis itu memohon. Suaranya serak karena terlalu banyak berteriak. Matanya menatap orang-orang yang tengah menggotongnya. "Diam!" Pemuda yang memegangi tangan kanan Sekar melototinya. Sekar mengalihkan pandangannya sambil meringis. "Tangan Sekar sakit." Air matanya tak sengaja jatuh. Pupil pemuda itu membesar. Dia refleks mengendurkan cengkeraman tangannya. "Jangan sampe lecet." Salah satu dari dua lelaki yang berjalan di belakang mereka berdecak. Keempat pemuda itu mengangguk. Pemuda yang memegangi tangan kiri Sekar mendelik tapi tangannya tak urung mengendur juga. Sekar menggeliatkan tubuhnya. Dia menarik tangannya dan menendang-nendangkan kakinya. "Leppaaas!" "Diem kalo gak mau jatoh!" Orang yang memegangi tangan Sekar melototinya sekali lagi. Tangannya mencengkeram erat sebelum detik berikutnya kembali mengendur. Sekar bungkam. Bibirnya bergetar. Mata gadis itu kembali berembun. Dia sekuat tenaga menahan butiran bening yang ingin merangsek keluar dari sudut matanya. Dia sedang lelap-lelapnya tidur saat beberapa orang dengan paksa membuka kamarnya dan membawanya entah ke mana. Dua orang di belakang empat orang yang menggotong Sekar tertawa jahat. "Bawa ke belakang!" Sekar melotot karena perintah orang itu. Apalagi saat komplotan penjahat itu sudah berbelok ke arah bagian belakang rumah. Wajah Sekar pias. Dia menggeleng-gelengkan kepalanya. Dia semakin liar menggerakkan tangan dan kakinya. "Gak. Sekar gak mau. Kalian orang-orang jahat. Lepasin Sekar! Ibuuu, anak ibu mau diculik huaaa~" Sekar terus menggerakkan kaki dan tangannya. Namun tidak peduli sekuat apapun dia berusaha, tenaganya tidak ada apa-apanya untuk empat orang itu. "Hahaha lo gak akan bisa selamat kali ini! Gak akan ada yang nolongin lo!" Orang yang memegangi kaki kirinya tersenyum menyeringai. Kumisnya yang tipis di atas bibir bergetar. Sekar merinding melihatnya. "Ibu! Ibu! Sekar gak mau sama penculik jelek huaaa~" "Nah udah sampe nih." Ketua dari komplotan itu mendekati Sekar yang sudah diturunkan meski tangannya masih dipegangi. Orang itu menyeringai ke arah Sekar. Sekar refleks menjauhkan kepalanya saat orang itu ingin menyentuhnya. Pemuda itu terkekeh kemudian menepuk-nepuk kepala Sekar. "Kali ini lo harus terima hukuman lo!" "Lempar!" perintahnya kemudian. "Sekar ga-" Byurr Tubuh Sekar dilemparkan ke tengah kolam renang yang ada di depannya. Punggungnya terasa panas karena lemparan itu dan sedetik kemudian berganti rasa dingin air kolam yang menusuk sampai ke tulang. Terdengar tawa dari komplotan itu. Sekar menggigil kedinginan di tengah-tengah kolam. Giginya bergemelatuk. Sekar menatap mereka di atas yang sedang menertawakannya. Semuanya penghianat. Sekar mengepalkan tangannya di dalam air. Ketua dari orang-orang di pinggir kolam itu berjongkok dan menjulurkan tangannya ke arah Sekar saat Sekar berenang ke tepian. Bibirnya menyunggingkan senyum hingga memperlihatkan lesung pipinya. "Gak usah sok baik!" Sekar menepis tangan pemuda itu yang ingin membantunya untuk naik. 🌻🌻 Novelnya pindah ke sebelah karena ada kendala. Mohon maaf buat para pembaca🙏🙏 Yuk terus ikutin kehidupan seru Sekar. Kita kawal si cantik menghadapi abang-abangnya🤣 Novelnya ada di sebelah. Bisa dicari dengan judul yang sama yaa. Boleh chat author yaa🥰🥰The next few weeks were spent preparing for the opening of the tea shop. Keane and Lyle already handled the location and marketing and Callum helped Lian in developing recipes if helping meant dishwashing. Lian wouldn't let him near the ingredients or the oven after burning a batch of cookies because he followed the Fahrenheit temperature in the recipe instead of celsius. After that, he was banished from doing the dishes. Lian had also decided to continue his therapy and after a visit to a psychiatrist, he was prescribed some medication for anxiety and depression. Lian feared that the medication would do him more harm than good given his history with drugs but his psychiatrist assured him that his medication is not addictive and it proved true as Lian continued to take them.Lian was staring out the window as they drove to the location of the shop. Lian has no idea what the shop looks like seeing how Lyle and Keane designed everything. Callum placed his hand on Lian's thigh which wou
Lian woke up to an empty space beside him. Luckily before he even had the chance to panic and overthink, Callum, Lyle, and Keane walked into the room holding with Callum was holding a stack of pancakes overflowing with syrup with a bunch of candles stuck at the top."Happy birthday to you~~~" the three sang.It was his birthday, something he lost the luxury of celebrating. He hated how he spent his past birthdays sulking because his parents couldn't be bothered to be even present on that day. He spent years thinking about how he should've been grateful that Lyle always made an effort to celebrate his birthday with him. When he lost it all, he wished to have it all back. To have Lyle annoy him into blowing the big candle stuck on a small cupcake at precisely twelve midnight. The song finished and Lian blew out the cupcakes as tears clouded his vision. He had forgotten when his birthday was with how long he had spent not celebrating it. Lyle wiped his tears away before giving him a gen
A few weeks passed and it seemed that everything had gone back to normal. Lian made an effort to tell Lyle or Callum whenever he felt like sticking a needle in his arm. In everyone's eyes, Lian was getting better again but Lian saw otherwise. The need to be alone and away from the world was getting stronger. He wanted to push everyone away and deal with everything on his own.Lian couldn't even understand why he was feeling this way. It was as if there were two versions of him fighting one another. If it weren't for his fear of losing his brother again, and even Callum and Keane, he would've run away a long time ago but he knew he would only turn for the worse if he did but somehow, somewhere in his mind, a voice keeps telling him to run away, be alone, he doesn't deserve the people around him.Everyone around Lian noticed this about him despite him thinking that he was hiding it well. When he would hesitate when approaching when he would spend hours staring out the door, and when he
Callum woke up with an empty space beside him. Panic and fear shot up inside his body, throwing himself off of the bed like bread popping out of a toaster. He was about to run out the door to look for Lian when he heard whimpers coming from the bathroom. He pushed the door open and saw Lian in the tub, shivering. Callum cursed under his breath and grabbed a towel before attempting to pull Lian out of the tub."Lian, you're going to get yourself sick. You need to get out of the tub," Callum said.Lian weakly pushed his hand away, his body still shivering. "Just a few more minutes, please," Lian quietly begged. "Why?""You know why," Lian muttered under his breath.Callum sighed and pulled Lian out of the tub despite his weak protests. He quickly covered him up with the towel before ushering him to the bed. Callum made sure that Lain was thoroughly wrapped up with the blankets before grabbing a hair dryer. Lian had his eyes closed as Callum dried his hair, the air coming from the drye
Two weeks had passed since Lian started staying over at Keane's apartment. True to his promise, the man was able to land him a job that he felt severely underqualified for. Luckily, he mostly worked from home since he just needed to arrange schedules and proofread documents. Keane also gave him new
The night was much colder than the day and Lian's tattered jacket was not doing much to combat the cold. It was still the same jacket that Callum gave him years ago. It had Callum's last name and his player number. Callum was part of the varsity for baseball and Lian remembered attending every game
6 years later..."Leaving so soon? You've been here for barely a week," Caela muttered. "Sorry, sis. I really have to go. We're setting up our new office in a new city. I have to make sure everything will go accordingly," Calum said as he put on his coat."I know that. Are you sure it's just that?
Callum and Lian parted ways after a quick kiss. Lian was smiling like an idiot. Thankfully the night has set in and no one could see how he looked like the joker with how much he was smiling, but it soon turned into a frown when he saw a piece of luggage, his luggage, being loaded up in an unknown






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