CARINA
Twelve
Amidst the scorching sun, with tears continuing to pour, Karin pulled her suitcase weakly. His steps slow down, he doesn't know where to go. Baffled. Even Papa Rudi had no effort at all to hold him back from leaving. Miris.
At home the atmosphere feels gloomy. Silent. The whole house is suddenly mute. All dissolved in each other's minds, including Tristan. His mind was now only on Karin, where was the girl now? Where's the girl going?
"Well, I want to go out first" Tristan said, opening the conversation, breaking the silence.
"Where are you going, son?" ask mama Tika.
"You go to a friend's house, Mah. Pah, can I borrow Papa's car?" Papa Rudi simply replied with a nod.
Tristan drove at a very slow pace, his eyes constantly looking around looking for the whereabouts of his new sister, who he believed was not too far from where they lived.
"We don't like marriage between our parents. But we also cannot change the facts, if now, we are brothers. As a brother, I will protect you, as much as I can" Tristan said in his heart.
******
Braaakkk, "asshole! Who are you, how dare you enter my beloved's room" cried Dio. He also strangled the man's neck strongly.
His blood boiled to see that there was another man in Karin's room, let alone that man bare-chested, touching the shoulders of his heart tribe as well.
"Tristan! He's Tristan" exclaimed Karin, pulling Dio's hand to release his grip.
Dio remembers, Karin once told me about her half-brother named Tristan. He immediately let go of his grip, not to forget, Dio also apologized. Although Tristan's body is not se–atletis himself, as a normal man, still he is jealous. Moreover, they were both alone in the room, the man was bare-chested as well.
"Sorry," said Dio.
"It's okay, I get it." Tristan leaves the couple, and continues his delayed bathing ritual.
Karin tells him about her being unwell, and the door not being locked properly, just as Tristan told her. Dio also told me that his work was quickly finished because of the help of Ms. Mei. From his sentence, Dio sounded like he was praising Bu Mei.
"It's the old woman, at most she only helps a little" he sneered.
"You're jealous, hmm?" seductive Dio while menoel woman's tiny nose.
"No!" answer Karin haughtily.
Dio chuckled, "obviously jealous, not confessing, you woman," he murmured inwardly.
After making sure his tribe was asleep, Dio met Tristan who was sitting in front of the television. That guy looks pretty masculine too, but still no more macho than me. So I guess.
Dio asks what Tristan came to his office for. Apparently he went there deliberately wanted to meet Karin, it's been a long time since Karin left home, they no longer communicate.
"I don't know much about Karin, she hates me. Our relationship is also too complicated to describe. But believe me there is no hidden intent or what is its name, I sincerely, want to protect Karin. Even though I wasn't at her side, I always observed the stubborn girl from a distance," Tristan said, staring at the ceiling, his reflection deep into the first moment of his arrival at his new papa's house.
"She did look haughty, in fact, it was all just a mask, which she used to cover up all her sorrows and misery. Deep down, she was a weak girl, who when she attacked, she herself did not know how to handle it. You don't have to worry, as long as Karin is in my sight, I'll make sure she's okay" Dio said at length.
******
When he opened his eyes, Karin did not find Dio beside him. "Ahh .. maybe the prince full of charm has gone home, he also has a life, besides me," he chanted inwardly.
Karin got off her bed, then cleaned herself up. After that, he stood on the balcony. Looking far away, looking at the sky that now looks like his life, cloudy and dark.
Sometimes, Karin feels her life is not a mirage. Everything looks bad. Between right and wrong, dreams and reality are vague.
The ringing of the cell phone dispersed his reverie. Before opening the message, he saw a piece of paper stuck to the door of the closet. The paper is yellow, with a writing that he knows who the owner is. Karin read it in her heart, "open and see!"
The blue-colored dress, exactly like the one Lily James wore in the movie Cinderella, is very pretty. There is also a paper that says, "wear me!"
Karin tried to wear that beautiful dress. Her height is high enough for the size of Indonesian women, which is 160 cm, also the ideal weight, making the dress adheres beautifully on her body.
He almost forgot the message on his phone.
[Wear it for later tonight, I have a surprise for you. See you at the office.]
Her smile expanded, displaying the dimple that was on her left cheek. Adding a sweet impression to the round-eyed girl's face.
****
In the office, Karin does her part as usual, while occasionally joking with Nesa.
Nesa let out a long sigh, she also recalled what she had memorized to talk to this stubborn girl named Karina Apriliantara.
"Rin, I have something to tell you. Please listen and respond, it should be as a friend I remind you not to get lost on the wrong path. I know you're angry with Ms. Mei about this hot gossip. But, Rin, can't you just think of this as the wind. Please, don't do anything weird anymore, yeah."
Hearing Nesa's words, Karin laughed out loud. He got a stomach ache due to the advice of his best friend, who he thought was a strange magical bin.
"What's this nice girl thinking, huh? I'm going to pick off Ms. Mei, or do you think I'm going to make that old woman, a mash?" kelakar Karin's. "I wanted to reply, but in hindsight, there was no benefit for me. You don't have to worry" he continued
*****
Even days.
With a view of YouTube, Karin tries to makeUp as beautiful as possible. Because he could not do hair, black mane and straight he tied a ponytail only. There was a knock on the door from the outside, "it must be Dio," when Karin flowered.
When I opened the door, it wasn't, it was Dio's man. The guy said, Dio's been waiting in a special place. One less than Karin's looks, which is that there are no glass shoes like a real Cinderella. But that's okay, that's not the point.
Karin was taken to a building that had been decorated in such a way as to look attractive. Red roses are neatly displayed in every corner, adding to the romantic impression. He did not know why Dio prepared all this.
