The atmosphere inside the car returned as before.
But this time aleska decided to speak first.
"How did you get mixed up with those thugs?"
"I don't know, they just came and attacked us"
"Looks like they're the local gang that runs this area."
"Do you know them?"
"Yes, I recognize their boss."
"Really?"
"Well, it looks like they're on their own without their boss's knowledge, so you should be more careful next time, and the other one, while waiting for me, you just wait in the school environment, don't go out like that."
*****
"HMM well, next time I'll wait inside the school fence. I went out to get something to eat, since the three of us didn't have time to eat lunch and starve, so while waiting for my brother, we went to a restaurant around school first."
"I understand"
Ruby looked at her sister in amazement, even though she knew she didn't talk much but her answers this time raised a lot of questions in ruby's little head.
At first, ruby thought that her brother would scold her for skipping lunch, and instead go out for a meal, even with rice, she now knows little if she doesn't like him too much
Aleska stopped the car right in front of the east side, the two of them got out of the car and walked inside the mension.
"Brother, have you eaten?"
"HMM yes I've eaten, I'm going back to the office, because there's still a lot of work I haven't finished."
"Well then, will you be home for dinner?" (ruby)
"HMM it seems so"
"Well, are you going straight to the office or do you want to take a shower first?"
"No, I think I'll go straight to the office" (aleska)
"HMM well" (ruby)
"I go first" (aleska)
"Ruby rushed to put her schoolbag on the sofa and walked her out of the house to walk her to the door"
"Brother be careful on the road" (ruby)
Aleska who heard ruby's voice talking to her stopped her hand from opening her car door.
He saw the girl standing in the door with a sweet smile looking back at him, the girl he had been avoiding because Tampa realized that ruby had become aleska's first love, and when aleska realized that it was too late, however he had denied her feelings, and as far as he was from the girl his heart still couldn't lie if the little girl who lived in her bed every night had been his first love.
Whether aleska's feelings fell in love with him because they had grown together and depended on each other or from the start his heart had chosen this girl.
She knew if ruby was her own sister, it's because of this that she loves her more than twice. That is aleska's current understanding. So aleska decided to keep ruby with all her heart and always stay by her side.
Aleska knew that she couldn't have a cute little girl in front of her, so that until the time came when ruby met a guy who was better than her she would turn him in.
But aleska himself doubted whether there was a better man than him to take care of her. But at least for now they'll always be together, and support each other.
Aleska knew ruby was a strong girl and had a mind of her own, aleska knew that one day ruby must be busy achieving her own dreams, so she was willing to stay by her side and support her.
"Brother, aren't you going to work?"
All of a sudden aleska came out of his reverie and looked ata girl who could give her all the grief she needed.
Aleska stepped definitely at ruby's and stopped right in front of the girl, aleska raised her hand and touched the girl's cheek with her hand and aleska lowered her face to gently kiss the girl's forehead.
"I have to go, be careful at home, so call me if anything happens!
Aleska sees ruby standing still and has no response to her.
"Ruby do you understand? "Aleska repeated his words to see if the girl listened to what he said,
Ruby was startled by her sister's voice, so she just nodded a nod.
"Yes I understand"
"Good"
Aleska stepped into his car and drove away from there.
While ruby felt her cheeks just turn hot.
What's wrong with his brother today, why is he acting out?
Well, I'd like to take a quick shower to freshen up.
Ruby went back inside her house to her room to take a shower.
She prepares her own bath and bathup her favorite strawberry soap.
And ruby unwrapped every rag on her body one by one, slowly tugged into her bathtub.
Aaggh.. It's so refreshing. Ruby settled her head to the Banks and closed her eyes for a moment enjoying the fresh and fragrant aroma of her bath water.
But when she just closed her eyes her memory came back as her sister kissed her on her way to work, ruby's face lit up red again and placed her hands on her cheeks and smiled to herself.
She wondered why she was so happy to be kissed by her brother, as she was this afternoon when her arms were tightly held by aleska, ruby felt so safe at the time, that as long as aleska held her hand, she didn't have to worry about anything.
"Maybe I'm happy because I feel safe when I'm around aleska bhai, because I've been trying to cling to him to give me protection, and now I've been able to protect myself and aleska's treating me well enough, time to repay aleska's kindness to me."
Ruby was talking to herself.
And to think back years ago when aleska pulled her out of a very dark dungeon by miss Amanda, ruby literally shivered with fear and aleska came to open the door for her.
Walking out on aleska ruby's small steps, seeing some of miss Amanda's bodyguards lying lifeless on the mended floor, as it turns out to be able to save her, aleska killed several of mistress Amanda's bodyguards.
Ruby always felt safe near aleska and decided she would stick to him.
Until ruby got into the school and all of a sudden miss Amanda's youngest daughter also entered the same school as her. So ruby could only be silent without being able to fight at all, she felt so scared to be away from her lucky star, aleska.