< In the last chapter, Richan experiences his fourth dream, which is a brutal nightmare for him; he meets White, which is also Black acquittance recently. Now, Richan is awake to reality..>
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[Richan POV]
*snuggle*
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"WHITE!" I screamed and jolted up when I opened my eyes.., it looked like I had already wake up, back to reality again… huh, where is this? The ceilings are unfamiliar, so I try to recall what is happening and try to remember, in reality, last time, I passed out again, at… hospital bathroom, so maybe I am in the hospital room right now.
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I try to sit on my bed; ouch, why is it so hurt on my left chest? After I sit and look around me, I realize that I am really in the hospital room.
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*sigh*
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Mom and Dad may worry about me again; wait, Mom…. Dad… I'm getting a flashback about what happened in my dream, my mother, my father….. they are dead, no… this is reality, I must search for them.
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Then, when I'm trying to get off my bed,
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"Argh"
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My chest, it hurt, it hurt so much in my left chest, the pain is unbearable, it feels like a sword stabbing my heart, I'm limping and screaming in agonizing pain on the bed, then I fall off from my bed, now I'm at the floor, still feeling pain, and being hopeless.
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"Help, someone, help…." My voice was weak, and my vision started to get blurry. I was still trying to call for help, but when I tried to reach the door while trying to crawl, I saw the door open.
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There is…. Duran opened the door and ran straight to me; he lifted me immediately and returned me to bed.
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"Kakak… help me…. It hurts so much," I said to Duran, with my weak voice while holding my left chest, still hurt like hell; Duran's face now is in panic, his sweat was drenched, his clothes buttons were all loose, and his breath was out of control, it looks like he was running all the way here.
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While I was still feeling this unbearable pain, I looked at the ceiling, and the lamps were flickering like crazy. Duran told me while rubbing my hair and holding me down, "Richan.. listen to me…close your eyes and imagine you just feeling sleepy and about to sleep." huh? What did he mean? Im feeling this pain, and you told me to sleep? are you kidding? Ah, whatever, then I replied, "Okay, I will try," I said while still groaning in pain.
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I shut my eyes and tried to imagine I had a lovely bed and was about to sleep, but this pain, argh, it's still so hurt.
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But then I heard Duran say something. I can hear it clearly, but I don't know what he's talking about. He's not speaking in Bahasa right now. After around 2 minutes of bearing the pain and hearing Duran talking nonstop, then... he stopped, huh? The pain is stopped, too.
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"Kak… it working, the pain is gone…but, why I'm feeling sleepy, kak…." Then I fall asleep… again.
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[Duran POV]
[On morning breakfast]
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This morning, Im still feeling concerned about Richan. It seems he was pretty okay this morning, but I still need to investigate this matter more because I know my gut feeling never betrays me.
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Since I was a kid, my father always told me to trust my gut feelings if they were acting as an anomaly, and of course, I did what my father told me. and as a result, I always avoided some bad things, like traffic jams, road crashes, even… I once avoided being dead in an Airplane crash that took every passenger's life in it.
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And that's why, this time, Im gonna follow my gut feeling again.
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"Richan, you know what's happening on Sunday, right?" Mother said to Richan while preparing the food on the dining table.
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What? What's going to happen on Sunday? Hmm, I'm trying to recall. Sunday is… 4 April. Oh, it's Richan's Birthday. He will be 15 years old on this Sunday. Hmm, he did growing up, huh? Wait, wait. Birthday…. These incidents….. Fate eater.
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I know it; it's all connected now. I must go there first to confirm this.
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But first, it's time for our Breakfast, and it's getting rare for me to have Breakfast together like this. *Cheh*. If it's not for this college thing, I'm not gonna leave this house ever, but I know Father would never agree. After all, it's only a disguise for me.
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After our Breakfast ended, Richan and Mom brought the dirty plates to the kitchen; I was lucky to have time to ask Father's permission for this.
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I place my glass on the table and ask Father, "Papa, I'm going out later. I can't follow you to the hospital; I need to do something at Headquarters."
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After I said that, my father, who was about to retake his newspaper, stopped and returned to the dining table. Then he slammed his hand on the table, but after that, he said, "Durandal Puratama, are you aware of what you just said ?" my father said to me in a menacing tone.
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I know it's a bad idea to bring this up at the dining table, especially when Richan is nearby because my parents told me that Richan must be 18 years old first to know about the real thing that runs out in our family.
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Father's intimidation does not even faze me. Otherwise, I am already pretty immune from all of his hell given to me. I straighten my back and say to Father, "I know it's bad to bring it up now, but this time, is an urgent Investigation. Please, Father, give me access to the Sea of Knowledge".
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Hearing what I just said, Father looked more serious. Still, with a menacing tone, he replied, "What are you going to investigate right now ?" Then I said immediately, "Richan, I'm investigating Richan, your second son, also my little brother. My gut feeling tells me that something happened to him. " Father's face looked shocked about what I just said. He frowned. He took his hand inside his clothes.
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"Here, take this; make sure to report to me immediately when you get the results." he grabs my right hand and gives me something; it's a token, the pass to the Sea of Knowledge.
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I nodded to my father and smiled. "After all, I'm doing this for our family." after I said it, I returned to my room and got ready to go to HQ.
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