February 14th...
Rhea stood in front of the mirror in her small room. She was wearing a simple red knee-length dress - and a little bit of make-up. She combed her long, straight hair while continuing to smile at her reflection in the mirror. However, it seemed that it was not only that which made her happy tonight, but there was something else that was much more important and happier than seeing her own face in the mirror.
Flashback...
While sitting at the bus stop alone, suddenly someone approached her. Rhea was shocked and scared but when she saw the person's face, Rhea's fear disappeared instantly and became a feeling of relief.
"Sean?" Rhea exclaimed.
The cute and handsome guy smiled. "Hi."
"What's wrong, hey? What are you doing here?" Rhea snapped.
Sean lifted a fairly large box, wrapped in paper with a cherry blossom pattern, and placed it on Rhea's lap. "Here."
Rhea was surprised. "What is this? A bomb?"
"Not Grenades."
Rhea laughed "Seriously."
"Yeah, it's just you, why would I give you a bomb? What for?" Sean pouted his tiny lips. Anyone who saw him would definitely feel excited.
"Just kidding, just kidding," said Rhea. "Can I open it now?"
"Hey, don't," Sean stopped Rhea who was almost about to tear the box wrapping.
"Why can't you?"
Sean's expression suddenly changed to confused and awkward "Ehm... you can open it when you get home. I... I'll take you home."
Rhea looked at Sean confused
Back to the present.
Rhea looked at the red dress she was wearing with a happy smile. The dress was the contents of the box Sean gave her that time. Exactly about two days before Valentine's, Sean gave the gift. And tonight they will have dinner on Valentine's Day, or in other words it could be called a date.
"Tonight I start my date with Sean?" Rhea talks to herself and her reflection in the mirror. "Isn't it wrong, Rhe? Didn't you have no intention of dating Sean at all? You're right, you have to be able to open your heart to Sean. There's nothing wrong with that, right, should you try to do it?"
Rhea's cell phone lying on the bed vibrated.
"Hello?" Rhea greeted. A few seconds later, Rhea's face changed to shock. "WHAT??? Sean had an accident???" Rhea couldn't deny that her heart was beating very fast right now. Fear gripped her.
***
Still not having time to change clothes, Rhea went straight to the hospital to see Sean's condition. She ran along the hospital corridor without being able to hold back her tears that continued to flow. Her heart couldn't stop pounding, her body was shaking and again the fear didn't go away until she made sure that Sean was okay.
'I don't want to lose anymore. It's enough. Don't make me lose anymore, God. Please.
After running quite far, Rhea finally arrived at the room where Sean was being treated. Abel, who had contacted her earlier, was already there, and Tody-Sean's best friend. Rhea immediately rushed to run over to her two friends.
"Abel! Tody! How's Sean?" Rhea asked with a panicked face and sweat pouring down. "Sean is okay, right? How did it happen? Why did he have an accident?"
Abel and Tody also seemed like they wanted to go on a date tonight, judging by how neat they were both dressed. But they must have had to cancel because of Sean.
"Rhe, calm down first." Abel, who knew his friend was anxious, immediately tried to calm him down. "Sean is okay."
"Sean has been treated by the doctor, his wounds are not too serious. He is sleeping now, the day after tomorrow he can go home." Tody added.
Hearing this, Rhea was immediately relieved, it felt like all her fears had disappeared just like that after knowing that Sean was fine and there were no serious injuries. Rhea sat weakly on the chair, Abel accompanying her.
"How did it actually happen? Why did it happen?" asked Rhea.
"Abel and I also don't know exactly how it happened. Suddenly someone called using Sean's cellphone, saying that Sean had an accident and had been sent to the hospital. That's why Adel and I came straight here to see how he was. But Sean is okay. His injuries aren't serious." Tody explained how he first found out about his friend's accident.
"Don't you want to see Sean?" Abel asked Rhea.
*
Rhea entered Sean's room. As Tody said, Sean was currently sleeping with his left arm on an IV and his head bandaged. Rhea slowly approached him and observed Sean from head to toe, it seemed that there were no serious injuries, and only a wound on the head. Rhea exhaled a sigh of relief, he was very grateful.
Rhea's right hand slowly reached out, trembling and with a very hesitant feeling, she wanted to touch Sean's face. Indeed, so far they had no relationship, or rather maybe not yet. Even though Rhea already knew Sean's feelings for her, but until now she had never once given Sean an answer.
Finally Rhea's hand managed to touch Sean's face. There was a strange feeling in Rhea's heart when she touched his face, something she had never done before. But whatever it was Rhea didn't want to know, all she knew was that Sean was fine now. That made her heart happy enough.
"Sean, thank you for not leaving me," Rhea said in a very soft voice. "I hope you always keep your promise to always wait for me and not leave me."
***
Claim
The school bell rang. Rhea was the first person after her teacher to leave the classroom that afternoon. Even when Abel called her from behind, Rhea ignored him and kept running in a hurry.
"RHEA RHEA!" Abel chased him to the front of the classroom door. "Oh, the child was called too. Where are you going? Definitely going to the hospital, of course. But at least wait for me first, Grandpa. You can come out together then."
***
Rhea did go to the hospital to visit Sean. With a cheerful face, she walked leisurely while looking at a plastic bag of fresh fruits that she bought before entering the hospital.
Rhea arrived in front of Sean's room and she immediately opened the door. However, her steps stopped at the doorway when she saw Sean who had woken up and was currently busy on the phone with someone while lying with his back to her. Because she was afraid of disturbing him, Rhea decided to stay standing at the doorway, waiting for Sean to finish calling. Sean had not yet realized Rhea's presence because he was so busy
call.
"Oh yeah? So until now your bad habit hasn't disappeared yet? Hehehe yeah, yeah. You know
Sean seemed to really enjoy his conversation with whoever it was, and of course it made Rhea very curious.
"You shouldn't just accept a guy's invitation to go out. You know, in this world there are so many bad guys who can only play with girls' feelings. What? Of course, I'm the nicest guy in the world." Sean chuckled.
Rhea started to get annoyed when she found out that Sean was talking to a girl on the phone. Which girl? Rhea clearly didn't know.
"Dinner for two? Us? Okay, no problem. I love you, Jullie."
'I love you? Sean said I love you to another girl? Jullie? Which other girl is that?' Rhea immediately got goosebumps hearing that.
"I miss you...." added Sean.
Rhea was so annoyed, she closed the door again - abandoning her intention to meet Sean. As fast as lightning, she put the plastic bag containing fruit in front of the door and immediately left the place.
With long strides, Rhea walked out of Sean's room without Sean knowing. Of course, while grumbling along the way.
"What a playboy. In the past, he often said he loved me, but it turns out he also said I love you, I miss you to other girls. Jullie? Who is that? Sean never told me about a girl named Jullie? So it's true, the two of them are dating and Sean was just playing around with me."
Rhea stopped a taxi and continued chatting inside the taxi.
'I regret crying yesterday, worried to death thinking about his condition. It turns out he's dating another girl? What a jerk!
Rhea was angry and just vented her anger by squeezing her school bag. Then a few seconds later, she realized something was wrong with her.
'Eh? Wait a moment. Why would I be angry when I found out Sean had another girl? What is my relationship with him? Not even a girlfriend, so why should I be angry? But that girl named Jullie... Rhea shook her head. Dizzy, Ah, I don't know. That's none of my business.