9 9. Strong Girl

It's been almost a month that Yudistira and Adeeva have been running their relationship secretly. The language term is Backstreet. Only Adenia knows about Yudistira and Adeeva's love affair.

Yudistira smiled reading a short message from Adeeva who was worried about him because the young man had just finished a wild race. This time everything went smoothly without any police interference like yesterday. Besides that, no rain and cats are passing by that bother you. Speaking of cats, since that incident, Yudistira, who initially liked a cat, became more and more fond of him. He greets every cat he meets with the words, "Hi Meow!"

Yudistira's footsteps brought the young man in front of Bambank Adyatama, his biological father. When his eyes caught his father's emotional face, Yudistira frowned in surprise. He thought in his mind did he make a mistake? Because his father was rarely angry with Yudistira. Even his father was never angry when Yudistira came home late at night or raced wildly, then why is he angry now?

"You have a lover, Yudis?" his father inquired suspiciously.

Yudistira just smiled showing a row of neat teeth and then showed a photo of Adeeva who looked beautiful on the beach which she took when they first started.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Yudistira asked.

His father nodded, his and Yudistira's tastes were not much different. They both like the slightly adventurous bar girl.

"You take good care of him, right? Just watch out if you hurt him!" threatened his father.

Yudistira bent his elbows ninety degrees and then saluted in front of his father like a soldier, "Ready Commander!"

***

Adeeva entered her house as bright as summer. Lately, his lips kept smiling non-stop. Adeeva loves her time with Yudistira. She didn't feel lonely anymore, her heart didn't feel empty anymore. Adeeva begins to feel alive on the flower path. She likes her life now, even though it's hard but Adeeva is enjoying it thanks to Yudistira.

When the door to her house opened, the first thing Adeeva saw was her parents having a big fight. Her father and mother both cursed each other.

"You take care of her! Why should I take care of her?!" shouted her father.

Adeeva was just silent seeing that, she intended to go to her room, and walked slowly so as not to get involved in her parents' quarrel. But it seems too late, her mother's dark irises managed to see Adeeva who was sneaking around like a thief. With hasty steps, her mother approached Adeeva and grabbed the girl's hair until she winced in pain. Her mother dragged Adeeva and pushed her to the ground on the cold floor of her house.

"You take him, I don't want to live with a murderer!" her mother snapped, kicking Adeeva.

The girl just kept quiet and tried to stand amid the pain she was suffering. Before she could half stand up, her father stepped on Adeeva's back until the girl fell back on the floor.

"Father hurts..." Adeeva whined. She felt her body crumble and her head hurt as she had just been stabbed by a knife.

"Just kill her or throw her away, you murderer!" her father was annoyed.

Adeeva held back her tears desperately. She should not cry there, if she cries it means she will lose to his parents. And Adeeva hates it.

"I'm not a murderer. Well," Adeeva tried to defend herself. She never killed his brother, it is true that Fagan died while earning money through illegal racing for Adeeva's treatment. But that doesn't mean Adeeva is a murderer, right?

***

Yudistira is warming up because he will be exercising at night to keep his body strong. He prefers to run around town instead of going to the gym. The young man called Adeeva for a moment intending to ask permission from his lover. This is what they do every time they go out of the house.

Adeeva picked up the call for a long time, coupled with the sound of the girl's sobs making Yudistira worried about her.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Yudistira asked, grabbing the keys to his motorbike.

"Please, this hurts..." Adeeva's moaning voice was heard which was very painful for Yudistira to hear.

"I'm going to your house now, wait, Dev?" Yudistira immediately closed the call and immediately drove to his lover's house.

On the other hand, Adeeva kept begging her father to forgive Adeeva. The girl had collapsed, she was crying under her father's feet after asking Yudistira for help.

"So you have a lover now? You must realize that a murderer has no right to be happy!" her father snapped, grabbing Adeeva's hair.

The girl closed her eyes trying to enjoy the pain, she kept teaching herself with the words, 'you are stronger than you think' At least that's what made Adeeva survive until this second.

"A murderer deserves to die, don't you think?" asked her father.

"Just kill him, she's useless," said his mother.

Adeeva's heart was sliced ​​to hear that, and unconsciously the pain in her heartbeat was the pain in her body. The girl didn't feel anything when her father threw a flower vase on her back until there were shards stuck in her back.

Adeeva stood up with difficulty then she looked at her parents with disappointed looks in turn. The girl stepped towards her father on the broken ceramic flower vase. Her feet had been scratched so much blood had dripped onto the floor.

"From now on, you are not my father," Adeeva said with a smirk.

Her father felt even more angry hearing Adeeva who started to dare to act, he took a knife that was located not far from there and chased Adeeva blindly intending to stab her child. Adeeva did not dodge, the girl was just silent with her eyes closed trying to accept her fate of death.

"Who are you to interfere?!"

Her father's scream made Adeeva open her eyes. In front of her was Yudistira who managed to grab his father's hand and throw the knife away. The young man came to Adeeva's father and grabbed the collar of the clothes he was wearing.

"Now she is my responsibility, you are nobody anymore," Yudistira warned.

Yudistira turned to Adeeva who looked very confused and then grabbed her wrist and took Adeeva out of the hell house and headed for the nearest hospital to treat Adeeva.

"Yudis?" called Adeeva in a barely audible voice.

"Yes, dear?" Yudistira answered while watching Adeeva who looked very weak. There was blood dripping from his back and legs. In addition, Adeeva's hair looks very messy and there are also some bruises on Adeeva's face and jaw.

"Survive, Dev? You're a strong girl, I know that." Yudistira said while holding back his tears.

Adeeva shook her head with a smile. Yudistira saw that, he saw Adeeva smiling warmly at him in the rest of his consciousness.

"Yudis, thank you... for making me happy." Adeeva said before the girl finally closed her eyes.