Chapter 17: Paris in the Rain - Lauv (Part 3)

"You want to know?" She nods, "I know you were not a person who like abandoning someone without reason," I nodded. "So, where do we start?" I picked the chopstick plastic, "let's start from the beginning, how they treating you when you were a kid," she looks at me.

"Well, they do not teach me how to be polite and gentle. But my parents hire a nanny's from Padang, and I learn from that. Also, my parents avoiding bad neighborhoods and moved out." I rub her arm.

She nods, "I don't know, but why were you stubborn?" I chuckle, "both my parents were stubborn, so what?" She sighed, "I mean, you were from a rich family, right?" I nodded. "I honestly don't like the way they will put a lot of restrictions like If I made a mistake, I will get locked in the room, or I've got beaten, so don't be mad if I'm stubborn too." I eat my sashimi, "are you alright?" I looked at her, "I'm fine, I..." she hugs me.

"I don't know what you've been through," I'm smiling and rubs her hair, "don't need to, I understand why you were doing this," she looks at me, "and I fell, from the couch, and my head got stitches, and it's fine now," she looks at me, "they bring me to the hospital," she staring at me, "does it still hurt?" I shook my hand, "no." She nods.

"Is that my fault if I want to live with my own life?" She shook her head, "you not wrong, but what if we marry now?" I looked at her, "you want me to propose you?" She nods. "But, I don't know, I'm not sure," I sighed.

"I'm ready to take my responsibility, but I was afraid it's too fast for you. You want still to enjoy your life, right?" She hums, "what if I couldn't?" I looked at her. "You would..." She looks at me.

"What about you? Are you ready too?" I nodded. "I'm ready, and I'm fixing my heart," she looks at me. "It's not lust, Rose. I know it's rashly decision what I've made today, but if you want to take it slow, it's fine." I sighed. "I want to protect you for the rest of my life, and waking up next to you every morning, it's my American dream," she looks at me.

"Then tell me what you afraid, besides Sam, Eva, and Jane." I looked at her, "I was afraid if one of my maniac fans were attacking you, you know, in real life, they will bully you, sending you a threatening message. That's what I was afraid of." She looks at me.

"What are you afraid of?" She looks at me and rubs my cheek, "you, I was afraid to lose you," I'm smiling, "hey," she hums, I can hear the rain outside, "what if we make a promise to each other?" She looks at me, "like what?" I shrugged my shoulders, "why you want to protect me?" I looked at her eyes.

"Because I don't want someone to hurt you, I won't look at you when you were crying. It broke my heart," Rose wipes my tears, "then why were you crying?" I sighed. "I want to apologize for what I did to you..." she kissed me, "it's alright, I'm sorry if I make you remember all the pain you've been through," we looked at each other's eyes, no one spoke, until we heard a thunder sound.

I hug her tight, "you were afraid of thunder?" She nods. I rub her hair smoothly, "I'm here," honestly, I was afraid of thunder. "Are you freezing?" She looks at me, "no, I feel warm here," she was naked, and she wasn't wearing any clothes except the blanket.

"It breaks my heart too when I saw your wound. You were trying to protect me," Rose rubs my left hand, "your left hand, what happened?" I hold her hand tightly, "it's because medical mistake. The doctor pushed my hand too tight, and I was living in the hospital until two years old, alone." She looks at me, "you okay?" I'm smiling, "I'm fine, but she's not." She hugs me, "your body was warm. comfortable, and I don't want you to give your bear hug to someone else." I nodded.

"Your mine. And I'm yours." we laugh because we say it together, "no, the lady first," she looks at me, "I love you, Lobak Gabriela Aryanti, I mean it. You haven't let me down yet, but I hope, please don't do it!" I looked at her eyes, "where do you get my name?" She chuckles, "your ID Card. I was searching for your cards because you were unconscious," I nodded.

"Rose Salsabila Mary, I love you too." We kissed, "so, you said you want to play solitaire, right?" She nods. I stand up, and she pushed me, I fell on top of her, and we can hear our breathing. We look at each other's other eyes. No one was talking except the wind and rain outside. I pull another blanket to keep her body warm, "what are you waiting for?" She looks at me.

I know I can't control my body, but this is mad. "You shouldn't have to do this..." Rose shook her head and bit her lips, "what?" She unbuttoned my shirt, "please, make me warm with your way," I looked at her, "are you sure?" She nods.

"What if your mom was waiting for us?" She looks at me, "my mom will understand me, but you might get killed," I'm laughing, "you were right," I sighed.

"We can do that in the garage," She smiles, "garage," I chuckle, "your DIY guest room," we took a deep breath, "I won't put my clothes," I raised my eyebrow, "what if, we said we go shopping, and we got stuck in the heavy rain?" She nods. "I can't. We don't have a signal." I nodded, "let's go! We can do it in a motel or a car." She looks at me.

"Okay, if you want it," She pinned me, and right now, why she did that!? "You want me to take charge this time?" I smirked. "Try me," she kisses my lips passionately.

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We arrived at her mom's house, and we did nothing because she was afraid of thunder. I get out of the car. "wait," I help her walking, "you can sleep in my bed." I closed the garage door, and she lays on my bed. She was naked. I don't know why she was doing this to me!? "You don't want to claim your prize," I want, but I'm tired, "you under alcohol influence," she's groans, "I can help you, then" I sit on the bed.

"Have a nice sleep," I get in the car and sit in the driver's seat. I don't know what happened next because I already closed my eyes.

TBC