Waiting For Lover

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The evening almost perfectly arrived, marked by the disappearance of the orange glow which was replaced by dark purple-black clouds. A girl with bright red hair—named Riana, walked a little running while taking off her clothes, she quickened her steps as if she was chasing the sky that was about to darken. Riana was too busy spending time in the garden to prepare for the harvest that would come in the next few days, that she forgot the time to go home before nightfall. With a slightly out of breath, Riana suddenly staggered and fell because she accidentally hit something big and hard. "AAHHH!!" She screamed with wide eyes. Riana couldn't believe what was in front of her until her body trembled and she immediately covered her mouth tightly with both hands.

A man was lying weak and helpless, covered in blood that had already dried all over his body and clothes. It looked very scary! However, Riana carefully tried to touch the man's face, observing him closely—maybe she knew him. Not only observing his face, Riana also put her right ear on the man's body, to check if his heartbeat was still audible.

"He's still alive," she said softly.

Riana got up while looking in all directions, looking for anything that could be a clue for her, but her efforts were in vain. The green bead only found a stretch of grass swaying in the spring breeze and a purple-black tinge that almost perfectly filled the twilight sky.

"What should I do?" Riana looked at the man once again with hesitation, she had never experienced an incident like this in her eighteen years of life. The hesitation that raged in her head seemed to not allow Riana to think long, because if she just stayed still, she probably wouldn't be able to return home easily, because the darkness of the night made it difficult for her to see the way home.

With her thoughts and feelings still in chaos, Riana immediately lifted the man's body, embracing him so that it would be easier to carry—even though she found it difficult to walk and limped due to lifting a big and heavy body, very different from her body size. How crazy! She thought. If it weren't urgent, maybe she would have left the helpless figure there. However, a whisper from her heart seemed to ask her to help the poor man.

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"Who is he?" Riana asked while walking back and forth and occasionally glancing at the figure of the man who was lying with a cloth wrapped around his upper body that Riana had just treated as best she could. The appearance of the helpless creature was much better than when Riana found him, his body was cleaner so that the fishy smell was no longer there. Now, he looked like an ordinary sick person, not a pitiful poor man.

"I've never seen him, then..." Riana thought for a moment, remembering the faces of the villagers—who she actually never knew. "I'm crazy!" She suddenly exclaimed.

With slightly shaky steps, Riana walked closer, re-examining the man's face. "No way! He's not an enemy of the kingdom, is he?" Riana really had lost her sanity if she brought an enemy into her house, especially since she lived alone there. Various bad thoughts immediately crossed her mind, flashing into her head. "Arghh… idiot!" Riana regretted her hasty decision, she lightly hit her forehead as she imagined something bad happening to her. "He won't kill me, will he?"

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