CHAPTER 3

"Leave Sarah. He's been waiting for you too long," Alena said ambiguously. The girl with brown curly hair, holding back amused, seeing Sarah annoyed to see Joshua's never absent behavior disturbing her life.

Inevitably, Sarah took her bag, then moved to Joshua's usual seat.

- *** -

"You really can't date me?" asked Joshua the umpteenth time. 

And again only got a cold response from Sarah. The two of them were walking towards the parking lot after class.

"Sarah, come on," said someone who was behind them, Sean. Sarah walked straight to Sean without bothering to pay attention to Joshua, who was alone.

Sarah and Sean left the corridor and headed for the parking lot. Then climbed onto Sean's black sports motorbike.

The street atmosphere in the city today is not that crowded, unlike in the morning and evening, where people leave and return from their workplaces.

"Sean, it's time for monthly groceries." Sarah tapped Sean on the shoulder who was concentrating on his motorbike with a slight scream.

"I forgot to bring my wallet, Sarah. Did you have one?" Sean asked aloud too.

"Me neither."

Sean nodded. "Okay, let's go to the apartment first."

Without warning, Sean sped up the bike.

After arriving at their modest apartment, Sean and Sarah immediately cleaned up and then went shopping for their needs.

It didn't take long Sarah was ready. She was waiting on the sofa in their living room.

"Sean, why are you taking so long?" shouted Sarah.

"Hold on," Sean answered from inside his room. The room was at the end of the hallway in their row of rooms. Although simple, inside their apartment, there are two main rooms and one guest room, and each has a bathroom.

Sean and Sarah were alone. They occupy the little apartment they bought a year ago.

At that time, they didn't know about life in the human world. They only knew a little from their mother. They do not even know that in this world, humans need money to sustain themselves. Forced, Sarah sold her beautiful anklet for a very high price. Why is it so expensive? Because Sarah's gemstone has nevermore in any hemisphere. A gem that one and only. So naturally, if the price of the bracelet is enough for seven derivatives. Can you imagine how much it costs? And so you know, they are selling those little diamonds on the illegal market. They don't want to provoke evil.

Sarah took out a few dollar bills from a special cupboard for the storage of money. The wardrobe was placed in a room even though there was no security to protect it from crime.

"Did you take the money?" asked Sean, putting on his jacket.

"Yes. Um, Sean, don't you know what a bank is? It's a pain to keep tens of trillions of dollars in a cupboard full."

"I know, Sarah. Of course, I know what banks use. I don't bother opening accounts at all the banks around the world only to empty the cupboard. If you want, you open the accounts."

"No, I don't want."

"Never mind, let's go."

"Come on."

Sarah took Sean's hand with excitement on her face.

"What gets you so excited, Sarah? We're just going to go shopping," Sean said suddenly.

"Haha. Don't you see it? Outside, the clouds are dominating the sky. The sky is getting gray. And you know what will happen after this," Sarah explained excitedly.

"Rain?"

"Yeah, right. You know, right? I like the rain." Sarah imagined herself playing with the rain.

'Ah, how fun,' she thought cheerfully.

"Up to you." Sean took his hand away from Sarah's. Then he walked ahead of Sarah.

"Ah, you," Sarah shouted irritably.

***

"Sarah, you don't want to shop for jewelry, clothes, makeup, and all kinds of things like they buy?" Sean asked, pointing to several girls who were excitedly choosing clothes. They are done their monthly groceries. And four large plastic bags filled with their necessities.

Sarah shook her head, "When do I like something like that?" Sarah replied lazily, then hurried away from Sean, who only shrugged. But after only a few steps, she stopped and turned around. She returned to where Sean was standing.

"What is wrong?" asked Sean.

"I want to eat ice cream. Let's buy ice cream," Sarah replied, excited again.

Sean followed his younger sister's request. Now, he only watched Sarah busy with ice cream in her hand. Her mouth was full of ice cream. Even on her cheeks up. There was ice cream.

Sean snorted, then helped her clean the ice cream from Sarah's cheek. Like a romantic scene between lovers.

Several people around giggled, seeing the scene of the two. They thought that Sean and Sarah were a sweet couple. One is handsome, and the other is beautiful. But Sean and Sarah didn't care about the gazes of the audience at all. Without them knowing it, someone was watching them both.

"Sean, I'm going to go to the toilet for a bit," Sarah said goodbye to Sean.

Sean nodded, "Be careful. If there's anything wrong, you call me."

"Okay."

Sarah walked casually to the toilet. Until she felt someone was following her. She looked back, saw a man standing not far from him wearing a black hoodie and a hat the color of his jacket.

She accelerated his pace. After feeling that no one was following her anymore, she continued her steps.

Until she was startled by a gentle pat on the shoulder, she spontaneously turned his head. She saw Lora, the girl who passed out this morning because of Sean. Sarah snorted in annoyance.

"It's you, Sarah. I had my doubts." Lora was relieved that the girl she had seen earlier was Sarah.

"What is wrong?" she asked lazily.

Lora smiled, "I just wanted to say hello to you."

Sarah continued, ignoring Lora.

"Where are you going? Wait for me, Sarah," shouted Lora.

Sarah was annoyed. It turned out that Lora was following her. So she stopped then faced Lora lazily.

"I'm going to the toilet."

"I also want to go to the toilet. Can I ...?"

"Then I'm not going to the toilet. You go there alone." Sarah emphasized the word "myself" to stop Lora from following her.

"Um, actually ... I only want to be friends with you, Sarah. No one sincerely friends with me. It's because I'm the daughter of the foundation owner, so they pretend to be my friend. Only you, Sarah. Who doesn't see me as a daughter of the foundation owner? So, I want to be friends with you, sincerely. "

TBC