RAINBOW AND SHIELD

3. Fragile Side

08:30 PM WIB

Tania is sitting at her study table while struggling with her thick books, round glasses are already perched on the girl's nose.  The pencil he was holding was spinning in his hand, his brain spinning thinking about formulas to solve a problem.  His hands move nimbly scribbling on paper in order to find the right answer to the problem he is working on.

Tania Lamarouzen is known as a girl with a super genius brain.  His intelligence and intelligence cannot be doubted.  The girl has won various types of olympiads and competitions, even the girl has always won one winner since she was in elementary school.

It seems that if you look at it, Tania is an example of a girl who is close to perfect, already beautiful, smart, devoted, and famous for her manners.

But if you dig deeper, it's not like that, Tania still has flaws in her.

"Hfttt."

There was a long sigh from Tania, the girl put down her pencil and closed her thick book.  The girl rose from her seat to the kitchen to get a drink.

When she finished fetching drinking water, the girl was about to return to the second floor to her room to be exact.

But before that, Tania took the time to look around her house, which was so quiet, her mother had not yet returned from the boutique.

A long sigh was heard again in the silence of the room, the girl smiled softly.

Everything is not the same as before.

This atmosphere has been common since a few years ago, when the father left the girl for good.

Tania is often left at home alone by her mother, who is often busy with her busy boutique business with deadlines.

Sometimes Tania uses this quiet and lonely atmosphere as a time to study, but gradually her monotonous life turns out to be boring too.

Tania feels that her life is just like that, there is nothing colorful at all.

With a soft smile still on her face, Tania finally decided to go back into her room and sit at the study table.  He wanted to continue his study hours but boredom had approached him.

Usually, if you are alone at home like this, there is someone who accompanies Tania, just for chatting or joking.

Who else if not Alvian, Tania's best friend and neighbor since childhood.

Knock!

Knock!

Just as Tania said, there was a knock on her door.

The girl already knew that it was only Alvian who came to her house at night, sometimes only to accompany her or to disturb the peace of her study.

Rising to open the door, Tania then gasped in surprise when the door opened and revealed a pillow with a size large enough in the shape of her favorite chocolate wrapper.

"Whoa!"  The girl was amazed to see him.

"Don't you like it?"  Alvian then removed the pillow covering his face, he held back his laughter when he saw Tania's sparkling eyes looking at the brown cadbury pillow he was carrying.

Tania just chuckled softly, and grabbed the pillow with enthusiasm.  "Love it! Where do you get your favorite chocolate from?"

The man didn't answer, and he casually entered Tania's room and lay down on the girl's soft bed.

"As an apology, about this afternoon."  Alvin said with his eyes closed.

"You can just bribe it! Even though I planned to be angry with you for two weeks," Alvian changed his position to sit down, and looked at the girl with annoyance.

"Why are you angry at the plan, it's weird."

"Well, if you don't, you won't give up!"  Tania put the cadbury chocolate-shaped pillow on the doll's special shelf in her room, studying the cute pillow with sparkling eyes.

"You've been given a pillow, after this means you can't be angry anymore, right?"  the man got up, approached Tania and stood next to the girl.  He then gently stroked the top of his beloved head.

Tania just shrugged her shoulders, "It depends if you're stubborn again, I'll be angry for sure."

Alvian laughed softly, then pulled the girl's body into his warm embrace.  Tania did not refuse, the girl also returned Alvian's warm hug, inhaling the aroma that smelled so fragrant from her best friend.

"Lo smells good," muttered Tania who was submerged in Alvian's chest.

The man just smiled, then let go of the hug.  Looking at Tania's beautiful face, her hand moved to gently caress the girl's cheek.

"You're beautiful too," he complimented sincerely.  Both then laughed a little when they realized what they were doing, that's how both of them were.  they have been used to being together since childhood made them understand each other, always feel comfortable when they are together even though they still know the limits of what they can and cannot do.

"Well, I want to continue studying first."  Said Tania then distanced herself from Alvian.

"Just keep going, I'll wait here until it's finished."

The girl just nodded, Tania then sat back down at her study table and stuck with the formulas she had to learn.

If you ask Alvian, don't expect him to study or touch the sacred books.

Alvian has a special allergy to lessons, and if someone forces him to study then he can have a fever all day.

His body and brain capacity can never be cooperated if asked to learn, especially if there is a formula.  So the man chose to go to the balcony in Tania's room, standing there looking at the beautiful and peaceful atmosphere of the night while smoking a stick of nicotine that he always carried.

A few minutes passed, Alvian who was busy with cigarettes and his mind was now starting to feel scared when he heard a roar from the sky and a slight wind blowing a sign that rain would come soon.

His brown irises moved restlessly, when he heard the noise getting louder, which was echoed by the sound of raindrops starting to slowly fall on the earth.

The man gripped the balcony railing, his chest rumbling loudly but he still tried to hold it in.

"Damn it," the man thought.

The man with brown hair took a deep breath in trying to normalize his heartbeat, which was so fast that it made his body feel weak, when he saw from the sky where the rain was falling harder and harder followed by a fairly strong wind.

Alvian's breath started to hitch when he saw that, as if the air supply in this place was being completely suppressed making it difficult to draw in air.

Alvian's body began to shake violently, followed by cold sweat already running down his face.  Alvian was about to enter Tania's room and closed the balcony door tightly from his chair, but he couldn't. His legs were already weak, his body was getting out of control, the man finally lay on the floor hugging his own body.

It's really hard to explain.

"Zyzy!"  call the man for Tania to hear.

Alvian really hates when this happens.

Hearing Alvian who was screaming a little from the balcony made Tania gasp, the girl then got up from her chair and ran to the man.

"Oh my gosh!"  screamed the girl panicked when she saw Alvian's condition.

Tania immediately pulled Alvian's sturdy body which was shaking violently into her warm embrace, hugging him warmly trying to give the man a little calm.

Meanwhile, Alvian was still scared in the girl's arms.  Alvian squeezed the hem of Tania's shirt tightly to channel his fear.

"Al calm."  said the girl softly while rubbing Alvian's back to soothe.

"I'm scared," hearing Alvian's voice, which was still shaking, made Tania tighten her arms.

Alvian slowly returned Tania's hug, no less tightly, hiding his face in Tania's narrow shoulder comfortably.

This is one of the weaknesses that Alvian hates the most about him, the man has a phobia caused by past trauma.

Ombrophobia or trauma to rain, or signs of impending rain such as cloudiness.

This happened several years ago, and until now Alvian has not been able to control himself when he sees the rain.

If he was in a crowded place it would be very difficult for Alvian to control himself, the man would choose to hide in a dark and closed place so that he could not see or hear the sound of rain.

This is another side of the bad boy and troublemaker, despite his cold, mischievous and rude demeanor out there.

But actually the man is a very fragile person and needs protection, it's just that Alvian's attitude like that is only shown to Tania alone.

***

"Are you feeling better?"  asked Tania worriedly.

Now both of them are lying on the big bed in Tania's room, with Alvian still hugging Tania tightly.  And Tania happily stroked Alvian's hair to give his best friend a sense of comfort.

"A little," replied Alvian.

"Yes, now I'm sleeping here, I want to continue studying. The rain has stopped too."

But when the girl was about to get up, Alvian immediately held her back.

"Wait a minute, you're still scared."  Said the man while looking at Tania with a look of dislike, Tania just sighed slowly.

The man pulled Tania's hand slowly making the girl lie down next to him and immediately hugged her tightly.

Since the first only Tania who can calm him down when his phobia comes, only this girl is able to make him feel comfortable and protected.

"I'm still learning,"

"Temenin," the man said firmly, as if he didn't want to be opposed.

Tania rolled her eyes lazily, "Al."  The girl tried to give understanding, but it didn't seem to work.

"I don't want to know," Tania sighed, of course this would be the case.

Alvian was stubborn, whatever the man wanted he had to get.

Tania already knows very well what the nature and character of her best friend are.

"Well, yes, I'll accompany you," Tania could only surrender, even wanting to argue would lose because this man is Alvian the stubborn one.

Alvian smiled triumphantly and tightened his arms, Tania to him was like a sword in a battlefield.  Weapons that help him fight the enemy or fear which in this case is cloudy and raining.

Only in Tania, he can show the weakest side that he has.  Because only Tania can understand her, even more than her own family.