Chapter 61

"Losing a loved one is more painful than losing important things that you have."
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A few weeks later, Haru was buried now, and for those few weeks, Arche always stayed at his father's house. On the day Haru was buried, he did not come out of his apartment, so his father decided to take him to his house.
"How is he, Sir Arnold?" Jayson asked Arnold, along with Nicole, Nikki, and Jasper.
"Still the same." The three of them just breathed because of what Arnold said.
"Where is the key to his room?" Nicole suddenly asked, and Arnold took it from where it was placed and handed it to Nicole. Nicole got up and went to Arche's room while Jayson, Jasper, Nikki, and Arnold just followed her. When Nicole opened the door, it was very dark inside. Arnold went inside first and turned on the light, but they were just very surprised because of what they saw.
"Son! Arnold shouted loudly and took the blade he was holding because he intended to cut his wrist."
"Give that back to me! My life is useless without the one I love!"
"Son, do you think Haru would be happy if she saw you like this?"
"She says we should be happy when she's gone. Why are you doing this?" Nikki asked here.
"Be happy? How can I be happy without the person who makes me happy?"
"You're not the only one struggling, Arche! You are not the only one who is hurting! And especially since you’re not the only one who is bereft!" Nicole suddenly shouted at Arche.
"Sinful if you are going to commit suicide, Arche!"
"Why did she disappear? Why did she leave us? Why did she leave me? She said that she would fight." Arche asked with his head bent over while the people inside the room looked away from him because they felt sorry for him.
"I thought I could handle it. Even if I force myself to be happy, I can’t because I miss her. Because I remember her. From Haru, I learned everything I had forsaken. From Haru, I learned all the things that I ignored back then. Why did this happen?"
"Son, that's enough."
"Old man, is this the same pain you felt when mom left you and she chose the person she really loves?" Arnold could not answer his son's question because their situation was different from what happened to him and what happened to his son.
"Or maybe I feel more pain than you because I lost the person I love the most. And I will never see or be with her again."
"Fix yourself, bro. That won't help you if you stay yourself to grief. Haru wouldn't like to see you like that." Jasper said, in a low voice enough for Arche to hear.
"We will leave you and come back here again. Hopefully, we will see that former Arche who Haru changed him." Jayson said, and they left Arnold and Arche.
On the other hand, Carmen and Tyler were sitting together in the park.
"How is Arche?"
"Nicole told me that Arche was still confining himself to his room."
"There was nothing we could do because he was so hurt by the loss of Haru."
"How are Nurse Freya and Kean?"
"Somehow they try to be strong."
"What are your plans now?"
"Plan? What for? My only plan is to do what Haru told me to do. How about you?"
"My plan is to let everyone know the truth, even though I wanted to say it in public when Haru was still alive, but she stopped me. It's time for people to get to know her even when she's gone." Carmen watched the birds fly, and silence prevailed over them.
"How are you?" Tyler suddenly asked, as his eyes were already on Carmen.
"I don’t know if I’m okay or not." Before she continued to speak, she laugh faked 
"When people find out the truth, maybe they will be mad at me." Tyler wanted to hug Carmen, but he couldn't.
"After this, I didn’t know where I was going. Maybe I'll get away first." Carmen looked at Tyler and smiled at him.
"Don't look at me like that, Tyler. I don’t want people to feel sorry for me. I have great trust in Nurse Freya and Kean. They will take care of my mom and Nicole. They deserve the love from them, compared to me."
Tyler silently wiped away Carmen's tears.
"Thank you," Carmen smiled sparingly at Tyler until her phone rang. She said goodbye to Tyler, that she would answer the call while Tyler was just looking at Carmen. When Carmen was done talking to the caller, she immediately approached Tyler.
"I'll go ahead. I have to do something else." Carmen said goodbye and quickly walked away from Tyler. Even if Tyler wanted to follow Carmen, he couldn't because Carmen was in a hurry. He took a deep breath and stood up in his seat.
"You said you would watch him well! So I agreed with you for him to stay here! But what did you do? You let him get out here! Where can we find him now?" Katelyn shouted loudly as she entered Arnold's house.
"What if he thought of committing suicide?"
"Calm down first, Kate." Katelyn's husband said.
"Where is Arche now?" Jasper suddenly asked while he was panting that Nicole and Jayson were behind him.
"How did Arche get out here?"
"I talked to someone on my phone, and when I went back to his room to ask him to eat. I just saw that he was not there."
"In the place where Haru and Arche always go, I'm sure he was there."
"He's not there. I already went there. He is no longer there."
"Arnold, it's already night and it's still raining! I'm scared of what could have happened to him!"
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry? Will my son be found in just one sorry? Will he come home here when you're just sorry?!"
"Stop shouting. I'm here now." They all turned to the one who spoke and they saw Arche at the door with Tyrel. They were both wet from the rain.
"You can go home now. Sorry if you worry about me." Arche said and walked to his room.
"Let's leave him alone first."
"Thanks, Doc. How did you see him? Did he go to you?" Katelyn asked Tyler.
"I saw him while I drive, I'll go ahead. Come with me, Jayson, Nicole, and Jasper. I will send all of you to your house." Tyrel said, and he went out of Arnold's house.
While from Arche's room, he was able to change his clothes, and now he was lying on his bed while stunned by the ceiling, and he suddenly remembered what Tyler had told him.
"The answer is not to commit suicide to get rid of the sadness you feel now. You are not the only one who is sad, hurt, and struggling with what happened. We also too but we try to be strong and we try to be happy because this is what Haru wants."
Arche rubbed his face because he remembered what Tyler had said earlier to him when he was going to fall off the bridge. He closed his eyes and forced himself to sleep so that at least the sadness he was feeling right now would disappear.
 

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