145 Bad Omen 2

Inside a blue bedroom, two small lamps were on, it still made it dark and gloomy, blood's smell filled inside the room, a woman showed her painful face while holding her bloated stomach. "AHHH!" Alexandra screamed on the bed, her hand was clutching the mattress tightly, she was gasping for air, sweats came out from her body, her head was spinning, suddenly she heard a woman voice near her. It was Tereza. "Alexandra!!" She shouted worryingly.

"T...Tereza-sama?" Alexandra's eyes were watery, grunting, she held Tereza's palm. She said, "How did you... find me?"

"We can talk about that later, right now, you must focus to deliver this baby, okay?" Tereza urged her to calm down. She had been in this condition before, so she knew how hard to labor. She squeezed Alexandra's hand.

Prof. Matshusima who was holding bucket warm water was slightly confused how the two women called each other name differently, but he averted his thought, helping the old lady. The old lady asked Tereza and Prof. Matshushima to hold Alexandra's body so she wouldn't move around recklessly.

Alexandra was jolting from the pain, groaning, she gritted her teeth solid. Her hair was drenched, her heart was weakening, inwardly she kept telling herself to continue, but her body wouldn't listen.

Prof. Matshuhima shouted at her ears, waking her listless state, "Laura wake up!!" Tereza also joined him, encouraging Alexandra to hold on! She was sobbing hurtfully. She was trying her best to keep her strength, to push her baby out. "Aghhh!!"

...

Three hours later, a crying sound resound in the room, the baby was safely delivered, it was a girl! Tereza's tear fell, she was so relieved, covering her eyes with her hand and muttered 'good job' to Alexandra. It was the same for Prof. Matshushima as well.

Laura told the two of them, "Thank you." Tilting her head slowly to Prof. Matsushima. She softly asking him, "Can you leave me alone with Sarah-san for a moment?"

Prof. Matsushima nodded and left the bedroom, he went to help the old lady who was bathing the newborn baby. His feeling was slightly in turmoil, he looked back at her bedroom in choked. He could feel a certain someone aura was slowly dissipated, he knew about these signs!

When he tried to come in, he halted his step and stood in front of the bedroom. He recalled how Alexandra's face was serious even though in a weak state. 'She has something important to tell Sarah-san. I can't come in.' He reminded himself. He stood there, rigidly, crocked.

Meanwhile, inside the bedroom, two women were staring at each other in silence. Alexandra's eyes turned to blurry, she told Tereza, "Tereza-sama...lend me your ears, I have something to tell you."

Tereza leaned her head closer to her, she brought her ear near her lips. Tereza heard her saying, "Stevan is the father." Tereza's brain cells were trying to proceed the shocked. Huffing, she tried her best to hold on her chaos feeling. Alexandra continued while crying sadly, "I found out about it last year, I was pregnant with his child. I was scared, hurt, I didn't want this baby, I never wish to have her. I wanted to kill it."

Tereza looked at her wet face, Alexandra smiled hurtfully, "But, I can't kill it. Although her father was a scoundrel, she's still my daughter. She's still my baby." Taking a quick breath, she choked from her words, she told her the truth, "I want to tell you this because you are the same as me Tereza-sama. We're both not from this world, we tried to live in this strange place, tried to adapt and become like them. But, I don't know why I still wishing to go back to my own world, don't you feel the same as well Tereza-sama?"

Tereza fell to silence, did she want to go back to that treacherous world? Where only death was waiting for her? Tereza shook her head, "I don't want..." to go back. Suddenly she remembered about Han's condition. Her heart began aching, suffocating, tongue-tight. She didn't finish her words and listened to Alexandra next words.

"I'm sorry Tereza-sama. All this time I've had never been by your side when you need the most. I didn't even follow you anymore like I used to, because I was distracted with this new life, I neglect to serve you now."

"Let me tell you one thing, you see, I promised my self that I will not love someone else in this lifetime. But due to this, I ignored the disaster surrounding me, like Stevan. I didn't know that he was one of the bad people who tried to harm you. I'm even pregnant with his child. I failed as your servant, I betray you, I couldn't protect you. Back then or even now, I'm useless. I'm sorry once again."

Tereza's eyes became watery once more, her nose turned to red, she said furiously, "You're not a failure, you are one of my loyal people, Alexandra. But it was from the past! It's nothing related to now. I understand why you blamed yourself in our previous lives, but now, we are not bound by status anymore. I'm also the same, I'm busy with my own life. We know already, In here, you are Laura and I'm Sarah. That's how it is! It's not about you betray me or you are useless. You were oblivious, but that's not your fault. You are the victim here!"

"People said, oblivious is a sin. So, I must redeem it." She retorted back Tereza's encouraging words. Alexandra didn't want to play the victim. It was her own fault that she became like this. God gave her a second chance, but she wasted it and didn't use it wisely and carefully.

"Alex...Alexandra..." Tereza stifled from her uncontrollably inside rain.

Alexandra fell quiet, her voice weakening, she muttered quietly, "Please keep it a secret from my daughter. Don't tell her that I and Stevan are her parents when she grows up. Take care of my daughter just like your real child. That's the last thing I want to request to you, Tereza-sama. And, let her name to be...Aurora. Because I recalled the time when we watched Aurora on Flare Mountain with Leon and Joel. Tereza-sama, didn't you remember?"

"Alex... what are you saying?"

She curved her lips up, stroke the back of Tereza's hands and stated, "Thank you. Although it was short, I couldn't be happier to meet my admire queen once more. Tereza-sama, please live your life to the fullest..." Her voice disappeared along with her strength on Tereza's hand. Her body became cold, her lips were turning pale. Her eyes were closed and small smiled remained on her face.

"Alex...Alexandra..." Tereza's heartfelt hollow, she shook her body, held her palms, trying to warm her, but it was useless. She noticed her curving lips, "Why are you smiling? Were you that joyful to see me?" Tereza sobbed beside her bed, silently crying, and muttered, "I'm the one who should say thank you, you fool."

Tereza's memories came back when she was in the castle. One time, she tried to sneak out from the suffocated castle, she got news that Aurora was rising in the north, because of her curious nature, she was trying to watch Aurora. Her husband, King Zay Monterg, prohibited her to watch it due to the location was too far. In the end, Alexandra was the one who took her with the help of Joel and Leon. She didn't like her queen became depressed.

Not only one time she helped Tereza, occasionally when Tereza needed something, she always there to help and assisted. Even she must break the castle's regulation. Unfortunately, because of that, she was punished severely by the king a few times. If not for Tereza to defense, she perhaps died miserably in her past world.

Tereza looked at her moveless being on the bed. She called Prof. Matshushima who was stunned, standing in front of the door. He knew about this, he tried to prepare his heart, but as soon he witnessed himself, he couldn't contain the water in his eyes. Why? Why? Why he failed to save someone again. For the first time in his life, he watched his own aura change to deep gray.

Tereza didn't notice his distressed, while strugglingly she told him, "I will tell her family, I want you to help me to prepare her burial. Mr...?"

"Daiki Matshushima. I'm a professor at the same university as her." He answered her while looking grimly at Laura on the bed. Tereza nodded and turned her head back to Laura's face. Dead-silence inside the room, the only thing they could hear was the small rain outside the house.

...

It was raining hard the next day.

Alexandra's funeral was held a little longer than usual. While wearing black outfits, the people who attended the place was only Laura's closest friends and family. Laura's family was crying hysterically, they couldn't believe their beloved daughter was died so young. Hikaru, Hikari, and Akira were there as well, they felt mournful, but the most person who got the impact was Akira.

Akira felt plane turbulence came crashing on him. Laura? That Laura-san? The woman he had the crush on? Did she pass away? He didn't want to trust the joke from Tereza. He almost laughed, yet he stopped it after looking at Tereza somber eyes.

'No way.' Akira muttered unbelievably. He didn't even confess his love to her yet, this already happened. What his big fortune told him at that shrine was a fake!! What kind of 'love' bullsh*t nearby him? When he was already losing that 'love' he wished for!

Fixing his blurry glasses, with his hand holding an umbrella, Akira stared at Laura's tomb grievingly, slowly trying to bury off his crush deep inside.

One by one, people leaving the place. Tereza, the three orphan, and Prof. Matsushima were the only one left, staying, in front of her grave. Tereza glanced at the time on her watch, It was 15:00 PM, she must go back home to see Han and Ringo. She urged others to leave and they nodded from her ordered.

Except for Akira and Prof. Matshushima, they stood firm. Hikaru tapped Akira's shoulder that they needed to go, Akira was holding his tear, and lightly nodded. He covered his face with his palm, he still couldn't accept the fact.

Hikari who saw her older brother crying felt ached, she found out from this, that the girl Akira's like all this time was, in fact, Laura. She didn't know how she felt right now. She felt a mess.

The four people were trying to go, Tereza turned her back and asked Prof. Matshushima, "Prof. Matshushima, you're not going?"

Without looking at her, he answered, "I'm just going to stick awhile." Nodding from his confirmation, she bowed slightly to express thank you, Tereza left him alone and went back to the estate.

After a while, the rain started to vanish. Slight clear sky came to view. His suit was drenched wet from the rain. He closed his umbrella and squatted down in front of her grave.

He said, "I promised to protect you at that time, but I couldn't. I'm sorry. I know you couldn't love anyone and nagging at me to not fall in love with you, but the truth is I'm not. Why are you so confident? Are you that beautiful?" His voice was quivering, the dried laugh came out from his mouth.

Snorting, he continued, "Although you didn't believe my strange power at first, you are the first person who didn't treat it weirdly. When I heard you were pregnant and asked me to help you. I was shocked, even shocker was when I accepted it easily. I realized at that time perhaps I care about you, but I'm not sure if this is what you called love. But, one thing I can confirm is I treat you like my own sister. Funny, huh."

Prof. Matshushima took off his bunny mask, his masculine handsome face was shown on the surface, he placed the mask beside Laura's grave and said, "From now on, I will..." Before he finished his resolving words, a sudden strong blast intercepted him, it drowned his statement. The burst of air hit his face, fluttering his slightly long hair. He squinted his eyes, looking at the leaves dancing in the wind which slowly vanished.

Literally, vanished. Blinking his eyes, he asked inwardly, 'What was that?'