Scelus novel Chapter 24

"It's sad, when I could only touch you with prayer."

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Actually SCELUS is really easy to guess, right?

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ARJUNA stared at the white room around him silently. Her eyes fell on a woman standing beside a gurney, peeling an apple.

"Mama?" Arjuna softly quieted.

The woman was surprised, immediately turned her head towards the voice. Then found his son was awake.

"Juna already realized! Hurry up and call the doctor, Pah!" shouted Anerine-Ibu Arjuna.

The man who had been sitting casually reading a newspaper, now moved from his position to find a doctor. Meanwhile, the boy who just woke up from his long sleep, now stares in confusion.

"What hurts, son?" asked Anerine while gently stroking Arjuna's head.

Arjuna was silent, feeling his body. Almost all of them were sick. However, he felt the pain in his lower abdomen.

The boy remembered, it must be the stab mark that night. The night they helped Sheril. To save God, Arjuna sacrificed himself.

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Almost the last bite of the meatball came to Starla's mouth when her cellphone rang. The girl stopped her activities, then grabbed a flat object that she kept in her uniform pocket.

"Hello?" Starla replied without glancing at who the caller was.

"Star. Arjuna is aware," said a girl on the other side. Starla was sure, it was the voice of Ajrina - Arjuna's sister.

"I'm going there now," said Starla, who then disconnected her call.

"Where are you going?" asked Dewa. The boy overheard Starla's leaving conversation, because the girl was right beside him.

"Juna already realized," Starla looked at Dewa, "send me to the hospital."

"Prince Arjuna has regained consciousness?" said Tama, the boy then pounded the canteen table. To the surprise of almost the entire population, "we are going to the hospital now!"

"How do you know if Arjuna is aware?" asked the god with one eyebrow raised.

"That's not important. The important thing is we go to the hospital, now. You don't want to wait for me? I can go alone," Starla said slightly raising her tone.

"Can you be patient, can you?" annoyed Dewa.

"So, hurry!"

Dewa then got up from his place, grabbed Starla's hand and took the girl to where her motorbike was parked. Meanwhile, Dewa and Starla's friends who saw this, were both silent until Tama's voice startled them.

"Here, are we not invited?" said Tama.

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"Mama and Papa, where are you?" asked Arjuna when he realized that his parents were not there after the doctor examined him.

"I told them to go home. Poor thing, they came back from Malaysia yesterday without sleeping. Come straight here and take care of you, I'm afraid they will get sick. It's okay, right?" said Ajrina.

Arjuna nodded. "Why don't you go home yourself, Sis? You can get sick too."

"When I come home, who will take care of my handsome sister, then? Kidnapped by a naughty nurse." Ajrina chuckled.

Arjuna rolled his eyes lazily. "Seriously. Just go home, I'm fine."

"Why do you like being alone so much?" Ajrina shook her head, "later, if someone takes care of you, I'll go home."

The knock on the door brought Ajrina and Arjuna's conversation to a halt. Ajrina immediately walked towards the door to see who had come. Before long, the girl returned with two people in tow.

"Who?" asked Arjuna who did not see Starla and Dewa coming.

"Your boyfriend, that's it," said Ajrina.

"Jun, what hurts?" asked Starla when she reached Arjuna's gurney.

"What do you think?" Arjuna asked in return.

"Stomach huh, sure?" Starla said as she glanced at Arjuna's stomach which was covered in a blanket.

Arjuna nodded briefly. Then he glanced at Dewa. "Truancy?"

Dewa only nodded in response. Then, the guy chose to retreat by sitting on a sofa that was indeed available in the VVIP room.

"Well, while someone is taking care of you. I'll come home for a moment, yes. I want to take a shower and help Mama bring your clothes," said Ajrina, Arjuna nodded.

"Be careful, Sis," said Starla.

"Yes. Leave it for a moment, yes." Ajrina pointed at Arjuna with her chin, then the girl stepped outside leaving only Arjuna, Starla and Dewa in the room.

"This is all because of Sheril, why do you think she could be kidnapped? You are the one who got it, Jun," Starla annoyed.

The god who listened was silent while playing with his cellphone. Opening and closing applications from one application to another like no work. Ah yes, it's not unusual now that Sheril rarely calls or chats with herself.

"Alright, Star. It's okay."

"Gu-"