[The Legacy Series] REDAMANCY - Love's Timeless Path

27th Note [M]

CW // Emotional distress, jealousy, toxic conflict, and intense relationship tension.
This chapter portrays a volatile argument within a romantic relationship, including possessiveness, insecurity, and harsh emotional exchanges. It also includes references to accusations, guilt, and themes of self-worth and identity within romantic attachment.

TW // Sexual content (explicit), coercive emotional dynamics, and past trauma.
There is a detailed depiction of consensual sexual intimacy immediately following an emotionally charged confrontation. The chapter also touches on past psychological wounds, fear of abandonment, and feelings of inadequacy. Reader discretion is advised.

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"I believe you weren't the one who pushed her, Kak." The voice that just entered my ears collided with the crisp sound of chips being fed into the mouth of the owner of the voice.

I laughed. "Yeah, thanks for trusting me. It's better if you eat first; don't talk. If Tante Mara finds out, she will be angry." I wiped Agni's mouth, which was filled with chip crumbs, at a glance.

She nodded before rolling up the plastic snack she was eating. "I'm annoyed with Mas Jendra. Why did he look like he didn't believe it when you said you didn't push that bitch?"

Though I laughed over Agni's words, there was pain in my chest when she said that. That was definitely what was on my mind since the incident happened.

"Jendra really likes to be stupid sometimes," Giandra answered carelessly while directing Bria, who turned the steering wheel slowly before entering one of the well-known private hospitals in North Jakarta. She turned to me a moment after parking her car. "I don't know why you have to visit that crazy woman." She crossed her arms.

I sighed softly while looking at the bouquet of flowers in my lap. "It's precisely because I didn't do anything wrong, right? That's why I had to come visit her."

Agni nodded. "I'm just disappointed that Kak Jendra was acting like that."

I stroked her hair gently. "I'm disappointed, too."

A row of inpatient room doors greeted us as we walked down the hospital hallway to look for Rara's room.

I was grateful that I have good friends like Giandra, Agni, and Bria. Sometimes, as only children, Pra and I—yeah, Pra is also an only child—we usually liked to wonder what it would be like if we had siblings. Although it was clear that our parents never failed to give us a lot of love.

"This looks like her room." Bria pointed to a white sliding door with a number plate on the side.

"Let me go by myself." I tightened my hand on the bouquet of flowers in my arms.

"But Ra—"

I shook my head at Giandra. "You guys just wait here."

My three friends looked worried but had no choice but to do what I said.

I slowly opened the bedroom door and saw Rara sitting on the bed.

"Hey,"

She looked at me with a cold gaze.

"Are you alright?"

"Why did you come here?"

I put the bouquet of flowers I brought on the nightstand before sitting in the chair next to the bed.

"Precisely because I didn't do anything wrong, right? That's why I came to visit you."

She scoffed.

"May I know why you are obsessed with Jendra?"