Purple Dawn Till Dusk: Dearest through the time

Senja was watching the television in the living room with cloudy eyes.

People tend to say that eye is the window to the soul, however in her case they were lifeless and so dim until one could probably think she had lost her mind.

Curling herself inside a blanket on the sofa, she only glanced at her phone on the table when it rang for couple of time since an hour ago. The name 'Zheng Tianyi' popped up, but after there wasn't any reaction from the owner, it stopped ringing.

"Is she alright?" Zhao whispered at Lee who was busying himself with the laptop in front of him.

Lee lifted his head slightly and looked at Senja who had not moved since four hours ago.

Three days ago, Senja didn't even participate in the mission at the hospital and she had been behave strangely ever since she was screaming without reason that night.

And now, when all of them would go for few days, she had fever that made them worry.

Among the three of them, Senja was always very close with Sian, in spite of sometime they were fighting, but it was nothing that she wouldn't talk to him.

However, she refused to open her mouth even with him and this was unusual of her. Senja dispirited self made them worry.

All this time, they have been spoilt her, so as the result she always appeared cheerful and stubborn, full with self- confidence. Thus, it was bothered them to see her so frail as if she just attended her family funeral.

This morning, Sian had gone to take care some of matters related their next mission. Usually it would be him who looked after Senja, so because he wasn't there, Lee took the initiative.

He stood up and approached her slowly while Zhao tailing behind him.

"Senja." Lee crouched down beside the sofa and spread his palm on her forehead. It was still hot, her fever didn't subside. "Let's go to the hospital."

Since last night her fever didn't cool down and she kept refusing to go to the hospital.

Senja shook her head again and looked at the clock. It was still 12.43 p.m, Grandma Riana would come around 11 at night, in spite of she still has long spare time to go to the hospital.

What if grandma Riana came early and she wasn't there? Senja didn't want to risk a mishap like that.

Everything has a possibility to happen.

She couldn't contact grandma Riana, because of the confidentiality. All this time, it was always her who would contact them and gave a mission. Lee probably could track her down, but he would definitely refuse Senja's request without a strong reason and Senja couldn't hack his database, Lee was too good with his computer ability.

"Why don't you pick up your boyfriend's call?" There was a small furrowed between Lee's eyes when he said word 'boyfriend'. He didn't really like with all of her relationship, but he didn't want to be nosy. "Have you broken up?"

"Ah! Make sense!" Zhao clapped his hand and his expression as if he just got enlightenment. "You have been acting really weird these past three days. You must be heartbroken because you broke up with him."

"Really?" Lee looked at Senja incredulously. He didn't believe with Zhao's conclusion, but by looking at Senja's condition now, it didn't seem wrong either. "Because of that?"

"No, Lee… I am fine…" Senja wiped the tears that escaped her eyes. She didn't cry, it was because of the heat that she felt.

"Alright." Lee nodded, he was a little bit relieved to know that wasn't the reason. All this time, his sister wouldn't spill a single tear for every relationship that she broke. "But, you still need to have a check up."

"I don't want." Senja was very adamant to take a single step out from their house and they couldn't invite a doctor there, it wasn't wise to invite outsider to their house due to their job.

"Senja, the three of us will go abroad a few days for a mission, you will be alone here. With your condition like this, how can I have an easy mind to leave you all alone?" Lee looked very disturbed by Senja stubbornness. "I can't cancel this one or rearrange it."

Senja sighed deeply and support her body to sit down and patted the space beside her, indicating Lee to sit next to her.

Her brother complied and sat next to her, his arm draped on her shoulder and pulled her head so she could lean on his shoulder while Zhao was sitting on her other side.

"You don't need to cancel it. I am fine. I just need to take a rest." Senja reassured him.

She did really need for rest. Not physically, but mentally. There were a lot of things that happened in the short period of time.

The ambush in the fortress, Qianru miscarriage, met with Yun, trip to the capital city, the schemed that set up by elder Zhong and… Tianyao…

The last name gave another vibe throughout her body, the fuzzy feeling of longing… and pain in her gut at the same time.

"Senja, how do you expect us to leave when your condition is like this? You have been acting very strange lately, you didn't even participate in our last mission at the hospital. What happened with you?" Lee asked in frustrated tone.

"I am fine Lee, it's just a fever…" Senja wrapped her arms around his torso and found a comfort spot on his chest. "I am a big girl now…" She said grumpily.

"Well, you will always a baby in our eyes…" Zhao chimed in while stroking Senja's back.

She gave a soft giggle by her brother statement. "A baby who can make a baby?" Senja gave a witty remarked that earned a knock on her head from Lee and Zhao at the same time. "That's hurt!" She hissed in pain, rubbing her head where Lee and Zhao had hit her.

"Don't say things like that! You give me goosebumps!" Zhao groaned and shuddered exaggeratedly.

"I will call mom and dad. See, if they can make it home to look after you." Lee fished out his phone from his pocket and made a call to their parents.

Senja didn't respond to Lee suggestion. Their parents went to various places most of the time, so it most likely they wouldn't make it home.

For now the only thing in her mind was to wait for night to fall and see if everything would happen like the last time…

.....

10.40 p.m

Senja sighed nervously. She couldn't help to check at the clock every thirty second and looked at the door expectantly.

She didn't dye her hair like the last time, so her hair still in its natural color, the black one, falling on her shoulder loosely.

10.55 p.m

She had fed all of her pets.

11.05 p.m

Still nothing happened.

Senja didn't remember what time exactly grandma Riana would appear, but it supposed to be around this time.

11.35 p.m

Senja was hugging her legs closed to her chest, still waiting.

11.52 p.m

Someone knocked on her front door…