9. Square Love

"Leni, why is your face so sour like that?"

"Sour because I did not get permission from Mr. Jos."

"Permission to patrol during the day and not at night?"

"Yes."

"That is our duty as police officers. Patrol morning, afternoon, evening, and night."

"You look different today, too, Ela. If today my face is wry, your face looks cute. Keep smiling at yourself--is there a windfall, huh?"

"Ah, you could smile at yourself, too. I smile because I'm happy."

"Happy for what?"

"Just feel happy. Happy that can't be expressed but can be felt only."

"I know you are in love with Layzal, the smart detective, right?"

"Not."

"Do not tell me you like Roni."

"Not."

"Then who?"

"Secret, only I know."

"It sucks, you, Miss Mysterious."

"Come on, let's go on patrol."

We immediately patrolled around the town of Archipelago.

"Why are you laughing like that, Leni?" I saw Leni giggle.

"Ela, whenever we are on duty during the day, you dress like that--it is funny, you know? I feel like we are both at the North Pole."

"Focus, focus on work," I said, not wanting to discuss the issue of my clothes.

"Ela, look, that is Darcia," said Leni, pointing at the crowd on the street.

"So?"

"Don't so, me, let's go there."

"No. I do not want to go there."

"Ela, usually a crowd like that has lots of thugs. There are usually pickpockets, bad people, and many more. Moreover, she is a model who needs a bodyguard."

"She already has a bodyguard."

"she needs a police to look after her."

"She doesn't need the police."

"Annoying! Ela, how about we split up?"

"Just say you want to be with Darcia. Go ahead!"

"Hehehe." Leni laughed.

"Okay, we split up. You stay there and let me go around."

Eventually, we split up. Leni kept watch near Huge's garden, and I toured the city of the Archipelago. Because I was alone, I patrolled near Lago Hospital. With the hope of meeting Ammar because his office happens to be across from Lago Hospital.

"Ammar, where are you? Do you know, now I'm in front of your office," I muttered.

"Ela!" Layzal called me.

"Zal, why are you here?"

"I should be the one asking, why are you here?" asked Layzal.

"I am on patrol."

"Patrol? You do not look like you are on patrol but rather waiting for someone," said Layzal did not believe me.

"I am on patrol, but it's taking a short break. What are you doing here?"

"Me? I have things to do at Lago Hospital."

"Layzal! Ela, you are here too?" asked Ammar with a smile.

"Yeah, I'm on patrol," I replied, looking at him.

"Ammar!" Darcia called Ammar.

"Darcia, the attached grandmother, why is she here? She should have been at Huge Park doing a photo shoot. Wait, Ammar and Darcia know each other?" I asked myself.

"Ammar, I brought you lunch," said Darcia, then she turned to me and said, "You again? Ouch! I'm surprised. This world is too narrow or too wide, everywhere meet you?"

"Too wide that's why we can move and finally meet," I said while looking at Ammar. I wonder what is on his mind. However, his mind was blank.

Because I cannot read Ammar's mind, I will try to read Darcia's, "I hope Ammar did not fall in love with this crazy policewoman. Because Ammar only belongs to me, it suits me better," that was Darcia thought.

Next, I will read Layzal's thoughts, "Ammar and Ela cannot love each other because I love Ela," Layzal said to himself while looking at me.

Now I will ask myself, "Whom will I choose, Ammar or Layzal?"

"Layzal was the first person who helped me and was always there for me. However, my feelings for him were limited. I mean, my feelings are like affection for brothers and sisters. Poor Layzal, if he is for a backup man.

"Ammar is someone I just met, but every time near him, my heart beats fast. In the meantime, I cannot read his mind, or he is not thinking of something. But I see there is something hidden from the look in his eyes. To find out, I have to learn reading body language. Duh, why is it getting complicated?

"But if I think about it, Layzal loves me, me and Darcia, we love Ammar, then who does Ammar love? Even though I do not know who Ammar loves, in my opinion, this is not a love triangle but a quadrilateral. Not a love quad because we are not in a relationship with each other yet," I stood shaking my head.

Then Ammar asked, "Ela, what happened? Are you dizzy?"

"No. I'm fine." I smiled.

Next, Ammar asked Layzal, "Zal, are you ready?"

"Yeah, I am ready. Come on!"

"Ammar, wait, what about this food?" asked Darcia.

"Here, thank you," Ammar thanked Darcia. After that, he and Layzal said goodbye to us.

Darcia turned to me and said, "Move on! Ammar, he is mine," then she left me alone.

"Haven't acted yet, have been told to move on, as long as he is not married-- I still have the chance. Ammar and Layzal, what are they both going to do? How come they spend time together," I was curious.

"What vampires do is stalking. I have to find out what they are doing at Lago Hospital," I went into the public bathroom and disappeared into Lago Hospital.

***

With the form of a bat, I hide under the table in the laboratory room.

"This is the same photo, right?" asked Layzal.

"Yes, there are bite marks. Since when this happened in Lago Village?

"Ammar, this was several months ago. It is just that we have not got solid evidence. Maybe you can help us to solve this problem. It is also possible that you have a vampire detection device."

"Hahaha, sorry Zal, sorry. Zal, you must know my company only supplies hospital equipment, not vampire detectors. But let me think about it what kind of tool can detect vampires. Zal, have you done a DNA test?"

"No, I did not. Because the first time I saw a carcass, I thought it was bitten--by a bloodsucking beast. But after the accident, I noticed the wounds on the mugger's corpse were the same as those on an animal's carcass. My team is speculating if it is true that vampires exist."

"So you believe that vampires exist?" asked Ammar to Layzal.

Layzal nodded in disbelief. Then he asked Ammar, "Do you believe vampires exist in this world?"

"Layzal, if we talk about God, I believe God exists. Even though we cannot see it, I believe God is always beside us. In contrast to vampires, visible creatures where we can see them. So, I believe vampires exist when I see them."

"So you do not believe that vampires exist?"

"For now, I don't believe it. But do not worry, Zal, I will help you the best I can."

"Wow! It is bad that they are working together to catch me. I have to be careful with them. Especially Layzal because he takes everything seriously."

After knowing what their goal was, I then disappeared back to patrolling the streets, contemplating;

"Why is my life getting complicated? There are black vampires, and there are also white vampires. I think of myself as a good-natured white vampire. However, humans hate both of them.

"How will both of them react--if they find out I'm the vampire?

"Is there still a chance for me to live in this world? If one day they find out who I am?

"Is there still a chance for me to feel the beauty of falling in love and spending time with my lover?

"Is this the end of my life?

"No, I can't die because I'm not a vampire queen yet," I said, starting to worry about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.