Hey guys... it's been a month I guess, how're you doing?
Before we begin, I kinda wonder... have you read my new story's project? It's romance/horror. I only have uploaded the first chapter btw, and I was thinking to continue it after CoF was finished. What do you guys think? Should I continue it? The story itself will have rather dark plot actually. That's why I rated it T just in case...
Alright, back to this story, especially this chapter which was like a little challenge for me btw, not just writing chapter as usual, but a poem as well... so, I'm really sorry if a poem in this chapter rather somehow cliche, dull or something like that... though I hope you enjot it, over five thousands words in this chapter, quite long chapter, isn't it? Take your time, don't too rush when reading it, just enjoy every moment...
Thank you for all of your patience waiting for it... I really appreciate that...
Happy reading.
3rd person POV
Just like a bubble, time in this world goes so fast. It floats into space then disappears... vanishing into thin air.
Two days before Christmas, when the first snow began to slowly garnish the leafless trees, enliven the grass and decorate the road. Its very own presence transformed the air into chilly dew that refreshed lungs and sparkled the dawn sky above the lake.
At this Sahyta Academy, this fresh and cold morning activity began. An academy surrounded by an infinite white forest with a view of the lake next to where the sun begins to rise.
Many people named that particular lake as Echo Lake...
The two main three-story buildings surround a crowded schoolyard by the people who take their time to come and gather in an atmosphere that is sometimes better to stay lying on a soft mattress, under a warm blanket. Even so, they came here not without a reason, because on December 23rd, Sahyta Academy was like a city that never sleeps for 24 hours. Culinary, accessories, art and books stands, they all lie along this particular yard... forming "an open block" that attracts many visitors on this kind of day.
"Gres, look! There are plenty of foods and drinks that can warm our body on such a freezing day...!"
In the crowd, there was a young man who looked very excited... wandering around the impromptu culinary block. He's Roberto, and because he doesn't seem to be that kind of person who speaking on his own at such an event, of course, without doubt... Gracie walked next to him, felt rather uncomfortable with her friend's behavior...
"What are you doing?" she asked to Roberto, "We're not here for food. Blu's performance will begin at anytime, you know?"
"I do know that..." Roberto smiled, "We're on our way to his performance, aren't we? Look..." he then pointed to a building that looked a bit far from the schoolyard and the main building, "The performance will be held there."
The center of attention of all of those was the concert hall, which located between the main building, rather protruding north. It's not as large or tall as the main building, but the inside... it looked very spacious. Two levels of terraced, seating arrangement for the audiences were put in front of a large stage that looked magnificent. All seats seemed to be fully occupied, and several people who had just arrived immediately entered the room looking for empty seats.
"Oh... I thought you would take part in this performance..." a girl, a Blue Jay bird, walked on the highest seat to a scarlet macaw sitting between an empty seat, "Alex..." that bird is Alex.
Alex turned around, looked at the girl, "Chiya?" the girl named Chiya, apparently was his friend... even though they came from different schools, they ever been classmates when they were in junior high school.
Chiya thoughtlessly sat next to him. At the top position, the clearest spot when looking at the stage. Anyone who sitting in the top row will be able to see everything clearly... the stage lighting and its audio setting. Besides, these seats were still rarely occupied by people.
"No..." right after Chiya sat next to him, Alex answered the question she had asked a moment ago, "I only came to see my little sister's performance, since our parents couldn't come to visit."
"I see..." a simple response was then said by Chiya. Considering this is a natural thing for a brother who wants to come and see the performance of his younger sister. Even more when the parents couldn't make it...
"How about you?" Alex asked back.
"It was finished a week ago..." Chiya answered, "I also came with the same reason as you."
"Oh..."
"So..." Chiya then asked him again, "Did you get an image of how your little sister performance might be?"
"No idea..." Alex shook his head, answered in sorrow tones, "I've never seen her practice let alone write. She always left early in the morning, then returned when the sun had set..."
Chiya chuckled when she heard her old friend's hidden feeling, "What a lonely big brother..."
Slowly but surely... the concert hall began to turn off its lights and darkness slowly filled the room, filling in the blanks among the audiences who had filled the entire empty seats. The stage lights 'explode', illuminating the stage and making it look so sparkling in the silence...
Sahyta Academy's grand event officially began...
Many students present a variety of unique acrobatics, musical performances and dramas. There were even some students who went up on stage wearing animal costumes that looked too big for their petite bodies. While wearing such clothes, many instruments such as strings, woodwind, brass, percussion and keyboard were played. Dancing and singing while people enjoying their performance.
The animal kingdom orchestra they call it...
After almost fifteen minutes they performed their best, a standing ovation erupted in this dark-light room... the echo of applause that suddenly appeared after the five students dressed 'abnormally' gave their last greetings after successfully entertaining the audience.
Then went to the backstage...
'Hah!?' Urayuli?!'
Blu, who was wearing a neat suit, was seen standing behind the stage, right at the entrance when a student wearing very strange costume, in his opinions, walked past him. Long shaggy black fur and luminescent eyes, and long lanky arms that reaching down to the ankles. There's no mistake, it's exactly like the physical characteristics of the mythical creature just mentioned by Blu... Urayuli. It seemed like a student was interested in performing while wearing such a weird costume. He walked onto the stage alone, then singing ridiculously and hilariously with a knife in his left hand, only God knows what its purpose is...
'And they like it?!'
Blu who watched from the backstage was surprised after seeing the audience become very entertained... they seemed to enjoy that creature's jokes as evidenced by the outbreak of laughter that echoed in the concert hall.
'Somehow, I feel like our performance is in the wrong place.' he whispered, feeling uneasy... then wanted to check how Lisa's doing.
Her condition was no less than what he had anticipated before, Lisa looked so nervous. Standing in the corner of the room while repeatedly rereading the script they made. Even the white dress she was wearing seemed to be shaking due to her body resisting the current situation.
Blu walked over to her, trying to calm her down, "Are you OK, Lisa? Are you ready?" he asked her, because after the Urayuli creature it was their turn to perform on stage.
"H-Huh?" Lisa looked surprised at someone who suddenly called her name, "Y-yes, Mr. Gunderson!"
'Mr. Gunderson... she say?' he thought, surprised after hearing that this was the first time Lisa had called his name so formally, 'As I thought, she's not ready yet.'
"Don't memorize the script too hard..." Blu then gave her a little advice, "Didn't we just memorized it yesterday? If you memorize it too often, your mind will be overburdened and all of your memories will disappear instead."
"I-It's not like that..." Lisa answered, stammering, "I just don't want to suddenly forget my part when we're on stage... I don't want to make everyone disappointed."
After hearing such an answer, Blu grabbed both of her wings that he had been watching from earlier, she always clenched them, "Relax... relax your muscles, let the blood flow within them..."
Slowly but surely... the tension in her wings slowly disappeared in the grip of his wings. Thanks to that, Lisa could clearly feel other tension... not from her wings, but Blu's. She saw that his wings were trembling as well, maybe because even someone like Hyacinthum G could feel what was called fear. Exactly like Mimi said to her...
("Fear is a natural thing for anyone... you, me, Hyacinthum G and even your brother, Timans Noque... we all have felt fear.")
"Number seven. Ready to perform!" suddenly, the staff's voice echoed in the backstage... reminding the next participant to perform.
"We understand."
Blu gave a response, showing that he was participant number seven, which means after this performance, it was their turn.
"Come on, Lisa..." Blu then looked back at her while extending his wings, "They are all waiting for us."
Lisa nodded quietly, "A-alright." doubt seemed to still dominate the answer, shown by the ambiguous response on her face.
"Don't worry..." Blu smiled softly at her, "We've been practicing as best as we could... day and night. And now... let us convey our words to them."
Lisa slowly steps forward after hearing the words of her mentor... walking next to him, she waited at the entrance of the magnificent and sparkling stage.
'This silence is ours...' Lisa murmured, concentrating on convincing herself to fade out this fear, nervousness and anxiety, 'We will fill every moment of this silence with the chanting of our words...'
"Here we go..."
Blu gave a cue just before they set their foot on the stage. Of course, just a few steps walking on the stage, people immediately recognize who is walking next to Lisa...
"That's... isn't he...?"
"Right, there's no mistake... he is Hyacinthum G...!"
"Hyacinthum G? What's he doing there?"
The silence suddenly turned into the cacophony of small whispers of the audiences who watched from the dark, including Alex who also witnessed this rare sight, considering he is his eternal rival...
"That's Hyacinthum G, right? Your hardest rival?" asked Chiya, who sat next to him... immediately recognized that familiar blue bird's face.
Alex nodded, gaping in disbelief if the one on the stage was his rival... yet he was with his younger sister, "How did Lisa know him?" he whispered in wonder.
Accompanied by stage lights, Blu and Lisa finally arrived in the middle of the stage, facing the audiences who looked very surprised by the appearance of famous writers like him. Then a round of applause was heard for a moment, after they were done with their greeting postures... like calm in the center of the hurricane's eyes, silence and emptiness yet again invaded the two of them...
'Good luck, Lisa.'
Lisa's friends, Lucy and Icyre who just performed in their animal costumes, watched from the backstage... giving good luck and prayers for her success.
Meanwhile, Blu seemed to be staring straight into the darkness where the audiences watched them. He was keen to look around in the audiences as if looking for someone among hundreds of people... until finally he saw his friends... Gracie and Roberto who were in the middle row. He was able to find their seats in such a short time thanks to the light of Roberto's cellphone... if looked carefully, his phone seemed to be contacting someone who is very familiar with Blu. Who else if not Jewel, who couldn't come due to her physical condition. That's why Blu did this, so that his "punch" could be delivered to her face. With Roberto's help, every utterance he'd utter would be delivered to the girl who is currently sitting on her patient's bed... facing the window, staring at the infinite overcast sky that contains white snow inside... waiting patiently for his voice that would emerge from her phone that was connected to Roberto's.
Roberto nodded, signaling Blu that everything's ready. A moment later, Blu and Lisa looked at each other and also gave a small nod... gesturing to each other. Taking a deep breath, and preparing their vocal cords to vibrate as the air passes through...
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Blu and Lisa :
"O lieb'... O lieb'..."
Lisa :
"As long as love you can..."
Blu :
"As long as love you may..."
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'What a perfect opening. In accordance with what we learned so far. I think we'll be able to go through this successfully.' Lisa thought between her performances... seeing wide-eyed audiences after hearing their opening, made her smile in her mind thinking that their opening had gone well.
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Blu and Lisa :
"Die Stunde kommt, die Stunde kommt,"
Blu :
"When you will stand at the grave and mourn!"
Lisa :
"Be sure that your heart burns, and holds and keeps love..."
Blu :
"As long as another heart beats warmly with his love for you..."
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'His... did he just say his?' Lisa's mind suddenly interrupted by the pronoun Blu just said, 'Shouldn't it be 'her'? Because he said I was the main star this morning... 'her' in here was referring to me... how could he said something different from the script.'
Even though she felt something had gone wrong, she kept trying to focus on her performance... but again, something messing up her mind. When Lisa was about to read her part, suddenly Blu interrupted and took it...
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Blu :
"And if someone bears his soul to you...
Love him back as best you can.
Give his ever hour joy, let him pass none in sorrow!"
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In her mind, Lisa had exploded... screaming silently, 'Wait...! wait a minute, Glu...! Isn't now my part? Why's this so different when we practiced? Then... what's that? I don't remember such a stanza in the script! Don't tell me if he added it himself. Shouldn't you be my assistant? You liar...!'
Lisa's uneasy face was clearly visible throughout the concert hall... Blu looked so dominating, cornering her so that she couldn't do anything or say anything...
"Hey look... Hyacinthum G seems to dominate the stage."
"You're right..."
"Gosh, I feel sorry for the little girl."
The audience began to whisper in silence, seeing this unusual performance...
'Will you just stay still, Lisa? Are you going to let Glu dominate you?' commented Mimi in her mind, who watched their performance among the other audiences, 'You are the main star on this show, don't let Glu dominate you...'
Even though indirectly, Mimi's words seemed reach her. Lisa then gritted her teeth, 'Seriously... I am the main star here...' she immediately cut Blu's part off, and raised her voice...
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Lisa :
"I shall say: Look at me from above,
I who mourn here alongside your failure!
Forgive my slights!
Yet the beloved does not see or hear me, she lies beyond your comfort;
Not again: I forgave you long ago!"
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A sudden change of atmosphere, making this performance truly unexpected... no, this is not a performance...
"Look, she... she fights back."
"They're really crazy... this is no longer a poem performance... this is war between the two of them."
The whisper of the audience confirmed it...
No longer poetry performance... this is war and that stage is the battlefield. Both Blu and Lisa have completely left the script they wrote... gone different from their practices... just focus on conveying their feelings to specific audiences...
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Blu :
"I shall kneel alongside the grave
And your eyes will be sorrowful and moist,
- Never will you see the beloved again -
Only the churchyard's tall, wet grass."
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Meanwhile, far from the stage and the concert hall... in a hospital more precisely... in a room of a patient who listens to this poem performance through her phone... Jewel's constantly staring at the gray sky that drops the white snow in front of her. She no longer sat on her patient's bed, instead stood with her trembling legs, enduring the weight of her frail-looking body while her wings holding piece of paper and a pencil...
Back to the stage. Lisa seemed to be able to control the situation by not allowing Blu to dominate her again. Now, smile on her face slowly emerge...
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Lisa :
"Indeed, she did forgive you,
But tears she would freely shed,
Over you and on your unthinking word -
Quiet now! – she starts, she has moved on."
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Her older brother, Alex looked at her in amazement. He never thought his sister could produce words that were so sharp, simple yet full of meaning, and rather satirical. Without him knowing, his wings began to clench, and his teeth gritted...
"Aren't you supposed to be the one who is on the stage?" Chiya asked him suddenly, with a serious expression, "Your place is not between the audiences, but in front of them. What have you been doing all this time? Even your little sister is always struggling to get her brother back to the way he should've been. Didn't you notice it?"
Alex could only be silent, gritting his teeth and clenching his wings tightly, 'Chiya is right...' he whispered, 'I should not be here... I should've been on that stage...! Hyacinthum G, Emi... even Lisa... how can the words they write move many people's hearts? This really pisses me off...!'
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Blu and Lisa :
"O Gott, I meant no harm!"
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"Ah... it's almost done, isn't it?" Lisa's mind was now beginning to calm down. She could smile with relief now, though there was a little regret inside her heart, "My throat's dry, and my voice began to weaken... yet somehow... I still wanna continue.'
Lisa and Blu looked at each other for a moment... smiling at each other...
'I finally understood, Glu... everything you've said to me, about my reason for being a writer. I become a writer not to be famous, only those I care the most who read my books is enough for me.' she continued, in her mind, 'Will it reach him? What about you, Glu? Will your feelings reach her? I do hope so...'
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"He's so amazing...! Just like a robot in the films! Hyacinthum G... look, even his pen name also sounds cool. The books he wrote are all amazing as well, you know!"
That was the expression said by her brother, Alex... nine years ago when the two of them were running on the edge of a cool lake in autumn. This is a part of Lisa's memory that suddenly returned between her performances...
The chilly breeze at that time, the wet grass and the sparkling lake...
"Wait up, brother..."
Lisa, who was five years old, struggled to follow her big brother's steps who ran far ahead of her...
"Like a hero who never loses any single battle! Always defeat his enemies! You know what, Lisa... I decided to become a writer... just like him!"
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'You're wrong, brother. Hyacinthum G... Glu is... he's not a hero who has never lost any single battle, let alone a robot.' Lisa continued, saying to her mind after recalling old memories, 'He's just a simple writer who had felt failure, regret, and uncertainty... he's just an ordinary bird. Even so, he continued to move forward though he knew such feelings couldn't be avoided. Therefore, please come back my hero, do not let such enemies defeat you! Please come back... my only hero...'
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Blu and Lisa :
"O lieb'... O lieb'...
The time will come, the time will come..."
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Lisa's POV
Five minutes of determination had passed... absolute silence approached a few seconds after our last words were spoken. I saw that there were still many audiences staring intently at us... steadfastly waiting for us to finish our words just to convey their series of applause...
Right, the sound of loud applause like a rainstorm... echoed loudly in this magnificent building...
"You two are truly amazing!"
"Good job, both of you!"
"What a unique and extraordinary performance!"
"We're very proud of you!"
Cheers between this standing ovation... I never imagined such a scene even existed in life...
("When every words you write can connect to each other...")
("Believe it... believe if all this suffering, this sweat, and this blood... you will turn it all into an arrangement of beautiful words and sentences, so that you can realize how happy you are when those words reach them.")
'I understand now... so this is what Mimi and Glu mean? I might not be able to forget such a scene for very long time. '
"Come..." Glu whispered to me, "We have to give our thanks to them."
I just nodded, then stepped forward following his steps to give our thanks to the audience who were still applauding us. Maybe if we didn't leave this stage, they wouldn't stop.
"Will your words reach her?" I whispered to him.
I then saw him smile, "Yes... what about you?" he asked later.
Smiling too, I answered, "Of course, I must believe in my own words..."
It was over then... five minutes determined by the two weeks of bloody battles. We both smiled at the audience who tirelessly applauding us. Giving our posture of thanks by raising my right wing, I gestured to him to hold it. Like a prince who wants to dance with the princess, Glu then grabbed my wing... then gave our final greeting in the style of medieval times...
We are the main stars today...
"Hehe..." I chuckled, after hearing the cheers of the audiences that got even more excited after Glu grasped my wing. Maybe those were my friends. To be honest, many boys have confessed to me, though I rejected them all. Maybe they envy a prince by my side...
Regardless, we returned to our starting point... walked to the backstage where the contestants and staff who watched us from, applauded us shortly after setting our feets in this room...
"Congrats Lisa...! You are truly amazing!" Lucy walked over to me, praising and applauding to me, as well as Icyre.
"You were sparkling when on the stage!"
"Ahaha... really?" I've no experience at all in handling such situations, all I could do was smile, blushed and said, "Thanks..." to them...
Blu's POV
'Finally it is done.' I whispered to myself, seeing Lisa who was being surrounded by her friends. I could only look at her from a distance and smiling.
"Hey there, lady killer..."
This voice, no doubt... Sis Mi suddenly arrived at the backstage, maybe to see our condition after that five-minute of battle. She straightly embraced me from behind with her large wings, and of course teased me...
"Who did you call lady killer?" I snapped at her...
"So how it feels?" she then smiled, "Seeing someone grow up is really exciting, right?"
'I see... I get it now... the reason why Sis Mi was trusting Lisa to me...'
Then...
"Hyacinthum G!"
Suddenly someone's voice calling my pen name. A voice that sounded angry and sounded familiar at the same time. With that, a truly serious situation might occur...
Sis Mi and I then turned to face its owner...
"Huh? He is Timans Noque, isn't he? Why does he look so angry?" asked Sis Mi, looking at me.
"Please, don't ask me..."
Anyway, this angry red bird quickly walked towards me and then attacked me... verbally...
"Don't ignore me, Hyacinthum G! How could you be so close to my little sister, huh?" he snapped at me, "Explain!"
I took a step back, laughing awkwardly after he made such a statement, "Your little sister? I don't understand what you mean at all?"
I had no idea what was happening here until Lisa finally intervened, and stopped him from continuing to attack me... verbally...
"Brother! Stop it already! Leave Glu alone!"
"What are you doing, Lisa? Whose side are you on actually? And how did you know Hyacinthum G? "
'Brother... she say?' I thought, beginning to understand the situation little by little.
"Lisa..." I said, telling her to confirm my guess, "Don't tell me if Timans Noque is your brother?"
Lisa then turned around, staring at me in confusion, "Oh... right, I haven't introduced him to you, have I...?" she then cleared her throat, "Let me introduce my brother, even though you might already know him... he is my brother. You might know him better as Timans Noque, but his real name is Alex Shivalry."
I do know the real name of Timans Noque, even his surname... but there's one thing I don't understand yet...
"Wait..." I catch a little weirdness here, "Does that mean your surname is also Shivalry? But I thought your surname was Shayvary when you introduced yourself at Sis Mi's home."
With an innocent smile Lisa replied, "You must be kidding, right? Even though I have clearly introduced my full name... my name is Lisa Shivalry."
"Right, she did introduce her full name... very clearly..." Sis Mi who was standing behind me even confirmed this information, "You just didn't pay attention at that time."
"I see... that means I was the one who didn't hear it clearly..." I was finally able to breathe in relief after understanding this situation. That's what I thought until her brother, Alex, who for some reason was still mad at me...
"Stop with the pleasantries, Hyacinthum G!" he was still stubbornly attacking me verbally, "How could you be so close to Lisa?! What's your relationship with her! Don't you dare do strange things to her!"
I also could only step back, and smile awkwardly in front of him, "H-huh? I-I didn't do anything strange to your sister... we just happened to meet..."
It's useless... my statment couldn't calm him down at all...
"Brother please... cut it out, will you?"
Luckily, Lisa intervened here... trying to calm her older brother...
"Back off, Lisa... are you on his side, huh?!"
This is bad, this will definitely be a "war" between siblings...
"Yes ...!" Lisa answered curtly, "Glu is the one who has been caring for me for the past month!"
"What?!"
"He also taught me many things...!"
"Ma-many things?!"
'What sort of things do you think of?' I whispered, seeing the unusual reaction on her brother's face.
Alex was silent, seeing his sister defending me... which to be honest, it made me feel sorry for him...
"Damn you, Hyacinthum G!" he then suddenly shouted, pointing his finger at me, "You won this time, I admit it... but for the next competition I won't let you. In January there will be a selection of new year's special books... I will beat you up there. You buried it well in your head, you hear me, Hyacinthum G!"
And with that, Timans Noque aka Alex... suddenly challenged me in the competition next month, early in the new year. Though I didn't expect that at all, I couldn't refuse it because shortly after he challenged me, he immediately ran out of the backstage into the exit hallway. His footsteps were so wide, so his run was quite fast.
("He is a hero I admire very much. He runs very fast, faster than me...")
I see... I understand now. Who is the hero that Lisa really wants to "punch".
"Lisa..." I called out to her, who was dumbfounded to see her brother running out from the backstage, "Are you OK?"
My voice seemed to surprise her a little, as if her spirit had just returned from nothingness, "Ah... yes, I'm fine." she looked at me, then smiled, "More precisely, I'm very grateful... apparently, my words did reached him... "
"Really?" I then stroked his head gently, "Well, it's good to hear that."
"Congrats, Lisa..." even Sis Mi moved from her place, approached her.
Lisa then looked at us with teary eyes, holding back her happy tears so that they wouldn't overflow through her eyelids, but the power of happiness was too great for her to handle.
"Thank you so much... Mimi, Glu ..."
With sobs she was finally able to vent all of her feelings... 'It only takes five minutes to turn someone into a real person, eh...'
"No need to thank, because..." Sis Mi then took a step... took the place between the two of us and embraced us. Mirai also didn't want to waste such moments, she slipped her little body between the three of us and enjoyed every moments, "You are all my beloved son and daughters... we are family, aren't we? Thanks to you, Lisa, my house looks more colorful and more alive now. From now on, do you want to learn literature in my house?"
Lisa slowly wiped her tears, looked intently into Sis Mi's eyes while smiling very broadly, "Yes... please...!"
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The next day...
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"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
This voice...
"How I wonder what you are!"
There's no doubt... this is Jewel's singing voice...
"Up above the world so high,
"Like a diamond in the sky."
The next day, in this cold morning... after the success of Lisa's performance, I decided to come visit her... just to say hi and settle something with her. Just as I slapped my feet in the parking area in front of the hospital, a faint singing voice came from the garden next to the main building. After making sure that the voice was indeed hers, I shifted my steps and headed to the side yard...
As I thought, no need to go so far... I could already see a large garden filled with shady large trees that shade various kinds of flowers that bloom on green grass, even in this season. And between the green wrapped in pure white... I saw her sitting on a bench while playing melodica with two small children who might also be a patient here. One of the children blew the instrument, Jewel was the one who played the melody and sang, while the other child listened happily.
I slowly approached them, trying not to disturb their little performance...
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
"How I wonder what you are!"
Right after their performance ended... when I stood right in front of her, our gazes finally met each other...
"Merry christmas," she said, greeting me.
"Isn't it too early to say that?" I asked, smiling at her.
In the midst of our conversation, two small children who were wandering around us, interrupted... and asked strange things...
"Is he your boyfriend?"
"He's your boyfriend?"
"No, not at all..." Jewel replied casually, smiling at them, "He is what you call a jackass."
And of course, she only intended to make fun of me...
"Ah, jackass ..."
"Jackass..."
This pisses me off, "Who did you call jackass, huh?"
The two children ran after I yelled at them, but...
"You really are a jackass. The thing is..." Jewel then put out her phone, and played a voice recording...
"And if someone bears his soul to you...
Love him back as best you can.
Give his ever hour joy, let him pass none in sorrow!"
"Making a writer who can't write listen to this..." she continued, "It's your fault I miss it now."
I see... my words did reached her, huh? Well, this is all thanks to Roberto, I must thank him for his help later...
"I can't commit double suicide with you." I said, after being silent for a while.
"You are so heartless..." she responded, smiling at me.
"Well, look... when we went shopping, I was the one who carried your bags. You always take the initiative. You only tell me things after the fact you walk in front of me and I'm always behind you..." I continued, outlining my various reasons for saying that.
'What I always remember... is seeing you from behind...'
She was speechless, watching and looking into my eyes, maybe she wanted to hear my whole reasons until it ran out...
"At this rate," so I continued,"It wouldn't be double suicide if I'm always following you... so please... give me one more chance. Please give me another chance to stand by your side... please write a book with me one more time..."
Of course she was rather surprised to hear my sudden request...
"But... I..." she seemed hesitant to decide, even so I kept interrupting her...
"You're not a princess..." interrupted me,"You're the daughter of an ice cream shop owner who loves coffee ice creams, and you're not the heroine of a novel. No way in the world am I ever gonna write you a ballad... so please, write a book with me one more time. Besides, you're the one who said it...
...will you be able to forget?"
Jewel paused for a moment, sighed... looked at me then smiled with her eyes began to glaze over, "You really are cruel..."
"I thought you knew that I'm a jackass," I replied casually, smiling...
Suddenly...
"Hey look! That jackass made her cry! "
"Ah, you're right! Evil jackass."
Those two children apparently saw a slight misunderstanding between us. They then dredged up the snow that had piled up in the corner of the garden, somehow they could find such a weapon. With their little wings, they made lots of snowballs...
I think I know what they're going to do...
"Wait-wait, this isn't like..."
Before I could finish my statement of my innocence, the snowball had hit my face...
"Enemy of women!"
"How dare you, jackass!"
They keep bombarding me with dozens of snowballs ...
"Stop it... it's freezing here..."
Jewel's POV
"Ahahahaha..."
The sound of my laughter mingling in the cold morning air, amidst the warm sun, looking at that "jackass" who was struggling to protect himself from those frozen white cannons.
Dry air that blew autumn leaves under the shade of hibernating trees...
Such a cruel boy... telling me to dream one more time. I was satisfied because my dream had come true... and I'd told myself it was enough. But here you are, watering this withered heart again...
I am indeed a greedy girl, so... I'm just gonna dream again... of poeming with you, someday...
Chapter 36 : Hearts Come Together
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I just might.
