A Flavor to Love

7-1

"This is for you," Luna handed Kirana a cup of hot chocolate. It had been four hours that he and Kirana were struggling with the task of his campus group. Slowly but surely, spring began to smell in Luna's senses. He looked at the expanse of sakura trees that stood firmly in the garden in front of the apartment where he lived. The pink color buds decorate each end and only take the right time to perfectly welcome the warm spring.

"Thanks Lun," Kirana smilingly received the cup from Luna and immediately sipped the hot chocolate. "If there wasn't you maybe I'd be a crunchy nut in my brother's apartment alone. The pretentious man was on a business trip to Europe while meeting Papa and Mama. Cheating, I also want to meet them.” He puffed his cheeks while hugging a large pillow in front of him. "I also miss.., when in Indonesia my parents always took the time to come to me and take me on vacation to London and surrounding areas. But since this lecture I feel that it's my busy life that makes me unable to visit them..."

"We're both really pathetic huh?" Luna said without looking at Kirana. He did not speak to Kirana before. His gaze glared out the window with his chin propped up by his left hand. "You're amnesiac and I'm traumatized.." From that night on, Luna never received short messages from the paper scrolls of little attention from Daichi. The man began to reduce his exposure to the cafe. He should feel relieved about all of that. Why does he feel lost now? Is it really, ah, that's it, maybe just a momentary feeling.

"What do you mean Lun? Do you know of my forgotten past?"

Luna smiled and shook her head. "There's nothing so important for you to remember Kirana, I'm glad you forgot about it. Instead I feel guilty for you because my problems with Papa made me selfish and left you who are lying seriously ill in the hospital to continue studying here. Thank goodness the Almighty still loves us both by bringing us back together so that this friendship does not break."

"Is your father still cold to you?"

Kirana's question that glided smoothly made Luna widen her eyes to look at Kirana's innocent face. Why did that question have to come out of Kirana's mouth? Bak sprinkled salt on his heart wound which until now was still not dry. For almost two years he left his home.

"Come on," Luna let out a long sigh that caused steam from her nose. "Bi Ani always calls me and says that Papa has changed and misses me and hopes that this spring break I return to Indonesia. If he had changed, why didn't he call me? Why just Bi Ani?" A round of tears welled up in both corners of Luna's eyes. Shit! Why can't she always cover up her feelings for her best friend Kirana when it comes to her family? "If he doesn't love me why does he have me as Kirana's son?" His lips trembled as he spoke words that always managed to hurt him. "Even I have managed to make the playboy man who had been trying to conquer me even turned he who fell to me and was heartbroken at the same time..."

Kirana immediately got out of her seat and immediately rushed to hug her best friend. Somehow every time he saw his best friend was sad he always felt an invisible inner bond like he could feel the same pain.

"My heart hurts Na, each time remembering Papa's attitude that was always friendly to everyone while being so cold to me and Mama. Even I heard with my own ears that all this time Papa loved other women and could not reach it so he vented it to Mama. "Now I realized that all this time the disease suffered by Mama was not a heart disorder but his psychic so that made his heart weaken and eventually left me with the heartless man. How can I fall in love if I don't believe that love exists?"

Kirana fell silent as she continued to stroke Luna's shoulder to calm Luna's emotions.

"Honestly Na, I envy you who have a complete and happy family. Loving each other and full of love. Can I feel like you and be happy too?"

"It can!" Kirana tries to encourage Luna. "I pray you get a handsome prince who only loves you and will be happy forever!" His words were steady while tightly grasping both of Luna's wrists.

Luna laughed in her tears. "I don't need Prince Kirana, you read your Mama's novels too much."

"Yes," Luna smiled and wiped her tears. If Daichi really meant it to him, then he would not give up on Luna's words. If he gives up then the man has no right to have it. "By the way how is that arrogant young master? Is he still looking for trouble with you?"

"Thank God lately my life has been calmer, my decision to quit the basketball club has been right. Well.., although actually sad too anyway because the orange round ball always accompanied me since childhood. But how else? Instead of eating liver!" Kirana shrugged her shoulders and smiled as she supported her chin. "It feels like damaaaaiiii bangett.., every time he gets close I manage to dodge." He put his body on the carpet and raised both hands up. There was no point in her crying over Akio's forced kiss on her a few weeks ago. Life must go on.

"Don't you feel like everything that looks so peaceful could turn out more horrible than ever?" Somehow Luna felt an uneasy feeling towards the last sentence that Kirana said. Akio Fujiwara's sharp gaze to Kirana was full of meaning. Between resentment, hate, desire to be one. Hopefully this is just his feeling of over-concern to Kirana.

"What do you mean?" Kirana scrunched her forehead.

BRACKET!

The door of Luna's apartment was forcibly opened making Luna and Kirana surprised to see who dared to open the door forcibly.

"I finally found you!" Shouted Park Ha Neul excitedly.

"I have to call the doorkeeper because of this one Big Miss, too" Luna got up from her seat and walked over to Park Ha Neul. "What's the afternoon like you came to my place? Usually you're always with the same fiance as you?"

"Today I want to celebrate my success as the number one model in Japan!" Park Ha Neul is excited. "So I'll take you to a party at the most famous club in Japan!"

"You're not wrong to take people?" Kirana sighed and folded her hands and placed them on her chest. "We're both different in the world with you, Big Miss."

"Anyways, you must come along and there is no rejection! I want to celebrate not only my fellow model friends are with you, too" Park Ha Neul smiled haughtily and ruffled her waist. He snapped his finger and soon the female bodyguards came over with some plastic groceries full of clothes with his high heels. Luna and Kirana looked at each other in confusion and shrugged their shoulders.

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