A Flavor to Love
3-2
The sound of rain falling down a cemetery combined with the sound of crying that broke from a short-haired girl. As if ignoring his surroundings, he continued to weep over the mound of red earth studded with flowers bearing the name of a woman, Astrid Medina.
"Mama..," The girl's cry did not stop even though the rain was getting heavier so that one by one the mourners let her go home and left the girl with a middle-aged woman.
"Already Non, do not cry anymore..," The middle-aged woman stroked the fragile shoulders of her young master. "Mother Astrid will be saddened in nature to see the condition of her beloved child and be born by betting his life into this world destroyed like this. There is no Mr. Daniel..."
"Don't Aunt ever mention that name again in front of me!" The sound of the girl's clasping made the middle-aged woman speechless but did not seem to be hurt from her. He explained why the girl was being rude. "I'm sick of all his attitude! Work! Work and only work he does! He never paid attention to his family! It's better to just disappear from the face of this earth than to have to deal with a selfish being like him!"
"So your words are Luna!" A low voice of a man stopped the girl's speech. "Papa never taught his father to be disrespectful to his parents!"
"For what is a great man like you here?" The girl stood up and turned her body towards the man who called himself Papa. His eyes stared fiercely and sharply filled with emotion and resentment. "Just take care of the job you're so proud of and don't have to take care of my business! I'm sick of your indifference! Even when Mama was dying in the hospital, you never even visited her. Do you deserve to be called a husband and Papa?!"
THE PLAQUE!
"Sir Daniel..," The middle-aged woman was only able to shut her mouth watching the events before her. A father had slapped the cheek of his biological son to make the corner of his lips bleed. He did not expect Daniel Putranto who he had been foster and educated since childhood to do what he thought was inappropriate to do to his only daughter even though he knew that what the princess said was not polite.
"Luna.., Papa did not mean..” The man was surprised and did not expect what he had done. Even in a dream he never thought of doing such an act.
The girl known as Luna could only stroke her flushed left cheek and taste a salty taste mixed with blood at the corner of her lips.
"Give me a year," The flashes of anger and disappointment mixed into one look in Luna's eyes.
"What do you mean..."
KRIENG....KRIEING...KRIENG...
Luna woke up from her sleep after hearing the sound of a round clock with yellow legs next to her bed that showed at 5 am. Why would he dream of something that happened two years ago? Shit..., why after so long the most terrible events and do not want him to remember suddenly carried away dreams?
He immediately moved from his bed to the bathroom. Today he gets his morning shift at the cafe where he works part-time. He should get ready to open a cafe and prepare the ingredients that will be used in making coffee. His ability that he got in one of the cafes where he worked when he was still sitting on the bench of High School. Though in the past it was only to divert his tired and empty world considering how cold the house he lived in. And apparently his ability was ushering himself into a barista who always awaited his concoction in this cafe. He was grateful to have a boss like Kei who in addition to giving more than enough wages, he was also given the flexibility to experiment with his favorite coffee.
Half an hour passed until she stuck herself in front of the dresser. His face still showed a stroke of exhaustion from the nightmare. Ah, care very much! His inner. He also applied morning cream and sunblock to his face. Do not forget to paint his face with thin makeup that will help him look fresh. Suddenly the ringtone sound from his smartphone echoed as if calling Luna to pick up her phone. Bi Ani's!
"Hello Bi?"
"Non Luna, how are you?"
"My news is good, Aunt how are you? Healthy?" Luna went from the dresser to her proud sling bag. He included several books, laptops and needed equipment. Although today is his holiday on campus, it does not mean he can relax not to study. His scholarship depends on the achievements he has achieved. He is different from his best friend Kirana who incidentally is the son of a wealthy family. Even so, he really liked the simplicity he had. If Kirana is an arrogant child, of course she will not be able to establish a deep friendship since the beginning of High School until now.
"Auntie is good. Non..., it has been a year Non did not go home, Auntie kangen...., Mother also must miss being visited by Non, is Non Luna no plan to go home?" Ani's voice was heard softly in Luna's ear. "Father also miss the same Non.., he asked the news Non continues since Non decided to study in Japan."
*Luna sighed. He hated every time he was asked when he was coming home. For him he has not had a home since the death of his beloved mother who was too much to endure the heartache when he knew that the mother was not the person his father loved. Hah..., why should he be born in a family like this? There is no love in it, moreover his father, he prefers to bury himself with his job as General* Manager at a bona fide company engaged in port in Indonesia rather than with himself who in fact is a child who just puppets who need a father figure.
*"Bi, I'm busy, I have to go to odd jobs, I'll call ya* again," Luna looked at her weker who showed me at 8 a.m. He ended the conversation with Ani. He was still unable to answer the question that Ani always asked every time she called him. The slap wound from his Papa was still very imprinted on Luna's heart despite the years gone by. He rushed to bring a box of food containing fruits as his breakfast menu at the cafe later.
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