A MENTARY WITHOUT EMOTION
Bereft
“Lucy! Lucy!”
Someone called my name even though his voice was mixed with sobs that he kept pouring out. Am I just drowning in the deepest sea?
“Please wake up!”
“Hah!”
I opened my eyes after hearing those words. My body trembled with heavy sweat pouring out all over me. My eyes were distracted at the sight of a red-haired girl with a gaze so anxious.
‘What does that mean I'm back?’
I initially fell asleep on a mossy boulder and my head was a little dizzy as I tried to sit down. Even so still I want to see my surroundings filled with shady trees, until my eyes are blown to see the abandoned building even though it only looks like the balcony.
“Lucy what's wrong? Does your head hurt?” asked Niki who kept holding my shoulder.
“Nothing, thanks for saving me and..” My words are a bit strange but this is a thank you thanks to my friends who kept remembering me while in the world of illusion.
“Dan?” Niki tilted her head waiting for the continuation of my mouth. “And thank you also because you still remember me,”
embarrassed, even Niki was moved to hear this.
“Stupid basis! Of course I still remember you,” Niki spontaneously hugged me tightly without worrying about my still fragile body.
But Niki seemed sorry for barely remembering me.
Niki also told the truth about what happened to him. “To be honest I'm sorry because I almost let my guard down and almost believed that it was you Lucy.. Hix.. Hix... I wish I'd heard Felix.” more
“Felix?”
“He knows about the shadow of Claura that appears every three years... Hix.. Hix.. I am so stupid for ignoring my friend who is in danger!”
“Have not won,” I said while rubbing his head.
Again he cried as usual, a girl like you always easily changed emotions, somehow every emotion you so bring up different colors. That's what makes you special, because it's sharing emotions with me. Nikki.
***
Shortly afterwards there was a loud sound of hurried footsteps, the sound was getting closer.
“LUCY!” call the three men who call me at once.
“Hah? What?” I asked with a surprised face, how much more surprised to see their faces were anxious and mixed with fear.
Gabriel, Alder and chief Felix came up to me who was still sitting low on the ground.
Suddenly Felix got tired on the ground and leaned on my shoulder.
“Thank God you're still safe.” he whispered.
“Chairman...are you okay?”
Then Gabriel with his angelic smile said, “dia who already sealed Claura and saved you Lucy.”
now this backrest turned into a warm embrace from the Class Leader. “I'm very worried about you,” said the Chairman who almost wanted to cry. From the bottom of his heart alone I could feel how hard he struggled in destroying that terrifying darkness.
“Chairman, I'm really grateful but why?” ask me with a heartbreaking tone.
“I don't want my loved one missing from before me anymore.” His embrace is getting tighter as if he doesn't want to lose me. Even I who heard that was sad.
His words like he regretted many things all this time, he endured the pain of his loss. He continues to hold his life principles to protect the people he cares about and most.
“Luckily I did not ignore the warning,” Felix's remark sounded in my ear. Not just me but everyone here.
“What do you mean?” I was confused, others were also curious about the words he said just now.
“I didn't expect Claura to come after you after I read the curse book shown by my grandfather,” said Felix who had taken off his arms.
“So you already know Claura's target this year?” alder asked with a somewhat irritated feeling.
“Yes, so I prepared everything I could to protect you Lucy, one of which was sitting next to you. I thought things would go as well as I wanted but suddenly there was a stabbing tragedy in the classroom, it made it clear to me that I was still lacking in protecting the people I cherished. Somehow my lack of it made me very upset and irritated so I was very angry at that time,” Felix replied with a soft gaze on his hand that grasped my hand and therefore also two men black and white who were beside him showed a rather uncomfortable face even though it had made a smile like made-upmake.
“I don't know when Claura will appear, but this year she will show herself. So I told your best friend that she can take care of you when it's out of my sight. Actually I was quite surprised when the day came, the change in your nature made me realize that you have been possessed by Claura and plus I have seen Claura 3 years ago. It makes me even more sure that you're not okay. People who have seen Claura can definitely see her original form is terrible.”
“3 years ago... What happened at that time..?” I asked to try to dare to ask even though it would actually arouse his old trauma.
“Claura has killed my mother.”
Everyone was daunted to hear it, the atmosphere of silence was now engulfing this terrifying place. We held our breath for a few moments when we heard the pain.
“It was the worst day for me... Since then I have hated the darkness, even my own shadow I hate it.”
“Chairman I'm sorry.. and I'm sorry for your mother's death,” said I'm sorry to ask.
“It's okay what's important I can repay Claura's doomed deed.”
A strange question suddenly came to my mind, I also expressed the question to the chairman with a certain feeling.
“Hmm chairman.”
“Iya.”
“The chairman once said he was sitting next to me to protect me from Claura, right? what after from this incident the chairman will move seats?”
“No, I have nowhere else but by your side lucy.”
Suddenly our faces were a bit close and our foreheads touched, Felix's face seemed so calm because he felt his mother's figure was now happy in the world there.
“And besides Lucy looks like my mom.”
“Really?”
“Yes, although you rarely speak and are equally quiet but your charming smile will never be forgotten.”
The chairman's warm smile looked very close to my eyes. I was embarrassed to hear the chairman's words. I wanted to deny the chairman's remark but I locked up the intention for fear of offending him.
“It's close enough!” it was Oceh Alder who immediately separated the chairman from me. And, he immediately wrapped his hands around my neck while saying, “remember! if he's mine.”
Felix just smiled confusedly on the spot as if question marks were floating on his head. Then Gabriel immediately cut down Alder's words.
“You must not seize something that already has an owner, especially the owner himself is beside you.”
“Stupid time with you gray hair!”
Alder's words immediately pierced Gabriel until the red crossroad mark was on his forehead, without further cueing Gabriel hit Alder until he separated from me.
“Just be quiet you rotten rose.”
“Oh yes Gabriel and Alder also helped me in saving you from Claura,” explained Felix.
“Really? Thank you to both of you,” I cried with a warm smile at them.
Making Alder and Gabriel who had been fighting a mechanical fight become fixated on my smile.
“No problem, it has become our duty,” reply Gabriel with a smile like an angel.
“Lucy you can wake up?” asked Niki while sticking out her hand.
“Sure, thank you,” I also received his reply.
“Alright let's go back to school,” exclaimed Felix who stood up.
“Eh?”
Felix confused by their response, “what is it?”
“No... No. gabe... There's no way we're going back to school, we've missed a lot of lessons, right? Surely the teachers will scold us,” said Niki whose body began to tremble imagining her math teacher scolding her again.
“Despite that our stuff is still in school. Surely the teachers are also worried about us because our goods are still in class but the people who have it are not there,” said Felix.
“Yaa hope so good anyway, but that does not change the fact that the teachers will think we skipped plus we left school without permission lohh.”
“If only that happened, I'll explain it. You saved me from death, so I want to repay your kindness,” I said with a reassuring look.
“LUCY!! you're so nice,” flatter Niki.
“Alright let's go back,” everyone nodded in agreement and walked back to school.
***
When we got there we got to class safely, it wasn't because of me but it just happened that the teacher had a meeting. So the students are only given assignments in class.
“Aaahhh thank goodness his teacher is not around.” Relieved Niki, Sarah who was sitting next to him felt confused.
“Where have you been!?” the judes.
“From jungle.”
“Hah!?” sarah begins to think strangely of Niki.
‘Ngapain Niki to the forest?’ insinuations
“What task do you do Sarah?” ask Niki who fell asleep limp on the table.
“Mathematical task page 17, the teacher is in a meeting so you are free to play now or at home,” replied Sarah while relaxing in the chair.
“Oooh. No more notifications from guru?” asked Niki again with no intention of asking.
“There is a festive festival tomorrow at the school sponsored by... By... Who's the name forgets me.”
“Festival!! waah yang tuh,” suddenly Niki became a spirit.
“Yaa just look tomorrow, haha tomorrow also I will invite Ivan to date,” exclaimed Sarah who is also impatient for tomorrow.
“Enak only I will get it first,” denied Niki.
“No need to interfere you chili,” Sarah said exasperatedly.
“What do you mean? I'll take the chairman first from you,” taunted
Nikki.
“Haaa look at it later,” exclaimed Sarah while folding both her hands.
Now the two face each other and look forward to a brighter tomorrow.
.....
“Losing someone is as painful as a heart that is scratched and torn, even more so if it is the closest and most dear person. So do not let us disappoint the person or ourselves who will regret later.”
