BLUE PLANET

SECRET

Venera arrives back at the Eosphorus Dormitory. It's almost dark. Several venusians appeared to have walked out of their respective rooms, dressed neatly and walking leisurely towards the Great Hall. Dinner will be together in a few moments.

Venera immediately headed to the room. His mind was still filled with question marks about his experience earlier. He thought, what should he do now? Should he tell it to others? He felt doubtful, because he himself still did not know whether the park he found earlier was a secret or not.

The problem is, to find out whether the park is a secret or not, inevitably he must reveal it to other venusians. Whether it's Vla his best friend, or one of the members of the Supervisory Board. And if it is a forbidden place that should be kept secret, it means that he has broken the rules by entering the park. Then he will be punished.

However, if there is indeed a rule that forbids the venusian to enter the garden, why does he not know it?

However, if indeed the garden was a secret, then everything about it would definitely be completely kept secret. It's not written anywhere, not even in the official Venusian rule book.

Venera became increasingly confused as to how.

"Almost you're late again, Venera. I reminded you this afternoon." Vla clucked as she shook her head in the doorway of their room. His arms crossed in front of his chest.

"ahaha! Sorry, sorry, Vla." Venera chuckled, trying to be mediocre. "I was too engrossed in playing with one of the unicorns I met in the meadow."

Vla laughed. "Basar you are. Yeah, take a shower there. I'm waiting in front of the big hall, yeah!" vla said as she left.

"All right!" answer Venera briefly and then go into the room. She prepared her long dinner dress, then went to the bathroom.

He had decided not to tell Vla about the garden and the strange creature. It's not that he doesn't want to share his story with Vla. But he fears that if he tells Vla and Vla to keep it a secret, if one day they are found to have hidden something from the Board of Trustees, Vla will be punished. And if Vla gets punished for her mistake, Venera will feel very guilty about her best friend.

Dinner was as usual. Two thousand venusians from West Dormitory, East Dormitory, South Dormitory and North Dormitory gathered together for dinner. The Health and Food Supervisory Board, in charge of overseeing them, went around to check if they were all eating their food in the right manner, according to the rules of the proper eating habits.

Venera eats her food with the mind running everywhere. Several times Vla whispered something funny while the Health and Food Supervisory Board was not looking at them, Venera simply smiled or forced herself to chuckle. His memory kept returning to the garden. He felt very excited, but also worried because he had found something extraordinary and kept it to himself. And he also became a little tense, because he had to maintain his attitude and speech, so that his secret was not known by anyone. Things he never did before.

Finishing dinner, Venera and Vla took their unfinished knitted blanket from inside the room, and took it to the Leisure Room to finish. Some Venusians seemed to be engrossed in reading books, and some were busy chatting and joking. Venera and Vla took a seat in the corner of the room and began to continue their work.

"Wahh, your blanket pattern is great, Venera! Your knitting is neat and smooth," praised the new Voxy who came in with awe.

"Yes, right," Visca closely observed Venera's knitting. His eyes blinked. "The arrangement of these lines is so beautiful, my eyes are unable to follow the overall flow of the shape."

"Hmm.. the color combination is also very beautiful," said Vinn who suddenly appeared with his roommate, Vriz.

"Yes, right! You might think of blending this color with this one, Venera! And the results are good!" exclaims Vriz while pointing at some parts of the blanket done by Venera. Makes Venera's face more red due to the endless praise.

Vla laughs. "Hey, already, already! Didn't you see Venera's face flushed like that mavarea? You swarm around and observe him like that as if he were a white stone flower that had just grown."

All laughing and retreating regularly, made Venera breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ah, thanks for the compliment, guys. But the knitted results of you all are also good. I saw him yesterday in a knitting class," he said sincerely.

"Not as good as yours, Venera. You're the highest score holder in all fields" Visca said, shaking her head, "it's hard to rival you."

"Oh, yes! You're right!" Visca patted her forehead and immediately ran to her room. Venera, Vla, Voxy, Vinn and Vriz chuckled at Visca's behavior.

"I think you should be appointed to the Board of Trustees this year, Venera. Your lesson values never dropped this long. That's one of the main conditions to be elected as a member of the Supervisory Board, right?" Vinn.

"The problem is, the members of the Board of Trustees must be an orderly, disciplined, and obedient venusian, Vinn," said Vla, "while Venera, despite her good grades, but well, you know, right, his passion for running around in the meadow after learning and only coming home until the end of the night, it is very difficult to get rid of!"

Venera and the others chuckled at Vla's cute expression as she said so.

"I'm not interested in being a member of the Board of Trustees, really," Venera said, "how can I bring order to all of you if I find it difficult to apply the discipline of time alone?"

And everyone laughed again.

~o0o~

Venera lay sideways on top of her bed, staring through the wide window of her room which featured a view of the star-studded night sky. The stars above shine brightly over the entire dark field that surrounds the lives of all beings at night.

He never wanted to be a member of the Supervisory Board, as his friends had talked about. He prefers to venture out in the open, enjoying the sense of freedom that flows in his body while running in an indeterminate direction in the vast prairie.

Especially after now he found something much more interesting than usual, which he could investigate and investigate further. The mysterious garden. I want to know more about the park. And also about the strange creatures that are in it.

 

     ~o0o~

Venera woke up suddenly. And immediately sat down.

He looked out the window. It's still dark. The stars were still scattered brilliantly illuminating the night sky.

Venera thought back to what made her wake up.

He's dreaming. A short but strange dream.

In the dream, he was running around in the meadow as he used to do. Then suddenly he felt like someone was watching him from behind. And as he turned his head, a pair of eyes were staring at him sharply from behind a dazzling beam of light.

A pair of oddly shaped eyes.

And it's blue.

~o0o~