Cursed And Love's

01: Meeting [1]

Scotland, 2014.

The sound of the melody coming from the piano sounded soft. Beautiful tone, though somehow sounding sad.

Serena let her fingers dance on the piano keys which created beautifully rhythmic tones, her face flat with no expression. Not yet finished the song was played, he suddenly stopped while sighing heavily.

"That's it...." Sluggishly.

The girl got up from her seat and walked to the courtyard of the house. The weather in early spring was very good, but his mood today was not good. He looked straight at the little boy who was running after the butterfly in front of his house.

"Do I have to get out too?" His eyes were still focused on looking at the children who had already run away.

Yes, Serena decided to go outside for a while. It was a pity if he wasted this precious spring. He intends to picnic in the place he used to always go with his mother, bring some painting tools and enjoy his time there is not bad either.

"Let's see...." He opened the refrigerator.

The girl took some groceries for her to cook and brought them as she left later. His foot stepped into the kitchen, but he stopped in front of a table with a picture of someone on it.

Serena looked flat at the photo, "i'm still alive, mother," a line of thin smiles suddenly etched on her lips, "i'm trying.." she said.

A moment after that he instantly passed, returning to his original intention to cook some food. Everything is done quickly. After preparing some necessities for painting, Serena immediately went out of the house while carrying a small bag of food and carrying painting equipment.

His feet stepped down the path that began to bring him into the forest area, the sound of birds chirping and other animals seemed to welcome the arrival and also accompanied his steps.

He has known the area, since childhood he often played there with his best friend or mother. They always go there every spring to arrive, although this is the first time again for Serena as she has never come to that place again since the last few years.

"It's still the same...." He said calmly while breathing fresh air from the cool breeze.

Serena stopped her steps, she had already arrived. A vast meadow filled with Dandelion flowers, a place he used to visit with his mother.

For a long time he had not smelled the scent of grass and trees from that place, "it felt like going back in time." Sluggishly.

Some disturbing memories re-spinned in her mind, but Serena tried to brush him off as much as she could and immediately busied herself.

"Alright, let's enjoy today, Serena." He said with passion, even though it was just an attempt he made to cover up his feelings.

He spread a piece of cloth wide enough for the pedestal to sit there, as well as the food and painting equipment he carried. Serena bites an apple before starting to paint.

A small canvas and a painted pallet were ready in front of him, but he had not yet begun to brush on the plain canvas. His eyes narrowed at the sight before him, in a few moments he immediately stood up.

"Well, this is a good angle." Pleased speech.

Serena moved a little bit from where she was sitting earlier because she thought it would be difficult to paint from there. Furthermore only the silence filled by the breeze and also the chirping of birds surrounding her, the girl was now focused on the painting she made.

The sound of a broken twig surprised Serena for a moment, the girl turned her head in shock towards her back with a wary look. But all his worries disappeared as soon as he saw a bird flying up the tree from the direction of the sound he had heard earlier.

"Just be surprised." Chirp him while continuing his activities.

He refocused on his painting, until without realizing it the creature that had been watching him from the bushes was now getting closer. Very close, no sound. His feet and hands that were filled with the ground crawled slowly towards Serena, right behind her.

"ARGHHH WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THE SCRAPING?!" Serena suddenly shouted for accidentally ruining her own painting.

That shout of course made the creature behind her come in shock, a loud sound in the form of a savage growl sounded that suddenly made Serena turn her body in shock.

The girl pecked, her breathing pausing for a moment with a tense face. What he saw in front of him just now really made him shocked and confused.

But it was only for a moment, his eyes were sidetracked at the place where he had placed his bag earlier. Serena immediately stood up, a creature, no, the man took and took her bag away.

"HEYYY! A THIEF! RETURN BAGU!" Shouted Serena.

He did not know for sure what he saw, which was clearly someone of high stature and ragged clothes camping and walking like?. Forget about the monkey, he only saw the back of the man so did not know he was a man or a woman.

The girl immediately ran after him, not because of the food or the bag. But inside there is a very valuable item for him, namely a photo of his mother.

"Huh .. huh! Where is he?!" Serena gasped for breath while clutching her aching leg from running on the gravelly ground barefoot because she had taken off her shoes while painting.

He lost track of the man, plus now that he was far away from his place, he had run quite far. But his eyes caught some scattered pieces of bread and grapes, it was food from his bag.

Not far from where he was standing, a person's back was seen from behind the bushes. Serena was very sure it was the thief who took her bag earlier.

You're hiding there, huh?

He slowly stepped closer to the bush and tried not to make a sound.

Only a few steps left, his hand was ready to hit the man but now he fell down and screamed when he saw him up close.

"Akhhhh!!" Serena screamed until she fell.

The figure in front of her was a man who might be the same age as her, but what scared Serena was that the man seemed to be crazy or something.

"Gerrrr...."

The man tightly hugged the few pieces of bread and fruit he had stolen, his eyes looking at Serena sharply. I don't know what's going on right now, but he's really growling like a dog that's mad at Serena.

"Who are you?" Serena said with a scared face.