Dusk In Moorea

HR#22

"Leon, stop for a second." Said Arumi while braking her steps.

"What's up ?" Leon was confused. Her steps came to a halt by force when Arumi held her hand.

"I want that." Point Arumi at a booth that sells a variety of ice cream flavors.

"All right, let's buy it." Leon shuffles Arumi's hair. He was really anxious at the behavior of Arumi who was so childlike since entering this place.

Since then, the girl always wanted to stop by to buy anything she thought was funny. Starting from a bando with ears like a flaming minnie mouse, keychain, picture t-shirt, and now he also bought ice cream in the form of a mickey mouse.

"Why don't you buy it too ?" Arumi asked while paying attention to the shape of ice cream she ordered.

"If I want, I can ask you later."

"Can't." Arumi's fast. Reflex, the girl immediately kept her ice cream out of Leon's reach.

"Good God, Aru ! I won't take yours if you don't share." Said Leon chuckling.

"really ?"

"really." Reply Leon reassured.

A few seconds later, Leon is again made to wonder by Arumi's strange behavior. The girl just kept quiet while watching her ice cream without any intention of eating. In fact, the ice cream was almost melted because it was just let go by the owner.

"Why not eat ?"

"Honey. It's too pretty."

Leon patted his forehead unconsciously. Jesus ! Is Arumi joking, or is this girl so innocent. He didn't want to eat his ice cream just because it was too dear to see its shape ? C'mon ! Leon almost got a stomachache from laughing.

"Why are you laughing ?"

"Aru, if you don't eat your ice cream now, then he'll just melt for free. Better just spend it now." Leon's Advice.

"But..." Arumi's eyes looked pityfully at the ice cream she was holding.

"Eat only. Ice cream is made to eat, not to be noticed."

"Leon !" Sizzle Arumi angry. The man had always been making fun of Aru without the slightest feeling.

* * *

"You don't want to go inside ?" Arumi offered shortly after Leon escorted her to the front gate of the mansion belonging to the Aldric family.

"No need. It's late, it's not good if I see you at this late hour."

Arumi then nodded confirming Leon's words. The man was right. It's getting late and Leon is better off getting home before the Aldric family realizes his whereabouts.

"Then, thank you again. It was really fun." The girl said sincerely.

"Don't thank me first, Aru ! Because tomorrow, our date is still going to go on." Seringai Leon was full of hidden plans.

"Yes. There are still four days left to date, and on the last day, I want you to answer my feelings while on the island of Moorea first."

"Leon..."

"Don't refuse, Aru ! Let the next 4 days give you time to think. I know that you must think I'm just kidding you, but trust me. I really mean it. I like you, Aru. Very." Very."

Leon's eye bead implies the earnestness that Arumi can find in there. Until the girl's mouth could only be silent and could not comment anymore. It wasn't Leon who didn't have the chance to be with him. However, he is the one who really does not have a chance with a man as perfect as Leon.

Handsome, friendly, smiling, rich, the son of a distinguished man, and the descendant of nobility. The man is a complete package that represents more than just the word perfect. That man is a gift. A gift for a lucky woman, but unfortunately it is certainly not Arumi.

The girl knows herself enough. What does he have to be worth Leon's worth ? Foolish, weak, unattended, easy to use, and a widow. Which part of him deserves the love of a man as perfect as Leon ? In fact, even in a dream it feels so impossible.

Unknowingly, a drop of clear crystal escaped from his eyes. And immediately, the man he had daydreamed moved rubbing the clear liquid from Arumi's pretty face with his thumb. Leon fused his forehead with Arumi's forehead while closing his eyes.

"Don't be afraid of my love, Aru ! I promise to give you the happiness you never felt from your ex-husband. Please, trust me." Lirih Leon is full of gentleness.

And in the end, jebol already dike that Arumi deliberately made to stem the overflow of his feelings on Leon. Leon's sentence just successfully ravaged Arumi's heart so that the girl was washed away and dissolved in the sweet promise that Leon said.

The girl's cry was getting louder. Only this time did he feel considered meaningful and treated sincerely by someone other than Charlie and his parents. In fact, Irgi when he was with her before, never treated Arumi as valuable as Leon did.

And, Leon who was also equally swept up in Arumi's charm and fragility, completely forgot an important fact. The promise he had mentioned earlier, was impossible for him to keep. He forgot that he had an engagement with the girl his father had chosen since childhood.

* * *

"Hey, Aru ! Where have you been ?" Charlie asked who almost made Arumi's heart jump out.

Just now he turned on the room light that was originally dead, but the first one he met was Charlie who was sitting on the bed without making a sound since.

"Char, you really want to kill me ?" Arumi then took a pillow and threw it at Charlie.

With ease, Charlie catches the pillow that Arumi throws and sharpens his gaze even more on Arumi who looks flowery.

"Honestly, Aru ! Where are you from and with whom ?"

"none. I'm just from the boutique. Not anywhere."

"I told you not to lie." Charlie was half annoyed.

"I'm overtime, Char. You know, if I was busy working on a wedding dress belonging to one of the VVIP visitors at the boutique ?"

"really ? You're not lying ?" Charlie asked doubtfully. Honestly, he half believed in Arumi. The tomboyish girl made sense with Arumi's answer, but also felt that there was something odd about Arumi's facial expression. Since when do overtime people look happy when they come home ?

"Of course."

"alright. But, next time if overtime again, call home. Daddy and Mommy have been worrying about you ever since."

"Yes. Sorry, Char !" The girl was sorry. So engrossed in playing, he forgot to tell the house people that he would be late to come home. So, it's only natural that Charlie seems riled up and deliberately waits for him until he gets home.

The Aldric family knows that Arumi only knows the way between the mansion to Lady Nastya's boutique. The rest, the girl did not paddle her way anywhere anymore. Why ? Because Arumi is never out and will only leave if someone invites. Meanwhile, Charlie if the day is difficult to be taken away because the tomboy girl must go to college. And sometimes, the schedule can be up to night.