Flowers In Summer, Trouvaille 2

Old Photos and Memories

Mark finished his lunch. The secretary had also tidied up his master's room again. In his work chair in slow motion Mark pulled one of the drawers trying to find a pen. But suddenly the man's gaze was fixed on a photo that he had not seen for a long time. The pain is now ambushing, approaching the man's chest.

Memories of the man revolve back to the events of a few years ago.

The Flash Back

Korea summer 2013

Today is Mark's first day as a student at one of the country's top universities. Although both parents did not limit Mark's dream, in the sense that they gave his son full freedom to choose the campus and the country he wanted to study, but Mark chose to stay in Korea.

If you're curious about Mark's reasons, of course Tania's. The little girl he loved so much. The girl who is now legally his girlfriend, although they have not dared to admit his relationship before the family of both parties.

Mark has been in class for 10 minutes. The originally quiet classroom is now changing crowded because students are busy getting to know each other. While Mark was only focusing on his phone, he was busy exchanging short messages with Tania.

The classroom was suddenly silent, Mark who was aware of this change immediately turned his head forward and found that a middle-aged man was already standing there. The teacher has entered.

"Everyone.welcome to this campus, before we start the lesson I would like to introduce your friends who are from Indonesia. Miss Annasya Lionita, please introduce yourself." said the Lecturer as the opening sentence.

The whole class was back in stitches, whispering from all directions, until finally someone spoke up.

"Good morning everyone, my name is Annasya Lionita. You can call me Anna or Ann, I hope we can be good friends. Please help." said one girl in English.

After looking down saluted, the girl stood up straight and smiled at the rest of the class.

"Well, do you speak Korean?" ask some men from behind.

"Little." replied the girl with a flushed face of embarrassment.

"I'll be your friend. Make friends with me." cheered a man from behind.

"Do you have a boyfriend." attack the other students.

"Don't bother her." this time the voice came from one of the women in the class.

"You jealous?" the man who asked the boyfriend of a foreign student attacked the girl who forbade her from interfering.

"Thank you guys. I beg for help." said Anna in Korean very carefully.

"cool.." screams a girl heard Anna's words.

Anna finally decided to sit in one of the empty seats. Unfortunately, the empty seats are only in the front row. Or rather, the front row is only inhabited by one student, who looks like a bule. So Anna chose to sit in the front row parallel to the man.

"Wait a minute, this guy's bule, right? why didn't he introduce himself?". Anna asked in her heart while listening to the lecturer teach.

Although taught in Korean, Anna can still understand the material presented. This girl is not able to speak fluently in Korean, but her hearing and reading skills are much better. Anna chose to forget about the bule man for a while, she wanted to focus on the material in front of her.

 

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The class was over, with Anna hurriedly moving closer to Mark.

"Every foreign student should get along." Inner anna.

Mark who felt that the foreign figure was approaching towards him immediately felt a little anxious.

"What do you want?" Mark asked inwardly as he sped up his movements compiling the books on the table.

"Hi.." the girl's voice greeted him, causing Mark's movements to slow down.

The smell of the air around him turned even sweeter and fresher.

"Did she shower with perfume?" oceh Mark in his heart, until his movements slowed down.

"Hi, I'm anna, can you tell me your name?" Anna asked in english.

"I'm Mark." replied the man in Korean without replying to Anna's hand.

"It's very arrogant" attacked Anna in the discussion of Indonesia.

"What?" asked Mark who did not understand while stepping off his desk.

"Can we communicate in English? You are also a foreign student. But your Korean language skills are also amazing. Cool." praise Anna at length while tailing behind Mark's back.

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"Mark, are you from Europe? Which country? English, Dutch, German, French? Ah, I think you're from Australia." Anna was back to babbling as she pleased.

"Crazy girl, why speak and speak as you please?" Reply Mark in the heart.

"Mark, why are you just quiet? ah. You must be hungry. Want to eat something? But it's not lunchtime yet. Did you miss your breakfast? It must be hard for you to live far from your parents. Is this your first time? I do too. I can guess the longing you now feel for your family and your hometown. However, don't miss your meal, Mark. Maintaining health is very important, especially when we are separated from the family, do not make them worry. We must be able to take care of ourselves." said Anna at length, there was a tinge of sympathy drawn in every word she said.

"Basic strange girl. Wear show sok know. Stop following me weird..." Mark's protest in heart.

"Mark, let's eat." Anna had already pulled Mark's arm and brought the man in a direction.

"Your strength is strong. Are you really a girl?" Inner Mark without realizing that without being commanded his body instead followed the direction of Anna's steps.

Anna and Mark are now sitting on one of the park benches. Mark frowned confused, realizing where they were.

"Didn't you want to eat?" mark asked clarifying his hearing.

"Of course." Anna replied casually while taking something out of her bag.

"Why are we even here? Should we go to the cafeteria?" ask Mark again.

"No need to go to the cafeteria. We can share my supplies." Anna said as she opened her food box.

Mark watched the girl sitting next to him. The girl opened the food box on the garden table. Two boxes of fruit and sandwiches. There was a strange feeling running into his heart. The air around him still felt very sweet and fragrant.

"Are you showering with perfume this morning?" mark asked as he grabbed the sandwich shared by Anna.

"Of course not. You think I'm lacking a job?" anna replied relaxedly.

"Where did you buy this sandwich?" mark asked after biting the sandwich in his hand.

"I didn't buy it. I made it." Anna replied in a relaxed manner.

Mark's heart suddenly thumped. Other than her mother, this was the first time she had eaten something prepared by another woman.

"Wait a minute.. Does it feel so bad?" anna's scream was like realizing something while grabbing Mark's hand until the sandwich in Mark's hand suddenly fell scattered.

"You dropped Annasya." protested Mark.

"I was unintentional. Sorry." said Anna.

"Why touch my hand all of a sudden?" Mark still shows his looks. Either because of a falling sandwich or his hand being touched.

"I'm afraid it doesn't taste good." Anna said with a sad face.

"It feels so good. You weird girl." Inner Mark.

"Because you surprised me until the sandwich in my hand fell, it was all mine." Mark said, grabbing Anna's box sandwich.

"I'm still hungry" the girl whined unwillingly.

"You can ask me."

"You want to share with me?"

"Depending on how expertly you begged me to share it with you."

"I'll think about it later. Now let me finish this fruit." Anna began to eat the fruit she was also carrying.

"Don't eat by yourself, you stingy bitch." protested Mark.

Finally Anna shared a box of fruit with the stranger. While Mark was back at war with his regret at Anna who had been noisy like a bird chirping in the morning.

...to be continued...

POV Author

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