Mentari in the Night Sky

The Past: The Near End

"Oh.. Lord. What's with William's handsome face?!" doctor Margaret said in a tone that was actually quite exaggerated. Doctor Margaret also walked up to William leaving me alone with Doctor Esme observing his friend's childish behavior. Doctor Margaret tried to see the wound on William's face which was immediately pushed aside by William.

"You're not my doctor."

"It's still this cold?"

"Doctor Margaret, let's go" said Dr. Esme as she walked up to Dr. Margaret and pulled her away from William.

"Ken Parker?!" doctor Margaret cried out in surprise to see a figure she never thought would be in this house.

"You two are fighting? Your faces... Oh my, you three got into a fight?" ask Dr. Margaret as soon as Arthur comes in. I would also give the same response as him if I only saw from the faces of the three men who were covered in wounds. Unfortunately I know for sure the reason behind those injuries.

"Margareth!!!!!" doctor Esme's screams made us all stare at her.

"alright. Let's go,” replied Doctor Margaret, giving up after not getting any response from the three men.

"Zeta, for today Doctors do not prescribe any drugs. Spend the medicine before" said Dr. Esme before finally leaving in our presence.

"Zeta," call William as soon as I try to get my foot out of the living room.

"Yes?"

"Alvin asked how you were doing. Is your phone dead?"

"Ah. I forgot to feed my phone."

"What should I send him back?"

"Tell him I'll call him after feeding my cell phone."

"All right."

I really can't stand this awkward atmosphere. I walked closer to the three men sitting down and sat with them. I took out the P3K box and treated the wound on William's face for the first time after finding out his face was covered with wounds. As soon as he showed me his face, he said that he had just sparred with Uncle Stephan and suddenly fell down. If I didn't know what happened last night, I would have trusted him.

"Didn't mom tell you not to wash your face after applying the medicine?" I asked while closing the P3K box angrily when I finished applying the medicine.

"And you two, you're not in school?" ask me to come back with an angry tone this time I aimed for Arthur and Ken.

"Wouldn't it cause a lot of new gossip if Ken and I went to school?"

I can't argue with the answer Arthur gave me. I just turned my eyes together before finally moving to where Arthur was sitting and re-treating the wound on his lips. I think he kept biting his lips until the blood kept coming out and the wound didn't dry out. I want to put a water-repellent plaster on his lips.

"What about me?" ken asked to make both of my brothers immediately put on their bullying faces. A pillow floated towards him, of course it was William's doing. Back a pillow throw led to him, this time by Arthur as soon as I finished applying the medicine to his lips.

"Obati himself" said Arthur as he placed the P3K box into Ken's lap.

"Why is anyone faster this time?" william asked as soon as he saw me again trying to leave the family room. I asked one passing housekeeper to charge my dead cell phone since last night.

"I can't tell Brother."

"I'm sorry Zeta."

"May I ask you something?"

"Sure, but why is everyone asking me permission to ask you something now?" reply me while fixing my sitting position to make it more comfortable.

"Do you really love Alvin?"

Arthur and Ken looked straight at me. Questions that are intended for me but also have an impact on others. The reason William asked that question was because he wanted to make sure if in the future I knew the truth about Alvin who was the father's biological son, I wouldn't suffer too much. I really wanted to tell her that even now I know that the man who filled my heart is my own brother. I really wanted to tell him.

"I've already told him if I love him," my reply back followed with the worried gazes of the three men in this room.

"Sheeta..."

"We don't have any relationship. I'm just saying if I love her, nothing more. Saying love to someone doesn't mean being in a relationship with them, does it?" cut me.

"But expressing love to someone is the same as giving him hope for a relationship. Even those who are merely giving attention without any intention can be mistaken as hopefuls. Didn't I ever tell you not to carelessly give your favorite lollipop?" william said in his high tone.

"William."

"Sister William."

William ignored the two calls addressed to him. He looked at me with a look of anger and worry. I only returned that look for a few seconds. I could not and did not dare to return that angry and worried look for longer. I turned my attention to the little doll that was under the table, the mother doll that my father gave me. Mother always looked after the doll attentively but at this time the doll turned into a doll that had no value whatsoever. Is in the eyes of the mother now the same father as the doll?

"Sister, when I said I loved her, Brother Alvin knew the statement was a farewell."

"What do you mean?"

"There are times when expressing love means ending everything. Saying love has meaning in the existence of a new relationship. Everyone is only focused on the happy ending of the new relationship and they do not realize that separation is also a new relationship that can be established" I said followed by a bitter smile.

This time I took my foot out of the living room into my room. Seeing how William's face was so hearing my words, it didn't seem like it would take long for him to know if I already knew all the truth about father. It's only a matter of time until he really knows everything.

I turned on my phone as soon as I got to my room. I stared at the wide open window and let the morning air into the room. The morning air that was able to cool me down was now turned into night air that suffocated me. It's sad when something can change so quickly in just a matter of nights.

Ting.

Ting.

Ting.

The sound of incoming messages continues to sound as soon as my phone is on.

'Zeta, today I am going to Japan for a few days because of some sudden business. I won't be able to be contacted during those days and I'm sorry I won't be able to send you flowers or a piano. Instead, I'll ask you out on a date this Saturday. Meet me at daycare. If you have read my message and agree, just reply with the word ‘ya’, but if you have read my message and disagree then ignore this message. Bye bye.'

'Yes', I sent you one word. One word that will change everything.

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