MY LOVELY AUTHOR'S

MY BELOVED AUTHOR PART 1

            “Anu. . . Brother Rama?” call me when Nara is still busy putting my makeup on with her various makeup kits.

            “Ya, Miss Asha.” Brother Rama who was about to follow Arata, immediately stopped his footsteps and turned to look at me.

            “I-it. . . This why should I give? Why should I go after Arata? W-what should I say later?” I asked with both of my hands shaking from nervousness and not knowing what to do.

            Brother Rama looked at me with a gentle smile. Brother Rama holds my shoulder and looks at me through the mirror in front of me. “Pull deep breath, Miss Asha.”

            I did what Brother Rama asked and took a slow and deep breath.

            “Now exhale quickly, Miss Asha.”

            Once again I did what Brother Rama asked of me and exhaled my breath quickly. Brother Rama then asked me to repeat the two things three times and suddenly my shaking hand had now stopped.

            “Now Arata is explaining the situation. After this, Miss Asha only needs to answer the question that Arata asked and answer if Arata gave her permission. Miss Asha just needs to believe in Arata and Arata together with our spokesperson will definitely get it done well, Miss Asha.” The explanation of Rama sounds so easy. But considering the incident and all the eyes that were staring at me, I felt that the situation that awaited me was not as easy as Kak Rama said.

            “A-Did my arrival here bring trouble to Arata? W-why after this Arata will get into trouble and lose all his work because of me?” I asked while imagining some scenes in the dramas I saw on TV that mostly depict the love of actors and ordinary people would make the actor lose his popularity.

            “For that, Miss Asha need not worry. Miss's arrival here won't bring any problems to Arata's work and his career. I as her manager have predicted every possibility that will happen since Arata asked me to clear Miss.”'s name Brother Rama smiled at me from the mirror and whispered. “Miss need to know before this I am the manager of Actor Rangga who is known to be troubled and always likes to find sensation. If you have to compare, what Arata is doing now is only a small part of the actions of Actor Rangga and I still easily finish it, Miss. Now. . All Miss needs to do is make yourself Miss calm.”

            I nodded my head as I exhaled again and this time it was longer than before. I just need to calm down and Arata will finish it.

            Five minutes passed and Nara had finished the makeup on my face just like Kak Rama had requested.

            “Kak, done?”

            “Good, Nara. Nice work. This simple makeup really makes Miss Asha look very beautiful and graceful.” Brother Rama then extended his arm to me to help me walk towards the podium where Arata is currently. “Mari, Miss. I'll take Miss to the podium.”

            I received Brother Rama's arm and walked with him towards where Arata was. Along the way, Brother Rama just fell silent as if trying to give me time to calm myself.

            “Give an answer according to Miss's mind. Arata, the spokesperson and I, will finish the rest, miss. Once this press conference is over, the scandal plaguing Miss and Arata will be over. Then for those who are irresponsible and dare to ruin Miss's name, will pay for their deeds because in my hands and Arata there is already evidence for their deeds.”

            As soon as he arrived near the podium, Rama said those words to me to calm me down.

            After replying to Brother Rama, I walked up to the podium and sat right beside Arata. Now all the eyes, all the attention, all the cameras and all the lights are pointing at me like I'm an important star today like Arata.

            “Author Wallflower, regarding the meeting of Miss and Mr Arata, is it true as Mr Arata said before? You guys met before you were both as famous as you are now?” ask Reporter 1.

            “Yes, that's right. We did meet, but at that time I did not recognize Arata at all,” I replied with a little nervousness.

            “Why doesn't Miss recognize Mr Arata? The handsome and charming face of Mr. Arata, will definitely leave an impression on anyone who sees it.” This time the question came out of the mouth of reporter 2.

             I looked at Arata who was sitting next to me and saw him smiling at me. That smile managed to shake off a bit of my nervousness. “That's because Winnie The Pooh is in her head. When we met, Arata wore the Winneie The Pooh costume on his head and kept me from seeing his face. Today. . . I myself just found out if we ever met long before our meeting in my book signature event.”

            Hearing my answer, whispers rang out from Arata's fans who were behind the reporter. I don't know what's on their minds, but seeing the smiles on their lips, I don't think their minds are as bad as my own.

            “Then can Miss explain the hug Mr Arata gave to Miss? What did that hug mean?” Reporter 4 asked the question and it made me nervous again.

            I looked at Arata with a puzzled look because I didn't know what to give the answer to that question. Rather. . . Arata smiled as if the question was no big deal to him. Why were you hugging me? I would love to ask Arata that question. Unfortunately. . Our current situation does not allow me to ask him.

            Arata grabbed his microphone and started talking in my place. “Let me answer that question. I hugged Author Wallflower because I previously made a request to her.”

            “What request is it, Mr Arata?” Reporter 1 asked quickly.

            “I asked him to come here and run to me, if Author was touched by the secret of our meeting. I hugged him because I didn't expect Author Wallflower to actually come here.” Arata then turned his head to look at me still with a smile on his lips. “Now because Author already knows the reason I always want to be close to Author. I want to make a confession to Author.”

            “What confession do you mean, Arata??” Unknowingly my mouth just spoke and forgot about our current situation.

            “I liked Author since our first meeting. All this time. . I've been trying to be famous to find an Author. That day. . . The author left me only two clues: you're the author and Wallflower's first book. My goal has always been to carry the book because I hope the giver will remember it. I even purposely joined Author wallflower fan club to find you. But unfortunately. . the giver did not remember the book at all until I had to make various efforts to attract your attention and to always be by your side.” Arata looked at me and made me really the center of attention of everyone who was there. Even the crowded atmosphere that should have arisen by Arata fans, now sounded silent as if they also wanted to hear Arata's confession.

            “What do you want by making that confession, Arata?”

            “Just like Author thinks of me as your lucky star, I think of you as my lucky star, Author. Then it was my saying that I would be the only real person in the world who would give you symbiotic mutualism, this time I will make it happen. Now in front of everyone who is watching this show and everyone who is here, I want to ask you, Author. Be my lover, Author Wallflower!”