Red Apple

This Heart

As usual at breakfast this morning, Lucy was again not allowed to sit at the round table, where she usually ate. He's only allowed to eat in a reot seat near the smelly trash can... uh what a disgusting disaster!

Doni menoel Surya elbow from their table which is fairly exclusive, only for Jhansen Wijaya.

Surya nodded and giggled. In accordance with their expectations, Sani really acted although not directly, but he had told his accomplices to train Lucy to successfully suffer these few days.

“It’s not enough..” muttered Doni while cutting her cow steak gracefully, “They are like tigers who will never forgive..

Surya nodded and nodded. He can't wait for all that. Lately, he has been bored with school. I really want something exciting to happen, like in the movies.

“You laugh why the hell?” arnold Atlanta asked Jhansen Wijaya who was sitting next to Surya.

Surya looked up in shock, like a thief caught off guard. But Doni looked calmer. “Calm, bro. It’s not your business.” he said back to eat.

Arnold took a breath. He did indeed sense a strange aura within this hall. Some girls even struggle strangely, like there will be mass tightening only.

*****

Today is really an all-out war for Lucy. When he left Math class, someone threw him a rotten egg. And he was laughed at by all who were there. And again, the culprit is unknown to Lucy's eyes.

After that when he was about to go to the perpus, his body was pelted with chalk when crossing the grass garden. Lucy did not go to the perpus. He chose to take cover. His clothes had been blept chalk, the perpus keeper would not have allowed him to enter.

And last time in the hallway, he was made to fall two meters long! Lucy's really tired. At the moment, he felt that his knee was almost broken.

'OK, the game's over. Your game is not at all funny.'

Lucy complained about her sore knee, wanting to cry but was held back. He would not let his tears flow in front of those who were laughing at him.

Suddenly, a guy with a face that mixes Nick Carter and Lee DongHae, crouches in front of Lucy.

Lucy looked up in shock. 'Now, who else is this stranger??'

The guy noticed Lucy's swollen knee while thinking. He then removed the same plaster of clear plaster as Moreno's. Gently and carefully, he placed it on Lucy's knee. The guy smiled.

Lucy becomes a keki herself, suddenly there are people who help her in the middle of this hallway while others are very happy to prank and disturb her.

“Na-your name is who?”

The guy looked up. “What is the meaning of a name..”

Lucy blushed and smiled. That guy's voice really calmed him down.

The guy smiled. He stuck out his hand, “Arnold Atlanta..”.

Lucy returned the greeting. “Lucy Shiren..”

Arnold smiled, “Beautiful name..”.

Lucy blushed again. Jeez, this is the first time he's praised handsome guy!!

“Lain times we chat again yes..” said Arnold, “But now I have to go to college..”.

Lucy nodded and remembered that she had not thanked him. “Oh yes thanks...!!”

Arnold turned his head and smiled, “With pleasure..

'Oh.. She's very charm…'

Lucy stood up. He seemed to gain new strength to keep his spirit up and unyielding to face anything.

'OK, I’ll never give up…'

*****

The next morning at breakfast, Lucy comes to the hall early in the morning, even before the others arrive. The cafeteria guard was just stunned to see Lucy who came directly asking for food. Lucy does all this so she can make the nobles goiter because she can't make Lucy eat near the trash anymore.

'Anyway I won't let my pride be trampled on. Ahhaha!'

At seven o'clock Lucy finished with her morning breakfast while the other children just arrived. Lucy comes out of the hall and meets the noble women who once insulted her in the park. Lucy sneered, “I've eaten, wek, where can you laugh at me again!”

“Cih!” said one of them pretended to be indifferent even though it was hot.

Joyfully, Lucy returned to her room. He wanted to know why Yeni, his roommate, did not want to be invited to breakfast and seemed like Yeni was busy looking for something this morning.

“Yeni!” exclaim Lucy. But he was immediately flabbergasted when he saw the messy room and Yeni who was crying sobbing. “Yeni, you why?” Lucy immediately approached her friend with concern, “What exactly is missing?”

Yeni is still crying. To Lucy, this friend is like an undead. “My saving is gone all...!”

“Hah? Whahuh? How can?”

Yeni shook her head in frustration. “And the contents are already quite a lot and I collected for Mama's birthday.”.

“Yeah, Yen... I'm so sad..”.

Yeni crying again. But suddenly he stood up to make Lucy who was hugging him immediately shocked. “I want to go to Madame Rosita's room.”.

“Hah? Make what?”

“I want to ask to move rooms..”

“Eh?”

Yeni glared with her sharp and piercing eyes. “In this room there is a thief it turns out..” Yeni went to leave Lucy who was struck by the words Yeni.

'Maling…? Did he accuse me of stealing?? And... He wants to change rooms…?

Oh thank you, Yeni, you are a very good friend. when... right now I need the support of friends.. Akh!!'

**

After the incident this morning, Lucy is called Madame Rosita and sentenced without reason to clean the courtyard of Building A for a full week. And Yeni was transferred to the Bougenville Dormitory that was formerly the Dandelion Dormitory. The more upset Lucy because in Dandelion dormitory only lives herself, Yona, the crazy sleep and Rahma, the pursuer of scholarship.

In Beauxbutton, female dormitories are divided into several types. Dandelion Dormitory is the cheapest while Rose or Jasmine Dormitory is a terelit dormitory specifically for the upper class who make money.

And this afternoon Lucy cleaned out Building A's courtyard while contemplating her fate throughout the day. Yeni and Wulan who suddenly left him, the mood of learning that went down drastically, not to mention the important ga show of noble children who could not bear to work on him.

Moreno drank tea while watching the listless-looking Lucy. “He was punished again?”

While watching Lucy, Moreno saw a group of women coming to settle behind Lucy with buckets in hand, while others stood on the sidelines with other buckets

Moreno. 'What will they do…?'

Moreno immediately swallowed his answer as he watched for himself what the vile girls were doing: splashing water on Lucy's body, which even water was suspect, clean or not.

Lucy flabbergasted. He turned his head and saw his arch-nemesis these few days was completely satisfied to see him drenched.

“You.....!!!”

“Not only wet, Miss..” said the girl who from earlier was silent and held another bucket, “Guys, let’s do it!”

Like a SWAT agent or whatever, the girls immediately put on gloves. Lucy was astonished, wanting to laugh instead, what the hell was all this?

And each of them holds a clamp. While showing a look of disdain, they picked up something that was inside the bucket. Something that turns green, distorted, and smelly, is thrown at Lucy.

“Wow, hit! Got hit! Fun!” exclaim one of them while throwing his horse shit about Lucy's body.

Lucy sniffed the dirt stuck to her body. “Ih, this is horse shit!! What are you crazy?”

The others don't care, instead busy pelting Lucy with horse dung. A satisfaction of his own when hitting the target.

“Eh, you guys what the fuck?” Lucy covered her face so as not to be exposed to the horse dung that was thrown to and fro by the girls. “Stop! It smells tauk!”

Moreno could only glare at watching all of that. 'Why did they attack Lucy? Did Lucy have anything wrong with them??'

“Udah yu ah...” said one of the noble girls, “Bau nih...”

“Hihihi.. let alone him..”.

The girls immediately left Lucy laughing.

Lucy tries to clean her body full of horse dung. 'What is my fault…? Basic people who do not know the customs of manners!! Hhhhhhh!!!'

Lucy's hands clenched in anger. When he was running Madame Rosita's punishment, a bunch of girls showed up who for no reason insulted him and threw him shit.

At this moment, Lucy not only felt wet and smelly, but her heart could not stand it. Perih. He couldn't stand all the events that happened these last few days. Yeni and Wulan─ her close friends─shun him and assume he is a thief and indeed worth being bullied and shunned. Not to mention the actions of the noble girls that make Lucy lose her patience. This time he really wanted to vanish from Beauxbutton. He prefers to study in a mediocre campus, rather than here.

Lucy felt her eyes start to get wet.

Lucy crouched down while burying her head in both hands.

Moreno. 'She crying? Lucy crying?'

As if struck by lightning, this guy immediately stood up, rushing down from his recreation room on the 3rd floor to the courtyard.

When he reached the yard, Moreno was panting because he had run to get to the yard quickly, and it turned out that the person he was worried about was watering the plants. Moreno thought the girl was crying, but she was actually watering the plants. Greatable…

Lucy turned off the tap and turned around. He was shocked when he saw Moreno, let alone embarrassed because his body was still a blow.

Moreno smiled faintly at Lucy's appearance and the pungent smell of horse dung.

“Ng...” Moreno himself confused what to say.

Lucy lowered her head in, “Sorry, I have to hurry inside and take a shower.” Lucy rushed past Moreno while enduring embarrassment.

“Hei..” call that guy.

Lucy stopped but did not look.

“Other times to drink tea in my recreation room huh?”

Lucy jerks. “Iya, but not now yes... because I stink so much..” Lucy immediately flushed into the building. Moreno smiled subtly. To him the girl was more interesting.

*****

Moreno held onto his words yesterday. This afternoon, she invites Lucy to have tea in her recreation room. At first Lucy thought that Moreno was just making up about his words ‘ my recreation room’ because as far as Lucy knows, each dormitory has one recreation room, not one person has one recreation room right?

But Lucy can only be stunned when entering the recreation room that Moreno referred to. The room is 2 times larger than the Dandelion Dormitory recreation room. And moreover, the furniture is luxurious and classy.

“Do all noble children get this kind of preferential treatment?” lucy asked innocently as the two maids came to bring tea.

“Not really. Only Jhansen Wijaya who has been in college who got a private recreation room.. but there are many other children who have a personal assistant like me.”.

Lucy nodded. 'Wahh.'

“You what cake?”

“Ng, anything…. Origin don't be too sweet.”

Moreno smiling. He then said something to his assistant to bring some cake.

Lucy looked around. The room that exuded a lonely aura. 'Is this room just Moreno occupying it? Didn't his other cousins visit? Oh yes, every one of them who has gone to college already has their own recreation room…'

Lucy looked into Moreno's eyes drinking the tea. He tried to cover both eyes. Lucy concluded the man was lonely.

“What?” moreno asked as the gap continued to be intensely noticed.

“Moreno, what are you..”.

“Call me Chris only..” cut the guy flat.

Chris? “Ng, Chris...” Lucy bit her lip, she forgot to say what was so enchanted by Moreno's little call.

“What? What did you say?”

“Ng..

Chris laughed loudly. “Lupa? Not a minute, right?”

Lucy laughed softly. It feels a little strange, even though Lucy tries to forget this guy, but can't. This guy is precisely what exists when Lucy feels really lonely in her grief in Beauxbutton.

“Do you know the reason why you were bullied by those girls?” ask Chris suddenly.

“Heh?” Lucy dumb. “Kok you know... I got bullied.?”

Chris laughed softly. “I saw when you were watered and.. pelted with dirt...”.

Lucy smiled groggy. Very embarrassed of course. “I don't know either... Is it because I envy them? Haha...” Lucy laughs blandly. What was it that made those noble girls envious of him??

Chris looked at Lucy. He doesn't know what makes Lucy fucked people. But. Chris will do something to clean this up. “I'll help.. Just relax...”.

“Eh, what? Help what?”

“I'll tell them to stop working on you..”.

“Eh, no need, Moreno─em, I mean─Chris..

Chris smiled. “We're done right?”

“Emh yahh...” Friend? 'A word that people rarely say to me these days… '

“Kalo so, as a friend I will act something to nolong you.”.

Lucy just nodded. His heart immediately pounded. Prince Jhansen Wijaya this one actually won the heart of Lucy even though Lucy knows that this guy has been dating another girl.

*****

The next day Chris really held onto his words yesterday. He sends a message to the girls he sees pelting Lucy with dirt. The contents of the SMS are simple, just saying that he does not want to see a small commotion between girls in Beauxbutton, because otherwise… Chris will not hesitate to use the name Jhansen Wijaya to do something extreme on the girls. Of course the SMS was directly spread to the girls of the nobility. Everything's horrified. Can Moreno Christopher send this kind of SMS? Really horrendous. Then no one else dared to prank Lucy. Everything was going on as usual as before the Moreno and Lucy photo case.

Lucy noticed this change in atmosphere. He was not looked at with spite when in the corridor, or bullied at lunch or used as a scapegoat to be punished Madame Rosita. 'Oh my God! Everyone doesn't prank me anymore…'

But there are some things that may not be changed. Yeni and Wulan are still away from him. Lucy so think does Yeni still consider him a thief?

Lucy could not hide her happiness. So when he passed Chris, Lucy immediately smiled broadly.

“Thank you sooo much!!”

Chris smiled, unable to bear to see Lucy who smiled so sincerely at him. “Make what?”

“Ga need to pretend not to know..” murmured Lucy, “I have not been bullied again, Moreno Christopher.... Yuhuu!!”

Chris laughed softly. “Good deh..”

Lucy replied with a shy smile. “As a thank you, later during tea time, can I go to my dorm? I'll meet you special.”

“Oh yes? With what, Miss Shiren?” Chris is shaking his waist silly.

“I have a special tea recipe, which will not be in Beauxbutton. Ng, I will also make you Mochtar family round bread!”

Chris muck. “OK, okay, I'm interested.. Later I will come.”.

“Bener yes?” lucy asked, not realizing that she was the one who expected this guy to come closer to her.

“Iya..” Chris smiled gently, “I go first yes, still have to go to college... Bye..”

“Dahh!!” said Lucy very excited. His smile was still so wide even though Chris was gone.

Suddenly Lucy remembered.

'Gosh, Lucy... You're not crazy, are you?

I invited Chris, Jhansen Wijaya?? And he accepted my invitation?

He has a girlfriend, Lucy Bodooohh!!'

Lucy was shaking her own head. I'm such a fool!

'But..... might it be okay if only close friends? Besides, I know that my feelings can't be reciprocated.

Huh. My broken heart's…'

**

Chris could not sleep that night. He kept thinking about Lucy and all the events of today. Today's tea hour is so different for him. Today he does not drink his own tea, but is accompanied by Lucy, even the girl to make him a round bread (sweet wet cake with milk and chocolate).

This afternoon they talked a lot and it felt good. Chris felt like he had never talked this much to anyone else in Beauxbutton. Chris is so happy. Strangely, in his heart was a flowery taste.

He pulled out his agendabook─his diary. Chris is happy to express his feelings through writing, for example when he feels lonely in his family, about his problem with Sani, his true feelings for his brother and others. And since yesterday, what he wrote in this book always leads to his feelings for Lucy, his new friend. He was confused about what to write. Finally, he wrote only :

“What is this heart?”

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