Red Apple

Arnold Atlanta J W

Since then, Lucy has been reluctant to talk to Chris. The guy chose to do the same. Although Jack? I don't know if he's been around since Chris beat him to death.

So this is where Lucy, spending her time in the garden perpus by reading books. He felt he had no friends anymore. Yeni and Wulan went somewhere, maybe they had forgotten about him as friends.

“Lucy Shiren?”

Lucy looked up from behind the book. He saw a man with glasses who he seemed to have met. “Ya?”

“Ga remember yes?” ask the guy smiling sweetly, “Arnold Atlanta.”.

Lucy sat up straight. He forgot that name. The one who made his chest flutter, right?? “Almost forgot you used glasses..”.

Arnold laughs. He took off his glasses. Well, even though to Lucy the guy looks cute with glasses. “Read a book here often?”

Lucy fell silent. “Ngga also. But again crumbs..”.

Arnold stunned, “Ke cafe yuk?”

Lucy accepted the offer. For him Arnold is not like a bad guy or a good masked man like Jack who is actually happy to strangle his neck.

“So-so... how does the story get to your cheeks getting bruised like this?” arnold asked after drinking his coffee.

“Hah?” Lucy was just worried that her cheeks were still swollen and blue and also her temples were plastered. “Yahh... length..”.

Arnold smiled. The smile that made Lucy couldn't stand it. “Yea, I'm ready to be a listener..”.

Lucy let out a breath. “Tau Chris right?”

Arnold cringing.

“Ah yes, I mean Moreno Christopher! Who does not know Jhansen Wijaya?!”

Arnold who was initially stunned immediately smiled amusedly, “You’re right.”

Lucy took a breath, she wanted to tell him all this deepness of her heart. “I know him in Chemistry courses, we sit next to each other. Wellh, I initially thought of him as a commoner, as a friend.” Lucy rolled her eyes, “Dan…” Lucy makes a sound like a vomiting person when remembering let alone telling all this.

Arnold just took a slow swipe. “And came his cousin who I thought should be taken to a psychiatrist!”

“Who?” arnold asked seriously.

“Jack Putra Jhansen Wijaya. Yes, I know you must have heard it because among girls he was given the name Prince Jack. Yaik. And you know what? That man has twice almost killed me.”

“What?” Arnold's voice did not even sound so shocked.

“He once strangled me until I had neck pain for two days. He asked me to stay away from Chris, uh I mean Moreno. The second time was crazier. She hit me twice on the cheek with the thick book in my room. Look at my face like this.”

“He did that?” Arnold's face seemed to harden and angry.

Lucy just snorted, “And always he said that I should stay away from Chris, even he to offer me money.”

Arnold could only look at Lucy. Speechless.

“And luckily, I didn't know it was a coincidence or not, Chris came and he got angry and punched Jack in the face. And I fainted because I couldn't bear the pain.”

“Then?” ask Arnold nanar.

“For him I was already in Chris' room. There is already Lulu, cousin Chris, nurse is also another cousin who sleeps on the sofa, which I do not know his name.” Lucy's face immediately turned irritated, he said, “And on that day I knew that Chris was a playboy cap papaya! Sani. I think you must know that beautiful noble womanhe came and maybe Jealous saw me, he came out with an angry face. The Moreno was directly after him, persuading him with a dreadful seduction.” Lucy stopped talking. Tired also if talking continues without rest, let alone talking with a mengkel heart. “I'm just sick of him!”

Arnold was still dumbfounded by all of Lucy's stories. For a while he was silent, but finally said, “In this world there are different types of human characters… There are also those who do not want to care about the affairs of others, all he thinks is personal interests and groups Arnold sighed when he realized that the person was Moreno, his cousin. “But there are also good, caring for others, not selfish, free but still follow the existing norms, can take care of themselves, not carried away by the flow.” Arnold smiled, and, “And that person is in front of you now.”

“Huuu..” Lucy pats Arnold's arm but laughs too.

“What is clear, Lucy, everyone has a space and a side that we do not know at all. We may consider him a jerk but who knows it turns out there is a space that he always covers that no one else wants to know..”.

Lucy smiled wryly, “You defended her huh?”

Arnold immediately laughed, “Who said? I'm speaking in general..”.

Lucy smile. He drank his hot chocolate again. Today he found a pleasant, connected and moral interlocutor.

*****

Since that incident, Lucy and Arnold have grown more familiar. They often meet in broad daylight in the garden in front of the library.

Even at dinner today, Lucy who was eating herself was shocked as Arnold Atlanta sat beside her with a smile.

“Cock eat here?” lucy asked somewhat stammeredly. The question is so strange.

“Lho? Can't you?”

“Ngga. What table do you usually eat at? Rarely see.”

“Yeah, eat with men-preachers.” Arnold said sambol devoured the dinner he brought.

Lucy glanced at the guy next to her who was eating so voraciously. Lucy smiled, she also finally had an acquaintance alias a close friend who is not Jhansen Wijaya. (Lucy doesn't know that Arnold is Jhansen Wijaya.).

So happy, Lucy took the red apple in her lap and placed it in front of Arnold's face.

Arnold stunned. “Kok know I like red apples?”

Lucy was stunned, “I don't know. Just intending to give dessert.”

Arnold chuckles. “Both inget well if I really like red apples...”

At Arnold's words, Lucy remembers the red apple that Chris gave her when Lucy had not had breakfast. 'Why do these two men have any resemblance?'

“Enak yes you can red apples as dessert.” mumbled Arnold while stroking apples. “If our table is given wine or pear. Yaiks.”

Lucy frowning, “Lho? What table are you at? How can dessert be different?”

Arnold smiled faintly. He is lazy to talk about this. “You just know that sometimes dessert every table is distinguished?” More precisely the table of nobles and nobles right?

Lucy just nodded innocently. “O so, new tau..”

“Means you should often bring me apples yes..”

Lucy smiled, “If the matter is easy.”

*****

This afternoon, as usual, Lucy waited for Arnold in the library's front garden with a red apple on her lap. Lucy used to take this fruit from the kitchen canteen. Hehe. So he often makes Arnold happy with the tiny souvenirs.

Lucy was sitting under a tree, seriously reading an encyclopedia book while waiting for Arnold to come.

Suddenly a man came. Lucy did not look at all so absorbed in reading. Spontaneously he instantly gave the man a red apple.

“Tau if I like red apples?”

Lucy immediately flinched. He knew it wasn't Arnold's voice but Chris's!! Lucy looked at the man standing in front of her.

Chris smiled and sat down next to Lucy. Lucy felt her stutter relapse. He wants to get angry or scratch the face of the playboy on this one but he even dig-degan.

“I feel different with you..” says Chris.

Lucy can only swallow. What does this prince mean??

“It feels different now...” continued Chris stared blankly ahead, “It looks like we are not like before..”.

Lucy smiled blandly. 'What changed everything is you!!'

“Indeed it should be different... Our world is different.. And I..” Lucy lowered her head, “..... never again want to deal with Jhansen Wijaya.”

Chris swallowed his heart deeply. “Yeah..” Chris is eager to tear apart Beauxbutton so upset when he remembers the names of his cousins against him who mention him as a Papa doll. He wanted to change that, but he couldn't, not his own father.

Chris turned his head, looking at Lucy's slightly bruised cheek. “Your wounds..” Chris's hand tries to touch Lucy's cheek gently but Lucy reflexes to dodge a few inches, not to be touched.

“.... already healed..?”

“Udah is no longer sick..” replied Lucy slowly.

“Oh...” Chris looks back at the scenery in front of him. “It looks like you are waiting for people.”.

“Ya...” Lucy said honestly to reply to her heartache last time, “Cowok... and not Jhansen Wijaya..”.

Chris was not smiling at all.

Lucy glanced at the guy next to her who kept quiet. Lucy thinks that if Chris wasn't a playboy; getting close to her and dating Sani, Lucy would have been closer to Chris. 'But right.. U-ugh!! Bummer!!' Considering this Lucy is heartache.

Chris stood up with a red apple in his hand. “Good luck yes with the man.” Chris just smiled and left Lucy. The girl was a bit sad as well, given what had happened between them, which eventually ran aggrieved at Lucy's side.

Five minutes later, Arnold arrived. “Hei!”

Lucy looked over and smiled immediately.

“So at the door of Building E, guess who I cross paths with?”

Lucy held her breath. Don't let Arnold say….

“Moreno-mu it...” says Arnold flat, “So you guys chat huh?”

“Ya.. But it is not important.. I'm sorry if I have to tell you again..”.

Lucy is full of guilt, “Sorry.. Tomorrow I will take from the kitchen canteen, two apples.”.

Arnold laughs. “Kidding-joking. How's your wound, Sweety?”

If Lucy had dodged when her cheek would have been touched by Chris, this time she would have let Arnold touch her cheek. “Udah does not hurt anymore.. but it is still blue anyway.”.

“A minute is definitely gone..”

Lucy nodded. He remembered that he wanted to show off the book he was reading. “Liat deh, in this book the horse race is very cool right?? He said the quality horse alone can be up to one Billion!”

Arnold watched Lucy who was still amazed. He's wondering if this girl doesn't know that Beauxbutton also has a horse race?? Arnold immediately ngeuh if the place is not open to the public, only for the top nobles who have golden members in Beauxbutton. So it's only fitting that Lucy doesn't know anything. “Hei... would you like to take me to a place that is fun not?”

Lucy looks. “Lho instead of outside holidays we are prohibited out of school?”

Arnold chuckled, “Unfortunately the fun place is actually here, so don't go out. Want?”

Lucy nods, “Tiger..”.

“OK... but not now yes... because my stomach is hungry...”.

Lucy smile. He is hungry too.

“Eat in the hall yuk?” take Arnold. Lucy nodded immediately.

*****

Lucy sighed as she opened her locker lazily. At Chemistry, his mind and heart were in turmoil. Chris did not speak a bit. Well, should Lucy be happy about this? It was not that he expected a stretch as if he was unfamiliar. But somehow Lucy even more upset if Chris does not care a little about him. Lucy couldn't do the practice today but she was embarrassed to ask Chris to teach her. Anyway Lucy thinks Chris changed, as if to stay away from him or something.but could that guy do it because yesterday Lucy who said himself if he did not want to deal with Jhansen Wijaya again??

'Argh!! Why so complicated gini anyway!'

Lucy who was dumbfounded was so instantly flabbergasted when someone suddenly pulled her arm. Lucy looked. Apparently Arnold.

Arnold smiled broadly, gasping for breath as he ran to see Lucy. “Now I will take you to a fun place..”

“Ha?” Lucy just gawked.

“Come!!” Arnold was about to pull Lucy's arm but the girl held it.

“Eh wait, locker I lock first...” Lucy quickly locked her locker, not keeping a book as large as the one currently in her bag.

Arnold immediately pulled Lucy's arm, leading her to run away from the passageway.

“Where are we going?” ask Lucy half-cried because tired also have to compensate for this one guy's fast run.

Arnold did not answer. He just looked and laughed. Nimble, he took Lucy's heavy bag and carried it so that Lucy would not fuss while running.

Lucy gasps for Arnold to run from Building C to Building G !! 'Oh my goodness…'

Arnold stopped running when he got to the door of Gedung Gedung which Lucy had never visited at all. “Nah... Welcome to..”.

Arnold's word that piece just made Lucy confused. But then Arnold opened the big door, which turned out there was a very large land with horses running to and fro. In the middle of the meadow was a large kandnag made of teak board, strong, not weathered.

Lucy gaped badly at him. It's like a dream, he saw a horse race in…. Beauxbutton!! “This.... have our school??”

Arnold held a laugh, “Iya.. It belongs to our school..”.

Lucy just laughed happily. He just found out, and feels really stupid, if this school has a big meadow with. uh-wow, there are a lot of pretty horses.

“Come...” Arnold pulled Lucy who was still smiling herself to get into that meadow.

When they were fifteen meters away from the entrance, an officer wearing equestrian gear came over to Arnold, slightly lowered his head, as if saluting. “Together with friends?”

Arnold nodded. “Ng... could not take him to the dressing place for.. yea, you know..”.

The officer smiled politely and nodded. He immediately turned to the dumb Lucy. “Mari, Miss.”.

Lucy glanced at Arnold, between worry and fear. What the hell is this gonna do? Arnold smiled and nodded.

After seeing Lucy already brought inside, Arnold went to the men's changing place to change his clothes into riding clothes.

Twenty minutes later, Arnold was already leaning on the dip for the horse race, waiting for Lucy. And luckily Lucy wasn't too long. With his path stiff and half nervous, he approached Arnold.

Arnold smiled satisfied to see Lucy had been wearing riding clothes and security equipment.

“I am not used to wear this shirt..” said Lucy honestly, staring at the white uniform, tight ¾ pants on the feet as well as boots as high as pants, also ‘pernak-pernik’ others that make Lucy uncomfortable.

“Lho? We will want to ride so it is mandatory to wear riding clothes.”.

“Hah? We want to ride?” ask Lucy just woke up.

Arnold smiled softly. “Yuk...” He guided Lucy into the racetrack. There are some people who are busy riding slowly while enjoying the scenery and warm sunshine. “You see my horse is not?”

Lucy just shrugs. It's up to Arnold to do what he wants. Lucy doesn't know anything.

Suddenly Arnold whistled loudly. A few seconds later, a pure brown horse with a long tail ran up to Arnold. Lucy so retreated in shock that there was a horse that her master could call her with just a whistle.

“Lucy... recognizein.. Symphony.

Lucy smiled but just remained motionless, horrified to see the horse up close…

Arnold turned his head, “Hold it, ain't nothing.”.

Lucy stroked the horse's back slowly and gently. Feeling the first time she stroked a beautiful horse, Lucy smiled. It turned out to be fun, too.

“Yuk yuk?” take Arnold.

“Hah?”

“Udah ga pa-pa..” Arnold instantly lifts Lucy's body and raises it above the Symphony's back. Arnold smiled broadly, “Wahh. It seemed that Symphony did not respond as usual when ridden by strangers.”.

“What?” Lucy had a horrified face.

Arnold grinned, “Usually he immediately ran off the ridge, forcing the stranger to flee from his back.”.

Lucy glared at Arnold, asking to be brought down.

“But it seems that if you are riding, no problem for him.” Arnold laughed softly, “It turns out he understood the feelings of his master.”.

Arnold got on the horse, right behind Lucy. “Well now, let's race..”.

With a loud cry, which Lucy used to hear in the movies, the Symphony immediately ran quietly. Lucy could only hold on to the neck of the horse, horrified to ride the horse.

“Where? Already feel the symphony??” asked Arnold whose breath was on Lucy's neck.

Lucy smiled amusedly. His heart almost sagged, either deg-degan for riding a horse or for riding a horse together with Arnold. Like princesses and princes in the story, right?

“I'm very happy riding..” said Arnold is still focused on controlling Symphony, “If I feel alone, I play with Symphony.”.

Lucy was silent. He doesn't know why Arnold feels alone, just like Chris, who he considers to be very lonely.

After being content to drive around the meadow with Symphony, Arnold goes down but still leaves Lucy on top. Arnold controls the Symphony to just walk slowly, while chatting with Lucy.

“The wound on your cheek has disappeared.” Arnold said.

“Oh yes...” Lucy holds her cheek that is no longer bruised, the cheek that Jack once covered with a thick book.

“Moreno... Do you still think about it?”

Lucy was stunned for a moment. Why is Arnold talking about this? “Slightly... Back in college we didn't talk to each other at all..”.

“It's a pleasure to be like that?” ask Arnold flat.

Lucy smiled wryly. He can't answer anything. “The playboy guy looks like I could forget about overnight..”.

Arnold pokes, “I don't think he's a playboy.”

Lucy threw away her face. “Have not discussed him, irritate me.”

“Oke-oke..” Arnold cleared his throat for a moment, “When that is, is it now interested in horses?”

Lucy turned her head, looking at Arnold's handsome face. “Slightly... Your Symphony is fun...”.

“Oh yes? If I try again yes..” Without permission or anything, Arnold hit the butt of Symphony so that the horse immediately ran fast. Lucy was almost knocked over so shocked. He could only scream as the horse galloped away from Arnold. This guy even laughs at Lucy who has shouted like an equilibrium person.

Finally, Arnold whistled to Symphony to return. After getting off the horse, what Lucy did first was to beat Arnold in annoyance. Not hard anyway.

“I almost died so scared tauk!” lucy is still beating Arnold's arm.

“Iya-iya sorry deh..” said Arnold for mercy, “Lifting us back to the dorm.. Started in the afternoon.”.

Lucy nodded “But change clothes first right?” he asked while staring at his horse clothes.

Arnold laughed softly. “Yep.”

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