MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
010. THE SADNESS OF THE KING OF THE FOREST

Lion drove his bike very quickly, faster than usual, not caring about other road users, even he did not care if dismissed by the police. His mind was blank and only wanted to speed away quickly after coming out of Niko's house.

There was no place he went, just surrounding every road that was in front of him. His gaze was so empty with flat face water.

Until finally he stopped by the side of the road, and entered a minimarket. The young man took a lot of sausages that he put into his shopping cart. Then walk to the cashier and pay for the groceries.

After waiting in line long enough, Lion finally came out of the minimarket with a sausage plastic in his temple. But his steps stopped when his eyes did not see his favorite motorbike parked there. Lion thought for a moment about his bike. He was certain that he had parked it at that place. He reached into the pocket of his pants and jacket but he did not find the key of the bike.

Lion realized that he did not lock his bike and left it still hanging on his bike. With sadness he had to accept that his bike had been stolen.

...***...

Athos and Tasya were still at the dinner table for lunch, but suddenly his father called.

"WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT HAPPENED TO MELO? SHE JUST CALLED ME CRYING SO LOUD!! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?? I JUST ARRIVED BUT HAVE ALREADY HEARD MY DAUGHTER'S CRY!!"

Leo sounded very angry on the phone. Until his voice was heard by Tasya who sat in front of Athos while Athos kept his phone away from his ear.

"Calm down, everything's fine. I'll handle everything as well as usual. You just focus there." Athos answered after hanging up.

"What's up, Ato?" Ask Tasya.

"AMOTO!! OH!!" Call Athos so hard that Tasya is a little afraid because at this time the look on Athos' face also looks angry.

"What's wrong?" Prothos asked on the side of the stairs.

"Find Melo!! Dad just called me when he cried on the phone with me." Athos answered, looking at Prothus.

"Have you?" Ask Prothos while going down the stairs. "I'll look for him."

Prothos took the car keys and walked towards the door, but Melody suddenly entered the house.

"You okay, Melo?" Tanya Prothos held onto Melody's shoulder in worry because Melody's face was so chaotic at the moment.

Melody brushed off her brother's hand and did not reply, she just walked up the stairs and entered into her room by locking the door.

...***...

Athos and Prothos with Tasya sat down at the dinner table after lunch was over. They don't discuss anything. Prothos read only his textbooks with his glasses perched on his nose, while Athos was busy with his laptop keeping the books of the cafe's financial statements, and Tasya just sat there watching him.

"I'll take you home." Athos to Tasya. "You must be bored."

"No, I'm not bored. I still want to be here." Tasya answered smiling at her lover who was sitting to her right.

Suddenly the bell rang, Tasya rushed to open the door and saw who had come.

"Oto, someone's looking for you." It was Tasya who opened the door.

"I don't accept guests on Saturdays." Prothos did not look.

"Sister, it's me Wilda." Say someone who has walked in and is standing behind Prothos.

Prothos turned to him in surprise. He did not at all think that what was spoken yesterday by the glasses girl was serious.

"Why are you here?" Prothus asked standing up from his seat.

Athos noticed that the twin did not seem to like the girl's presence, and at the same time Melody came down the stairs.

"So he said he was your girlfriend, Oto. It's only right now that you're changing your style by wearing glasses too." Say Tasya with a smile.

"Tasya, sit down." Athos said that his lover would not interfere.

Aramis and Anna who had just entered heard Wilda's words. But Anna, who knew that what Wilda said was not right, put on a look of surprise, Athos noticed.

"It turns out that the rumors are true." Said Aramis while sitting in the single seat at the dining table between Tasya and Prothos earlier.

Prothos could do nothing, he only saw Wilda before him. He had no idea that Wilda would come to see him at home.

Melody was not interested in what was happening. He simply picked up a box of milk in the refrigerator and walked back up the stairs. He just felt weird about what he saw. Wilda was at his house while Prothos said he was not dating the girl.

"You'd better go home, I'll take you." Prothus immediately grabbed Wilda's arm and pulled him along.

Prothos and Wilda get out of the house. Seeing it all there felt strange with Prothos attitude

"Why does Oto look unhappy with his girlfriend's presence?" Tasya asked confusedly. "So you said what gossip, Ars?"

"It's been about a week at school circulating that Wilda is Oto's girlfriend." Answer Aramis. "So she's the boyfriend Oto's been hiding all along. This time Oto is very brave by dating an innocent girl. Moreover, he is in the class with Melo."

Athos still noticed the expression of Anna sitting in front of Tasya. Athos knew that Anna knew for a long time who Prothus' lover was. He felt that something was strange at the moment.

...***...

Lion enters the coffee shop where Mona works with a giant step. His blank gaze and mind paid no attention to the ravings of Mona who saw his presence. He was feeling a deep loss in his heart.

"I don't think you're gonna be here this weekend." Mona said to Lion who was already sitting in his usual place.

Lion did not respond, he opened the sausage he bought and ate it with a blank look. His eyes were in one direction.

"What's wrong with you?" Mona asked, seeing the strangeness of Lion.

Lion who usually looks very excited and never shows his sad expression, this time he expressed very sad. That made Mona wonder.

Mona walked up to the Lion, then sat down on the seat that was in front of the Lion. He was still watching the young man who was eating the sausage blankly.

"Lion, are you okay?" Mona started to worry.

Actually he had seen Lion like that, when his younger brother, Mario died, Lion came with a tear of sadness, but this time it looked different. Lion looked very pitiful this time.

"You can tell me what happened."

Lion began to look at Mona with a sad look.

"What is this pain called heartbreak, Mona?" Ask Lion. "It hurts so much now. Yeah, I was completely abandoned by him."

Lion rubbed the base of his two eyes as his eye pelup began to get wet. Mona understood, she actually knew why Lion had been coming to her place lately. The news that circulated about Niko who approached Melody, often talked about by Lion's friends who came to his place of work, so that he also knew about it.

"It's true that you do love him, Lion." Mona.

"I love her so much, Mona. I loved her a long time ago, always protected her and now someone has really taken her away from me and I'm going to lose her forever." Lion. "I love Me— so much"

"Melody, right?"

Lion was silent at Mona's words. He again showed his sad face, but the young man said nothing.

"You shouldn't let someone take it from you if you love him so much." Mona Excited. "I'm sure Melody must also be very sad because of your decision. You're too good for that girl."

Lion looked at Mona seriously this time. His eyes sharpened by implying something.

"I'm not talking about it." Answer Lion. "What I'm talking about is Megan, the bike I've been thinking of as my girlfriend. Someone stole it."

...–NATZSIMO–...