MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
026. ALL YOUR LIES

Vishnu blocks Athos's steps when Athos enters the cafe. Athos could already guess what Vishnu wanted to say to him, regarding Vishnu's brother's relationship with Prothus, his twin.

"Ato, I want to talk to you." Vishnu went straight into the employee locker room and Athos followed him. "You know about Oto with my brother? I mean, the teacher at your school."

"I only found out lately when their relationship wasn't good." Answer Athos. "Is there a problem?"

"This morning Oto came to my brother's apartment, but by my brother he was expelled. I just don't want to see my brother suffer because of a man anymore. It's best that Oto don't approach her again, their relationship can't possibly—"

"Vishnu, don't interfere with their problems. Let them decide everything. You want your brother not to suffer, right? Then you must support all his decisions." Athos.

...***...

"Ars, have you had lunch?" Anna asked who appeared in the old building, where Aramis was painting. "I bought you food." Anna lifts the plastic bag she carries, containing food for Aramis.

Aramis punched the brush from his left hand and the palette in his right hand, and brought the painting to the corner facing the corner of the room.

"Let me take a look at Ars for a second." Pinta Anna while walking closer to the canvas standing in the corner.

Aramis immediately blocks Anna with her body, Anna does not want to give up she tried to break through but Aramis pushed her.

"You're so stingy." Anna Mumbled.

Namu suddenly hugged Aramis and tried to take Aramis away after which he ran towards the canvas to see her, but again Aramis did not stay silent.

"I won't let you see it now." Aramis hugged Anna from behind to stop the girl from looking at the painting. Unexpectedly Anna even slammed Aramis. "You're so unyielding." Said Aramis lying on the ground.

"Well, I won't see it now." Answer Anna. After that he opened the plastic bag he was carrying and gave a box of food to Aramis who approached him.

"Have you eaten?" Aramis asked Anna who was already sitting on the side of the building with her legs dangling down.

"It." Answer Anna.

Aramis sat to Anna's left. He put his food on his left side.

"How long will it be?" Anna asked.

"There's 20 hours left of my target to finish. Two more weeks have to be handed over."

Anna took her bag and pulled out a wet tissue, and then shoved it on Aramis so she could clean her hands before eating because her hands had a lot of paint right now. Aramis did so, immediately she cleaned her hands with the wet wipes.

"Clean your face too." Anna exclaimed as Aramis finished cleaning her hands.

But Aramis even closer to Anna, and leaned her body so that her face closer to Anna. He wants Anna to clean it up.

"Geez, you're like a kid now." Anna muttered while removing the wet tissue from its place. Anna immediately cleansed Aramis' face. "I heard that one of them was a scholarship to an art school. That's very nice, isn't it?"

Aramis looked at Anna who was cleaning her face. Anna's left hand pulled Aramis's pony hair back while her right hand cleaned her forehead with color paint. Anna thought that Aramis wiped her sweat with her hand with paint, because it was splashing paint on her forehead as well.

"You have to win to get that scholarship" Anna said. "Why is your hair so long?"

"I don't need that scholarship, I just want to see you with long hair." Answer Aramis.

Anna was stunned, but soon finished her task of cleaning Aramis' face. The girl said nothing to Aramis.

"Eat before the food gets cold." Anna interrupted Aramis' speech after which she took her food and put it into Aramis' hands. "After you finish the painting, you have to focus on studying in order to graduate. You got it, right?"

"You have to help me learn." Aramis. "I'll learn with you."

"You're really troubling me, you know?" Anna was upset. "Fast eat!"

Aramis said and immediately ate his food.

...***...

Lion was in his room, he was playing back the recording of his conversation with Niko this afternoon. He repeated it five times. Lion lay on his bed listening to him.

"It's very distressing, I have to remember all the words I've said to her." Complain Lion. "One thing that is very troublesome when saying dishonest is that we will forget everything we have said. Therefore I have to record it and listen many times so that all the lies unconsciously become the truth that is in my memory so that my answer will remain the same when he asks again later. But this is very troublesome. You really lack Lion's work. You trouble yourself with all your lies." Racau Lion while hitting his forehead with his clenched right hand.

...***...

Niko was at the edge of her indoor pool. He sat in a chair, smoking an e-cigarette and a canned drink in his hand. He stared straight at the pond with an empty mind. There was a vague sound of music from his mobile phone tuning a Russian song called Ptichka (Author: a recomendation of his song guys by HammAli and Navai).

There was nothing he was thinking about, he was just trying to empty his mind at this moment. Since yesterday he kept thinking about everything and since talking to Lion, he still thought about everything. Until the time has shown at four o'clock in the morning Niko is still enjoying her solitude, daydreaming at her favorite place.

"What's up, Er?" Tanya Nausha who suddenly came and saw her dreamy sister.

Niko didn't answer. Nausha understood that her sister was always sad whenever she was in that place. Nausha immediately hugged Niko from behind to ease her sister's sadness.

"In this week I'm going back to Russia. I don't want to leave you alone, but I have to go to college, Er. Move also with us, papa and mama want you to go to Russia again and not live here alone." Nausha still hugged Niko.

"No, I've got other plans." Answer Niko.

Nausha took off her arms and sat down in front of Niko.

"You go back to your old school and live again in your uncle's penthouse. Here you will always come to this place and you will be sad." said Nausha holding Niko's left shoulder. "I love you so much, I don't want to see you sad."

Niko remained silent and did not respond to Nausha's words. He did not want to go back to Russia or to his old school, for him right now his only wish is Melody.

"Er, think again about your plans with Melody, you know that girl doesn't like you. It will only make you more sad."

"He just doesn't like me yet. I'll make him like me." Niko. "You don't have to worry about me, go home to Russia, and come back when Melody and I are getting engaged. And don't chase the Lion again, even if he never sees you."

"Yes, I know." Answer Nausha. "But I think I'm going to go back after him after five more years." Nausha Smile.

Niko laughed when she heard it.

"When he's gonna be more mature, and he's gonna be charismatic, I'm gonna go after him in five years."

"And you're getting old. Look for another man, you're not his type. He doesn't like independent women like you."

"Your words are evil, Er." Nausha looked at Niko's annoyance. "Sleep, in a few hours you have to go to school. I don't want to be called back because you're often late. You're not a real vampire who doesn't need to sleep, Er."

Nausha leaves Niko alone. And Niko came back just like that. But this time he thought about it all again. Especially thinking about why Melody was crying while staring at Lion's room from his bedroom window.

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