MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
046. MELODY MOANS

Aramis' treatment of Niko makes Niko increasingly want to get engaged to Melody as soon as possible. He could not wait any longer because of Aramis' always bad attitude towards him. If only Melody wasn't there, she would have reminded Aramis of the deal they did.

Niko stops the car in front of Melody's house after a thirty-minute drive. The new time is at half-six in the afternoon, and the day is not so dark.

"Melody, I'm sorry for embracing you like that." Niko said without looking at Melody. "Sometimes unconsciously I do it spontaneously. You must reject me clearly if you're uncomfortable."

"All right." Answer Melody.

Not long behind Niko's car, Aramis stops his car and immediately runs out. Aramis felt that Melody was too long inside when from the end of the road she had seen that they had arrived a few minutes ago.

Aramis immediately tried to open the car door where Melody was sitting though still locked, tried many times violently while banging the car window, making Melody surprised.

"You go right away, Niko." Melody is going down.

Niko unlocks her car and Aramis pulls Melody down. Anna could only see from behind Aramis. Unexpectedly Niko got out of the car as well, and it made Aramis directly approach him.

"Keep away from my sister, damn it!!" Aramis grunts Niko.

"Take him off, Ars!!" Anna pulls Aramis. Aramis did not hear it.

"I'll kill you if you touch Melo again!!" Look Aramis at Niko who is gripped.

"Sorry, I didn't promise." Niko's smile scoffed.

"Damn you!!"

"ARS!!" Call Athos who just came and get out of the car immediately when Aramis is about to hit Niko. "Let go, she!!"

Aramis listens and releases Niko immediately.

"Niko, go." Athos and Niko got into the car.

Melody ran inside her house, Aramis chased after her immediately and Anna followed her from behind. When Melody entered the room, and was about to close the door, Aramis pushed the door violently so that she could enter into her sister's room.

"You stay away from her!! I won't let you get engaged let alone marry that rancid. You should stay away from him!! Understand Melo?!!"

"WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO YOU, BROTHER?" Shouted Melody annoyed.

"BECAUSE SHE IS NOW YOU DARE TO SCREAM AT ME?! WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU UNTIL YOU FOUGHT ME LIKE THIS? DON'T SEE HIM AGAIN!! HE'S NOT A NICE GUY, YOU SEE WHAT HE DID TO YOU? YOU STILL NEVER LEARN AFTER FELIX!!"

"DON'T CALL NIKO FELIX!! NIKO IS NOT A BAD MAN, EVEN HE IS VERY UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE OF YOUR ACTIONS!! DON'T EQUATE HIM WITH A GUY LIKE FELIX!!"

"YOU KNOW NOTHING, MELO!!"

"YOU WHO KNOW NOTHING!! YOUR LIFE IS GOING WELL, YOU CAN STILL PAINT AND BE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE, BUT WHAT ABOUT HER? THE MAN YOU DESTROYED HIS LIFE WITH? SO LET ME BE WITH HIM! I WAS WILLING TO THROW AWAY MY DREAM AND EVEN I WAS WILLING TO HURT MY HEART BECAUSE I COULD NOT BE WITH THE PEOPLE I LOVE. THAT'S ALL I DID SO THAT YOU COULD STILL PAINT AND AT LEAST NIKO WAS WITH ME WHO SHE LOVED, SO THAT HER LIFE WOULD NOT SUFFER TOO MUCH BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK!!"

Melody was unable to stem her anger at her brother anymore. He also cried as if after shouting to say everything he felt.

Anna who was in the doorway could only be silent by wiping away her tears hearing Melody's words. While Athos who was outside did not react to anything heard a great quarrel between his twin and his sister.

Aramis looked out the window of Melody's room and saw Lion standing on the veranda of her room, hearing everything. With nothing to say Aramis left Melody's room.

Anna immediately hugged Melody, trying to calm her down. Anna felt sadness for Melody after hearing everything she said. She thinks the girl sacrificed for her sister for Niko by throwing away her dreams and hurting her heart for not being able to be with her loved ones.

...***...

Aramis opened the door to Lion's room. Lion sits on the sofa near the door to the veranda of his room, knowing that Aramis will meet him at this time. Lion watched everything from the veranda of his room earlier.

"How now?" Tanya Aramis stood at the door.

The distance from Aramis stood with the sofa that the Lion was sitting on for nearly ten meters. Lion Room has a size of approximately 5 x 10 meters. The shape is elongated and there are many items that the young man likes, because every Lion house always spends his time in the room.

"What should I do?" Ask Aramis again.

Lion was petrified, he did not reply and just bowed his head staring at the floor. He had no intention of saying anything because he himself felt sad right now after hearing Melody's words.

"Do I have to let Melo be with Niko?" Aramis kept staring at the unmoved Lion, hoping that his best friend would say something to him. "Lion, what should I do? I had more and more heart to Melo after hearing her words earlier. He did it so I could keep painting, he threw away his dream because of me."

Lion is still tight-lipped. After hearing Melody's moans earlier she held back her current emotions. He tried to convince himself that everything would be fine after what happened now. Although what he heard also had something to do with him, Lion still denied in his mind that it was none of his business. But the mind with its heart cannot go hand in hand. Although in his mind he said what he did was right but his heart still felt a great pain.

"Say something, Lion. I'll listen to all your words now." Aramis. "Do you still have the heart for Melo after hearing all that? Every night she cries for you. Then it looks like I should just give Niko my hand."

"Ars." Lion raised his head to look at Aramis. "There's no way out. I can't do anything to Niko. I used to swear to her that I'd keep all her requests, that I made her make a deal with you after you burned her hand."

"No, Lion, why did you swear to her? You shouldn't have done it! It had nothing to do with you."

"You're my best friend from a long time ago, your problem is also my problem. That's why I swore he'd make that written agreement."

"It turns out it's all my fault." Aramis laughed at himself with disgust. "Then I'll just give up my hand."

"No Ars, it says in the agreement that Niko will ask for something whereas if she does not ask for anything new she will burn your hand. You can't do anything when he asks you for something, just like I'm an oath-bound so I have to obey his request. It made me unable to resist as he asked for my help approaching Melo. Our position is the same, we can do nothing. All decisions are with Melo."

"So I have to support him?"

"It seems like it's just an open road." Lion stood up.

"What about you? And what about the suffering of Melo?"

"Everything is in Niko's grasp." Said Lion peeking outside the veranda door by opening a little curtain.

She saw Melody standing in front of her bedroom window staring at her room with tears drenching her face. Seeing him, Lion felt very sad.

...–NATZSIMO–...