MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
056. EVEN THOUGH I LOST MY LIFE

Prothus opened his eyes when someone kissed his thin lips. For a moment he thought that that person was Widia, his former lover.

"VIDIA..." Prothos.

"You keep calling me by that name." Said the girl who spent the night with Prothos. "Who is he?"

Prothos regained consciousness and only smiled to answer him when he saw that the one who kissed him was another girl, not Widia.

"You want to leave already? It's only five in the morning." Prothos took his watch on the bedside table. "When I want to take you to do it in the bathroom, but you're tidy."

"My parents are looking for me. They called and asked me to come home soon. I must be mad for not coming home." The girl answered while tidying up the uniform she was wearing. "You don't want to know what my name is? I want to know what your name is."

Prothos got up and sat down and leaned back to watch the girl tidying up her clothes.

"I'll tell you at our next meeting, you can also tell me your name at that time."

"What's your phone number? I don't think I saw you with a cell phone." The girl was busy tidying up her half-drenched hair with her fingers while looking in the large mirror next to the entrance of the hotel room. "You're very mysterious."

Prothos laughed at him.

"This is my phone number. You should call me right away." The girl jotted down her phone number onto a piece of paper available on the table in front of the bed.

Prothos got out of bed and put on his pants and walked over to the girl who was standing just writing down her phone number. She hugged the girl from behind and kissed her neck.

"I have to go immediately." Said the unnamed girl while turning to look at Prothos who was holding her. "I look forward to our next meeting. We can do it in the bathroom later."

Prothos smiled in response to his words.

"All right, I gotta go. See you soon." The girl kissed Prothus' lips and then walked out.

Prothos looked at the paper on the table. The paper says the girl's phone number. Prothus immediately took it, but without thinking the paper was torn off before he put it in the trash with a cold look.

...***...

Athos and Aramis were at the dinner table having breakfast together. The two twins were talking about their other twin who had left yesterday morning without any news.

"It's eight in the morning and he hasn't come home yet. I'm sure he's staying at a hotel with a girl." Aramis said with his mouth full of food. "His life's been really fucked up right now."

"Before this he had always studied for exams, but even now he was constantly skipping school. If you knew he'd be outraged." Typal Athos sat in front of Aramis.

"Oto not go home?" Ask Ronald who walked down. "Why did he get there this time?" Look at Ronald at Athos opposite him.

"She's crazy about her ex-boyfriend." Aramis looked at Ronald.

The entrance opened and Prothos appeared which they had just talked about. Everyone stared at his presence.

"Where are you from?" Ask Ronald.

Prothos did not reply, he simply walked open the refrigerator and took out a large box of milk and drank it right away.

"Oto, you've crossed the line!!" Ronald.

"Silence uncle!! Don't interfere in my sin problem!! I take it upon myself, it's nobody's business. As long as the girls don't mind and I don't impregnate them I don't think there's any harm in me enjoying my youth." Said Prothus blatantly.

"What did you say?" Ronald did not believe Prothus' blunt words. "So that's why Melo was like yesterday. Your sister who bears the consequences of your actions on the girls you seduce!!"

"It looks like Melo is really traumatized by Felix's actions. Yesterday he suddenly yelled in class and got scared when he saw Niko." Answer Athos.

"Niko? What did Niko do to him?" Prothos immediately rushed up the stairs and opened Melody's room.

Melody awakens from sleep when Prothos arrives. Today he was lazy to wake up to do something else because it was already this hour Melody was still asleep. Melody looked at the worried-looking presence of Prothos staring at her.

"Melo, are you okay? What did Niko do to you?" Prothos asked sitting on the side of the bed, his right hand holding Melody's face which was still gathering consciousness. "You have to tell brother everything!!"

"Sir Oto from anywhere? For a few days I've never seen you, brother." Melody said as she clasped Prothos' hand which was holding his face. "Sister's fine, isn't he? I'm not sad anymore, am I?"

"Sister who worries about you, you don't have to worry about your brother." Prothos. "Why does Niko scare you? What's he doing to you? Do you want your brother to beat him up?"

Melody shook her head.

"It's not Niko's fault, I was the one who thought too far and I suddenly recalled the incident. Then I subconsciously thought Niko was scary." Answer Melody. "Everything happened so fast without me being able to hold it in. But Niko wasn't wrong, I didn't want anyone to hurt her."

"Then do you still think Niko is scary now?"

"I don't know, but I don't want to take it that way. We've already planned the engagement, I won't call it off."

Prothus looked at his sister in wonder. Why does Melody still want to get engaged to Niko, even though she currently considers the young man scary.

"Oto, come out for a second." Ronald.

"What's wrong?" Ask Prothos when he's outside.

"Peach Melo to consult a psychologist. I told you yesterday that he wanted to see my friend but he refused." Answer Ronald.

Prothos went back into Melody's room to persuade her sister to consult a psychologist as her uncle had said.

"You want to stay engaged to Niko?" Ask Prothos. "Then, brother will accompany you to consult a psychologist. You need to get rid of that trauma as soon as possible, Melo."

...***...

Athos entered the dressing room at one of his cafe branches. But before long the door of the room opened and appeared Tasya walked in to approach Athos and immediately embraced the young man.

"Ta—Tasia?"

"Ato, I miss you so much." Tasya. "My wedding is a week away, but why did you leave me? Do you really want me to marry that bad guy?" Tasya asked in tears at Athos. "You know? After the news of our separation circulated, he came to me yesterday. He laughed at me and made fun of me. He said after we got married he would make me feel like I was living in hell. Then he slapped me. I have to what if we get married, Ato? I'd rather die than marry the bad guy."

Athos pulled Tasya who was hugging him to look at the girl. He was surprised to hear Tasya's words accompanied by a cry.

"really? Are you serious? He dared to slap you?" Look at Athos with a face filled with emotion.

"I'm afraid, Ato, I don't want to marry her. I would kill myself if I had to marry him!!" Tasya cried looking desperate.

"Listen, Tasya, you don't say such a bad thing." Athos held Tasya's face with both hands.

"I don't want to get married if it's not you, what else with a bad guy like Dion, I better end my life!!"

"Shhhhhttt!! Don't say it like that!!" Athos hugged Tasya. "You should hear my words, I won't let you marry that loser. Even if I have to lose my own life."

...–NATZSIMO–...