MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
057. FEEL SCARED

After the rest, Aramis came out of the room and immediately went down to Anna's house. Ronald was sitting in the living room, busy with his cell phone.

"You're not going to the hospital, uncle?" Tanya Aramis stood not far from the sofa that her uncle occupied. "You're finally off, after more than a month you've never been home."

"Ars, I think you should go to college when you graduate. Take art majors, it suits your talents and you can easily—"

"Why am I going to college again when I'm talented?" Sambar Aramis. "I'm not going to change my plans. Better this holiday, go on a date. You should start paying attention to your old age. Who's gonna take care of you when you get old?" Aramis' laughter mocked his uncle and after that walked out.

Uncle Ronald just silently watched Aramis leaving the house with a flat face.

Aramis tries to open Anna's door, but it doesn't open. Anna changed the lock.

"Ars, from now on you can't just come to my house." Anna was inside the house.

"Why, stupid?" Aramis asked annoyed. "Why did you change the keys? Quickly open!!"

"Go first, I'll go to your house. I'm doing schoolwork."

"You said you were going to study with me. Let's learn together."

"After this I go to your house, go."

"Hows it? Have you tried it? Do you like it?" Aramis awaits Anna's answer from outside the door but Anna does not answer. "Well, when you're done call me yes, I want to go where Lion plays games first."

Aramis steps out of Anna's house to the Lion's house. When he opened the door to Lion's room, his best friend was still asleep.

Surprisingly, his best friend fell asleep under the floor barefoot, curled up cold barefoot and with a very cold room temperature.

"Geez, is this the north pole?" Aramis muttered feeling cold while in Lion's room. "Why are you sleeping under the floor, idiot?" Aramis asked while turning off Lion's room cooler. "Heh, you're not dead are you? Wake up, it's ten."

Lion did not budge and was still fast asleep. He had just returned home this morning at five o'clock after seeing Duarte to practice capoeira again.

"You're dead, aren't you?" Aramis nudged Lion's body with his feet.

"Don't disturb my sleep!!" Lion was upset. "I was able to sleep at seven!!" Lion rolled into the narrow bed.

Aramis shook his head in wonder at his best friend while sitting on the desk chair where Lion's computer was.

"You got a new game? I'm tired of RPG type games, are there new games with other types?" Aramis turned on Lion's computer.

"Shut up, Ars!! Why did you turn off the AC?" Lion protest. "I'm so tired from practicing capoeira all night."

"Sleep in bed, you idiot!! You freak!!" Aramis. "Lion, this is the right time for you. I mean you should ask Melo not to agree to get engaged to Niko, only you can prevent it. Melo is like this."

Lion opened his eyes hearing Aramis say. His drowsiness disappeared instantly with Aramis' current discussion.

"Melo told me she was going to Russia with Niko to get married and live there. We all can't prevent it. Even Dad wouldn't ban it. Looks like only you can change Melo's decision."

"What should I say?" Ask Lion. "Niko kept asking me to help her. I can't do anything." Lion came out from under the bed and climbed onto the bed, lying down. "Here you go, it's all your fault."

Lion looked at Aramis back. He thought that it seemed that even Melody's words were not true about her brother. Even now his best friend has accepted the consequences of his past mistakes on Niko. The person she loves must endure the pain and will soon leave her, even the worst chance she will lose Anna for good.

"Ars, you have to look after Anna." Lion.

"What do you mean?" Ask Aramis. "I'm talking about you guys, why did you switch the conversation?"

Aramis turned to Lion and greeted Lion with a throw of a pillow that hit Aramis' face. Lion can't tell Aramis the truth about Anna.

"You want to die?" Aramis stared intently at Lion.

...***...

Melody sat on a long sofa, and in front of her sat a woman in her thirties carrying a paper board. She is a psychologist named Irene Frahesti.

"Melody, my name is Irene, I will listen to everything you will tell me. So that I can help you, tell me everything you feel and what's on your mind."

The tension was visible from Melody's face at this moment. He felt uncomfortable with someone he had just met.

"It's okay, everything's fine. I'll just hear everything you say without doing anything. You should relax when you tell a story. You better lie down and close your eyes."

...***...

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Niko comes to Melody's house, and only Ronald welcomes her presence because the others are not there at the moment.

"Come in, Melo is being escorted to see a psychologist at this time." Said Uncle Ronald sitting on the living room couch.

Niko complied and sat down on the sofa one seat near the door. Melody didn't tell Niko she was going to see a psychologist today.

"Uncle, I'm sorry to all of you, I mispronounced that scared him yesterday." Niko.

"Melo said it wasn't your fault. You don't have to apologize." Answer Ronald. "Niko, I honestly still don't like you very much. All of a sudden you come into Melo's life, and in an instant Melo changes, she agrees with everything you want. I don't know what happened to you with her, and to her three sisters. Even the three of them can't seem to do anything to you, even though I know that you're their enemy before."

"If I'm their enemy, but they know that I'm a good man, I like Melody too much, they're sure I won't hurt her, maybe that's why they let us get close." Answer Niko. "I know Melody is precious to this family, you take it easy, I'll take care of her as best I can. That's why I seriously want to marry her."

"My brother will not forbid all decisions of his children. But she always insisted that all her children graduate school. You better not take Melo to Russia to marry her there. You can get married when you graduate school."

"Melody has agreed, and uncle need not worry, we will continue our school until graduation in Russia." Niko answered reassuringly.

"You're only 18, even Melo isn't even 16. He's too young to get married, plus his current trauma." Ronald's Continues. "You understand what I mean?"

Niko nodded. "You take it easy uncle, I won't force him to anything. I'll stop if he refuses. I won't touch her as long as she's still going through that trauma."

Prothos opened the entrance, Melody was beside him. The girl looked at Niko who immediately turned to her. Melody quickly took a step back behind Prothos and grabbed onto Prothos' shirt due to Niko's presence.

The girl still felt fear for the young man.

...–NATZSIMO–...