MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
005. TO BE A STRANGER

Prothos, who was stuck in Wilda's apartment, kept turning his brain to get out of his current situation. The innocent girl in front of him threatened him with great courage. Prothos could not think how he should reject her without the girl revealing her secret with Widia to the school party.

"You have to answer it right now, otherwise tomorrow your secret will become a public consumption that will be fatal." Wilda sounded very cruel even though her voice was trembling. "I like you very much, brother. Last night I had a dream that if I were your girlfriend, everything would be better. Everyone will like me and look at me very lucky to have a boyfriend like you."

Prothos thought that Wilda actually only needed someone to protect her, to make her a confident girl. He started to think that if he had done all Wilda wanted to do, he would only have to do it until he graduated school. In addition, he also wants to help the girl out of her bullying so that the girl does not need recognition from anyone else if she is valuable.

"I have a condition." Answer Prothos. "I'll follow all your games, but I'll tell Widia that I'm just your pretend girlfriend. At school you can tell anyone that you're my girlfriend, but our relationship is that limited."

Wilda thought for a moment because what she wanted was not what Prothos had said but the girl smilingly agreed.

"But you have to see me every time I call you."

"All right." Answer Prothos.

Wilda came forward to Prothos to give him the phone he was holding. But suddenly the girl hugged Prothos. Prothos only petrified Wilda.

Not long after Prothos came out of Wilda's apartment and walked out of the building thinking that his decision was not wrong.

When Prothos was outside Wilda's apartment building opposite Widia's apartment building, Prothos saw Widia staring at him from across the street. Widia had been watching Prothos ever since the young man came out of the apartment building.

"Master?" Prothos was surprised.

Prothos crossed the street and approached Widia who was walking into her apartment building.

"Master, there's something I want to talk to you about." Prothus followed Widia.

They both arrived at Widia's apartment. They sat facing each other at a round table. Prothus was about to tell him about the deal Prothus had made with Wilda just now.

Prothos was silent for a moment to find out which thing he should say to his lover.

"Master, once again I ask for your trust." Prothos stared at Widia. "Everything went awry during the school break. I was waiting for you and when someone knocked on the door I just pulled it in because I thought it was you. But it turns out that guy was Wilda."

Widia saw the incident. He was expressionless and just stared at Prothos.

"Then it gets messy when Wilda says she likes me, and she's mistaken for saying that I like her too. He thinks I'm his girlfriend. Then he gave this to Melo." Said Prothos while putting a cell phone on the table. "She threatened me to meet her at her apartment with that wallpaper picture."

Widia turns on her phone and sees a picture of herself with Prothos there.

"I'm confused what to do. But I intend to return the phone and explain to Wilda to understand. I came to his apartment. And finally he threatened me if he didn't pretend to be his girlfriend at school tomorrow he'd tell the school about us." Prothos further explained. "I finally agree but on condition that I may tell you."

Prothos fell silent because Widia was just staring at him. With all her love, she clasped her lover's hand and clasped in front of him, staring near Widia.

"Hopefully you're not upset by my decision, Widi." Prothos. "I just had to pretend to be her boyfriend until I graduated. What say?"

"I'll follow all your decisions." Widia answered with a smile.

Prothus was relieved to hear his lover's reply. Without a second thought, he immediately grabbed Widia's lips to kiss her. The young man was grateful to have such an understanding lover.

"I trust you completely." Said Widia holding Prothos' face with both hands.

Widia kissed Prothos again, then hugged her lover. The girl gave her lover a sense of trust and did not want to think about bad things.

...***...

Melody who was sitting at the study table stroking her cat turned to the window as the Lion's room light flashed. He knew that Lion had just returned home.

Melody felt pain in her heart. He felt like he wanted to go back to the way he used to be with Lion. After Lion was foreign to her, the girl still could not shake her feelings for Lion.

With the lyrics, Melody began to shed her tears. He could no longer contain it at this moment. The sadness that he had always endured after that parting hug was ultimately unstoppable. Melody cried looking at her cat.

"Mimi, how's this? I miss Lion very much. I can't get it out of my mind." Melody said with tears breaking. "Didn't he miss me? Was our togetherness all this time nothing to him? My heart hurts a lot, Mimi. I miss him so much. I didn't even wish her a happy birthday and didn't give her a gift. I miss Lion so much, Mimi."

Melody turned back to Lion's room. Staring at the window of Lion's room whose curtain never again opened. It makes him even more sad.

"Even if he never opened the curtains of his room. Does he hate me now? Are we going to be strangers like this forever, Mimi? It's very painful now."

...***...

Lion who had just finished taking a bath immediately sat down by his bedside. He opened his phone to see some messages from his friends. There were so many messages that he received from his friends who invited him to meet.

"Well, tomorrow we set a schedule on who I'll meet?" Said Lion opening one by one messages from his friends.

Lion, we haven't played football in a long time.

"When did I last play football?" Think Lion.

Tomorrow meet me, my dad just bought a new helicopter.

"He loves to show off. But it seems exciting too if I try tomorrow."

Let's fight fencing again, this time I will definitely beat you. We bet on your bike.

"Well, if I win I'm rich, but I'm not."

Your horse is looking for you, he misses you so much. When did you come see her again?

"Toni? Oh my God I forgot to see it. I haven't seen him for six months. I miss him."

Suddenly his phone got a phone call. Nausha's name appears on the screen of his mobile phone.

"Jeez, why'd he call me?" Lion dropped his phone on his bed.

But Lion took it again to answer the phone.

"Yes no sil'no skuchayu po tebe, moya lyubov' (I miss you so much my love)". Nausha said on the other end of the phone.

"The number you are going to is not listed. Please check your destination number." Said Lion after that turn off his phone. "Every time he comes to this country why call me? I was a kid and you were a grown-up. Youunderstand? You pedophile woman." Lion muttered on the phone that was on his bed.

Suddenly from across the room he heard Melody playing the guitar. Although it sounded vague, but Lion heard the voice of Melody singing.

"I haven't heard her voice in a long time." Lion stared at the curtains of his room.

Lion instantly dropped himself onto the bed with a sigh. He recalled Niko's words to him earlier. It was filling his mind at this moment.

"Married yeah? Is she going to marry Niko?"

...–NATZSIMO–...