MELODY MUSKETEERS (M911 & TTM)
090. STOP BEATING

Finally Lion accepted Melody's father's invitation to have dinner with them. She sat at the dining table to the left of Niko sitting, while Melody sat in front of Niko. Leo was preparing the food that had just been delivered after he ordered it. Because there was no time to prepare dinner so this time Leo ordered it.

"I haven't sat in this chair in a long time." Lion. "Leo, hurry up, it's been a long time since you've prepared it! Slow down!!"

"Fuck you, Lion!!" Excited Melody's father was upset. "From being quiet, go to grandpa's room and get grandpa to have dinner together."

"Geez, grandpa must be hungry." Lion muttered as he walked about to call grandfather in his room.

Lion's words made Melody a little surprised because Lion called his father just by name, while Niko felt that the position of Lion in the family was much closer than him.

"Lion seems to be very close to you all." Niko looked at Melody.

"Isn't he easy to get close to anyone? Moreover, we've been neighbors since he and Melo weren't born." Reply Leo walked with the food and put it on the table. "Taught us very close to him."

"Yes, it's easy to have friends." Niko smiled knot.

"Be careful cake." Lion leads grandfather down the stairs. "You should move rooms downstairs so there's no danger going up and down stairs, cake."

"I'm still strong, you're too much." Answer grandpa.

"really? Then tomorrow I'll take grandfather to weight training with me. Let's see who's the strongest."

Grandfather only laughed at the Lion's ravings while sitting on the seat between Lion and Leo.

"Grandfather it must be a lot of exercise, do not just sleep continuously in the room. Later if Ato recovers we will play golf with him. You know cake, Ato immediately mastered the sport when I only taught him no more than three hours." Lion. "We're going to fight foursome later with Niko, you want Niko?" Lion looked at Niko.

"No, because you're the one who's gonna win." Answer Niko.

"Then you team up with me, suck." Lion put on an annoyed face. "Grandfather calm down, Ato does not know the word lose, for sure he will try to win from me. Yes, even if it's impossible."

Grandpa laughed at Lion's words.

"Come on, we're eating now." Said Leo sitting in front of the Lion.

"This food is nothing compared to Ato cuisine." Lion when eating his food. "I really want to eat Ato's cooking, it's been a long time since I've eaten it."

"Be quiet, you're so noisy." Ketus Melody on Lion.

"Geez, you're so fierce Melon." Lion looked at Melody annoyed. "Leo, don't order food at this restaurant again, the food isn't very good."

"Yes, I feel that way too." Answer Melody's father. "Niko, what do you think?"

"It's not so bad." Niko.

"Dad, your granddaughter's getting engaged next month." Leo told his father.

"really? My granddaughter?" Grandfather was surprised while staring at Melody. "Who with? Lion or Niko?"

"Aiisshh, this grandpa. Niko, not with me." Answer Lion.

"Well, you're too chatty for my granddaughter. You're as chatty as Leo, you could be as lucky as my granddaughter-in-law for having to hear your babbling every day." Grandpa.

"Ckckckck is a very painful cake, your words are very sharp for your own son. Leo, I understand your suffering." Lion looked at Melody's father with a mocking look. "Niko, my advice is that you should be patient with this family a lot. Their words were sharp and painful." Lion holds Niko's left shoulder.

"It's not a problem for me." Niko turned to Lion with a cold look. Anyone knows that Niko shows her dislike for Lion's existence. "I have my own way of handling things."

Lion pulled his hand from Niko's shoulder. "Alright, because I'm full I'm going home." Lion stood up. "Sorry dad, I don't want to help you wash the dishes."

"I'm sorry I forgot. I'm home ya." Lion walked straight to the exit. "Leo, don't forget, don't ask me for help again for anything!!" Lion shouted while walking.

Lion walked towards his house which was to the left of Melody's house. Her steps were heavy when she left the house.

"It's too early to sleep." Lion muttered with a grim face.

...***...

Prothos sat in the waiting chair in front of the room where Athos was being treated. Mona's mobile phone shook, the name of Mona's friend who was used yesterday by Mona to contact Prothos.

"Why did you buy me a cell phone?" Ask Mona far away. "You want to show off?"

"No, to be honest, it's using the rest of my savings." Answer Prothos. "Your phone has been very ugly, and again this is a series that came out three years ago. Sometimes it hangs and dies by itself."

"That's not the case, I asked why you bought me a phone? Just give me my phone back." Mona Excited. "This brand is very expensive, even four times my salary."

"I can't come there to return your phone anytime soon, and you're going to be hard because every day a lot of phones come in on your phone. That's why I bought it for you. For why I bought that brand, maybe because I feel sorry for you."

"Geez, do you feel sorry for me? You can send my phone by courier, you don't have to come all the way here to return it. I'm gonna send you this new phone and you're gonna send me my phone in a courier."

"At this time I'm sad, can't you just take that phone? Tell all your friends that you changed phone numbers. I'll use your phone from now on." Prothos.

"All right." Mona replied when she realized that the voice of the young man Prothos sounded sad. "But not forever yeah, when your twin gets healed come here, we'll exchange phones."

"When will he recover?"

"Huh? Whahuh? Don't ask me."Mona's Answer. "Listen to Prothus, believe that your twin will soon be healed. Don't think bad things. You always think bad about everything. You keep being pessimistic about everything. Don't even think about ending your life again, you weakling. If you die, how's the fate of my phone? Ah, stop!!"

Mona turned off her phone. Prothos was silent with a grieving face. What Mona said was right, she was always pessimistic about everything. Because it sometimes makes him unable to take any steps to try to end his sadness and prefer to avoid it.

"Nlarn..." Call Tasya who comes and sit next to Prothos.

"It's late why are you here?" Prothos asked when he saw that his watch was showing at nine o'clock in the night.

"I want to see Ato." Tasya answered with glass. "I miss him so much."

"I miss him." Prothos. "What if he doesn't survive?"

"What did you say?" Tasya asked in annoyance, tears streaming from her eyes. "He'll be safe, you can't think like that!! He's gotta survive."

Suddenly they were both startled when a doctor and several nurses ran into Athos' room in the care.

"What's wrong?" Prothos asked frantically seeing them all running in haste.

"His heart stopped beating." A nurse replied before entering.

"No!! He'll be safe." Tangis Tasya saw the medical team take action on her lover. "All because of your thoughts, Oto!! Don't think no!!"

Prothos pulled Tasya into his arms while continuing to see Athos in the room. The heart rate meter or electrocardiograph in the room is already buzzing long.

The sound made Prothus' tears flow.

...–NATZSIMO–...