40 Days, One Love
Returnees

"Am I really here to save you?" Yua was still doubtful as to what happened. He did not expect all this time to be lulled with the happiness of the pseudo as Alex said. His brain was too rarely invited to think so he was slow to digest what was happening, he thought to himself.

If indeed his existence in 2000 was to save his father 20 years to come, then what did he have to do?, did he have to catch the stalker? or does he need Alex's help?.

Yua again wanted to make sure whether what Alex told her all along was true or not. There is no guarantee that Alex is not a person to be trusted.

"Hallo.... Alex, it's me Lily!"

📱"Yes. I know!"

"I... In 40 days must return to the future or must save father?"

📱".............."

Yua realized after calling Alex, there was indeed something he hid from her. As he asked about those 40 days, Alex did not answer his question at all and simply fell silent.

"Why do you always tell me to go back to the future immediately, when you know I have to save the father who was killed not by accident" asked Yua who did not believe Alex hid it from him.

His doubts have now turned into a sure thing. Alex may know that Yua's father, Joe, died from being killed because that's why Yua was in the past to prevent the accident from happening again. However, for some reason Alex hides the fact of his father's death and always demands that Yua return to the future. In order for Yua to believe, Alex also leads the opinion that his existence in the past is just a coincidence of excessive emotions, and his existence in the past will not have too much impact on the future.

"Whatever you do will not change the future! there is a path and destiny for each!!" answer Alex. What Alex said did not hurt, Gayatri still died in the malaria outbreak even though they were married 2 years from the original year.

"I'll save you!!" No matter what Alex says, from today on Yua will follow her heart which is to save her father with the rest of the day she has.

"While you have to end up as a time prisoner?" Alex reassures Yua.

"I will try not to end up as a time prisoner despite having to withstand the effects of time refusal" Yua said, leaving Alex speechless. The consequences of Yua's chosen path were too dangerous. If he fails to save Joe and his 40-day life is over, he ends up as a time prisoner.

...***...

Joe returns home after getting a call and Yua who feels being followed. Before he got inside, Joe made sure around the compound that there were no suspicious people around. When he entered the living room he saw Yua who was bowing his head at the table like he was thinking about something heavy.

"What's going on? why is your face like that?"

Yua looked at Joe and lowered her head.

"My brain is working too hard and I feel suddenly smart. Now I have to fight against destiny" he lamented.

Yua could not tell Joe what his decision was because Joe would not agree to it. If Yua passes 40 days, of course, Yucil will disappear and Joe will forget about it.

"The person who followed you earlier did you know him?" joe asked as he poured some drinking water for Yua.

"glucose glucoses" Yua was so thirsty and finished that glass of water in just three gulps. "I don't know who they are!" answer Yua.

Joe leaves Yua alone so he can think calmly and Joe makes sure no doors and windows are open, worried that the stalker will come back and enter the house.

...***...

"If I hadn't come here maybe I would have let father's death be a natural death" Yua murmured in her room while thinking about the possibility.

The one person who made Yua think it had something to do with her father's death was Arga's father, Mr. Roy. The thing that makes Yua suspicious of him is that this year Mr. Roy is very disliked Joe even he stared intently at Yucil while at the cafe yesterday. Then what makes the relationship between the two of them improve again until they become business partners and match each other's children to save the company Mr. Roy with the lure of profits for the company Joe.

His current mind was like a tangled thread. There were a lot of possibilities, but he couldn't find the red thread.

...***...

Just as he was about to close his eyes to sleep and rest his body, inexplicably his entire body suddenly broke into a sweat. Though the temperature of the night was not hot, Yucil who was asleep next to him was also sweating. His head was suddenly dizzy and his eyes were twitching. Yua who tried to stay awake went to the living room to approach Joe.

His body that had staggered it accidentally hit the bag hanger and his clothes so that the contents of Yua's bag scattered on the floor including the letter. However, when he picked up the letter came out a beam of light that caught his attention. The light appeared and then disappeared again.

"Is this the light Alex is referring to?"

If this light makes him return to the future, then he should not touch this letter first because he cannot return to the future at this time. There are still many things he wants to do to save his father.

Yua was about to keep the letter in her bedside drawer before the light appeared again. However, Joe who suddenly comes to his room makes Yua forget to immediately save the letter.

When he realized he had to immediately save the letter the light reappeared. The bright white light that made the eyes of who saw it into a glare included Yua.

As he opened his eyes, Joe who was in front of him did not move at all. Yucil who was asleep on the bed also did not move. He was the only one moving in the room.

"I have to call Alex!" he muttered while looking for his phone that was among the items scattered on the floor. Damn when Yua tried to contact Alex her phone did not work.

"Maybe I should go to the cafe!" the only way to get to meet Alex is to meet him in person at the cafe. Wearing a makeshift nightgown and wearing flip-flops he ran towards the cafe.

...***...

"dor dor dor" countless times Yua banged on the door of this cafe until Alex finally opened the door.

"Lamaaaaa" cried Yua who could not resist the cold of the night outside the cafe. "Why doesn't everyone move? Yucil, Joe and everyone else on the street? why are you and I not?" yua asked frantically and was full of sweat from running earlier.

"It seems that the trigger is working and it's time you should go back! The time of the people who are in this year stops so you can come back" Alex replied firmly.

"Ngakkk" Yua shook her head unwilling to accept Alex's statement. He can't just go back after knowing what really happened.

However, the trigger was already working no one could stop it.

Yua's head was getting heavy, her eyes were swaying, sweat was also rushing all over her body, the sensation of interest as he felt when jumping the first time suddenly appeared until he finally fainted because he could not endure the pain any longer.

...***...

"Bip Beep Beep" the sound of the alarm woke Yua who was sound asleep.

"It's still 10 in the morning" said Yua who was half asleep. His body ached, his head hurt, and his eyes were still swollen from crying looking at the photo album he and his father had fallen asleep.

"Ping" a message entered in Yua's chat Line.

📱 "Today I pick up at 1 pm, later we will go to the dress fitting boutique and see our reception venue"

The message was none other than Arga, Yua's fiancee. They had promised today to go to the boutique and see their reception venue. The two families have agreed to have their marriage together one month after Yua's graduation. There is not much time left to prepare everything. Yua who initially did not intend to marry Arga also would not want to accept this marriage. Because there was no place he depended upon after his father's departure.

"I seemed to have a good dream" muttered Yua who now had fully regained her consciousness.