40 Days, One Love
Past Times

"Ask what? how serious is that?" asked the unusual Arga Yua asked herself.

Actually, he did not dare to ask this to Arga but his suspicion has been getting stronger that Arga was forced to marry him because of his father's guidance and to save the company owned by his family. After seeing the scars on Arga's back he was sure it was all Mr. Roy and made Arga inevitably obey what he ordered.

"ill??... Is this scar because of your father ?" ask Yua.

"Ah.. did you see?? it's just that the former has not hurt anymore" Arga replied again with a relaxed tone. Arga was about to turn around but Yua could not see Arga's face at this time, Yua held him back so that he did not turn around.

Yua did not want anyone to get hurt because of this matchmaking, she also wanted to finish everything before the marriage started, before the rice became porridge.

"Are you forced to accept this engagement?"

"Did your father also threaten you to marry me?"

"Do you hate me because this engagement took away your freedom??"

Arga did not expect that Yua would ask him such a thing. During this time Arga assumed that it was Yua who was forced to accept this engagement because she hated herself for whatever reason, always put on a sour face and talk ketus when meeting anywhere and anytime.

Arga wanted to turn around but Yua always held him back. But, this time Arga indeed had to turn his body and answer all questions by looking into his eyes so that Yua believes in what he will say.

"And I said don't turn back!!!" lamented Yua. Yua did not seem to have managed to hold Arga back from turning around. Now their eyes meet each other.

"Ssssttt" Arga then placed his index finger on Yua's lips hinting that Yua would no longer say any words.

Arga knows if there are complicated female complications and does not know the reason and why a woman does not want to look into the eyes or face of the interlocutor. But Arga also does not want if Yua continues to misunderstand him.

...***...

Before answering Yua's question, Arga took a towel and put on the clothes that Yua had brought earlier to reduce the awkwardness between them. Do not forget Arga took a deep breath and slightly lowered his body a few centi in order to be able to look straight at Yua's eyes. Arga also held onto Yua's shoulders hinting that what he was going to say would be true.

"You must have thought that I didn't want this marriage, but father forced me and I had to comply with his request. So I was forced to accept our arranged marriage and I ended up hating you, didn't I?" Arga asked back to Yua by looking into her eyes seriously.

Hope Yua heard the answer to her question instead made her even more confused with Arga asking back to her. Arga seemed to want to say what he thought was wrong.

But a sweet kiss about Yua's forehead. Yep... Arga kissing Yua's forehead indicates what Yua had been thinking all along was not true. Time seemed to stop for 5 seconds as Arga kissed Yua's forehead. Even Yua suddenly petrified without wrinkling.

"Die..ciummm!!!!" spontaneously Yua raised her voice despite slightly shaking in embarrassment. This is the first time a man has kissed her.

Plain and innocent like a child. Yua who has rarely hung out, of course, does not understand and does not know what it feels like to get a kiss. His cheeks were flushed and his hands could not keep covering his forehead. On the other hand it seemed like Arga was enjoying Yua's misbehaving expression and cuteness.

"Yes... I'm sorry I kissed you on the forehead without saying. But I just want to clear up this misunderstanding. Dad arranged this match but I was never forced to accept it. When I heard about being betrothed to you, I was happy. I'm glad I finally got to see you again. To be honest I've liked you for a long time even since we were kids" Arga assured Yua.

Hearing Arga's explanation was a little too much to make Yua relieved. Although not entirely sure Arga was honest with him but little by little Yua began to believe in others besides himself.

"I. yes, just now your father did not hesitate to slap you in front of many people" replied Yua hesitated.

"It's just a scar when I was a kid so you don't have to think anything weird" Arga pinta patted Yua's head gently.

...***...

Although until now Yua still can not love Arga still he felt foolish not to ask the thing that stuck his heart to Arga since his meeting 4 years ago. Yua was so afraid of reality that she did not dare to say what she had in mind. Yua also did not expect that there were foreigners who had never met each other would accept an arranged marriage like this.

Yet Yua seemed to hear a strange thing from what Arga had said to her earlier. Yep... Yua heard a sentence that she thought was impossible.

"But... did you say you liked me since I was a kid????, I didn't hear wrong??" ask Yua back to Arga.

"Yes since we were kids. Don't you remember? Even I used to wear diapers for you" Arga laughed, remembering her past.

"really??? didn't we first meet that 4 years ago?? how did you ever tell me??" yua asked once again to convince Arga if he did not remember wrongly.

It was only natural that a question arose in Yua's head. It's not at all like he ever remembered. What he remembers Arga never existed in his childhood is different from Arga's statement that he and Arga were childhood friends.

"You used to see me always dodged and didn't want to talk at all, so I didn't have a chance for nostalgia" said Arga. How not, approaching Yua 4 years ago was the toughest ordeal for Arga. Yua never wanted to talk and could not tell a story.

Hearing his nature in the past from the mouth of Arga makes Yua realize that he had been bad to Arga. Yua is also not reluctant to apologize to him. "I'm sorry I was rude" Pinta Yua.

"But I never remember we met as kids!!" yua firmly once again.

Arga then tells how the two of them were when they were little.

"We used to live in the same complex. Usually your father nitipin you at home me and Mom who take care of you. I also used to take care of you" said Arga opened the story.

"Keep...?" ask Yua curiously.

"When you were only three years old, me and my mother had to go to England so that's why you don't remember me anymore" Arga replied. "But...." Arga then stopped and looked at Yua.

"But....???" Yua repeated what Arga said.

Arga paused for a moment trying to recall what he had to remember. There is a memory that comes after a long time buried. The memory that appeared reminded Arga of the figure of a woman who was also a big influence in his life. As Arga recalled the figure of the woman, he saw the figure was in Yua. Yes, the woman was very similar to Yua.

"I suddenly thought of someone!" said Arga.

"Who?" ask Yua.

"Your mom!!!" replied Arga making a silence of one room.