Attracted By The Moon
Episode 52: The Blue

"Moon..." Call Saras, he presses the Apartment doorbell, then displays his face in front of the camera.

"Moon, open the door, son. I brought you your favorite scallop soup.."

"Moon, you gotta eat. I brought you a chocolate pie from the cafeteria, you really like this right?" Mr. Tara also showed off his luggage in front of the surveillance camera.

Shortly after, the moon opened the door. His face was puffy, his eyes swollen and his eyes blackened, explaining how much he was still hoping for news from Arkana.

"Aren't you busy?" He looked at Mr. Tara, the old man looked very worried about him.

"I'm always busy, making sure you're okay is also one of my busy lives." With a warm smile, Mr. Tara opened the box of chocolate pie and he thrust it to the Moon.

"Eat, you need a sweet to stay energized."

"You also need high protein, to stay fit." Imbuh Saras, he is ready to arrange the shellfish soup into a bowl.

The view of the Moon was fixed, to two pairs of hands busy arranging food for him. After decades, he could finally feel the affection of a proper father.

"If only Arkana were here..." His murmur looked down bitterly.

Three weeks have passed, never a second of his sight separated from the mobile phone. He hoped there was news from Arkana, he still thought Arkana would be fine.

Nine years ago, it was like a repeat. Where he awaits news from Arkana, which turns Arkana away so far. His days were exactly as they were, as he continued to wish for a message notification from Arkana.

"I want to go to the beach, ma'am.." Pintanya while chewing chocolate pie, accompanied by clam meat. It feels very strange, of course, but the Moon's tongue is currently not functioning. He lost all his spirit, even all his nerve cells also felt it.

"Well, we'll go to the beach later that afternoon..." Said Saras nodding, he was a little relieved, because the Moon finally wanted to leave the house after Three weeks.

"You okay?" Tara asked worriedly, he was afraid that the Moon would remember Arkana more when he saw the sea water.

"It's okay..." Sahut Moon nodded slowly.

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In his room, Bima was seen watching news about the evacuation of aircraft debris.

None of the passengers were found. Strongly guessed the victims must have been destroyed when the plane hit the sea level.

At a depth of 2800 meters, the body of the plane was even found split into 8 parts, in a separate place as well.

Rescuers found only a few items belonging to passengers, such as bags, wallets, shoes to mobile phone chargers. Police are still expanding the search zone.

"You have to go back.. damn it..!" Bima slammed his laptop against the wall, he felt very desperate. Losing Arkana was the most painful thing for her.

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"Beach..." Said without looking. Visit Arkana's favorite beach. Beach with a lot of big rocks on its coast. The beach is where they spend their time when the holidays arrive.

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On top of the large rocks, the Moon sat staring out at the open sea. The wind blew hard, shaking some of her hair until it covered her face.

Saras and Tara are waiting in the car. They did not want to disturb the princess who was looking for calm.

Then the Moon took out a paper, and a glass bottle from her bag. He wrote something....

*To Ocean...

You already have a lot of rocks. Such beautiful plants also decorate every stretch of your sand. Beautiful fish, starfish, to the smallest organism is on your side.

You must not be lonely, because you have so much beauty.

But me, I'm so lonely here. I beg of you, give me back Arkana, my future husband...

I miss him, I miss him so much.

If you meet Arkana, please tell her to come back to me immediately*...

The clear swirls flooded both eyes of the Moon. He rolled up the paper and put it in a glass bottle.

"Arkana..., come home, I'll wait for you anytime..!" He cried out to the high seas, as if telling the waves to deliver his message.

Then he threw the bottle as far as he could, knowing it would be meaningless. But with the paper, he spilled his hope, that the blue would return Arkana to him.

The twilight light slowly began to show itself. The moon turned around, he would come back again tomorrow to whisper his request to the sea water.

When he lifted his gaze, he saw Bima who was standing upright with a shabby face. The man looked at her with teary eyes, as if conveying such a huge loss.

The moon was staring at him, a blank, unguided look. The two pairs of eyes convey each other's emptiness, because of the loss of a loved one.

......EXPIRE......