
...Pinocchio, a beautiful fairy tale about a piece of wood that wants to be human....
...Wanting to move and have skin, hoping to live happily with her father....
...She's lucky... Pinocchio's luckier than me. They have flesh, skin, and blood, like humans....
...But my heart is just a piece of wood that has been weathered....
...The wooden doll is luckier than me. Loved, until his heart is as soft as a human....
...Instead, love is just a mirage. Freezing my heart, slowly weathered broken unceremoniously. I was just a wooden doll in the end....
...Will be thrown away by him......
Michael.
Slowly his eyes opened, the smell of a cup of coffee smelled. The young man was still here, smiling warmly at him. There is no anger involved in the slightest.
"Darling..." Claudia hugged him from behind.
But something strange, Michael still smiled releasing Claudia's embrace. Ruffling her hair while smiling."Eat. for my most beautiful Claudi..."
He sat in a chair near the balcony. Start enjoying breakfast."My husband doesn't have breakfast with me?" tanyakanya.
"I've had breakfast..." Answer from Michael.
"I have to get used to it without you. Or rather get used to it, so as not to feel pain when thrown away later..." That was the content of the thoughts hidden in his smile.
"Come on! Accompany me!" Claudia pulled him to sit face to face. Her beautiful face that smiled gracefully. How can you not love him? You can only love, but you cannot love.
Staring at the woman eating voraciously. There is happiness in the heart that has been eaten by termites. His lips were too faint to speak, but there was still something to be said by him.
"I want to spend the night with you?" tanyanya, already know the answer.
"Just hold hands." His mind guessed everything.
"You know, just hold hands when we sleep, we can have children." Claudia chuckled, perfecting her lie.
Stupid right? The ridiculous thing this woman also followed was the plain thing spoken by her. Even the Clouds care more about him.
He called Berta this morning. The old granny who talked about successors, was raving too much. And what happens when Michael says nothing happens but holding hands?
Berta admitted everything while laughing. It was just a myth that was uttered by him. For Michael to go through his teenage years with limits. He did everything with his wife.
But not realizing what Claudia was saying at the moment. The woman lied in front of him. Maybe in Claudia's shadow she was just an innocent little boy.
"Michael, tomorrow we'll live together in the city. I've prepared a pretty good apartment. The room and the furniture too, you'll love it." Claudia smiled at him.
"No man comes near you in this place. Are there gonna be a lot of guys coming up to you?" One question from Michael. His face was smiling, rather trying to smile.
"I am second highest in the company. Of course know a lot of people. But take it easy, I just love you..." Sentence from him, smilingly eating a sandwich in front of him.
"When I'm in town, can I ask for a job?" Question from Michael, clenching his hand. He's a little shaky right now. Just have Claudia in town later."A. I just don't want to be left home alone."
Claudia sighed harshly. What a mature mind this prospective adoptive sister. Maybe that's the thing that made him nod."It should be in accordance with your education! Try professional, can't just rely on me in the office."
Michael just nodded, just knowing what position he would get later. If appropriate education, cleaning service. That will be his job later.
The young man smiled more while eating. Just seeing Claudia that's what she wants. Although it must pass through the air of a city that is quite polluted, or become an office boy.
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Sometimes the day can go on quickly. The stuff is in the trunk. His last day at the villa getting a slap? The thing that still stuck in Michael's mind. The night she realized Claudia didn't really love her.
So what if you don't love him? She will live in the same apartment as Claudia. Pulling his attention slowly, love can grow slowly.
His eyes looked over the towering buildings. He used to live in the city, before half of his memory disappeared due to a car accident. A car drowned in the lake.
Heavy traffic with trees is rarely seen. Unlike in the village, honestly he was not comfortable with this place. But this is for Claudia.
The sound of the horn sounded loud, as if impatient to get through the traffic jam. Some children sing, knocking on the window of his car just to get a dime. This is the city where people hope. The place told haughtily is like heaven.
Some of the stories of villagers who work in the city always tell stories when they come home to meet relatives. The city with beautiful skyscrapers, there are also escalators and elevators, equipped with a crossing bridge. There are no paths that look like in the village. That's the word they compare.
It's true, tall skyscrapers. Perhaps something called an elevator was also inside. But this place is so low for the low, street kids are running in thin sandals. It might also be so high for the high, some of the officials' vehicles passed, escorted by police cars.
The place that scared him was like an ant staring at the vastness of the city. The wild grass that grows on the streets is her platoon.
His hands were trembling, terrified of this place. But also don't want to give up on someone who doesn't love him."Claudia.." call him, leaning on his wife's shoulder.
"This is your first time in town, right? You'll be amazed, there's a bowling alley, a movie theater, there's even artificial snow, if you want a delicious sweet treat there's a cafe dessert nearby, and there's also a club'night that's so famous." Claudia's explanation was full of excitement. Guessing the person next to him admires the urban charm.
"I love it.city..." Michael said slowly.
"I like you. This place is so foreign to me," she said, making Claudia her only focus. The only person he knew in this place.
His hands were clenched, as well as the woman who made him husband, but there was never real love.
"Good if so. I promise I'll take you for a walk around town as soon as I take a day off." What promise will be made? Top class, work, everything. After this Claudia will be so busy.
The sleeping young man left half the car window open. His hair was blown slowly, as if it would ease the pain he felt later.
"Michael's... Michael... Michael..." Claudia woke him up after a few minutes of falling asleep.
"Emm?" He muttered without opening his eyes.
"From yesterday you didn't kiss my lips. Can I ask for it now?" Claudia asked awkwardly. The young man who suddenly opened his eyes, looked towards Claudia.
"I told you! The hardest thing is to drive a car for the newlyweds. The milk is still thick and quality, so addictive. So you want to eat Oreo, right? Spin around! Lick up! Dyed it!" Inner of the driver.
"Sir, ma'am, shouldn't we just stop at the hotel?"