
In the morning at my house, I practice breathing near the garden accompanied by my father and mother who are busy harvesting and caring for plants. Not long a car with an open tub parked in front of the house, I never recognized the car but all my curiosity was answered after someone got off the open tub car.
Peter was seen coming down from the open-top car and waving his hand at me, of course the sight made both father and mother surprised. The two of them looked at me at the same time, from his eyes I could understand if they were curious since when I had a friend of the village boy here while I never left the house. I just put on a confused expression to answer if I don't know why Peter came to my house, we never even made a pact to meet.
"Good morning Mr and Mrs Lincoln" Peter said as he approached us
"For Peter, what's wrong?" ask my dad to wonder
"Aah no, just wanted to meet with Luna" Peter replied
"Huh? with me? what do you have for?" I wondered, but Peter laughed at my question.
"Come in, talk inside" said the mother
I was surprised by what my mother said, when I looked into my mother's eyes I understood that I was happy to see someone coming to see me. Although I am heavy-hearted, but mother's offer has already been thrown. I also let Peter into the house, in the living room of my house and Peter sat facing.
"What need did you need to find me?" let me just press it without a base - stale
"Duh don't use a base - stale yes" he replied
"Peter, come on" I'm upset
"I just want to be close to you, no problem? after all we are the same - the competition participants, plus one village as well" he said with a little laugh
"Peter, just go ahead. I don't want to be close to you, not because I hate it or anything you might think of me. But this is all because of Manda, you should know that she likes you. What you're doing is just going to create a fight between us" in a slightly elevated tone I said, I hope Peter understands if I want to avoid the slightest conflict.
"But I don't like him, we just berte.." Unfinished Peter said, I cut him off.
"I don't care because no matter what you say, Manda will always think of me as a nuisance" I said firmly, we also had a moment of silence staring at each other.
"Well, you have a point even though I can handle that" said Peter, I took my breath in - deep and exhaled slowly to be able to control my emotions that arrived - suddenly wanted to explode it.
As a fellow woman, I understand that love for someone will make us selfish. A little bit of someone's presence looks like a distraction, we will always do self-protection. We may be able to be reckless and without much calculation to keep our loved ones even though it looks excessive, but love sometimes has to be selfish right?
"You might be able to say that, but not to Manda. I've been in his position and it's very difficult to just let go of the people we love" I said
"Do you have a boyfriend?" peter asked me, I immediately gasped at his question
A question that also makes me confused to answer what, for a moment I just forgot if I had let go of my loved ones just like that to my own best friend. I forced Selena to love Brother Jester, and vice versa. As if I betrayed my own words, sometimes love must also succumb?
"Why silence? is there a problem?" the question again pressed on me, I threw away my face to avoid looking at him.
"It's none of your business" I replied briefly, for a moment we fell silent again.
"Lunar, if you can indeed look at Manda like that. at least you must have been in his position too right? have you been dumped by someone you like?" ask Peter again
"I said it's none of your business!!" I snatched at him
"So yes, you have someone you like. Well, then I can't do anything, but if you feel dumped by him, I can be your solace" Peter said.
"You are wrong.I am that evil man.I dumped him and made him hate me, then I casually asked my best friend to be my prince's girlfriend... I'm the bad guy!" I said it again with emotion, not feeling my tears dripping down my cheeks.
We fell silent and stared at each other, not knowing what he was thinking at the time and what he valued from me after I said my confession. I don't care.I just want him to get away from me and not disturb my quiet life, I'm used to my loneliness and also living in my own thinking.
"Go home when your business is done" I chanted to him, I tried to drive him away subtly.
"I still have business with you, so I'm sorry I haven't been able to go home" she said, and I was shocked
Only this time did I get a guest like this, after snapping at him, subtly driving him away, and he still survived as well. I looked at him in wonder, my forehead frowning as if I could not believe the answer. But all of that was responded to by the sound of laughter from him, then he reached into the bag he had been wearing since then and searched for something inside.
"Hey, do you like chocolate? there is a famous chocolate factory here and our village is famous for its chocolate processing, it happens that the owner of the chocolate factory here is my uncle" he said then gave me a box of chocolate that my father had brought me, I stared at the chocolate box for quite a while without accepting it.
"You don't like it?" ask her because I didn't accept it either
"I don't want to take anything away from you, go and don't care about me" I replied, and Peter placed the box of chocolate on the table that became our separation.
"I'm sorry I can't, I like you so I'll try to pursue your love" he said
I kept thinking about what made him come - I liked him, I was haunted by that thought until nightfall. When I was having dinner with my mom and dad as usual, they kept looking at me as if they were waiting for me to talk. I was silent at my father and mother, but in the end I knew what the two of them were trying to ask me even though they were silent.
"Dad.. mother.. I have nothing to do with Peter" I chanted amid our silence.
"Huh? but I didn't say anything" Dad said
"Mother is also just silent" said the mother almost simultaneously with the father
"But the eyes of father and mother said different things" I said with annoyance
"He was the son of the village chief, his son was kind, full of spirit and often became a singer to fill the village events. Maybe you can fit in with him" said father
"He's my competitor, where I might be familiar with him" I replied
"Maybe you can be friends outside the competition, there's no harm in love" said the mother
"No, I just need my mom and dad to be with me" I replied
"You can have fun and get to know this village if you are with him" said the father
"I don't need it, it's a nice place for me" I replied
"Say he's the nephew of the owner of the best chocolate factory in the country, maybe you can get a lot of chocolate from him" she said
"Mother's father! I don't want~ come on... I don't want to be close to anyone" I replied in a very upset tone to them, but my annoyance was reciprocated by the sound of laughter from them.
After dinner, I went to bed with all my thoughts. I didn't want to get into any trouble, but the problem lay the next day. I will meet Peter and Manda again on the first day of our competition, I don't know what will happen in the future.
In the morning, all my hopes were dashed as I prepared to leave for the village multipurpose building with my father, Manda and her father Tuan Jhon came to our house. Father accepted both of them well, but there seemed to be a misunderstanding between our families.
"Mr Lincoln, Manda and Peter, I've been betrothed. Please do not disturb Luna's relationship" said Mr. Jhon firmly
"Sorry Mr. Jhon, we don't know about that" Dad said
"Luna! you don't try - try teasing Peter ya!! I will never forgive you!!" snapped Manda at me
"Miss Manda, Luna has no intention to disturb your relationship" she said trying to defend me
"Look, I asked Luna not to get close to Peter. That way everyone's gonna be happy ending, right?" said Mr. Jhonson
"You guys take it easy, even the perfect guy I hurt and I left him. If Peter is the only one who is in contention, I'm sorry to say he's not my type and I don't intend to take him away from you" I replied firmly
"It's so much you, but our only need is for that. As long as you accept the terms from us, then we have no more problems" Manda said
They said goodbye, after taking the two away at that time father and mother sat in front of me and waited for me to talk. But they should have known that Peter and I didn't have any relationship, so I just kept quiet and looked at the two in turn.
"Yes, I know you don't have any relationship, but I don't want to ask you that, baby" he said when he probably realized why I was just silent and staring at them intently.
"What~?" just pissed
"You're almost late for your first competition" replied Dad
Instantly I panicked while looking at my watch, I was about to run to the car but my father swiftly carried me while saying that I should not get tired. I laughed at my father's words and father's treatment of me. I never changed, I was still his little girl even though I was eighteen.
After saying goodbye to mother, I also headed to the multipurpose village building with father. In front of the entrance to the backstage, Grece suddenly appeared out of nowhere and pulled me into a small and narrow room. He shut my mouth so I wouldn't scream, didn't forget he also gave me a gesture to keep me quiet.
He asked me to nod if I had calmed down, to be honest after the Jhonson family came to me back then I was afraid that something like the incident with Natalie would happen again... no one will protect me like my prince...
"What - what the hell is Grece?! I'm shocked half to death to know!!" I snapped at him, but Grece just laughed in response to my anger.
"Everything went according to plan, I really can't tell you this. But since you definitely won, I just open it now" Grece replied with a satisfied laughing voice heard, I tilted my head as I was confused by what Grece said.
"Peter managed to make Manda hot by approaching you, your conflict with Manda will be exposed and it will raise your name to the sky!!" it sounded enthusiastic and excited Grece said it
Me? I could only glare at him and try not to believe that this was all the setting of Grece.. Yes, forgive Grece!!!