LOVATY 1.0
LOST

There are three pillars that affect human action. Curiosity, thoughts and emotions. Like a cycle, curiosity drives questions in the mind, and they create emotions that trigger individual action. Whatever it is, good or bad.

But sometimes, there are some people who often rule out the problem. Those who choose not to move forward, do not jump over a hole or climb over a large rock that is blocked. Those who prefer to turn around in order to find an easier path. They do not realize that the road that looks easy will take them further and further away from their destination. It will eventually make them suffer in a more painful condition, LOST.

“AAAARRGHH”

PRANGS

The sound of a broken glass echoed throughout the room. The glass shattered into pieces, enough to make anyone who tried to clean it hurt. The good news, which makes the glass broke still flinch as if it did not care. Arion, with a staggering step moved from where he was sitting to the nearest place that his body could weigh within reach for now. On the gray sofa he lay with his right fingers massaging the temple, trying to reduce the pain in the head from too much alcohol.

It is his habit to drink when there is a problem. Thinking the drink will take him out of a headache due to the problems he is facing, without realizing it even adds pain to his head. Not to bring him out of trouble but to add to suffering. Unless the goal is to eliminate consciousness faster then it almost works. Yet even in the last moments before his consciousness disappeared, his mind still continued to think about the events of today.

“Now tell me, do you think I would have mistakenly assumed about this?”

Calya was confused by the meaning of the question until she followed the direction of the man beside her and was shocked. The figure of the man and woman who had just gotten out of the car made him speechless

Mr. Radhika is seen standing in front of the entrance of a restaurant. Of course it was not that that surprised him, but rather the figure who was standing beside him. A woman with a look that is arguably quite glamorous. The woman who kept smiling while continuing to stare at the man beside her. Of course anyone who witnessed this would assume the same. Especially with a smile on the rich man's face, a sight that could almost never be seen.

Calya tried to return to her consciousness, attributing everything she had seen as well as heard before. Quiet for a while until he calmly replied, “ya”.

An annoyance was clearly drawn on Arion's face, half shouting the man said “what is your pride as high as that to ignore logic just to defy my words?”

“Should have asked that to yourself.”

“What I say is very rational, everyone who saw this also definitely agree ..”

“Everyone who doesn't know the truth, you mean?”

Arion was silent for a moment. “Then, you know the truth?” he said it was full of emphasis.

“Though I tell you everything I know, you won't believe it. Because people like you will accept nothing but your own opinion. Just go and help yourself!”

The sound of a door slam shut the memory piece in the drunk man's mind Anger was drawn with him clenching his hands tightly together, even so there was not much he could do right now except to hold him back like he always did.

“No, I'm not wrong. Those who do not understand.” 

His forehead grew increasingly wrinkled as the struggle in his head grew more and more.

“Why? Why don't they understand? Mother.. I must understand, right? Mother is the only one who understands me in this world.”

Arion was frustrated, very. Although it was not the first time something like this happened, he never got used to it. Lie if anyone says they are used to the problem and pain. Such a thing does not exist. Not unless you manage to find a way out and that's what Arion needs right now.

***

Today the woman arrived at the office on time, Calya is now preparing her desk as if preparing weapons for the battlefield. Perhaps for him work was a battlefield, no matter how small a mistake he made would kill him. That is why he always devotes all his concentration to the work he does, as if his life is at stake.

“How’s your meeting yesterday?” he said with a smile.

“As always..” said Calya hanging, enough to make Qeiza wait. “Annoying,” he continued short.

“If that annoying meeting can make you stay a day, imagine if it was fun? It could be up to a week!”

“You know it’s never been a pleasure for me to stay with him, don’t you?”

“I know, what I don't know is that maybe your heart has changed?”

“Haha me? With him?” calya asked in a mocking tone, casually retorted by a nod by Qeiza..

“If I like that guy, I'll laugh at myself.”

“Wait first. I'm just saying ‘maybe your heart changed’ like no longer feeling annoyed or being cynical about her, doesn't mean you like her. Except. if that's what you feel.” 

The stern denials from Calya utilized Qeiza to further tease her. But of course, Calya did not want to lose that easily.

“Last-lately you have too much free time, huh?” said Calya with arms crossed in the chest, began to threaten the friend who likes to prick him.

“Did you hear?” suddenly Qeiza spoke with a confused look, which also made Calya confused. “Sound what?” ask the woman.

“My work is calling me, see you honey, chu.”

Qeiza quickly left after floating a kiss with her left hand, making the woman who was about to rise in blood laugh. Calya returns to her position, sorting out some documents for her to study until someone comes back to her desk.

“Cal,” call Kenzo, Calya turn.

“When should I schedule a meeting with Niskala?”

“Niscale?” calya asked looking confused.

“Don’t you remember? About..”

“Their new product, geez my brain! Try setting it up after the E-commerce project is finished.”

“Ok!” Kenzo passed away.

Calya leaned her back, starting to catch her breath. Long and deep, several times to calm down. Things he often does to restore the focus of his mind, especially at times of challenge like this. He would probably make a mistake if his mind remained muddled, and that was the one he had avoided the most. In his little meditation a question began to come to his mind.

‘Actually what am I doing lately? Amidst the many deadlines I even spend time and energy for something useless.’

***