Love Without Memory
Enjoy the Autumn

Aleea and Nathan were still in the cafe. Aleea was so enthusiastic about some kind of pastry before him. He ate it little by little to find out some compositions that he could feel and then recorded them for his discussion with Tika.

Nathan, there's not much he's doing. He simply enjoyed his order while occasionally stealing glances at Aleea.

"I should have come here with Evan" said Aleea, who made Nathan frown.

"Why Evan?" Ask Nathan.

"Since he knows so much about food, including cakes and pastry, I can definitely discuss a lot with him if I am with him now" Aleea explained.

"You can bring her here if you want!" Nathan said with an annoyed look on his face.

"No way, Evan also couldn't possibly just leave his job behind," Aleea replied with a sigh.

"Anyone who is your current husband will be very angry with you" Nathan said.

"Why?" Aleea asked who was busy with her notes, without the slightest trace of her eyes on Nathan.

"How can't it? All husbands will be upset and angry when their wives talk about other men in front of them" Nathan explained.

"Are you upset that I'm talking about Evan?" Aleea asked who now brought her eyes to Nathan.

Instantly Nathan immediately turned his eyes away while sipping his drink.

"Of course not" Nathan said without looking at Aleea.

"I guessed it," replied Aleea who was again busy with her phone.

"If you want to know the recipe for the cake you ate, I can ask the owner of this cafe!" Nathan Said.

Aleea immediately returned with her eyes on Nathan, looking at Nathan with a look of disbelief.

"Are you serious?" Ask Aelea.

"Of course, don't you trust me?" Nathan's reply.

"Trusting you is the most impossible thing in my life, Nathan!" Aleea said and tried another cake he ordered.

"I know the owner of this cafe, he used to sell his cake in a food truck and then make his own cafe about 3 years ago," explained Nathan.

"You're not fooling me, are you?" Aleea asked doubtfully.

"It's up to you to not trust me, there's no loss and fortunately for me, too" Nathan replied.

Aleea was silent for a while, thinking about what Nathan had told her.

"If he really knows the owner of this cafe, it means I will know for sure the composition, tricks and tips to make the same pastry like this, but..... No, I'm not going to let Nathan interfere in my business, I don't want to owe him anything" Aleea said.

Aleea then sipped her drink, nodding her head in agreement with what was inside her head.

"At the same time I will make my own products with Tika, I will only take some things that I can inspire and make them in my own way and recipes" Aleea said in her heart.

"If you're done, let's go!" Nathan Said.

"Alright, let's go" Aleea replied.

Aleea and Nathan got out of the chair and walked out of the cafe. Not forgetting Nathan grabbed Aleea's hand and held it.

Despite being uncomfortable with it, Aleea was silent as there was nothing she could do but accept it.

"Wait a minute!" aelea said before they got in the car.

"Why?" ask Nathan.

"I want to take a walk around here before we go home" Aleea replied.

"Walking?" nathan asked ascertain while demonstrating with his finger.

"Yes," Aleea replied with a nod of her head.

"Alright, we also have no other purpose" Nathan said.

Aleea and Nathan broke into the car, they left their car in the cafe parking lot, while they walked on the sidewalk of the highway wide enough.

"It doesn't seem like a problem if we don't always join hands" Aleea said.

"OK," Nathan replied and released Aleea's hand from his grasp.

Aleea then walked faster, he ran small towards the fallen leaves and almost filled the pavement.

Every now and then he turned his body and kicked the leaves that were scattered around him.

Unconsciously, he began to enjoy his vacation. Feeling new things that he has never felt is enough to make him happy, make him forget his problems with Nathan and his pain because of Nathan.

Whereas on the other hand, Nathan only smiled faintly at what Aleea was doing. For the first time Nathan saw Aleea looking so happy just because of the little thing Aleea did.

"Very tacky!" nathan said as he walked past Aleea who was cool with his own world.

"You need to know Nathan, the little things you take for granted can be the big things that other people want and the things you take for granted can be part of other people's happiness," said Aleea who began to walk in Nathan's footsteps.

"Only a person who does not have high self-confidence can be happy with just a little thing Aleea, he is too lazy to achieve big things just because of a little happiness!" reply Nathan.

"Are you happy Nathan? are you really happy with your life right now?" ask Aelea.

"I'm happy with what I have right now, but I haven't really been happy because there are so many other things I have to get to feel real happiness" Nathan replied.

"I may not understand the way you think Nathan and I don't know how I could have dropped my heart on you in the past with your nature and attitude like this, but if I could have chosen, I don't want to fall in love with someone like you!" aelea.

Nathan stopped his steps immediately, followed by Aleea who also stopped his steps by bringing her eyes to Nathan.

For a while they just kept quiet by staring at each other.

"I'm not as bad a man as you think Aleea is, you might think if I'm selfish but that's what Aleea's real life is like, happiness belongs to only those in power and focus on their own ends," said Nathan.

"Man won't be able to stop with Nathan's one goal, he'll be greedy and fight for things even after he knows it's not meant for him and you should know, greed will destroy it!" reply Aelea then continued her steps.

"Don't everyone just have to keep fighting for their cause, Aleea? do we not have to keep fighting and not be easily satisfied with what we get? isn't that what makes us move forward and live better?" ask Nathan.

"Life is better what you mean Nathan? you don't even know where you're going to stop fighting for your ambition!" reply Aleea.

"Of course not, but there are times when you have to stop Nathan, enjoy what you already have, be grateful for what you get then you will really feel happiness" Aleea replied.

"Respiring is not a good thing, but sometimes we have to retreat to be able to win, like a tug-of-war race, you know?" Aelea.

Nathan was silent, he did not expect that he could talk about such a thing with Aleea.

Nathan thought Aleea was a stupid girl he could easily influence, but Aleea was not as stupid as he thought.

"Fighting for what's your goal is a good thing, Nathan, but you don't have to be able to hug a mountain so we can be happy, right? climbing slowly while enjoying the scenery is what makes us happy" Aleea said.

"So don't forget to just look around you, Nathan, there's a lot you should be grateful for in your life even though you may not really be able to get what you want right now!" Aelea.

Nathan was still silent, the beautiful girl in front of him like he was not the Aleea he knew or maybe he did not really know Aleea.

"Aaahh I'm sorry, it seems like my words are too slurred!" aelea.

Nathan just shook his head slowly with a faint smile.

"You smiling? did you just smile?" aelea asked who saw Nathan smiling.

"No," Nathan replied with a quick shake of his head.

"I'm sure you just smiled at Nathan, right?"

"No Aelea!" nathan said as he sped up his pace leaving Aleea.

"Hahaha...I really saw you smiling earlier, you smiled at me hahaha.." Aleea said as she ran after Nathan.

After a long walk on the sidewalk, they finally decided to return to the cafe. Nathanpun drove his car away from the cafe with Aleea sitting beside him.

"Looks like autumn so much!" said Nathan.

"I think so, did you just find out?" reply Aleea.

"I....."

"Aahh yeah I remember, we had a picture in the park in the fall, did you forget?" aelea asked at once.

"Of course I remember it, but you didn't say it directly if you liked it" Nathan retorted.

"Didn't everything have to be said directly? can't you understand just by paying attention? is it possible that you haven't paid much attention to me in the past?" ask Aelea.

"It's Aleea, stop talking about the past" said Nathan, who did not want to answer Aleea's question.

"Past time? aaahh.... So now I am the past to you? all right," Aleea said, bringing her gaze to the road beside her.

Somehow there was a sense of tightness in his chest when Nathan said he was just a past time for Nathan.

"It turns out that our relationship is really over, a relationship that I haven't even had a chance to remember yet" Aleea said in her heart.

Nathan quietly carried his tail his eyes looking towards Aleea. He could see the look on Aleea's face that looked gloomy at that time, very different from when Aleea was in cafes and sidewalks.

"Does he still expect anything to do with me?" nathan asked in his heart.

"Aaahhhh forget it, he also can't love me, we don't even know each other!" nathan said in his heart and refocused on driving his car.

Nathan drove his car to the big park there. Arriving there, he parked his car and got out of the car with Aleea.

"Why are we here?" ask Aelea.

"Maybe you'll like it" Nathan replied and walked into the park followed by Aleea.

While in the middle of the garden, Aleea was silent staring at the surrounding trees whose leaves had dried up dominated by yellow and red.

Aleea and Nathan then sat in one of the chairs. There were also couples sitting around the park.

The gentle breeze with the sight of the fountain before him along with the yellowing leaves really made Aleea drift away in tranquility.

On the other hand, Aleea saw a man walking with two ice cream in his hand and gave it to a woman who Aleea could already catch if she was her lover.

The woman looked so happy and gave a brief kiss on the cheek of the man.

"Look at Nathan, the man only gives ice cream to his partner, but his partner looks very happy!" aelea said to Nathan.

"Buy if you want ice cream too!' reply Nathan.

"That's not what I mean, I just want to give you an example firsthand if happiness comes not only from the success you've achieved, but also from the little things your loved ones do," aelea.

"They're just little kids who don't know anything about Aleea's life, they're just having fun with the money they get from their parents!" said Nathan.

"Have your life been so hard, Nathan?" ask Aelea.

"Of course not, I'm living well!" replied Nathan.

"Are you happy with that? do you feel enough? I'm sure not yet!'

"Of course not yet, I....."

"That's the difference, you can't really be happy because you never feel enough, the people out there are also facing life bitterly Nathan, but they still enjoy it," aelea said, cutting Nathan's words.

"The people you underestimate, the people you look down on, they also have difficulties in their lives, only they have time to be grateful and enjoy what they're living happily," Aelea.

"Do you think my life is so sad?" ask Nathan.

"No, I'm sure many feel jealous of you, you grew up in a harmonious family with excellent economic circumstances, you also have good friends and many people around you who respect you, your life is really like the main character in the novel, Nathan!"

"You're just looking outside without you knowing how I fought to be at this point, Aleea!" said Nathan.

"You're right, I only see you from the outside because I don't feel like I know you're just a selfish man who only cares about your own desires and goals!" aleea replied with a smile.

"There's nothing wrong with that!" said Nathan.

"There's nothing wrong until one day you'll realize when you lose something or someone that you've always thought was unimportant" Aleea said.

"That's when you'll come to your senses and regret being so focused on yourself" Aleea continued.

Nathan was silent. Aleea's words were like piercing into his heart.