Milky Way: VALLENA's
Chapter 12: This Taste
A 27-year-old woman stands in front of a house. One hand clasped tightly onto a suitcase containing several clothes and a pile of money. The woman's eyes continuously stared cynically at an unemployed man at the doorstep
“where is my son?” ask the woman who is none other than the mother of Angga and his sister.
To her husband, the woman threw a pile of money at Angga's father's head. To make Angga's father angry and slapped him to fall.
“I won't tell you. Keep looking for money if you still want to see them”
“I just need to make sure they're okay. You promised to take good care of them, but all this time every time I came back carrying money they always looked improperly maintained!”
Angga's father, who felt his emotions getting more and more, kicked his wife wildly. The woman could only scream in pain and cover her husband's torment with her hands. Angga's father, who felt that his efforts were not optimal to torture, began to take a stone as big as his grasp and hit him into his wife's head. Although his wife managed to hold back with her palm, the hard blow was able to make some parts of his face hurt.
As her husband started to hit for the second time, Vall held his hand very firmly. Vall's visibly emotional face saw Angga's father alive at will in this garbage village after what he did.
“will this pet dog bite me?”
Without replying, Vall hit his nose very strongly. A blow enough to break the bar of the savage man's life made Vall's heart feel lighter. Even he began to enjoy it when some of his punches were continuously layed on the face of this man in front of him.
“stop. Please don't hurt, he's the father of my two children” asked his wife
Unconcerned Vall continuously beat up her husband like a man out of control. In his heart, this was an opportunity to vent his regret over what happened to Angga and his sister. Punch after punch continued to be aired until Vall was not aware that the man before him was critical.
Angga's mother immediately hugged Vall from behind and tried to hold Vall.
“let go, you don't know what happened to your two children” said Vall
Angga's mother immediately pulled Vall's body until they faced each other. The gaze of Angga's mother was very meaningful, he tried to read Vall's heart from what Vall had just said about his two children.
“are they still alive?”
Vall tried to remain silent, because he could not if he had to explain what had happened. The tears of Angga's mother began to fall when she saw Vall's clear-looking face trying to remain silent. The mother was sure of what had happened to her two children just from reading the gestures of Vall's face.
“say, at least say that they are not tormented with great pain” pinta mother Angga on Vall.
Vall who was still silent made the mother cry loudly. Her crying is heartbreaking. Even if he did not see, but he could clearly imagine that his two children were really experiencing something very painful.
Vall who felt guilty about what had happened to the two boys took a stone. When it will be smashed into the head of Angga's father, the wife of the man also forbid it.
“as the one who gave birth to her, I tried to restrain myself. Why would you who isn't it for my two children to do it? Don't corroborate your hands”
Vall dropped a stone in his hand. He did not understand, what this woman beside him was thinking.
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Under a river-side tree, Vall is seen sitting on the rocks where he used to spend his time. Meanwhile, the mother of Angga and her sister were crying beside a simple meal that Vall made to bury the two boys.
Dusk began to envelop the sky. Vall seemed still speechless and heard the sad sobs of a mother on the tomb of her two children.
“what's your name?” ask Vall
“Vall”
“i used to be too young to understand men. Until I got caught up in a relationship that forced me to be a stupid woman. I was too stupid to leave my two children to a man like that. If I had known you before, I might not have been this poor boy. They were created because of my stupidity. All this is actually my fault”
The young mother approached Vall and they sat side by side facing the river and some trees on the outskirts of the rice field. They seem to enjoy the sunset.
“follow me, I can find a better job and place to stay here. It's a pity if someone like you is just a pet here”
“do I can consider it a proposal” asked Vall
“look for yourself right, I am very stupid to want a young man” said the young mother while laughing innocently.
Vall who saw it also smiled a little. She felt relieved the young mother beside her this could be that loud despite knowing that her heart was sad.
Shortly afterwards, Lena is seen walking with a man who picks her up. Seen on the face, Lena blushed in shame and joked with a tone that was rather spoiled like a comfort woman. Vall who saw that was unable to hide his sad face. Although he had tried hard to be fine while beside Lena, but he still felt torn to shreds.
Seeing the young man in admiration feeling hurt, the young mother embraced his shoulder and called out to Lena from a distance.
“Lena, can I bring this young man? I promise I'll take care of it”
Lena who saw them sitting next to each other was feeling a little jealous. Even though she had no special relationship with Vall, Lena felt that kind of closeness she had never felt even if she wanted to.
“i will soon follow wait at kampung” pinta Lena gate on her customers.
The man in the shirt was a little disappointed and walked up to Lena. A slightly jealous Lena stepped closer to Vall and the young mother.
“enter home” pinta Lena on Vall
“and you, I do not see the slightest lack in the charm of your body and face. Isn't it easy to get a man who is much better than Vall” said Lena
“a diamond will still be valuable even if it is in dirty soil full of rocks. I'm quite capable of distinguishing between diamond and trash”
“what exactly do you want?”
“i should ask that. Whatdoyouwant? You know very well that young man's gaze at you is no ordinary gaze. You're capable enough to understand his feelings. But you seem to want to keep him tied up like an animal and pervert to the other man in front of him. You are so bad” replied the young mother
“listen, I don't want to discuss anything about my life with you. Don't ever come back here again if your wish is only on that guy”
“I don't mind even if he's just an outburst of your wild lust when there are no customers. I'll keep chasing and get it”
Hearing the young mother's words, Lena instantly heated up. He never once thought of Vall as a slave to lust and a pet. Everything that the villagers say about him and Vall is not true. Lena's tightly clenched hand was like she was eager to slap this woman before her. But Vall arrives and stands in front of Lena covering the young mother behind her.
“go, I'll take him out of kampung” Vall told Lena.
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The night began to cover the rubbish village. Vall walked ahead of the young mother behind him towards the gate.
“seeing his face earlier, I am very sure he also has feelings for you” said the young mother
Vall's steps stopped. He turned his head and faced the woman in front of him gently.
“don't come back here again. This village doesn't look like it looks. Many silent cartel members kill and steal opportunities when Lena is not here. As a result of the agreement with Parlok, this village is much easier to make a killing place. Because Parlok himself thinks everything that happens here is full control by Lena not from the members of his cartel”
The young mother approached Vall until they faced each other with a distance of a finger lentiknya.
“you're worried about me?”
Vall just fell silent and looked down. In his silence, Vall felt unable to stare at another woman besides Lena. It was a promise he made to himself. Gently this young lady pulled Vall's face and kissed him on the forehead.
“I will obey what you want. Endure and fight, I am very sure your efforts so far near him it is not in vain. Because I'm also a woman, I know exactly how a Lena feels from every word she said earlier”
The young woman leaves Vall and walks towards a taxi on the side of the road.
Vall seemed to walk in some gaps between wild trees. Calmly he stood on an empty land beside the rice field. Far from the village. The land saw several new excavations and several mounds of land.
In this land, Vall buries many bodies of victims he considers despicable humans. As the villagers and Lena fall asleep at night, Vall hunts the man he considers a human trash and he kills to satisfy his hatred. The trees and weeds in this land are silent witnesses of a good young man who has a demon soul in his heart.
Vall jumped up and held the tree branch. In the dark of the night, almost every day Vall spent doing pull ups and some other sports that can form his body more athletic.
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Early in the day, Lena opens her door and wishes Vall was there. But every time he looked at the various corners of the room, not even he saw Vall. Even in his room there was no sign or trace that Vall left behind. In Lena's heart, she felt like a child in love. Everything he saw on the riverbank earlier made him constantly think of his personal feelings that he had been enduring.
Lena's daydream was stopped when she saw Vall coming home with a body wrapped in clothes that were wet with sweat. He saw Vall as being exhausted by a very draining activity.
“you look like you're making out. Was that woman so charming?” ask Lena
Vall just fell silent and picked up some drinking water at the table. He drank so greedily as he ran in the desert.
“doesn't you do the same” replied Vall as he left Lena in his room.
In Vall's heart, he felt like a young man who was angry with his lover. Somehow she felt anxious to make Lena also feel her heartache like the feeling she had received from Lena.
“I also have that feeling, you also definitely know how it hurts to endure this kind of feeling.” Lena said softly
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Ten years passed. Back to the time of 2023
On a train road, a man about 40 years old was waiting for the train to come by the side of the road. The guy looks like a member of Punk. As soon as the carriage came quietly, the man jumped up and sneaked in silently. He also tried to avoid some of the officers inside the carriage.
His hair that is as long as his back and white color is tied like a child Punk. In the tie of his feet was a knife wrapped in a dirty cloth. The knife is black. This is the man who took Lena to Vall 20 years ago. He is currently heading to the garbage village again to meet the girl he once abandoned.