ORION
Message to Meet
Whitish ceiling without the slightest polish. Birds chirping outside with wings flapping. The breeze in the morning was so cool it felt, finding it in a room. Lying down with empty pain.
Orion was lying with a lot of white bandages wrapped around his body, he woke up with a blank look. Slowly he began to feel his whole body. For several times he blinked both eyes and made sure he was alive and conscious.
“Available?”
A familiar voice sounded to him. Orion widened his eyes and looked at a woman sitting beside his bed.
“I waited for you for 2 days 2 nights. How are you doing?” Gista asked after he sipped a cup of warm tea.
The woman turned out to be Gista. Arutala Gista. He was waiting for Orion to wake up.
“I ... alright,” Orion said in a soft voice.
“Oh, so. Goodness.” As usual, the way he spoke sounded unconcerned.
Orion fumbled all over his body. Including the hand he was holding himself. Everything is back in order. To the form of a small child with a tiny body. Orion was honestly very disappointed about this, but if he showed the form of an adult then I don't know what will happen now.
“Orion, is there anything that still makes you sick?” ask Gista.
“Nothing. Well, it's just still a little stiff. By the way what happened before? Is my wound so bad?” Orion asked back about the real situation.
“Your body is burning because of your own strength, you are almost reduced to ashes. Then, 3 ribs are broken and your internal organs especially the lungs are malfunctioning because the broken rib pierced them. You also lost a lot of blood because of those injuries.”
Orion was stunned to hear that directly from Gista. Didn't expect his injury to be so severe, and he could have died from a rib that pierced his lungs.
“So therefore I have trouble breathing,” muttered Orion.
“Iya but on the other hand not really. Because the main cause is the City Hero, right? Because he controls the gravity around you, that's what happens.” says Gista.
“Reacted you know ..”
Gista smiled as he looked at Orion with a friendly look. He sipped some tea and then put it on the table.
“Orion. Regarding the student you were talking about back then, I already investigated it yesterday. And the results I got, a student named Lily turned out to be not as expected.”
Orion is shocked to hear that Gista knows the name of the student she is referring to. He never mentioned Lily's name.
“Today I'm more aware of why you're hiding this. Lily can't grow like a growing child. He's permanent like that. And he also always strikes classes and even had time to be declared no longer a school,” continued Gista.
“I never mentioned the girl's name,” Orion said as she clenched her hands.
“He couldn't grow because it was basically Lily's body deformed. He even broke down the class that happened for the last 20 years,” said Gista who did not discuss Orion's previous words.
“Nona Gista, I—”
Not only did Gista openly cut Orion's sentence with his words.
“It happened because Lily did not meet her acquaintance again. Because it was a long time ago, Lily finally depressed,” said Gista.
Seeing Orion unmoved and just bowing his head. While glancing towards Orion then said, “That's you, right, Orion Sadawira?”
“Since the mess you made. Since there was a moment, I decided to investigate. Luckily it did not take long enough, only about 3 hours I searched the student's information,” replied Gista.
“A quick one, yes. Are there really many city people who like to gossip about me, huh?” grumbled Orion with an annoyed face.
“Do not do that. But at least what you thought was not true. That makes you relieved, right?” thought Gista.
“About what do you mean?”
“Of course you think if Lily does not grow up then that means she is an NED Warrior. But fortunately not,” explained and made Orion look at Gista with a sharp gaze.
“Since when did you know?” Orion asked about something else.
Gista simply fell silent and looked at him in confusion. Orion who saw it became irritated, it was clear that Gista was pretending not to know what Orion meant.
This has to do with Orion's own identity. If Gista had known the name of the student she was referring to the other day, then Gista would have known who Orion was.
“Lily is the student I've been referring to. And you're right that I thought Lily was just like us. And I'm grateful it's not so,” chirped Orion with a thin smile.
After a while he pondered about Lily, thinking that because he left her, Lily changed.
“And heard Lily so often broke down the class because I ..” muttered Orion then looked out from behind the window with a sad look.
“No need to think long, Orion. Lily does basically have a weak mentality,” said Gista easily.
“Whatever you want how you respond to Lily. I thank you. And I once again ask, since when did you find out?” Orion was a little angry.
“So I told you, I know from 2 days ago. Just need—”
“That's not what I mean! But when did you know about me?!” firm Orion high pitched.
Before answering him, Gista let out a long sigh. He finally said it to be honest.
“I know not because of the results of the investigation about Lily. Unless I've known for a long time. Don't you remember? We used to be acquaintances during college.”
Orion was immediately surprised. Not expecting Gista already knew from the beginning, it seems Orion's suspicions are true in fact.
“I don't remember you very much.”
Gista simply smiled with a frown. Maybe he was disappointed because he was not remembered well. But on the contrary, Orion is still late in Lily's problems.
Orion, who has been dead for a long time, actually makes Lily depressed. Though Orion has no intention, then this has all been done. There is no point in thinking and not going back in time.
“Lily has improved. The mentality is stable again, and you don't have to worry,” said Gista who did not want to make Orion more sad.
“Now no longer be polite? With a call, "you", yes?” Orion. While Gista only fell silent with a bland laugh.
Geck! Geck! Someone knocked on the door of the room, as soon as Gista let in. A man with a bando in his head came to tell him something.
“I get a message from the City Hero, Endaru for Orion Sadawira. He said he wanted to meet.”