Skylar And The Lecturer
18

"Did I just quit college, Pa?"

Papa Lucas looked at the beautiful face of his son after hearing the words full of despair from the girl. But the middle-aged man then commented on his distinctive soft smile, letting the child just his wayang convey his complaints during sitting on the lecture bench.

"Why do you think that?" ask Papa Lucas at last.

Skylar shook his head slowly, "it is not easy to separate personal affairs with education that almost becomes one, Pa."

Papa Lucas nodded in understanding, gently rubbing the top of Skylar's head. "Do you understand what you mean, son. Papa understands all that is not easy but is it not a pity all your efforts since long ago to become a doctor just extinct because of a feeling problem? Papa doesn't forbid you from making that decision but I think you need to reconsider such a big decision."

Skylar was stunned to hear a long sentence from his Papa, a living witness of all the attempts to wake up so far in order to be in his position now. Skylar's crystal clear net seems to be bright, reminiscing about how hard he studied a few years ago to enter the medical faculty at the most prestigious college, the, the time when the young Skylar sacrificed a lot of his playing time for the sake of ideals.

The girl sighed, imprinted a thin smile on her beautiful face. "Papa's right, being in position now is not an easy journey."

"Now it is better to eat first, think about everything with a cool head later" Papa Lucas said, sliding the bowl of chicken porridge owned by Skylar who was ready to be served.

Thin plumes of smoke appeared to be emanating from their food indicating that the delicious dish was still warm. The distinctive aroma of spices cooked in such a way felt so arousing the appetite of a pair of Father and son.

At least, Skylar can forget her heartbreak for a moment by spending precious breakfast time with the Papa.

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"Where are you?"

The vast sky today looks so bright blue full of rows of small clouds makes the weather very beautiful. The wind also blows very softly ready to cool anyone who passes in front of him without exception.

Getting such a question, Skylar did not immediately answer. The girl even moved her legs forward and backward to shake the iron swing she was sitting in the garden behind her house enjoying the beauty of this afternoon.

Skylar's beautiful hair looks very softly displayed the perfect face of the air that is as graceful as the beautiful white swan beauty in the calm lake water.

A wonderful charm that Adam cannot resist.

"Gue's fine," the girl replied, tucking her strands of hair behind her ears.

"Gue hope I will always be fine," added Skylar with a faint smile making the interlocutor so wonder inwardly what happened to the beautiful girl before him.

"Gue's okay, Mahen. Seriously. You don't have to worry about me so much" Skylar added after catching Mahen's face that looked so suspicious of him.

Mahen crossed her arms, looking at Skylar with squeaking eyes. "even though I'm not a child of psychology but I know how you're trying to cover something from me."

Skylar seems surprised by Mahen's unexpected sensitivity, the girl even thinks that Mahen is a typical blunt male alias insensitive when viewed from his outer appearance.

Really, Mahen only looks like a mostly watered-brained man who prefers to be indifferent to the surrounding conditions.

Skylar laughed crisply. "don't you just be a psychic huh?"

Mahen chuckled amusedly. "the part where there are shamans as good as me in any part of the world."

Skylar's laughter broke, he didn't expect that Mahen would say so confidently like this. Skylar forgets that Mahen can indeed pick his laugh in an unusual way, quite different from most men.

"From my psychic I actually want to be the owner," said Mahen with a meaningful smile that made Skylar so kepo.

"What owner is it?"

"Our heart dong, ciatciat!"

Skylar immediately thrust his fist into Mahen's right chest, not so strong but able to make the man stagger slightly back.

"Dirt is unclean" Skylar sneered with a laugh.

"Well, I seriously know!"

This time replace Skylar who smiled meaningfully. "gue will not believe the same words men especially about feelings before he dared to bring me to the agreement."

The girl rubbed her temple which was still wrapped in the bandage so carefully.

"this injury taught me a lot, Hen. So I hope that in the future I won't get hurt again for the same reason because it really hurts."

Mahen nodded in understanding. "yes, I know what you are going through now is not something you can easily escape after so many moments that you go through with the cause of the wound."

"Although painful I am still grateful to have been met with him, Hen."

"What makes you think that, Sky?"

"Regardless of his mistakes that have hurt me, he is also the one who taught me many things. There's another side of him that only I know and maybe a handful of people closest to him that I took as a maturing lesson."

Skylar turned his attention to Mahen who was now sitting cross-legged with grass in front of him. "need not to expect too much of a woman whose heart had been hurt."

Mahen smiled. "gue will always remember that, Sky. I hope you've always been given various favors by God."

"Amin, thank you, Mahen."

The grey hoodie justifies the location of his glasses, focusing his attention on the eve airing his worth to God in the heart.

'i hope that Wendelline Skylar before me will always be filled with happiness, Lord.' Mahen prayed in silence.

Yes, even though Skylar did not realize they were in one school when they were in high school. Mahen was very fond of admiring Skylar secretly from then on because of her non-playful achievements even though she was famous as a very cold girl. The man was even willing to do a lot of things behind the scenes at that time so that Skylar the girl of his beloved can always learn quietly without the interference of other men who tried to steal the attention of the girl.

The past so colorful that he still kept it tightly in his memory, reluctant to share it with anyone even to the giver of color himself.

God knows how much Mahen loves the girl in front of him, Wendelline Skylar with an ocean-wide heart.

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