THE BATTLEFIELD OF LOVE
Part 91's. Moscow 6
"Darling why you're so quiet." Now I look at Svetluny, on the way home he was lazy to speak, even now he is lazy to look at me. What's wrong, I guess it's because he heard that Dad and Bibi didn't know that I wasn't taking over Moscow, although I have not yet decided how to hand it back because my focus now is to win my bet with Sergie without counting my achievements about the infectious drug factory in Russia.
"Nothing." He answered me briefly, his eyes not even wanting to see me. It's worrying why he's behaving like this.
"Darling what happened? About Dad's words about my mother's house in Moscow it's just his plan, it won't go on because we don't plan to live in Moscow." I have to explain to him, even if some of it is a lie. As he said, it is possible to move the Russian headquarters to Montreal.
"Hmm.. okay." He said fine, but his expression had not improved at all. He walked towards the window. The view is far ahead. There were still many people walking around in the red square, while fine snow poured from the sky.
"I want to take a walk downstairs." He suddenly decided after a while he sat down without speaking. He took out his thick coat, headgear and gloves. Get to the door immediately.
"I'll accompany you. Wait a minute." I also rushed to get my jacket.
"I don't have to be alone." She looked at me with a strange sad look so I was worried about what was on her mind. Is it because he found Dad told me to look at Mom's house.
"I'll accompany you." He looked at me and seemed to realize there was no point in refuting. I quickly put on a coat following him.
He walked slowly in the crowd. Looking at many things but not intending to talk. She ignored me completely, it made me offended and scared. He never silenced me like this. It would be better for me to hear him angry than to get him to silence me like this. This is not very good.
"Moon what's up, what are you thinking. I told you you didn't have to think about what Dad said about the house." I asked with worry.
"Nothing, I just want to take a walk. I love this crowd even though I don't understand it all." We walked quietly.
I'm quite worried about what he's thinking. He was mad at me, but he didn't want to argue with me at all.
"Moon you're mad at me."
"No." He answered short, not caring about me embracing his shoulder as he walked. His gaze drifted far away as if many things were on his mind.
"Then why are you so quiet."
"It's okay. " And he kept walking in silence. For a while I just followed him in silence.
"I'm going to make plans about Moscow, we're not going to move there, you have to be sure of me. When have I ever lied to you?" He looked at me and smiled. "Don't you trust me."
"Come on, I don't know."
"I promised I'd do it, the way I'd think about it the best."
He took a deep breath hearing my words.
"What does Oomnitsa mean? It's not a small name." We sat in a long chair looking at the crowd as he asked, rising up from his residence.
"Oomnitsa,..." I've never told her what Oomnitsa is. I took out my phone. I opened an old video that I had digitized and showed it to him. "This is Oomnitsa...."
"It was me and my mom when I was five months old." A beautiful woman with a big smile spoke to her baby in Russian, while the baby with full eyes looked at her while showing off her smile, "He said, Oomnitsa, you are so handsome. Hurry big. Hurry up to school, you'll be like your father. I love you so much." A moment later my father joined my mother, when there was someone else holding his camera.
"You're so funny." He laughed for a moment. But then my Svetluny cried. "You must miss him a lot." I always had a gloomy feeling when I saw this video. Pray for my mother who was in heaven.
"Oomnitsa means a smart child. Besides my mother, you're the only one who ever called me that. I miss her, but I know it may just be my fate and my mother's too bad. Now I'm used to it." I smiled a little, My Moon almost cried hearing my words.
"When I was sent to Montreal, I felt that my life was the most miserable in the world, and all I thought about was meeting my mother in heaven there. My mentality was completely down when I was exiled to Montreal. At that time I thought that even my father didn't care about me, that he believed in only that woman, that I felt like I had no one in the world. But then you came and defended me." Svetluny hugged me right away, and she cried when she heard my story. I smiled a little and wiped away her tears.
"What to forgive. It's just a past memory I've held up until now. Don't cry, I'm fine now. That's half because of you." She tried to smile at me, wipe away her tears and stop crying.
"Why because of me?"
"When you defended me, you said something to me, do you remember what you said." Svetluny.
"What did I say?" It was already 20 years ago, he might not remember.
"When I say my name is Oomnitsa, you say - Oomnitsa, you have to fight, you can definitely win from them." I looked at him with memories as if it had just happened yesterday. "You know, back then I thought my mom was visiting me from heaven and sending me words to say that to me. That was the turning point in my life."
"Pointing back... I understand now why you always wanted to go back to Moscow. What you're going through wins hard. That Margarita is so evil, even now they're still mean to you."
"You're right, since then I've never wasted my life again. What I did was to fulfill all her hopes, smart boy, hurry up big.. Be like your father, you were like telling me, even if I was a kid if I had the courage and determination, I can beat the big world, I promised myself I could come back with my head held high. At that time, even though my father was like he didn't exist, I had an aunt to support me. Until now I could get through it all by talking to Auntie. And back to get my place here."
Svetluny looked at me with teary eyes.
"I don't know the story that deep." He grabbed my hand. "Don't be sad anymore, your mother must be proud of you. Look at you now. You can threaten people right." I laughed, My moon always makes me laugh.
"Maybe if you don't show up, I'll take a shortcut. At that time if I remember again I would really choose to follow my mother."
"You can't say that anymore." He held me tight.
"When I meet you, I will do anything to get you, if I have to send you flowers for a full year, I will. But luckily I was saved by the sunflower." She inevitably laughed at me, her cheeks flushed red from being flattered by my words. It wasn't by chance that he stopped in my path, I thought he was destined for me.
"Alright Mr. Mafia, stop seducing me. I trust you. Thanks for the flowers if you want to send me again I'll be happy." He laughed when we talked about flowers. That's the sweetest, most committed, and longest seduction I've ever had.
"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, how could I ever let you go. I'll chase you until you give up Svetluny." Amidst the flickering fanfare that was almost over that night I confessed all my feelings. He was smiling widely now, his face was met with red, his eyes were straight on me.
"Basic woo." He covered my face with both hands, staring so lightly.
"You've grown up and made great achievements, your mother will be proud in heaven."
"Are you proud of me Moon? Now you're the most important thing to me, if I make you proud and happy that's my pleasure."
"Of course, if you suck, I won't see you. I have standards as high as the sky. It makes no difference you send flowers all year." Now I'm the one laughing.
"Well you're a cocky girl. I like your arrogance. I don't like the girl who offered herself to me." I hugged her waist and kissed her cheeks in a fit of anxiety. My moonlight, nothing can beat him. "I love you, arrogant girl, love you so much."
"Stop teasing me." He laughed and covered my face with his palm pushing me away.
"I love you Svetluny. Really.love you." He smiled and was silent with my repeated words. My heart pounded for her, her beautiful eyes always made me miss seeing her.
"I love you too." His glistening eyes looked at me and solemnly said that.
Moscow sky seems to have more stars tonight. The snow had stopped, the lights had begun to be extinguished. But tonight was probably the best night, when I came back with her in the hometown and confessed my feelings to her again.
I'll remember this my whole life.