The Luster of Stars in Moscow
⁇ 47
"May I ask you one question?" Cher asked lirih.
Rafael glanced at the girl through the corner of his eye.
"If you can know the person's heart, does that mean...he can also know your heart?"
Rafael squinted his eyes. But didn't answer Cheri's question immediately. Not sure where exactly the girl was talking.
"He once said that you love me" continued Cheri slightly choked. "Is that true?"
That's all I wanted to ask, ' Cheri thought.
The man was silent.
Please answer! Cheri is agitated.
But the man remained silent. Then suddenly jerked. "Shows—"
Cheri raised his face and looked up.
A moment later, Rafael had already rushed out of the room and rushed towards the elevator.
Cheri followed her while tidying up her messy clothes as a result of the actions of the other personality.
A standing ovation greeted them from the bleachers as Cheri and Rafael arrived at the auditorium.
But of course the applause was not aimed at them. But the last round of performances of the Beautiful and the Ugly One reaped a success that satisfied the audience.
They succeeded, Cheri was relieved.
Rafael rushes backstage, then uncovers the curtains and peeks at the performance with a solemn expression.
Saul had just removed his mask and pulled Cyzarine up.
"Last part, lower the gold powder as much as possible, then make out as slow as possible!" Mikail was still hosting the show in place of the stage supervisor who had run away. "Slow down.. yeah, great! Slowly…"
"Nice as it were." Cyzarine smiled among his sobs, looking at Saul's face with sparkling eyes.
Saul looked back at him with the same twinkle of eyes.
"No matter how bad and handsome you are, I will remain by your side." Cyzarine continued the rest of the dialogue. "You'll always be Bad Rupaku!"
Saul pulled Cyzarine closer and hugged him, slipping his face over the girl's shoulder, while the girl slipped her face into Saul's chest.
The spectators held their breaths and sighed at the same time. Then a big round of applause came back.
"Cheri! Rafael!" Some of the staff squealed in surprise to realize Cheri and Rafael had already joined backstage.
Mikail flinched and turned her head towards them, then rushed out and stopped behind Cheri.
A faint smile rang out at the corner of Rafael's lips that stood glumly between the light biases of the spot light from the exposed curtains.
Cheri observed him from behind with a bitter look. Does he really want to stop this drama? He wondered in his heart. All of this, his work.
.
.
.
"MoscovArt Theatre, from today it is disbanded!" Rafael decides.
Instantly the training room was suddenly quiet after a while very rowdy after the show. The expressions of relief that just radiated on each face turned drastically into restlessness and confusion.
"What's going on?" sesha asked inadmissibly. "Until the staging will be stopped.. Rafael, give us an explanation!"
Cheri and Mikail stood side by side near the door, bowed silenced with a grim look on their faces.
Rafael stood in the middle of everyone with a calm face.
"You mustn't joke about a problem like this" protested Saul.
"True," Ibrahim chimed. "You have done too often as you please. But for the sake of the success of this drama, we would like to follow your unreasonable rules of play. What are we really you assuming, anyway? We always have to obey your selfishness!"
"We've all risked everything for this drama" one of the staff interjected. "Why did you suddenly get weird and now you're stopping this drama too? If this is for personal reasons we can't obey you anymore!"
"True, it's all for personal reasons." Rafael answered straightforwardly. "My current condition is very unlikely to lead a theater group or play a drama. Therefore, I apologize to all of you."
"I can't take it" Sesha said sourly. "Isn't it your duty to at least continue the performance until the last day?"
Rafael did not answer.
"Isn't that right, Mikail?" Sesha turned towards Mikail.
"I.." Mikail turned her face away and bowed. "I went with Rafael" he replied slightly.
Sesha bowed with a grim countenance.
"Cumprrrgh!" Someone shouted. "Easy! I'm just out of this theater!"
"Me too!" the other timpal. "I can't stand this damn One Man Show system!"
Sesha, Cheri and Mikail gasped.
"Now I understand why Demian came out first!" One more person shouted. Followed by a few others. "I'm out too!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
Yeah, God! Cheri smothered his mouth.
"Kalian—" Sesha stuttered with a huffed-up look.
Over thirty people raised their hands and turned around leaving the training room.
The situation is getting more and more rowdy. More and more people were shouting and swearing before finally submitting their resignations.
Rafael remained calm and did not seem to mind.
But Cheri suddenly interrupts. "Excession!" his screams. "You all misunderstood. This isn't Rafael—'s fault"
"Cheri—" Mikail ambushed his waist and pulled him to the side of the room. "Shut your mouth before you slip, '" he whispered, warning Cheri.
"They've all gone too far" Cheri insisted.
"What's so outrageous?" argue Evaline. "Oh, yeah! I almost forgot.he was also, including the party that messed up!"
"Eve—" the cat actor tried to silence Evaline.
"JUST ENOUGH!!!" Rafael's screams finally blared.
"It's always so every time someone offends Cheri," the other girl replied with a stark look.
"This has nothing to do with Cheri," Rafael argued.
"What's this got to do?" Evaline snorts cynically. "It's true how many times you and Cheri have disappeared together. If you want to mess around do it after the performance is over!" hardiknya to Rafael. "When you're at work, don't bring personal problems!"
"Ah, stop!" Cyzarine interrupted Evaline. "It's not good to hear someone else."
Evaline cast a sharp glare towards Cyzarine.
Cyzarine looked back at him while smiling cynically. "You're talking so, you're actually just jealous of not getting a good role, right?" jeered.
"What did you say?" Evaline growled and lunged towards Cyzarine.
Cheri gave a surprised. He stood up for me, he thought he could hardly believe it.
"Take back your words!" hardik Evaline snatches Cyzarine's collar.
Cyzarine scooped up Evaline's face and pushed her away.
Cheri cheated towards them and mediated.
Sesha was flabbergasted and smothered her mouth.
Mikail exchanged looks with Rafael.
Evaline flicked her face to and fro, trying to break free from Cyzarine's clutches, while her hands were still clutching the collar of Cyzarine's clothes.
Cyzarine immersed his palm deeper into Evaline's face until the girl gasped for breath.
"Cyzarin! Evaline! Enough's enough!" pekik Cheri while sneaking into their midst.
As soon as the two were separated, Evaline rushed out of the room crying and shouting, "I'M OUT!"
Rafael and Mikail remained unmoved.
Cheri and Cyzarine threw themselves on the floor panting. Then sit side by side holding each other's stomachs.
Rafael and Mikail glanced at them at a glance, then turned around in unison and walked in tandem leaving the room.
Sesha looked at the two, then looked at Cheri and Cyzarine with their eyebrows intertwined.
What the hell's going on? thought confusion.
What is the sunrise from the west today?