The Noble
Episode 4

The morning alarm from his phone rang to wake William from his sleep. He felt refreshed because he was able to sleep earlier than the day before. A job made her sleep feel comfortable and all her thoughts disappeared. He got up from the sofa and wanted to walk to the kitchen to make hot coffee in the morning, he forgot that he had not had time to buy daily necessities after his return from vacation. There was no other drink besides water, he drank it and after that went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

“Ahh better I go to minimarket after this. I need to buy many goods.”.

After brushing her teeth she walked towards her room, she opened the closet and changed her clothes. William chose the clothes he bought during his vacation, after changing his clothes he walked out of the house and headed to this market which was not too far from his home. While walking a few steps from the door of his house he saw someone walking past his house and his face looked familiar.

“Ah William. good morning.” Greet that someone.

“Morning Melody..Where are you going?.” ask.

“I want to go to mini market to buy something.?!” Answer Melody.

“Oh... same, then.” William said as he walked forward.

Melody just fell silent and followed William from behind, she was confused what to say to William because she saw William was in a bad mood. Melody took out her notebook containing whatever items she had to buy. Not so far away from the road they went to get here the market, they went to the minimarket with their respective goals. They split up inside to find the items they needed, William unknowingly passed a shelf containing several chocolate products, one of which he often bought to give to nixie when they were in school.

“Do I need it. Well I guess I should forget those memories. Everyone has their own world.”.

William passed the shelf wanting his memory to disappear and continued to look for other items. By chance he saw Melody who was looking at the goods and was in a state of confusion with the goods he was looking at, then William approached Melody and asked her.

“Melody.. Do you want to learn how to make cakes? You have seen the material with a serious face.” asked.

“Ahh... William.. yes I am confused. I would love to learn how to make cakes. so I am curious and want to buy all the ingredients here.” Melody replied in a confused state.

[William got a glimpse of]

“..If you want to practice making cakes better take the right one.easy for beginners.” replied William while reaching for the baked goods right in front of him.

“Ohhh... It looks like you know about cakes yaa.. I just found out?” answer melody.

“My aunt used to teach me a lot of things. One of them is making cakes. Use this for additional ingredients cake.” he said while giving an item to Melody.

Melody who received the suggestion and the item now calmed down, her confusion slowly began to disappear. He asked William further about the cake while noting it in the book he was carrying earlier, many things they talked about and one of them made William curious is why Melody wanted to learn to make cakes? Does she like cake and want to make her own? Or something else. William finally asked Melody.

“Why do you want to make a cake.. I didn't know that you like cake?” tanyakanya.

“Ahh.. yes.. I want to learn to make cakes because maybe I can sell it. I want to petrify mom looking for money. I do not want to grow mom continuously” replied melody with a smile.

“Do you have the tools? If you don't have to come tomorrow morning to my house, I'll take you to a place where you can learn how to make cakes. My place of work is now on 3 days off so no one wears it, you can study there comfortably. I will tell my boss later.” William said as he walked to the cashier.

Melody who heard that was happy because she could try to learn to make cakes, because of advice from William she was done with her shopping and after that went to the cashier to pay for it. He saw unknowingly there was one item that was often bought as a child by his mother first, but Melody already had no money anymore and could only look at it. After paying for his groceries he came out of the mini market and saw William who was still outside drinking the drink he had bought.

“You're still here? Or is there something you forgot to buy?” ask him to William.

“Hmm.. I'm thirsty. so I drink it here.” he replied.

“Ahh yes. about the pastry. are you sure I can practice there. Maybe I can just damage the tool there.” the question is doubtful.

“So I've contacted the boss, he said it might be okay.. You come to my house and I will deliver.I wait in the morning.I will share the address so that you can see the place.” replied William while throwing away the bottle.

They finally came home together walking through the same path they had gone through earlier. Not a word of anything came out of the mouths of the two of them, they were just as afraid of making things even more awkward. Suddenly William stopped and looked at the playground right in front of his eyes, it was a playground he often visited when he was a child. The bewildered Melody nodded to ask William.

“Hmm..do you want to play there.. Looks like you want to play there.seen from your eyes?” melody.

William ignored the playground and decided to go home, a few steps he walked suddenly heard the sound of a swing being used and out of curiosity he decided to turn to the sound of the swing. William saw the melody was riding the swing slowly and pleasantly, he tried not to be tempted by the swing, he tried to walk while ignoring the sound while closing his eyes. He felt strange, the sound of the swing was getting closer and more real in his mind, then he opened his eyes and asked himself was already in the swing.

“Why can I sit here.is this a dream or an illusion.”

Because William was curious whether it was an illusion or a dream he began to swing the swing. The swing felt real, he enjoyed every swing and briefly recalled his past while still playing with his parents while still alive and living in a village where the playground felt the same. He closed his eyes and instantly opened his eyes those memories of the past became real. He saw his parents helping swing the swing, could only enjoy the moment for a moment and he briefly heard the voice of the woman who was calling him.

“William.. William... Why are you daydreaming? do you like it?” said the woman.

“Iyaa this is fun.. I want to forever enjoy this pleasure.” the champion.

The call became more real and clearer, William felt that the call was real and not a memory anymore. He woke up from the dream and what he saw when he opened his eyes was a melody calling out to him.

“William... It seems you like this playground yes. I can see it.” said melody while laughing.

The newly awakened William immediately got up from the swing and tried to walk away from the spot.

“Maybe not everyone is lucky to be able to enjoy childhood by playing.I envy the childhood of others..” said the melody while looking up at the sky.

William who heard the word immediately stopped and walked backwards, as soon as he was sitting back on the swing. She recalls that Melody's childhood was very hard and disliked wasting time playing games other than helping her parents. The little Melody is always learning and helping her mother not to fall back from their survival difficulties. Every day can only learn and learn to make William remember his childhood which was always taught by his mother. William recalls the first time he saw a melody moving house around his neighborhood. They seemed to have a lot of problems when greeting each other at that time. William's time went through problems every day and every time his mother melody was the one who helped to calm him down despite their difficult circumstances.

“Oh yes William... what you want to do in the future.” ask melody.

“…. The future, huh? I don't know, maybe forget the past.” he replied.

The two of them could only remain silent without a word coming out of their mouths.

“I also don't know what I want to do in the future.just focus on forgetting the past for now.”.

The temperature of the air is getting warmer indicating that daylight is coming soon. Melody who had been silent had asked William something.

“Oh yes. About the graduation party yesterday you didn't come, did you? Everyone asks you where I was at school and Nixie is still at school.. what's going on between you two?” ask Melody.

“Not feeling well.. and nothing what's with nixie.” he replied flatly.

“Ohh so yes... friends other friends said they want to go to college in the same place again..maybe they are disappointed with me for not being able to be with them anymore..how about you William?” Ask melody.

“I also can not be with them always. I don't know maybe will work or I will think again later.” he replied sighing.

They talked about many things and over time Melody realized that the materials she bought must be there to be used now. He got up from his swing and walked out of the garden.

“Oh yes.. Thank you William for the advice and thank you for the help about the tool.. tomorrow I will come. see you.” he replied while leaving the place in a hurry.

William also got up from the swing and walked home, but on the way he stopped and saw a bookstore not far from his way home. He turned and tried to approach the dusty place, he found the place right in front of the uninhabited house. William decided to go inside and look for books that he might want, such as reading books or books for his learning purposes. He looked at the book from front to back until he found the book that seemed to interest him, the book about cooking, out of nowhere he thought to buy the book but in fact he bought the book.

“Yaa it might be interesting if I buy this book. or I will give it to Melody.”.

After buying the book, he immediately went home to make breakfast and stored some groceries in his refrigerator. He began cooking and serving some dishes and began to eat them, after which William cleaned his house like sweeping and mopping and continued to bathe because his body was already very dirty. After taking a shower William did not know what to do was confused to do what, he grabbed his cellphone placed on the dining table and opened it.

“Grandmother widia must still be there. later in the afternoon I will be there to meet her and prepare the tools for learning Melody tomorrow day.”.