THE LONG JOURNEY TO YOU
METEOR SHOWER AND HOPE

            Uwahhhh!!!

            Deon complained after a week of living in the village Niel came from. During the week, his duties were numerous. From gardening and raising all day to the night, we had a conversation with Grandma and Mother Niel who seemed to like her.

            Rover, srek.

            Deon swung his little scythe cleaning weeds in the vegetable garden of the Niel family feeling his hands and shoulders almost numb. Plus the sunburn in the middle of the day, really stinging.

            “Deon, uh wrong, God!! Did you use sunscreen??” Every day Niel kept asking the question to Deon because he was worried that Deon's snow-white skin would burn and turn brown like a baked cake.

            “Huft!! Take it easy, I've been wearing it, Niel!!”

            “Ma-sorry, God! At home it always is! Grandma and my mom don't like to see people lounging.” Niel feels guilty seeing Deon work hard during his week-long stay in his village.

            “Huft!! No wonder you rarely go home!! Once at home, you have to work worse than being my manager!!” reply Deon.

            “Hahaha!!” Niel laughed at Deon's reply. “You are right, God!! This is one of the reasons I rarely go home! Once I get home, I won't be able to rest properly!! But ... “

            “But what??” Deon continued to speak while swinging his little scythe and pulling out the weed.

            “This way is the best way to make you sleep well. This week, you sleep well at night, right??”

            “Yahh that I can't deny!!” Deon agrees. After working hard during the day, at night Deon really felt tired and just fell asleep when he heard the chatter of Grandma and Mother Niel. Even Deon, who usually can't fall asleep anywhere, can fall asleep wherever he is.

            Aushhhh!! A strong wind blew from the small hill not far from Niel's house. This week, Deon felt a little interested in the small hill and quietly noticed it during gardening.

            “Hey, Niel!!” call Deon.

            “Ya?”

            “That little hill, can I get there??” ask Deon.

            “Sure can. The hill is not private. Anyone can go there. You want to go there??”

            “Ya.” Deon nodded his head.

            “The views there are better at night or at sunrise. Want to go there tonight?? Lucky you could see a shooting star at night. Ahhh!!” Niel suddenly shouted while looking for his phone.

            “Why be surprised so??” Deon.

            “I remember later tonight there should be a meteor shower! Perfectly fit the timing!” Niel checked the calendar on his long-marked phone.

            “Where did you know??” ask Deon. “Not the signal here a little difficult??”

            “I already marked it a month ago.” Niel shows the calendar on her phone. “Before if we have free time, I want to invite you to go see this because you have sleep problems for the last few months.”

            “Ahh. You're so considerate, Niel.”

            Niel smiled slightly. “Of course. You are my actor and I am your manager. So I have to do this. Although I never said it, but I'm a fan of yours, Deon. Maybe I am the luckiest fan because I can see you filming and acting with my own eyes.”

            Deon smiled lightly at Niel's confession. “Trims.”

            “So you want to go to that hill??” Niel asked to be sure.

            “Ya.”

            Her night.

            And sure enough when night falls, Niel and Deon who go to the small hill at night rather early in the morning, find a meteor shower like Niel said.  Deon captured the moment with his phone and photographed the meteor shower he saw firsthand. Click, click.

            “No make a request??” Daniel asked Deon.

            “You believe in such a thing??” reply Deon.

            Niel nodded. “Trust also does not hurt. How to know my hope is heard by God.”

            Deon shook his head in disbelief. “You are-just there!”

            Huft!!! Deon didn't want to make silly requests, but because Niel kept pushing him, Deon had no choice but to make requests.

            I hope that in this lonely world, I can find one person who can make me not feel lonely anymore.only one person, just one person, can, I wish I could find that guy.

            *

            “Madaharsa!”      

            “Why do you keep calling my name?”

            “I, I don't know. Just want to. Can't I do it??”

            “Stop doing it! I'm tired of hearing it!”

            “You're tired of hearing your own name?? Wh why?? Isn't that your own name?”

            “Yes, I'm bored because you keep calling her!!”

            Whatisthis??

            Deon saw a woman sitting next to him on a hill unknown to him. The woman he called by the name of Madaharsa, smiled at him as if she and the woman had known him for a long time. The red color blushed on Madaharsa's cheeks, leaving Deon confused and astonished. Whether it was because of the shame or the glint of the afternoon sun they were seeing together, Deon could not determine it correctly. But …

            Dag, dig, dug.

            Deon's heart rate, which was beating faster than usual, made Deon feel uncomfortable.

            “Madaharsa.”

            Deon's mouth spoke again without orders from him.

            “What else?”

            “Can we continue like this??”

            “Means?”

            Yeah, does that mean?? Deon asked in his mind.

            “Maybe yes, mungjin also does not. Anyway, I have a responsibility. You know I'm the keeper of heirlooms in this place.”

            Heirloom thing?? Meanin?? Deon asked again in his mind.

            “ ... My life, I don't have as much freedom as other human beings. I am bound by this task. So I can't give you certainty.”

            Certainty?? Certainty for what?? Deon asked again and this time he was more confused, more and more clueless. Deon looked at the smiling woman named Madaharsa looking up at the twilight sky. The glint of twilight shining on Madaharsa's face made Deon feel his heart was getting out of control.

            The dag dig dug.

            Who exactly are you? Why is my heart beating like this? Deon tried to raise his hand and this time the body that was not controlled by Deon finally complied. Deon's hand moved upwards and was about to touch Madaharsa's face. Unfortunately before Deon's hand managed to touch Madaharsa's face, the woman turned her head and made Deon surprised.

            Eh??

            Madaharsa smiled at Deon and Deon's vision turned pitch black.

            “God!!! Nak Lord!!”

            Deon opened his eyes and found Niel along with his mother looking at him with an anxious face. “Ehm??” Deon tried to get up from his sleep while rubbing his eyes that felt he still wanted to close and fall asleep. Deon looked at Niel and his mother once more, and it was true that the two faces looking at him looked extremely anxious. “Why with Mom's face and yours, Niel? Is something wrong??”

            Niel clasped Deon's hand. “I don't think you'll wake up from your sleep! If you sleep any longer, I will definitely call the village chief and take you to the hospital!”

            “Hospital? Why go there??”  Deon looked up at the sky outside his bedroom window and found that the visible sun should be right overhead. “I-it's noon! How can I??”

            Deon finally understood the reason Niel and his mother were anxious to see him finally wake up from his sleep.