CALENDULA

The woman who is 17 years old today, will celebrate her graduation from school. After his name was called out, she ran towards a man who until now had never seen his existence in a different sense. With a bitter smile, she looked at the man's face. As if the man had to be forced to come on the day of his school graduation.

"The event is over, isn't it? Then, I have to go now," he said flatly. Even, the man doesn't give congratulations.

She was just silent, staring at the face of the man in front of her with a full request to remain here a little longer with her.

"Are you busy?" she asked fearfully.

The man nodded his head. "Luis, please stay here with me! I envy all of them that their parents always accompany, while me?" she smiled bitterly as he said it, trying to hold back his tears so as not to look weak.

"I don't fucking care, Lisya! It's none of my business," he said sharply.

Not paying attention to the man's sharp gaze, he immediately hugged the body in front of him. "Can I ask for something from you? And I hope you do give it," she asked.

The man let go of their hug. "What? Say it!" he replied.

The woman named Allisya Mireya sighed, she slowly ventured into staring at the face which still showed a flat expression. "Can I ask for your time for these 3 days? After that, I promise I won't disturb you again, and I also promise not to show myself in front of you again," she explained fully of requests.

The man smiled cunningly. "During those 3 days, what are we going to do Lisya?" he explained curiously.

Immediately Reya was silent, he began to think about what they would do for the next 3 days. Because she knows, if a man who is 10 years older than she always has sex with her lover to just fulfill the man's biological needs.

"We have much to do. For example, I will tell you how every day I can live my life without anyone wanting my existence in this world," she said smiling bitterly, even the tone of his voice sounded very soft. 

The man who is now busy with his work affairs smiled mockingly as if he did not believe Reya's statement which he thought was very absurd. "Nobody wants you in this world? Are you joking me?" his sneer chuckled softly as he shook his head. "If no one wants you, then how did you get this big?" he said curiously.

Reya just laughed too. "So, how? Did you agree to my request?" she asked while biting his lip, afraid that his request would turn out to be rejected.

Slowly, the man shook his head. A sign that he refused the request of the woman in front of him, who was now hiding his disappointment after being rejected.

"So, during these 9 years, all the feelings I had were just hallucinations. Even though I had struggled, I was still rejected. Isn't that pathetic? As you always say for me, so that I will always remember that you will never like a girl like me, who can only cry every night to contemplate her life story that is not even the least bit interesting." she expressed his heart which has always pent up all this time.

The grown man Luis, he just kept quiet while giving a look of pity for the woman in front of him. "Stop hurting yourself Lisya, don't you already know how it will end? Then, why are you continuing?" he said commemorate.

"So, it's my fault?" she asked softly, and Luis nodded his head.

"Everything is your fault!" press Luis confidently. "If you realized that everything you did was almost ruining the relationship between me and Nicole, would you still do all that?" he replied sarcastically, without caring about Reya's feelings.

Reya laughed, he looked more and more like a fool now. "If that will allow me to get a little of your attention, then I will still do it. To hell with Nicole's feelings!" she said confidently, without embarrassment as he spoke.

"Did Aluna teach you to act like a slut?" he replied sarcastically, she didn't care what she said anymore.

Reya put on a stupid expression, he looked at Luis's face who he thought was joking. In the slightest, she did not feel hurt over that statement, because every day he was used to getting lots of insults from people who didn't even know how he was. Even if he explained, everything would still be in vain. Because in today's world everyone believes more what they hear, not what they see. So, Reya can only be silent when the world treats him unfairly.

"Since childhood, you know how I am. But, why can you judge me like that? Am I never valuable in the eyes of others?" she said, but Luis seemed to ignore it.

"In the least, I don't care how you feel, Lisya!" he stressed. "Even if you die... I will never care! Because maybe the world would be better off without a woman like you!" he explained without looking at Reya's face, for some reason he could not say that statement while staring at the sad face of the woman in front of him.

Reya sighed, looking seriously at Luis's face. "Then, you can pray on behalf of all those who wish for my death. Will that prayer always come true if we do it sincerely?" she said calmly, she didn't feel hurt in the slightest by what the man said about her.

If you ask, does the statement the man utters hurt? Then the answer is no! Not because she didn't have heart or feelings, but because he was used to getting more than that.

"If only I could change the destiny of my life, then I would choose not to be born into this world if, in the end, everyone wants my death more. Doesn't that sound even sadder than my life story which is not interesting?" she said again sounded sad, I don't know how fast his mood changes, it's not uncommon for everyone to hate him.

"What kind of bullshit is this? Why do you prefer to make a disgusting drama so that everyone feels sorry for you? That's disgusting Lisya," said Luis, warning with a look of hatred. "Stop it!" he commands full of emphasis.

"Fine! Thank you for your time, thank you for willing to come on my graduation day right at the age of 17 this year. Once again, thank you!" she said full of sincerity. "Please allow me to tell you all the things related to you, since I was a child until now, which in the end made me feel what it means to fall in painful love!" she asked permission, she looked at Luis's face with a look that was difficult to understanding.

"Whatever!" said Luis, leaving the woman who was now standing stiff.