The night they spend
together
Miko was sitting by
herself inside the blue Toyota Subaru. The rented car was a better choice for
her than the noise and hectic inside the club for her.
Suddenly, the front
passenger door was opened and slammed close. Miko was taken by surprise. She
turned and a young man around her age just entered the car. “Please look the
door NOW,” he urged.
Panicking, Miko did as
she was told. Within a few seconds, a group of screaming girls hit the car at
the passenger side. Miko yelped and jumped a bit. They were screaming and
chanting a name, ‘TAKA’. She turned to
the guy sitting next to her, her eyes widening.
“Morita Takahiro?” was
the name that came out from her mouth. Her eyes blinked several times in
disbelief.
“Er… yes?” the young
man responded. “Uhm, can you help me? Drive away and go to somewhere quieter?
Please?” he pled. He smiled.
‘Shit. Don’t give me
that cute smile. You’re my dream guy, Morita Takahiro of ONE OK ROCK.’ Again,
Miko did as she was told. She changed the car’s gear to reverse and started to
drive out of the parking lot. Truth is, she had no idea where she should be
heading. But she just drove anyway. The two was silence while they are still on
the move. Finally, Miko pulled over to a small restaurant situated in front of
a moderate height buildings. One of the buildings is Miko’s flat.
“Sorry, I heard your
stomach growling. So I thought that you’re hungry,” she justified the reason
why she stopped at the restaurant. She gave him some ‘please forgive me if I
did wrong’ expression when he turned to look at her. Then he laughed because
she was so nervous about it.
“Fair enough. I am
hungry.” Both of them got out from the car and went into the restaurant.
In the restaurant, they
finally had their proper introduction of themselves to each other. While having
their dinner, they enjoyed each other’s company. Though it wasn’t his initial
plan to get away alone, but having Miko with him was also okay. She did
admitted that she’s a fan of his band but at least she didn’t go all wild after
meeting him. Besides, he had met her before even though she might not remember
him back then.
After their unexpected
dinner together, they cheerfully walked out from the restaurant. Taka felt
relieved. He had the peace and break he needed. While walking together to the
car, Taka asked, “Why were you sitting in the car alone just now?” The thought
had been lingered in his head for a while. But the happy air they shared in the
restaurant was too good to be ruined, in his own opinion.
Miko stopped her footsteps.
She lowered her head, her lips trembling as if she was afraid of something. “My
friends insisted on going to the club. I don’t like it there and I don’t want
to. But if I don’t go with them, I’ll lose my only friends here. I’m afraid… I’m
afraid of being lonely,” she cried, her voice was almost unheard of. But it was
quite clear to Taka who stood very close to her at the roadside. To comfort
her, Taka hugged her. He could feel her sobbing like a child, just with the
fear of being alone.
Few months ago, Taka
walked alone in a park. Nobody could recognized him as he put on his mask and
hood. He walked and walked, until he spotted a bench. There was a girl reading
an English novel entitled DUALED sitting on the bench. He sat down at the other
end. He enjoyed the serenity in the park. Suddenly the ringtone of his phone
rang, he opened and checked the incoming message. “Heh,” he said after reading
the content of the message.
The girl stop reading
for a moment but continued her read after that. Taka put down his phone while
the message content he just received still appeared on the screen. The girl
stole a peek to the phone screen and accidentally turned her head to read the
content better. Taka realized it but he didn’t care at all. He just let out a
heavy sigh.
“People doesn’t even
know me and yet, they made critics about me. It’s so annoying,” he muttered.
The girl then turned to
him. “Do you have family, friends or people around you… that would care with
whatever things you are doing?” she asked in a soft voice. Taka raised his
eyebrows and turned to look at the girl. For few seconds their eyes met. Then,
he nodded. “I do, I guess. Yeah, the boys are quite busybody. Goto-san too.
Other staffs…” he replied, one of his hand at his chin as if he’s thinking of
more people.
The girl smiled at him.
“That’s great then. You don’t have to be annoyed about all those people who are
criticizing you. Ignore them. I mean, I might not know you well obviously. But
still, why not just be happy and thankful for all the people around you. At
least, you are not alone,” she said.
Behind
the white mask, Taka smiled. The girl was right. Tonight, he met the same girl
again by fate. And that the very moment, he understood the reason why she said ‘at
least, you are not alone’ to him on that day in the park. Because the painful
truth is, she is alone.
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