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2. Beautiful Dream in the Beautiful Meadow

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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2021-11-23 16:31:01

“We’ve been in the middle of this vast and beautiful meadow. You don’t have to worry much…” said a young handsome, tall, sturdy and muscular man in front of Sumico Kammal Lowie.

Sumico Kammal slowly opened her eyes. The scents of fragrant flowers and grass started to cuddle and fondle her nose. The first thing she saw was a young, handsome, perfect and gorgeous face in front of her eyes. What made Sumico Kammal relaxed and relieved the most was those blue ocean eyes. Those blue ocean eyes gave Sumico Kammal a kind of protection, comfort and coziness sense.

Realizing that she was lying on the young handsome man’s laps, Sumico quickly woke up, a bit awkwardly and embarrassedly.

“Where am I?”

“As you can see… In the middle of this vast and beautiful meadow… Isn’t this vast and beautiful meadow immensely relaxing and soothing? You can also feel the warm sunlight, the cool breeze as well as drizzle, can’t you?”

“Yeah… But… But… But I think I haven’t seen an immense and beautiful meadow like this before…”

“This world is so wide and spacious. Why can you be so sure that you haven’t seen a vast and beautiful meadow like this before?” asked the young man, showing his charming, attractive and fractionally intoxicating smile.

Seeing that smile and those blue eyes, Sumico Kammal was really soothed and relaxed. There was a kind of another feeling, but she decided to ignore it. She was much more interested to the scenery of the vast and beautiful meadow in front of her.

“Moreover, you’re still ten years old, Little Lady… Of course you haven’t been to all parts of this world. Why can you be so sure you haven’t seen this immense and beautiful meadow before?” asked the man again.

Sumico Kammal was seen mulling over something. “Mmm… Not knowing why, there’s something in my heart and mind telling me that I haven’t seen this immense and beautiful meadow before.”

“Okay… So, what do you think about this vast and beautiful meadow?” asked the young man, carrying on cuddling and fondling Sumico Kammal’s gentle and pretty face.

“It’s lovely and wonderful… To be honest, I’m quite soothed and relaxed being here… I like the sunlight, the cool breeze as well as drizzle…” tweeted Sumico Kammal smiling warmly.

“Then, do you want to stay here a little bit longer?” asked the young man gently and softly.

“Mmm… Elder Brother… I think I want to go home right now…”

“Why? Didn’t you say you liked the environment here?”

“Mmm… But, should I not go back, Dad, Mom and Sister Wenny must be looking for me…” said Sumico Kammal worriedly.

“Why don’t you just stay here a little bit longer? It’s still midnight in your world. You’ll merely be slightly later than usual, Sumico…” The young man was seen cuddling Sumico’s gentle and pretty face again.

“No… No… No… I think I want to go back right now… Moreover, I don’t see anybody else here besides you and me… Staying here, I think I won’t have any friends…” replied Sumico Kammal quickly and fluently.

“There’s me here, Sumico… Aren’t I your friend…?” The young man looked somewhat sad and sorrowful.

“Yeah… Yeah… You’re definitely my friend, but… but… but… I’ll be missing my other friends if I stay here for too long, Elder Brother…”

Still with his somewhat sad and sorrowful facial expression, the young man sighed in his long breath. “Okay then… You can go home then… C’mon… I’ll bring you home, Sumico…”

Smiling gently and charmingly, the young man with his blue ocean eyes stretched out his hand in front of Sumico Kammal. Not knowing why, Sumico Kammal clutched that warm, cozy as well as comfortable hand. Following the young man’s steps ahead, Sumico Kammal started to walk away from the vast and beautiful meadow.

In the middle of her way back home, the young, handsome, sturdy and muscular man suddenly asked Sumico Kammal again,

“Is there any chance for you to come back here again?”

Sumico Kammal was solely staring at the young handsome man.

“Would you like to come back here to see me again?” asked the young handsome man again.

Sumico really required quite a couple of seconds to finally answer that question,

“Yes, I will… Don’t worry, Elder Brother…”

Sumico kept on walking and walking forwards, and suddenly…

“Sumico! Sumico! Sumico!”

From outside her bedroom, Sumico heard her mom shouting and shouting out her name.

“It’s half past six already! You’re going to be late for school if you don’t wake up right now!” shouted Sumico’s mom again.

Sumico looked at the clock on the wall in her bedroom. “What a long and weird dream… And after the dream, it’s been half past six in the real world…”

Sumico quickly got down from the bed and dashed to the bathroom inside her bedroom. She finished brushing her teeth, taking her bath and changing her clothes to her school uniform merely in fifteen minutes. She ran down the stairs and hurriedly joined her other family members in the dining room. Breakfast had already been served.

“Gosh! You wake up late again! You’re always waking up late!” commented her elder sister who’d been in her junior high school.

“Yeah… I did my homework until twelve o’clock yesterday night, Sister Wen…” said Sumico starting to gobble up her fried rice.

“Why didn’t you do it earlier? You must have been watching dramas until you forgot about the time, mustn’t you?” commented Sumico’s mom. She was seen shaking her head and then continuing her breakfast.

“Next time don’t watch any dramas if you’ve got some homework, Sumico…” Her dad was heard slightly reprimanding her.

Sumico didn’t utter anything more again. She was seen simply grinning widely without any qualms.

After breakfast, both Wenny Kammal Lowie and Sumico Kammal Lowie were seen leaving home for school. Meanwhile, Andreas Camilo Lowie was seen leaving home for his office. Meanwhile, being a housewife, Yulia Kammal Lowie just stayed at home.

***

Two years later…

“Why am I here again?” asked Sumico Kammal when she found out she was in the middle of the similar vast and beautiful meadow.

“Yeah… Because this is the time for us to meet again, Sumico…” answered the similar young, handsome, sturdy and muscular man.

This time the young handsome man was shirtless, showing his sturdy, muscular, six-packed and sexily-intoxicating body. Seeing that, Sumico was confused and intoxicated at the same time. She was seen swallowing her saliva into her choked throat. She started to fancy. Who wouldn’t want to be hugged inside that hot, sexy and attractive body?

“I remember I was just sleeping in my bedroom a few moments before. How can I be in this vast and beautiful meadow again?” Sumico kept asking the similar question, staring sharply at the young handsome man in front of her.

“Just spend tonight with me then, Sumico… You don’t want to spend tonight with me, Sumico? Do you?” asked the young handsome man with his somewhat sad and sorrowful eyesight.

“You just took me to this vast meadow without my permission, Elder Brother…” said Sumico still with her quite upset fashion.

“I miss you so deeply, Sumico. I long to meet you. I thought you’d be happy to see me because we haven’t been meeting each other for two years. Sorry… Sorry… Sorry for taking you here without asking you first…” muttered the young handsome man, still with the similar sad and sorrowful eyesight.

Sumico sighed in her long breath. “Why do you take me to this vast and beautiful meadow again, Elder Brother?”

“I miss you so much, Sumico. I long to meet you so deeply because we haven’t been meeting each other for two years. Actually, I plan to bring you to the city center today, Sumico. Yet, I think you’re quite upset and unhappy now. I admit this is purely my mistake because I directly brought you here without asking you first.”

The young handsome man was seen slightly stooping down his head. The similar sad and gloomy facial expression was still clearly seen on his face.

Sumico really required quite a couple of seconds before she finally sighed in her long breath and asked,

“How long will it take us to the city center from here?”

“It’s around half hour. Do you want to have sightseeing at the city center together with me, Sumico?” asked the young handsome man with his bit more beaming eyes.

Sumico was seen mulling over something in her mind. She shook her head and then she uttered,

“No… No… I don’t think so, Elder Brother…”

The young handsome man looked rather sad, disappointed and sorrowful again. “Oh, I see… Okay then… I’ll bring you back now… You’ll go back to your world now…”

“I mean… Not today, Elder Brother… Perhaps… Perhaps… Next day… Next time… We need one hour to go to and fro between this vast beautiful meadow and the city center. Moreover, we’ll also spend some more time in the city center later on. In total, we’ll be spending more than two hours if I decide to go to the city center with you, Elder Brother. Isn’t it?”

“Yes, I think it is…” replied the young handsome man.  

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