My soul is an Artist
Chapter 21 We fought together

Bian returned to wearing a hat and mask before the theater lights turned on again. They came out last.

"Tomorrow are you running class at what time?" ask Bian when he's in the car.

"Emm, 3 o'clock. Why is it sister?" ask Vega.

"I have take vidio at your college, if you want, you can stop by for a while" said Bian.

"Is it okay, brother?" ask Vega.

"It's okay, you can greet me for a while and go home" Bian replied casually.

"Alright tomorrow I'll find you brother" Vega replied happily.

Tonight is very precious for both of them. You could say it was their first date. Bian was so grateful to be betrothed to Vega. Vega is a good and very understanding woman. He wants to understand the work of Bian who must be with other women in public.

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"Nit won't let me meet Brother Bian" asked Vega when class ended.

"Huh? gasalah, where do you want to meet?" ask Nita.

"Near our campus C building. Anterin I used your bike, pliss, not for long" Vega said.

"Sister Bian on our campus? in seriously? why is there" asked Nita curious.

"Say there is take vidio there with my sister Syaila" Vega replied.

"Eh but you're gapapa, they're a couple in the eyes of people" asked Nita.

"Gapapa, this is the risk of getting engaged to a top artist who already has a boyfriend. I'll get used to it" Vega replied confidently.

"OK deh if you gapapa, yuk I anterin" asked Nita.

Actually Vega can be alone to the set. But he didn't want to go too far. The distance of the filming location to the main gate is about 1 km. It is quite nice to have to walk.

"You wanna come in or wait here?"ask Vega.

"Gue here aja time, confused also rame so that the staff" replied Nita.

"Yaudah wait here yes, I just want to say hello to Brother Bian bentar. Don't stay, I'm afraid to run to the front gate" Vega said.

"Iye iye, hunt there for the afternoon" ordered Nita.

Vega walked closer to the set.

"Simon's brother" call Vega. He only recognized Simon among the many people who were busy on duty.

"Eh, miss Vega. Bian had been waiting for non" Simon replied as he pointed to a room.

Vega walks with Simon to a waiting room. Again Bian was with Syaila. This time Syaila is in makeup, while Bian is busy memorizing the script.

Vega, who had gotten used to the scene, tried to ignore Syaila and just focused on Bian.

"Sister" call Vega.

"Have you come?" ask Bian kindly. He stood up and took Vega by the hand to sit in the chair next to him. This time Bian treated Vega very well. Not like yesterday.

"My class was 30 minutes away, the lecturer was late at the beginning" Vega said.

Bian just nodded with a smile.

"Would you like a drink?" ask Bian.

"So, brother, I had a lot to drink this afternoon" Vega replied.

"Alright, if thirsty says yes" said Bian full of affection.

Vega just nodded.

"What are you filming for?" vega asked curiously while looking at the script in Bian's hands.

"For your college promotion" replied Bian.

"Oh yeah, really?" ask Vega.

"Mr Bian! already waiting for a solo shoot" Simon cuts out the chat between Vega and Bian.

"You wait here for a while, I won't be long" Bian said as he stroked Vega's hair gently.

Vega nodded.

This did not escape the gaze of Shaila who looked from behind her makeup mirror. Syaila was annoyed to see Bian who was very attentive to Vega. Different from yesterday.

Syaila had finished her face. The person in charge of tidying up Syaila's makeup was already out of the room.

"Vega, can I talk to you for a minute?" ask Syaila slowly.

Vega was silent waiting for Syaila to speak. Then Shaila began to speak.

"I first met Bian at the casting place on our campus. He looks very bad and not excited" said Syaila.

"Bian followed the casting because he wanted to busy himself and forget his excitement. I don't know what problem he's having. But one thing is for sure, from then on he started loving his job as an artist."

" We fought together from zero. We have always been there for each other while pioneering this career. We promised each other we would succeed together. I also promised myself to be a good partner to Bian" Syaila said as she stared at Vega's bead.

Vega did not dare to cut off Shaila's words, he just calmly listened, and tried to capture what the words meant.

"Bian's parents used to strongly reject Bian's decision to become an artist. They hope Bian Alfa can continue his family-owned business"

"Do you know how he struggles to persuade his parents? his efforts to be successful as now. It was very heavy for Bian. It took me years to convince my parents"

"Now Bian has become a top artist after his dream. But suddenly you came to ruin his career."

"Since childhood Bian was very obedient to his mother. Bian couldn't possibly refuse her mother's request to match her to you."

"Tante Riri always threatened her to stop being an artist. Things that are very unlikely Bian can do" continued Syaila.

"So what do you mean, Bian wants to accept this matchmaking so that Aunt Riri doesn't make him stop being an artist?" ask Vega who is beginning to understand the direction of Syaila's conversation.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you this secret" Syaila said.

"Why did you tell me?"asked Vega looking back at Syaila.

"Because I'm sad, I can't see Bian losing the career he loved so much just because of a woman. So I think you should know about all this" Syaila said.

Vega stood up and took her bag at the table.

"You need to feel guilty for telling me. I'm very good at keeping secrets" Vega said.

"And it looks like you have to stop worrying about the problem of men who are already someone else's fiancee" Vega said.

"Saila don't misunderstand, your relationship is only a couple in the public eye, not a real partner. So stop meddling in each other's personal affairs" Vega said as he left the room. He tried to look hard to face Syaila.

Vega runs into Bian who is about to return to the waiting room.

"Will you go home?" ask Bian.

"Yes, sister, Nita has been waiting for me too long in the parking lot" Vega replied without looking at Bian.

"Alright be careful on the road yes" Bian replied without feeling any suspicion.

Vega did not answer Bian's words. Vega immediately ran towards the parking lot while holding back her tears. But he found no one.

"Vega!" call Danis from the car.

"Will you go home?" danis asked, He got out of the car walking towards Vega.

"Yes, brother, where's Nita?" asked Vega looking around.

"So he was on his mother's phone, told to go home immediately. So Nita told me to wait for you here and drop you off" Danis replied.

"Why are your eyes red" Danis asked, looking at Vega's sad face.

"Ah it's okay, there was dust coming in" Vega replied as he shifted his gaze.

"Alright, let's go in" Danis opened the car door for Vega.

"You want to go home? I'm taking it with me" said Danis softly.

"I don't want to go home to Ryan's sister, just take me to the station" Vega replied.

"Where is Ve going?" ask Danis.

"I want to go home to Jogja brother" said Vega.

"Aren't you going to college tomorrow?" danis is confused. Why arrive - Vega wants to go home to Jogja. This is not a holiday.

Vega just fell silent not answering.

"Vega you got a problem?" ask Danis again.

Vega was no longer able to say - words. Her tears began to fall.

"Alright I won't force you to tell a story. Now rest, I take it to Jogja yes" said Danis.

"But brother" Vega denied.

"It's okay, I'll drive you safely to your destination" Danis said.

...Seriate...