"I don't know. "But it seems that Mate loves the woman very much."
"How can you know?"
"Because I've heard a few times when Mate rebelled by shouting, but his parents ignored him completely."
I heard the conversation between two people I didn't know very clearly. My heart suddenly stopped. My eyes are teary.
"What do they both mean?" Who is the woman who is betrothed by Mate's parents, and who is the woman of his choice, Mate? Why didn't he tell me anything about this?" I say it in my heart.
I then rushed out of the minimarket and ran back towards Mate's house.
Knock...! Knock...!
"Mate? Open the door! Mate?" I shouted while knocking on the door.
It's rude, but I can't control my curiosity.
Not long after, the door opened. But the one who came out to meet me was not Mate but a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length white hair and clothes like those worn by people in ancient times.
"Why are you here?" asked the middle-aged woman in a raised tone and with a completely unfriendly facial expression.
"Sorry, I just wanted to meet you, Mate," I replied with a stammer.
"Mate is not at home!" he answered curtly.
"Is he gone? Since there hasn't been thirty minutes ago, I saw Mate come into the House,"
"Why are you so stubborn? I told you Mate wasn't home; why did you insist? "You motherfuckers are totally unfit to mate!" said the middle-aged woman, who then quickly moved her hand forward.
"Awww....!" I screamed, as if there were a very heavy wind pushing my body, until I was bounced against the fence wall of the house.
"Alice?" Mate suddenly ran from inside the house and approached me.
I was in pain and my legs couldn't stand up.
"Mom? "What did you do to Alice?" screamed Mate at the woman.
"What? Mom? So she's Mate's real mother? That means she's Mate's parent, who doesn't like me. Why didn't I notice it in the first place?" I say in my heart.
"Mom doesn't like that she suddenly came here and looked for you! Mate! Ignore him and quickly return home! Mother's orders, Mate.
"No, Mom! What Mom did to Alice was already outrageous! "She didn't do anything wrong to you, Mom!" My friend defended me.
"What did you say, Mate?" She's not wrong with Mom, is she? Clearly, she was wrong! How can you like a woman who can destroy what our family has? "That woman is very dangerous for our family!" said Mrs. Mate, whom I later learned was named Merry.
"I know, Mom! But it's not right for you to behave like this!" I said to my friend, who then walked over to pick me up.
"Where are you going, mate?" Merry asked.
"That's none of your business, Mom!" said a short mate, who then ran while carrying me.
"Mate? Wait! "How dare you disobey my mother?"
How surprised I was when I entered the house! Many amazing paintings are emblazoned almost on the entire wall of Mate's House.
"Wow... this is really amazing." Mate? "Are you a painter?" I asked.
"I just do what I like and love." "Until finally many people like and finally buy my painting at a fantastic price," replied Mate with a thin smile.
"So, you earn a lot of money from this?"
"Yes, you are right," answered Mate.
I am more amazed by the figure of a man who increasingly looks perfect in front of me. No wonder I never saw Mate's activities that were like going to the office; it turned out that he created his own office.
"Mate? Can you put me down? "It seems that you have been carrying me for too long."
"I didn't drop you off on purpose."
"What? But why?" I asked with a frown.
However, Mate did not answer me. Instead, he took me into his house. Yes, deeper until he finally opened the door of the room that turned out to be a room.
"Wait...! Wait! Mate? Why did you bring me here? "Can we just chat in the living room while enjoying some of your beautiful paintings?" I asked nervously.
"Just a minute, Alice!" replied Mate with a sigh as he brought his lips to my ear.
Instantly, my heart pounded and my face blushed. What does Mate really want from me?

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