Loving You in My Way
CHAPTER 3

No time for the race to arrive soon. Every day Shata never forgets to practice archery. He practiced very diligently, trying some extreme archery styles such as closed-eye archery, inverted archery and hanging on a tree trunk, and archery using three arrows at once.

Although he always failed in trying all three styles. It never broke his spirit in practicing archery. On the sidelines of archery training as usual, he still tried all three extreme styles.

Once, he was resting under a shady mango tree. Suddenly he saw someone dressed in black running very fast behind the trees. At first he intended to chase after the person but..

*Splash... Splassh.. Splasshhh.* three arrows flying right at the target of Shata's training. Seeing that, Shata was very surprised because he did not know which direction the three arrows came from. He approached his goal and found a piece of paper that read "You don't have to act because I'm going to win the race tomorrow".

"Well!! Someone challenged me, but... Good thing, because I don't have to hide my greatness and I also don't intend to win it.. Basic Trash" Tara said as she threw the paper.

Then he went back inside to clean himself up. After cleaning herself up, she intends to take Tara around the village in search of some new archery equipment. But he did not see his friend in the house.

"Where to go? It seems like he was still lying here" said Shata.

*From the back of the house, Tara appears carrying a piece of paper she found*

"You know this paper?" Ask Tara.

"Where are you? What paper?" Sahut Shata while taking the paper in Tara's hand.

"Oh, here.. Yes I know. Let's not be gubris, instead make sure I don't have to act". Connect Shata.

"Not that problem, but pay close attention. On each side were black but faint roses" Tara replied as she showed a picture of the roses on the paper.

"Eh.. Yes yes!! It's the exact same picture on the suicide note I've seen. Could it be that the incident of death by suicide letter a few months and a time ago was really a murder case? And the one who ran in black clothes earlier was the killer?" Shata replied with a bit of surprise.

"Huh? The guy in black said you? It seems like it is the royal security special forces because to my knowledge they always wear black clothes. But, what are they doing that for? And the writing on this paper was also no threatening words" Tara asked with a slight confusion.

"That means tomorrow I have to win that game so I can investigate. When I have joined the royal security special forces, I will reveal what is really going on" Shata replied.

"But in retrospect, is it possible that the royal security special forces will take part in the race? It says here that he will be the winner. Argggh... It's so annoying" Tara said.

"Then I also want to buy some snacks to wait for you tomorrow" Sahut Tara.

"Yes, I'll buy you a pebble just so it lasts. Haha...." Shata replied with a loud laugh.

They went to the next village to buy what they wanted. When passing Alysa's house, Shatapun accidentally turned his head, he found Alysa's house was having many guests. He thought that it was Alysa's brothers who were visiting his house or maybe friends of Alysa's parents.

After getting the desired items, they rushed home because the weather had suddenly turned cloudy.

"Come, get home!! It looks like it's going to rain" Shata said.

"Yes fast, I also hang clothes behind the house, it's not funny if I have to wash it again because it's raining" Tara replied.

Finally they rushed as fast as possible to get home. When passing Alysa's house, Shata sees that the house is now quiet like there is no one in it. The atmosphere was 180 degrees different from the one he saw when he was about to go towards the next village.

Arriving at home, Tara finds a pack of food hanging from the door of their house. He took the package and went straight into the house and took the laundry in the backyard. Shortly after Tara returned to the house. Rainstorms directly rained down on their homes.

"Thank God.. It's not too late" Tara said

"When did you buy this cake? You didn't buy this cake?" Shata asked as he lifted the food package.

"Oh.. It was on the door hanger, so I took it in. What is cake? Yummy?" Ask Tara as she approaches.

"Bolu, it tastes so good. Who gave you?" Shata.

"Bah... It's really delicious.. I don't know... Anyone who gives but this is really good" Tara replied as she ate the sponge.

They also spent the sponge cake and ate the rice they had bought in the village next door. After finishing their meal, they chatted casually in the living room by enjoying a cup of coffee that was able to warm their bodies in the cold of the night rain. Until it does not feel late at night, the rain does not stop. They decided to go straight to sleep without going around the village as usual. Before going to bed Shata took the time to pray to God that tomorrow the father would meet him. He had already planned to directly hug and kiss his father's feet by the time they met.