Moon was leaving the examination room after the last paper when Zoya stopped him. That's how she used to come in front of him. Now moon was tired.
"How was the paper?"
" Why will I tell you??" He was mad at her for the first time.
"Oh, Mr. Moon gets angry." She looked at his facial expression interestingly.
" What do you want?" He asked annoyingly.
"You." Zoya's tone was not bold but helpless. Moon glanced at her in amazement for a moment. He didn't Imagine that she would answer like that. And seeing her serious tone, Moon understood that she had no control over her heart. She was in love with him as he was in love with star. If he had not been acquainted with the feeling of love, he would not have been able to understand Zoya's feelings now and would have considered her love foolishness. But now how could he stop this girl. He could not even stop himself. He took a deep breath, looked away, and left without saying anything, but Zoya grabbed his arm.
"You can't go without saying something," she demanded, looking into his eyes.
"I'm not obligated to answer you," he said bluntly, releasing his arm and turning away. Zoya had the answer.
"Don't reject my love," she said with a sinking heart. The footsteps of moon were still for an instant. Zoya hurried towards him.
"Say something! Why can't you be mine?"
"I love someone else," he said in a low voice, avoiding seeing her. Zoya was shocked. She took a step back. She never thought he would fall in love with anyone.
"Alright. I can understand your feelings. And I pray that you will find your love. But if you ever feel lonely in life, come to me. The doors of my heart will always be open for you." She stopped weeping and left. At such a young age she understood the secret of love and the positivity in her was that she did not do anything wrong to get her love but preferred the happiness of her beloved. Moon was feeling her sorrow from the depths of his heart. He also wanted to apologize but she was gone. When he came home, he first went to see star. As he approached the lounge, he heard voices coming from inside as if guests had come. He moved forward in wonder. He was just outside the door when he saw star sitting on the sofa inside, smiling and talking to a middle-aged woman. Asfar was also sitting with her who was staring at star. His entire family was also there. Moon felt something strange. It's as if star is about to move away from him, He is about to lose her.
"Then it is decided that the wedding would occur on the fifteenth of next month," Maria told everyone. The heart of moon missed a beat. Everyone in the lounge agreed to Maria. She smiled happily and began to serve them sweets. Star was looking down with a faint smile on her face which made moon depressed. She was happy with the relationship. Moon closed his eyes in agony. At that moment, he remembered Zoya's sad face. Now his condition was no different from her. When he opened his eyes, the front view was blurred. He blinked and stopped the tears from falling.
"Now, you are about to become the bride of my son, take good care of yourself." This was the last thing that made all the fears of moon came true. It was no longer possible for him to stay there. He walked backward, his wet eyes resting on star's smiling face.
Haniya had seen him go and she was shocked to see tears in his eyes.
"Does Moon like star? No, no. How can that be?" She began to think, nodded her head in denial. But that behavior of moon shows everything. He had changed from a few days ago. And that's why he wanted to know about the end of the movie that day. Haniya had understood everything. At first, she was happy to hear about star's marriage but now she was getting strangely uneasy. No matter how much she fought with moon, she could not see him sad. He had the desire in his heart that was impossible to fulfill. Star was two years elder than him and was about to get married.
"Moon! Why did you give your heart to star?" She closed her eyes thinking sadly.
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He did not go home but went to a nearby park. He wanted solitude. He wanted to cry out and was crying. It had been three hours since he had come here, but his tears had not stopped. The thought that star was going to be someone else's was painful for him. She never belonged to him. He knew it, but how could his heart understand it? All he needed was star. He had tried a little to get star, but today all his efforts were in vain. He was left empty-handed like a losing gambler. He was crying over and over again about his misfortune. At a young age, he was wounded by love. If he had been a man of twenty-five or thirty years, he would have quietly endured this or would have done anything to win his love, but he could neither control himself nor fight for his love. If he saw any ray of hope from star, he would still try his best, but star was not his. She loved asfar. She was happy to get married. How could he snatch her happiness? How could he fight for her?. The only option he had was to cry.
When he came home, tania was anxiously waiting for him.
"Moon! Where did you go after the paper? Why didn't you come home?"
"I had gone to a friend," he replied and hurried toward his room.
". You know how upset I was. And why are you looking like a crybaby? What happened?" She looked at his face thoughtfully.
"Nothing happened," he said and entered the room. Haniya saw him and understood that he had cried.
"I don't understand this boy," she muttered.
"But I understand everything." Haniya was thinking as she watched moon go.
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It had been two days, moon was suffering from fever. He was lying on the bed, unconscious. Everyone was worried about his condition. They did not understand what had happened to him. The doctor said he was deeply traumatized, but no one knew what was the trauma except Haniya. Star was spending most of her time in his room examining his condition. Now, She was putting cold water bandages on his forehead.
Meanwhile, moon was coming to his senses.
"star!" His lips moved silently.
"Moon!" star called him impatiently.
"star ... don't go," he muttered. Star raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Don't leave me," he said again.
"I'm not going anywhere. Look, I'm with you." star touched his head lovingly. Moon clasped her hand and went to sleep again. Star was wondering why he was stopping her to go.
"Maybe he found out about my marriage and is sad about my leaving." She knew that he would be sad to hear of her going but she didn't imagine his so intense reaction.
After a while, he was fully conscious. Seeing star in front of her, his heart wounded again. His eyes filled with tears.
"Get up and drink the water." star put her hand under his head, picked it up, and started feeding him with her other hand.
"Enough." After taking two sips, he moved his face back and lay down.
"What happened to you? Why are you like this?" She asked in a sad tone. Moon closed his eyes instead of answering.
"Are you sad to hear I'm leaving?" star asked. Moon stopped beating.
"No," he said in a flat tone.
"Then?" star became confused.
"My exam paper was not good." He lied so that no one's attention would be drawn to the real reason.
"So what's the matter with that? You've got it serious a little too much. See how much fever you've got." She began to scold him. Moon remained silent. He wanted to stop her. He wanted to beg for his love but he knew that star would never listen to him. On the contrary, his image in star's eyes would fall. It was a big reason that's why he was saying nothing. He did not know what he had said to star a few moments ago. Star could not understand the real meaning of his words because she had always imagined moon as a child. She never considered him a man who could fall for her. She thought she knew everything about the heart of moon but she was wrong.
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He was standing on the balcony, holding the railing, looking at the greenery in the back garden, thinking of star. She couldn't really be him's, but she was always with him in his thoughts. She was marrying someone else and when he remembered this, his soul was hurt. Now he had to suffer for star all his life. He had accepted fate and was very disappointed. Or maybe he had compromised. Moon had promised himself that even if he couldn't get star, he would always love her. He will always prefer her happiness. If he had to give his life for her happiness, he would give it.
Tears welled up in his red eyes. He was fed up with his condition and began to wipe away the tears.
"Moon!" At Haniya's call, he quickly turned to control himself.
"Yes?" He looked at her questioningly. Without saying a word, Haniya began to look at him with examining eyes, he got confused. He was praying in his heart that Haniya could not understand the reason for his condition.
"Why are you standing here?" She walked towards him.
"That's what you came to ask?" He said bluntly.
"No. I have a lot to ask." She stopped with the railing. Moon swallowed.
"What?"
"star is getting married. This is good news. Then why are you crying?" Her words showed that she knew a lot.
"Why should I cry?" He barely stopped himself from crying.
"Just sad to see her go away or is there some other reason?" She was watching his face thoroughly.
"I don't understand what you're saying. Get out of here." He got angry.
"You ... love star, don't you?" she finally asked directly. Moon became stilled. What he wanted to hide was revealed. Now he did not know what to say. He could not deny it and was embarrassed to admit it.
"It's not a bad thing to love someone, Moon. You don't have to be ashamed." She spoke in a conveying tone and Moon looked at her in surprise. Was she Haniya that was bothering him all the time but comforting him in this difficult time. Knowing his heart secret, she did not blame him but valued his feelings.
"I thought I had sinned by loving star. If anyone found out, they would think I am bad," he Sighed.
"I don't think you are bad. Because I'm your sister. I can never think you're bad. But I don't know others. These people, even if they're not good, try to prove others' sins. They try their best. That's what they do. Stop thinking about people. "
"If it's not bad to love, then why didn't I get it?" He grieved.
"Not everyone can get love. The love is very alluring. It turns wishes into longings. It makes tears destined for life. But I can't see you sad. You have to hold yourself. "Haniya articulated with her hand on his shoulder.
"I can't handle myself. I can't stand that star is getting away from me. I'm nothing without her." He sat down on his knees crying. Haniya's tears were also falling. She sat down and hugged him.
"Be patient, Moon. That's what fate," she said, patting her on the shoulder.
"Why is my fate like that?" He said in a complaining tone.
"Instead of complaining, pray to God that he gives you star." Now there was only one way of pray left for him.
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