Love Of Mirage

park with some crowds walking, chatting and playing.
A park with some lovers or couples dating.
A park with some families having their great time.

This is a park where our story starts, Park Never-land.

A girl has been waiting at center in Never-land for a guy to meet her while the guy is hiding and observe her at far. The girl wanted to see the guy for very long time while the guy keep avoid her. She always want to ask the guy for the reason he hide from her, but she doesn't has a chance to do so.

The girl's name is Lydia, she work as a writer at NEXUS newspaper. She also involve in photography for her hobby. Eventually she also join some photography competition for interest. Every time she join the competition, she also get placed as 1st runner up. She feel very interest and curious toward to the champion as he doesn't show up for award ceremony. The champion always send someone to collect for him. Everything that she know about the champion are his masterpiece and his name, Matthew.

Actually, Matthew and Lydia already known each other. Just that Lydia still haven't figure out the Matthew she know is the Matthew was she looking for. Matthew actually working as office boy at NEXUS newspaper too, but his actual identity is the owner of NEXUS newspaper. He also share the same hobby with Lydia which is photography. However, only certain peoples know about Matthew actual identity.

Matthew start photography since young when he travel with his father for photo shooting. He is talented as his father, a famous photographer. He learn a lot from his father and start shooting with his father after 2 year of travel with him. Many professional photographer also amazed by Matthew talent after he held his first photo gallery presentation at 12. Photographer Matthew, a name always heard in photography field.

After Matthew's father passed away, he inherit his father business at age of 18.
With his capabilities in business management, he able to keep his father's business running well and continue his photography as he travel around the world. For a very fine day while Matthew on his way to the office, he met Lydia at the lobby. She is very nervous as she seems to interview for her very first job. Matthew have no idea why she caught his attention, so he decide to observe her from a distance.

From what Matthew has observed, she just an originally girl that can be found anywhere. But something is different among her and other girls, she is very charming and easy to caught other attention. Just when Matthew want to confront with her, she went into a lift. So Matthew thought he will never saw such a charming girl anymore, however fate takes place in their life as Matthew saw her again in NEXUS. After she finish her interview, then she seems in hurry and rush out from NEXUS. Matthew has completely no chance for asking for her name, but he found her name in her resume. Lydia, is her name.

Two complete strangers and one connection point which makes their story completely different. During a daily meeting between Matthew and his business core managers, there is an issue raise up for hiring a new writer for special reporting in their newspaper, among so many candidates, Matthew decide to choose Lydia for their newspaper as a new writer. And so, this decision had change Lydia's life completely. In order for Matthew understand more about his employees thought, he often work as office boy in his office and usually help his company to take some commercial shooting.

As for Lydia, her job is to write about photography in NEXUS. Since she like photography, so she found no difficulties for interview some professional photographer and give some comment on certain picture. As soon as NEXUS release her post in their paper, it receive many good comment and increases NEXUS reader. Those responds were expected by Matthew. Among so many photographer, she wanted to interview Matthew, but she never get a chance to do so as Matthew is very low profile.

She try to get any information about Matthew, but since he working with her, he easily avoid her as he wanted to keep low profile. But Lydia did not force her way for interview Matthew, instead she doing her task usually and try to track Matthew information when she finish her task. From what Matthew had observe about Lydia, he found that she is very respondsible for her job, has great sense in photography, great charisma. No matter how Matthew observe, she seems perfect for his ideal life partner.

One day, after Lydia finish one of the interviews. She is tired and rest at a park. Matthew pass by after his shooting and sense a great image about Lydia. So he taken her picture without her notice. A sunset setting, the orange but gold light reflect on her fair skin, the shadow of her body surround by the light of sunset. Just by the second Matthew takes the picture, bird fly around the sky. A beautiful picture have taken by Matthew again.

As usual, Lydia will participate in every photography competition. She is supprise about receiving a call for great model award notice in her photography competition. She does win a 1st runner-up award in the competition, but she still get an extra award for modeling. So she went and notice the picture taken by Matthew had won the champion and let Lydia to receive a special award. During the award ceremony, she receive Matthew's email as a return for modeling in his picture.

They communicate via email, Lydia always tell him about her interview with who while Matthew will teach Lydia more about photography. Starting with formal email and slowly end up as close friend based email. Their chatting topic is not limited to photography but are everything about them. Whenever Lydia in trouble, Matthew will try to cover her up, but he never shown up in front of Lydia. Both of them were very close to each other yet very far. Just every moment Lydia need him, his help will reach Lydia, but Lydia unable to reach Matthew when she want to.

All peoples around them will notice their changes. They look more happy and almost like honeymoon with their partner. But they did not mention they were in a relationship. Actually, both of them never start a relationship at all. But Lydia notice this changes, so she ask Matthew to have a face-to-face meeting. Matthew is very happy about this request, but just when Matthew wanted to reply the message, he just suddenly cannot see a single thing in front of him. After a while, he able to see again.

So Matthew decide to do a full body checkup in his friend's clinic and get a unexpected result on his report. Matthew has a small cancer in his brain and at his sight nerve. His friend explain clearly to Matthew about his cancer and how dangerous of it. Actually, the cancer is very small and able to cure after a surgery but it is at Matthew sight nerve. so the risk will be very high, the worst result will cause Matthew unable to see anymore.

After receive this bad news, Matthew reject Lydia request and annouce to public about his resignation as a photographer. Many comment flood to NEXUS for requesting Matthew's interview about his announcement. So NEXUS assign Lydia to search for Matthew for interview. Ever since Matthew reject Lydia for meeting her, Matthew never reply Lydia's email. What he did is to receive the email and back her up quietly.

Lydia sent a lot of email to Matthew, she know he had read all of them. So she sent an email to Matthew to meet up on her birthday at the park where he capture her picture, the starting point of all, park Never-land.

Lydia waiting at the park, while Matthew watching her from far. They both wanted to see each other, but Matthew do not want to hurt Lydia. After a hour waiting, there is a group of youngster surround Lydia. Matthew saw this, so he rush to save Lydia. Just before youngster wanted to say something, a fist hit on their face by Matthew. So Matthew had chase them out. Lydia was shocked when Matthew explain his true identity to Lydia. After Matthew finish explain his true identity, he faint. Lydia carry him in her arm and call for ambulance.

Everything had explained to Lydia during Matthew's faint. By the time Matthew woke up, he saw Lydia is beside him and holding his hand. Before Matthew say anything, Lydia just tell him to do the surgery.

"To me, Your life is more important than everything else. If you unable to see, I will be your eye. If you unable to move, I will be your leg. If you unable to take, I will be your hand. So, just do the surgery."

Matthew have nothing else to say, he clearly understand what Lydia just say. So he decide to have the surgery.

Ever since the surgery end, no one know where Matthew and Lydia went. There are many rumor about them, some says Matthew unable to see, some says Matthew had passed away, some say they having a new life at Hawaii, some say they live separately in Japan. No matter what rumors have mention about them, none of them were true. As the fact was they live happily and doing everything they like regardless what happen to Matthew, Lydia also at his side for everything.