7 Days With Althara

Painting Exhibition

It was the night Rey asked me to accompany her to the Painting Exhibition.

I sat in front of my dresser, looking at myself I hadn't seen in a long time. Alhena is beautiful, with graceful clothes and a touch of natural makeup. I haven't seen myself dressed like this for a man in a long time. I just wanted to try it again to give other men a chance to get into my life, even if it would be a little self-imposing.

I've been wearing a long, yellow-sleeved shirt that shows my smooth white neck and chest, and wearing a cream-colored mini-skirt. I thought back to Althara, she always praised my beauty with whatever clothes I was wearing.

I hold the star necklace that I still wear today. She's still so beautifully wrapped around my neck, but for tonight I took that necklace off and I put it on the table. For now I just want to be able to forget about Althara for a moment. I lamented the necklace for a moment and brought the scissors from inside the drawer. Slowly I cut the necklace so that I can no longer wear it, the necklace now has me scissors and I can no longer wear it,I roughly put the necklace on the table and tried to forget it. But I still keep glancing at her, as if I can't be separated with that necklace.

I clucked in annoyance and took back the necklace that was already split in two. I held the half-star and pityed her. Suddenly there was the pain of seeing my beloved necklace broken, regret now felt in my heart. I'm trying to fix that thing, but it's impossible for me to make it a necklace. And I tried to make her a wristband, and Woalaa was so beautiful and absorbent with my skin. Half this star is now in my hand.

Maybe it's not the time for me to forget about Althara, maybe tomorrow.

The sound of a car engine was heard outside my house. I can already guess it's Rey's car. I immediately grabbed my bag and went out of the house.

Rey was standing outside the car when I opened the door. She was glued, she was stunned to see my beauty. Of course Rey wouldn't have thought I could look that pretty for her.

“Waw, you look so amazing”

“Thank you Rey” I'm so flattered by her compliments.

Rey opened the door for me, I smiled as I shook my head because she had made me feel like a queen to her.

We arrived at a large white building. Rey asked me to stay in the car before she opened the door.

Rey wrapped her hand asking me to hold her hand. I raised both my halis with a smile. Then I put my hand in between his hands and we walked together.

“This is her painting exhibition” I was surprised when I saw the big writing with lights around it ‘Drhuva’ the writing was big shining so bright.

“Why ?” Ask Rey.

“Hah?! No, it's okay”

I tried to calm myself down to not remember Althara. I must remember what Riani said, that I must not shy away from all of Althara's memories.

“Ayok entered my friends in dalem”

I went into that building. And there are some paintings attached to each white wall neatly watched by people who are dressed neatly and calmly. Of course, the one who came was the one who only understood about art, unlike me who saw almost all the paintings there were abstract and meaningless.

It was so quiet inside there, and everyone present wore such formal clothes.

“Hay Sob” greet Sam friend Rey.

“Hay Alhena” greet Sam when seeing me.

“Hay Sam, hay Fadil”

“Cantik you today, kayak style usually” ledek Fadil because we usually meet at Resto when I wear work uniform or I wear regular shirt.

“Thank you Fadil” said I smiled sweetly.

“Sama-sama Alhena”

“Hay Alhena” greet 2 women who are beside Sam and Fadil. They were her lovers and I almost forgot her name, because I met them only once when Rey was invited to hang out at a Caffe.

“Hay Rey” greet one more woman whom I have just met here.

“Kenalin Alhena” the woman smiled sweetly at me.

“Hay, Salsabilla can call me Billa”, she said, shaking my hand.

“Alhena”

“Gue first yes,gue there is still a shooting event this malem” said this perempun named Billa.

“Go home directly?” Ask Fadil.

“Iya I've said the same Tara”

“Okay if that, be careful bil”

“OK”

Then the woman left with the man who kept tailing behind her, maybe it was her assistant.

“Eh which shucks?” Ask Rey.

“Dia in backstage”

“Ya let's go there”

“Al ayok” invite her.

“Rey, I'm here to see paintings”

“Will not come in first?”

“I want to be here aja” said me.

“OK, later I samperin you ya”

I smiled before they went into the room which would definitely bore me with conversations I never understood.

I do not understand the meaning of art but I can pretend to observe this painting. These paintings are not so bad, a lot of colored paintings that look like real so beautiful.

A dark room at the end of the building caught my attention. Light beams of tiny dots came out of the door of the room as if asking me to go in there. I walked towards that dim room. Looks lonely and unattractive, but so amazed when I go inside.

The room had no bright lights like the one outside and was only illuminated by the light from the star-themed projector LED lights of the galactic sky. You can imagine the whole room feels like it is in a vast sky with stars scattered so beautifully complete with satellites and the moon.

There was one spot of light so shining on my right. I noticed the position of the light spot with the other light. I was surprised to realize that the spot was a Polaris or Drhuva star. He was surrounded by a star that kept circling him called brahmi. It made me think more of Althara and it hurt a lot. I was about to leave the room, but a suspicious painting was holding me back.

I tried to get to the painting near the polaris star and I tried to get a closer look at it. There are 2 separate paintings but the shape is almost the same just looks like a mirror reflection half of the right face and half of the left face. There's a picture in the right corner of the painting I noticed it clearly because it's covered with darkness. But when the light of the projector passed through the image I was so shocked in disbelief. A star painting with a large A inside of it was plastered under the painting.

This is impossible. I closed my mouth wide open in surprise, my heart pounding so hard. I just realized everything, the name of the Painting Exhibition ‘Drhuva’, galaxy, polaris, and brahmi. I kept fending off my prejudices. It is unlikely that this was all Althara's work, but this star's signature reinforces the clue. This sign is the same as the hanger in front of Althara's room door.

I touched the picture of the star in the corner of the painting and the movement of the painting surprised me even more. This painting can be painted. I looked at the painting next to her, I was hesitant but I had to confirm it. I looked out the door making sure no one came in and caught me touching the painting.

I slowly shifted the painting and put it together with the other painting next to her. And it looks like a big painting that makes me even more incredulous and round my eyes wider.

That's my face painting, with only it painted in those beautiful tweezers. The painting looked real with me smiling so happily inside it. My beautiful hair and neat teeth look so real and natural, this is my face. I cried looking at her, my tears came out. He's here, Althara's here.