Dusk At the End Please

Engagement

Shanum Najua Azzahra's

He was always able to smile in the morning, but last night his pillow was wet with tears. She was always able to hide the cries behind her laughter. He tried to display happiness to cover his wounds.

He hides his weak side, trying to be strong because he knows the fall of tears is a sign he must be able to rise again.

The day the foundation is waiting for has arrived. The engagement day of the chairman of the foundation and young CEO Bina Insani Gruop with the daughter of the most influential person in the city of Bandung. Their engagement becomes a hot topic in every online news. Almost everyone in the foundation has been targeted by local journalists seeking news about the crown prince.

Shanum is ready with his costume, he professionally carries out the trust he carried as part of the event organizer of the engagement event of his former lover. Ignoring the pain she felt each time remembering that the event she was handling was the engagement of her ex-lover. The lover who left without news left him in deep yearning and returned without a word and brought him a wound.

Shanum came out of his official house, walking towards his friend Liani's official house. They will go together. The event will last two hours but there is still much to coordinate with many parties who support this event.

The engagement event was held in the foundation hall at the request of the foundation owner. The capacity of the building that can accommodate up to a thousand people, a large parking area and a strategic location in the city center are the reasons for this grand event to be held here.

Initially, the women wanted an event in Lembang with the concept of outdor, but the man refused. Finally the decision fell on the choice of the man, and this is where now the committee that collaborated with WO is ready to execute every detailed event that has been arranged together.

Shanum and Liani stood in the same row. Ready to listen to the instructions at the last briefing that ended with Yess shouting as an encouragement for their work today. They did not expect to participate in the selection to be part of this foundation as a Master, but now they are often involved in the managerial affairs of the foundation.

Ahsan as the person in charge of the entire series of events, came over to Shanum and Liani after giving a motivational word at the end of the briefing.

"Are you ready?" Ahsan greeted Shanum attentively. Liani who saw Ahsan approaching and glimpsed at him as if she understood that Ahsan wanted to talk more privately with Shanum. He quietly retreated to the position where he served with the other committee.

In the room that all the committee and WO used for the briefing now there are both of them. There was still about thirty minutes before the show started.

"Are you all right?" Ahsan looked at Shanum a little differently, there was concern in his heart. Since the briefing began Ahsan stood in front as a responsible person who was ready to convey his direction to all the teams involved in this event. He also did not lose sight of monitoring Shanum's situation from afar.

The sweet face that always looks simple now looks different because of the thin makeup painted on his face. As they got closer Ahsan stared fixedly at the face, while the one who was stared at looked embarrassed and lowered his gaze. Ahsan caught the grief on Shanum's face trying to cover up, but the eyes were still visible to Ahsan.

"Yes Brother, I'm fine", Shanum replied with a wide smile, trying to shake off his nervousness.

"After it's our turn" Ahsan said excitedly, hoping that what he would say would be a moodboster for Shanum just like him.

"I mean Brother?" Shanum seemed clueless with the intent of Ahsan's words.

"After this I will soon meet your parents in Bogor to ask you to officially be my companion. Actually I don't want any fiancee events I want us to get married right away. But if you want us to get engaged first, it's okay I'll go along", Ahsan spoke enthusiastically, his eyes radiating a twinkle of happiness.

Shanum looked at Ahsan so deeply, in his heart he was grateful to have been met with a good man who had been unknowingly always there for him. Ahsan's every treatment always made her overwhelmed. His heart was round, about to accept Ahsan as his future priest. Let his memories with Akhtar be part of his life process. He would keep it in the deepest chambers of his heart, and Ahsan would have his own place in his heart. All there is a phase, there will be nothing, the lost will be replaced and the destined in the grasp will not forget where to go home.

'Marriage is fate, love is destiny. We can plan to marry whom, but cannot plan our love for whom, ' Shanum whispered in his heart.

Shanum just nodded at Ahsan's words about all his plans and was replied with a happy smile by Ahsan. They walked side by side towards the main room where the event took place.

The grand event will begin soon. All the officials are ready in their respective positions. Shanum, who was in charge of controlling the event, stood behind the Master of Ceremony who was already preparing to open the event. But suddenly their devices go off in unison. The Committee Group was shocked by the warning from the public relations section that the man who will be engaged until this moment has not yet revealed his nose.

Shanum, who knew the news, became anxious. What happened to Akhtar? what happened to him?, rows of questions filled Shanum's mind. Since two weeks ago he has not even seen Akhtar again. Shanum who was preoccupied with student activities at the beginning of the new school year made him able to slightly shy away from thoughts about Akhtar.

Everyone who knew of this news was in suspense. Mr. Furqan Akhtar's father had begun to be provoked by the delay in the presence of his son. He was seen continuing to play his gawai calling repeatedly from earlier.

Unexpectedly the person who had been waiting for was present by holding the middle-aged woman who still looked young. Everyone was curious, they were all wondering who the navy hijab-wearing woman Akhtar was holding entered the hall building in line with the suit stelan he was wearing. No exception Akhtar's father, he also looked pale to see his son carrying the woman.

Akhtar placed the woman he was carrying at the VIP table and then sat down next to the woman without removing the link of their hands. No one dared to speak, all looked seriously watching what was happening before them. Akhtar sat down casually throwing a smile at the woman beside him as if giving him strength.

Ghifar Akhtar's assistant who came along with his boss gave the MC a code to start the event. MC understood the code, he turned to Shanum who was behind him. Shanum nodded his head.

Among all the people present, no one dared to ask who the woman Akhtar was carrying. Until the event arrived at the welcoming session of the host directly delivered by Akhtar's father. In his speech, he finally said that the woman brought by his son was the biological mother of his son. Suddenly what the father did made him shocked everyone, the article so far they know Akhtar's mother is a woman who became a mother, he continued at this time.

Akhtar seemed to be sharing a little smile, the agreement with the Father about his desire to bring the Mother and should be introduced in public finally materialized. Akhtar made the condition for the engagement to take her biological mother and introduce her to the rest of the world. While the Mother Connect appears to show a flat face look difficult to interpret.

During these two weeks Akhtar worked hard to find his mother's whereabouts, based on information he got from his Grandpa and Grandma in Garut, the Mother worked as an Indonesian Labor abroad. Ever since knowing her ex-husband restricted and even forbade her to meet his only son she decided to go away so that she could slightly forget all her bitter memories.

Akhtar was very happy when he found his birth mother and managed to bring her in today. She wants her mother back with her to make up for the times that both of them have long missed. Not only Akhtar was happy with the presence of his birth mother. Ahsan who since childhood was taken care of by his mother Akhtar was very happy to be reunited with women who had filled the void in his life because he was far from his biological parents. Likewise with Shanum, he was also happy to see the moment that happened in front of him.

Shanum knew long ago Akhtar's desire was to make his mother happy and to ensure all the needs of his mother's life, so that his mother no longer had to bother working and could return to live with Akhtar. Teenage stories are often the topic when they spend time off school in a rice field near Shanum's house.

Shanum looks smiling looking at Akhtar who looks happy because of the presence of his mother, although his heart was again sliced to remember that this novelty occurred at the moment of Akhtar's engagement and not himself who would be paired with a ring by his mother Akhtar according to their ideals in adolescence.

The event was conducive, all parties seemed to be able to hold themselves back. Not wanting this big event to be ruined just because of their selfishness. Until arriving at the core event is the installation of an engagement ring.

Akhtar and Raina came forward and stood on the podium at the direction of the MC, accompanied by their parents. Akhtar asks her biological mother to put the ring on Raina's finger, she is very careful not to come into contact with Raina.

During the procession his gaze could not be separated from Shanum whose position was opposite to him, Shanum's position behind the MC automatically made Akhtar could see him clearly.

Her heart rumbles again, eager to cancel the event, remove Raina and pull Shanum to put a diamond ring on her ring finger as a sign of Akhtar's ownership of Shanum. But unfortunately everything is only limited to Akhtar's hallucinations.

Shanum realized that if Akhtar had kept staring at him, he lowered his head and held back something he could not speak through his tongue, but now his two eyes were speaking. His eyes warmed no longer able to withstand the pressure of tears that suddenly fell during the procession of the tide of the ring took place. He quickly wiped away the tears dripping down his cheeks. Akhtar saw it, his heart also hurt to see Shanum like that.

'Sorry, Num.sorry...! Again, I can't resist my father's wishes. Be happy with Ahsan, I believe he will be able to give happiness to you, unlike me who only gives you hurt and pain.'

Shanum, morning is about dawn, afternoon is about dusk, night is about stars. And midnight is about you that I always call in do'a.'

'Shanum, let me still love you.' Akhtar monologued in his heart.

Shanum was increasingly unable to control himself, to be honest he did not want to be in this kind of situation, he was already trying to be strong. But still watching the ex with another woman made her breath as tight as her chest seemed to be narrow. He whispered to the MC who was still a henchman guiding the procession of mounting the ring. Shanum turned his body upside down, powerless to hold back the increasingly urgent tears to come out. He walked towards the toilet.

'Akhtar, I managed to get used to it without you. But it turns out I failed to stop loving you' her inner self.