Dusk At the End Please

Raina and Suraya's plan

Two beautiful girls with all-round appearance are sitting in a luxurious cafe room that is usually only visited by four-wheeled people and debating competitions.

How not to say wow, the costumes worn by the two girls are clearly visible are branded items with exorbitant prices for the size of ordinary people. It shows that they are not ordinary people.

Two cups of the drink were already perched on the table where they met.

"It looks like you should be careful with him, too. I just found out that Akhtar was part of his past" said the girl who was none other than Suraya.

"I mean Brother?" tanya Raina, who received a message from Suraya to meet at this place.

And here they are now. They agreed to meet because Suraya would provide important news for Raina.

" Shanum, the teacher who teaches at Bina Insani High School, turns out to be the woman who made Ahsan turn away from me. Yesterday night Ahsan insisted that she would not take me back because she already had a moor and would soon marry her."

"I wondered who that woman was and it turned out that she was Shanum, the woman Ahsan met while at the party after refusing my embrace back then. He told me that Shanum was his future wife."

"At first I didn't believe it, I thought maybe he would intentionally give me a boost because I left suddenly and came suddenly. But after we spoke seriously it turned out that Ahsan was earnest with her words."

"I can't take it for granted and I won't let it. I had someone find out about him and after knowing a little information about him I went to Shanum's house. Without further ado I immediately asked her to leave Ahsan."

"At first I thought it would be difficult to talk to him, but it turns out he knew enough about his position, huh..." Suraya grinned as she spoke to Raina.

"It turns out that Shanum is an innocent girl, she is very easy to believe in my acting that pretends to be sad if she has to lose Ahsan and she believes. She simply said she would let Ahsan go and let us unite and live happily. It turned out that it was that easy to get back together with Ahsan, hahaha..." Suraya laughed so hard that some visitors glanced at her but she seemed unconcerned.

"So I mean, now that Brother's position is safe with Kak Ahsan?" ask Raina.

"Come away.but I definitely have to be careful. I believe that Shanum will keep his promise, but I can't believe Ahsan will take Shanum's decision for granted. I know what kind of man Ahsan is. He would be willing to do anything for the people he loved, including Shanum", he said, filled with an aura of hatred.

"And you also have to be vigilant, because Akhtar could have turned back from you" Suraya said the information she said was important to Raina.

"Why should I be careful too?" ask Raina who has not understood where Suraya's talking is going.

"Shanum is the woman Akhtar has always loved." Suraya made Raina gap.

She does not believe it turns out that Akhtar who always told all the women who approached her including Raina that she already had a lover is true. And now the girl is nearby.

"Seriously?" raina asked back to make sure.

"Yes, I heard it myself when Ahsan said it." Suraya replied for sure.

"Well, this cannot be allowed, it is appropriate that during the engagement event Akhtar did not focus on our event. Many times I found him looking at the committee of activities. At first I thought that he was monitoring the performance of his subordinates, eeh."

"ck.ck..ck is amazing, it turns out that this world is indeed narrow" Raina explained her findings while with Akhtar during her engagement event yesterday.

"Wah.wah.wah..seems like he does not know who he is dealing with yet, Brother"

"True, he doesn't know that we can do anything to get what we want, hahaha..."

"Then what are you planning? What would you do to that girl?

"For the time being I still believe Shanum will do as he says, so there's nothing significant that I have to do other than continue monitoring him. I will only act if he starts to mess around" said Suraya with a serious face.

"Well, now I know what to do. I will make sure that Akhtar will remain mine and that no one will be able to take him away from me" Raina said.

The two of them clashed with each other's drinks, a sign of cooperation to keep each other's men they love from turning away has begun. Whatever they will do to defend what they think belongs to them.

***

Two weeks passed, everything was going as usual. Shanum goes about his daily activities as usual always with full of vigor and a cheerful face, he looks fine.

Since the events of two weeks ago that occurred at his home office Shanum tried to always appear cheerful, he did not want to show his fragility. In the eyes of others Shanum was as if he was not having any problems.

Only Liani knew how Shanum went through his tough days. Not infrequently he often found Shanum was daydreaming or showing a puffy face like he had finished crying. But he can't do much either.

He knew Shanum was trying to strengthen himself, he could feel how much disappointment and pain Shanum felt after two failed attempts in his relationship. The person who hopes it will be a cure for his wound, it even adds a new wound in his heart.

One day Liani caught Shanum crying by herself in her room. He accidentally entered because Shanum's house door was unlocked. The sound of Shanum's crying over his alphabet sounded very poignant.

Liani also shed tears because she could not hear the sound of Shanum's cry filled with grief. He prayed with his moans, asking the Owner of His Heart to be strengthened.

"Yes Rabb, strengthen me to accept and live all that is destiny for my life well. There is no regret in me. I'm just unlucky to meet someone"

Liani could not hear him immediately she left Shanum's official house. Liani really admired the figure of her best friend. The inner suffering that his best friend feels is not playful, maybe if he who is in Shanum's position is not necessarily capable of that loud, he said, but Shanum is still Shanum who is always prejudiced with everything that happens to him, always showing his smile and harboring his grief.

***

While elsewhere...

Tutt.....Akhtar called someone.

"Wa'alaikumsalam" he answered on the other end of the phone.

"Can I go to my room now?"

"...."

"Okay, I'm waiting"

Akhtar put the phone handle back on his desk.

Ting...

The sound of incoming message notifications in the messaging application on his cellphone was heard when the new Akhtar service landed back his buttocks in his seat of greatness. He grabbed his goal and opened the message he had just entered.

08xxx.....

'Honey, where are you?'

Ahsan furrowed his brows reading messages from a number he was unfamiliar with. He also guessed who the person who sent the message with a call like this. Maybe the wrong person sent it? thought. Her mother did not call her that.

He then clicked on the photo of the sender of the message. A beautiful girl in red hijab with a blue sea background showed her sweet smile in the photo. And it turns out that the sender is Raina, the woman who two days ago had officially become her fiance.

"Kh..." Akhtar clucked in memory of the sender of the message, he reread the message and shuddered at his own amusement as Raina called it by the call.

Akhtar forgets that he hasn't had time to save Raina's number in his casual contact.

Reluctantly he kept the number in his contact list with Raina's name and then put his salary back on his desk, he forgot to return the message sent by his fiancee.

Derrt.....Derrtt...Derrtt....

Not long after the alarm went back to sound, this time the ringing call came in.

"Assalamu'alaikum"

'Wa'alaikumsalam, baby why is my message not bales?'

"I'm sorry I haven't forgotten to reply to your message" he said, answering questions from across the phone.

'Where are you?'

"I'm in the foundation's office"

'Busy no?'

"Morning"

'This time we had lunch together, right? I'll come to your room and we'll go together.'

"Sorry, I have an appointment with Ahsan this afternoon. There's important business that I need to discuss with him this afternoon as well"

'If so, talk about it over a rame-rame lunch. Kak Suraya will also come here to take Kak Ahsan lunch. I'll be there in an hour. Assalamu'alaikum's'

Raina hung up her phone without waiting for Akhtar's approval. Akhtar could only sigh deeply.

When lunch time arrived, now the four of them were in a special canteen of the foundation, only Master and Employees were there. The Foundation deliberately separated the employee canteen with the student canteen to avoid the accumulation of visitors during rest hours.

Facilities in the foundation canteen are more complete than the student canteen. There is a VIP dining room in the canteen. This is because visitors to the foundation canteen are not only teachers and employees but also guests of the foundation and business partners of the foundation owner who usually conduct meetings in private residences or neighborhood foundations.

They sat at the special table of the leader in the VIP dining room. No one dared to occupy a table in the area, because the area was indeed devoted to leadership.

At another desk, employees and teachers were enjoying their lunch. Shanum also appears to be in between. The table that Shanum occupied was right opposite the table in the VIP dining room occupied by Akhtar and Ahsan, so clearly Shanum could see their togetherness and vice versa.

Raina, who knew Shanum was there, intentionally embraced Akhtar's hand beside her, bringing her seat closer to Akhtar. Suraya who got the code from Raina did the same. They looked at the menu in the cafeteria.

When the food comes, Raina and Suraya deliberately display the intimacy of the two of them. Raina feeds Akhtar with her food of choice as well as Suraya feeds Ahsan.

With flat faces Akhtar and Ahsan were forced to follow their wishes. They enjoyed their lunch with warmth.

Without them noticing Shanum and Liani were watching everything. Shanum smiled amiably and nodded his head as his gaze met with Suraya. Suraya drew closer to Ahsan as if showing that Ahsan was only hers.

Shanum went back to enjoying his food regardless of them. When he finished his lunch he left the canteen. While crossing beside the glass-blocked VIP dining room, Akhtar accidentally saw Shanum's departure. He stopped his activity and stared at Shanum's increasingly distant departure. He catches something strange between Raina and Suraya who smile at each other after Shanum's departure.