Hope Is You's

Seventeen

POV Author

A week after the broken incident felt by Atika, he began to be able to set his heart even though sometimes still feel the pain in his chest when he saw the ring of Ian who was still perched on his ring finger or sometimes saw a young couple who shop at the store make him miss the sweet moments with Ian.

This afternoon he was preparing to go home after work in the morning shift, but he did not do it because in front of the store saw a silver car parked and not long out a man from the direction of the steering door

He again kept his bag stamped because the car owner ordered for a weekly briefing, who else if not the "fridge boss" the nickname given by Nindi to Faiz.

After almost 30 minutes of briefing, Atika returned to the locker to pick up her bag and prepared to go home until a cold heavy voice interrupted her say bye activity with Nindi who was on day shift

"You don't go home yet. Accompany me to the ATK store" ATK (office stationery). Atika who could not possibly refuse the order of the boss of his refrigerator was forced to just agree even though at this time he really wanted to go home and rest because tomorrow morning had to go to the central office to attend the meeting that should be attended by Galih but the concerned could not because tomorrow his schedule for off day and inevitably Atika whose position Assistant Chief of Store was the one who had to replace him.

And this afternoon here he is, in the ATK shopping mall store with a guy who really resembles a refrigerator so cold and flat. Atika also yawned several times while they were still in the car on the way to the ATK store is so bored because there is absolutely no chat between them, until arriving at the ATK store there was not a single broken word that came out of Faiz's mouth. Until before they would queue at the cashier to pay for groceries for the store office and for Faiz's personal needs, the first sentence that slid Faiz's mouth was just, uh,

"Please separate the goods for the store office and my goods. Let the receipt of the purchase also be separated from the cashier" and Atika just nodded and started sorting and separating items for the store office then walked out waiting at the entrance of the store because Faiz would pay for everything.

After paying for the groceries, they also walked hand in hand while each carrying a crackle containing ATK to the car park that is beside a famous boutique because at the time of entry was the car park at the ATK store was full so forced Faiz to park his car was next to a boutique not far from the ATK store

On the way to where they parked Atika almost got hit by a motorbike that drove fast from behind, making Faiz quickly pull it to the edge

"Bring a motorbike like a mabok aja" Faiz grumbled after pulling Atika more to the edge

"Faiz!" Their attention was suddenly distracted by the screams of a man behind them, making the two simultaneously turned their heads and there stood a man who was almost the same height as Faiz only seemed more athletic with the neat appearance typical of big office bosses.

"Arga?" Faiz with a slightly contorted forehead looked at the blue-tinted man clad in a black suit

"Anjai. Suddenly I was able to meet here for almost six months without seeing" the man came closer and shook hands and hugged Faiz and also in return hugs and pats on the shoulder of the man called Arga by Faiz

"How are you?" Continue the man after taking off their embrace 'those who hug me who feel there is something strange here' murmured Atika in the heart who had only been staring at the two of them

"good. Lo how are you? How's company?" Faiz replied with a smile, a smile that made Atika come smile to see him because this was the first Faiz smile that Atika saw and 'ih why not smile every day try when she is sweet gini if smile' he murmured again in his heart

"Gue is good too. The yahhh company... Uh how about him?" The man asked, pointing at Atika

"Oh him Atika, Atika this is Arga my best friend" they just throw each other a smile

"Daughter? Thank goodness if you have moved on" Arga smiled looking happy but it made Atika's smile turn into a frown of wonder

"No. I'm not Faiz's girlfriend" Atika shook her head

"It's not the trus. daritadi..." Arga pointed with his chin towards Faiz and Atika's hand which was still holding tightly post almost a slash earlier made them quickly let go of each other after noticing 'pantesan daritadi felt there was something strange that Atika oon kok did not realize anyway' grunya again in the heart

"Engh Atika, you go ahead and wait for me in the car. This is the key, later I will follow" Atika received the car keys given Faiz then quickly walked trying to hide the red tinge of his cheeks leaving Faiz who looked clumsy and Arga who smiled amusedly at Atika

Atika walked towards the silver car parked beside a boutique while continuing to grumble because she did not realize her hand was still held by Faiz, he pressed the unlock button on the key he held and opened the door to insert the shopping item into the back seat. After closing the door he noticed a dark purple-colored car - which was familiar to him, parked right in front of the boutique. He tried to approach and pay attention to the car from close up until he was made to jump in shock by the reprimand of someone behind him

"Excuse me?" Atika turned to hear a heavy voice behind her and her chest again felt the tightness of seeing the man she had been missing for almost three months.

"Snakes?" The only people who call her by her middle name 'Nis it is not just short for your middle name, but because your smile is sweet and will always be a natural sweetener in my life' so he said first when asked by Atika why he called her with Nis or sometimes Nisku dear .

"Which?" Atika repeated the first word of the woman with a difficult gaze to read

"Ah I forgot, you're engaged, and.." Atika turned to pay attention to the building behind her that read the name of a famous boutique

"You guys must be abis fitting wedding dresses huh? Amazing" He continued who could no longer hide the appearance of an injured face even though he still forced the corner of his lips to be interested in forming a mouthful of bitter smile

"Nis, we happen to meet here, I want to explain se.." Ian's sentence hung because Atika quickly raised her palm gesturing to stop talking

"There's nothing to explain. I already understood very well what was happening between us" Atika turned around and walked away from Ian, she really could no longer hold the clear grain in her eyes to not drip.

He tried to walk as fast as possible to get to Faiz's car as quickly as possible but it turned out that Ian was still chasing him leaving the girl who kept staring at them.

"Nis, plis horrified me first. I'm sorry, I didn't have time and couldn't meet you because ma..." Ian managed to grab Atika's wrist but again, her sentence was cut off this time because Atika let go of her hand with a single blow

"Udah! You need not explain anything, because for me we are finished, without having a long-winded explanation. The woman over there has explained enough that our relationship is over, and you.." Atika took a breath for a moment trying to neutralize her chest that rose and fell due to emotions

"Both keep the feelings of the women there, enough me that you make disappointed and sick this" Atika turned and then got into the car, feeling his chest that was many times more painful than when he saw Ian pairing the ring in the woman's day a week ago

"Nis.plis love me a chance to explain everything" Ian kept trying to knock on the windshield hoping Atika would hear it

"Nis, honey, plis shits me.."

"Excuse me!" The heavy voice of a man intruding on him knocked on the car glass making him turn his head

"What's wrong?"

"Ehem, I'm sorry I should have asked what's going on, why are you knocking on my car's windshield?" Faiz, who immediately stopped his serious chat and left Arga because from a distance not so far away from seeing the scene of Ian chasing Atika until his car

"Lo who?" Ian furrowed his forehead scrutinizing Faiz from top to bottom

"That should be my question, too. You who?" Ian - whose emotions were out of control plus Atika who ignored him, took a step forward and pulled the collar of the shirt that Faiz wore - made Selly - a conscious woman who just stood in front of the boutique into a spectator, quickly walked closer towards Ian and Faiz

"IAN STOPS!" Hearing the screams of women outside made Atika turn to see what happened and quickly get out of the car saw Ian who was preparing to float a bogem into the face of Faiz who still looks flat

"DIAN!" He screamed just as much as Selly

"What the hell? Crazy you are!" Atika quickly released Ian's grip on Faiz's shirt

"Miss? She who?" Looking at Atika's red face from holding back angrily made Ian ask softly and Atika whose chest was still going up and down could not think of anything else, then clasped Faiz's hand tightly

"He is the one who is always there for me. She's my future husband"

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