I'm Not an Actor

There's no other choice

As usual Ana wakes up early in the morning, she makes breakfast for herself and Rio too.

While Ana is busy cooking, Bik Ima tells Ana that two women have come looking for her.

"Non, there's a guest looking for Non Ana."

"Who's Bik, this early in the morning, visiting?" Ana was astonished that someone was looking for her, so she remembered not telling anyone about her whereabouts in Rio's house other than Mia.

"I don't know non, I've told him to wait ahead."

"Okay, auntie please carry on."

Ana walks out of the kitchen into the living room to meet the person who is looking for her, but she does not feel at all familiar as she sees the two women waiting for her in the living room.

"What is the need for these people to find me?" ask Ana kindly.

"Include Mba Ana, I am Rina and this is my colleague Ayu. We are MUA and professional hairdo, we want to help Mba Ana apply Mba Ana's face."

"But sorry Mba, I don't feel like contacting Mba"

"I called them, it's a special day for you. I want you to look more beautiful on your graduation day dear" Rio walked up to Ana and invited Rina and Ayu to apply makeup on Ana's face.

While Ana is being made up by Rina and Ayu, Rio took the time to meet with her accounting team via zoom, Rio meeting right next to Ana who is in makeup

"Meeting what brother, this early in the morning blind?" ask Ana.

"Today there is still an external audit, so I want to control how far the data preparation for the audit has gone" Rio said.

Rio is trying to become a professional and responsible employee even though he is on leave to accompany Ana to her graduation.

"Thank you Casandra's. Okay, next report Kai" Rio asked kai to convey his report.

Occasionally Ana notices Rio who is meeting with his team, it turns out that the position does not necessarily make Rio change, he remains the Rio he used to know when he was still his field guide, the figure of a man who is not only friendly to him but to everyone including his subordinates.

"My brother is done" Ana said, telling Rio.

Rio glanced at Ana then he nodded his head.

"I close today's meeting, thank you so much for your time. I hope you have a nice day, bye." Rio ended his morning meeting together with his team, then he turned off his laptop.

"Beauty soon, I take a shower first" Rio closed his laptop and rushed to his room to take a shower and get ready.

Ana who had been ready to set off paced waiting for Rio restlessly in the living room.

"How long has it taken to bathe" Ana murmured inwardly.

Ana is getting impatient when the time shows at 07:30, finally Ana decided to approach rio in her room.

Ana who saw that the door of Rio room was not closed tightly, peeked at Rio from behind the door but she did not also find Rio inside her room.

With Ana slowly entering into Rio's room, Ana is surprised to see some sketches of facial images similar to her lined up on the bedroom wall, what attracted Ana the most was a sketch of a man helping a woman pick up a book on a high bookshelf, jealousy began to enter Ana's heart.

Suddenly Ana is startled by Rio's voice from behind her body, Ana looks nervous like a person caught off guard is committing a crime.

"Ma.af a.. I accidentally went into Kak Rio's room." Ana's voice sounded stammering.

Rio took a sketch of the picture seen by Ana, then Rio showed Ana, rio pointed to the date, month and year listed below the sketch.

"You see, baby, the year in this sketch? this is the year I met a beautiful woman in my hometown library. Maybe at this time the woman has forgotten the incident, but I never forget it, the woman I always call in prayer in a third of the night" said Rio.

A feeling of tightness filled Ana's chest, Ana burned with jealous flames, but Ana tried to hide her feelings. Rio's room which was originally cool suddenly felt hot and stuffy, Ana wants to quickly get out of Rio's room, she can't stand Rio's room anymore.

"If Kak Rio does love another woman why not just chase after that woman? why propose to me and every day call me dear, as if she really loves me!!! it turns out that all men are the same" murmured ana in the heart.

Rio noticed the change in the look on Ana's face, he took one more sketch and gave it to Ana.

"Don't you realize whose face this is?" ask Rio.

"Well, what does that woman have to do with me? did brother rio approach me because I look similar to that woman. Ahhh it is so evil that Brother Rio made me only a shadow of the woman he loved" Ana murmured.

"It's your face baby, the girl I once helped in the library of the area was you Ana. If you don't believe me, take a good look at this girl's wrist mole"

Ana began to open up the memory in her mind, yes that year she was on vacation to her grandmother's house "Ah, yes at that time I was looking for my favorite book, yes I remember. I remember everything now, it turns out...."

huuuu....

Ana hugged Rio tightly, sobbing in Rio's arms.

"Stupid... stupid. I always thought that my sister was just feeling sorry for me, even I had time to think that I was just a shadow of another woman that my sister loved. I'm sorry..."

"Darling, I've been putting my heart on you for a long time, yet I never had the courage to state it" Rio stroked ana's back gently.

Slowly he remembered something, he let go of Rio's embrace.

"But I don't deserve brother Rio, I'm no longer holy, even now that I'm pregnant with another boy, a man as good as Kak Rio will definitely get a better woman than me" Ana felt that she did not deserve Rio.

Rio summed up the face that had been shed by tears, Rio looked at his forehead on Ana's forehead.

"No man is holy, neither am I. I have many sins only God closes my disgrace. An I love you so much, I love all parts of you, including the fetus you're carrying"

Rio kneeling kissed and stroked Ana's stomach gently, Rio's treatment of her made Ana unable to hold back her shoulders, sobbing her tears even tighter, Rio stood up again and hugged Ana.

"Hey calm down baby, if you cry like this, your makeup will wear off"

Rio patted Ana's back gently, for Ana to stop her crying.After Ana's crying subsided, Rio told Ana to fix her makeup.

"I'll fix my makeup for a second, brother"

"I'm waiting in the car"

Ana nods and rushes to her room to fix her slightly messy makeup, after feeling like it was fitting for Ana to take her phone and put it in her bag, when she was about to put her phone in her bag, Ana sees the velvet city Rio gave her.

Ana smiles while opening the velvet box, then she inserts Rio's ring for her sweet day.

"Yuk left" Ana sat beside Rio who was driving her car.

Along the way to Ana's graduation, Rio's left hand tightly grasped Ana's hand, while his right hand held the steering wheel.

Rio smiled happily as he saw Ana had used her gift ring, darted in Rio's mind to tease Ana a little.

"So from today I don't call you brother anymore, right?"

"You mean Rio?"

"And now you're your husband's candidate"

"What does Rio want to be called?"

"Hmm... What is it??" Rio pretended to think

"Bebz or baby can also be" Rio said.

"IIih.. kak Rio this is very alay, rich high school children only."

"I call you dear yes, let it be the same with Brother Rio."

"Try resetting?" pinta Rio's.

"Sister.I'm embarrassed" Ana covered her flushed face with both palms, Ana felt embarrassed that Rio was constantly teasing her.

Arriving at the parking lot of the building where Ana graduated, Rio grasped Ana's hand and looked at her face.

"Darling, I can't promise you worldly luxury, but I'll make sure I'll always be there for you and make sure your life won't be gray or dark in my presence"