I'm Not Him

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The exam was over, Dila came out and looked for some of her themes that were joined in a play group that was quite a lot of its members. He walked to their headquarters to ask why his name was removed from the picket schedule at his headquarters.

A few friends who were close to the gathering place, looked at him with judgmental gazes.

Dila raised her head cynically. They shifted their eyes. Dila had not been able to enter the room, she heard Lisa and Clhoe talking.

"I told you, he's pretty suspicious. But because you like it so much, you close your eyes and ears" Clhoe said.

Clhoe is Marvin's friend from elementary school. He always looked cynically at Dila. Now everything is clear, Dila understands why the photo suddenly appeared in their group.

"She was the victim of Marvin's rape, imagine if your family knew about all that. They will be very embarrassed" Clhoe added.

Marvin was still staring at the photo on Lisa's laptop. Dila closed the door she was about to open. He backed off and went home without telling Marvin.

~He also did not contact me to ask~ said Dila's heart while walking fast.

Arriving at the apartment, Dila went straight into his house. He was very sleepy but still did not believe the treatment of his friends who were considered evil.

But now he felt very isolated. He finds it difficult to move, socialize and is lazy to get out.

Suddenly, his phone rings, Rania calls him. There was a sense of resentment in Dila's heart when she saw Rania's face and name on her phone. He let his phone ring and went to the bathroom.

The phone ringing stopped. After taking a shower, he came out and looked at his phone.

~Did I call back?~ ask his heart.

He hesitated, he didn't take his phone and lay down for a while. Shortly after, his phone was heard again. Dila wanted to ignore him, but he woke up from his sleep and intended to blame Rania for the problems that have been stored this time.

"Hallo Dila, how are you? I miss you so much" Rania said excitedly.

Dila was silent when she heard her excited voice.

"Hallo, I'm fine. What's the call?" answer Dila by trying to keep talking normally.

"No, it's just, somehow today I miss you so much, I always remember you from the moment of sleep, wake up, until now when calling you" said Rania plain.

~Can he feel my frustration?~ ask Dila's heart.

"Why can?" Dila answered with a question.

"Are you okay? Everything launch over there? Nobody hurt you, right?" Rania sounded very worried.

"Hey Dila, I told you you've got a handsome, nice new boyfriend. But he was still worried and forced to call you. She's acting like a mother who's worried about her child" Vero's voice spoke.

They were sitting together at Vero's Spaghety. I heard it clearly.

"I'm also remembering you guys, I'm fine. Pray for me, I will take additional classes so that I can graduate faster" Dila explained.

"Why?" ask Rania who is still chivalrous.

"Want to finish quickly, I want to go home to Jakarta quickly" said Dila.

"I will pray for your success" said Rania.

Rania looked at Vero who was focused on the file she was carrying. He felt that it was true that Dila was in trouble. But seeing Vero who was very troubled to take care of everything he also moved away from him so that his brother was not worried.

"So I'm right, you have a problem. What problems?" ask Rania.

"I belong to a student business group here. But, all of a sudden they took me out because of something that didn't make sense. They talked about me in the back. I was offended and I felt so free to move and feel exiled. I'm also getting lazy everywhere" Dila finally talked to Rania.

"Don't mind the person who hurt your feelings, you and your life are too precious. We your family will always be with you. You're not alone, there's me and Vero's brother. But since you're fighting yourself there, you'd better plant this in your mind. You go there just to learn to be a reliable businessperson, your company will be enough to take your time later here. You'll only meet them until graduation, won't you?" rania.

"You're right, but now I feel very cornered" Dila said still complaining.

"Fight them, listen to what they say, if you're wrong to apologize, if it's not wrong to ignore them" Rania desperately tried to make Dila feel calm.

"Yes, thanks Rania. You're right, if I'm not wrong, why should I worry" Dila said.

"Yup like that!" rania.

"You speak as if you know very well what my problem is" Dila said.

"I don't know the problem and all your friends, all I know is that you're my sister Dila" Rania said with a laugh.

"Ok, I'm very grateful for your efforts to strengthen me" Dila said again.

"Ok get some rest, I love you!"

"I love you to. Hye!" answer Dila

"Bye!" pamit Rania's.

Dila thought again, what Rania said was true.

~Why should I be sad, he who experiences it never complains. Why am I so weak like this. Even if it was me, they should have sympathized and supported me, they would have alienated me. After all, it was just a business group between students. I handle the mall and will also handle the company with Mr. Vero. I just need to focus~ said Dila's heart into spirit after listening to Rania's words.

Dila turned off her phone and lay down. His eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Yudi who was resting heard a student talking about something.

"Let's go, I feel that we should be sympathetic to him. But, because he entered their business group so consider it a disgrace" said one of the women.

Yudi passed by them, he saw a photo on their laptop. Yudi's steps came to a halt, he stared with his eyes rounded.

~That's a photo of Rania when she was found after the kidnapping. Means they are talking about Dila~ Yudi said.

Yudi asked them to show him the photo once again. The student was surprised but gave it to him. Yudi read the caption. He remembered the incident when Dila was seen with Marvin at a party held by a rich man. He is the chef.

Yudi saw some women staring and talking about it. But because Marvin seems to be introducing him to his family, they don't pay much attention to him.

Yudi felt that there was someone who did not want Dila to be Marvin's partner. Yudi had also known since the clinic that Marvin was one of the sons of the clinic's leader.

~Do they intentionally do this?~ ask Yudi's heart.