Love for the Mentari

A disturbing dream

I have arrived at the boarding house, his body is sick, very tired. After dinner and self-cleaning I laid down my body in the non-dip mattress I bought a few months ago. This is comfortable enough for me. My mind floated on the figure of Mr. Sugi whom I had just met.

I'm not the kind of person who always sees looks when I first meet someone. But this time somehow I was interested in paying attention to his figure. For the size of a restaurant manager, he is very detailed and visionary. Not to mention his handsome face with a strong jaw shape, his body high athletic, and full of charisma with a calm nature. It was like seeing a real character from a fictional character in a Harlequin love novel. I think he's a cold, distant and intimidating guy I was wrong, he was reasonable. I know I am guilty and should be responsible for my mistakes.

Just after reading the contents of the employment agreement contract that he offered me just before we discussed some things in detail, he added incentives that were worth a good deal of the month. He added one free lunch or dinner for me every visit to the restaurant during the agreement period. It was unexpected. I'll be very busy for a few months, hopefully everything goes well.

Without me noticing a second later, I was already in dreamland.

Inside his room Sugi was still sitting in his work chair. He was still reading the information given by Riri just a moment ago. The media information provided by Riri seems to be quite attention-grabbing. Sugi can see how Riri really details provide important information on each of these media.

Sugi subconsciously smiled his expensive smile in front of Mr. Doni. Of course Mr. Doni who was waiting for Sugi's order was shocked to see a face with a smile like that, but he could only be silent.

Sugi suddenly remembered how Bu Riri had saved the choking child earlier. Luckily Riri's mom was there, otherwise it would have been a big problem for her restaurant image.

"Pak Doni please schedule P3K training including dealing with choking people for all staff here as soon as possible.

"Okay sir, I'll schedule it in the near future.

"Hmm it turns out that the information you get about Bu Riri is not wrong. If the information he gave at the beginning could be as complete as this, I'm sure the performance results are also good"

"Father sir, hopefully the results of his work are in accordance with the reports I received" said Pak Doni slowly. In his heart he really hopes that Riri's work is like the information he gets. If not, the person responsible is himself. Not to mention it turns out that Mr. Sugi is kind enough to give a salary for Riri along with a meal voucher. It adds a burden of responsibility to itself as well. Mr. Doni's forehead was wrinkled thinking about that.

"Pak Doni must have thought why I gave salary and meal voucher to Miss Riri, right? "

"I should have known he was an expert at reading other people's minds" Mr. Doni muttered inwardly

"Father sir" replied Mr. Doni briefly

"That's to add to the spirit of Miss Riri, sir, let it work better. My time gives others jobs without pay. I was that cruel. In fact, if it turns out that the performance is bad, it is the responsibility of Mr. Doni the same as the informant of the center. How should you sir" Sugi looked at Mr. Doni with a threatening look.

"I understand sir" he replied without the slightest hint of protest.

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Meanwhile in his dream Riri was running fast. Down a long dark path. There were two men with a rogue-clothed face chasing after him nimbly. Riri sneaks among the groves of the grove on the side of the road, hoping they can't find her.

The sound of my breath hunting, I could hear my own heart beating at a time. My sweat was pouring down my forehead and neck. With watchful eyes I crouched down tremblingly hugging my own body. Suddenly, a hand slapped my shoulder and I nodded. I woke up from my sleep. I stared at the white ceiling filled with brown spots on top of me with irregular breaths. I could feel my forehead and body wet with sweat. For a while I was still only able to fall silent trying to reorganize my breath. Thankfully, the room lights never turned off. Since I have lived alone I have never slept in a dark room. I always feel anxious when it's dark.

"Damn it, the dream is coming back" I grumbled to myself. I rubbed my eyes with a huff. It all felt real, I remember that one time. The night I came home from work there were two strangers suddenly chasing me, because the streets were crowded I was able to avoid both people. But the fear I felt back then became my regular dream for a week afterwards.

"After two years, why did this dream reappear?" I asked in my heart. "All I know is that every dream that comes up, something bad will happen. Two years ago my uncle's man found my place indekos. Luckily they entered the wrong room, so I could quickly escape from that place"

I rubbed the sweat on my forehead slowly while getting up and took a glass of water at the small table next to the bed. I gulped down the water with the toilet, then put the empty glass back on the table. I then grabbed the teddy bear given to me by my long-lost parents. Only this teddy bear was the only memory he had right now.

I hugged the teddy bear tightly with a very sad feeling. "I miss you so much, Mother, Father, Brother Damar" I muttered to myself. My tears fell down again. These are my first tears since seven years ago. I promised myself I would never cry again. Sayup-sayup in my sobs, I can hear the sound of the rustling of rain water that began to fall profusely out there. The cold gusts of the night wind I could feel from inside this small room.

"I'll be fine... I'll be fine" I repeated many times while taking a deep breath. After feeling better I put the doll back on the table and got out of my bed to change my wet clothes and tried to go back to sleep. Finally, these eyes can be closed again at around 04.00 am.

I was startled by the sound of the alarm that I had unconsciously delayed somehow. The clock on my phone showed seven o'clock past twenty minutes. Of course I was aghast and rushed up to get ready for the office. "Damn.shit!!! " I cursed in my own panic.

Indeed, this is not the first time he was late, but indeed he really wanted to change his bad habits.He could already imagine how jammed the streets in hours like this.

With eyes still not quite right, on his way today to the office some work today crossed his mind. Plus after work he still has to work for Mr. Sugi, he knows this will be a long day for him.

"Aghhhh!!!" I squeezed the handlebar of my motor with anxiety.