THE BEST BROTHERS

S4 Chapter 55 "Inner War" The Best Brother

Dio drives his car to Rania's house. Rania looked ahead with a blank look. Dio knew how devastated Rania's life was right now. If only she were still Rania's husband, maybe she would be Rania's reinforcement to live her life in a time like this.

Dio stopped his car, seeing Rania from crying. He was unceasingly shedding tears from this morning until this late. Rania's eyes have really narrowed once, swollen and reddened. Rania does not care about Dio's car that stops in front of a mini market that is open 24 hours.

"Dio, what do we want?" tanya Rania who just realized Dio turned her car to a mini market not far from Rania's house.

"I want to buy a drink, I'm thirsty, the drinking supply in the car is also running out" Dio replied.

"Let's go out," Dio asked.

"I'm here" said Rania

"What do you want?" Dio offered something to Rania.

"No, I don't want anything" replied Rania.

"Okay, I'll have a drink for a second. You don't go anywhere, wait for me" Dio said as he rubbed Rania's head before exiting. And answered with a nod of Rania.

Rania was still sitting and staring blankly. His life was fragile, nor was there any spirit to move forward. Only a cry accompanied this moment. He recalled the good times with his parents long ago. Rania remembered all and smiled bitterly lamenting her life now.

"I don't know how to live my life going forward. It turns out there's no point in me owning such a big company as my dream. And now, I'm alone, my parents go one by one. Then husband? I, with all my selfishness, divorced her. Yes, I was selfish back then, when Dio asked me to rethink the divorce. And now, I'm so fragile, only Dio cares, everyone in the house is just good at talking" Rania murmured.

Shortly after, Dio returned to his car and went inside. He made sure Rania was still in the car or not, because he immediately looked at Rania who was watching her get into the car.

"Thank God, you're still in the car" Dio said as he got into the car.

"Where am I going?" asked Rania with her flat voice.

"I guess go again" replied Dio.

"Ran, it's in the drink." Dio gave Rania mineral water and told her to drink it.

"Thank you, Dio," said Rania, Dio simply replied with a nod and smiled at Rania.

"You haven't eaten, have you? It's bread, let's eat it" Dio said.

"I'm not hungry, Dio" said Rania.

"Little bit, make your bowels, don't empty her stomach, Rania." Dio opened his bread wrapper, and cut the bread and directed it to the front of Rania's mouth. "Let's open your mouth." Dio fed Rania a piece of bread she had cut earlier. However, Rania refused.

"Dio, my life is of no use anymore" Rania said in her flat voice.

"Rania, eat first," forced Dio with a pressing voice.

"Dio, man,"

"What's? Eat first, open his mouth" Dio said.

Rania was upset that Dio kept pushing her, and she finally opened her mouth and ate the bread that was in Dio's hands.

"Gitu dong, smart boy," said Dio by rubbing Rania's head.

Rania smiled as she recalled her father if he had a hard time eating her father coaxed her by force. And, Dio said, after Rania opened her mouth and ate bread, exactly the same as her father said. Rania shed her tears again and immediately wiped it off.

"Cock crying again?" Dio also cleaned the tears of Rania who had wet her cheeks again.

"May I hug you, Dio?" rania Pinta. Dio shifted his body and spread out his hands.

"Come here" said Dio, and Rania immediately embraced Dio.

"I miss dad" isak Rania who was in Dio's arms.

"If you miss, send Do'a, not cry gini. When do you want to cry? Poor father and mother. There's still so much you can do, Ran. Don't give up, let them go, they're calm, they're not sick anymore." Dio rubbed Rania's head which was still in his embrace.

"Remember, Rania. Your dream has been realized, before the departure of mother, you have taken care of her, you take care of her, even though you do not take care of your father. You are lucky, you can enjoy the day with your father to adulthood, while I and Sister Shifa, I thirst for the affection of my father, despite my brother, I am very happy, and the affection he gave us was like my father, I had to grow up without a father, and it hurt, Ran. But, I try to keep your mother happy," said Dio.

"What a dream it is, after all I live alone," replied Rania who was still comfortable in Dio's arms.

"Don't be like that, you're not alone, Ran." Dio further tightened his embrace on Rania.

"There is Ran, who will always take care of you, even from a distance," said Dio who only crossed his mind.

"Convenient this? Until I don't want to take off Dio's embrace. Oh God, I'm selfish, this heart still loves this person who hugs me. I'm strong with his embrace, I can't be like this. It's my wish to part with Dio. Because anyway, Dio doesn't love me, he just pity and pity me." Rania both hugged Dio, inhaling the scent of her body that she always felt when she was together. Although only a few months slept with Dio and did not touch or have sex with him.

"Ran, eat some more bread. Spend it, I'll drive you home" Dio told Rania, who still hugged her tightly.

Rania nodded her head, she let go of Dio's embrace, even though she still wanted to be in his arms.

"Here's the bread" Rania's pinta.

"I'll give you a bribe" said Dio, pointing a piece of bread at Rania's mouth.

"Ran, don't go anymore" said Dio.

"Hmm ...," Rania replied just muttering.

"Hey, listen to me, you ladies, don't go in the middle of the night. You didn't see just now at the end of the road there were 3 thugs who would approach you, if he hurt you how, huh?" Dio slightly increased his tone of speech.

"I don't see" he answered.

"How much do you care if I get hurt by them?" said Rania with a tone that is no less high.

"I care, because I love you, because I love you, Ran." Dio was eager to say that to Rania, but it was like someone had stuck his throat, and the word was only stuck and said in his heart.

"What a care you, Dio. If they hurt me," said Rania Lirih repeating her words.

"Don't talk like that. Let's spend one more mouthful." Dio fed the bread to Rania again.

"Do you still love Najwa, Dio? But why are you like this? And why should I meet you here?" rania muttered while swallowing the bread that was in her mouth.

After Rania finished eating the bread, Dio drove Rania home. Dio did not think, why people at home did not know that Rania ran away from home.

"What's the point of all staying at Rania's house? what's the point of them accompanying Rania? If Rania runs away they don't know" Dio murmured.

Dio stopped his car in Rania's yard. He sees his brother's car in front of Rania's house and Evan's car as well. Dio slightly clasped his wheel hard, because he saw Evan's car that was still in Rania's house. That means Evan is also staying at Rania's house.

"Evan slept here?" dio asked in his flat voice.

"Yes, he slept with Raffi, in the guest room," replied Rania.

"Oh, yes, let me drive you in" Dio said, revealing angry strokes on his face.

They enter Rania's house, Dio walks quickly in front of Rania to the guest room. There are 3 guest rooms in Rania's house. Dio violently knocked on all the guest room doors in Rania's house. All the occupants of the room were still sound asleep, they woke up and appeared out of the room one by one.

"Dio…." Rico is shocked to find Dio at midnight at Rania's house.

"What is the purpose of you sleeping here? Accompany and look after Rania, right? But, why don't you guys know that Rania left the house!" Dio spoke with anger. That many people could not know Rania ran away from home.

"You're not just accompanying Rania. Please take care of Rania, Rania's situation is not stable. You guys are good at sleeping. Mother, Sister Shifa, can't you accompany Rania in her room? Mother should also know what Rania feels, mother has also experienced something like this, right? Went out of the house in the middle of the night when Dad died? Why don't you think about it? If Rania there's nothing on the road how is it? Am I to blame again?" Dio unceasingly let out his anger in front of them.

"Dio, already. I'm fine" said Rania, holding Dio's shoulder, and calming Dio down.

"You rest. Let Mother and Shifa accompany you in the room" said Dio.

"I'm home" said Dio.

"You're not here, Dio?" ask Rania.

Raffi saw Dio was really angry at everything. Everyone was tired because from the morning had taken care of the guests and funeral of Rania's mother.

"I'm sure Dio still loves Rania so much, that she says so, and really insinuates Evan" Raffi murmured.

"Ran, where are you from, son?" ask Annisa.

Rania just kept quiet without answering Annisa's question. He walked straight to his room. Annisa and Shifa stared at each other.

"Annisa, Shifa, accompany Rania in the room" Rico said.

Shifa was staying at Rania's house, because her husband was out of town. Annisa and Shifa walk after Rania into her room.

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Dio really hurt his heart, seeing Evan staying at Rania's house. Despite sleeping with Raffi and with his family at Rania's house. But, Dio's heart really hurt. Dio was aware, Rania was like this as well because of her selfish self. He never thought Rania existed when Rania became his wife. Fifteen months together, Dio only incised wounds in Rania's life.

Now Dio realized, there is something better for Rania. Dio will try to reconcile if Rania will really choose Evan for her life ahead.

"I'm sorry, Ran. It's time you were happy. And, I promise I'll never mess with your life again. I'll be professional with you, because we're tied to our business, open a special relationship like it used to be. Yes, now it has materialized, I have always considered you a co-worker, a work partner, even though we are bound in a sacred bond called marriage. And, I should be a partner of the world and the hereafter with you. But, I don't want to, and I never want to. Just because of one name, which is Najwa." Dio said softly with tears in his eyes.

Dio stopped his car on the side of the road. The streets look quiet. The clock on Dio's hand has shown at 03.00 WIB. Dio thought all about Rania. She recalls her time with Rania when she first met at school, and both moved from abroad first. They had been gandrungi other students, both Dio and Rania. Sometimes they show jealousy when Rania is approached by men, and vice versa, Rania is also jealous when Dio is approached by female students.

Dio remembers how much he loved Rania, and Rania also blatantly replied to Dio's letter and revealed that she loved and loved Dio.

"Everything is gone, Rania's affection for me is gone. I don't know what's in Rania's heart right now about me. Am I still in his heart? Or has my name been replaced by another? He could write that he would love me forever, but his heart might not. Especially if Evan has given comfort to him." Dio said softly and rubbed his face roughly.

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Rania was still sitting in her work chair which was in her room. Shifa and Annisa also haven't slept yet. His sleepiness had disappeared since Dio was angry that no one had seen Rania run away from home. Annisa approached Rania whose hand was still busy holding a pen and scrawling it onto a blank piece of paper that was on her desk.

"Son, sleep yuk. You have to be healthy, you don't be like this. Take your mother, son. Pity him, if you continue to torture yourself," Annisa said softly.

"Mother, is Rania selfish?" ask Rania to Annisa.

"Goose why?"

"It's okay mom, Rania wants to sleep." Rania put her foot on the bed.

Rania's bed was indeed spacious, so it was possible to sleep three people. Yes, Shifa and Annisa accompany Rania to sleep in Rania's room, because Rico told her to.

Rania was still unable to close her eyes, as well as Annisa and Shifa. They still saw Rania who still did not close her eyes.

"Ran, how did you meet Dio?" ask Shifa.

"I don't know, suddenly the car stopped in front of me, and immediately pulled me to get into the car" answered Rania.

"Mother, does Dio now rarely come home?" ask Rania.

"He if there is a need to go home, and every day he is at his house, which used to be occupied with you," replied Annisa.

Rania fell silent again after asking Annisa. He was still thinking about Dio who was now much different from before. It was no different from his attitude towards her, the more prominent one was that Dio now looked thin and unkempt. Probably due to fatigue from taking care of 3 companies at once. Or because of the problems that are currently happening to him that everyone blames him, let alone Arsyad, the two of them have always been an inner war lately.

"I have to say with you, until when will Dio inhabit, pity him too. He was wrong, but he shouldn't be ostracized by his family. Moreover, Shifa, she really hated Dio because of the incident in the Villa. Najwa and Dio are wrong, but this problem should be solved in a family way, not like this, which makes two people feel wrong all their lives." Rania said in her heart.

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Habibi was inexhaustible with Ainun. Time and again he convinced Ainun that he loved her very much and wanted to propose to her. He convinces Ainun, if he will accept him as he is. Moreover, Ainun vividly recounted all of his past with Dio.

At first Habibi was very shocked and did not expect a woman like Ainun to be in a relationship with a man until that deep. And, he was also willing to give his honor to the man. Yes, although he has not given it all and the crown of Ainun until now is still awake. However, for a man, if a woman dares to do such a thing is to drop the dignity and dignity of a woman.

"Ainun, no matter how bad your past is, I will accept you for who you are. You're the woman who completely shifted my world, Ainun. I realized, there is no man who does not escape sin, I am the same. My past may be worse than yours, but I'm still trying to be the best. I want you Ainun" said Habibi, who was sitting next to Ainun in the hospital garden that afternoon.

Ainun simply fell silent, digesting every word that was spoken from Habibi's lips. He knew Habibi was really serious about this. Moreover, this is about sacred relationships. Habibi mana might mess with it all.

"Habibi, I'm afraid, I'm ashamed, I'm a dirty Habibi. I can't, you deserve a better woman than me" Ainun replied.

"There is no better woman than you, Ainun. Nothing, just you," Habibi said, holding Ainun's hand.

"Give me Habibi time" Ainun said.

"Well, I'll be patient waiting for you." Habibi said with a long sigh.

"I'm sorry, I can't. Not that I still love Dio. I only remember my dirty deeds with him, Habibi. Which makes me unworthy of being touched by men anymore. I am no longer worthy of anyone, Habibi," Ainun said in a hoarse voice crying.

"Please, don't cry. It's in the hospital park, later there's opa or papah see. Alright, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna talk about this anymore. I'll wait for you to be ready. At any time I will wait for you" Habibi said, embracing Ainun.

"Let's go home" Habibi asked.

"Yes," Ainun said in a soft tone.

"Don't bend his face, smile dong." Habibi pulled both of Ainun's cheeks to conclude the smile on Ainun's face.

"That's dong, come on." Habibi stretched out his hand and wrapped Ainun's hand around his arm.

All the nurses and other medical personnel saw Habibi with Ainun walking in a friendly manner. If in Indonesia there may have been a lot of slang from the mouths of female nurses who talk about them. But not for now. In this hospital, Habibi was relieved, because unlike in his hospital in Indonesia. All the nurses were excited when Habibi and Ainun first sat together in front of a mini market, which made Ainun suddenly famous in a hospital owned by Habibi.

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It has been seven days since Rania's mother died. Rania is accompanied by Arsyad and Annisa. For days, Rania has been unable to sleep since the escape. And since then, Rania no longer meets Dio. Dio was indeed avoiding Rania, but not evading without watching Rania. He kept an eye on Rania from a distance.

Rania had finished breakfast. This morning he cooked for breakfast. Rania remembered Dio's words, that he must be strong and must be able to continue living well.

"Ran, is this all you cook for?" ask Annisa.

"Yes, mother. Yes, a little aunty help, anyway," replied Rania.

"Mother, brother, thank you for accompanying Rania here. Rania doesn't know there's no mother and brother. Also if there was no Dio at that time, maybe Rania had been hurt by 3 thugs who confronted Rania," said Rania.

"You've seen Abah as Abah's own daughter, Ran. So do not hesitate, if there is anything, contact us," said Arsyad.

"Yes, brother," replied Rania.

"Ran, you said that if Dio wasn't there yesterday, you were hurt by thugs, where would you go?" ask Annisa.

"Rania didn't know where she was going that night. Yes, there are already 3 thugs who confronted Rania. And Dio immediately pulled Rania into the car, before the thug approached Rania," answered Rania.

"Did Dio call you after meeting you that night?" ask Annisa.

"No mother, even she never came here again, and attended studies, but she always emailed her office problems" answered Rania.

Dio never asked Rania again after that night. Dio just sent an email to Rania, and that's about the company. He never asked about Rania or anything else.

"Let him feel the pain of what he is right now" Arsyad said in a flat tone.

"Change, sorry is not Rania presumptuous or how, Abah please do not blame Najwa and Dio too much. They are also both victims in this case, not only Rania who is sick. Najwa too, let alone Dio. Rania knows that. Make peace with Abah's situation, do not be dissolved by problems that should be resolved properly. Enough abah to punish Najwa by expelling him. There should be no division in Abah's family which is said to be very harmonious. Rania feels how to not have a family now." Rania tries to talk to Arshad, in order to end her inner war with Dio and Najwa.

"Abah disappointed with them, Abah did not expect, Najwa and Dio did something embarrassing" said Arsyad.

"Abah, if you are like this, Abah will be sick. Pain in our bodies, also starts because our hearts are sick, hearts that do not want to forgive and always hate" said Rania.

"So, it shouldn't be like that. Najwa's gone, don't let Dio go either. Rania divorced Dio yesterday. Rania is too emotional with him, but by not getting divorced too, Rania will be hurt, because Dio does not love Rania. As much as possible Rania is professional with Dio. Because dad left all his company's business to Dio. Don't want anything else. It was a message from my father that he told Rania" Rania explained.

Arsyad digested Rania's speech. He had not expected, in this kind of situation, Rania could position herself to be a friend to Dio. His heart still loves Dio. And, Arsyad knows that Rania still has a great love for Dio.