
AUTHOR POV
On this Sunday, Gibran drove Ari his favorite sister to the zoo because Ari who likes animals especially wild animals such as lions, tigers, Leopard , bear ,and there are many other extreme animals, the same thing was done by a girl with a pastel blue hood ,because he wants to calm down by looking at the birds and listening to the sound of his chirping that makes his heart peaceful.
Since her arrival about a year ago, she has worn a veil for a reason, and today she wears it ,however, when he was focused on sending a message on his phone, suddenly someone hit him until he fell , at that time a man who had hit him was about to help ,however he gasped when he saw the man was a person he knew, and he noticed in silence all this time, his heart felt like it had stopped beating while staring at his eyes ,so even with the man who was also equally glued to see the gaze of the woman's eyes before him, the girl also regained her senses and quickly rose from her seat, he said, the man was surprised at what he had just done
"astaghfirullaah.sorry".
"hm.iya it's okay" said the girl turned around about to move, but not yet her feet stepped , the cry of a beautiful girl who was with the man made her steps stop
"sister Ara "
"astaga ..why does he recognize me" the inner girl, yes the girl is none other than Aranta, she has returned from Aceh about a year ago ,but there is a reason why he never appeared in front of the Ari family, especially on Gibran ,his heart felt claustrophobic considering one year ago when he was about to meet the man who had made him fall in love with it,but he can breathe a sigh of relief when a beautiful girl named Ari says if he receives a message from a person named Ara that is from him.
"huuufthhhh ,and sure enough after Aranta had gone Gibran turned his head and did not find it .
"why did I even meet him here, instead of calming the heart even more upset " muttered Aranta who was secretly watching Gibran and Ari
he hurriedly hid as Gibran looked
"it looks like he knows that I noticed his "murm again
until the noise generated from the hysterical cries of the visitors also makes them want to know what happened ,he sneaks in with other visitors to disguise his existence so that neither Gibran nor Ari are aware of his existence
He was very surprised and shocked to see the incident of the death of visitors caused by several lions, so that the ghost figure of the victim came to him and asked for his help
"sorry but I can't, you just go to the guy who hugs his sister, he's the one who can help you" Aranta said and left the place
The ghostly figure obeyed Aranta's words, and followed Gibran even though he pretended not to see him .
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In her rented house Aranta is back pensive in her room , she remembered about a year ago
At that time with a flowering heart Aranta prepared to go to the house of Gibran, his arrival to Jakarta is to continue his studies he wants to study in Jakarta ,both parents also support it because Aranta is an independent girl, once in Jakarta he went directly to the Gibran family residence without looking first for boarding or rented place he will stay later ,he did not want to trouble the family who had been very good at his first , eat it after coming from the house he will go to find a boarding place .
But just before he reached the gate he saw Gibran with another girl who was about to get into the car, so he thought it was Ari ,but judging from his face there is no resemblance at all with Ari, his heart hurts when he saw how close they were, even Gibran did not hesitate to wipe the girl's head.
"who is the girl..why do they look so close at all ... lest she be Adnan's lover, but ..why Ari never said anything" his heart wondered with an uncertain feeling
With a myriad of regrets in her heart, the girl left without asking who the girl was
"it turns out that my decision to leave was wrong, I have also misjudged Adnan's attitude all along , apparently he never felt what I felt all this time to him , my love .... clapping one hand" said Aranta while squeezing his d*da that felt very tight and sick, his tears fell along with the pain in his heart that felt slashed.
Aranta also had no other choice to stay in Jakarta, because he had been accepted at the university his parents registered ,and the unexpected thing at all if he turned out to be a university with Gibran, he racked his brain thinking about how to make no one know if he also attended the same university ,and from that moment Aranta wears a veil.
"just like this is enough for me ', seeing you from afar is enough to make my heart happy 'but why is Adnan now invisible to the girl, are they doing long distance relationship " aranta's mind remembered that he had not seen the girl who was always with Gibran
"until when it's all over , why is it so hard to forget 'em, every time I look at it even from afar the sense it's getting deeper "wirth again
Yes all this time Aranta kept trying to forget his feelings, although he could not because every day he always just saw Gibran on campus ,even he never again contacted Ari as usual , he did it so that he did not continue to hope to be a part of the family , because now he is busy arranging the heart.
Aranta even forbade his parents to tell his whereabouts in Jakarta, because it could have been both Gibran's parents come and invite him back in their midst, and it will make it difficult for him to forget Gibran .
"ok Aranta..you are a great and strong woman, you can certainly live your days even though the universe does not side with you, sure God must have other plans for you " said Aranta encouraged himself, because who else would give his spirit, friends he did not have , 'cause ,because he always wears a veil makes it look strange in the eyes of his college friends, even they think that Aranta is not cool to be friends.
Kumandang adzan ashar sounding melodious in his ears, he was rushing to take water ablution, but when going to get up from his sitting his cell phone suddenly rang , in a hurry he grabbed his cell phone which he put on the bed.
"papa.." muttered 'Aranta quickly picked up the phone.
"hallo assalamualaikum.".
(.....................)
"alhamdulillah pa, I'm fine"
(......................)
"return to Aceh,besok ..indeed what pa "
(.......................)
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"but soon there will be a KKN program on campus, where may I go home tomorrow "
(..........................)
"but pa........."
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"yes yes.well I come home tomorrow.hm..iya waalaikum salam......."
calls were cut off
"Oh Allah..why should it be like this" he said.
"what is possible in this way I can forget Adnan, but ..who is the man I want to betrothed to me, why did mama and papa not ask me first " murmured Aranta limp, saking his limp he sat on the floor with tears that had soaked both cheeks, he said,bak was hit by an iceberg in the hot sun he was so surprised by what Seno said on the phone, his heart throbbed pain to the crown when he was suddenly asked to go home and will hold an engagement ,he really didn't expect this.
"Oh Allah "
Aranta becomes worried himself, one side he does not want to be engaged let alone to marry a man who he himself does not know who, but the other side he still harbors a taste in Gibran ,although he tried to remove the taste but still could not, he doubted, if he would be happy with the choice of men his parents while his heart and mind were filled with the figure of Gibran , ' he said ,who does not necessarily have the same feelings as her. But he also wants to be happy.
With a heart of heart Aranta went to the bathroom to immediately abudu and then pray, asking for a clue to the Creator what he should decide , accept or refuse.
Until night came but Aranta did not stop his remembrance , he continued to recite from finishing the Ashar prayer continued Maghrib prayer and isya , he missed his dinner .
"astaghfirullaah halazim... astaghfirullaah....."
Either he was tired of his heart or tired of his cries, or perhaps because he missed his dinner, Aranta suddenly fainted in a state still wearing a confident mukena.
No one knew Aranta would faint, because all the occupants of the contract were all indifferent and did not care for each other,the dark conditions of the room also made his rented neighbors think that Aranta was not inside,though if they ngeh they will surely know if Aranta is in the visible from his car parked pretty next to the contract .
But suddenly appeared a sinister figure with both of his eyes glowing red, green-faced and half-ape, he grinned looking at the helplessly glued Aranta ,the figure stuck out his long tongue and drooled his yellowish green with a pungent smell of carrion to the icy floor ,he was about to touch Aranta with his disgusting tongue but had not yet had the tip of his tongue hit Aranta's body, a bright white light shone over Aranta's body ,until the figure felt burning on his tongue because it had been exposed to the white light.
"aaakkkhhh.what is this.why can't I touch "erang that figure.
feeling still curious about Aranta the figure came back closer this time he was about to touch directly with his sharp hoofed hands ,but his body instead bounced far away to hit the wall and make a fine crack on the wall, it can be felt by the occupants of his other contract ,they assumed that if there had been a small earthquake, the rented neighbors ran outside to save themselves .
"astaga what is this.why suddenly there was an earthquake "cried one of the residents.
"yes, fortunately we immediately get out of the house" he said
"eh ..that's the rented house is he hasn't come home yet huh, his lights are all off ?" ask one of the residents who is secretly observing Aranta's rented house
"the occupants of the sorority was right, it was his car there, surely his person also there dong "sahut others
"yes yes, but the state of the house is pitch dark"
"we check yuk yuk, who knows something happened to him "give the citizens the very back
"oah ah "
"yes, I don't want to "
At first no one wanted to check the state of the Aranta rented house, but the arrival of the contract owner made them all inevitably check the state of the house .
They also knocked on the door until it banged hard because Aranta never opened the door, lucky the owner of the contract brought a spare key until he opened the door .
After the door opened the rented owner immediately turned on the lights, and how surprised they were when the rented owner turned on the room lights, they saw Aranta was scattered by still using prayer equipment complete with prayer beads in his hands .
"astaghfirullaah halazim "
"quickly call the doctor "
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