The Toga Rahayu

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A few weeks passed, Ratna's efforts to attract Andika's attention did not yield results. Andika did not respond at all to Ratna's attitude and attention.

Ratna still watched Andika every day, several times her eyes caught Andika who was smiling not when she saw one of her students “Rahayu”.

“So she's the woman who catches your attention, just look I won't stay still, if I can't get close to you then that student-only woman of course can't have you”. Ratna squeezed the edge of her shirt out and her eyes filled with flames of hatred.

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That night Rahayu, Dania and a few other friends were in the computing and systems analysis lab to do their jobs. They are conducting an analysis of the modeling system implemented in a company to determine the level of performance of its employees.

An hour passed their group project was almost done, just put their modeling framework on the existing system.

For a moment they rest to straighten their back muscles.

“You stay with”. Ask Santi one of our new friends on the project.

“Not mbak, I live in sigura-gura , we are different places to live and only known when I was a master student here”. Answer Dania.

“I live in the Dau area, I happen to be a aunt here so join deh”. Santi answered Dania.

Rahayu just kept quiet not giving a response, her fingers were busy entering coding on the system in front of her.

“If you are Yu?”. Ask Santi.

“I am in jewel of Jingga”. The answer is brief with the mash focusing on the monitor in front of it.

“What? Elite housing Orange Gem is Yu?”. Santi and Dania seemed to glare simultaneously.

“No friends, not like that. I also do not know if I will stay in the jewel of Orange, all my father and mother-in-law who take care of”.

“So actually Rahayu is married?”. Dania was indeed the youngest student in the class, so almost all of her friends were called mbak.

“He Yes I'm married”. Rahayu answered with a grimace.

“So right dong the other day you crave to eat satay?”, Santi added his curiosity.

“Not”.answer it briefly.

“Wah husband mbak Rahayu stay here too?”. Dania is still in love with her new best friend's life.

Rahayu just shook her head.

“Lantas you LDR and dong Yu?”. This time Santi spoke up.

“No, we've split”. Rahayu said by holding back her tears that had almost fallen on her cheeks.

Dania and Santi widen their eyes again, looking at Rahayu in disbelief with all the surprises in her best friend's life.

“Sorry mbak”. Dania squeezes Rahayu's hand trying to strengthen.

“Failure is not the end of everything Yu, you are still young and very beautiful, believe me there are still many good men out there who can accept all your conditions”. Santi pats Rahayu's back trying to strengthen her friend.

“My husband is already in paradise”. Rahayu said softly, this time her tears were no longer able to hold.

Rahayu again cried remembering Reno.

Dania and Santi stare at each other and feel guilty for Rahayu has reminded her of her sadness again.

“Sorry yes mbak we do not mean to make mbak Ayu sad”.

“Don't be sad ya Yu, forgive us both who are too much to know your life, if you are lonely and need a friend you can call us to accompany you”.

The three of them hugged each other to strengthen their new best friend.

Meanwhile, still in the same room Andika was resuscitating her head behind the open shelf. Her eyes were teary, Andika was so stunned to hear what the three women were talking about.

The habit of Andika in recent months is to observe every movement Rahayu. Andika will not return home if Rahayu has not returned. Andika will make sure Rahayu has arrived in front of her house safely, then she will calmly leave him. Somehow his heart was still reluctant to turn away and wanted to look at guard even if only from a distance.

“Ya Allah Rahayu”. Eyes glazed.

“I love you so much Yu, but I would rather see you happy than hurt like this?”.

“Surely you feel the pain of loss that is very heavy”.

Andika returned to wake up the stage, now she is no longer standing. His legs were limp so that he could not support his body weight.

Andika shed tears, her chest was so tight crying over the grieving lover of heart lost half his life.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the lab will be shut down as the three women move on to leave the computing. Dania and Santi say goodbye to quickly pick up their bikes which happened to be parked at the end of the campus, afraid that if it was too late the fence would soon be closed.

While Rahayu walked alone to the car park, which happened to be in front of the Rectorate building. Rahayu stepped so calmly that even though her heart was raging, a glimpse of her memory of Reno flashed back through her mind.

Tests.

Rahayu again shed her tears considering the departure of her husband.

Seeing the lower perpus building still lit the lights, Rahayu stepped her feet there first, wanting to wash her face before returning to drive her own car.

Rahayu quickly headed to the toilet in the perpus, gently rubbing her face with running water in hopes of giving a little peace in her heart.

Rahayu again reflected tidying up the veil and looking into her eyes.

After everything was ready, Rahayu opened the bathroom door again and how surprised she was when she found the bathroom door locked.

Rahayu shouted so loudly asking for help.

“Is there anyone out there”.

“Please anyone can help open this door, I'm locked.

Rahayu again banged on the door even harder.

Meanwhile behind the door came the voice of the woman who was laughing softly with her cunning sobbing as if she had achieved victory that day.

"Please help me open the door". Rahayu said many times.

Rahayu was tired of screaming that no one helped her, now Rahayu was bowed languidly in the toilet.

Rahayu grabs the phone inside her bag to contact Dania. Many times Rahayu tried to contact Dania but unfortunately there was no answer.

Now Rahayu turns to contact Santi but unfortunately both Dania and Santi both do not give an answer to Rahayu's call.

Rahayu again bowed lethargic to see her wrist that had shown at nine o'clock more nights.

“Yes Allah should I spend the night here”.

Meanwhile, the woman behind the door still smiled slylyly with a series of actions that night, not satisfied with just locking Rahayu in the bathroom door, but she was not satisfied, the woman grabbed the switch on the wall and turned it off.

Rahayu's reflexes shouted out loud.

“Tolong”,

“Tolong”, now his tears can not be dammed anymore, Rahayu was afraid.

While the woman breezed out the perpus with a triumphant smile on her face.

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