ARSHAKA
Drafts

The most tiring day when I want to get ready to go home, see a tinge of twilight adorning the sky and the time shows at five in the afternoon, but a Financial Officer I used to call Ms. Fira came to me and gave me a report on the official travel expenses made by the Marketing Director I had made before to be revised a little. And I have to finish the report and give it again today. 

Inevitably, I sighed resignedly and immediately revised the report he requested.

Working as a Personal Assistant (PA) a Marketing Director at a leading foreign company in Jakarta called Diamond Burke Corp is something I never expected in my lifetime. Moreover, it can last for two more years. 

Previously I worked as a regular Admin Staff in one of the leading mining subsidiaries. The poor performance of the management at that time made the company experience colapse until the company announced it was out of business.

Luckily I had a pretty extensive network, so I was glimpsed and pulled by my business partner to work at Diamond Burke Corp. At first I applied and worked in the position of Personnel Staff for one year, assessed my performance developed well and my job neatly arranged I moved the position as Personal Assistant.

I worked under a leader named Dwimuri Laksana, a Marketing Director and it was the young man who attracted me to work in this company.

The seminar held in the Pluit area was the beginning of our meeting, I who came there as a Visitor was introduced by a co-worker in my former workplace with Muri. At that time he came as a VIP guest at the seminar.

Famous competent in work and dedicated, making his name and position soar in his age which is relatively young - thirty years.

Not only that, having a beautiful face and always keeping his appearance look fit is a plus.

This is my burden as his PA, not a burden in the pressure of work alone, gossiped and glimpsed cynically by some female employees in the Office into my daily consumption. Moreover, doi is still single.

Still, I am grateful to be working here. My insights become widespread in the field of empowering Earth's resources in the form of Oil mining.

Now the company began planning to expand into Coal.

The company that has just been established for ten years is busy looking for new relationships and donors to advanced companies engaged in special Coal.

Turning around Muri is always busy with inter-island service trips; from Denpasar, Sulawesi, then Kalimantan to Papua. Thank goodness his efforts did not betray the results.

Muri managed to get a cooperation contract with a company that is fairly new to explore Coal-A.P. Coal Corp's. However, the company is famous for its success for ten years.  It is almost the same age as Diamond Burke.

A special pride for Muri for successfully getting a new project with A.P. Coal Corp, a company based in Bali. 

So Muri, I and other support staff had to leave for Bali to prepare for the project. I'll probably be there for a month, maybe even more. Depending on the situation and conditions.

After I finished my report and had given it to Sister Fira, I rushed home and started to squeakily pack my things. Considering I'm leaving in a week.

It's still a long time. But at least I won't be troubled by the day of departure.  

I told this to Dad a long time ago too. Actually, I was still hard to leave him alone at Home, where he had retired and was only busy with light activities at Home. While Leo is living in Bandung to study Civil Engineering Department in ITB while he works in a leading company there. 

After I finished flapping my clothes, I immediately headed for the bed and began to close my eyes until I fell asleep in a dream.

*****

"So you think I'm the same as Davin or Yanuar?" asked Karin while stirring up the half-melted ice cream in the cup. 

I silently weighed Karin's question as I imagined her again with two men who were close to her.

Karin and I met for lunch together at a fast food restaurant in the Mall in Bekasi. Besides talking about me going to Bali for work, now change Karin who is talking about the status of her relationship hanging.

Talking about the two figures of the man whom Karin mentioned - Davin and Yanuar are colleagues in the place of Karin company working in the field of Insurance and leading in Jakarta.

Karin has been close to the two men for a long time. But until now none of them took Karin to a more serious relationship. And strangely Karin is still comfortable living the relationship.

Though Karin once said that he was exposed to an unclear relationship after he had been played by Romeo.

Speaking of Romeo, I remembered a moment in the past.

Recalling the chest-stifling event, about four years ago, after that night I went to see Samuel at the Cafe and returned all my attributes to him. Also provide a letter of resignation as a formality. Samuel accepted that with an unpleasant expression. Once he apologized to me, I just nodded in apology. But after that either he or I was only close to one of the majors, also I deliberately keep a distance with him.

Karin and Romeo. Knowing that the man was just toying with her, without a second thought Karin immediately walked away from him. While Romeo was just acting ordinary as if nothing had happened between the two of them.

Without the slightest burden, when Romeo seemed to be flocking to approach other women.

Fortunately, Karin was not sad for long. A few days later, he felt ordinary. 

Good though. For what is it Karin dissolved sad and survive with men like that.

Then one more man - Arshaka. Since that night I no longer see her figure. He did not pursue or come to see me to give an explanation, even though I did not want to hear the explanation.

Disappearing him enough to grab the attention of Father and Leo. Dad asked me why Arshaka was no longer at Home, and Leo asked me about my relationship.

Lastly, Leo said after the exam he no longer saw Arshaka at school. Until the day he also did not appear when asked to do three fingerprints and do annual photos.

I told them that my relationship with Arshaka was over.

But I didn't tell them about that night.

Cause I don't think there's anything I need to tell you anymore. Enough they know that.

About cellphone. You guys must have said it's a pity, right why would I throw that phone away? Fortunately, this is a fantasy, not a reality.

I was forced to lie, say that I lost my phone while riding the Microlet. Given where my phone was GPS-mounted by Arshaka, I threw it away. I didn't want my whereabouts to be tracked down by him and he was desperate to see me that night.

But in fact he did not meet me at all, whether tomorrow or the next.

Given that I laughed blandly. Until now I still do not believe in the truth that I found, where he was so trying hard to take my heart and want to make me his girlfriend just to get the sheet money.

After I knew everything, his bad intentions, he easily disappeared as if swallowed by the Earth.

Was I so low in his eyes that he was willing to cheat me for the money?

No hesitation pleading for attention and begging love to me.

It is easy to say but there is no meaningful meaning.

Given that my heart is starting to heal, the wound is starting to hurt again.

"Bi, you're daydreaming again." Karin waved her hand right in front of my face so I hurriedly blinked and realized.

"What do you think? The work? Well, after this weekend, relax a little." Karin was annoyed to see me move awkwardly while smiling thinly.

I sighed, wanting a thousand kinds of questions that popped into my mind about it, until whenever he would never consider me.

To him, I was just a toy that could be thrown away at will if he was bored.

Whenever he wants.

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Boxed rice with Balado Round Egg side dishes, Siam Pumpkin, Sambal Ati Ampela plus Shrimp Crackers and Banana Fruit became my lunch menu today.

Each employee gets a lunch ration, can be taken at the Office Canteen. But Employees can also buy food at the cafeteria that is available or can eat out.

The position is as a Personal Assistant, but I prefer to use the Office facilities as well as possible.

My salary for a month is enough to buy food at the Restaurant, even if it is calculated in a full month I can buy lunch and dinner at a medium-top Restaurant.

But it was wasteful, and I was grateful to have the upbringing of a family who avoided such a bad attitude as much as possible. It is better that the money be saved to buy other necessities or be used as savings in my future.

So voraciously I chewed and added new mouthfuls, suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder making me choke on my own food.

"Such a stage Bi until I pat directly so?"

Immediately I sipped my drinking water, cleaned my mouth with a tissue while staring cynically at the Choking Marketing Director watching me choke.

He sat in front of me with one hand holding a rice box. I watched him want to eat the food the Office had provided.

Usually Muri will eat out with her fellow profession, or eat with her Client.

"I'm lazy to go outside" he said as if he knew what I was thinking about him right now.

I still did not continue my lunch anymore, for a moment I noticed his activities on the Rice box: he opened the lid of the Rice box, taking out the stainless spoon that he always took everywhere and then cleaned first using a tissue, one hand immediately took out the Crackers and Banana Fruit, then he took a spoon began to get busy getting rid of Shrimp stirring among some chickpeas. Then he began to feed a spoonful of rice followed by a chicken suwiran that he had sliced.

Sambal in the Balado Egg he set aside first on the edge of the box, after which he sendoki sambal again little by little into his mouth as he began to chew new mouthfuls.

Seeing the habits of Muri today is not much different from Leo: the picky eater. But Muri has a unique habit. One of them as I explained not long ago. 

But the funny thing is that he would not eat food that way if he was eating with someone else. Whatever food in front of him will eat voraciously in front of the person.

Only a few people know about his habits. One of them is me.

I just like to be confused myself why Muri can be so.

"Have you been packing Bi's stuff?" muri asked to raise her eyes to me. I also raised my gaze after putting a new mouthful into my mouth.

I nodded at a glance, "Already, sir. Just buy toiletries," said I after chewing my toilet into the throat.

Muri Beards.

"How much is the suitcase?"

"Just two," I replied.

"Two?? Seriously Bi? Enough for you everyday while living in Bali? We're going a month!" his eyes glared at me, he could not believe my words.

"Who say we stay there forever sir? There's no, is there?" reply to ketus and go back to devouring a mouthful of rice.

Still can't believe he's staring at me. But he's back on his feet.

"After eating, we will discuss again about a glimpse of our work planning in Bali later. And then you add the work agenda on the 15th at 11 noon, where we will come and survey the place of the Coal Boulder with the ranks of the higher-ups of the A.P. Coal. Don't forget Bi,"

"The A.P. Coal, he means the people above Mr. Tommy as CEO there. How do they want to take our same survey?" my forehead was furrowing looking at Muri.

Muri replied after swallowing food in her mouth, "It so happens that the higher-ups always schedule themselves to visit the CTF, and coincidentally the 15th is their schedule to check the location. Moreover, we will begin to cooperate with them, and our status is fairly common in this project. It shouldn't be a problem if we both check the location there with them."

This time I understood. Although it still sounds strange to me.

After we finished eating, I immediately returned to my office and immediately to his room to directly discuss our planning while working there.

During the discussion with Muri in her room, I listened carefully and noted the important points in our conversation, imagining our activities there would be so crowded.

I hope our project will go well.

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*****notes

Hi you guys, do not expect that Arshaka liked many people. I can only say thank you, Hehe

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I'm publishing this story until it's over, take it easy.

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