
"What's your relationship with Rania?"
Reyhan turned around, and he answered Khanif, "me and Rania, we ...."
When Reyhan wanted to tell Khanif, suddenly there was a man who approached Khanif with clothes so neat. The man saluted Reyhan before coming forward to whisper something in Reyhan's ear to make Reyhan surprised and make Khanif curious.
A few seconds later, the man left Reyhan and followed Reyhan after saying goodbye to Khanif.
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you yet. If I had the chance, I would come here again. Excuse me." Reyhan left Khanif.
While Khanif, go back into the inn. When he had just set foot inside, his gaze was immediately fixed on the figure of Rania who was standing in front of the door of his room.
"What's wrong?" ask Khanif.
"Sir, I want to explain ...," Rania's words were cut.
"Tomorrow, it's night anyway. There are still long days!"
"Pak ..." Again Rania's speech was cut off.
He realized he had made a mistake. Especially with her late return home. All because he was too forcing Reyhan to take him for a walk after dinner last night.
At that time, they had just finished eating the food that made Rania's hunger disappear instantly. Rania looks so enthusiastic about the city she just visited.
He seemed to have forgotten his duty to come to this city. So, he asked Reyhan to take him for a walk, even if only briefly to see the atmosphere in the city of M at night. Rania begged, because not necessarily she will have time to walk when night comes.
Although he had refused, Reyhan still lost to Rania's persuasion of him. So inevitably, Reyhan also invited Rania to go for a walk.
However, Rania's biggest mistake here is, when Rania says that she wants to go see the atmosphere of the city for a while, even though the word briefly backfired for her.
He forgot because Rania was fascinated by the beauty of M city at night. With lights from the houses of residents who are bright lights plus cool cold.
Rania realized, she should not have forced Reyhan from the beginning to follow his will. But now the rice has become a porridge. What Rania has done, can no longer be changed.
Rania is sad. Indeed, he did not intend to make Khanif break his promise to the papa.
Not wanting to stay silent, Rania knocked on Khanif's room door. Anyway, tonight he has to explain everything to Khanif.
As the second knock on the door of Khanif's room nearly floated, someone from behind Rania held his hand. Rania looked over.
" Mr Davina!" rania was surprised. "Mbak, I .. I ...."
Davina smiled a little. He lowered Rania's hand. "If you want to talk to Mr. Khanif, you should postpone it first. Tomorrow is still there, right? I believe Mr. Khanif will listen to your explanation." Davina pulls Rania into her room. Then they went to the lounge chair in the middle of the room.
"Sit down."
Rania nodded, she followed Davina's words.
"Help me to talk to Mr. Khanif."
"You just calm down. Mr. Khanif is, but tomorrow has changed again. You know, the first time I came here, I was just like you. Even I'm more desperate to go alone by relying on maps."
"Well!" Rania doesn't believe it.
"really. At that time I was just like you, forgot the time to go home because I was fascinated by the beauty of this city at night. Mr. Khanif had once inhabited me like you, but the next day no longer. So, as I suggested, you take a break first. Tomorrow just explain it to Mr. Khanif."
"Alright, I think you're right too." Rania stood up. "Then I go back to my room first."
Davina nodded. Rania returned to her room feeling a little comforted. Arriving in the room, Rania immediately cleaned up. Only after, Rania immediately dropped on the bed.
"May Davina's words be true."
Rania falls asleep to the dream.
The next day, Rania woke up late because she was so cold last night that she grabbed the blanket up to her neck. When Rania woke up, the sun was already so warm. The birds are beginning to sound and the flowers are now blooming.
As usual at home, Rania opened the window of her room, then inhaled the air that was so cool coupled with the fragrance of flowers that were so fragrant. Just as Rania was about to leave the window towards the bathroom, the door of her room was knocked by someone.
"For Rania" said Davina.
"Mother Davina! Sorry I woke up late."
"What's wrong, you get ready first. Only then do we go out to get breakfast."
"OK." Rania closed the door again and went into the bathroom. While Rania cleans up, Davina returns to meet Khanif who is in the guest room.
"How's it?"
"Rania is ready."
Khanif. He then gave Davina a laptop to check a document related to the construction of his villa. I don't know how long Davina has been so busy checking the documents Khanif told her when Rania came to them.
"August, sir. Sorry I'm late."
Again Khanif nodded without seeing Rania. He stood up and started talking, "we go find breakfast first. Just started working again."
Davina immediately stopped the examination and turned off the laptop, then put it in the bag.
"It's ready, sir."
"Hem. All right, we're leaving now." They also went out of the inn to the place to eat.
On the way, Khanif slowed down his car because he saw a group of men in striped clothes running in the morning, while singing their unity song.
Rania and Davina are increasingly curious to find the car glass. Rania smiled when she saw the man who took her for a walk last night. Rania Instantly waved her hand and called out Rey's name.
"Sister Rey."
The man who became the leader in a striped shirt also returned the wave of Rania's hand and smiled.
"Male last night?" davina asked suddenly, as their car had moved away from the group in a striped shirt.
"Hem. You're right" said Rania.
"It turns out he's an ...."
"Soldier," Rania cut in a proud tone.
Khanif was originally focused on driving, so did not concentrate when he heard Rania say Reyhan's work. Oh no! He began to lose his driving concentration as his bead caught the figure of the man among the many other men dressed in striped clothes.
And do not forget, the man who last night made Rania leave, so that he could not sleep and just paced indistinctly waiting for Rania's arrival.
That man also made her, jealous. Of jealousy? Khanif laughed in his heart, for what he was jealous of the man. At most it was just the feeling of not accepting Khanif because of last night's anxiety. Not more!
Khanif returned to his car with great concentration, because he had got what he needed in mind. He wants to prove that he is not jealous of the man who took Rania for a walk last night until he forgot the time.
He was sure, he was just acting like that because he wanted to fulfill his promise to Papa Rania to take care of him during this business trip, nothing more! Because Khanif thinks that men's speech can only be trusted once. The rest, there will be doubts in it and Khanif does not want it to happen to him.
...To be continued ...
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