Love Among Family Hostility
truth Eleena

Foot wrapped in black pantofel shoes, out of a luxury car that is also black. The man with tidy hair to show his forehead, smoothed his black suit.

The man walked into a company. Followed by several burly men in black uniforms behind him. The man in white shirt was clad in a black suit and black pants and a black tie on his body. The black watch he fixed, and the man coughed briefly before stopping in front of a room with a glass-clad door.

"Alrama Aksanta" said one of the men in black behind him to the man standing guard in front of the room. "Mr Rama has an agenda to meet with Mr. Arjuna Dirgantara," he continued.

The two men on guard gave Rama a nod of honor. Then push the button so that the glass door is open and let Rama go inside with full respect.

Rama entered alone unaccompanied by four of his men. Visit Arjuna company for the second time. This time, it was forced, too. If Rama did not remember that he had signed a cooperation contract with Arjuna, the man would never have set foot in this place even once.

Arjuna asks Rama to come to his company, discussing their cooperation project for the next few months. Rama will never get tired of saying that Arjuna is disrespectful.

He asked Rama to come to his company with a message. Not communicating directly, and not using the polite language that the man should have used as a colleague of Rama.

"Please sit down, Mr. Alrama Aksanta," said Arjuna, welcoming Rama's arrival to his office.

Rama sat down, there was no friendly look from the man's eyes to Arjuna. Although Arjuna gave her a smile that Rama knew was not a sincere smile but a trivial one.

Rama displayed a flat face with a sharp gaze that could not be separated from Arjuna. Rama clenched his hands, as Arjuna approached him carrying some files in hand. Rama hates, Rama hates everything about Arjuna.

His smile, his gaze, every sentence that came out of the man's mouth, Rama hated him. Rama never hates others to the extent of it but when he discovers that there are humans like Arjuna, Rama decides to hate him without any intention of apologizing to the man if one day Arjuna comes to him begging for forgiveness.

"How was your trip here, sir? Is it okay?" asked Arjuna, still trying to be polite to his interlocutor. Because who is in front of him at this time is an Alrama Aksanta—Men who used to hold the title as the only Son of Aksanta, but now he changed degrees to Mr. Aksanta.

Forget the relationship decades ago between him and Rama, today is a meeting between two prominent company owners in the country.

Aksanta's family-owned company is always the first if calculated from the profits and success of the company that gave birth to new projects and products. While in the second position is the company owned by the Agustama family, from this order alone can be concluded how competing these two families are.

"Your trip is pleasant Mr Aksanta?" Arjuna repeated the same question, because the previous question was not addressed by Rama.

"Not to be so good!"

Oops. This reply from Mr. Aksanta was a little harsh for Arjuna who asked him nicely.

"Do you want to be formal or informal?" tawar Arjuna's.

"You don't see me!" rama's reply emphasized the word 'no' in his sentence.

Arjuna chuckled at Rama's reply that the same was not in the option given to him.

"Rama, be professional" said Arjuna. "Don't act like we're the enemy" he continued.

"Enemy!" Arjuna lost his Smile as soon as Rama said this sentence.

"Gue doesn't like meeting you the most, Jun. And lo cunningly find a reason so we meet," explained Rama.

"Not Rama's reason, I called you here to discuss our business. Never forget that we are business partners now" Arjuna replied.

"Business with you is bad luck for me" said Rama slowly who can only be heard by Arjuna.

"But doing business with you is a benefit to me." Arjuna replied to Rama by again giving a trivial look and a smile that could lower Rama's ego.

Rama threw away his vision, seeing Arjuna was the sickest thing in Rama's life. But when Rama's eyes turned to a pile of files and documents on Arjuna's table, Rama saw a small picture frame with a picture of Arjuna and a woman inside.

Sinta, that woman is Sinta. Women who used to be part of Rama's life, women who used to be the reason for Rama to stay happy and laugh, women who used to be made Rama as a queen in his life, even if only temporarily.

"My wife is beautiful, isn't she Mr Aksanta?" Arjuna took the picture. Take a look at it, showing the photo to Rama.

"My wife is such a good woman, she takes care of me with all her heart. My wife is a loving woman, she loves everyone including me—"

"Can't you shut your mouth, Juna?" cut Rama could not have been longer Arjuna compliments on Sinta.

"Why should you keep your mouth shut? Sick huh?" Arjuna gave a small ruckus, putting the picture frame back into place.

"Alrama Aksanta, if you don't want to suffer pain, you shouldn't make a mistake—"

"Lo knows nothing" said Rama.

"Gue knows. Know everything!"

"No Juna!" Rama's intonation is rising. "What happened that day and what happened next, you know nothing. You only know the story of Agustama's family not from my side. And you shouldn't have betrayed me."

"Gue doesn't want to justify your mistakes. Lo nyakitin Sinta," replied Arjuna.

Rama's hands were clenched. The desire to hit the man in front of him grew even higher. Arjuna's arrogance and demeaning behavior towards Rama's ego further add to Rama's disgust at the man.

"I didn't go to this place to talk about the past, Juna," Rama said.

Arjuna opens one by one the available files and documents. The two men who initially argued because they did not like each other's presence, now began to be a little distracted because of their focus on what they should have done since.

Arjuna and Rama talked about their projects, ranging from processes, investments and investors, production, promotion and mutual profits and losses. The two men returned to be the owners of both large companies.

"How about Mr Aksanta, do you agree?" Arjuna's sentence signifies that they turned into professional co-workers instead of two men who had links in the past.

"It looks like this idea is good, I've read everything but I think, the possibility of losses that we will receive is quite large. There may have to be some parts that we fix so that the percentage of losses is also smaller" said Rama.

Arjuna agreed to the proposal, he told his assistant to take note of what Rama had said just now. Arjuna's assistant was already beside the man before Rama even entered the room. Arjuna's assistant becomes the only witness to his boss's debate with Aksanta's company owner.

"All right, I think we've had enough of our meeting today." Arjuna stood up from his seat, shaking hands with Rama.

Their talks lasted for two hours, and that was more than enough to discuss the project together.

"It's nice to do business with you Mr. Aksanta," Arjuna said.

Rama did not retaliate, because actually doing business with Arjuna is the thing he hated the most besides the man himself.

"Maybe you can finish the coffee that has been provided first," Pinta Arjuna showed a white glass containing half of the black coffee.

Rama sat on the sofa of the room, drinking coffee that was now cold due to idle for almost an hour.

Rama sipped his coffee, but the sound of a button being pressed and a glass door opening diverted the man's attention for a moment.

"Dad!" Rama sets his sights on a braid-haired girl wearing a brown dress entering the room and hugs Arjuna.

Rama knew it was Arjuna's son. Arjuna had only one daughter and Rama did not know what her name was.

"El, miss Daddy. That's why El came here" said Eleena releasing her arms from Arjuna.

"Fuck my father's son." Arjuna pinched gently on Eleena's cheek, giving a warm peck on her daughter's forehead.

"Father meeting huh? El disturbing means?" eleena asked, seeing that there were a lot of files and documents on Arjuna's desk, and she saw that there was someone's bag on Arjuna's desk front seat.

"Yes. Same business friend Dad, the guy's still here. That's it." Arjuna pointed at Rama who was standing from his place staring towards Eleena filled with shock.

Eleena looked at Arjuna's index finger, and was surprised by the girl as her eyes discovered that her father's business partner who was currently coming to her father's office was Rama—'s father from his lover.

"You, Arjuna's son?" ask Rama.

"Yes Mr. Aksanta. She's my favorite daughter, Eleena Safira Dirgantara" Arjuna replied.

Aerospace. Eleena bears the name Dirgantara behind her name. During this time Rama knew nothing about the girl other than her kindness. But it turns out, all this time he liked girls of Aerospace descent. The son she hated so much.

***

"Lo why didn't you killusin Eleena?" Gilang's voice was heard from a cellphone that was lit and stuck in Vishnu's ear.

"El is not there," Vishnu replied casually.

"When are you going to break up with her?" ask Gilang.

"Until, sometime." Actually, Vishnu did not intend to end his relationship with Eleena, so when he did not find Eleena's presence on campus, he was so happy because he did not have to end his relationship.

Supposedly, her relationship with Eleena ended two days ago. But Vishnu and Eleena seemed to deliberately buy time.

"Arfin's still sick, Wis. Don't make her sicker by continuing to maintain your relationship with Eleena."

Calm down their conversation unilaterally. Leaving Vishnu with guilt in the chest. Gilang dragged Arfin again. Though Vishnu was happy because he did not break up with Eleena, but Gilang's words destroyed all Vishnu's happiness.

Vishnu sighed. It felt like he snapped at Gilang and yelled at the man for constantly interfering in his relationship with Eleena. But Gilang is not wrong, he reminds Vishnu that there is still Arfin who currently needs Eleena.

Arfin who currently does not know how it is because it has been five days did not come to campus. Let alone seeing the presence of Arfin on campus, Vishnu could not even contact Arfin lately. Arfin again disappeared from them, making Vishnu again unsettled.

"Vishnu the Son of Aksanta!"

Rama's screams echoed throughout the room of the house. Even Vishnu's room with its door closed could hear Rama's screams.

Vishnu hurriedly came out of the room, approaching Rama. Something is not right, Vishnu is sure.

Vishnu approached his father, and the next split second he got a slap so hard that it fell to the floor.

"How dare you have a relationship with an Aerospace child."

Vishnu's eyes widened, finished already. One by one the problems began to emerge, one by one the lies began to be revealed. Vishnu's life is over, he's done.