One Night Without Love
01- One Night

A nightclub located in the center of the tourist city looks crowded. Visitors crammed into the hallway lighting dimly accompanied by the sound of music that makes the body automatically move.

A woman appears to be trying to save herself from a crowded hallway of visitors, racing with the sound of music that stomps her eardrums. The woman closed her ears, her expression showing a dislike for music that felt would make her sense of hearing damaged.

A woman at the bartender's desk immediately waved her hand as soon as she saw her friend go to great lengths to get out of the human lump still stuck in the hallway.

"Jamie! Jamie's! In here!" shouted the woman sitting in front of the bartender's desk.

The woman named Jamie immediately burst into the crowd of people in the hallway, he took pains to step towards the bartender's table.

As soon as Jamie arrived at the bartender's desk, he immediately strangled the woman's neck with his elbow. 

"You're going too far, Julie! You're really looking to die, aren't you?!" 

"Haha! Sorry, Jamie! Forgive me!" Julie whines in Jamie's lockdown.

It's common for Jamie to elbow Julie's neck whenever Jamie gets upset at Julie. 

Jamie and Julie have been best friends since they were five years old, and Julie is a neighbor who lives next door to Jamie's house.

The two best friends split up when Julie moved house because she had to follow her parents. Exactly when they graduated from High School.

For more than ten years they have not seen each other. The last time they met was when Julie got married ten years ago.

"You are like there is no other place to meet! Why go to a nightclub anyway?!" Jamie is upset.

"Haha, Jamie! How old do you think you are now? We're not seventeen-year-olds whose level is just hanging out in street-side cafes are proud!" seloroh Julie's.

Jamie harrumphed towards Julie who has now grown into a very modern hedonist lifestyle woman. Living in a big city has really changed Julie's lifestyle.

"I came all the way here, but you took me to the nightclub instead" Jamie still grumbled.

"Haha, Jamie, please don't be so stilted and stiff! We only live once, so enjoy it all!" Julie laughs.

"Well you're not married! We should have a bachelor party for you!" continue Julie.

"What a bachelor party! Haha," Jamie laughed scornfully.

"Come, what do you want? Let me buy it!" julie said enthusiastically.

Jamie cast a skeptical look at Julie.

"Julie, do you think I can drink alcohol?" cycad Jamie.

"Haha, come on, drinking a little alcohol won't make you die! It's a bachelor party for you anyway, Jamie! You'll be off your single soon!" 

"No, Julie! I don't want to get drunk and ruin my holiday! This is a very important holiday for me! Vacation without family, no tours with office friends! The solo holiday I've been craving!" reject Jamie.

"Haha! Your parents are still so dull and stiff. I don't know when they'll change" Julie laughed again.

"Well, hopefully after I get married to the man my parents chose, then I can escape their innocence" Jamie put his shoulder to shoulder.

"Haha!" Julie laughed again.

"So, what kind of man will you be betrothed to?" ask Julie to know.

"Ladies, are you ready to order?" ask the bartender who has been observing them since.

"I'm the best seller" replied Julie steadily.

"I'm just cola, isn't there?" ask Jamie.

"Of course" replied the bartender.

"Jamie, tell me quickly, this is really exciting! You'll be betrothed to a man you don't even know his name and figure! That's really crazy for the size of the times now!" Julie resumed their conversation.

"Yes, my parents didn't want to go into more detail because they were so sure that I had no choice but to accept the match! At the age of 32 years, become the gossip of everyone because it is a lot of age but not yet married! The mental stress of a big family definitely makes me feel less and less like getting married!" jamie's complaint is long.

"I'm not ready to get married! There are still many dreams to be had! I'm even willing to leave my job for the sake of my dreams, Julie!"  continued Jamie.

"Julie..." Jamie immediately embraces Julie.

"Excuse me."

Jamie shifts as a woman takes a seat next to him.

Jamie took a sip of cola, while Julie sipped her drink casually. They return to talk. 

Many of the things they tell after so long do not meet and only communicate occasionally by phone or short messages.

"Jamie, do you know why I'm taking you to the club tonight? A few days ago I met my target man in this place, and it seems like he comes here a lot" Julie said.

"Currently, I expected!" Jamie screeching.

Julie giggles as she scans the entire room lighting up with music jolting.

"Oh, there it is!" Julie cheers up.

Jamie looked at the man Julie pointed at.

"Jamie, I'm gonna go up to that guy for a second, okay?" 

"Hey! Hey, Julie! How could you leave me!" prevent Jamie.

Julie just waved, leaving Jamie who eventually had to sit pensively in front of the bartender's desk. The bartender was busy serving the visitors.

"Jem! Jemmy!"

Jamie turned towards the voice that called out to him. But he found no one.

Jamie is still waiting for Julie to return, with Jamie occasionally looking down to see the latest notifications on her smart device.

Jamie took his drink, sipped back the cola from the glass little by little.

Minutes passed and Jamie suddenly felt his head dizzy. He lowered his head, his consciousness began to weaken.

"Jemi, let's go."

The voice was clearly heard in Jamie's ears before everything went dark and Jamie could hear nothing more.

...*****...

Two men carrying the body of a woman who seemed helpless entered a hotel room with minimal lighting. Throw that helpless body onto the spacious bed.

A man hesitated when he opened the door of a dark hotel room.

His heart rumbled in rhythm with his heavy footsteps.

Inside the minimal lighting room, he could see the figure of a woman on the bed. Weak and helpless.

The man opened the bottle of liquor he was carrying. 

One gulp brought the man forward.

Is this the only way he should take it in order to have that woman?

If this is the only way left, then he should do it.

Although his conscience had revolted, but every sip of alcohol that soaked his throat made the conscience in the end obey instinct.

The next hiccup he opened every strand of clothes attached to his body following with clothes attached to the woman's body.

The savage instinct to prey on the hunt had completely taken control of him.

...*****...