Romance at Dusk
Lose Before Fighting
After enjoying lunch, Dusk, Radit, Raka and Ryota perform dhuhur worship first at the mosque in the restaurant and then rush back to the office. Radit offers Raka a ride and Ryota, whom she knows is not carrying a car at lunchtime. Raka and Ryota were deliberately on foot, because in addition to the restaurant is also not too far away, of course it will be complicated to find parking amid the many employees from other places who eat lunch as well.
On the way to the car, Dusk received a call from his mother. Ms. Metta reported that Saturday tomorrow there will be a 1000-day study of her grandparents, her grandparents are the parents of Mr. Joko's beloved father, both of them indeed died on a day that is not short and due to Friday tomorrow also a holiday, then Dusk was asked to return to Malang.
"Oh, I'm not looking wae buk, later try golek flight isuk, 8 o'clock, pripun?"
(Oh, I just go home, Mom, I'll try to find a morning flight around 8, how?) Dusk who answered his mother's call with Javanese language, made the three men who became his superiors immediately turned to him.
"Yo wis, Nyuwun's mother brought by nopo?
(so, what do you want to bring?)" ask Dusk back to his mother.
"Okay, buk Dusk damper, cook sing yummy nggih, assalamualaikum" (OK, buk, Dusk go home, cook good yes, assalamualaikum) Dusk also ended the call to his mother, mother, then a puzzled look towards Radit, Raka and Ryota.
"Is there something strange, sir?" tanya Dusk confused.
"You're a java?" ask Raka back then while inviting the others to start walking towards Radit's car.
"No, if the Javanese can not marry the same sunda?" Raka deliberately asked that because she knew Radit liked Dusk, of course he knew from his chat with Dila. He hopes the answer to Dusk can make Radit retreat regularly, thus his best friend Ryota can have a gap to Dusk, because even though Ryota was born and raised in Japan, Ryota can have a gap to twilight, Ryota has Javanese blood from his mother who happens to be from East Java as well, namely Malang, the same city as his father's hometown of Dusk.
"Depending on the person, sir, but if in my family I can not, they want me to marry with the same Javanese as well," said Dusk and unknowingly Radit coughed at it.
"Bingo," Raka's inner pleasure felt that she had more opportunities to bring Ryota and Dusk closer.
"Sir Radit why?" seeing Radit coughed made Dusk feel pity.
"Eng.. no papa, just a slightly itchy throat," replied Radit nervously because he felt checkmate with the explanation of Dusk earlier, it feels like he has even lost even though he has not struggled though.
The car began to drive towards the office, and the atmosphere was quiet again. Raka felt very enthusiastic finally nudged Ryota with her elbows. He begins to code an eye with Ryota, who, if interpreted as a kind of "Gaslahh!", and Ryota just smiles thinly and refocuses on his mobile phone. And unnoticed by Raka, Ryota is starting to stalk her social media. Lucky for him because the account Dusk is not locked so he can observe more closely the prospective girl.
Radit was still struggling with his own thoughts, whether he should retreat or keep fighting. Even if it forced to fight was already read what the end result was like. But isn't a soul mate in God's hands?, so what should he do now. The mind that starts branching makes the focus of driving becomes disturbed, but thankfully the distance of the restaurant with the office is very close and smooth, so he is safe to drive even though he is not fully concentrated.