The Honorary Owner
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Ruby has just finished helping Dawn fix the costume that Ghea wore, Now she must turn to Hiko to help her. As usual, he always felt uncomfortable or even did not like being close to Hiko. Ruby put on a mask to cover her nose and mouth, avoiding the scent of Hiko's perfume that would surely remind her of her bad memories.

"Lo think I stink what?" Hiko Protests

Ruby looked up at Hiko, "I don't like the smell of your perfume, mas."

"Lo really is a village? Expensive perfumes have a famous brand of gini cake do not like! A lot of girls are clingy when it comes to my decker!" Hiko bragged.

"Whatever it is, rent anything if it only makes bad memories come back for what."

"I mean, Lo?"

Ruby did not answer. With the help of Dawn, he was busy tidying up the costume that Hiko wore and fixing the parts that he thought were not fitting.

Hiko no longer spoke, she just stood up and spread her arms letting Ruby and Dawn.

"Udah!" Say Dawn, "Try the body, is it comfortable yet?"

Hiko tried to stretch out her arms, raise her legs and try her silat movements. "Udah, if why-why can you help again" said Hiko, he left Dawn and Ruby out of the room.

One by one people left the room as their actors and actresses were already preparing to take pictures. Only Ruby, Iqbal and Dawn's assistant are tidying up the equipment.

"By!" Iqbal confronted Ruby who was about to come out. "Please, we need to talk." He said he would not let anyone else hear his request.

"We're not going to change my decision, ma'am" Ruby said.

"We still have to talk." forced Iqbal.

Ruby let out a long sigh, She invited Iqbal to slightly move away from the crowd. Sitting on a fallen tree. Ruby kept a little distance away from Iqbal.

"This conversation won't change anything, ma'am." Ruby Saying.

"How can I assure you that I truly accept you with all your shortcomings, By." Iqbal styled Ruby who did not even glance at her.

"How can I convince you that I really don't deserve you." Now Ruby looked at Iqbal, Iqbal,

"Do you know how I feel right now, Mom? I want to run as far away from you as possible. Being around you makes me feel dirty, ugly and worthless. I'm no longer the woman you deserve to fight for."

"Stop being selfish, By. Remember one thing, even if we never spend time together, but we know that each of us is planting love in silence. Always take care of him even though never rebuked. And after all this time we keep our distance, a little more will come when we will always spend time together. But why should you cut it? You give a wider distance than before.

Awake, By. You are hurting our love. After all these decisions you've made, what are you prepared to do to treat our hurt feelings?"

Ruby shed her tears. Because Iqbal's speech made him remember the times when he secretly always paid attention to Iqbal, how happy he was when he heard Iqbal's voice when he was meeting Abinya, how he mentioned the man's name in each of his prayers.

"I'm not willing to stop this love, By. It's too big in my heart, too long in my heart. It'll be hard for me to let it go."

Ruby's getting so excited.

"Please, stay with me." Iqbal asked

Ruby shook her head, "I love you, but I can't be with you. You'll torture me if you keep me with you. Maybe God predestined us to love each other, but not to have each other."

Ruby stood up and was about to leave.

"Wait, By!"

Ruby who had turned her back on Iqbal stopped her steps.

"You know I can't pull your hand off if you leave me like this."

Ruby nodded without looking back.

"I'm really gonna let you go now, By."

Ruby's tears fell increasingly profusely, making her shut her mouth holding back her cries. "I'm still going to pray for you to have the best wife, Mas." Ruby said between her sobs.

Iqbal took a step behind Ruby, "Thank you for being there and shaking my heart every time I say your name. Tabina Ruby Azzahra's." Iqbal said softly closed with one tear drop on his cheek.

Iqbal took a breath for a moment, "Go... InshaaAllah I will try to make your departure."

Ruby nodded, "Assalamu'alaikum, mas." Rogue.

The weight of his foot stepped away from Iqbal, this was his decision. Painful for both of them, but even more painful if Ruby stays beside Iqbal.

Ruby finished her crying not far from the ruanh replace, as much as possible she held back so that anyone did not hear the sound of her crying.

"Well, does anyone know Ruby, right?"

After he calmed down, he approached the crew. "What's up, Mom?" Ask Ruby.

"Please help put on Hiko's costume, something's off. Dawn still has Ghea."

Ruby looked around looking for Hiko.

"She's been to the costume room since."

"Ah, yes Mas. I'm there."

Ruby heads to the costume room, where she crosses paths with Nara who just came out. "Ra, where are you going?"

Nara looked into Ruby's puffy eyes, "You're crying?"

Ruby tried to smile

"Mas Iqbal asked me to help get him to the highway, he wanted to go home." Nara said

Ruby nodded, "Please, Ra."

Nara nods, hugging Ruby and then runs towards Iqbal. While Ruby chose to continue her steps towards the costume room.

Hiko was already sitting there waiting for Ruby with annoyance. He immediately stood up to prepare for Ruby to immediately fix his costume.

"Where is it broken?" Ask Ruby.

Hiko pointed her shoulders up to her chest.

Ruby picked up some of Fajar's sewing equipment and began to repair Hiko's costume.

"Aren't you wearing any more masks?" Ask Hiko

"Again the cold, don't kiss." Answer Ruby briefly.

Hiko looked at Ruby who looked troubled to fix the costume on her shoulder. Yes, Ruby is not too high or maybe Hiko is too high. Hiko slightly bent her body, making Ruby startled and reflexively take a step back.

Hiko's face was slightly more aligned with Ruby's, he stared fixedly right at Ruby's eyes.

"Lo's crying?" Ask Hiko.

Ruby was surprised by Hiko's question and immediately gave them some distance so they wouldn't get too close.

"Don't get too close to me." Ruby Pinta.

Hiko could see Ruby's hand holding the needle was shaking. "Gue wait for dawn, let him be the real one."

Ruby shakes. "Give me a little time and please keep some distance with me." ask Ruby again.

Hiko re-enforced her body, letting Ruby sigh a few times.

After feeling calm, Ruby again grabbed Hiko's shoulder and started to fix it. There was no sound between them, silent in their minds.

Hiko again stole a look at Ruby's face, he could clearly see the traces of tears there.

"Is that hurt a broken heart?"

Again, Hiko's question made Ruby surprised to stop her fingers sewing. Ruby looked up at Hiko, How could she know? His inner.

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