The Substitute Bride of my Best Friend
After Six Years

Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is located at the western end of the Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Sea of Japan and opposite the People's Republic of China, South Korea and Russia. The country known for the beauty of Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms that bloom in spring becomes the first destination for a pair of brothers from Rayyan and Arumi.

Six years of struggling with medical materials, practices and other activities, Zahira graduated from The University of Tokyo as a doctor. He decided to return to Indonesia and work at the hospital owned by his father, while Ghani still wanted to take surgical specialists like his parents.

Being on an airplane headed for Tokyo Jakarta, Zahira leaned back on the back of the seat while looking at the blue sky from inside the plane. A few minutes ago, the mind of the twenty-four year old girl had looked away as if her soul was lost at some time from the past. The glimpses of events in the past were present in the mind of the girl.

Sighing for a long breath while pulling the blanket to cover part of the body that leaves only the head. "Six years have passed, but why is it so hard to forget. It should be that the shadow of Shaka expressing his heart to Ziva had been buried along with the bitter memories I felt. However, why does the shadow keep dancing beautifully in my eyes."

"God, how long do I have to remember that incident? Really, I'm tired when almost every night I feel like my chest is clenched like being squeezed by a big stone when I think of how Shaka's face shines when his love is accepted by Ziva." Without feeling the crystal grains glide in the corner of the eye. Heart aches like being pierced with pain when remembering when the friend expressed love to another woman.

The first time she fell in love, she immediately accepted the harsh reality that a loved man was in love with another woman. It hurts, that's what Zahira feels. Harboring the taste for six years and trying to be the best friend for Shaka is not easy. There was a time where he was tormented by having to refrain from saying what he had been harboring all this time.

Not wanting to keep thinking about the memories of the past that made him more tormented, Zahira decided to open a smartphone and look at family photos. Smile expands on the face when you see the look of eyes full of happiness radiated in the eyeballs of the father and his mother. Although the age is no longer young, but Rayyan and Arumi still seem like newlyweds who are never shy to show affection in front of everyone.

The seat belt light has been turned off by the co-pilot, indicating that the plane will soon arrive at Soekarno Hatta airport, Tangerang.

"Prepare yourself Zahira, because soon you will be reunited with your past. To your heart, please work with me. Don't feel any more pain if you ever meet that man!" speaking softly, asking himself to always be strong to face what will happen in the future.

"Zahira!" arumi exclaimed when she saw her beloved child coming out of the airport. A porter followed Zahira in the back.

"Mother, Father!" Zahira rushed over, then hugged her parents so tightly. "I miss Mommy and Dad." Spoken in a spoiled tone as if he was a teenager.

Rayyan rubbed the top of Zahira's head gently. "Father and Mother are also kangen at all with you, son. Finally, after six years of separation we can get together again like we used to."

"Anyways, from today on, we should not separate anymore" Arumi said with tears.

A nineteen-year-old teenage girl snorted angrily when she witnessed the spoiled attitude of her brother. "Ck! Already big still acting spoiled pretentious. You are shameless!"

Shakeela Zanitha or commonly called Sha is the enemy of Zahira's rebellion. The two girls often quarreled over just trivial matters. Even so, they still love and love each other.

"Sheaven! It's impolite to talk so to your brother, son!" reprimand Arumi softly.

Shakeela's tiny lips curled forward, almost parallel to her pointed nose. "The truth is so, Bun. Brother Zahira is spoiled. Very spoiled!" stomp your feet on the floor while folding both hands on your chest.

Rayyan just became a spectator, watching the drama of her two girls.

"Who is missing? I don't miss Brother" replied Shakeela. On the lips said no, but both hands intensified the embrace.

Suddenly, the behavior of the two girls made Rayyan and Arumi chuckle slowly. There is a sense of haru in the heart because his family can gather again even though Ghani decided to continue the specialist program in Sakura country did not reduce the happiness that Arumi was feeling.

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"Rest first while Mother makes your favorite vegetable soup claw," said Arumi when she and her family had arrived home. "Sha, you accompany your sister. However, you must remember not to fight! Poor Dad, since yesterday the operation continues to have no time off. So, please let me sleep for a while before we go to work again."

"Mother take it easy, I won't fight with Big Brother. Promise!" shakeela said as she raised her index and middle fingers together.

The corner of Arumi's lips was pulled upwards. If Shakeela had promised, the girl would have kept it. So there was no reason for the middle-aged woman to trust her youngest child.

"Sir, what is the situation in Japan now? I want another vacation there, but Dad is always so busy he doesn't have time to take me for a walk" Shakeela complained as she and Zahira lay on the same bed.

Zahira was silent for a moment, looking at the ceiling of the room before finally answering Shakeela's question. "It's still the same as it used to be, Deck, nothing has changed."

After answering Shakeela's question, Zahira fell silent again. Eyes still staring up at the ceiling of the room. Re-feeling how comfortable it is to lay down your body on a soft mattress and in his room.

"Don't know the latest news about Shaka's sister?" shakeela broke the silence. For some reason, that sentence just slid off her tiny lips.

Hearing the question of his beloved sister, make Zahira's heart feel stop beating and oxygen supply around as if unable to meet the needs of air in the lungs. It was very interesting to ask Shakeela to stop discussing related matters about Shaka. But he was also made curious, because since that incident they no longer communicate. Two human children focused on each other's affairs.

Zahira shook her head, her narrowed eyes squinting towards Shakeela. "No. What's up, Dek?"

Shakeela placed her elbows on the mattress in a sideways position, facing Zahira. "Ehm ... Brother Shaka-"

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