Tiba Khitbah
Like a Love Triangle

Alex turns off his phone without asking Zahra's approval, always acting as if he's in his heart without caring about Zahra's opinions and desires. Usually Zahra will indeed rush to run to see Alex if the man asks for it, but not this time Zahra does not want to meet with Alex, at least occasionally Zahra had to resist the desire and selfishness of the man's heart. Although from the deepest little heart, Zahra is very unbearable to make Alex have to wait for him in their cafe subscription, but Alex must occasionally be given a lesson if not always his desire must be fulfilled and obeyed.

Yes, Zahra did leave the house for a while, but the goal was not to meet Alex, but to be alone while enjoying nature at night.

Zahra walked quietly with the moonlight to a garden not far from her house. The playground he often goes to when his mind is not okay. Yes, although the playground is always crowded with visitors, but Zahra chose to be alone by taking the most corner seats to enjoy the moonlight in its solitude.

Then the tares and voices of the children playing and chatting he ignored because at this time Zahra was just trying to make peace with herself.

If marriage did not take age, Zahra might still enjoy her freedom as a career woman who enjoys life without listening to what others have to say. But, he lives in Indonesia, a country where the majority of people are married in their twenties.

If only, being a single woman in her thirties was not considered too despicable and low in society, if the term spinster did not exist on this earth, it is possible that no woman is stressed and depressed because she is not married. However, the laws of nature are completely real, Zahra cannot control all the mouths of people who want to insult and throw herself down with hurtful words and feelings, like an arrow stuck right in his heart. Zahra also could not cover all the mouths of those who wanted to destroy Zahra with his mouth berbisanya other than to continue to be patient and pray that he remained strong live a life full of bullets on each side is ready fired at him. Yes, Zahra can only close her ears and close her eyes, so that she can keep her heart to stay fine. So that he can continue his life even though it may have to be thick face.

"Zahra," said one who awakened Zahra from her daydreams and long thoughts.

Yes, Zahra looked in all directions and found out who actually called him, until the two pairs of eyeballs were fixed on a figure he knew.

Zahra turned his head and looked for the source of the voice, hoping that he who came was indeed reality not an illusion and delusion.

"Zahra, what are you doing here alone?" greet Andika, the man who is none other than Zahra's co-worker.

"Eh, Andika, what are you here for?" zahra said embarrassed by his misbehavior.

Zahra was indeed not too close to Andika because the man was a coworker who had just worked in her office. Zahra also did not expect the man to come up to her, even greeting me with a thin smile that she rarely saw, because the man was a man who rarely smiled.

"May I sit here?"

Andika pointed towards the chair that was next to Zahra.

For a moment Zahra seemed to think, but she finally nodded, because there was no reason for the girl to reject the man named Andika, let alone they were office friends. Yes, although for a moment Zahra felt doubtful and uncomfortable with foreign men who did not know him, but Zahra felt Andika was a good man.

"This," said Andika while offering drinks to Zahra.

Yes, from the smell, it was coffee late, Alex's favorite drink, something that reminded Zahra of the man named Alex, even though the pretty girl's heart and mind were eager to forget him.

Inevitably, dislikeingly, Zahra had to take the coffee, as she had to respect and appreciate the kindness and sincere intentions of others to her. Moreover, the religious principles that Zahra holds, the sustenance should not be denied.

"Thank you."

With hesitation, Zahra finally took the drink. Trying to smell the coffee that turned out to be very refreshing. Until his little heart said, 'Had Alex really liked this coffee, it turns out the aroma is very soothing, how does it taste?'

Curiosity makes Zahra want to brew coffee, coffee that he has never tried because he is a lover of ice cream, he prefers ice cream than any other drink.

"How's Kania? Do you like it?" ask Andika who made Zahra shocked.

Bruk ...

The coffee in Zahra's hand fell to the ground, for some reason Andika's voice sounded like Alex's in her ear.

'Alex? Is Alex here? Is he watching me?'

Zahra was very confident and believed that the voice she heard was Alex's, as she could not have mistaken the man's voice. Everything related to Alex was recorded beautifully in his brain, there was nothing about him that Zahra passed through, but his current presence was like an illusion that made Zahra really look like a madman, because when he looked around, he did not find the man's nose.

'Conscious, Zahra, sober!' zahra's conscience is trying to awaken himself, trying to get him back to his right mind over something that is just his delusion and desire. Yes, really subconscious Zahra really expects Alex to be here at this time.

"Zahra, sorry, you're okay, right?"

The man named Andika returned to Zahra, where a light blue handkerchief was being extended to the girl. Yes, even under the moonlight and glittering garden light, Zahra could still see the sincerity of the face of a man named Andika.

"Thank you ka-,"

Belus finished he said thank you, even Zahra's hand was still touching the end of the handkerchief, suddenly the other hand took the handkerchief. Really, it looked very rude and disrespectful at all, as if it was harboring great anger towards someone who gave the handkerchief.

"Why are you so stupid, Dek?"