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1 month has passed since the incident that night regarding the video and mora of a Genta friend who suddenly slandered her, now zeira is more alert if a new number suddenly calls her or just sends her a message

And for the genta, Zeira prefers to keep her distance from him, even though sometimes he often crosses paths like two days ago at Zeira's favorite coffee shop.

After maghrib prayer, Zei came out of the room with closed and neat clothes, he slowly walked over to his beloved mother who was busy fighting over the kitchen utensils.

"Mother" he said

"ASTAGHFIRULLAHALAZIM ZEIRA!! You always surprise mother"

"Hehe sorry mom"

"You look so neat, where are you going?"

"Oh yes, Zeira wants permission to go out for a while, I want to print materials and buy my necessities which happen to run out, ma'am."

"Oh yes I allow it, but it can't be long dear, it's getting late"

"In shaa Allah, mother, then Zei leaves, I'm afraid he will come home late Assalamu'alaikum" He said goodbye to his mother's hand

"Wa'alaiqumussalam warohmatulohi wabarokatuh, be careful with the motorbike dear"

Zei was deliberately alone and did not invite his two friends, why? Since he just wanted to be alone and didn't want to bother them, after all he only went to the regular and secondhand shop where he worked.

"Yes, Uncle Hasan, I think so too, but now I'm also busy with campus affairs, so I rarely stop by here"

"Yes and do you know that now I'm getting more and more difficult since you resigned" said Uncle Hasan as an employee at the shop

In the past, Zeira had worked here with him helping with photocopying or serving other people when he first moved to Bandung and was not yet a student.

"Haha oh ya? I've made sure uncle needs me" he said laughing

"yes and looks like i need you here again little one"

"haha okay next time I will come to help uncle, fine then I say goodbye, it's getting late I'm afraid mom is worried"

"Yeah be careful don't forget to stop by here later"

"Sure, Assalamu'alaikum" Then walked out of the shop

After finishing with his printing business, Zei left his shop, intending to go home, but just as he walked to his motorbike, he felt someone following his from behind

Slowly he stopped and turned to see who it was, but there was no one but his because he had parked his motorbike quite far away,

Besides that he thought maybe it was just a feeling because maybe he was tired so he continued on his way

but after a few steps he again felt the same as before, he stopped again and turned to look behind but there was no one,

His mind is already different between confused afraid panic mixed into one

He grabbed the strap of the tote he was wearing and gripped it tightly for a moment then he turned around and walked faster than ever to his motorbike,

Arriving at his motorbike he took a deep breath and exhaled trying to calm his heartbeat, but after a few seconds he opened his tote bag intending to take his cell phone to distract him but instead of calming down, Zeira was again surprised by a handwritten paper. using the blue marker in her carry-on bag.

"I'm back for you Adiba, see you later don't be surprised I've already told you for that I will keep my promise"

The handwriting he knew very well, and this was none other than HIM, suddenly zeira immediately got off his motorbike and ran towards the place where he felt someone was following him, he looked around but unfortunately there was no one there only a few people. passed by with their partner and the security guard at the shop earlier

He squeezed the paper in his hand tightly while shaking his head. He has to think positively, Maybe someone just wants to work on his or maybe it's someone's fault?? But it didn't make sense because on the paper his name was written clearly,

He decided to hurry home with mixed feelings

Meanwhile, a person with a black hoodie covering his face in the car is smiling happily seeing a beautiful woman with a confused and scared look being one

The rays of the sun have been illuminating this earth with its light that makes anyone lower their eyes, like seeing a woman who is not her mahram.

The small clock in the corner of her study table shows 10 past 15 minutes, but a beautiful woman with her hijab that is a little messy is still sitting on her bed hugging her knees accompanied by blank stares and puffy eyes

Even though today there is a morning class but a Zeira Adiba Humayrah missed it because of what happened last night

He has made sure that his two friends must be wondering why he didn't come in without any information. Surely on his cellphone there have been many notices from both of them, I don't know where his cellphone is, he doesn't care

Even her mother had been trying all along to get her daughter to open the door and have breakfast but the answer was only "yes later mom" As a mother, it's natural for her to be worried about her daughter's condition after going out last night

Flashback on

Arriving at the house he immediately parked the motorbike and quickly entered the house. With mixed feelings,

His thoughts now were only what had happened to him before and also the handwriting he was very familiar with

In fact, he was too busy with his thoughts that he didn't notice his mother who was clearly sitting in the living room with a magazine in her hand,

The mother who saw it was shocked and felt strange about her daughter

Meanwhile zei went straight to his room and locked it from inside with thoughts running through his brain

"Zei?" Knock and sound of mother calling from outside the door

"Zei? what's wrong with you honey?" ask mom

"It's okay ma'am" Zei replied casually with a kneeling position right behind the door

His mind and heart seemed to be contradicting each other now and he hated being in a position like this that he couldn't close his eyes until morning because he was fighting with his brain and heart.

I don't know, his brain keeps spinning the events of a few years ago, all the words that he said repeated in his senses of hearing without pause even though he tried to close his ears tightly

Flashback off

"ASSALAMU'ALAIKUM" The greeting from the main door was so loud that it reached the ears of the mother who was cooking.

Hearing that, mother went straight to the front to open the door

"ASSALAMU'ALAIKUM" the voice from outside was heard again,

From a distance you can hear a small atan from outside

"Ya Allah, slow down, don't shout like that, this is a house, not a demonstration site"

"It's up to me Hasanah, after all, maybe Zei who is still having a sweet dream can wake up from his dream world because he hears my voice"

"It's up to you aza but I give advice you have to reduce your level of confidence that is too over the line" he said while rubbing the face of the girl next to him

"Huwek Astagfirullah your hands smell hasanah_"

Clekk!!

"Eh Assalamu'alaikum Mother" Both said at the same time while kissing the back of the middle-aged woman's hand in front of her.

"Oh aza and hasanah"

"Hehe yes mom"

"You guys definitely want to meet zeira right?" Guess mom

"Hehe yes Ma'am, how do you know? Are you a fortune teller?"

Plakk! The sound of unification between the book and the head

"Ouch it hurts HASANAH!!"

"Stop talking or I'll tape your mouth" Zahra threatened while the mother just laughed at the behavior of her daughter's two best friends who she considered as her own children

"Haha, don't fight, let's go in" said mother

"Hmm, is mother cooking?" while sniffing like a pusy (pusy is the cat name from aza)

"Yeah, mom is trying a new cake recipe."

"No wonder the smell has reached the middle village" said Ana while rubbing her stomach

"The turn for food is always fast but try if you are told to think it will be slow" sarcastic aza

"What the hell za, don't be jealous of people Zei said" he pouted

"Oia mother, why didn't Zeira go to campus today? Even though she usually always comes on time?" Aza asked while eating snacks on the table

That's aza and hasanah. They are used to being in zeira's house, even like their own house, not only zeira's house but also aza and hasanah's house, because for the three of them they are only friends but brothers.

"Well, that's what I wanted to ask you guys."

"What's wrong mom?"

"Zeira has been strange since last night's permission to print, she didn't even say hello when she entered the house and just passed by mother even though there was mother on the living room sofa and strangely her facial expression was not like usual, she looked like a scared and worried person, not like usual even mom couldn't explain it, mom also had time to follow her to the room but she immediately locked her room and when mom asked what was wrong with her, she just said it's okay "Obviously long mom

"This morning mom tried to call her and even mom knocked on her door but the answer was only 'yes later, mom', do you know what really happened to zeira? Or what's the problem? I'm worried about her, she's not usually like this" continued mother asking , aza and hasanah spontaneously looked at each other as if speaking through their eyes

Both of them must know even though they don't know for sure what really happened to Zeira last night but one thing they know the root of this problem is only one HIM

"Hmm, we also don't know what really happened or what Zeira's problem is,In syaa Allah,later we will help ask Zeira and hopefully Zeira will tell us" Hasanah answered hesitantly

"Yes mom, we don't know what really happened but In syaa Allah as hasanah said earlier, we will try to help ask zeira"

"Thank you very much for helping mother and wanting to accompany Zei" While hugging the two of them

"Yes mom, you're welcome"