Happy at the End of the Dusk
Forever, That Love Will Remain!

~General Funerals

"Sha!"

The geisha turned her head and smiled to find Alghifari walking towards her.

"I thought you must be here!"

The geisha smiled and sprinkled flowers over Zidan's grave.

Alghifari sat next to the Geisha and sprinkled the flowers. After that, Alghifari then took the Geisha to sit in the garden near the public cemetery.

"You just came?"

"Eeemm from Landon three days ago and I went straight to Jakarta!"

"Okay Sheza?"

"There's a Malang! maybe tomorrow will follow with uncle"

"Uncle Vino?"

Alghifari just nodded.

"Maybe my mom and dad will come!"

"Uncle Hameed and Aunt Erlina?"

"Yes! they want to visit Zidan!"

Geisha nodded.

"You yourself why are you here alone, brother? have you been to basecamp?"

"There is business to be done in Jakarta! I haven't been to Basecamp either, I somehow wanted to visit Zidan before I went to basecamp! not in vain isn't it meeting you here?"

Geisha just laughed.

"You come here often?" Ask Al

"Yes!" Answer Geisha.

"How often?"

"Every weekend I always come but, sometimes if I want to see you soon after school I'll stop by!"

"You're gonna keep visiting him?"

"What is the purpose of your question, brother? Don't make me misunderstand, do you approve of it or forbid me from coming?"

"I don't forbid you, but if you come around like this often, won't it make you feel more pain?"

"Sister when I miss him, that longing is present along with the pain! You know brother? There is a saying that pain should not be avoided but faced! Feel the pain until you are in pain then slowly you will be fine, get used to it and will heal by itself!"

"There's enough geisha! The full moon has met Eleanor the Star up there! Don't turn your weapons red like blood now, please let your weapons glaze gracefully in the sky that will always receive you"

"Eitherway! I don't even know if this will last until when!"

"If I may ask, may I forbid you? Ah no! Not banning but, not as often as now! Can you visit him maybe twice a month? Or once a month? It's for your own good!"

"Sister, I understand your concern but I can't even if I don't visit him! All my feelings were taken away with him, not left behind in the slightest! All that is left behind are painful things! I kept visiting him because I wanted to ask back all the flavors he brought away without saying goodbye!"

"Sha, isn't this self-torturing?"

"really?" Geisha just laughed.

"You know brother? Sometimes I come to see her with longing feelings, sometimes with disappointment, sometimes with pain, sometimes even I meet her without any feelings! No longing, disappointment or heartache! There is only emptiness! Aye! Sometimes I meet him with nothing!" Geisha said with a little laugh.

"You don't even cry under these circumstances?"

"Not crying, but I'm trying to hold it! I decided not to cry anymore when I talked about it! I want Zidan to know that talking about it is happiness not crying even though what is being talked about is pain!"

"Well! you don't want to give others a chance?"

"Heeem?"

"I'm sure there are a lot of guys who want to get to know you! you don't want to open your heart to them? I know you shouldn't say this to a heartbroken girl but, you can't if you keep holding on to this kind of stupid feeling!"

"Sister, I'm still reminded of your story of twilight, the full moon and the star eleneor! I finally realized that I couldn't force anything and was only able to accept it but, that doesn't mean I forgot about it right? I did receive everything well but, Zidan also left with all my love sis! then how could I easily fall in love again?"

"Haaahh is right!'

"What?"

"That love is exhausted in the old man is true! everyone will experience a heartbreak that will change the way he views love for the rest of his life, whether it is hard to believe or numb! and damn it I'm also dying, it feels hehe!"

The geisha looked back at Alghifari who was staring at the afternoon sky.

"You haven't forgotten it?"

"How could I forget? even almost every day, almost every time I open my eyes he stands before me with his smile! it hurt a lot more when I was enjoying her sweet smile then suddenly I realized that she was a figure I could never have!" Alghifari was heard to take a slow breath.

"I suffer every day! trying to calm my unworthiness! I think I'll stay locked in this feeling forever!"

"Yakhh brother!!"

"Why did you hit me?" Alghifari held her shoulder which Geisha hit.

"You can't be single until you're old! you have to open your heart and find the woman who truly loves you!"

"You yourself how? you also chose to close your heart, didn't you?" Al Timpal.

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~Basecamp

"Oh uncle?" Geisha smiled and ran over to Elhameed who was sitting in the living room.

Elhameed smiled then stood up to welcome the Geisha in his arms.

"How are you?"

"Good! uncle himself how?"

"Uncle is very good!" Elhameed smiled then let go of his embrace.

"This is Al and Sheza's mother" Elhameed said, introducing Erlina who was standing next to him.

"Aahh hello aunt"

"Are these Geisha? Elhameed told me so much! it turns out you're much prettier when you see it in person!" Erlina smiled and hugged the Geisha warmly.

"Aahh right? thank you!" Geisha smiled and took off her embrace.

"Don't praise her too much, I'm afraid that tomorrow we'll be rained and overheated just because this building lost its roof!" Fairuz timpal.

"Yakh!! can't you just see me happy for a minute?!" Geisha.

"Eeeemm yes!"

Everyone chuckled with a Fairuz joke.

"Gisha? you're home yet?" The new Sheza and Viera from the kitchen approached with a drink and some food.

"You came with Al?" Ask Viera.

"Aaah yes! I just stopped by to meet Zidan and happened to meet a Geisha there!" Connect Al.

They all sat down with a couch.

"I thought you were coming tomorrow?" Ask Al

"Faster is better Al!" Answer Erlina.

"Where's uncle?"

"In the toilet!"

"Why Al? just been a few days apart You've missed me?" Typal Vino who was walking towards them then sat down beside Al.

"You're too confident uncle!"

"ahaha! ah we had a stop at your apartment but, Alex said, you have some business outside!"

"Eeemm I intend to come to basecamp!"

Vino nodded.

"All rest! let me accompany mom and uncle's father to visit Zidan!" Syeza.

"Eeemm yes!" Alghifari.

"I'm coming with brother!" Geisha.

"Rest Sha! you just got out of there, didn't you?"

"Eeemm yes!" Geisha nodded.

"Ah Ruz where's Rayhan? I didn't see it!" Ask Al

"Aahh somehow lately Rayhan rarely goes to basecamp!"

"Ohhhh!" Alghifari just nodded.

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After giving a watering and sprinkling flowers, Sheza and Vino slightly moved away and provided an opportunity for Elhameed and his wife to sprinkle their flowers.

"Za?"

"Heem?"

"Ah no!"

"There's an uncle?" Sheza turned to his uncle.

"Uncle must be curious about something! just ask me I'll answer!"

"Geisha is very close to the late Zidan?"

"Not near uncle but Geisha loves him! Aaahh love that ends tragically! it hasn't started yet but it's over!"

"meaning?"

"The story is long uncle, at first Zidan did not love Geisha but in the end he realized that he did love Geisha but, Zidan chose not to start anything with Geisha because he knew the time would not be long! Zidan leaves with a love letter for a Geisha and an engagement ring! akh I think Zidan is about to propose to a Geisha but, the universe is so evil! he even took Zidan for granted without saying goodbye to the Geisha!" Sheza sounded breathless.

"And to this day Geisha still love men who have wet the ground! I don't know when but I think it's gonna be a long time for a geisha to accept a new person!" Sheza just smiled a little. Whatever it was, he just wished the girl to grow up cheerfully back to how she used to be.

"What's the matter uncle? why ask this?"

"Ah is nothing! uncle just wants to know!" Answer Vino.