LOVE IN QUARANTINE
As a newcomer, Hira didn't know precisely who lived in this house, who was a boarder, and who was a resident of the main house or Mrs. Yulia's family.
At first, Hira didn't care about everyone who passed in front of her room. Hira preferred to do her work in the living room because it was more spacious.
Until she realized, a man passed in front of her several times and entered the main house by leaving a glance.
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This is the beginning of the quarantine period where all employees are required to Work Form Home.
The WFH for Hira who was stranded in this place was to sit on the Sofa in the living room where she could enjoy the view in the parking lot and see people passing by in front of her.
The living room, which is bordered by a wooden partition, is decorated with green plastic trees with orange flowers, the same color as the sofa, lovely and shady to the eye, its feels like home.
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It wasn't too long ago that Hira was working for a Brokerage Company in the Asia-Africa region.
A new field of work that she had known for a long time, managing customer funds to be pooled on the Futures Trading Exchange in the form of buying and selling 24K gold on International trading exchanges, and European and Asian American markets.
What is traded is the value attached to the gold, not the physical gold. Customers benefit from the difference between the ups and downs of world gold price movements. The broker himself gets a fee from every transaction made by the customer which is divided in half with the Company.
Hira usually visits prospective customers either in the office or at home giving presentations or education. But since the pandemic when the government set PSBB*) rules, Large-Scale Social Restrictions all doors are closed to guests or visitors without exception.
And Hira moved her workplace, Social Distance on the sofa of this boarding house observing price fluctuations online from her laptop.
"Excuse me... Package!".
A courier stood outside the parking lot fence. Hira went out approaching him.
She opened the gate while looking at the road. At the same time seen a car backing out of the yard of the house next door.
Hira gasped as she realized a pair of eyes had caught her first, a man sitting behind the wheel of a car with the windows half open.
The man she had met passed behind earlier.
His sharp eyes were so hard to avoid.
She hurriedly turned her face away and took the package from the courier and rushed back in.
Sitting back on the sofa, she was silent, unconsciously singing a song inside her heart.
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Di wajahmu kulihat bulan
Yang mengintai disudut kerlingan
Sadarkah tuan kau ditatap insan
Yang haus akan belaian?
Di wajahmu kulihat bulan
Menerangi hati gelap rawan
Biarlah aku mencari naungan
Di wajah damai rupawan
(In your face, I see the moon
Lurking in the corner
Do you realize you're being stared at by human
Who thirsts for a caress?
In your face, I see the moon
Illuminating a dark, vulnerable heart
Let me seek shelter
In your peaceful face)
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Hira just realized that this magnificent house next to the boarding house was the main house.
Two equally magnificent houses stood in a row bordered by a high wall with a connecting door opposite Hira's room. She had thought that the house next door had a different owner.
Back at her place, she saw two kittens sitting on her laptop keyboard. According to research, cats like to sit on laptop keyboards, the reason is that they want attention.
"Hayolohh... caper yaaa" (Gee... looking for attention, huh?") Hira scolded playfully as she lifted the two kittens and put them on her lap.
The woman was now busy playing with her cat but still singing the same song in her heart.
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Serasa tiada jauh, dan mudah dicapai tangan
Ingin hati menjangkau, kiranya tinggi di awan
Di wajahmu kulihat bulan
Bersembunyi dibalik senyuman
Jangan biarkan ku tiada berkawan
Hamba menantikan tuan
(It feels like no distance, and easy to reach by hand
Wanting the heart to reach, let it be high in the clouds
In your face, I see the moon
Hiding behind a smile
Don't leave me friendless
Servant waiting for the master)
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*)PSBB, Stands for Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar or in short, Social Distancing. One of the Government's strategies in suppressing the spread of Covid-19 is to establish a large-scale social restriction policy.