GIFT FROM GOD

DIVERSE INTRICTS

A few minutes earlier….

Rendra and his two colleagues were sitting in the canteen chairs when he saw Isha and Malik walking hand in hand into the canteen with the food brought by Isha. Rendra kept watching with those sharp eyes.

"Do you think they are just friends?" Rendra asked Heri and Doni.

Rendra's two friends followed Rendra's gaze. Then, both shook their heads.

"Where are friends who eat together every day?" Harry commented.

Donnie nodded in agreement.

"Still obsessed with that girl, Ren?" asked Doni, turning to Rendra, who was still staring at Isha and Malik, who was busy talking and making those who saw them turn hot and cold because they were too sweet.

Receiving such a question, Rendra smiled.

"Did you think I would give up on that cute girl, Don? Of course, the answer is no. And I will start today. After several months of waiting, I felt like I couldn't take it anymore," said Rendra.

Ren? What do you mean?" asked Heri, who was answered with a nod by Doni.

Randy smiled sweetly and sarcastically.

"You don't have to ask too many questions. Get your phones ready to shoot what I did. Don't miss anything! Okay?" Rendra's orders.

Doni and Heri then nodded and immediately took each other's cell phones. The two men did not know what Rendra's plan was, but they were sure that Rendra would do anything to make his wish come true.

Then, with steady steps, Rendra walked to the bench where Malik and Isha enjoyed their lunch.

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"Excuse me. May I join you?" asked someone who suddenly approached the two of them.

Isha and Malik looked up at the person who asked for permission. Both of them were surprised when they saw that the one asking politely was Rendra, the master at this school.

Malik took a deep breath, persuading himself not to be provoked by anything Rendra did. Isha, who was curt and fierce, only looked at Malik with a hint so that Malik would not accept anything Rendra said.

"Please! But sorry if we can't accompany you because we're done. Isn't that right, Shaw?" Malik replied, looking at Isha.

Isha nodded, while Rendra just smiled.

"Don't you want to have lunch with the other upper-level students, Sha, occasionally? Aren't you bored having lunch with the same person every day, the subject matter of which may also be the same?" asked Rendra, not wanting to give up.

Isha smiled, looking at Rendra, still towering beside their table. Some visitors to the canteen looked at the three of them with hopeful anxiety. They were worried that their conversation would lead to a commotion.

"I've always been friends and have often eaten with him since elementary school if Rendra wants to know," Isha replied sweetly.

"Oh yes?" asked Rendra with a surprised expression. However, it's not a contrived expression. How could there be friendship for that long?

"Oh yes. Please eat. Malik and I have finished eating. Come on, Brother," said Isha, who then stood up. T took her lunch box and approached Malik to ask him to go because their lunch was over.

But good luck seems to be somewhere other than Isha and Malik.

When Isha passed Rendra to approach Malik, a group of demure women were joking past them, so they accidentally passed Isha and nudged her. Malik, who was originally going to stand up, suddenly sat down again because Isha fell on top of him in such an intimate position; the faces of the two were so close together that it was almost like a kiss. Even though, in reality, Malik's lips did touch Isha's cheek, it was not intentional.

They were stunned, motionless for a few seconds, not realizing what was happening. Until then, the cheers and applause of the students in the canteen made them realize that they had become a free spectacle for the entire canteen that afternoon. Some deliberately take photos of them in such s****l poses.

"Yeah... it turns out that our school star also wants a boyfriend?" one of the students shouted with the aim of condescending and ridiculing.

Apart from such remarks, they applauded enthusiastically.

Not wanting to continue to be the center of attention, she quickly, Isha, got up from Malik's body, who seemed to be in the same shock as himself. With a red face, the girl ran out of the cafeteria. Ignoring Malik's call, they kept calling her name. Isha was already embarrassed.

After Isha disappeared from her sight, Malik turned his body and looked at Rendra, who also smiled at the accidental scene. Annoyed, Malik looked at Rendra with a sharp gaze.

"I never cared about anything you do, yes, Ren. Even when you took Rasti from my side, I was silent because you both had no heart. But I won't stay silent this time if you have bad intentions toward Isha. No matter how small it is!" Malik said with his teeth clenched, indicating he was holding himself tightly.

Hearing those words, Rendra just smiled.

"You understand who and how I am, right, Mal? I will never give up when I want something. Maybe you should pay more attention to Isha because she is my next target," Rendra replied sarcastically. Ignore Malik's warning.

"Oh, so you are doing this intentionally to destroy my brotherhood with Isha?" asked Malik angrily.

Again, he just laughed.

"Brotherhood, you say? Where do you have brothers and sisters going and coming home together every day, even eating together, too?" Rendra asked stupidly as if he was jealous of what Malik and Isha were doing. Then Rendra was shocked when he realized his attitude was too blatant like that.

"If I do that, what's wrong? Does that bother you?" asked Malik furiously.

"Of course, I'm bothered by all that, Mal. You know, I like that cute friend of yours. And I will get it!" said Rendra confidently, making Malik suddenly annoyed. There is a feeling of dislike when a man wants and intends to approach Isha.

"And I won't let anyone get close to Isha, especially men like you who like to play with women," said Malik.

Rendra laughed.

"Why do you judge me like that, Mal? Is it because your girl used to prefer to be with me than with you? Please don't assume that it's my fault! It was Rasti's fault, which was too dazzling at me, that he left you with all my poverty!" replied Rendra with a condescending, cynical smile.

Malik's blood boils when he is said to be poor, even though Rendra is honest with his words. However, Rendra was not at all ashamed of his poverty. In the past, his closeness with Rasti had to end when she finally chose to walk away from him to be with Rendra.

And the ending of Rasti's drama is predictable because, in the end, Rendra leaves her. After all, he is bored with Rasti, just like Rendra had done with his previous girls. But this time, Malik will not let Rendra repeat it to Isha because Malik will never be able to see Isha cry if Rendra throws her away one day, like what happened to Rasti.

"And this poor man who will prevent you from getting Isha!" Malik's determination.

"Didn't I say I won't give up before getting what I want?" Rendra said calmly and annoyingly.

Malik snorted in annoyance, with his face flushed with anger. Not wanting to continue to be the center of attention, Malik rushed to leave Rendra, who changed his facial expression from a calm smile to an angry one after seeing Malik's resistance.

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