The Perfect One

THE PERFECT ONE 

By: Angka Sembilan 

Characters:
1. Rere, nineteen years old, student of English Literature major in Bimasakti University, melankolis.
2. Raka, twenty-two years old, student of Journalistic major in Bimasakti University, mature and wise.
3. Sheila, nineteen years old, Rere's friend, student of Library Science major in Bimasakti University, ambitious.

Country: Indonesia

Places:
1. Rere's bedroom
2. Bimasakti University
3. Lake near Bimasakti University

Time: 2020

Scene one: night
Scene two: tomorrow morning
Scene three: one week later, afternoon


Scene One

Tonight, Rere is relaxing in her bedroom, she plays her smartphone, watching her friends' WA story

Rere: "Damn" (Rere throws her smartphone on the bed resentfully after watched Sheila's WA story, her third book was published)

Rere: "Why she always better than me?"
(Rere close her eyes with her right length)

Rere: "I am happy we did not enter the same major. My parents did not compare me with you anymore, but why you more skilled in writing than me? I hate you"

(pause)

Rere: "Since in senior high school, my parents always compare me with you La. Your score always better than me. Just in English my score higher than you but still, I am nothing than you in academic. You said you did not like writing, you said my poem is good, I am skilled in writing so I enter English literature major, but why now you wrote three books while I write nothing. You are perfect La and I am nothing" (Rara is crying, spilling all her rage)

Scene 2

Tomorrow morning. Rere is reading structure book in front of her class. Waiting her lecturer enter the class.

(Sheila enter the room)

Sheila: "Rere" (Sheila is walking towards Rere)

Rere: "Sheila" (Rere whispering)

Sheila: "Rere, I am very happy my third book was come out" (Sheila hugs Rere)

Rere: "Congratulations" (said Rere softly)

Sheila: "Thank you Rere" (Sheila extricates her hug) "This is for you" (Sheila gives her book to Rere)

Rere: "Thanks La" (Rere smiles and takes the book)

Sheila: "Most welcome Rere, I will wait for your comment about my book, ok and don't forget to promote it to your friends" (Sheila grins to Rere)

Rere: "InsyaaAllah" (Rere nodded her head)

Sheila: "Thanks Rere, you're my bestfriend ever after. (Sheila look at Rere with happy face, Rere is just smiling at Sheila)

Sheila: "Now I want to come back to my faculty. Twenty minutes again my class is started. (Sheila looks her wristwatch)

Rere: "Ok La"

Sheila: "Bye Rere have a nice day" (Sheila is smiling and waving her hand)

Rere: "Bye Sheila, you too" (Rere is also waving her hand)

Rere is holding the book strenuously, she is very angry until she want to throw the book to the trash can behind her, but Rere try to calm down and enter the class

Scene three

Afternoon, one week later. Rere sit on a chair front of lake near Bimasakti University. She is crying. Her hand holds a diary book.

Rere: "I hate you Sheila. Everyone is talking about you, everyone always praises you and everyone always compare me with you" (Rere throws her diary)

"Aw"

(there is a sound from the back of bushes makes Rere is startled)

(Raka out from the bushes, holding
Rere's book and looking at Rere with raising his one eyebrow)

(Raka is walking to Rere)

Raka: "Is it yours, Re-re?" (Raka read Rere's name in the cover of the book)

Rere: "Yes, sorry I didn't mean" (Rere take her diary book from him)

Raka: "Yeah fortunately it is just little book"

Rere: "Sorry" (Rere bowed her head feel guilty, Raka just smile and sit on tip of the chair)

Raka: "Are you student from Bimasakti University?"

Rere: "Yes"

Raka: "Me too, what is your major and your semester?

Rere: "I am in English Literature major, fourth semester. You?"

Raka: " Great, I am Raka from Journalistic major, last semester"

Rere: "Oh"

(Raka gives Rere a small pack of tissue, Rere just silent, feel queer about it)

Raka: "This to wipe out your tears"

(Rere is keeping silent)

Raka: "Why, is it wrong for male to keep hygiene?"

Rere: "No, it is good. Thanks"

Raka: "You're welcome"

Rere: "What are you doing in the back of bushes?"

Raka: " I just take picture of snails"

(Raka raises his camera)

Rere: "Oh"

Raka: "And how about you, what are you doing here, crying alone?"

Rere: "Nothing, I just"

(pause) (Raka look at Rere, Rere is considering, it is ok or not to tell him about her feeling because they meet just know, but know she need someone to hear her story. Rere sighs, raise her head and look at the lake)

Raka: "Actually I feel upset with my life. I have a friend from senior high school until now. She is beautiful, smart. She is good in everything. Everyone always praises her, everyone always compares her with me even my parents. She said she didn't like writing but I like writing and English too, so I choose to enter English literature department to hone my writing and English skill, in order, at least I have one thing that I can be proud, one thing that I can be better than her. But now she more skilled in writing than me, she wrote three books while I haven't writing anything. I lose again" (Rere close her face with her hand and crying)

(Raka is silent, wait until Rere stops her crying)

(Five minutes later, Rere stops crying)

Raka: "You know Re, God is fair. He created human with gave them strengthness and weakness. Everyone has their own strengthness and weakness. We all same, we have the same chance to be good Re, never feel inferior or useless. We just need to pray and always strive. And ya, we as human actually must be grateful about the strengthness that giving by God, and the right way to show our gratitude to God is with use our strengthness to worship and to introduce or preach about Islam."

(pause)

Raka: "If you like writing, then writing with intention lillahita'ala, to give benefit to another people. Someone said to me that it is not about how many works that you have done, but it is about what benefit that you give to another people through your work. If your intention like it, you will never feel jealous to someone or feel disappointed with your life."

(Raka is smiling to Rere)

Rere: “You right Ka, my intention is wrong. I think I must apologize to Sheila for having hated her without reason”

Raka: “Yes Re, but first you must apologize to Allah and learn to accept heartily every fate that Allah gave to you” 

Rere: “Yes Ka, thank you for your advice”

(Raka is just smiling)

(sound of adhan)

Raka: “I think we must go home now”

Rere: “Yes, it is maghrib now. I am glad to meet you Ka”

Raka: “I am glad too Re”

Rere: "Can I ask your phone number?"

Raka: "Sure, type your phone number here, and I will call you later"

(Raka gives his phone, Rere types her phone number)

Rere: "Thanks Ka"

Raka: "Anytime Re"

Rere: “Ok, I will go home now. Bye Ka, assalamu’alaikum warahmatulahi wabarakatuh"

Raka: “Wa’alaikumsalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, take care Re ”

Rere: "Thanks Ka,  you too"

Rere go to her motorbike, waving her hand to Raka for the last time. Raka just smile to Rere and go home too with his motorbike.

The end