Chapter 52: Chapter 52

Inside the dimly-lit room, in one corner of the room, Danas looked serious in front of the desk using a study lamp for light. It was eleven o'clock at night, but she was still awake and busy working on a dress design for her final project.

Danas made a stroke, erased it, and then repeated the process over and over again on a sketchbook containing a collection of shirt designs that she had drawn. The woman was seriously thinking of designs that would be evocative and catch the eye of anyone who saw them.

"Ah, so tired," she muttered as she put down her pencil and leaned against the back of the chair.

Danas then patted her back, which felt a bit sore, and stretched lightly as her shoulders were starting to feel stiff.

Danas occasionally looked at the clock on the wall. Time was running out and the night was getting late. However, Danas was determined to finish his design tonight.

Outside the room, Renata looked at Danas who was busy in front of the desk. The door to Danas' room is slightly open so that Renata, who is standing outside, can peek at the activity from inside because her direction of view is parallel to where Danas is sitting.

She walked slowly so that Danas would not notice her presence, then tried to find out what Danas was doing. Renata then saw Danas who was working on a shirt design for her final project. Renata immediately realized that the woman was also having difficulty thinking about what kind of design she would submit for the final project.

Something crossed Renata's mind when she saw Danas seriously working on her assignment. Her cunning intention arose because she wanted to make Danas' life miserable. For the time being, Renata chose to leave there. She would only return after she was sure that Danas was asleep.

The wall clock almost showed one o'clock in the morning. Danas stretched her arms up, then turned her stiff body left and right. The woman looked so satisfied when she saw the design of her clothes was finished. She quickly cleaned up the pencil and eraser marks and closed her sketchbook, leaving it lying on the table.

"It's already this hour. I've been working on it for a while, huh."

Danas stood up and quickly sat on the bed. The mattress swayed slightly under the weight of Danas' seated body. The woman then held her stomach. She realized that since becoming pregnant, there had been some changes with her physiological condition.

"Studying while pregnant is hard, but I don't wanna take time off," Danas grumbled to herself.

Since becoming pregnant, she felt tired more easily. She also found herself getting dizzy more often than usual. Danas also felt worried. Maybe she had overworked herself by working late into the night. However, the pregnant woman's body condition needs to be taken care of and maintained to avoid unwanted things to the fetus that is in her womb.

Danas yawned a few times. After washing her face, the woman decided to sleep. She climbed on the bed and pulled the blanket over her body. Not long after closing her eyes, Danas finally fell asleep. Slowly, a soft snoring was heard from the woman.

Meanwhile, Renata, who had been waiting for Danas to sleep, immediately went to the door of the woman's room. She found the door of her room tightly closed. Even though the door was still slightly open after several times Renata checked it. Renata, who saw that the door was closed, realized that Danas had stopped doing her work. She put her ear to the door to make sure whether the woman was asleep or not.

Renata did not hear any activity inside. She assumed that Danas was asleep. She then opened the door slowly, trying not to hear any sound. When the door opened, she could see Danas sleeping peacefully.

Renata walked on tiptoe. She even tried to hold her breath several times so that her presence would not be noticed. When she arrived in front of the desk, she finally saw the sketchbook that Danas had used when drawing. The woman opened each sheet. Then, at the end she found a drawing of a dress that looked so beautiful and stunning.

Renata chuckled in annoyance. She was annoyed because she saw Danas' drawing design that was so good. She herself wasn't sure if she could think of such a design.

At first, Renata wanted to tear up the design and destroy it. However, she eventually thought of a better idea than destroying Danas' drawing. Renata took the cell phone that was in her pants pocket, then took a picture of the picture. Renata, who managed to take a picture of Danas' design, smiled with satisfaction. She now knew how to make Danas' life more miserable. Renata intended to plagiarize the picture and claim it as her own design. Renata hurriedly left Danas' room and did her final project immediately.

Renata was even willing to spend all night to finish her plagiarized design. If Danas handed in his assignment first, then her plan would have no meaning at all. Renata insisted on doing whatever it took to make Danas suffer.

"Feel it! I can't wait to see Danas' stupid face when he finds out that his work is accused of being a plagiarism," the girl muttered to herself.

Renata didn't usually look so eager to go to campus. She often complained rather than enjoying the learning process. However, this time Renata looked so cheerful. The girl deliberately came early because she wanted to submit the design she had plagiarized from Danas.

Renata immediately went to the lecturer's room. She handed in her final project with a proud smile. As if she had just produced a masterpiece.

When she got there, it turned out that not many people had submitted their final project. Renata who knew that felt much happier. It was as if she had just become a model student.

This way, my plan will definitely succeed, Renata thought while smiling to herself. She was in such a good mood just thinking that she had managed to make someone else suffer.

Unusually, Danas woke up late. Danas probably didn't realize that she was more tired than she thought. Being pregnant seemed to be quite a burden on her body. Moreover, it was the first pregnancy. Danas still needed to adapt to the presence of the fetus in her body.

Danas put her sketchbook into her bag. When she put it in, Danas felt so excited. She couldn't wait to hand in the assignment. You could say that the dress design she drew last night was one that she really liked. She even enjoyed the process of drawing the design.

Danas came to campus with the expectation that she had completed her final project. As she handed in the design, the weight on her shoulders finally became lighter. She walked into the lecturer's office not knowing that her work had been plagiarized.

"Hey, Danas! You wanna submit your work?"

One of Danas's friends in the Fashion Designer department seemed to say hello. Apparently, the girl had the same goal as Danas who wanted to go to the lecturer's office.

"Yes. How about you?" Danas replied showing a friendly smile.

"Yes. Ah, I'm so nervous. I wonder if the result will be satisfactory?"

Danas just chuckled at that. Actually, she was also worried if the design she was proud of turned out to be unsatisfactory in the eyes of her lecturer.

In the lecturer's room, there were several students who seemed to have the same need, namely collecting the final project. They handed over the design on the lecturer's desk which looked full of piles of paper. Apparently, the papers were designs from other students. People could see the designs that had been collected on the lecturer's desk.

Then, among the crowd, there was one design that caught the eye. People seemed to pay close attention to it, then praised it with admiration.

Danas took out his design assignment from his bag. She intended to hand it in and then finish her business in the room. However, just as she was about to put the assignment down, she saw the picture that her friend had praised earlier.

"It's really pretty, isn't it? This is Renata's, right?" said one of the girls in the crowd.

Danas was curious because she heard Renata's name mentioned. She looked at the woman's drawing because she wanted to know what kind of drawing Renata had drawn.

When she saw Renata's design, Danas' heart sank into the mud. The design that was there, looked very similar to her design. Danas who was holding her own design seemed to bite her lip. She was so disappointed to find that her design had been plagiarized without her knowledge. Then, the people in the room realized that Renata's design was the same as Danas' dress design.