Blooming At It's Time
³⁹ Reality

That morning Alora woke up later than usual, because the alarm did not turn on at the weekend, so she just woke up from a dream when the sun had risen. Yes, a very beautiful dream, you could say so, until his body felt very light and Alora felt like flying sky-high to seven. Alora squirmed, stretched her body then opened her eyes slowly, she immediately looked around as soon as her eyes were fully opened. No, it wasn't a dream, it really happened, last night it was real, and now Alora still hasn't worn any clothes. Alora immediately covered her body with her suddenly scented bedcover like Alden, then rummaged through the closet to change clothes, after which she rushed outside the room in a hurry.

"Well..." Alora grimaced softly as soon as she felt something strange down there, feeling a bit sick.

Alora's small groan was heard by Alden who was standing not far from the door of Alora's room, so the man immediately approached her with a worried look. "Why? Sick huh?"

Alora immediately turned to Alden, and smiled widely, trying not to clumsily after what they did last night. Of course Alora is still not sure how to behave, but she decided to be ordinary, like yesterday and yesterday again, like last week and last month.

"No. Tumben you're awake?" Alora walked towards the kitchen, inevitably, in an unusual-looking manner and Alden realized that. Come on, there's nothing they can do about it, Alora just needs to get used to, to be honest, last night Alora's first experience, so it's only natural. But Alden couldn't do it, he was already riled up, his face looked very worried even almost blaming himself.

"You even bought breakfast." Alora added, while opening a paper bag on the dining table.

"I'm sorry." In the end, that was all Alden could say. He walked slowly over to Alora, then hugged the woman from behind.

Not expecting that to happen, Alora was startled and her heart skipped a beat and grew louder. For a moment he forgot that they had done more than that, after all they were married. The unusual feeling is increasingly giving comfort to anyone who is drunk on love, including Alora. Looking at Alden's hand that was coiling his stomach, Alora laughed, then clasped a wide hand that almost made him sink into the man's body. Alden was at a loss to hear Alora laugh, leaning his chin on her shoulder, wondering, "You laughing?"

"It feels like... We're actually getting married." Alora smiled widely, still looking at Alden's hand in her stomach while rubbing it with her thumb.

Then Alden took off his arms, twisted Alora's body on the waist so that now they looked at each other, Alora leaned on the dining table almost sitting on it. Alden erased his worried look with a big question mark, Alora could see that. "Are we married?"

"I mean... Kayaks... Really, really! Maybe kayak... New bride?"

Alden's laughter broke as soon as Alora said the last sentence. "New bride?"

Alora laughed, bright, very beautiful in Alden's eyes. Alden's hand was still on Alora's waist as she approached removing the distance between the two. Alden brought his face closer to Alora, spoke close to the woman's ear, half whispering, "We broke the deal?" Alden asked in a very seductive voice.

Alora could not help but smile, she looked straight at Alden with a look of approval. Alden knew without having to hear an answer from Alora. The woman placed both her hands on Alden's shoulders, somewhat on her tiptoes to grab the man's lips with a brief kiss. The priest laughed a little, wanting more than a kiss, then pulled his waist closer into the arms. Alden landed a kiss on Alora's lips, this time deeper than a kiss, and the two knew this was the right kiss. Alora wrapped her hands around Alden's neck, and Alden held his arms around Alora's tiny body. Their heads moved in the right direction very naturally, poking at each other more and more violently, as if nothing could stop them both. Except that ringtone.

The two let off a kiss in surprise, and Alora just laughed.

Damnit. Alden's mind felt the phone vibrate and sound aloud from his pants pocket.

"Thank you there." Alora pushed Alden slowly, then turned to prepare breakfast at the dinner table.

It felt Alden wanted to curse anyone who called him, but quickly the intention he paused as soon as he saw the name listed on the phone screen. Giri called him. It has been a long time Giri has not disturbed Alden's life since his honeymoon gift to Bali at that time. Alden wondered why Giri had called him this early, at such an inopportune time.

"Hello? Why Opa?" Not until one minute Giri spoke, the phone connection was immediately cut off, even before Alden had time to answer. Alden then kept his phone away from his ears, looking at his screen in confusion, his forehead frowning.

"Why?" Alora asked, still standing but ready with a spoon in her right hand.

"Opa wants us to go to his house." Alden sounded doubtful. "I guess something's weird, huh?"

"What?"

Alden quickly put his phone back in his pants pocket, then smiled at Alora while shaking her head. "Where did we get to?" Ask Alden. His hand grabbed Alora's waist, pulling the tiny body towards her.

But this time Alora pushed Alden, laughing. "So we'll have breakfast, Alden!"

"Okay, baby."

With a bright laugh and smile, the two couples passed through the morning pleasantly, not knowing what awaited them.

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Alora and Alden visit Giri's house at the request of the old man. Their journey feels ordinary, even close to fun, does not feel wrong at all. However, everything changes once they enter Giri's house which turns out to have been shrouded in unusual air. Alora immediately closed the laughter and took off her hand grip on Alden's arm, as soon as she saw Giri and Kala sitting in a huff on the living room sofa. Alden and Alora stared at each other for a while, feeling that something was wrong.

"Mama's here too?" Alden was the first to open his voice.

Kala turned to Alden then forced a smile. "You sit down first." Kala also looked at Alora, still with a forced smile.

Alden and Alora took a seat on the sofa opposite Kala, to the right of Giri. This time the two couples could clearly see Giri's unease.

"How are you?" Ask Giri, look careful.

Alden felt strange, but he nodded slowly and said, "Good."

"Alora?" Giri turned to look at Alora.

Alora smiled, trying to look fun, maybe it could melt the atmosphere, but it was not. "Okay, Opa." His word.

"Look. Opa heard something bad about you guys. Opa didn't want to believe it right away, so Opa asked you to come here."

Giri's long sentence was already enough to make Alden and Alora nervous. The two stared at each other for a while, hoping that what Giri heard was not too bad. Alden laughed crisply, then looked back at Giri. "What's the matter, Opa?"

"Is that right, you're planning a divorce next year?" Giri looked straight at Alden.

DEG.

Like being struck by lightning in broad daylight, Alden and Alora instantly froze. The body is bristling, the heartbeat is not bad, even the palms begin to sweat. Alora is unable to look at Giri and is just busy looking away, whereas Giri is looking for her gaze. Alden who was speechless, vertical saliva tried to wet his throat that was suddenly dry. No, this attitude that Alden and Alora showed was not what Giri expected. Looking at the two speechless people before him, Kala let out a long sigh while massaging his throbbing temple.

"Why are you guys quiet?"

Alden and Alora were unable to open their mouths.

"Alden's? Alora's? Opa doesn't want to believe her words, but why are you quiet?!" Giri's voice rose, he even got up from his seat, to shout at Alden and Alora who could only duck.

"Answer! Say it not! Opa must believe you! Don't be quiet!"

"You guys are- Ah..." Giri immediately held onto his nape which suddenly felt heavy.

"Well!" With a swift, Alden woke up to hold Giri's body which began to waver.

Giri's gaze began to twitch, his whole world was spinning, even the cries of the people around him began to sound faint, his ears were buzzing, his face was reddening, his heart beating irregularly. I don't know what's going on around him, Giri is no longer sensitive. All of that happened so quickly, that Giri saw nothing more. The darkness and consciousness are gone. Giri fainted at that moment.

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