Buai Butterfly Night
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Joseph and Niar sat on the bench in front of Erlang's room. "I want us to talk about your illness mas" said Niar opened the conversation.

Joseph looked up to look at his wife. "What now?"

"What are you waiting for? Waiting for your illness to get worse? Now that Erlang has improved, I want us to focus on your recovery. I don't want to lose you."

"What about Daniel? Actually I am reluctant to seek treatment because you will leave me." said Yusuf, bowing his head.

Niar raised Joseph's face. "You don't worry too much about Daniel, I already know his weakness."

Yusuf cringing. "You mean?"

"Daniel always pity me when I see me crying, it can be used as a weapon to reject it."

"Not only Daniel dear, I am also so if I see you sad let alone to cry my heart throbbing pain. You weren't there to touch Daniel, were you?"

"No. Daniel is actually good."

"Don't tell me you're starting to fall in love with her?"

Niar just smiled looking at her husband who was starting to get jealous.

"Why smile?"

Niar became anxious and pinched Joseph's cheek. "You're all there, masa' I'm just saying Daniel's good at falling in love,

we are young, remember our age."

"You've been praising him."

"We're back to the original topic! Where are you going to go for treatment? In Indonesia or abroad, for example, Singapore?"

Yusuf shook his head. "I don't know yet, baby haven't thought."

Niar was giving a rough breath. "Don't say not yet thought! But it must be thought of."

"Yes yes later I think, now we enter again Kasian Erlang alone." Joseph got up from the chair and pulled Niar's hand.

"Where is Kayla?" asked Niar while walking hand in hand with Joseph entering Erlang's nursery

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Niar hugged her husband to say goodbye. "I went to Daniel's house." whispered Niar.

Joseph also returned his wife's embrace. "Truly I don't want you there, baby."

"Ehem... Ehem... His long embrace is very yak? Only at home doang kayak want to stay at war aja." teased Erlang on both parents.

"Yes, your father is spoiled, Mama came home first, son, do not stay in the hospital quickly home." Niar message to his son and then hug and kiss Erlang.

"Yes Mah, Erang has also missed Erlang mattress pillows at home."

Yusuf chuckles. "I miss the same mattress pillow, miss the same boyfriend."

"This is also something like Pah's nyari but have not found out, maybe Erlang's boyfriend is still small, like Papa and Mama the difference is far away."

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Niar returned to Daniel's house, and Daniel was waiting for him.

Niar walks into Daniel's house and goes to the dining table where Daniel is sitting. "Daniel, are you waiting for me?"

"Well, let me have dinner!" tell Daniel.

Niar said he sat next to Daniel to accompany him to eat, as long as Daniel ate, Niar just remained silent and lowered his head until Daniel was done with his meal.

Daniel tilted his head to look at Niar. "Why you?"

"Don't you know? I'm here tormented, I'm here,

you have taken away my happiness." answered Niar with tears streaming down his cheeks.

Daniel immediately wiped away the tears on Niar's cheeks. "I'm sorry, Niar, I gave one of my kidneys to your son,

am I wrong if I just borrow you for a little while in return?"

"meaning?"

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