DEVIL SNARES
CHAPTER 77

🍀 DON'T WANT TO COME BACK? 🍀

Throughout the eyes look. a variety of colorful flowers look beautiful decorate flowering meadows. The slow gusts of wind made the day even more bitter. Ningsih spread her body beside Bima. Bima's shoulder becomes a soft pillow for Ningsih's head. They looked at the many clouds in the blue sky. While pointing one by one wondering what form the clouds that walk slowly in the sky.

"Mom. Like a rabbit." said Ningsih, his eyes were rounded to see the shape of a cloud that was very similar to a rabbit.

"YOU LIKE THIS PLACE?" bima asked looking at his wife. Her hands gently caressed Ningsih's hair and gently stroked behind the ears of the woman she loved.

"Like... You come here often?" Ningsih looked into the eyes of her magical husband.

Bima looked back at the clouds in the sky and glared far away. Things that he never discussed for hundreds of years finally he revealed to the idol of the heart.

"THIS IS A FLOWERING HILL WHERE MY LATE MOTHER USED TO TAKE ME AND DINDA AS CHILDREN. ANCIENTS... MY MOTHER LOVED GOING TO THE HILL AND PLANTING ONE FLOWER AFTER ANOTHER AS A SIGN OF HER WAITING FOR DAD. WHEN THEY FINALLY LIVED TOGETHER... THE WAY OF LIFE BECOMES DIFFERENT. MOTHERS ARE OFTEN TREATED RUDELY BY FATHERS. THIS HILL BEARS WITNESS TO MOTHER'S CRIES THAT LAST FOR ME AND DINDA. WE ARE TWINS, BORN WITHIN TEN MINUTES. SHE LOVED US UNTIL THE END OF HER LIFE."

Ningsih's heart felt bitter. "So... You were actually human?"

Bima tilted her body, held Ningsih's one hand and stroked her.

"YES... ONLY TO YOU I TELL YOU MY LIFE STORY. THIS HILL IS JUST A DISTRACTION OF THE PAST. I'M TAKING YOU ACROSS TIME SPACE. I USED TO BE HUMAN TOO... DADDY MADE ME LIKE THIS. HE TORTURED MY MOTHER UNTIL DINDA AND I SAW HER MURDERED BEFORE OUR EYES. REGRET IS ALWAYS THERE... TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF MOTHER'S DEATH. THE SAME DATE EVERY YEAR I GO TO THIS HILL. NEW YE... NINGHAI... THE ONLY PERSON I'VE EVER BEEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE."

Ningsih. His eyes were teary to cry. The creature that people hate and say Satan still has a heart. I don't know what caused Bima to become a Devil, Ningsih did not want to find out. In his heart, it is clear that only Bima Prawisnu can make him happy.

Ningsih remembered about Mas Agus who used to be very good before getting his heart. Then times and circumstances change when they live together and get married. The wound was buzzing in Ningsih's heart and head. Very different from the story of his life with Bima which was initially scary and made him doubtful. But now it makes him helpless if living without this supernatural figure.

Love is a strange and complicated thing. How can two creatures of God of different degrees relate to each other? Could a path be created to make together?

"Bima. I want to be here with you. I don't want to go home." said Ningsih slowly while leaning against Bima's chest.

"DON'T... THIS IS NOT THE HUMAN WORLD. YOU CAN'T SURVIVE HERE MORE THAN A DAY OF THE SPIRIT WORLD. YOUR BODY WON'T SURVIVE." Bima was surprised and did not allow Ningsih's wishes.

"You mean.. If I stay here, I'll die?"

"YES, NINGSIH. SORRY I COULDN'T. BESIDES, ONLY THE SUPERNATURAL NATION OF HIGH SCIENCES CAN CROSS SPACETIME."

Ningsih got up from her backrest. Then crawled over the body of Bima who was still lying on the green grass.

"Then make me like you. I wanna..."

Ningsih's words made Bima confused and wrong. The wind blew making Ningsih's hair blush. Their eyes looked at each other. A moment of silence took time. Bima does want that, but thinking back about the life of Revelation, Bima does not want to follow the ego. Ningsih has a child to fight for.

"Honey.. I want to be here. allow me.." whispered Ningsih then immediately kissed soft lips Bima who still could not say.

Bima hugged his wife tightly. Even when both of them even though the taste makes it even more crazy. Don't want to lose but can't have it all. Bima is well aware that Ningsih being a demon will actually make it more miserable than being a follower.

"NIKESH..." Bima let go of that kiss. "I REALLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU. MORE THAN ANYTHING... IT WAS VERY KUINGINI. AND YET... I CAN'T MAKE YOU BEAR ALL THE THINGS I'VE FELT. THIS IS NOT A GOOD CHOICE FOR HUMANS. EVEN... MAKING YOU MY WIFE WAS A MISTAKE. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROTECT YOU WITHOUT ENSNARING YOU WITH THIS BOND. WHAT POWER... I CAN'T REACH YOU UNTIL YOU'RE MY PARTNER."

Ningsih looked at her husband. Understand with this excruciating and confusing love.

"Darling.I know it. You love me so much. Even before this bond happens. That's what makes me want to be with you. Even in this world, no human being can rival your heart. You are too perfect in my eyes."

Bima blushed to hear Ningsih's words. He suspects Dinda told about Bima's feelings since before the occult bond occurred. Bima can not cover it anymore because it is so.

"CATYR... I LOVE YOU."

It's not just a big word... Bima said with all her heart. Does the devil still have a heart? What is clear, Bima still feels that. At least only with Ningsih.

***

The hospital looked very crowded when Ningsih's body was carried with an ambulance trolly. Ningsih collapsed on the street and had not been conscious for nearly an hour. Ningsih family listed on the mobile phone number immediately in contact. Santi, Reno, and Joko rush to the hospital while Wahyu is kept by Mak Sri and Budi at home.

Ningsih's body had not given any response. The doctor took her to the ICU with an oxygen tube in her nose and an infusion in her hand. The doctor declared Ningsih a coma.

Arriving at the hospital... Santi cried when the doctor declared Aunt Ningsih into a coma, losing consciousness suddenly and the cause was unknown.

"We will conduct further checks. Hopefully soon to bear fruit," said the doctor ended his explanation.

Santi feels tight. Didn't expect her aunt to get sick all of a sudden. Reno and Joko try to calm him down.

"Patience, Brother. I believe the medical team is trying their best. Let's just wait next. Brother is patient." said Reno while stroking Kak Santi's shoulder.

Santi was still silent, sad. Joko approaches him and says, "Patience, Santi... Don't grieve. You have to be strong as the biggest kid. Be thankful that this happened while you were in Jakarta. Imagine if it didn't... Revelation and Mak Sri will definitely be confused."

Joko more realistically explained. Indeed, if Santi and Reno are not in Jakarta, all are only given to Mak Sri. While Joko and Budi just help the task that Ningsih ordered.

"Yes Mas Joko... Reno.thank you. May Aunt Ningsih soon wake up from her sleep. Aunt Ningsih's just a ketchup, right?" lirih Santi could not imagine if bad things happened to Aunt Ningsih.

After Ratih died and so far always with Ningsih, Santi was indeed afraid if he had to lose again. He is not ready and will not be ready.

That day, they were sad and anxious waiting for Aunt Ningsih. The next day, they began to take turns waiting for Aunt Ningsih in the hospital. Santi stood guard there morning until afternoon while Reno guarded the afternoon, night until morning. Joko takes them in turns.

Five days changed very slowly. Every day there has been no significant development in Aunt Ningsih who seemed to sleep soundly in the ICU room. Strangely enough, all examinations have been done and no pain detected. It was as if Ningsih had slept long. It cannot be explained medically.

Santi and Reno did not give up. They transferred Ningsih to a central hospital that had more sophisticated equipment. Hope there is progress for Aunt Ningsih to wake up soon.

***

Back to the Flower Hill....

"CATYR... WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR WORLD." Bima clasped Ningsih's hand after running around on Flower Hill. Different times in that world and the real world made Bima fret.

"Why? There hasn't been a day here. I am happy in this place.if you build a simple house for us to live in, it must be more fun," replied Ningsih while imagining his wish.

"DON'T... THE TIME HERE IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR WORLD. FOR ALMOST FIVE DAYS YOU HAVE BEEN OUT OF YOUR WORLD. LET'S JUST GET BACK. I'M AFRAID YOUR BODY WON'T BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABANDONED FOR A WEEK."

"Then...there are still two days in the real world..How many hours here, can it still be dear?" goda Ningsih on Bima by twisting his eyes.

Bima smilingly looked at the woman she loved looking so happy. Actually Bima wants Ningsih to linger on this hill with him. Remembering all the wonderful things I did with Bima and Dinda.

"IF MY MOTHER STILL EXISTS... I MUST HAVE ASKED YOU FOR BLESSING TO MARRY YOU. I'D LOVE TO HAVE A SON-IN-LAW LIKE YOU, NINGSIH..."

"Then..Where is Mom?"

Ningsih's question made Bima stunned. My mother is in a much better place. A place eternal, eternal, that promises happiness forever. The opposite place to the Bima residence now.

"PEOPLE CALL MY MOTHER'S PLACE THE WORD HEAVEN... I CAN'T SEE HER ANYMORE... FOREVER."

Ningsih stroked her husband's shoulder. As if encouraging and asking him to be patient. Heaven and Hell are two places that can never be united. Bima was so sad not to see her mother again. Once upon a time he walked to Hell to the end of the limit. Not found his mother, instead he met the person he once called "father". At that time, Bima's frightening form was not recognized by his father.

Bima's father was tortured in Hell Layer Six places of bondage. Bima's father for life did evil, owed here and there, gambled, and played women until it could not be counted how many tens of women he slept with. It made my mother's heart hurt. Surely mother knows the depraved deeds of father. But always the mother is patient and pray that the father will soon be aware. Instead of realizing, the behavior of the father became more and more. I was sick remembering that.

Seriate....