
Abhimanyu looked at Alby sharply while crossing his chest. The two are in the living room waiting for Devi and Ishwari who are in the bathroom to confirm the truth of the information heard by Abhimanyu.
Abhimanyu waited nervously while Alby just kept quiet while occasionally chuckling as she remembered Devi's spontaneous words to get away from him. Though the intention of Alby kissing Devi at the time Abhimanyu eavesdropped on his talk was only to tell his father if he would not let Devi go and would do various ways to keep Devi by his side. But who would have thought Devi instead thought Alby actually invited her to make a baby so that the spontaneous sentence came out of Devi's mouth.
"Why laugh? Funny?" cynical Abhimanyu while looking at Alby did not like it so Abhimanyu caught Alby who was laughing.
"Not funny, yeah" replied Alby quickly and immediately changed his expression to serious.
"Your life depends only on Devi's testpack results. If the result is positive then prepare your neck, father will slash your head," threatened Abhimanyu who made Alby shudder in horror.
"However," said Alby.
"Why not be? What if the child does wrong must be defended and understood?! Alby I warn you, Devi is like my own daughter so if something happens to Devi like this for example, I am the first one who will beat you," Abhimanyu said with emphasis.
"Don't beat Alby om huaaa," roared Devi who had just come out of the bathroom and immediately hugged Alby. "If Abi beats up Alby, my son will lose his father before he can even see the beauty of this cruel world" Devi continued dramatically.
"So the result is positive?" abhimanyu asked in surprise.
"Yes, "" said Devi as she hugged Alby.
Abhimanyu turned to his wife to ask for the truth of what Devi had told him. As soon as Ishwari nodded her head a sign that what Devi said was indeed true, anger instantly reached her crown.
Abhimanyu immediately pulled Alby's collar to get Alby up. Devi tries to stop Abhimanyu but loses power. A second later Abhimanyu directly hit Alby until Alby fell bounced with the corner of his lips hurt.
"Om stop!! Don't hurt Alby!!" hysterical Devi hugging Alby.
"You-" Abhimanyu was unable to continue his words, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before he finally resumed his words. "Dad doesn't know what sentence deserves to describe your emotions. You've ruined dad's daughter. I never once taught you to be an asshole! I know you love him but not in this way By!!"
Bugh!
Abhimanyu again raised his fist towards Alby which even made Devi more hysterical.
"You know Devi's future is long, right? You didn't hear he wanted to continue his schooling to UI? Devi has ideals, then how can she realize her ideals if she is pregnant with your child?!!"
Bugh!
"Stop it please stop!! It's just a lie, I'm not pregnant. I gave up, I admitted to lying. Please don't hit Alby again" she cried, stopping Abhimanyu from hitting Alby again.
"Dev," Alby protests as soon as Devi confesses her lie. "I've been working so hard to get mom to cooperate with us but you've messed it all up."
"I don't care what matters if Alby's okay. I don't want Alby to get hurt. I don't want to see Alby beaten again" Devi sobbed as she hugged Alby.
Abhimanyu turned towards Ishwari who immediately displayed his regretful smile. Abhimanyu could not believe that his son and wife were working together to lie to him. It's really incredible. It is fitting that he was surprised why his wife was silent when he hit her son.
"Om don't hit Alby again. I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I gave the idea of Alby, Abi legal only me," said Devi sobbing.
"What are you saying?!! Dad don't punish Devi, just punish me" Alby said.
"Enough!!!! You guys are really disappointing! Put together a plan like this just to refuse to be brothers. Don't you think about dad? Alby, don't you know how heartbroken you are when you find out you've ruined Devi? Devi do you also know that om is very hurt when you know you are pregnant? Om feels guilty and fails to protect you from his own son. As your father and Devi's father at once I bear double the heartache of this. First because Alby is my son and second Devi is my daughter too. Can you imagine how broken my heart is?" ask Abhimanyu in tears.
Alby, Devi and Ishwari bow in realizing their mistake.
"I'm sorry, yeah," said Alby regretfully.
"Have you slept at night. Dev tomorrow we're off putting you on my family card" Abhimanyu said as he walked into his room.
Devi and Alby who heard it were happy. What does it mean that Abhimanyu has blessed them? But the guilt on Abhimanyu still strangled them.
Plaque!
"Awh!!" Alby complained in pain as soon as Ishwari hit him on the back.
"Look! Your father is disappointed because of you! Tomorrow you must apologize and make amends for your mistakes" Ishwari said.
"Good ma'am. Alby's sorry."
"Devi's also sorry aunt," Devi's great-grandson.
"No problem, after all, aunt is actually also happy because you finally get the blessing of Abi. Promise that you will live happily together and will continue together so that you will not regret your choice of mother helping you" Ishwari said.
"We promised" Devi and Alby replied simultaneously.
"Yes, rest quickly and treat your wounds. I must apologize and comfort your father, I'm sure your father must be crying right now."
"Well, I'm sending you to mom. Tomorrow I'll go back to apologizing to you until you really forgive us" Alby replied.
*****
"Awh!!" alby grimaced in pain as soon as his wound was treated by Devi.
"It hurts, um?" great-grandson Devi with her two teary eyes.
"A little bit" replied Alby.
The test!
Seeing Devi crying, Alby immediately hugged Devi to calm her down.
"Why crying?" ask Alby gently.
"Why didn't Alby use plan A first? Why go to plan B?" crying Devi.
"Plan A's done, '" Alby's alibi.
"Do what? We only fought for a little while before Alby kissed me. It's all wrong, Alby ah no! It's all my fault, I shouldn't have said there was a baby in my stomach in front of Abi. I shouldn't have given that idea to Alby" Devi said.
"Because I'm Alby hurt again and because I'm also about Abi getting angry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Devi continued.
Alby tightens his arms and kisses Devi's head to calm him down.
"Have not thought too much. We should be happy, we've got father's blessing, '" comforted Alby.
Devi let go of her embrace and looked at Alby with her puffy eyes.
"Tomorrow I have to see Abi to apologize in person" Devi said.
Alby smiled and stroked Devi's hair gently. "Yes." Yeah."
Devi continues her work treating Alby's wounds.
"It hurts not?"
"Slightly sick but it's okay. Dad's punch wasn't very strong, probably because he loved me so much" Alby said, chuckling softly.
"Basic at a time like this can still be joking" Devi sneered.
Alby simply replied to Devi's sneer with a small laugh.
"Of."
"Hm?"
"If Sean om Alby had been in the hospital."
"You're right, maybe I've been lying in the ICU room ah no! Maybe Sean will send me to the morgue instead" Alby replied.
Silent...
"What's wrong?"
"There's nothing. Just imagine that Alby got beaten up by Sean's brother for haunting me. Om Alby must be so ugly haha," joked Devi covering up her grief.
"It's so bad."
Devi gave a small laugh before she finally kissed Alby's cheek at a glance which made Alby a little surprised.
"I love Alby" said Devi, smiling sweetly.
"I love you" Alby replies to Devi's kiss, but Devi immediately prevents Alby's intentions.
"The wound has not been treated, yet" Devi said, rejecting Alby's kiss.
Alby pursed his lips irritated while resignedly just let Devi back to treat the wound.
"Please promise me you won't leave me as strong as the obstacles" said Alby, staring Devi in the bead of his eyes.
"I promise. I'm not leaving Alby's om" replied Devi steadily.
*****
Early in the morning Devi woke up from her sleep. He woke up early to meet Abhimanyu before Abhimanyu had left for work.
Devi had already searched for Abhimanyu's whereabouts in every corner of the house, but Devi still had not found where Abhimanyu was.
As soon as Devi passed the pavilion, Devi's eyes unintentionally caught Asep's whereabouts. He immediately called Asep and asked him to stop in his place.
"Sep!"
"Non Devi, what is non?"
"Did you see Abi's whereabouts?"
"Mr Abi isn't home?" asked Asep who was returned with a headband by Devi.
Seeing Devi's sour face made Asep think something must have happened between them and it seemed like it was quite severe.
"Are you guys in trouble?" ask Asep for attention.
Devi nodded her head confirming Asep's question.
"Then Mr. Abi must be fishing in the river of non Devi's favorite place" Asep replied.
"Eh?"
"It was also Mr. Abi's favorite place if Mr. Abi was in trouble. Try non Devi search there," said Asep.
Without waiting for any more time, Devi immediately ran to where Abhimanyu was.
"Non be careful don't run!!" yelled Asep who was not touched by Devi at all.
After running as hard as possible, Devi finally arrived at the river where she liked. There he saw Abhimanyu fishing.
"Dev, why run like that?" abhimanyu asked confused as Devi approached him with a breath of excitement. "What's wrong?"
"I'm hosh looking for om Abi," Devi replied with a sigh.
Abhimanyu immediately got up from his seat and immediately gave Devi some drinking water.
After feeling that Devi was able to adjust her breathing again, Abhimanyu also invited Devi to sit in her chair while she chose to sit on a large rock on the edge of the river.
"Om Abi just sit on the chair let me sit there," Devi refused while sitting first on the big rock.
Abhimanyu smiled briefly before finally sitting back in his small chair.
"Have you got the fish?" ask Devi for a little chat.
"Already," replied Abhimanyu while pointing at the pot containing several river fish.
"That's a lot. Om Abi is indeed great," praised Devi staring in awe at the fish.
"What's looking for me?" ask Abhimanyu.
"Eh?"
"You ran from home to here because there's something you want to tell me, right?"
Devi nodded slowly in response.
"But om, is it okay if I say it now?"
Abhimanyu turned towards Devi with a bit of confusion.
"I'm afraid the fish is gone not to eat the bait om Abi as soon as I hear my voice. Brother Sean once told me that we should not make a sound when fishing or else the fish will run," continued Devi innocently who made Abhimanyu laugh.
"It's okay to just say it. Besides, I've got a lot of fish" Abhimanyu chuckled softly.
Devi nodded her head. Devi looked towards the river while squeezing her hands nervously.
"Of."
"Hm?"
"Sorry" said Devi. "I'm sorry about what happened last night. I'm really sorry to have lied and planned such a shameful thing, but it's all purely my idea. Om Alby and Aunt Ishy are just helping."
Abhimanyu was silent for a long time making Devi more anxious.
"Dev," call Abhimanyu.
"Yes, um."
"You really love Alby?"
Devi turned her head to look at Abhimanyu.
"I'm not unsettled by your relationship, it's just that your age, character and nature differences have a very far difference that makes me a little hesitant to approve your relationship. That's why I tested you by asking you to be my daughter. I admit my way was quite wrong and your plan was also unjustified. But one thing I realized, it wasn't all your fault but mine. If I didn't have a stupid idea to test you guys, you probably wouldn't have planned that on me."
Devi listened carefully to every word that came out of Abhimanyu's mouth.
"And I'm also aware of one other thing."
"What is om?"
"Seeing you try to stop me from hitting Alby and trying to protect him is enough to prove that you love Alby. And vice versa, Alby who is willing to hurt for your sake is also enough as proof of your love. But there's more to it than all that."
Abhimanyu turned his head towards Devi and looked at Devi seriously.
"Faith and loyalty. Those two things are a strong foundation for a couple. As long as it has a strong foundation, I'm sure all those differences won't be a problem."
"So can you keep those two foundations for Alby?"
*****