EGO - Adhira
75 - Getting started

"Gue Denger you want to add a member huh Ze?" Bastian asked while thrusting a low-grade glass of alcohol towards Zeo and his two other friends.

"Hm, doain aja" said Zeo, raising his glass and drinking a little alcohol, just to appreciate his friends who are having a bachelorette party tonight for Neo, zeo's best friend during High School finally decided to get married after being content to travel in the night world.

"Seriously lo? Another tail? " Said Dean who was just listening.

Zeo nodded slowly.

"That means the third child counts is yes Ze, finish Zela, Zelo" added Dean who was again replied by a nod by Zeo.

"Crazy also lo Ze, Zela the same Zelo Uda want to go to college this year, continue to add another one who wants otw, I just want to marry" complained Neo who made the three of them chuckle.

"Zeo's youth is dedicated to his dearest former head of osis eaa" Dean compiles.

Zeo just clucked lazily in response, his three friends indeed very often tease him with Adhira, well naturally, their story is phenomenal first.

"Eh but Ze" Bastian patted Zeo on the shoulder, "Gue was amazed how you can survive so far, certainly not easy to live a marriage whose problems are like endless. "

"Well, yes" Dean patted Zeo on the shoulder, "Gue used to think that's also when you look very strong facing all the problems of your marriage in youth, you know, dedicating all your youth to your wife's children, I'm a newly married five years and just had a child kayak uda want to run away from home aja, sfor" Said Dean shaking his head.

"But when you look, I know that everything can be enjoyed"

Zeo laughed softly, the kind of fake laughter that hurt.

He's great huh?

Zeo doesn't even know, he's great because he's able to survive this far or stupid because he wants to stay back. Zeo really does not know, why now, after withdrawing the divorce claim and choosing the path of peace, Zeo feels like a sense of emptiness

A sense of disappointment that makes him lazy to struggle, lazy to dream, he really felt the meaning of voidness itself.

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"Ze, uh,"

Zeo somewhat flinched as Adhira's voice greeted his eardrum.

"You haven't slept?" Ask Zeo slowly,

"No, I'm waiting for you"

Zeo was silent, not happy that his wife was waiting for him to come home. Zeo just felt weird. To be honest he was used to doing many things on his own, including going home without any welcome from his wife. So this really feels awkward for her.

"Oh, "

"You drunk huh? Here let me help you take off her shirt" Adhira got off the bed and immediately walked over to Zeo, helping to open her shirt painstakingly.

"You stink of alcohol, I told you not to drink too much" said Adhira while still opening one by one buttons her husband's shirt.

"I didn't drink much, but Dean had alcohol on my shirt"

"Oh, I thought, jeez, are you taking a shower now or want to eat before you take a bath? I made a Zela-style pizza, you want?" Tanya Adhira smiled.

"If I want to heat up later, yes, I was afraid, oh or do you want to eat heavy? Want to eat rice? I also cooked sweet soy sauce chicken earlier? I'm ready, right? You take a shower" said Adhira again with enthusiasm.

Zeo stared at Adhira silently, he kept paying attention to all the expressions and also how Adhira fussed at him. Zeo did not know why his heart could be so happy, but to be honest he was very moved, this was the first time Adhira was chatty for the reason of attention to him, not chatty because of anger or manage it.

"Zeez,"

"Hm"

"Why did he"

"Dhira"

"Hm" Adhira looked up, looking at her husband's eyes in confusion.

"If your attention is just to follow Zela's advice with Ken, if your change is only due to the coercion of children. Mending you stop Dhir,"

Adhira flinched as Zeo said the sentence in a low tone, trying to look disillusioned.

"Zeo-s

"I'm not papa Dhir, the important thing is that you can take my three children well, that's more than enough for me. Because honestly, I don't expect that much anymore"

Adhira was stunned, actually - how evil had he been all this time? How deep the wound he made Zeo so that the man could saddle this.

"So, now that you're sleeping over there, I'll take a shower, later if I want to eat, I'll take it myself"

"Zeo-" Adhira caught Zeo's hand as her husband was about to go to the bathroom. And how shocked Zeo was when Adhira suddenly hugged him tightly.

"Zeo-I don't know how evil I am until you even feel foreign to my attention, I'm sorry, "

Zeo was silent. He listened to all the words of Adhira without any protest, because he wanted to hear. I want to hear his wife's heart.

"Zeo, this time please let me show my love to you because I know, losing you is more than anything to realize me how valuable you are in my life"

Zeo did not say anything, but his hand returned Adhira's embrace equally tightly. Let him look foolish this time, let him be called shameful for repeating the same thing

Because actually, Zeo's heart still there is a point where he really expects Adhira in his life.

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"Ohayo pa, ma" Sapa Zela followed by Ken behind him.

Zeo and Adhira who were preparing breakfast turned their heads, smiling sweetly. This is the first week after they have decided to come to terms with all their problems and egos.

And also the breakfast routine that was forgotten was started again done. Simple - But for that almost melted family, this routine is a very valuable thing.

"What's cooking mom?" Zela asked as she kissed her mother's cheek which began to flake.

Adhira smiled, rubbing her daughter's head dearly, "Mama again wants to eat kimchi jjigae kak"

"Jjigae kimchi? The korean? Early-morning gini? Don't be very careless loh ma is still morning" said Zela reminded, The girl then rubbed her mother's stomach. "Wih, this baby seems to crave Korean food aja yes, inget you are of Japanese-Indo descent, do not suddenly be born into a Korean citizen yes" Said Zela patting slowly the stomach of her mother who began to look prominent.

Zela's rant was immediately responded to amused laughter from other family members. "You're there, you're sitting there, you're going to get mama" Push Adhira gently, remove her firstborn from the cooking area.

Zela frowned, but she still complied to join her twin sister and watch her papa and mama work together in making breakfast menu.

Zela glanced at Ken, "Peace, "Said he smiled, making Ken smile. The two Takahashi twins may look relaxed and ordinary, but who would have thought that they were actually the happiest people when they saw the sweet interaction of papa and his mother again. Again it is the simple thing that makes the meaning of happiness feel real.

"When do you start your school exams?" Zeo asked while helping Adhira put the bowls of kimchi jjigae in front of her two children.

"It's like in a few months, isn't it Ken? this is starting to intensely discuss the exam matter as well anyway,"

Ken nodded, "Yes, Oya pa planned to Friday afternoon tomorrow twelfth grade to have a camp at the top for refreshing before the exam, we go with ya"

"Well, yes, pa, Zela also wanted to say that but forgot, May ya pa? occasionally going to camping?" Zela said pleading.

"A-a is the show compulsory huh?" Zeo said a bit stiff, because honestly he was an old man who always felt anxious, usually if the two twins attended events outside the school like that he would follow the day after, but now Adhira is pregnant young.

"It's not mandatory, but it's recommended for a twelfth-grade child" Zela said with anxious hope, "Can you? Ma?"

Zeo glanced at Adhira when he felt his hand rubbed gently, "Please, kasian lo they want refreshing the same cement, after all if only the peak I'm sure safe really, "

"Well, didn't you, Mom, didn't you, Ken? Second graders also go with the pa loh "

"That means that Yaka-Yaka's boyfriend is coming too?" Sinis Zeo has no trouble covering up if he does not like the girlfriend of his daughter. Ah, considering that his son's girlfriend had come a year ago to the house and ended up he was kicked out at that time really made him even more annoyed because Zela who silenced him all day.

"Heheh" Zela grinned innocently which made Zeo sneer."But it's even good that I'm guarded by two people at once, the same Yaka, the same Ken as well isn't Ken?"

"Yes, can you please?" Ask Ken too, please.

Zeo cleared his throat, "Let's think again"

"Well, papa mah not cool, even though all my friends are loved, spoiled Angel nyerempet to the bloon aja be given by Om Damar to come along"

"Heh, brother" Tegur Adhira.

"The end of papa nyebelin" complained Zela, The girl immediately nudged.

"Udah-alah eat yuk, later late" Lerai Adhira who replied lazy nods her two children.

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"You really don't mind if I stay first?" Zeo asked for the umpteenth time, the man who had been followed by his secretary was still not willing to leave his wife in his room alone.

"Geez don't papa Ze, uda there meeting Kasian Evan from earlier follow you" said Adhira also for the umpteenth time.

Zeo let out a heavy sigh before completely closing the door of his room and following his wife's orders for a meeting.

Ah, yes, this morning Adhira did come to the office with him after they had regular consultations with psychiatrists who were treating Adhira lately.

From the consultation, Zeo became more knowledgeable about Adhira, especially what the reason for the woman who had rejected their third child candidate, stress and trauma that still often arise.

And it turns out being an Adhira is also not as easy as Zeo had in mind. Adhira is as injured as that, the inner wound of the woman is still so imprint. Maybe, Adhira who is now an adult figure Adhira who has two teenage children, but who would have thought if in his heart, his heart, Adhira is still a sixteen-year-old teenager who suffered severe trauma from a marriage bond.

The trauma was again triggered when Adhira was pregnant but it was as if everyone was not paying attention to her, Husband who worked overtime, children who were crazy to learn and he was neglected by anyone.

Ego Adhira, anger of Adhira. Apatis Adhira's attitude, Adhira's evil words, actually it's all Adhira's efforts to stay sane, his efforts to not hate himself. Because actually, Adhira just want to be understood, just want to be noticed, just want to complain.

Begitipun with Zeo, the man just wanted to be appreciated his struggle, just wanted to be reciprocated, just wanted company in his business, he just wanted a harmonious family without pressure. He just wants his children to be happy without knowing that his behavior makes his wife feel alienated.

Well, that's as simple as that is the case, though,

They just need communication and reduce Ego and prestige to always exchange words.

Well, it's that simple.

To forgive, accept, and try to tell others honesty is not that bad.

Ddrrtts

Adhira awakens from her daydream, the woman then picks up her phone when it displays a spam notif bar from Zeo.

[Darling, I don't want them to talk about what, all I have in my head is you to pray]

[Uh, what a bosen yank, um, what else to discuss]

[Dhira darling, you're here to join the meeting]

[By the way yank, I was suddenly inget Yaka yes, and very brave as the child was brave macarin our child, right?]

[I don't want yank if Zela gets married under the age of 25, don't want me, not Ridho]

[Duh, yank, bete]

[Honey]

[Dhira darling, you're still in my office right?]

[Yank, but Ken hasn't talked about a girlfriend yet? Cook my handsome son that one no one wants to]

[Yank, Betee]

Adhira smiled thinly when reading the spam chat without any intention to reply to a single chat.

because he knows that surely later Zeo will be more so if served with his confusion. So Adhira decided to step foot into her husband's desk, sitting in a bossy-class chair that immediately made her faced with a laptop sail off, a pile of maps neatly arranged Dan-so

Faced with family photos.

Family photos in it are still depicted memories of their fifth wedding celebration, sweet family photos, family photos that make Adhira's heart full.

Adhira rubbed the picture frame, he then idly turned on the laptop in front of him and again Adhira was stunned. The photo wallpaper is his photo with Zela and Ken who just entered Kindergarten.

Well, again it's that simple, but able to make Adhira's tears fall with haru.

Adhira rubbed the laptop screen slowly, then re-opened the spam chat from Zeo. Spam Chat made him realize that Zeo is the person he loves, very much he loves.

[Honey, I love you]

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Yeayyyy