
"Have you come home yet, Ma?" ask Khairi when the boy is going to sleep.
"Papa's got a job, honey. When it's finished, go home. Now Khairi sleeps first, it's already night," Asha replied as she fixed her son's blanket.
"But Papa's really coming back here, isn't he, Ma?"
"Yes, dong, honey. Where else to go."
Khairi finally nodded and closed his eyes. In Asha's heart was sad because until now, the son still felt afraid if his father did not return home. And Asha and Aji had given understanding, that his father would not go anywhere else. However, it may feel fear in the child is ingrained so, every time his father is late home will always be asked like that.
Asha herself is currently worried because her husband has not yet returned home. Last afternoon, Aji told me that tonight he might be home late. There's one worker who has to have surgery tonight and he has to accompany the family. That man couldn't just take responsibility.
Asha who understands can only accept and also pray, so that the operation goes smoothly and the worker can recover as usual. No one wants this disaster, it all just happens.
After making sure the son was asleep, Asha woke up from her sleep to the living room while carrying a cell phone. She wanted to ask her husband if the operation was over. However, unfortunately the message is not reciprocated at all even just tick one. Maybe Aji's phone ran out of battery.
At 11:00 pm Aji finally came home too. The man's face was very tired. "Why not sleep, my dear? You waiting for me from now on?" aji asked as his wife opened the door.
"I can sleep if there's no word from you, Mom."
"Don't I send you a message this afternoon if I come home late."
"Yes, that's why I can't calm down. Now you should clean your body first, after that just rest. You look so tired too."
Aji nodded and went to the bathroom in the back because in this house there is only one bathroom. Asha herself went to the room to get a towel and gave it to her husband.
"Have you eaten? Let me prepare dinner first" asked Asha before the husband entered the bathroom.
"No need, I ate at the hospital. You better take a break."
Asha nodded and went to the room. It's not that the woman's sleeping is playing the cell phone. Although attempted sleep will also not be able to close the eyes because it is still thinking about the problem of the husband. Before listening to the man's story, it definitely could not calm down.
Not long after the husband finally entered the room. The man scrunched up his memory when he found the wife was still awake. He asked Asha to sleep. Is there anything that makes him unable to sleep?
"Why not sleep? Don't tell me you can't sleep if I haven't hugged you?" ask Aji who deliberately wants to tease his wife.
"Ih, you are there" said Asha with a reddened face. He was really embarrassed by the sentence spoken by Aji, usually the man looks calm, why now like everyone else.
"Yes, let's go to sleep! You must be tired all day worrying about me," said Aji, making the wife bow her head because of her anxiety.
"Aren't you tired, Mom? Every day must be busy in the hospital taking care of various kinds of care needs for the workers."
"It's okay, it's also my responsibility."
Aji also took his wife to sleep. The two lay down their bodies on the bed, next to the son. The boy seemed to be asleep, seemingly not bothered in the slightest by what his parents were doing. Asha asked about today's incident to her husband, she also wanted to know how far the development of the state of the workers.
Aji also explained everything without him covering up because indeed all circumstances have improved. The operation went well, just waiting for recovery. It may also take time to recover.
"Wouldn't you go back to town first? Khairi also had to go to school, I had already enrolled him in there. If waiting for me to finish my job, it'll be too long."
The man had also been thinking about this matter. There's no way he's holding his wife here. There are still many things that Asha and Khairi have to do. Moreover, his son also had to go to school, finally forced the man to give a way out of this.
"Why should we be apart, Mom? Khairi will definitely feel sad if he gets back apart. He's not ready to accept that. She thought you were going to leave her again. When you didn't go home, he was sad and asked if you would come home or not. He is still traumatized by the loss of a father. It's also impossible for me to go back to my own city, shouldn't we just school here first? Later when all your business is done, then we move together to the city."
"Don't you miss your parents? I sometimes feel bad because it seems to control yourself, even though I know Mama Nisa also misses you so much. I also know how regretful it has been."
"Mama and Papa will understand. Nowadays it is different anyway. I can also make a video call at any time if I miss Mama."
"Well, I'll talk to you about this with my mom and dad. I can't make all the decisions by myself. After all, the company belongs to papa, I'm just the operator."
Asha just follow how good. The two also talked until finally they fell asleep because of the fatigue that today is felt. Aji was grateful in the midst of the problems faced, there was a woman who supported him. If not, I don't know who he's going to put on the back.
"All right, let's go to bed!" bring Asha. However, Aji looked at him instead. "Why, Mas?"
"We're married, we haven't had the first night either. Can I ask for my rights?"
Instantly Asha became nervous, but still nodded her head. "But here is Khairi, Mas."
"It's okay, just slow down."
Until finally the night they were waiting for was done as well. Aji is a normal man, of course, can not hold back while sleeping one bed with the woman he loves. The cold night is warm and intoxicating. Both enjoy every touch and movement of his instincts. Until they achieve pleasure that cannot be expressed in words.