For A Husband Who Doesn't Love Me
10. Chicken Soup

Maira was out of the house early in the morning to go to college. As Hidayat said before, 'no need to ask me for any permission', so Maira is free to go in and out of the house without having to tell her husband first.

After Maira's death, Hidayat also came out of his room, such was the life they lived. This morning Hidayat felt a hunger twisting. Last night because of college work, he was up to forgetfulness to eat. Before going to the stall, he stopped in the kitchen. The room that had been unfamiliar to him the last few days since he got married.

His sense of smell was suddenly aroused when he smelled a pleasant aroma on the dining table. He opened the hood of his late brother's favorite green dish, and he saw chicken soup in a box of rice and a box of white rice sprinkled with fried onions.

Without a second thought, Hidayat immediately ate the food. Indeed, his stomach was also no longer able to compromise at this time.

Hidayat ate so voraciously that there was not the slightest bit left on the dining table.

"Alhamdulillah... I miss cooking like this..." He said as he stroked his full stomach.

As he was about to get out of the dining room, how surprised he was to find Maira standing before him. "You're not leaving yet?"

"It was waiting for the bus at the front stop, but remember Maira's stock left behind, Maira turned back again..."

"Be-be-behind?" Hidayat. How shameful he remembered the food in the hood he had eaten just now.

"That's your lunch? Why the forgetfulness? I thought I'd get rid of it if no one ate it, so I spent it... Many more..." Omel Hidayat tried to resist embarrassment.

"So, you ate it?"

"Why? You mad?"

"No... Maira is happy to eat Maira's cooking... Everything gone?" Maira smiled, unable to hide her happiness.

"Yes, even if it is a lot, at least the food will not spoil... That's why I spent it..." Hidayat sounded sniffling.

"Maira has a new girl friend on campus, so Maira will bring more supplies for her..."

"As far as you... Men also do not matter, so you can give up sooner..." Hidayat said as he left Maira who was made sad by his words.

Maira walked towards the dining table. He smiled at the box that had been full, but now empty. But on the other side of his heart, he was so hurt hearing Hidayat's words.

"Are there people who can change completely like that? Why now every time that comes out of his mouth to me, just like a dagger that rips to the heart?" Maira sniffles. Early in the morning she was made to tremble by her own husband.

He forced also to walk to the stop even though his legs seemed to wither. There he sat waiting for the next bus, because the usual bus must have passed.

"Maira...!" A man wearing a white oblong and wearing a brown hat matching his pants and shoes came closer to him.

"Aryan Lady?" Maira smiled happily. He stood up to welcome the arrival of the man. His sadness disappeared for a while.

"Why is Maira here?"

"Waiting for the bus..."

"Where is Maira going?"

"Maira's going to college, Bang..."

"Maira's studying here now?"

"Yes, Bang... It's only been three days... Where is Bang Arya going?"

"Abang just got back from filming, happened to be this way. Maira want to come with you?"

"Emmm, thank you, Bang... Maira just take the bus..." Reject Maira with a sigh.

"Yes, I understand... Doesn't Hidayat want Maira?"

"Emmm..." Maira's turning clumsy. He seemed to think for a moment before answering Arya's question. "It's usually ushered in, Bang... But, today there are customers coming from far away, so Maira took the bus..."

"Owh is..." Arya.

"Well, that's the bus coming... Maira first yes, Bang... Assalamualaikum..." Pamit Maira stood up and stepped towards the bus stop.

"Wa'alaikum greetings, be careful, May..."

Arya felt like she had not been to the stall for a long time. The last time he went there, the stall was so crowded that he did not go in and chat with Hidayat. This morning even though Maira had said that Hidayat had customers, he still wanted to visit.

Once there, Arya sees the stall just opened. There are already customers in line, but not too many. He put on his mask and got out of his car immediately.

"Mang Aryan...!" Hidayat cried while waving his hand at him.

Arya replied to Hidayat's hand, then walked towards the stall. "Hey, newlyweds, how are you?"

"Ah, Bang Arya could have..." Hidayat smiled a lazy smile. "Come on, come on in, Bang..."

"Modal Neat Brother came here, Yat... Maira said, you have an important customer arrival today..." Arya said as she followed Hidayat into the stall.

"Maira?" Hidayat turned to Arya, looking at the dashing young man with a puzzled look on his face.

"Yes, it just so happened that Brother was passing by at the front stop of your house... Hmmm, your house is, now..."

Hidayat also smiled clumsily at Arya's words that emphasized the word your house now. He was suddenly strange to remember the history of everything he currently has and he enjoys.

However, his little heart continued to reject the truth, and said that all was not his desire.

"How did you get through there?" He tried to shift his feelings.

"It just so happened that the location of the filming of Abang in Kemang, so you will go home through the front of your housing complex, Yat..."

"Owh..." Hidayat.

"Where's the customer? How do you look so relaxed this morning, Yat? Is it not because of my brother's arrival here, huh?"

"Eh? No, no, Bang..." Hidayat nervous. He thought for a moment. "Yes, the kiosk customer did come, but fortunately just gave birth to a love letter. Pretty, make us move non-stop until the break time, Bang..."

"A lot of it, Yat?"

"Five notes, Bang..." Hidayat answered while pointing his five fingers.

"That means the arrival of Brother now is not right, yes, Yat?"

"It's normal, Bang... The most important thing is meeting his customers, Bang... Ready for the last business, anyway the expedition there later in the afternoon is also the way, Bang..."

"Really, Yat...? You're bored in the apartment, you want to play here first, right?"

"By, Bang... Is your brother having breakfast?"

"Yet..."

"Ki, please ask for breakfast to Oda's cafeteria, yes... Make Brother not necessary, replaced for bang Arya only..." Hidayat cried to the beloved employee of his late brother-in-law.

"OK, Bang..." Rizki immediately came out of the stall after being ruled by her landlady.

"Have you had breakfast, Yat?" Arya looked at him with a seductive smile.

"Already, Bang... Maira was made of chicken soup with rice..." Answer's relaxed.

"Ah, I forgot you have a wife now..." Arya clawed with a smile. "Where, Yat? Beautiful, right?"

"Already, Bang, don't discuss... Later you will not even be impatient to find a partner..." Elak Hidayat tries to hide his life with Maira who is not as beautiful as people imagine.

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