Giving Birth to My Brother
31. Ariel and Sinta

Elin did not respond when Sinta vented anger at her. Well, he knew Sinta was very afraid if he took Ariel's heart. Sinta even repeatedly asked her not to fall in love with Ariel.

Seeing that Elin was silent, Sinta stood up. He spent a long time in the kitchen making two cups of hot tea. When he returned to the dining table, Ariel had also descended from his room. Elin chose not to continue eating. Elin took a sip of water in her glass and died on the dinner table.

"What's wrong?" ask Ariel. He looked at Elin who was washing his dirty dishes and turned his gaze to Sinta.

"No papa, Mom. Here's your tea, let's eat. I take rice yes," said Sinta as she bent the rice onto Ariel's plate. "You eat first, Mas. It's a real malem."

"Yes, Honey. I was laper. This is Budhe Sarti's cooking looks really good." Ariel took the crackers out of the jar and started eating. Next to her Sinta smiled faintly.

"I'll go to the room first." Elin took a plate containing several pieces of mango fruit that he had not spent. He looked at Sinta who gave him a cold look, while Ariel gave a small nod to him.

"Are you angry with Elin?" ariel asked as soon as Elin was not seen again.

"No, my mom. Let's eat first, don't discuss Elin," replied Sinta.

Ariel looked at Sinta meaningfully. Instantly he felt wrong. On the one hand he does not want Sinta to be jealous while on the other he also wants to pay attention to Elin. Especially considering the message from Budhe Sarti earlier, it seemed that he really did not pay much attention to Elin who was pregnant young.

"I want to talk" said Ariel. He and Sinta just returned to the room after dinner.

"What do you want to say?" ask Sinta while sitting on the edge of the bed. He was still upset and looked pouted.

"I know you're angry because I yelled at Elin earlier" said Ariel. He sat down next to Sinta and grabbed her shoulder.

"That's you know, Mas. I told you I don't like seeing you both." Sinta brushed off Ariel's hand and stood up in a huff.

"I'm just nyapuin Elin. You know, Elin's really hard to eat, I just want her to eat, baby," said Ariel as she stood up and pulled Sinta's arm. However, Sinta flinching, she again brushed Ariel's hand away from her body. "Darling, Elin was pregnant young. Elin also needs nutritional intake so that the baby it contains is fine."

"And you want to bribe him every day? 3 Times a day?" hardik Sinta's.

Ariel rubbed her hair in annoyance. "Of course not. You don't think weird dong. I really just want to see Elin eat enough, pity she's already lemesy from yesterday."

"So you did it because you care about Elin or because you care about our baby?" ask Sinta loudly.

"Elin is my foster sister" Ariel reminded. He held both of Sinta's shoulders gently. "Can't you see I'm taking care of my own sister?"

"You slept with Elin, Mom!" Sinta brushed aside Ariel's two hands and turned her body. "My perception has changed. I can't see Elin as your sister anymore. I never could!"

Ariel took a deep breath. He hugged Sinta from behind. This time he was stronger to hold Sinta's body, he did not want this fight to get worse. "You know, I married Elin by agreement, Sin. We don't use feelings, you calm down. I just. .. I just thought about the baby in Elin's womb. Our babies. What if our baby why-why because Elin can not eat well? We started all of this, so I don't want us to fail either. The baby must be born well and perfectly."

"Of course. I don't have any more feelings for Elin" Ariel said. He felt his chest rumble at this moment for reasons he did not know. However, he tried to ignore her because he did not want Sinta to be more angry with him.

"I also want our baby to be healthy, Mas," said Sinta softened. "But my heart aches when I see you so close to Elin."

"I understand, Honey. We hope that the time of Elin's nausea will soon pass. Later if his stomach is already gedhe surely he will not need much attention me again," said Ariel reassured. "Elin's son is rarely sick, but if he is sick he will be spoiled. So I understand why he's such a gini. If we don't pay attention to Elin, who will?"

Sinta nodded slowly. He agreed even though his heart still did not like it. "I kind of told you to marry again. It's not good to be polygamous, Mom."

"You remember, my marriage with Elin won't be long. Once the baby is born, our marriage will be over" Ariel said. Sinta nodded back. "Partly according to the agreement, I won't do anything with Elin after she's pregnant, honey. It's only natural that I give Elin the same attention because she's pregnant young. You just calm down, we both have no more feelings."

Sinta weighed for a moment, he was not so sure if there would be no love between the two after the marriage took place. "I'm scared, Mom. I fear you will turn to Elin who is far more perfect than I am. I'm .. I'm just a disabled woman."

"No, sweetheart. For me, you are the only one. Okay?" Ariel stretched her arms and twisted Sinta's body. He saw Sinta starting to sob in front of him. So, what Sinta feels is not just jealousy, but he still feels inferior to his condition.

"You promise you won't leave me, will you?" ask Sinta.

"I promise" replied Ariel. He held Sinta's hand tightly. "You don't think weird anymore. I didn't mean to share my heart when I was alone with Elin."

Sinta nodded slowly. "You're not gonna fall in love with Elin, are you?"

"No way. You just calm down. I did it all for the sake of our baby. Consider it that way. Okay?"

Sinta nodded back. "I'm really scared that you're getting away from me, Mom." He hugged Ariel tightly. He didn't want to lose Ariel.

Gently, Ariel returned Sinta's embrace. "Elin will stop working as well, maybe starting tomorrow or the day after. So, I don't have to pick Elin up anymore."

"Are you serious?" tanya Sinta looked up.

"Yes. I asked Elin to stop working, she was tired. I'm worried that if he insists on working, he's going to put our baby" Ariel said.

Sinta nodded in Ariel's arms. He clenched Ariel's body tighter now. A sense of relief was also lodged in his heart now. He was sure Ariel would not turn away from him. Perhaps true what Ariel said, he just had to try to see Elin as the figure of Ariel's only foster sister.

Ariel and Sinta do not know that the chatter of the two of them has been heard by Elin who accidentally passed in front of their room. Because the door was not closed perfectly, Elin could hear the faint chatter. He who was about to fill his bottle decided to return to the room with weak steps.

As soon as he entered the room, Elin sat behind the door. She did not want to cry like this, but her heart seemed to be sliced by the words of Ariel who only cared about the baby in her womb. He should have known and hoped for nothing more. Elin lowered her head deeply, sobbing louder and louder without anyone knowing.