Giving Birth to My Brother
5. Ariel's anger

Ariel opens the door to Elin's treatment room and barges in. He stared at the fierce Galang. He had often seen Elin with Galang and he thought Galang was the girlfriend of his sister. The appearance of Ariel suddenly made the laughter on Elin's lips perish. He gasped because Ariel came with an angry look.

"It's your same bag phone!" Ariel placed Elin's belongings at the end of the patient's bed. "You're all right, right?"

"Still," said Elin, glancing at the cracked screen of her phone and bloodstained. He wasn't sure it was his blood or Sinta's. "I'm not papa, I'm home tomorrow. How's Sinta?"

"Still to be treated here for a few days. You can take care of your own return, right?" ask Ariel.

"Yes. Just calm down."

Ariel met Galang for a few seconds. Galang tried to throw a smile at Ariel. "Ehm, I'm Galang Prakoso. I'm Elin's boss where he works."

"You are very close to Elin for the size of superiors and subordinates," Ariel said in a denouncing tone.

"Sir Galang is just around here, so he can stop by" said Elin, who did not want Ariel to misunderstand him.

"Is that?" Ariel turned her gaze at Elin who could only nod. "Well, you can laugh here as if you forgot what you did with Sinta yesterday!"

Elin swallowed hard. He did not want Ariel to be angry and angry with him. While Galang just looked at Ariel questioningly. He had not expected Elin's brother to be this angry when his sister was ill.

"I'm sorry" said Elin. I don't know how many times he's apologized to Ariel since yesterday, he doesn't know. "I'll look at Sinta's mother to her room."

"No need. You just enjoy your time with him."

Elin gasps. He wanted to talk more to Ariel, but the 31-year-old had already left his room. Elin looked at Galang unwell. He was a little embarrassed because he got angry in front of his boss.

"Why is your brother so tired? Does he usually like that, El?" ask Galang who can't take it anymore. He was really curious.

"Not really, Mom. Ariel is good" replied Elin. He drank water in his glass until it ran out.

"So why is he angry? He should be worried seeing you like this. Your head and hands are injured and even bandaged. Does he not care about you?" asked Galang with a bit of emotion.

Hearing Galang's words made Elin's heart so bitter. Well, it should be. He also wanted to get a little attention from Ariel. Unfortunately, he was only scolded even hated like now.

"I made Ariel angry, so it was natural that she was like that" replied Elin. "Actually yesterday when I was in an accident I was driving, I was with Sinta. She's my sister's wife. And Sinta's big pregnant sister has to lose her baby."

"What?" Galang. "His baby didn't survive?" Elin nodded with her head down. "But it was an accident, you shouldn't be mad at your sister."

"I know, Mas. But, it's my fault. It should have been after lunch, I took Sinta home, but I invited her to drop by all the new laptop," said Elin regretfully. If he could turn back time, he would definitely not let Sinta get hurt.

"Once again, it was an accident, right? Not because you're speeding or crashing on purpose?" asked Galang in disbelief.

"I understand, you don't need to tell a story" said Galang calmly. "Maybe your brother is just angry and lost."

Elin nodded. At least that's what he expected. He did not want Ariel to drag on hating him. He was also still a bit worried if he had to meet with Sinta later. Can Sinta accept her apology? Or will Sinta be angry like Ariel? Much more angry maybe?

"What time are you home tomorrow?" tanya Galang broke the silence. He stirred up the chicken soup left on Elin's table and got rid of it all because he believed Elin was no longer appetizing.

"Not yet to know, my. The doctor just said maybe tomorrow I can go home."

"Nobody is nememin, right? I'll pick you up tomorrow. I'll bring you a change of clothes too. What else do you need?" ask Galang while tidying up the small nightstand on the right side of the patient's bed. He placed several bottles of mineral water there so that Elin could reach him easily.

Elin looked at Galang in disbelief. He knew Galang was good, but he could not accept Galang's kindness like this. He did not want his friends in the office to misunderstand.

"Ehm, I can call Mirna to make it here later, Mas. Don't worry, changing clothes is easy. I'll take a taxi tomorrow." Elin grabbed her phone that was at the end of the bed. He tried to activate the flat object. However, his efforts did not yield results. He stared at the cracked screen of his phone everywhere until his lips spontaneously split.

"Might damage. Here let me see," said Galang. He took Elin's phone and checked it. "I think this needs to be serviced or even have to replace a new one. I'll take it to the repairman first."

"But, Mas .. I don't want to take nicotine."

Galang smiled faintly. "It's not bothering at all. You just calm down. I will be back here tonight. Now I have to go to the office again. You take a break" said Galang. He slipped Elin's phone into his bag. "Do you need to go to the toilet or what before I go?"

"Oh, no. Just relax, Mas. I'm fine."

"OKAY. Here I have prepared water with fruit if you laper again. Can be shared with patients next to it also if you do not like," said Galang.

Elin nodded. "Thank you, Mom. I'm sorry, I take a lot of nicotine."

Galang shook his hand as a code that Elin did not need to say that. "Yes, I'm going first."

Elin nodded slowly. He waved his hand at Galang until the man disappeared behind the door. He took a slow breath and then poured out his body. He heard the rafters from the side gurney praising Galang's kindness. He just smiled thinly. Well, he knew Galang very well, but he felt uncomfortable with Galang's kindness towards him. Moreover, Galang is his superior. He doesn't want any gossip at work.

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Meanwhile, Ariel had just returned to Sinta's room. He placed the food he bought on the nightstand carefully because Sinta was sleeping. He was about to give the food to Elin as well, but seeing Elin being fed by Galang made Ariel undo his intentions. Ariel took a deep breath. Because she was spotted by Elin by their parents, she became very sensitive when Elin was close to her male friend. Somehow, he really doesn't like it if Elin is close to another man.

Ariel reached into the cell phone in her pocket. He knows Elin's phone is badly damaged, but he accidentally doesn't give her a new phone because he's still angry. He put Sinta's phone on the nightstand after plugging the data cable to charge. He read for a moment some of the messages that entered his wife's phone.

Ariel's eyes widened instantly as she read a short message from her in-laws, Sinta's mother, who lives in the village.

"Sin, I want to come to town. I want to accompany you to give birth to your first child. I can't wait to see my granddaughter. You say dong is with your husband, you can't come and stay at your house?"