Giving Birth to My Brother
73. Elin Meet Firda

Elin had just entered the ER room with Ariel. A nurse and a doctor approached and saw Elin's wound.

"She was hit by a knife, Sus, but it looks like she's bleeding all the time. I'm worried" said Ariel.

"It needs to be sewn together, sir. Maybe the knife was sharp" the doctor said. "Before, um .. can sit here first."

Elin was guided by Ariel sitting in a small chair. He was a bit dizzy because he saw a lot of blood, especially it felt quite sore. He looked at Ariel who looked pale.

"Sister, this is just a small wound" Elin said with a laugh.

"Yes, but you have to be stitched up too. How about if you lack blood, you will get pregnant again," Ariel said pouting.

"No, it's just scratches but it's a little bit dalem maybe," said Elin. He grimaced when the dope was injected into his finger. "I don't know the knife is sharp. I'm so careless."

"Tomorrow if you want to peel and cut the fruit says the same to me. Let me cut it for you" said Ariel. He looked at Elin's finger that was being stitched up. "Let's be precious. You work with it, how if it hurts, you can't write later."

"Yes, I'm off" Elin said.

"Yes, you take a break. Don't wear it in front of the laptop." Ariel took a deep breath. He glanced at the clock on his wrist. Obviously, he was too late to come to his office.

"Will not go to work? I can go home by myself, relax."

"No. I came late. I'll take you home later," said Ariel. He obviously didn't want Elin to go home alone. In addition to his worries, he also fears Elin will run away.

"Know it?"

"That's sure. Does it still hurt?" ask Ariel. Elin shook her head. "Well done, Doc?"

"Udah, Sir. It's done, the wound" replied the doctor.

"Alhamdulillah. Is there a cure or ointment?" ask Ariel again.

"Yes, ada. I'll make the recipe first, sir."

The nurse approached Ariel while the doctor wrote on a scrap of prescription paper. "Ehm, please administer it" said the nurse.

Ariel stood up first and patted Elin on the shoulder. "You're here. Abis redeem the medicine later we have breakfast together. Okay?"

Both of Elin's eyes immediately sparkled. The pain in his finger disappeared instantly because he was so happy to spend time alone with Ariel outside the house. He looked at his finger wrapped in a small bandage. Ah, he doesn't mind getting a little sick but getting a lot of attention from Ariel.

"Well, we'll take the drug first at the pharmacy" Ariel said.

"okay." Elin stood up. He felt Ariel's hand infiltrate his fingers carefully. He had dreamed of this for a long time, so that he could be taken by Ariel.

"What do you want for breakfast?" ask Ariel.

"All right. I've been a very flat laper and don't use queues if there are," said Elin.

"Yes, there's a cafe. We have breakfast there. I haven't had a chance to coffee before," Ariel said chimed in.

"okay."

After taking the wound ointment for Elin, Ariel took Elin to the car. The car turned the road for a few minutes and stopped at a cafe that was not so crowded.

"Have you ever been here?" ask Elin.

"Not yet, I just left that I noticed. Like a new cafe. Yuk!"

"You're Mas Galang, right?" ask the woman.

Ariel turned to Elin who nodded slowly. In Ariel's heart, who else is this woman. Why do you know Elin and Galang? There's no way this woman knows anything about her relationship with Elin, right?

"Oh, Madam Firda," muttered Elin. "I didn't expect to see you here."

"It's my cafe, you ...." Firda looked at Ariel and Elin alternately and then he looked at the hand of Elin who was being held by Ariel. The woman smiled too. "This is your husband?"

Elin smiled awkwardly. He pulled his hand from Ariel's grasp and rubbed his nape with a huff.

"Sorry, would you like to order a menu? In a moment, we actually just opened," said Firda who realized there was awkwardness between them. Either because he was familiar with Elin, or because Elin did not like to be asked about personal things, or maybe other reasons. Firda can't guess.

"We're sitting there" Ariel said, raising her chin toward the corner of the room.

"okay." Elin also complied. He immediately sat down and read the menu offered by the cafe owned by Firda. He felt rather calm because he met a girlfriend from Galang. Moreover, the last time he met Galang, the man was already somewhat suspicious of him.

"Just write down what message you want here" Firda said, holding out a menu notebook. He waved at a waiter to help them both choose a menu.

"Okay, thanks, Ma'am." Elin smiled stiffly. "Oh yeah, congratulations on launching the cafe."

"Sama-sama," said Firda cheerfully. He looked at Ariel who was still reading the menu book without ignoring her. He is somewhat curious about Elin's relationship with Ariel. He had thought Ariel was Elin's husband, but he was also somewhat surprised because suddenly Ariel did not seem to give much attention to Elin.

"Is that not Elin's husband?" muttered Firda who now stands behind the customer booking table. He glanced at Elin's slightly puffed stomach, he was sure Elin was pregnant. So he quickly concluded that it was Elin's husband.

Firda's attentions broke when he heard his phone ringing. He stared at Galang's name on the phone screen. Covet's beloved granddaughter has arrived!

"Hello, Mum. Tumben you called, had breakfast?" greet Firda gently. He is still in PDKT mode with Galang because Galang has not forgotten the figure of Elin.

"Ehm, Mama nanyain you keep going. He said you rarely play here anymore" said Galang across the street.

"Oh yeah? Really Mama nanyain me?" goda Firda with an enthusiastic tone.

"Ngapain I lied," Galang said. "You know, Mama wants me to marry you."

"But you don't want to, do you? I know what, Mas," said Firda in a bored tone.

"I want us to be normal, Fir. We have long been victorious. If you want to play here with Mama, I have no problem" said Galang.

Firda chuckles. "Please, I play sometime. I just met because of the grand opening cafe. It's the fifth day, it's a pretty rame coming."

"Alhamdulillah, I'm going along with it."

"False, Mas. Um, this is one customer that you know as well, you know," Firda said as she looked at Elin who was chatting with Ariel. The more he noticed, the more convinced he was that the two were staring intently.

"Who? My buddy?"

"Elins. He is here" replied Firda. He was silent for a while because Galang also did not respond. "She's the same husband. Pregnant again, I guess."

"His husband? Did you see her husband?" This time, it sounded more enthusiastic.

"Yes. Wh why? You've never seen Elin's husband?" ask Firda.

"Yet. Can you tell me what her husband is like?"

Firda rolled his eyes, he could not understand why Galang was so curious about the figure of Elin's husband, but he immediately said, "Behold, I sent him a picture."