
Rico had just walked out of his study as he passed by Rei's quiet room, unlike a few hours ago when he was sneering still heard the atmosphere of the room was still so cheerful filled with the sound of chatter and laughter of Rei crisp, crispy, joking with the woman who somehow always believed Rei as his mommy.
Rico bows his head through the unlocked door, on the bed he sees Meta sleeping a little sideways, with Rei also sleeping in a tight curled up position next to him.
Actually Rico was reluctant to get close, considering it seems like he is not polite if approaching Meta who is sleeping fast, he said, but seeing the scene so sweet that it could shake his soul made his steps sway just like that without his will.
Rico pulled the single chair near the table, putting it closer to the side of the bed. Then after that he had sat there ..., long stuck.
The pain in Rico's heart felt real as the memory brought him back to the memories.
With Lila, Rico even too often saw similar scenery. Rei and Lila who had fallen asleep while waiting for him to come home from work.
Until this moment Rico could not even believe, if in reality ... this time .. he and Rei had lost Lila for all eternity ...
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Meta just finished calling mom, who apparently even already knew that he was out of town because of the urgent task of the company.
“Indeed I know where I'm from outside the city?” meta asked astonishment when he realized what Mr. Rico said was true.
Mother did not worry anymore about her who no longer returned home, even for the next three days, because it turns out that mother had known before Meta told her.
“Nak Rudi told mom this afternoon."
“So Rudi called mom? But ... why can he call mom ...?” ask Meta again when considering that the man has not even contacted himself at all.
Rudi always sends a message to Meta, even if it is just a good night's sleep or reminding himself not to eat late.
Meta has even checked the inbox of all social media that he has but the results are nil. Rudi really never contacted him until tonight and it made Meta feel a little lost.
Although it is clear among them there is no bond .. but their closeness lately makes Meta feel accustomed to the presence of Rudi and his attention is minimal.
‘Is the man very busy ..?’
Meta.
“Of course you can. Prospective daughter-in-law dream mom can call mom anytime ..” Meta daydreams are interrupted when she hears the sentence across which is spoken with a tone full of pride.
“Mother! What is this mother talking ...?” Meta squealed stifledly, before then reflexively covering his mouth when he realized Rei who was asleep beside him looked squirming, probably feeling a little piqued with the intonation of his voice that suddenly rose.
The sentence of the mother who was always excited when bestowing the title of her ideal son-in-law to Rudi made Meta's head become increasingly dizzy.
“Why don't you guys go out of town together ...?”
“Mother!” Meta felt he really had to decide his mother's sentence which sounded increasingly under control.
“Meta, you don't have to yell at mom like that. I only asked ..”
“But mother's question is really strange. If Rudi knew what I was talking about right now .. wouldn't you be ashamed ..?”
“No. What are you ashamed of? I really like Nak Rudi, and Nak Rudi likes you a lot too. You're the one who always pretends to be stupid ..”
“Gosh mom ..” Meta muttered almost desperately, subconsciously his head had already shaken many times. “Hhh .. fine .. it's up to mom, and I'd better end this conversation as soon as you can't talk ..”
The response across the street sounds like it's whining but Meta no longer cares. Because the important thing is that now I already know that he is out of town and it is impossible to go home like the original scenario of Mr. Rico who always on behalf of Mr. Tian in all his arbitrary actions in order to be able to suppress himself who certainly no longer has the courage to protest.
“Iya .. yes ... work well. Because if tomorrow you get married, not necessarily Nak Rudi still allows you to work let alone not go home for days like today ..”
“Mother!” meta's voice again choked to hear his mother's sentence again. ”Akh .. well mom, I'll hang up now. Assalamu aleikum, bu..”
Meta hurriedly ended the conversation before his head would actually explode if it continued to serve the mother.
There was not a moment after the conversation ended, suddenly the tail of his eyes caught the shadow of Mr. Rico who approached the room he occupied, whose door was indeed slightly stretched.
Suddenly for no apparent reason Meta closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep like Rei just as the man was standing at the door.
Meta's eyes were closed, but his alert ears could clearly hear the sound of the approaching subtle steps, following the faint creaking of the chair's drawn sound.
Meta can even feel the air around him suddenly become sultry instantly, once his nose again captures the distinctive aroma of Mr. Rico who somehow feels very
it was fun to breathe, and then again it felt thrilling as the air that filled his nasal cavity sent strange signals to his brain.
Furthermore, the scene without words and without motion in the room the longer it feels more torturous. Making Meta had to curse himself many times why he was so stupid when he decided to act pretending to sleep, he said, because the position that now has made some parts of his body feel cramped and began to numb so afraid he made the slightest movement that could make Mr. Rico suspect that he was cheating men that's by pretending to sleep.
In the silence that continues to dominate .. unwittingly, the memory of Meta and Rico suddenly focused on the same incident.
The incident a few hours ago, which was started by Rei's increasingly demanding whimper.
‘Daddy ... let's kiss mommy ..’
‘Daddy .. come on, daddydyyy ..’
At that time Rei's pair of eyes that were originally cheerful had changed with pleading gazes when he saw his initial request not being responded to by the two adults before him.
And while Rico and Meta were still frozen without a word Rei's gaze again turned mellow.
While staring at Rico and Meta alternated suddenly Rei's cry had already broken just like that..
‘Daddy .. huuhuu .. daddy won't kiss mommy again ...? daddy doesn't love mommy anymore ...? daddy doesn't love Lei .. daddy ..’
‘Cup.’
Deg ...
Deg ...
Deg ...
Time seems to stop.
Two heartbeats that each sound no longer like a beat, but already more similar to the sound of a tambour being hit by a madman, so strong pounding ...!
Their eyes looked at each other, their pupils dilated against each other.
Wakeless. Silent without a word .. and they kept like that until some of his old jokes.
Even the moment Rei's cry had changed with a smile that had grown perfectly ...
Followed by a cheerful laughter Rei who sounded so happy filled the entire corner of the room ...
Even after Rei who they had unknowingly jumped up and down on the bed was no longer among them ...
Rico who realized first chose to turn away from his face, before finally getting up from his seat, without talking stepped out of the room with a step that seemed to swing flat.
No one knows that in there .. Rico's heart seems to want to scream surrender because it is no longer strong to withstand the harsh adrenaline that is controlling him.
What Rico felt was actually a combination of shock mixed with anger .. and mixed again with a strange feeling that did not know what his name was ...
While Meta who realized after that reflex closed both eyes tightly, while inwardly berating himself.
‘I'm crazy!’
‘I've really gone crazy!!’
‘Why did I dare to kiss her??’
‘What is currently on my mind **P**ak Rico accepted the shameful deeds I did? That man must be angry! Then what if the man thinks I'm cheap ... because of my desperate deeds?’
Continued to bathe full of regret when a shadow of the scene that somehow got the encouragement of the devil from which made himself desperate to bring his face closer to Mr. Rico and put his lips just on his cheeks back twisted back.
Meta could even see clearly and so closely how Mr. Rico's eyes widened perfectly and the man even did the same thing as himself.
Even how soft Mr. Rico's skin when touched the surface of his lips is still clearly felt ...
‘Why, God? Why can I so easily commit such an embarrassing folly?!’
Bathin Meta screaming, have not stopped and feel satisfied to wrong yourself when remembering somehow every whimper Rei always makes himself helpless and always want to do anything to be able to immediately restore the joy of the boy that it?
Meta's heart felt like it was crying blood realizing how shameful he was that had committed the most shameful folly on earth..
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