HATE Before LOVE
Enchanted.

Ardan placed his car keys and wallet on the only desk he had in his new house that he had only been in for a few hours, but of course Teddy had filled it with a comfortable bed, AC, and a comfortable bed, refrigerator, stove, sofa and coffee table. Ardan asked her not to fill it with a lot of furniture.

Ah, his heart was very happy, his lips continued to sing a smile that was not tired while humming even though time had shown at two in the morning. The brief kiss on Elif's lips that he had not planned still gave off an intoxicating sensation of vibration. Ardan could not imagine if he did more than just a kiss.

"Akkh..." He threw himself on the bed, he hugged the bolster, smeared the bolster imagining it was an Elif. Holy hooch!

Suddenly the phone rings. Vidio's call from Elif, like there was no fatigue and drowsiness, he immediately sat down, tidying up a bit of his hair before finally answering.

"Did you miss me already? An elif? You're where? Why is it so dark?"

"I'm under the covers." replied Elif. His voice was slow.

"Why are you hiding under the covers?" Ardan frowned, he could not see Elif's face at all.

"Because I'm scared."

"Fearful? What are you afraid of?"

"Either, since then, even from before I went out to meet you, whenever I tried to close my eyes to sleep, I always felt that someone had come into my room and had malicious intentions, then I heard a cry for help. But when I opened my eyes, there was nothing. But my heart is beating so fast. Like I was being ambushed."

"That-so?"

Your head may not remember what happened that day, but your body remembers everything....

"Ardan, Ardan! Why is your face so sad?"

"I just want to hug you now. You know, throw away all your fears and anxieties."

"Sorry, I can't get you to rest."

"Why apologize? I'm glad you called me, you're looking for me at a time like this."

"Cand..."

"Yes?"

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"It's okay."

"Well, go to sleep now, you should also rest. Let me accompany you to sleep, don't turn off the phone."

"All right."

"But you don't get under a blanket like that, you're gonna hurt in the back."

"But I'm scared."

"Don't be afraid, there I am. Have you locked the door?"

"It has. I also put down a chair to prop up the doorknob."

"Well, get out of the blanket now, so I can see you."

Elif flicked his blanket, his hair getting messy unguided, but it made Ardan so fascinated. There is no pretence, no sweep of make up, natural with beauty that cannot be denied Ardan.

"Why do you see me like that? What are you thinking?" elif asked suspiciously.

"Marry you, live the rest of my life with you, watch our children grow up and find love."

"Ardan... Do you really want to marry me?"

"of course! Your question is strange. Never mind, just sleep now, tomorrow afternoon I have a gift for you."

"Gift?"

Ardan nodded. "Therefore, sleep now, lest you be drowsy when I give you your present."

"But what gift?"

"Consecret. It's a suprise."

"Come on, tell me a little bit, what gift?"

"It's no secret and suprise his name if you know. Sleep now!

"But-"

"iii geceler sevgilim." (Good night, baby)

Ardan closed his eyes even though his lips were still smiling.

"iii geceler sevgilim."

The sound of activity coming from the kitchen and outside the house was faintly heard finally making Elif force open his two eyes that were so reluctant to open. He needed a few more hours of sleep after a long night of anxiety and looked at Ardan's calm face sleeping through his phone screen.

Elif blinked his eyes, timidly the already very bright sunlight peeking out from the gap of the room window curtain. Elif moved his head, looking at the clock that was already showing at eleven o'clock in the afternoon. The screen of the phone is dead, indicating Ardan has disconnected their vidio calls somehow since when.

Elif sat down, stretched his muscles, yawned widely, scratched his head which made his megar hair even more fierce. He uncovers the blanket, forces his body to get off the bed and drags his feet out of his room.

For a lifetime, this was the saaf where Elif remembered himself waking up very late.

I will definitely end up cornering myself. The complaint in the heart.

He went straight to the kitchen where the sound of cooking came from. He had to take a shower to make himself feel fresh, not like a zombie. He prepared mentally because he believed he must be in the kitchen too. For the first time Elif regretted the existence of a bathroom that had to be adjacent to the kitchen, but once Elif entered the kitchen how surprised he was that he was seen there was not Zehra, not Adit, nor Yanuar, but Ardan!

"What are you doing?!" Elif glared, surprised to see Ardan who was holding the silks and fryer perched on the stove igniting his small flame.

"Oh, you're awake." Ardan relaxed, he smiled to see how the woman he loved when he woke up. "You're gorgeous."

Elif immediately tried to tame her megar hair that refused to deflate. Ardan turned off the stove, poured spaghetti on two dishes and placed it on the dining table. Then he approached Elif, looking at her lovingly.

"Why do you see me like that?"

"Because I'm fascinated."

"Ardan! Ish, don't joke." Elif retreats a little. He felt insecure about the appearance of waking up. "Now answer me, what are you doing in this kitchen?'

"Cooking spagetti."

"Ardan, I asked seriously."

"I also answered seriously."

Elif threw a cynical look at Ardan who was looking at him with an anxious look.

"All right, all right." Ardan put both hands in his pants pocket, "I was asked by Mom to accompany you for a while at home, because I had to go out. Because I'm hungry, so I cook spaghetti, and because I'm sure you'll be hungry too, so I cook two plates."

"Where's mom going?"

"I don't know."

"Adith?"

"School."

"Dad? Do you know you're here?"

Instead of answering, Ardan simply smiled looking at Elif.

"Stop that smile!" Cetus Elifs.

"You're adorable. Don't worry, just take a shower, and then we'll eat. I'm so hungry."

"But why are you eating here? You're not working?"

"No."

"Why not work?"

"Why don't I work?"

"Why did you answer my question with a question? It sucks!"

Ardan was even chuckling.

Elif surrender. He finally went straight to the bathroom to refresh himself.

Ardan then came out of the kitchen, he pulled out his phone to contact Teddy who was driving Zehra to see Yanuar.

"Hows it? Does he want to sign the letter?" ask Ardan. "Hemm... Is that what it looks like, then? All right, we'll find a way out. But as much as possible I want the man to stay there until Elif recovers and can testify."

**"

Fifteen minutes passed, Elif only realized he was not carrying a change of clothes, while the clothes he was wearing had been submerged into a bucket with other clothes. He couldn't possibly wear wet clothes from the kitchen to his room, the whole floor could be muddled. But he also can't possibly just wear a towel out of the bathroom while he's just alone with Ardan at home.

Elif opened the bathroom door slowly, peeking a little looking for Ardan's whereabouts. But the kitchen looks empty, there's no Ardan there. Slowly, Elif opened the door and came out of the bathroom while remaining alert to the existence of Ardan who could be anywhere. While walking quietly, Elif came out of the kitchen to his room that had to pass through the family room, without Elif noticing someone accidentally seeing the scene with round eyes, his body immediately frozen, his lips opened.

Did I just see an angel who just finished a bath?

Elif managed to reach the room, locked it and heaved a sigh of relief, he thought he had survived Ardan's vision. In fact, the man was struggling to hold himself back from calling Teddy back to immediately call the ruler.