I Found Love With You
156. Taking Care Together

Alena's in the nursery. Earlier this morning, twins Faras and Faris were released from the hospital. Now, she is completely overwhelmed with two compact baby twins crying.

“Ateep..

“Whispering, Len. If you scream like this, they deserve to cry. They're distracted by your crypreng.”

“Where are you from? I'm calling why don't I hurry here? If I shout call you that means the situation here urgent.”

“I'm making milk for them, Len. They cry because they are hungry,” explained Atep.

“Kok you can know they are crying because they are hungry?”

“I helped Teh Iyah take care of Aras and Aris When they were babies, so I know the meaning of hungry baby cries.” Atep measures the temperature of milk water into its measuring device. With Sadiyah in a slump and unable to pump her breast milk, the newborn twins were forced to come out of the incubator to drink formula. The ASI supply was up two days ago.

“Aras, Aris..where are you? Auntie kangen with you.” Back tears welled up in Alena's eyes. He was really worried about his nieces, both those still in the hands of the kidnappers and the twins who had not yet received the warmth of the mother's embrace.

“Patrice, Len. Your brother and his team are trying to find Aras and Aris.  Now you just focus on these twins, twins who do not have a name.” Atep also looked sad. He loved Faras and Faris. He knew them from infancy and helped them. The sadness must be the same as the sadness of Alena, their aunt.

“As A Endra already said. Let's just call the twins with Upin and Ipin. The more kingly this, we call Upin and this one calls Ipin,” said Alena origin. He was completely unable to think of a nickname for his two new nieces.

“Upin.” Alena kissed one of the twins with a more pinched cheek.

“Ipin.” He also kissed a smaller baby. According to the doctor, Ipin's body is smaller because while in the womb, oxygen input is longer to the brain.

“Why can they be twins but their ability is different in absorbing oxygen?” Alena was curious about the reasons revealed by doctors when asking why their sizes could be different.

“Then also Aras and Aris, the size of the body is different,” said Atep.

“Who is bigger? Must be Aras, right?”

“Kok you can know?” atep was astonished by Alena's guess.

“Seeing from the behavior of the more annoying Cedar,” said Alena trying to smile. He was reminded of Faras's various behavior that often made him dizzy but now, he really missed Faras' ignorance, as well as his cold attitude. He also misses Aris's hospitality and friendly attitude.

“Aras are larger in size when baby. Cedar also grows stronger and often becomes a protector of Aris. If anyone insults and taunts them because they have no father, Aras will confront the children who mock them. Often also Aras fights with children who are bigger than them.” Atep's explanation makes Alena miss her beloved twin duo even more.

Oaa…

After finishing one bottle of formula, Upin and Ipin returned to tears.

“It seems they are not yet full. I made them some more milk. You carry them first!” atep command.

“Wait, Tep. You're the one who carried them and I made them milk.”

“Any thing you can?” atep asked in a mocking tone as if Alena could not make milk for her twin niece.

“Never tried to do it. But I will if you teach me.”

“Now is not the time to study. You don't see they've been crying like that?”

“But I can't carry them together. I don't dare, fear they fall.”

Then Atep took Upin from the top of the Mattress and placed it on Alena's right arm.

“Right hold.”

Then Atep held Upin who was still crying loudly and placed it on Alena's left arm.

“Nah, already. Shake your body slowly to the right and to the left.”

“You wait a minute. I made them milk.” Atep immediately rushed to make milk for his twin nephew.

Luckily Atep had brought a hot water flask and milk bottles to the nursery so Alena was not left alone.

“You carried Upin, I carried Ipin.”

Atep and Alena look like new parents with children. They work together to give their best to their nephew.

“Funny also calls them. Upin and Ipin.” Alena chuckles at imagining the duo of plontos-headed twins, famous cartoon characters from neighboring countries. From the time I was a child to adulthood, Upin and Ipin didn't grow up. They still go to school in kindergarten.

“If later we have twins, maybe like this.”

“Hm..”

“You want to have twins?” ask Atep.

Alena shakes.

“Why not want?”

“And I told you that having twins is complicated. Just look at it now. We both got tired of taking care of them.” Alena pointed at Upin and Ipin.

“Ribetnya is double but surely happy also double. Aye right?”

“Know ah. Married not yet, already talking about children. Twins or not is the business of the Almighty. Arfan and Arfin are twins only, their children are not twins. You still remember my twin cousins, right?”

Atep nodded.

“So the matter of twins or not twins, we think about it later. Now our focus is on Upin and Ipin. Poor them, not yet full of drinking milk already have to drink formula.”

“Try you to talk again with Teh Iyah. Persuade her to breastfeed her twins.”

“This morning. Pas Upin and Ipin brought home I had directly thrust Upin but Teh Iyah immediately cried hysterically and shouted to Aras and Aris.” Alena recounted her experience this morning while trying to persuade Sadiyah.

“We have to how, Len. A Endra is also difficult to contact.”

“I'm also confused. I also can not help much because I have to take care of Aki whose health is declining due to the news of the kidnapping of Aras and Aris.”

Since knowing the condition of Aras and Aris who were kidnapped, Sadiyah's condition worsened. She is depressed and refuses to breastfeed the twins she just gave birth to, leading Atep and Alena to decide to postpone their marriage to an indefinite deadline. Everyone focused on Faras and Faris.

“Try you who persuaded Tea Iyah, Tep,” proposed Alena.

Atep nodded and headed towards Sadiyah's room. He went into the room and saw Sadiyah lying down blankly.

“Teh...” call Atep slowly.

There was no reaction.

Then Atep sat on the right side of the bed.

“Teh, Iyah Tea..” Atep trying to call again.

Tears flowed down Sadiyah's cheeks. He looked at Atep.

“Atep?”

“Iya, Tea. It's Atep.”

“Tep!” suddenly Sadiyah was crying hysterically.

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to be continued...