INFINITE LOYALTY
NELANGSA

After the three enter the forest, Ethan's steps are stopped and followed by two women who walk behind him.

The eyes of Riani and Viola were immediately dumbstruck at the sight of the tiny building standing firmly in the middle of the forest.

Around him grew various green plants and various types of flowers with butterflies flying around.

"How about An-an, do you like it?" ethan asked with his happy face.

"Ma...You mean Fa'i?" riani asked stammered and confused.

"It took me a long time to find this place, until I finally found a place almost like the one in the fairyland of your dreams.

"House in a fairy tale?" riani asked, confused.

"Yes, have you forgotten? when we were kids, we both loved to read picture books, I loved adventure stories and you loved fairy tales, and I'm inagt once that you ever wanted to build a tiny house that is similar to the house in the fairyland when you grow up later" ethan replies and tries to recall his memories with Ethan back in childhood.

Riani's memory goes back to her childhood when she was eight years old, when she was already in Elementary School, every school break he and Ethan would prefer to go to the library to read their favorite story books.

Riani also remembers telling Ethan that she aspired to build a fairytale-like house when she grew up...

Riani's gaze returned to the figure of the man who was looking at her expectantly.

Ethan aka Fa'i who is standing upright as if he wants to show that he is strong, but actually his soul is fragile.

Riani let out a long and heavy sigh, her heart saddened at the thought of her childhood friend as well as her first love suffering.

"I remember it, but.. That's my goal and I want to make it happen with my own efforts and my own hands Fa'i..." Riani finally tries to convince Ethan.

"I just want to make it happen with you An-an, can't I?" ethan asked again with a sad look on his face.

"Yes, of course you can but...Not like this either"

"I've already diverted this house in your name" Ethan said as he picked up a roll of paper under his shirt, which once saw Riani know it was a land certificate.

"But Fa'i I really can't, because this is too big for me..." Riani refused to accept the certificate, especially Viola who is the wife of Ethan is also there, Riani felt very bad.

She knew exactly how Viola felt if she were in her current position, it would definitely be very painful to see and watch her husband gift a house to another woman.

"If you don't want to, just tear the certificate of this house..." Ethan said with his face and eyes that looked disappointed, while forcibly handing over the land certificate in Riani's hands.

Riani intends to immediately return the home certificate to Ethan, but suddenly Viola prevents Riani by pulling back Riani's hand, then she shakes her head, with the intention that Riani does not do that.

Riani is determined to return it, which she says is not her right.

But just now Riani will catch up with Ethan who is walking into the house with a face that looks cranky, again he was stopped by Viola, but this time with a stronger grip.

With smiling lips and serious eyes, he nodded his head as if to say he was okay.

Not yet Riani thought again, Viola's hand had pulled Riani following Ethan's step into the house above the door named "An-an's Fairy Tale Country House."

When the two entered the house, it turns out that the scenery in the house is more amazing to make Riani and Viola stunned and stupefied by the scenery that is really like a replica of the house in the fairyland.

"How was An-an, just like your childhood shadow?" ethan asked as he hugged Riani's body from behind which made him very surprised and returned to his consciousness.

"Very good and in my shadow, thank you very much Fa'i..." Riani replied while letting go of Ethan's embrace.

In any case Viola is Ethan's wife, and Riani should be able to keep her feelings in check, even though Viola indirectly says it's okay, but deep down one's feelings no one knows...

"I'm sorry...Then I'll just wait outside, let there be time for you..." Surprise Viola with a forced smile.

Riani tries to prevent Viola from leaving the house, but Ethan stops her and pulls Riani's hand back into Ethan's arms.

"Fa'i you don't do this...You already know that if I'm married, if you continue like this, I won't accept this house and won't be able to come here..." Threaten Riani to carry out her strategy just in case something doesn't happen that she doesn't want.

"Yes well, I know and I won't mess around as long as you're a wife, but I'll be waiting for you whenever An-an..." Ethan said as he hugged Riani's body tighter, then let go of his embrace after gently peeping Riani's head.

"Thank you for your understanding..."

"But you have to promise me, as long as we're both here, in this house I want you to always be with me..."

"But right now I'm waiting for her grandfather to pick me up"

"Then I take you to meet your grandfather's permission, how?"

"Long-life, I just talked about it, Pekak now calls me..." Whisper Riani in heart, after looking at the phone screen and know pekak called her.

"Where is your son now, Pekak looking around in the shop but aren't you there?" asked Pekak in a worried tone of voice.

"Riani apologizes for not telling Pekak first...At the store Riani met with Riani's friend and immediately invited her to his house, now Riani is at his house"

"It's okay, son, as long as you're okay, Pekak is calm, call Pekak again if Riani's going home later..."

"Yes Pekak, sorry...It's been a hassle"

"It's okay, son, then check into the house wak Made first, do not forget to contact Pekak if you want to go home"

"Yes, be careful..."

After Pekak hung up, Riani turned off her phone.

"Who called you?" asked Ethan who was already sitting on a chair by the window while staring out the window with a view of the forest and sea that spoiled the eyes.

"My grandfather, he's been anxiously waiting for me, I think I should go home"

"Can you accompany me to sit here for a while An-an? after that you can go home, I promise"

"All right, I'll hang on to you for a second"

Riani walked towards Ethan who was looking at her, then she sat down next to Ethan.

Both of them just fell silent while staring at the scratches of God who clashed with each other beauty.

"If we could always be like this until we get old, An-an..." Whisper Ethan shrieked.

Riani replied, Ethan's head suddenly fell and leaned on Riani's shoulder which made him surprised.

And as he looked closely at Ethan's face, it turned out that he was fast asleep.

"This kind of calm face, I want Ethan...I beg you not to suffer any more in your heart, get healed and be happy with the life you are living, so that I can calmly let you go..." Whisper Riani with tears as she gently kisses Ethan's head.

After he waited for a while and was sure Ethan was still fast asleep, with Ethan's head slowly placed on the back of the chair where Ethan was sitting.

Then he entered into one of the rooms that turned out to be the bedroom, immediately in the way of a blanket in the wardrobe and when it was opened it was already dependent on various models of women's clothes with famous brands, namely, Riani immediately realized that this room had been prepared specifically for Ethan, because when he looked around the room, various knickknacks and favorite items Riani neatly arranged.

And there are two photos with large size and gold framed with beautiful carvings on display there.

Instantly Riani cried for a while, but immediately her hands closed her mouth so as not to let out a loud sound that could wake Ethan to sleep.

The two photos that make Riani cry are a photo of her with Ethan as a teenager, and they officially become lovers, and the second photo is of her, her father and Ethan when they were both five years old, precisely when they are recreation together to the zoo in the photo is a little Riani in a carrying on the shoulders of her father, her father, while Ethan stood in front of Riani's father who was in a squatting position and warmly embraced Ethan's shoulder.

The three took pictures with happy smiling lips.

"I'm sorry Ethan...I shouldn't have hated you that my own father loved you so much...His passing has blinded me and blamed you for the mistakes of your parents..." Riani said with her soft voice on the sidelines sobbing...

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After her crying subsided and her heart settled down, she went on searching for a blanket for Ethan.

Riani then picks up the blanket and takes it to the living room, where Ethan is asleep.

Arriving in the living room, Ethan is still asleep.

Riani approaches him then slowly envelops Ethan's body.

In his face back a thin mustachioed face in front of him that.

In the soft elus of Ethan's head then he whispered softly the words in Ethan's ear...

" Sleep well and calm your heart, because I want when you wake up, to be Ethan, whom I've known all along, I look forward to, let Fa'i live in the memories of our childhood..."

After Riani was done, she immediately left the room and walked over to Viola who was waiting for her outside.

The wind began to blow coldly, as if accompanying the hearts of the two women at this time...

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