Love Coiled Stains
Dinner

"Rea, what's cooking, son?" Said Rina seeing me busy in the kitchen.

"Oh, here's some porridge for Arga" I replied, continuing to stir the porridge I cooked earlier.

"Porridge?" Rina felt astonished.

"Yes ma, last night Arga had a fever" I replied.

"Fever? Is he healed now?" Tanya Rina looked worried.

"Have you done, thank God he has improved this morning" I replied with a smile.

"Thank God, thank God you are, Rea. If you don't, mama doesn't know how to be Arga last night"

"Yes ma" I replied, honestly this heart feels sad because I hope Arga thinks what mama-in-law will think. I'd be happy if Arga said the same thing to me.

"Yes my. What the hell am I. Conscious Rea, don't be so hopeful. There's no way you can hug a mountain while your hands don't reach" My inner being.

***

"This is the porridge, please eat it" I said without having to look at Arga's sharp eyes.

Arga sat on her bed. He took the porridge and ate it.

"Enak" he said.

I painted a slight smile on my lips hearing Arga's comment about the porridge I made.

"It turns out you are also cooking pinter" added again.

"Thank you for the compliment" I said flatly.

When I want to be with Arga and act like I used to, like a few days ago. Arga's words that say I am a woman who has a certain intention to marry her again ring in my ears.

This heart is back. Instantly the debate between Arga and her papa came back to play in front of my eyes like there was a big screen playing scene after scene.

Back I locked up the intention of being open to Arga. I bow my face back to him.

"Rea, why are you still wearing hijab at home? Sleep also still wears a hijab. Isn't that angry or uncomfortable? After all, you jan is already my wife. Just relax open your hijab to me" she said again.

"I'm sorry, I'm not her I'm pretentious or anything. You can't accept me to be your wife. You only consider this marriage only to cover my status. So I can't open my veil in front of you. Even though we are legally married religiously and legally, you still only consider this marriage a compulsion. If later you can accept me completely, maybe I can just open my hijab for you" said I.

Arga just nodded in understanding. He just shrugged his shoulders in response. Like he didn't care about what I said just now. Though, I said that as an expression of heart and hope in heart so that she could open her heart to me.

I'm waiting for Arga to finish eating his porridge. After I made sure he finished finishing his porridge, I gave back the fever medicine to him.

"Today you don't go to the office. You just rest at home. Tomorrow, if it is really healthy, then you go to the office" said I give advice.

Arga nodded listening to my words. After she finished taking her medicine, Arga lay down to rest.

I left Arga to rest.

Arga took her cell phone which was on top of her bedside nightstand.

"Sandra where the hell is it? From yesterday there was no news. Time yes it's been clock as soon as not nyampe in paris" said his membotik atik his phone.

"Kemaren said he left Pekanbaru at nine. Arrive at Jakartanya at 11 p.m. And he said his plane departed from Jakarta to Paris at one o'clock in the afternoon, should his 4 o'clock this morning he had arrived. It's been at 8 am, is Sandra tired yes and immediately rested because of the long journey" he said again.

"But he could have typed in a message saying he was fine. Not typing a message for long. So I'm not worried like this" Inner again.

"Well, I better get some rest. Hopefully by noon he can be called"

***

"Assalamualaikum buk" I said when my mother called me this afternoon.

"Waalaikumsalam. What is. Your news?"

"Alhamdulillah I am good at buk. Mom and dad how are you?"

"Healthy too, son"

"Hmmm...." Mom seemed to think.

"Son, what about Arga? Is he still being cold with you?"

Degs...

To be honest when mom asks like that, want me to tell you what Arga told me. Words I have not forgotten so far. The words that make this heart ache.

When I thought back to that hurtful phrase after phrase, spontaneously all the Arga attitudes and words she said before we got married flashed back in my memory.

"She is the kindest woman" she said in praise of Sandra.

"Rea and Sandra are like heaven and earth. I just deserve to be with Sandra whose appearance is fashionable, current, different from Rea who can see for herself how she looks"

"Rea married me because she had a certain intention of approaching me" he said.

"Rea, why are you quiet? Any lazahah?" Mother asked sounding worried.

"No buk, I just miss mom and dad" I told a lie.

"Oh, mom and dad take care of their health there. Sorry Rea ma'am I let my mom and dad down" I said some clear water now running down my cheeks. That's me, if you've been chatting with mother, must be inborn sad. What else is so far away like this. Maybe if Arga is the husband who loves me, I don't feel this sad.

***

"Hallo" Sandra said as her phone rang.

"Darling, where have you been? It's one o'clock in the afternoon you can just connect" said Arga ngerocos.

"Sorry baby, my phone's dead from its battery. Arriving in Paris, I went straight to the hotel and took a break. My phone, I forgot to reactivate" Sandra said.

"I'm sorry, honey. Don't be angry" added him again.

"Yes, it's okay, baby. I'm just worried about you. Then I'm this big. About him you're far away. No one is looking after" said Arga.

"You calm down, I can keep myself here"

"Oh yeah baby, I closed the phone first. I'm gonna go out for a minute to get some food"

"Okay, you be careful over there. Remember to keep your eyes and heart for me"

"Iya Arga dear. These hearts and eyes are always for you" Sandra shut her phone.

***

"Rea, are you busy tonight?" Arga asked me as I was busy cleaning our room.

"Sir, why?" My friend keeps doing my job.

"Where are we going to dinner tonight"

"Yes dinner. Bahasa Indonesia dinner if you do not understand the meaning of dinner" said Arga who had just sat on his bed and pay attention to my work.

"Yes I know how stupid I am" My inner self.

"I mean why? Tumben" I said

"Yes, I want to take you to dinner because as an expression of my gratitude to you. You took care of me last night when I had a fever" she explained.

"OK" I answered.

***

"Ma, pa, tonight.we want dinner together yes outside" Arga said when we were ready to go to dinner.

"Eat dinner?" Tanya Rina looked shocked.

"Yes, dinner" Arga repeated.

Rina and Rudi looked at each other as if they could not believe what they had just heard.

"Why ma, pa?" Tanya Arga looked astonished to see the faces of her two parents filled with confusion.

"We can't go out" he asked again.

"No, it's not that. Yes, then you just go eat outside ya have fun ya" said Rina.

We also left the two middle-aged men of different sexes.

Lina smiled happily to see us off.

"O Allah pa, as his Arga had begun to open his heart to Rea. Evidently he wanted to invite Rea to dinner outside" said Rina happily.

"Yes ma, hopefully they get closer ya ma" Reply Rudi.

***

"What do you want to order?" Ask Arga when we were in a restaurant that was quite famous in the city.

I looked at the menu book given by the waiters of the restaurant.

"Spaghetti and water" I said.

"Well, 2 spaghettinya apple juice 1 and water 1 thank you." Arga said to the waiter.

"Well, wait a minute, sir" the waiter told us.

"Hallo dear" Arga said as her phone rang.

"Why baby? You don't sulk that dong" said Arga.

"So I was on the road, not on my phone ringing" Arga gave an excuse.

"Udah dong darling Don't sulk like that I'm not calm if you snack like that"

"Yes yes I'm sorry I'm better not to sulk again"

"Now have you eaten what yet?"

"Why haven't you eaten let's eat this mumpung I'm also eating Let's eat together"

"Yes yes, instead, I'll let you eat. So we eat it together just a different place, okay baby. Or we video call just to let go of longing. Yes, even if only passing via video call but will be able to treat a little longing I to you" Arga suggested

"I'll switch to a video call right away" Arga switched the call to Vidio call.

"Hello Darling Very beautiful you tonight" said when Sandra had raised her vidio call.

"So, it's just tonight that I'm beautiful. Usually, I'm not beautiful at night?" Sandra said as they made a video call.

"It's not, baby. You are always beautiful and you will be beautiful forever. Just tonight you look beautiful double double beautiful" Praise Arga to Sandra

To be honest this heart felt pain when they made a video call together like that. I feel like I'm like an unregulated mosquito repellent that accompanies them while making love like this.

I kept thrusting a mouthful of spaghetti into my mouth with a sore heart to find my husband my loved one was busy video calling with another woman.

"If you want to spread your affection to Sandra, you better not invite me to dinner like this. Even though I know you love Sandra so much and think I'm only the third person. But you shouldn't have done this to me either. If you knew my feelings, would you retaliate or even throw away these feelings thinking of him as useless trash?" My inner.

"Darling you were there a long time? I miss the weight of you" Arga said.

"Honey I'm here only two days yes it's still a long time I'm here you know myself I'm here for a month Well you are patient yes waiting for me to come home honestly I am too kangen loh same you but I will do this for our future also dear later when the servants want to ask your wife's work if you will be proud to answer My wife is a famous designer" Sandra.

"Different from your current wife. If your clients are going to ask what is your wife's job? I must be confused as to what to answer. And there's nothing you can be proud of from that village girl right?" Sindir Sandra to me.

"Yes you really love you are a woman who is suitable to be my wife" said Arga smiling proudly to have a woman as great as Sandra.

Degs...

I looked at Arga who was in front of me. Again this heart felt sliced as it seemed to insult me in front of the woman he loved. Although I always get scorn and humiliation from him but still this heart still feels sore when hearing those unpleasant words that come out of Arga's mouth.

I could see the look on Arga's face so much that I spoke like that about me to Sandra. I bowed my head to reflect on each hurtful word for word. I didn't feel some clear water running down my cheek. Although I tried to hold back so that I would not shed tears in front of Arga. I don't want Arga to think I'm a weak woman who can be bullied by both of them. but still this heart is not a rock that can stand when insulted and scorned like that by the people I love.

"Oh, baby, where the hell is it?" ask Sandra to Arga.

"Outside dear. Bosen's at home so I decided to have her dinner outside" Jawan Arga.

"Only?" Ask Sandra.

"Well, who else would love to be alone if I went out if I wasn't with you" replied Arga.

"You must be at home bored with your wife. That's why you eat out like this and I'm sorry baby I can't keep you there"

"It's okay, baby relax, I'm home again, so I'm out to get some fresh air" replied Arga.

Degs....

Instantly this heart felt like it had been struck by lightning in broad daylight hearing Arga's words unwilling to admit that he was currently with me in front of Sandra.

In fact he said that he was really bored with my presence at home when in fact he was the one who invited me out to dinner with him for thanking me because I had taken care of him when he was sick with fever earlier nightly.

Back I stared with a pain in my heart and back some clear water running down my cheek. I don't know which is for the sake of a hurtful word. Now said again by Arga in front of me.

"Oh Allah, he could have said that to Sandra. If I knew this dinner just to break my heart better I'd refuse it" My inner self.

"What the hell if I'm the same as you Ga? Until you don't do all this to me" Inner me again.

I quickly wiped away the tears running down my cheeks.

"O Allah, be patient with this heart. Be strong" My prayer in my heart.