
Sapphira was still awake at night, she did not feel sleepy at all. Sapphira just stared at her sleeping children, the atmosphere in the village was very quiet and dark. Perhaps no one was awake anymore than she was, Safira re-enjoiced at the memory of the times when she and her husband were still together. Usually if Sapphira could not sleep like this, Abizar would always accompany her to chat until Sapphira was sleepy and they slept together.
The flashback
That night Sapphira could not sleep because she felt restless, somehow that night she felt like she was feeling lost and sad.
"Darling, is something bothering you? Why haven't you rested?" abizar asked as he hugged her from behind.
"I'm not sleepy yet. If you are tired, rest first. Later I will follow" Safira replied as she touched Abizar's hand that was holding his stomach.
"Is there something you're thinking, baby?" abizar asked, clinging to his wife's body.
Safira smiled at Abizar's attentive question.
"Why today I feel so sad when there is no reason for me to be sad" Safira replied.
"Darling?"
"Yes bang?"
"There's something I want from you"
Safira frowned.
"What's that?"
"Can you change your call to me? It feels like I made no difference before marriage and now, because you still call me BROTHER"
Sapphira smiled at her husband's words.
"What do I want to call you?"
"As far as you go"
"What if I call you a mas?" safira asked as she turned her body towards Abizar.
"It's better, I like it" Abizar replied hugging Safira back.
"Oh yeah, why do you feel sad?" ask Abizar again.
"I feel like I'm going to go far away as a child" Safira replied slowly in her husband's arms.
"Lho, tomorrow I'm going out of town, baby. Did you forget?" ask abizar again.
"Not that mas" answered Safira lirih.
Abizar took a deep breath while smelling the fragrance of Sapphira's hair.
"I don't know what you mean go that far, baby. But as long as I'm still breathing, I promise I'll never stay with you and the kids. My affection for you is not for a moment, so I will never let go of what I have been fighting for all this time. You are the best and most beautiful treasure that I have ever had" Abizar said, clinging to Sapphira.
Flashback off
"Mas, I miss you. Can I live my days without you? Children are devastated by your sudden departure like this" Safira said, sobbing softly for fear of disturbing the children and the rested Eti.
Sapphira touched her flat stomach, there were Abizar and Sapphira's developing children, the presence of the child was always waiting for by Abizar. Every night Abizar always rubbed Safira's stomach, and hoped that the fetus would soon be present in their midst.
"Son, do you know? Your father is looking forward to your presence. She always asks my mom, are you here? Why haven't you given a sign of your presence? And many more questions papa has about you. Know, son, even though you haven't had time to meet your father, your father is a good man, the best father for his children. You do not grieve because there is no papa, your mother and sisters will always love you. You have to grow well and healthy there, we will always wait for you until the time we meet later" said Safira at length while rubbing his stomach.
***
The morning began to say hello, the cold atmosphere of the countryside made Safira pull her blanket back, plus last night she could only fall asleep in the early hours.
"Mama, is mama okay?" qirani asked who was sitting next to Sapphira.
Qirani was worried because it was not usual that after the morning prayer his mother returned to bed, Sapphira will usually always bring children and her husband if one of them returns to sleep after prayer.
"Mmmh, my mom is fine, brother. Just a little dizzy from sleep deprivation last night, has Papa El come here yet?" safira asked Qirani while forcing herself to get out of the bed.
"Papa El has not come yet ma" replied Qirani quietly as she lowered her head staring at the fingers she was playing on her lap.
"Sister why? Mama's same story if someone disturbs my sister's mind" asked Safira because she saw her daughter was moody.
"I... I miss papa Abi, ma" Qirani replied while hiding a face with her palm.
Safira was stunned to hear Qirani's reply. She missed her husband, but she could do nothing but pray for him.
Sapphira hugged Qirani who was crying beside her.
"If you are kangen papa, you try to pray and convey that longing through prayer. Who knows, you will hear the prayer of your brother and will meet your brother in a dream" Safira said while rubbing the head of Qirani.
"Is it true ma, papa will hear it?" qirani asked a little enthusiastically.
"So don't try it, hopefully his prayers are heard by papa" replied Safira.
Hearing Safira's reply, Qirani had calmed down a little and started to stop crying.
Safira and Qirani exit the room coinciding with Arselo's arrival to the Eti ni house.
"How are you doing now, Fira?" asked Arselo who saw Sapphira and Qirani coming out of his room.
"I've been better, El" Safira replied.
"Do you feel nauseous and dizzy? Arsela told me to bring you this vitamin" Arselo said, handing over the bag of crackles he had brought from the clinic where Arsela was staying.
"Thank you El, you shouldn't have to bother like this" Safira said as she received a bag of crackles that Arselo carried.
"I don't feel bothered at all Fira. Where did Day and Rai go?" asked Arselo when he did not see the two boys.
"It seems to be in the kitchen, it was dawn I asked to help nini there, I was a little dizzy so I could not accompany nini" Safira replied.
Arselo stepped into the kitchen ni Eti to greet his two sons, he saw them chatting with ni Eti while warming his body in front of the furnace. For a moment Arselo heard something that concerned him and Abizar, he did not go straight to them and chose to eavesdrop a little. It was disrespectful, but he was curious.