LOVE THE CHILDREN OF JURAGAN
Recognition

"What's up, Er?" mentari asked as the two were making out and suddenly Erdana stopped.

Hearing Mentari's question, Erdana simply kissed Mentari's forehead, then got off the bed and put on her clothes back. After that, he came out of the room.

Mentari did the same. He then approached Erdana who was already out of the room. The man was seen gulping down a glass of cold water that he had just removed from the refrigerator.

"You're okay, aren't you, baby?" mentari asked as she held Erdana's cheek.

Erdana quickly hugged Mentari. I don't think he can hold all this anymore.

It's been almost a month since Erdana was unable to make love with Mentari. Every time he tried to touch Mentari, the image of Yasmin's hysterically crying face filled his brain.

"You're not okay, are you?" Mentari asked as their embrace unraveled and Erdana stepped onto the sofa and sat there.

Erdana took a deep breath several times. "I made a mistake."

"What mistake?" ask Mentari and get closer. "Whatever mistakes you make, I'll stay by your side. Do you remember the promise we both made? Whatever our partner's faults, we'll try to forgive each other and fix them together." Mentari sat beside Erdana and held the hand of the man she loved.

Erdana looked at Mentari. His heart hurts. Especially when he saw the eyes of Mentari who was full of love to him.

"I don't know if this mistake can be forgiven."

The sun came back holding Erdana's cheek. "Darling, tell me everything so you can be relieved."

"The night I saw you hugging Prayuda, I became very angry. I went to the pub and drank a lot there. Bojes drove me to the village because I knew my family was there. I went into my room and saw a woman sleeping there. I thought that was you. Drunk and angry, I made love to that woman. The next morning I realized I had raped Yasmin. The girl was crying in fear in the corner of my room when my mother went in there."

Mentari's hand holding Erdana's hand slowly slipped away. "Yasmine? Yasmin Satria's doctor's son? Yasmin, who is Noah's sister? But, how did he get to be in your room?"

"Yasmin stayed there because his parents were in a neighboring village. My mother thought, since I rarely sleep in that room, she would allow Yasmin to sleep there."

Tears of Mentari falling. "You raped Yasmin?"

"Yes. When I saw that there were blood splotches on my bedsheet, I became more and more screwed up by realizing that Yasmin was still a virgin."

"He's only 19, Er."

"Yes. And she just had a handsome boyfriend and seemed to love her very much. I feel so guilty. Especially when I saw Yasmin's eyes that hated me so much, I felt so ashamed." Erdana bowed, her cries breaking. The mentari hugged him.

"Dear, relax. We'll find a way out. How's Yasmin's family responding?"

"They also look angry and disappointed in me. But how else? I never wanted to hurt Yasmin either. My mother told me I should marry Yasmin. Yasmin refused me. I can't marry her either. Uncle Satria said that he wanted to report me to the authorities. But what I heard, Yasmin herself asked not to do. He said he was ashamed that people knew he was a rape victim."

The sun cupped Erdana's face. "Darling, I know this is something unpleasant to accept. But it all happened. Learn to cover everything. Yasmin was very hurt. It is not easy to forget the rape. Maybe this is all wisdom. We don't know how God designed our way of life."

Erdana looked at Mentari with a smile on her face. Mentari always wins his heart.

"We just rest. Tomorrow we have to work, I also have a fashion show. I promise you, I'll finish it all until the end of this year so we can be together, and block our love for the world. I'll have more time for you and maybe our children will be born."

Erdana kisses Mentari's forehead. "Let's go to sleep!"

The two stepped together into the room while holding hands.

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Gayatri entered her daughter's room. Yasmin was absent but Gayatri heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom. He took Yasmin's dirty clothes from the basket. As he examined the pockets of Yasmin's pants, he was surprised to find a cure.

Gayatri quickly brought the medicine to her husband. Satria just finished her shower.

"Mas, what medicine is this?" ask Gayatri.

Satria took the medicine and read it. He scrunched his forehead. "This is a type of drug that is commonly used to thin the blood that clots. This drug is often abused by some people. Usually taken to destroy a fetus that is still a few weeks old."

"You mean if you take this medicine someone could have a miscarriage?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Astaghfirullah's. This drug I found in Yasmin's pants pocket."

"What's? But...."

"Mas, is Yasmin pregnant?"'

Satria was silent for a moment. "If we count from the day of the rape, it's been a month and a week. Yasmin could've been pregnant."

"Mas, is it possible for our child to take this medicine because he does not want to get pregnant?"

Satria did not answer Gayatri's question. He immediately stepped into his daughter's room. Gayatri followed her husband's steps.

"Yasmine!" call Satria.

"What's up, dad?" ask Yasmin who just finished changing clothes.

Satria raised the medicine that was in her hands. "What's this?"

Yasmin's face immediately turned pale.

"You're pregnant, right?" ask Satria with a little emphasis on the word pregnant.

Yasmin did not dare to look at the faces of her father and mother. He had just bought the drug yesterday and his plan this morning was to take it.

"Yasmin, answer father's question!" gayatri.

"Yasmine.....!" Gayatri held her son's hand and immediately embraced Yasmin lovingly. "Don't be like this, son. Calm yourself." Gayatri took her son to sit on the edge of her bed.

"My son, don't even think about aborting your womb. Because it's not her fault, she's now in your womb. All this happened at God's will." said Gayatri, caressing Yasmin's head, which was leaning on her shoulder.

"I'm not ready to be a mother. After all, this child is from a man I don't love at all. I'm gonna die, ma'am. I don't want to endure this disgrace. Especially having to give birth without a husband. I want to be a great doctor like you." cried Yasmin.

Satria sat down next to her son. "My son, a doctor is in charge of saving the lives of the patients he is handling. He will try in all ways and theories that have been learned so far to be able to make someone healed. If you want to abort your womb, then you have failed to become a doctor. I know it's gonna be hard for you to accept, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to accept it. In your stomach is life. You need good cooperation to be able to support each other. So far, many women do not want a pregnancy at the beginning of the pregnancy process that occurs. But as they feel how it grows, that love will slowly grow."

"But what about my college?"

"You'll still be a doctor. If your child is born, you will take care of him. I'm sure also that Aunt Naura will support you" Gayatri said.

"I don't want to marry Erdana. No...!" yasmin said among his sobs.

"Even if this isn't fun for you, Erdana deserves to know that you're pregnant. He must take responsibility for marrying you" Gayatri said.

"Dad, don't let me marry Erdana. I don't want daddy. I beg.....!" Yasmin held her father's hand with a face full of pleading.

"Do you think Andre can accept your situation like this?" ask Satria.

"I'm sure Andre is a good guy. He would have accepted me. He loves me so much, Dad. I'm very confident in Andre's feelings for me" Yasmin said.

"alright. You try talking to Andre. But either way Erdana and her family should know that you're pregnant." Said Satria.

Yasmin did not respond to what her father had said. The decision is round. He did not want to meet especially close to Erdana.

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"Darling, sorry for dinner I'm postponing tomorrow huh? My mother asked me to come home today. Of course I'm happy because mom finally wants to talk to me after almost a month she's so cute with me" Erdana said from a phone call.

"alright. Give my regards to your mother and father. Later if I have time, I also want to meet them."

"Why don't you come and bring my mother's favorite chocolate cake?"

"Truly too, huh? But I came a little later. Maybe half eight of me went to your house."

"OKs. See you tonight, huh? I love you."

"I love you too."

At seven in 10 minutes, Erdana arrived at her parents' house. The house that he always missed for a month but because his mother was very indifferent to him, Erdana chose to stay in his apartment.

As he stepped into the living room, the waiter directed him to the back garden. There was a small cottage where they used to spend time together.

Elmira was there too. Daffa that does not exist.

"Assyn....!" Sapa Erdana's.

"Wa'alaikumussalam!" vishnu and Elmira together. Naura was silent with slightly swollen eyes. Erdana kissed her father and mother's hands and sat down next to Elmira, facing her parents.

There was no food on the table as Erdana had previously thought that she would be invited to dinner together.

"Abang, mom and dad called you here because there's an important thing you should know." Vishnu opened the conversation.

"What's up, dad?" erdana asked a little worried. He saw a tear that fell on the face of the hijab woman in front of him.

"Yasmin's pregnant."

Duars.....!

It was as if there was a great thunderbolt with a loud voice that was pouring down on Erdana's head while listening to it.

"Yasmin huh..mil?" Erdana repeated as if she had not believed what she had heard.

"Yes. Yasmin's pregnant. Your hearing is still clear, right? Yasmin's pregnant!" yelled Naura a little loudly. Without them realizing it, right at that moment, Mentari had just approached the cottage while carrying a cake. His steps immediately stopped hearing Naura's screams. The cake in his hand immediately fell to the ground. The heart of the sun is like stopping beating.

"Aunt Gayatri this afternoon came here. They're not asking you to marry Yasmin because their son doesn't want you to marry him at all. They tell me because you are the father of the child." said Vishnu.

Erdana closed her eyes for a moment. His head felt heavy. It was as if he was carrying a very heavy burden.

"Even if Yasmin doesn't want to marry you, tomorrow we'll go to Satria and Gayatri's house. We're gonna propose to Yasmin and get you married. The boy is innocent. It's because of your mistake to drink too much alcohol. Then you should marry Yasmin for the sake of the child" Naura said firmly.

"But I love Mentari, ma'am. He is the love of my life. How can I marry a girl I don't love?" erdana said loudly.

"Forget Mentari! You must be the man in charge, Erdana! Because I gave birth, kept, and raised you not to be a cowardly man! I'll die if you don't want to marry Yasmin!" threaten Naura with a very serious tone.

"Mother....!" Erlina doesn't like to hear her mother's words.

Mentari quietly left the place. Her heart was saddened to hear the fact that Yasmin was pregnant.

The minister called Prayuda. "Pre, can we meet tonight? I need a friend to pour out my heart."

"You know I always have time for you. We'll talk in my apartment, okay? I just finished this meal."

The mentari got into his car immediately. Mind fucked. He could forgive Erdana who had raped Yasmin drunk. But when I found out Yasmin was pregnant, Mentari was unable to accept it.

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