
"Eungh" Keyra bellowed from her sleep, rubbing her eyes adjusting to the slightly dazzling light.
Keyra realized that only she was in this car alone and her husband was nowhere to be seen.
Where did the man go, Keyra thought.
After waiting for a while and Daniel never returned Keyra finally decided to get out of the car, intending to find her husband. He immediately tidied up his belongings and then stepped out of Daniel's luxury car.
"Away awake?" yet Keyra's foot came down from the car, Daniel's voice coming from the side.
"Eh, yes" Keyra replied nodding.
"Coffee" Daniel held out his hand right in front of Keyra, giving him a cup of coffee he had just bought. Yes Daniel went down and left Keyra who was still asleep in the car because he wanted to buy a drink. When awakened from sleep Keyra would need a glass of coffee to relieve drowsiness.
"Thank you" said Keyra to her husband's hand.
"Together" replied Daniel.
"Where are we now?" keyra asked after taking a sip of Daniel's coffee.
"Look there" Daniel directed his hand to the view behind their car.
"Beach" said Keyra.
"Yes the beach, I think enjoying the afternoon atmosphere on the beach is not a bad idea" said Daniel.
"What time is it?" keyra asked as if she had just realized something. The place they were visiting right now must be quite far from their place of origin.
"Four hours" Daniel answered.
"That means I've been asleep for three hours" Keyra said in disbelief. She was cruel to let her husband drive for hours without anyone accompanying her. Luckily Daniel took him safely to his destination.
Daniel told Keyra to go to sleep, but Keyra refused. He said he was not sleepy and would enjoy the sight of their trip which unfortunately only lasted a little while. Keyra's drowsiness suddenly attacked and was unbearable again until finally unconsciously asleep. Naturally, Keyra slept too late last night because he had to finish his job. Keyra remembers last night she had just gone to bed when the time showed at three in the morning and she was not alone. Daniel will keep her company until Keyra's work is done. And so they do their work until three in the morning together. Now Daniel must be feeling very tired because the man was also sleep deprived.
"I'm sorry I don't know if I've been asleep for that long" said Keyra, unwell, speaking with her head bowed. He also recalled that this morning Daniel's face looked quite pale and perhaps it was because it accompanied him to stay up late.
"No problem, you must be exhausted because last night slept too late" Daniel smiled soothingly.
"But Big Brother also slept late last night just like Keyra. You should have woken up Keyra so that we take turns while driving" said Keyra really felt bad.
"I really don't care Key. Besides, now we're here" replied Daniel.
"Let's go down now" asked Daniel to Keyra who was still bowing her head.
Although it still felt bad but Keyra complied and started getting out of the car. And again what he can do now, but now they have reached their destination. Maybe with an attitude of obedience and make Daniel happy today can make up for his mistakes.
While looking around, Keyra was seen frowning. He realized the place they had come to was now very familiar to him.
"So often here?" keyra asked, looking at her husband as she walked.
"A few times but not counted often. Why?" daniel looked at his wife.
"This is the beach I used to visit with my dad. It's been a long time since I've been here again. Several times have planned to visit here but canceled because they are lazy to come alone" explained Keyra with a smile. It seemed like the thirty-two-year-old woman was very happy to return to visit this beach.
"really?. You happy?" ask Daniel to make sure. Keyra's smile meant everything but Daniel wanted to hear it from his wife's mouth.
"Yes very happy" replied Keyra sparkling happily.
"Good then, it means that I am not alone to feel happy visiting this beach" said Daniel.
"Thank you Brother" said Keyra sincerely, did not expect him to return to visit this beach after a long time passed.
"No need to say thank you. From now on if there's a place you want to go just tell me so we can go together. Maybe I couldn't agree to it right away because I had to adjust the schedule first. You also cannot just leave your job. So if you can tell me your plan is a few days before our departure so we can both manage the time. Understood" Keyra involuntarily immediately nodded her head. Daniel's words made him unable to dwell. I don't know, but Keyra has never experienced anything like that before.
"Now don't feel alone anymore. However you consider this marriage I promise I will always be there for you. So don't give me anything" Keyra stared for a while, feeling moved by her husband's words. Daniel sounded so serious about saying it that Keyra did not feel sad when he mentioned about their marriage relationship. From the words of Daniel, the man was like handing over the matter of marriage to her.
"Sometimes we feel like we can live alone and that happens the way it does. God granted our wish but here" Daniel pointed to his own chest.
"Looks lonely. That's how I felt when I chose to stay alone" Daniel continued.
"Then why not go back to living with your parents. I think papa and mommy sister would definitely be happy if you come back to live with them" Keyra commented giving the solution that came to her mind.
"Yes, everyone said that but circumstances forced me to stay apart"
Keyra frowned at the sign of not understanding the answer Daniel gave.
"Don't think about it, for sure I'm a pretentious child who wants to be independent because it's finally choosing to stay apart" Daniel chuckled at the puzzled expression shown by his wife.
"When I asked seriously" Keyra scowled. He was already feeling pity because he felt Daniel's story was almost similar to his. Yes Keyra felt that, he always glorified if he could live alone. It's just that as time went by Keyra felt everything was empty, she was lonely. His spirit in living every day because he has not realized the dream of one more father's dream. Actually two but Keyra had rejected it first openly on his father. And at that time his father just said try it first until the limit Keyra is no longer able to live it. It's just that the stubborn Keyra still refused.
"Don't frown like that people will think I'm not being nice to my wife. What if they record and make a fake story go viral. You know for yourself how the world works today" Daniel said withholding his laughter. The annoyed look on his wife really made him happy.
"Sister sucks" Keyra said, getting upset.
Daniel gave his smile, seeming to disturb Keyra is his new hobby at the moment.
"Alright I apologize, princess. I have a special offer just for the princess. As a sign of my apology what if I take a picture of the princess as a memento has been to this beach. The princess could see it when she missed the moment when she was here. I'll take as many pictures as the princess wants. So is the princess willing to apologize to the servant?"
Keyra mendelik lazy, indeed they live in the era of the kingdom until Daniel called it as the princess. Moreover, Keyra will not be proud when Daniel called him that, in fact, Keyra is just a scoop of ashes.
"When should I wait for Key?" daniel is impatient.
"Yes yes I'm sorry" Keyra replied indifferently. The woman still held her sense of regret.
"Sounds not sincere but it doesn't matter. Let's take a picture before it gets dark. I don't want you to get angry about failing to capture the moment today. There seemed to be a good spot" Daniel walked ahead of Keyra, he did not want to get Keyra's fierce gaze to reply.
The beach breeze began to feel so piercing because the day was getting late and Daniel did not want them to linger too long there. He didn't want Keyra to get sick after this.
"From Key, stand there" Daniel called Keyra who walked quite slowly or actually he who walked quite fast because he was too excited.
"here?" asked Keyra a little scream.
Keyra was confused about putting up her pose. Usually Keyra who will be in the position of photographer, and then Keyra did for the benefit of his work.
"Yes, smile" said Daniel began to take pictures of Keyra who was standing with the pose of his feet. Honestly, Keyra was nervous, even very nervous. He has not taken a picture like this for a long time and now Daniel is the first love to be his photographer. Can imagine how awkward he put up a fose while his heartbeat pounded uncharacteristically. It feels like just smiling is hard. Why is Daniel so charming. Whatever the man did looked amazing.
"Let's look that way Key" Daniel said.
"Slightly down"
"Look to the right"
"Swipe a little more, yeah good like that"
"Make a candid fose by looking towards the beach"
"Give both hands and laugh"
"Don't look at the camera"
Daniel continues to give directions and his way of successfully making Keyra's rigid fose slowly fade. Keyra was also without much drama following the direction of Daniel because honestly he did not know what to pose. His focus was on being fascinated by the photographer.
Every time taking a picture of Daniel will see the results and thankfully the results of the picture he took are very satisfying. Daniel is sure Keyra will love it. Fortunately, he was often forced to become a photographer until the results of his shots did not disappoint.
"Already, let Keyra see first" said Keyra who felt he had run out of style.
Daniel brings his phone closer to his wife, showing her the results of his shot with Keyra as his model.
"Good, big brother is great to take pictures of" said Keyra. Didn't think the picture would be that good.
"That's because the model that was taken beautiful until the results also became beautiful" Daniel's sombre that made Keyra blush.
"Don't you like photography?" ask Keyra to divert.
"Not really, but I did learn photography first"
"just fine. I thought if you didn't become CEO then you'd end up being a photographer" Keyra said.
"Why could that be?" ask Keyra wonder. How can Daniel say such a thing while his shots are very good. Daniel just said being able to learn is not really learning. If you have time to learn the results are as good as this what if the man really learns.
"Because my customers won't pay for my services" Daniel said ambiguously.
"Where can it be. Brother must be firm about the payment problem so as not to lose. Why is he talking like that?. Daniel hasn't tried to open a photography business"
"I've been very familiar with their attitude. If I became a photographer there were two people who would monopolize me every day, ah even now one more. In total there are three or maybe four yes" pokir Daniel seems to think about recalculating.
"They won't pay me and I don't have the power to charge them. Because of them I also had to study photography"
"Who?. Let me go to their house and crash it. Where can they do such coercion" asked Keyra. He did not accept when Daniel said he was forced to study photography because of someone else.
"really?. You dare?" daniel put on a serious face.
"Of course, what to fear if not guilty. So tell me who's the guy?" ask Keyra back.
"But I thought when you found out you were going to join their plot. Their influence is strong"
Keyra began to rile, Daniel who is an heir to the Wijaya Group alone is not confident in dealing with people who have forced him to learn about photography. Then what about her?. But he must go forward no matter how justice is to be done. Keyra's determination was already unanimous in giving lessons to those who had forced her husband to learn about photography.
"I won't be affected that easily" Keyra replied with a hump of conviction.
"I hope so" replied Daniel.
"So who's the guy?" ask impatiently.
"Mama, Risya, Kak Raya and also Rayna" Daniel smiled. Keyra was immediately lethargic at once upset. Again Daniel managed to work on it through word games. Keyra thought too far back. He thought Daniel had experienced something sad.
Netra Keyra stared intently at her husband who again easily stroked her. Damn again Keyra is also very young trapped in the man's acting.
When Daniel told the story, it sounded and looked so convincing that Keyra thought what the man said was real. But it's not real, it's just not as bad as Keyra's mind. Daniel dramatizes the story too much until Keyra's mind dribbles in a negative direction. Keyra knew that her husband did it on purpose to upset her.
"So didn't you come to their house?" asked Daniel with a small look. It felt like he wanted to laugh out loud at this moment. Keyra's sharp gaze did not scare him at all but instead looked adorable in Daniel's view.
"So!. If I had the chance to meet them I would say that you didn't learn about photography. He also told others bad things, saying that he was forced to study photography. And one more I will enter into their plot that will make Brother a photographer unpaid" Keyra murmured with a thousand grievances.
"For you to be an unpaid photographer is also no problem" replied Daniel casually, Keyra is getting up the black he made.
"Not be angry anymore. Let's play the beach waves" take Daniel directly pulled the hand of the wife approaching the beach waves.
Although Keyra still complies. He followed Daniel who pulled his hand without protest.
"Cold?" daniel asked as their feet touched the water.
"No, it's fun" Keyra replied.
The two walk side by side on the beach. The sensation of stepping on sand barefoot feels so good.
Daniel glanced at Keyra, who had not stopped smiling. A smile that seemed to be contagious until unconsciously the corner of Daniel's lips also lifted when he saw it.
"It was me and my dad and I used to be like this" Keyra said.
"I didn't like the beach at all, seeing the waves like this scared me. It felt like when the waves came to the surface it looked like it was going to take me to the ocean with it. Somehow the thought crossed but that's what I've always imagined every visit to the beach. The dislike is increased when touching the sand with bare feet like this, the sensation is very strange"
"Maybe it happened because I wasn't used to it. At first, every time I go to the beach, I will immediately ask to go home. Crying, roaring and not infrequently also raged while beating father for not listening to my request. Until finally my father resigned and we came home because we could not bear to see me too long crying. But father did not give up, he still tried to introduce me to the beauty of the beach. I don't want to have a phobia or anything like that"
"I remember when I was four years old. Dad tried to eliminate my fear by introducing the ocean through various media. Some books about the ocean with fish and coral reefs in it became my reading every day. Dad also at that time once filled our yard with beach sand so I used to step on it. After I looked pretty good Dad took me back to the beach. And it turns out that the results were still the same, I was still scared but not as bad as before"
"With patience and carrying me in his arms, my father went around on the beach like this. Whispering to me that if all is well, the beach won't hurt me if I'm careful. I asked him many times to try it, but I always shook my head. I'm really scared, I don't know why I don't know either. Until we finally returned home, as I recall my father at that time did not force me at all"
"At the next vacation we went back to the beach and Dad went back to trying to make my fears go away. The same thing Dad did, took me around the beach with me in his cradle. At that time it seemed like my efforts had paid off a little. I'm interested in the shells scattered on the sand of the beach. Dad took advantage of it, asked me to come down and collect it so we could take him home"
"With my consent, my father slowly let me down from his carrier but ended up with me crying again and hanging on to my father. It turns out that touching the sand on the beach directly still feels very strange to me, even though when walking in the yard of a house that is filled with sand I am fine. But my father remained patient, trying to persuade me with all his seduction and I finally collapsed. With a feeling of still fear I tried to set my foot touching the water of the beach"
"I cried at first but again my father persuaded me. Until finally my efforts succeeded, although still afraid but with the company of our father walking on the beach. Over time the fear completely disappeared and ended up with me who really liked the beach. It feels so much fun, let alone walking hand in hand with dad around the beach like this"
Keyra smiled as she imagined the memories holding hands with her father as he circled the beach. He is very happy to have a father as great as Aditya Dinata. The word man for a father's daughter is his first love and yes, Keyra justifies that phrase. He loved his father so much that his departure was the lowest point of his life.
Only the father he had until Aditya died Keyra lost everything. Keyra lost her happiness, her genuine smile, her resting place and most badly Keyra lost her way. If it wasn't about wanting to fulfill the father's dream, then Keyra chose to give up. The woman felt unable to walk alone in this world.
"Eh?" Keyra was surprised that Daniel suddenly grabbed his hand.
"Now you can hold my hand" Daniel said, making Keyra's heart go crazy. A feeling of urgency filled his chest.
"I didn't like the beach at first either. Not in the sense of fear like you, it just feels normal every time you visit the beach. There is no feeling of enthusiasm or happy sparkling when papa and mama say they will vacation to the beach"
"Because of circumstances that do not allow me to not be able to play freely on the beach. So therefore, want to vacation on the beach or at home the same as I think. Until one day I knew someone who was very happy when I only heard the word beach. When I asked why, he said the thing he liked the most was the beach. And subconsciously I like it too"
"So if you want to visit the beach whenever it invites me okay. Do not hesitate, we must both enjoy it because it is both like the beach. I don't have any friends to take on vacation with either"
"I used to vacation with Rafa and Dae Hoon but now they are busy with their wives. Even if I go on vacation with you, I will be a sad man among all of them. They will make my status as a ploy even not infrequently by deliberately matching me with the children of his business partners. It's annoying, notya refreshing the mind of the boring daily routine that there is even more dizziness" said Daniel complained about the behavior of his brothers.
"So you can go on vacation with Alex's sister" Keyra commented. Given the friendship between Daniel and Alex is very closely intertwined, surely both of them like the same thing a lot.
"It used to be, but ever since the news broke we've never been on vacation together"
"News?" Keyra frowned asking.
"You don't know?" daniel asked again. It was impossible for Keyra not to hear it. The damn news even spread in their school group.
"No, what news?" asked Keyra curiously.
"Now don't find out" Daniel's reply, which again upset Keyra, thinking Daniel was back to work on it. Keyra had been very curious and hoped to get an answer but in fact Daniel actually hung it.
"I'm serious, you better not find out. Whatever it is right now I won't be able to go on vacation with Alex" Daniel said, this time he was really serious about it.
"So when you want to visit the beach take me okay. We can vacation together, before you say lazy to vacation alone and so do I. You can make me anyone, my friend or brother no problem. Am I not very good?. Where else are you looking for a man like me" Keyra immediately let out a look at hearing him. He took Daniel's words too seriously. The haru feeling that had been stirring now overflowed just like that because of Daniel's narcissistic sentence.
"I'm really serious Key" Daniel said again hoping to get a response.
"Yes, it's up to the big brother" Keyra replied, walking quickly away from Daniel. Keyra just found out that Daniel's a guy who likes to joke. When they were in school they did not communicate much and if there was a chance to speak Keyra preferred to run away. He wants to keep his heart healthy because every time Daniel's heart rate is going crazy.
"Why let go of my hand. Didn't you say it's fun to walk in unison. I'm not a father but at least you're no longer walking alone. Are you afraid of sin?. Take it easy, are not we married so it is halal to touch even if doing more than hand in hand is allowed"
"Compared to the fear of sin being near your sister is more frightening" Keyra replied.
"Why?. Am I being creepy?" daniel stopped Keyra's steps. Demand an answer immediately. How could his handsome face be scary to Keyra.
"No, it's just that I could die young out of annoyance" elak Keyra.
In reality she could die young from heart disease but there was no way Keyra would have told Daniel that. Where's his pride if he admits he likes Daniel. Both then and now the feeling did not change even though a lot of time had passed. Keyra doesn't expect love to clap her hand for a reply. He knows who Daniel is to him and who he is to Daniel. Therefore choosing to harbor her feelings is the best choice.
"Haha... Where's the guy who died because of Key's annoyance. You can joke as well" Daniel laughed back by holding his stomach.
"Who's joking, I'm seriously Big Brother really sucks. I just found out if Big Brother can be nosy and talk a lot like this" said Keyra.
"Don't you, I also just found out that I can be like this to others. I mean we just met and I was honestly very surprised by my own attitude" Daniel replied.
"And about messing with you I'm a nosy person. Risya and Rafa often become my victims. Unlike Risya who will end up crying and complaining to papa, Rafa can always answer my words. As you do keep answering even if you end up losing. Usually when I harass Rafa with my words Rafa always managed to reply. I'll lose if I'm nosy to him" Daniel explained.
"One more thing about talking a lot, just sometimes. I thought maybe I'd say a lot if things were like I was harassing you with my words then you answered and I returned. If it's not like that honestly I don't know what to say" Daniel told me honestly.
An introvert seems to like calmness and a quiet state. Usually Daniel deliberately withdraws and does not like to engage in many conversations with people who are considered unimportant in his life. Only his core family could interact normally with him. Beyond that, it must have always been ignored by Daniel, including his business partners, most of whom just licked. Even if there is interest in either work or personal affairs Daniel prefers to speak directly to the point. No convolutions and no need for pleasantries either.
Trying to interact with Keyra was a big challenge for Daniel. He who has been quiet has been demanded as the dominant party in communication between them. Luckily his nosy attitude through words can be responded to by Keyra. If not honestly, Daniel does not know how to build communication between them. Keyra who closed himself off plus Daniel who was quiet and indifferent turned out to interact well even though not like the interaction of people in general.
"So Brother's nosy words just to be able to talk to me?" ask Keyra to clarify.
"Yes" Daniel replied with a definite nod.
"Alright then I will forgive every nosy word Brother. Although it might be upset at first but I will forgive Brother after my frustration subsides" said Keyra.
"Thank you for your attention then" Daniel said.