
Flores warm air again greeted Chandra, tonight he and his troops enjoyed a small thanksgiving party provided by the office. Tumpeng has been provided with various side dishes to welcome the newlyweds. They thought Chandra was coming with his wife but it wasn't at all. Chandra came alone just like when she left. It caused disappointment in the soldiers who had been hoping to meet the actress and singer of the capital.
The earliest Chandra finished his dinner, and he casually took out the contents of the suitcase in the living room.
"And, dong's story. How does it feel to be married to an artist?" Ong who was enjoying grilled chicken with oily lips asked Chandra so.
Of course others are curious.
Chandra smiled faintly. "Yes, pleased. Like successfully guarding the treasure of the country."
"Cie-cie!" the other cheers went together, teasing the general who was still smacking his smile.
"Oiya. Here's the souvenir, there's a chocolate t-shirt for you guys." Chandra hands the chocolate to Alif and Johnny, while the t-shirt is handed to Dio who has finished tidying the dishes.
"Woah, that's cool. The color is also subtle. This must not be the Commander, right?!"
"Yes, it's not. That's Nadia who bought it."
The kids choose a t-shirt that matches their favorite color, while Chandra saves the rest for the other members, who happen to be on night duty.
Chandra was confused, in the office it was difficult to get a signal. There was no adequate network in that place so Chandra was exasperated in his seat now. Several times his tall body went back and forth to look for signals, but the results were still nil. Now the time has shown at 12 pm in his place, that means in Bandung it is still at 10 pm.
"Nadia must be waiting. Would you send a message, huh? If sent anytime, Nadia would read, right?" murmuring Chandra to himself, Chandra then typed the message while hopefully anxious, this was his last attempt before deciding to go to sleep.
"Well, and Tumben hasn't slept?" Dio suddenly came out from inside the house, the round-eyed man approached Chandra who was sitting in the courtyard.
"Hm, I'm trying to tell my wife. But there's absolutely no signal."
"Oh, must be tried at the office. But it's late, afraid there are****hurazard."
"Eh, wasn't that time you could call me, huh?" ask Chandra astonishment.
"At that time Ong and Alif went after Johnny to the night office. That's why he can call."
Chandra was bearded but still he was disappointed because he could not notify Nadia with a new cellphone. Never mind for video calls, texting and dialing was not successful.
"Hm. Yes, already then. Let's just go to bed, let me go to the office tomorrow morning."
•••
'The number your calling is not active or not in service area. Please try again later.'
This is the tenth time Nadia's called Chandra. The girl sighed repeatedly, beside her was Joy who became her bedmate tonight. Yes, despite not going to Flores, in the end Nadia decided to live with her husband's family. Because, if Nadia still lives with her father and grandmother, it will definitely be a matter of conversation. Another reason Nadia lives with Chandra's family is, Nadia can have a chatting friend like Joy.
"He's okay, isn't he?" nadia asked Joy who was now yawning wide.
"Hoamm .. be calm, brother is fine. There is a hard signal. Worse than when you went to Iran."
Nadia pouted again, while Joy smiled amusedly at her sister-in-law.
"Eh, can I ask you something, brother?" Joy reopened the chat, Nadia seriously responded.
"What's the?"
"Sister Chandra, fine, right?"
Nadia smiled a little. "Why ask that? Chandra is so good!" nadia replied with her cheerful face. Joy took a breath, grateful. While answering Joy's question, Nadia recalls all Chandra's behavior that night. "He doesn't talk much. But once I say it, I have to think about it again for bales." Nadia cheated with difficulty.
Because Joy was asleep, while Nadia still did not want to close her eyes, she chose to move to Chandra's room on the second floor, which was not open, the only room on the top floor with a reading room. Since they were only one week officially married, Nadia decided to find out about her husband in this reading room. A room full of books with mostly English titles.
Nadia smiled a little. "Bea is so with me. The book has no comic strip. Or catalog," said Nadia while looking for a book that has a colored cover compared to other books in black and white.
"Well, here." Nadia muttered little when she found the black-clad book that Chandra often went everywhere. The book was separated from his friends and was on the middle shelf of the second row, it seems Chandra forgot this book to take to Flores, or maybe Chandra had finished reading. I don't know, Nadia was curious to read the book and wanted to know the contents, yes, at least the title. You see, given his hobby of shopping and singing, of course reading books will be very difficult for Nadia.
Nadia brought the book into the room, the girl laid her body on the bed and began to read.
But just two of his eyes caught the first sentence presented in the book. Nadia smiled bitterly, while biting her lower lip more and more guilt. "How to be a Good Husband?" nadia lirih.
Simultaneously, Nadia found her phone ringing very loudly. At Joy's suggestion, Nadia's phone is setting at the loudest volume ever.
Nadia held onto her rumbling chest, the call from 'my husband' that managed to make Nadia feel an irregular breath.
"Assynnolt, hhh .. hhh ... Nadia, you haven't slept .. hhh." Chandra's breath was panting, I don't know what the man was doing so that his breathing sounded this indistinct.
"You ... Nadia ... My voice is heard? Hhh ...."
"Huhh, I'm sorry I just told you. At home there was no signal at all. So, I went to the office. I'm afraid you're worried, I'm fine and arrived safely."
Chandra's breathing began to sound stable, but Nadia could say nothing but listen.
"Nadia?"
"Chan," call Nadia, finally ... Chandra breathed a sigh of relief and there was a small smile on the man's lips.
"Yes?"
"I heard everything."
"Hmm, thank goodness. Please tell Mom and Dad. Also grandma. I forgot to tell them."
"Hm, hiks ..." muttered Nadia slowly, the girl then sobbed in her seat. Chandra who heard Nadia's sobbing was stunned.
"Nadia, what's wrong?"
"May I miss you, now?"
Chandra smiled faintly, and over time the smile grew wider as Nadia's questions rang in her ears repeatedly. In the middle of the atmosphere of silence and pitch black, Chandra actually listened to the phone carefully