
As papa and grandma were on the porch and preparing to go after Nadia to school, papa's gaze unintentionally found a fairly familiar man in her memory. Papa's step stopped when he was on the stairs to the yard, while the grandmother followed the direction of papa's view with both eyes squeaking.
The man noticed by his father and grandmother walked closer and closer, until he was in the yard with a tense face mixed with a stiff smile forced.
"Vidi?" granny murmured slowly. While papa just got closer to Vidi who bravely appeared suddenly on Flores.
"Well, Grandma ...," said Vidi in a somewhat shaky voice.
"What are you doing here?!" reprimand papa not accept. Vidi's presence doesn't seem right.
"I ... vacation here Pah, Grandma."
Grandma looked at Vidi pity, but Vidi's presence was not a good thing for Nadia let alone Chandra. Grandmother who did not expect the actual figure of Vidi certainly felt lost with the sudden departure of Vidi from Nadia's life. While papa already hates Vidi because Vidi has humiliated Nadia and her family. "Vacation? Is there no other place?!"
Vidi lowered her head, she then rubbed her already uncontrolled face. Vidi again shed tears of shame in front of grandma and dad.
Vidi shakes a little. "Vidi is worried about Nadia. So, Vidi wants to see Nadia first. Before returning to Jakarta."
"Why are you worried about Nadia? Nadia is very happy with her husband. I am also grateful that he no longer lives in Bandung or Jakarta. Eh, you even dare to follow up here?!" papa ketus said. It seems that papa is trying to make Vidi mentally fall by making the man not to expect more.
Grandma approached Vidi and forced a smile. "Vidi, what are you doing here? It's not good you stay here, "remember grandma does not want to lose to papa.
Vidi instead tried to wipe away her tears, and smiled poignantly staring at the two parents who had been trying to support her in her career and helped maintain her relationship with Nadia. Regrets are getting bigger in Vidi, so all Vidi can do is beg and cry over the situation.
"Yesterday, Vidi saw Nadia crying, Grandma. Nadia is crying, I don't know why. Vidi can not stay with Nadia if she is sad like that," said Vidi.
Vidi's sentence managed to make papa and grandmother confused.
"Don't make you!" elak papa won't take it.
"Here you go!" papa said while driving Vidi from the yard of the house originally covered with tranquility.
***
Nadia returned home in better condition. After eating and enjoying ice cream with the children, at least Nadia can forget a little about her household problems. Nadia will focus first on the current state, and will not think of anything other than herself and the presence of papa and grandma.
When night fell, the power outage again made Flores covered in cold darkness. The drizzling rain also splashed the land and the beautiful flowers on the island.
Nadia could not sleep, so she looked for candles and went to the living room to lay down on the sofa. It had been almost two nights Nadia did not sleep, which Nadia did just face the computer and tried to write the lyrics of the song in the midst of sadness. However, everything failed. What Nadia gets is fatigue and her mood gets worse. Nadia will sleep for a while at dawn and move into the room to pretend to sleep next to her grandmother.
Chandra had just reached Flores when the rain was pouring down, the man impatiently stepped foot into his yard which looked pitch-black. Chandra smiled slightly as she found the candlelight from inside the house coming from the living room.
He glanced at the watch in his hand which already showed at one in the morning. Chandra believes Nadia and her family are asleep. Luckily, Chandra brought the spare house keys so she wouldn't have to knock on the door and disturb her family who were resting.
Chandra opened the door slowly, his smile becoming more visible as he managed to find Nadia lying on the sofa. His beautiful face was not clearly visible because his wife was sleeping sideways behind him.
"It can hurt your body when you sleep on the sofa" Chandra commented very slowly. He approached Nadia after putting the bag near the chair. Chandra's clothes are a little wet as well as her hands that feel cold. Chandra blew his palm slightly warmed up before dropping a soft rub on Nadia's forehead which was partially covered in hair.
Nadia moved a bit in her sleep, she could feel the cold touch touching her face several times.
"Honey, I'm home" Chandra whispered to Nadia. The man could not wait for Nadia's reaction to his presence. Chandra can only chuckle. "You must be tired from teaching all day at school, huh?"
Still no answer, Chandra decides to change clothes and rest after Nadia. Today for Chandra is very tiring because he has to command and also travel far which is quite draining. Chandra had not slept for two nights due to bad weather that required her to remain on alert with the possibility of a natural disaster in the training area. To go home, Chandra hitchhiked with a merchant ship that happened to have completed a transaction in Karake.
All of a sudden, like Chandra's hopes were coming out on their own. Nadia awoke from sleep, she flipped her body to Chandra's side and found her husband sitting while looking at her. There are very sweet twists in the black eyeballs of Chandra, the reflection of the light of a small candle makes Nadia even more languish with the bitter reality hidden behind the warm embrace of Chandra.
Chandra grabs Nadia's body into her arms with a chuckle that sounds loose and shahdu. Nadia froze for a while, it could not be denied any anger she missed it had long ago arisen in Nadia. All Nadia can do is return Chandra's embrace with a tear point that soaks her cheek.
"I miss you so much" Chandra told me while inhaling the scent of Nadia's body with her eyes closed. Nadia sobbed in that embrace, unable to comment even though she felt the same way.
"You must be tired, huh? You sleep well here. I must have been noisy for waking you up .. Yeah, right?" add Chandra with a hug that gets tighter.
"I don't find your scent anywhere other than here, and I'm so happy to be able to hug you again before bed."
Chandra took off her embrace slowly, and looked at Nadia who did not show her pretty face. Ever since she woke up, Nadia had not spoken a word.
"Honey," called Chandra softly, the man cupped Nadia's cheeks together and made Nadia stare at him.
"Hiks .. hiks ...." Nadia was sobbing when Chandra managed to make her look up. Although the sobbing is very slow, but can be heard clearly because a very quiet atmosphere fills the room.
Chandra did nothing, other than rubbing his thumb on Nadia's face which was now flushed red from crying.
Nadia could not think, nor could she speak. He asked if he could cry as much as possible so that his feelings could be slightly treated. As a woman, of course, tears are a fairly appropriate solution when everything is impossible to express in situations like this. Nadia also does not want to be someone who is selfish and tries to break up the quarrel in the middle of the night like now. It was not a wise decision, especially Chandra did not know anything just coming home from exhausting service.
Nadia stops her sobbing as Chandra further kills the distance between them. The man was still faithful with the smile of the love slave that was drawn more and more clearly on the face. Nadia slowly ventured to look at her husband after he forced his tears.
"You're having nightmares?" chandra asked softly, she took Nadia by the hand and kissed her deeply right on the exact same wedding ring as Chandra's.
Nadia nodded small, still not talking.
Chandra smiled, feeling anxious with Nadia's attitude that it felt like for so long Chandra had not seen this close.
"Hm, you're sleeping again then."
"Chan ...," called Nadia in a hoarse voice.
"Yes?" ask Chandra wonder. Nadia does not call him affectionate like yesterday. Was the dream so bad, yeah.
"Have you ever lied to me?"
Chandra was quite surprised by Nadia's question to him, but immediately changed her expression to casual.
"Hm .. Why do you ask such a thing?"
"Early or not?" nadia asked firmly, Chandra could only smile lightly at her.
"Once, but .. the lie I said was a good lie" Chandra replied, trying to look as calm as possible. Without Chandra realizing it, Nadia was getting hurt by the answer.
"There's no good lie. All lies are yes, lies," Nadia replied coldly, her facial expression for Chandra was actually very adorable. Although Nadia looks angry and sad, Chandra can still find that his wife has an expression that deserves to be seen as long as it is now.
"Yes, there are no good lies." Chandra looked at Nadia with a smile on her lips.
Nadia avoided that gaze, but to no avail as Chandra cornered her body on the sofa.
"I want you so much!" chandra exclaimed with a hunting breath.