Nyctophile
Lies

This morning I woke up later than usual, the clock on the wall showed at 09:00 bude Ros had just contacted me if today he wanted to come home with his last son named Ani.

Twelve o'clock fifteen minutes, finally bude came with Ani on his motorcycle, Ani the 15-year-old girl looks sweet with her tiny stature.

"Assalamualaikum Za, how are you doing, it's fine here." asked Bude Ros who I just met again since I first set foot in Surabaya.

"Waalaikum hail, Alhamdulillah bude Za well, Ani how are you? how's your school?" ask me back.

"Okay ma'am, my school is also Alhamdulillah." replied Ani.

After inviting them in and sitting down, I prepared drinks and snacks.

"Mbak Za, do you like this?" ask Ani.

"That's got a mad husband, I don't like rich ciki-ciki, my throat can hurt" I replied.

"Mbak Za is married?" ask Ani, understand not all big families know about my marriage.

"Already." I answered briefly while tidying up some books scattered on the table, Ares, who else read this many books until morning, after the electricity was back on at three in the morning.

"Za, where's Ares? it's at home, right?" ask Bude who saw Ares' work boots in the yard but did not see the human nose.

"Ares was in Bude's room." minutes after I replied, Ares came out of the guest room to the kitchen, maybe he was thirsty for a drink.

"Eh, son of Ares..." Bude greeting after Ares finished from the kitchen.

"Eh, there's a bude, it's been a while ?" ares asked while shaking bude.

"It's only been about twenty minutes, Loh your face is pale son? you sick?" bude asked seriously while checking Ares' body temperature with his hands.

"Just not feeling well, last night rain, but have taken medicine, this is also mengingan." he replied.

"Za, you got ginger?" ask bude.

"Jahe? looks like there's a bude, what's it for?"

"bude want to make medicine for your husband, this fever is good enough Za, try you check, Ares you are in the room, Za accompany Ares, bude want to make medicine first, you want to check, prepare him a meal too, have you eaten yet Res?" Bude is like this panikan, and quickly make a decision.

"Not yet bude, this is just waking up" Ares replied in a tone that was either intentional or not, but looked lethargic.

I drove Ares to the room, Ares immediately lay down on the bed.

"Thank you dear." she said in a soft tone that might be mocking me.

"Za, I don't know when you're like this, but sooner or later you should have accepted me as your husband."

"Don't talk about the relationship we're in, marriage is just a status, my heart and soul reject the logic at the same time, want whatever our status is, want to be like whatever is happening right now, it felt like only my body was here, soulless, heartless." I said with great emphasis, I was tired of everything that tormented my conscience.

After a torturous conversation, Bude told Ares to drink his homemade herbal medicine, he said to eliminate the effects of fever and dizziness.

"Mbak Za, Ares' mas isn't her future husband Kak Aish huh?" Ani spoke to her song without knowing what was really going on, Ani was right.

I smiled in response to Ani.

"Allowed to Za?" ask again.

"Yes, Ani was right" said Ares who was suddenly behind me, who was sitting on the living room couch with Ani and Bude Ros, who was sitting on the couch, Ares hugged me from behind and kissed my head affectionately, I forced Ares to take off his arms and arms from my body, but Ares held him back even harder.

All of Ares' treatment makes Bude Ros full of question marks.

"Sorry, maybe Bude and Ani are wondering about this, Ares will explain everything." a moment of silent greeting, Ares took off his embrace and sat down beside me.

"So here's bude, Ares loved Zayana when Ares and Aisyah were divorced, Ares married Aisha due to coercion from both of our parents, but everything that is forced will not be good in the end, a week after the marriage, Aisyah and Ares decided to divorce well, so that Aisyah can find a man who truly loves her without pretending to be Ares."

The ultimate liar, until when is Ares? until when do we have to lie to everyone except mom and dad, even your parents don't know what's really going on.

"But now Aisyah's sister lives in Jeddah, said the mosque teenager who taught in the assembly of Pak Bukhari, Aisyah will return home in these years, because she is pregnant and will give birth in Indonesia." Ani told Aisyah again.

"Certainly, Ayesha is pregnant?" Ares re-spreads the word.

"Yes mas Ares, Ani think Aisyah's brother lives in Jeddah with her husband, mas Ares, because the news of the divorce of Aisyah and Mas Ares is not unheard of" said Ani, Ani did know all about the development of Aisha, except the divorce, because Ani was one of the students of Pak Bukhari father of Aisyah.

"Here, can you ask for help?" ask me, I don't know what my heart wants, but I think it's the best.

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Later after Asar, can take me to Abi Bukhari's house." pinta ku.

"What do you want?" ask Ani.

"silaturahmi." I said briefly, and immediately went from before them all.

In the room, my tears were shed again, O God what if Abi Bukhari was angry with me, what would I do, but I will clarify everything, until this guilt is forgiven, I made her daughter's name broken.