One Night With Your Wife
Adrian's Regret

By the time Nayara gave birth, Zavian chose not to go anywhere. He always accompanied his wife at all times without anyone being missed. He ignored the pressure from his family. Then when the contractions started to appear regularly, Zavian immediately took Nayara to the hospital. 

“ You two must be strong,” whispered Zavian many times.

This was his first experience awaiting the birth of his son. Zavian who usually appears calm turns out to be hit by panic. She could not bear to see Nayara in pain while giving birth to her child. 

‘“ Mas, sick...” Nayara screams with sweat start pouring. 

“ Hold my hand, baby. Don't let go,” said Zavian. 

They held hands in the cold room. Doctors and nurses were busy helping with the birth of their first child . Nayara screamed as the agonizing urge for the sake of the agonizing urge whacked her body. While Zavian secretly cried in fear. He was so afraid to imagine that Nayara left him in this state. 

After two hours of contractions and all the drama of his crying, finally the baby's shrill cry broke the panic in the room. Zavian smiled with relief, then kissed his wife's face with a full day.

“ Thank you, dear. Thank you..” said Zavian bertubi. 

Now the fuller Zavian happiness. A baby boy has been present as a reinforcement of their love bond.

Zavian stroked Nayara's cheek to get rid of the trail of tears that were there. The sweat that had originally soaked the Nayara temple had also been washed away. Now Zavian looked at his wife who was fast asleep after giving birth. The woman's face looked tired after such a great struggle. 

“ Your child has not been delivered here, yes ?” ask Mama Widya who just came to see the presence of her new grandchild.

“ Not yet, Ma. Still in the nursery,” replied Zavian.

Now Nayara has been moved to the treatment room, while their baby is still in the nursery . Zavian deliberately chose a VVIP class so that his wife felt comfortable and received the best care while in this hospital.

“ Nayara is fine, right?” Mama Widya looked at her daughter-in-law who was lying weakly in a state of sleep. 

“ Mm. She's doing just fine. Just exhausted, Ma.” replied Zavian.

“ Your wife is great,” praise Mama Widya. 

From the beginning Nayara always said that she would do her best when giving birth to her child. Whether by normal means or a caesarean section, for Nayara the same. What matters is that the child was born in good health. Zavian leaves the decision to his wife and supports Nayara's choice. 

Although initially anxious and hesitant, but now Zavian can breathe a sigh of relief. Nayara and the baby are fine and are waiting for recovery.

“ Congratulations yes, Zavian. You are now a father,”, said Mama Widya while looking at her son closely. “ Mama hope you can be a great Dad for your kids. Don't be like your Papa..” Mama Widya's speech was interrupted for a moment and the woman took a deep breath.” Don't choose love because your children deserve the same affection.”

There was a sense of tightness inside the woman's chest as she said so. She was a witness to how unfair her husband's treatment of Fabian and also Zavian was. Now, Mama Widya does not want it to happen again. “ Hopefully Nayara can be more assertive, unlike Mama who is too obedient to her husband.” 

“ I know,” said Zavian while smiling meaningfully towards his Mama. “ Mama don't have to worry about it.” 

Zavian had determined to break the vicious cycle and make sure that everything had stopped on him. He will not discriminate the affection between his children in the future so that the pain he has experienced does not recur. And Zavian also believed that Nayara would do the same with what he now thought. 

“ How is Papa doing?” ask Zavian then. “ For a few days I was busy looking after Nayara until I could not see Papa.”

“ There has been no development despite having undergone therapy,” said Mama Widya in a sad voice. Plans to bring Papa Adrian to Singapore were also forced to be postponed due to conditions that were not yet possible . Nayara has just given birth. 

After sleeping for several hours, Nayara finally woke up in a much better state. His tiredness was gone and now he looks really happy. Especially when the nurse delivered the tiny baby to him.

There was a sense of harrum thrust into his chest when he saw how the little baby was suckling at him. He did not believe that his originally gloomy life and being in gray had now completely changed. There is one more life that depends on it and makes him believe that life is not just filled with sadness and tears. There was Zavian at his side who always faithfully accompanied, became his step guide and also took care of him. And, Nayara was happy with her life.

“ Very handsome,” says Nayara full haru. Cuddling the baby who is now sleeping soundly after finishing feeding it. He looked at Zavian and smiled .” Cayaking handsome Papa.”

“ I don't want to be narcissistic, but yes he is handsome and similar to me,” Zavian replied. 

“ Thank you my beautiful wife,” said Zavian. He approached and grabbed the nape of his wife to kiss Nayara's lips for a moment.” I love you both .” 

Nayara nodded small with teary eyes . He also loves Zavian with all the feelings he has. After that, Nayara's nursery room became crowded because the other family came and congratulated them both. Gifts and bouquets of flowers began to arrive from various parties . Until one corner of Nayara's nursery is filled with gifts wrapped in bright colorful paper.

“ You guys have given him the name ?” ask aunt siska. 

“ Already, Tan. We have prepared a name for him.” replied Nayara.

“ What's his name ?” ask aunt Tania curious. 

Nayara looked at Zavian then nodded with a smile, she hinted for Zavian who announced their son's name to the whole family . 

“ Name….. Zeano son of Raviansyah.” said Zavian proudly when mentioning his son's name. The name was chosen by him and Nayara since knowing the sex of his son while still in the womb of the wife. 

“ Loh why there is no surname of ours, Za?” aunt Tania Protest.

“ Yes, Za. Rayyansyah's name is hereditary should your child also use the family name.” timpal Aunt Siska.

“ Zean is my son and Nayara, Tan. I wanted to give her a name on my own without having a surname behind her name. RaViansyah stands for the names Naya-Ra and Za-Vian.” explains Zavian.” He did not care how the response of his father's family included the mother. Because Zavian thinks that his name and Nayara are entitled to exist in the name of the child is not Rayyansyah the name of the Papa's large family that has been pinned to their descendants since long ago. 

“ Nice name,” chirped Mama Widya . He did not question whose name was behind his grandson's name. According to Mama Widya it is the right of Zavian and also Nayara to give a name to their child. 

Aunt Siska and Aunt Tania only nodded faintly. They dare not protest Zavian's decision. Because it was useless for them to argue with his nephew because they knew how hard Zavian stood. If he had decided nothing could shake his decision.

After a long conversation, Mama Widya wanted to bring baby Nayara in front of Papa Adrian but Zavian did not allow it. The reason was of course because the baby was still too fragile. Finally Mama Widya relented and could only tell her husband who was now lying weakly on the bed.

“ Our grandson is born.” Mama Widya said slowly. “ His name is Zeano son of Raviansyah. Starting from the look of the face, eyes, nose, until the eyebrows are very similar to Zavian. Our grandson is very handsome.”

Papa Adrian did not reply because he could not do anything. His condition is getting worse by the day. Blockage of blood vessels in the brain makes part of the body numb and some weak. The haughty middle-aged man was now incarnating like a pitiful undead. 

The stroke she suffered completely took everything. Nothing remains of the glory of the once powerful Adrian Rayyansyah. Even saliva sometimes dripped from her mouth and Mama Widya patiently erased it using a tissue. 

“ I hope Zavian can be a good father to his children. I hope she is not like us who failed to share affection fairly,” said Mama Widya. 

Papa Adrian wept in silence. No stuffing at all. Her tears were melting without being held back. His soul struggled to be free but his body was dead and stiff. His heart ached and wished he could still be given the chance to make amends.

Papa Adrian wants to mingle with his family who are now happy to welcome the birth of his first grandchild. She also wanted to hug her granddaughter just like Mama Widya and the others did. But with his current state, he could only resign while enduring the pain within the chest.

Many regrets were not expressed by the man against Zavian. But God seemed to punish him by making his body die so that regret continued to bury him in grief.

“ Oh, Yes Pa.” Mama Widya said as she wiped away the melted tears on both cheeks of her husband. “ Fabian has been named as a suspect in a pornography case. Mama can't defend him anymore. Let him be imprisoned for all his mistakes. 

During this time Mama Widya tried to keep information about the chaos that occurred behind Papa Adrian. But now, his chest felt tight and could no longer bear the sadness alone. 

“ Fabian was also cheated by his friend named Hendri's . The company's money he said he wanted to use as work on their new project was taken all out. Now all that is left is debt and problems,” said Mama Widya Pilu. 

Papa Adrian's tears are coming down. It hurts so much to see things getting ruined. He hoped that his life would be taken away this time as well. Unfortunately, God still wants to make him live long and witness the destruction that occurred due to his failure in educating children.  

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