PENGHALAM
Chapter 9. Yudha's Request

Vira doesn't believe what she hears. What is this request. Why does a husband who is so in love ask himself to share the love.

The world stopped turning. His body immediately felt limp. Hearing the words of the man she loved, Vira's throat felt blocked, her chest felt tight. The woman took a deep breath, holding the sebak in the chest.

Tears came out of the corner of his eye. Vira wiped away the tears that fell on her cheeks violently.

"Didn't I hear wrong, Mom?" ask Vira in a stifled voice.

Yudha took a tissue and brought her body closer. He reached out his hand wanting to wipe away Vira's tears. However, his hand was on the edge of the woman.

"Don't help me wipe away these tears if you're the cause of these tears falling down my cheeks, Mas."

"Vira, I'm sorry. I don't actually want to do this either. But I'm also an ordinary human being, I envy seeing my friends who have had children. I also want to be like them, go with the baby."

Vira smiled cynically. Yudha's words could not be accepted. It was as if the man alone was suffering and sacrificing.

"Do you think I don't feel and experience that, Mom? I'm sicker. Not just friends, my own in-laws always said I was barren. You heard the doctor say I was healthy. It only takes time and God's permission to leave the baby in this womb. Why is it that every incident in the household, a woman is always to blame?" ask Vira. His voice sounded trembling withstanding the cries.

"Try to understand me and Mom, Vira. Mom and I can't wait to have a baby."

"You asked me to understand you, what about me, Mom? Does anyone understand my situation? Are you sure by remarrying you will soon have children?" ask Vira.

Yudha was silent to his wife's words. The question of Vira has a point. What if it turns out that he also has no children after remarrying?

Looking at her silent husband and looking dumb, Vira continued her words. She wanted to know what the answer was from her husband.

"If it turns out that your new wife is not pregnant, will Mas marry again for the third time?"

Yudha took a deep breath. It was hard to answer his wife's question, because the words of Vira might have happened.

"For me?"

"Our age is not always young. If we just wait until you're pregnant, that's not when it happens. Like you said, it's all God's destiny. What if we don't have children, who will take care of us?"

Vira stood up from her seat. His chest already felt very tight. She did not want to cry and looked fragile in front of her husband.

"I don't think I can accept any of this. Give me a moment. Will I accept or give up and walk away from your life, Mas!"

Vira walked away from Yudha. His heart ached, finding this reality. Which man once said, will accept him as he is. Where the man who used to be willing to argue with his parents just to be able to marry him. Where is the man who used to love her so much. Everything changes, Vira is unable to recognize her husband anymore.

Yudha, who saw his wife walking, stood up. He chased his wife and hugged her.

"I'm sorry, honey. I know it's hard for you to accept all this, but please try to think why I can make this decision. If I really wanted to cheat, I could have married secretly without your permission. All I didn't do was because I appreciate you and still love you so much" Yudha said.

Vira let go of Yudha's arms around her waist. The woman took a deep breath.

"Let me go, Mom. I want to be alone. I'll think of a request, Mas."

Vira continued her footsteps until she reached the courtyard of the restaurant. The sky was so cloudy that there were no stars in the sky.

Suddenly there was a lightning sound. After that the rain seemed to wet the earth, as if he knew that his heart was sad at this time.

It rained because the clouds could no longer handle its load. Tears fall because the heart is no longer able to handle the pain.

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