Shadow From the Past
Chapter 146

"Cock not ready yet? I'll be tidy as soon as I get home,"

Vano was confused because it turned out that the wife was not ready even though he had guessed that Elvina was ready with a neat and beautiful appearance once He arrived home. But it still wears house clothes.

"I'm confused which shirt to choose. You help me dong,"

"Huh? you're asking me for help, honey? I was confused about that. Usually you're good at fashion,"

"But this time I was confused, but just wanted to have dinner with you, yes,"

"Even so still have to be special appearance you, dear, because you want to have dinner with me again birthday,"

"Emang is still a birthday? isn't it done?"

"Still, people are still the date, have not changed the day,"

"Yes, the hunt doesn't have much to say. Don't you want to shower and get ready?"

"You haven't, either,"

"I'm very easy. Just take the clothes and make up and finish, deh,"

"Not so simple. You make up like old,"

"No, I didn't last long,"

"Really yes? beware of long. I live really,"

"Yes, that means I'm home. Thank God you're not tired of going,"

Elvina was also happy that the dinner plan with her husband failed. He will stay at home. So there is no need to get tired of preparing and going just to obey the wishes of Vano who wants to have dinner with him.

"Nope! I was just kidding. Anyway you should come with me, honey. I'm not saying from the beginning, I want to go with you, when you refuse anyway?"

"Who said I refused? I don't refuse, Mas. You said yourself, you're going to leave me,"

"Yes that if long, so don't be long if you want to go anyway,"

Vano summed up his wife's face and left a brief kiss on Elvina's nose and headed for the toilet.

Vano took a shower while Elvina sped up her activities looking for the right clothes she would have used to go this afternoon with her husband who is now growing older.

After getting a light blue shirt in the form of an informal blouse and skirt, Elvina immediately changed the clothes she now wears with the clothes she had chosen. After changing clothes, Elvina immediately sat in front of the mirror of her dressing table to decorate herself for a while.

"Darling, haven't you?"

Vano's voice came from the bathroom wanting to know if he had finished preparing himself or not. Vano was afraid that his wife was still busy choosing clothes while he would soon finish his bath. As usual, Ken never took a long shower.

"Udah, don't worry about you, Mas,"

"Casual, Sist. I'm afraid you haven't met the same suit and I'm done showering again,"

"Okay, I wait, baby!"

"Are you ready, honey?"

"Yes not yet, just tell me quickly so I don't wait long,"

"I'm afraid I'll wait for you later, baby,"

"No, I'm ready,"

Elvina only uses simple makeup that is important that her face looks fresh, it is more than enough for Elvina without having to make up too much.

Elvina uses perfume and picks up the bag and cell phone. Vano came out of the bathroom and was shocked that his wife was ready. Really being prepared is not just nonsense. It means that He was left who was not ready when he was afraid Elvina was too long to prepare herself.

"I just make my face so that fresh looks are not pale,"

"You sick?"

"Huh? no, why? why are you asking that?"

"Yes, because you said that your face would not be pale. Did your face turn pale?"

"That's normal, Mom. Make up is a helper and I am grateful to be able to a little about make up even though not good,"

"I'm so glad you want to have dinner with me, too,"

"What did I ever refuse?"

"I don't think so, sweetheart,"

"You're hunting in clothes. Very clever out using bathrobe aja,"

"Emang why the hell? I'm really sexy" Vamo said confidently.

"Sexy where? you're overconfident, Mom,"

"Sexy in your eyes. Why I have to be confident, handsome or ugly issues are a recent affair, honey,"

Vamo soon changed into the clothes the wife prepared. Elvina pratile preparing batik shirt for Vano. He believes the man must have protested.

"Dear,"

True to Elvina's conjecture, Vano must have called her to protest against him.

"Darling, I was caught in his batik clothes to do what? we don't have a formal event, we just eat together outside, why do we have to be dressed batik, honey?"

"Respect what your wife has prepared,"

Just contact speech from Elvina makes Vano a dilemma once. One side he did not want to wear clothes of sorts because he only went out to dinner together outside. But on the other hand he must appreciate what his wife has prepared for him because usually the wife knows best.

"Darling, was I told to wear formal clothes? where batik anyway. I don't want to, honey," said Vano who convinced himself that he had to refuse. Because the batik shirt is not right to use for now.

"According to me, Mas. Do you want to price your wife or not?"

"El, I really price your choice just usually you do not saltum this alias wrong costume. Gini yes, we're just having dinner outside why should I wear batik? it's not necessary, honey. Wear your usual clothes,"

Elvina tried to hold back her laughter so as not to explode. Vano seems to be missing a way to resist. He looks depressed himself. Actually Vano does not want to disappoint his wife but he also does not want to appear strange. It is impossible to come to a restaurant or restaurant wearing batik clothes. If by chance the batik is worn when working and has not had time to change clothes, it does not matter. If he is different. Already come home after working all day wearing formal clothes after that shower and prepare to leave. I am tired of wearing formal clothes.

"Udah wear batik that I prepared, I'm lazy to take another shirt for you,"

"Yes, I did, baby,"

"That means you don't price me. The proof is that you do not want to wear batik clothes that I have prepared. You're so mean, anyway,"

"Darling, but I'm sultry if I wear a batik shirt like this, less comfortable,"

"Geez, when eating in a place where there is AC and adem, you say sultry?"

Vano nodded his head. One of the reasons that He was not forced to wear batik clothes by saying that He did not feel comfortable because of the sultry, although actually did not know how the atmosphere in the restaurant they would visit later, but most likely what Elvina delivered was right one hundred percent. No restaurant story whatsoever that there was no air conditioning. In a place to eat that is located on the side of the road though there must be a minimal fan.

"Darling, I found my own clothes. I'll take it for myself if you're lazy to take another shirt for me,"

That instant also Elvina's laughter exploded. Vano still insisted on not wearing the batik clothes he had chosen for Vano. Actually he just wants to prank Vano.

"Yes-yes, I'm just kidding. That's a dress for you I've prepared, worn yes,"

"But not a batik shirt, is it, honey?"

"No, just calm down,"

"Where are the clothes I want to wear?"

"That's it, you didn't realize?"

Elvina pointed to the end of the sofa in the room where she placed the folds of clothes that her husband would wear.

"Do you know that I am?"

Elvina chuckled and nodded confirming. He did deliberately prank Vano to finally make Vano confused and look unpleasant to reject his choice.

****

“It is not necessary to join, like to cross aja deh,”

“Why the hell? Consider us fathers and first ladies,”

Vano did not like Elvina protesting because Vano clasped her hand when she was about to step inside the restaurant.

“It's an expensive restaurant, why don't we just say it, Mas?”

Elvina circulates the views to all corners of the restaurant whose atmosphere is very comfortable and pampering the eyes with her elegant style.

“You are mulu, even though there is money. Don't be too irrit napa,”

“Ih I also like to go to kayak gini restaurants often even, even before you. I'm the same if I eat out often to kayak place like this, but prefer chicken pecel on the roadside,”

Vano chuckles at his wife's honest remark that her taste is simple food on the roadside that is no less delicious not in expensive places with European style and such.

“If you eat the same guy to an expensive restaurant that was never?”

“Yes, my ex is all rich,”

“Yes you are also rich,”

“Hmm, rich monkey,”

Vano who now embraces Elvina while looking for a seat, he took the time to pinch Elvina's arm because of anxiety with Elvina's jokes. The restaurant they went to was really quiet, and comfortable.

“Abis this we to pecel lele also yuk,”

“Dih, what? ‘Can eat here. Ah you're weird,”

“Yes is okay, why? As long as the stomach fits, we eat where we think it's good, like we haven't eaten pecel catfish for a long time, honey. How about to warteg?”

“Mas, that's what's a hot air balloon stomach?”

Vano laughed at his wife. Because he had too much desire, eventually his stomach was likened to a hot air balloon.

“Means don't eat here should, at a roadside tent stall only. While horrifying the horn of the vehicle people, continued brother seller nyalain music dangdut, it's more exciting, Mas,”

Elvina is comfortable listening to live music and watching people play instruments such as violins, guitars and such with soft songs, but Elvina is also comfortable with the atmosphere of eating in the tent stalls on the side of the road. It was even more diverse that Elvina could witness.

“You are tired of being a child and wife of people like yes,”

“I bribe,”

The food came and Vano immediately took over the food that was supposed to be for the wife. Elvina nodded in refusal.

“Emang why the hell, dear? I want a bribe,”

“I don't want, you eat alone and I also eat alone, finish deh,”

“I want to brib—“

“I am not a child,” said Elvina while glaring because the husband forced her to be allowed to feed him.

“Yes, who said you were a child? I know you are not a child, you ‘kan already can make a child,”

“I glue your mouth to be diem yes, Mas. You babble continuously instead of eating, if again the birthday is not allowed to make people sprained,” Elvina spoke slowly while staring at Vano sharply like wanting to swallow Vano round and round.

“Emang true ‘kan? You can already make a child so you are not a child anymore,”

“Keep on, I need to stab this yes,”

Elvina was cutting the meat with her knife and she pointed the knife at the husband who immediately shuddered in fear.

“Don't be kidding, honey, you like all kinds,”

“Eatya diem! Keep joking, what does it mean to say I can already make a child,”

“Ya means because you already—“

“Continue, I actually stabbed you yes,”

“Piercing with your love arrow alone, Darling,”

*****

“Vano, please buy porridge, because Amih did not cook him sick, continue me also very lazy down to the kitchen,”

It was only fitting that Vano woke up, his wife was still on the bed, not yet into the kitchen. Apparently because Elvina was reluctant to leave the bed to cook in the kitchen.

“Oh Is sick? Since when?”

“He said last night, continue I was also lazy mass, just buy anything ‘kan?”

“Not a problem, honey, later I buy porridge but now I take a shower first yes,”

Elvina nodded her head. Vano got up from the bed and took a shower. After that they did the worship of Fajr together then Vano went to leave the house for a while to find chicken porridge according to the request of the wife.

Elvina waited for her husband downstairs so that she could eat immediately because she was hungry when she ate last night and many also because not only eat in one place in order to commemorate the birthday the husband's year.

Elvina sat on the living room sofa while leaning back and closed her eyes. He almost fell asleep again, but unfortunately there was a bully that was an insect crawling on his feet. He immediately shouted in shock and it turned out to be a cockroach.

“Ih Jeez! What the hell is this cockroach?! Make it a surprise lo!”

Elvina grumbles at the insect for being bullied. The insects have gone away.

“Kok no cockroaches anyway, really tumben. Since when are there cockroaches?”

Elvina immediately took the insect repellent liquid to exterminate it. Elvina wishes there was only one in her house. Though all this time cleanliness has always been maintained but there are still insects.

The insect instantly sprawled helplessly on the floor. Elvina breathed a sigh of relief because what she did managed to exterminate one insect.

“Hopefully only that, no other insects. He's afraid he's bringing friends or kids,”

Elvina will return the insect repellent liquid to its place but the sound of Vano knocking on the door of the house.

“Iya a minute,”

Elvina rushed to open the door. And her husband was shocked to see Elvina holding a bottle of insect repellent liquid.

“What are you doing holding it? Huh?”

Vano remembered the moment when Elvina scratched her hand with broken glass at the hotel. Vano thought the not-so-nothing saw his wife holding the insect repellent liquid. Vano will snatch the bottle in Elvina's hand but Elvina keeps it away.

“Ngapain you hold this? Mending you wash your hands keep eating,”

Elvina immediately rushed back the bottle of insect repellent liquid after which washed her hands clean and sat down at the dinner table.

“I've destroyed cockroaches,”

Vano also washed his hands and he sat down at the table with his wife who had opened two containers of porridge.

“I think you want to hold that,”

“Emang you think I'll do? Yes, it must be destroyed by insects if you already hold it,”

“I'm afraid you're trying again to destroy your life, El,”

Elvina frowned, not understanding the words of her husband. Elvina forgot that she had made her husband almost die standing up because he was too anxious to see Him who wanted to kill himself because of the matter with Delila.

“What do you mean?”

“Yes I'm afraid you repeat the things that happened at the hotel at that time,”

Elvina chuckled at the husband's words. While Vano himself was looking at her cynically. He was worried and laughed at.

“You're afraid I'm doing that again?”

“Yes, but in a different way. I was just thinking about it, I should make a mistake let alone the same Delila? How come you're reckless again, uh don't know because you want to kill insects. Please don't worry me, honey. I'm still traumatized by the incident at that time, I'm really afraid you repeat it again,”

“Lho, who worries who? You are too scared. I ‘kan do not want strangely hold the liquid of the insect repellent earlier, I just want to destroy the insects just now, you think everywhere,”

“Yes reasonable, I'm still traumatized, darling,”

“So, who's wrong here?”

“Yes no hell,”

“Makanya do nothing but directly draw conclusions themselves, so there was a cockroach crawling at my feet just as I sat waiting for you. He has not been too far away 'have I made a tepar,”

“That's a big deal,”

“Ih rather than make the house so dirty because there is him, mending made tepar already. Though every day the house is cleaned, but I wonder if there are still insects like that at home,”

“Yes natural, Honey, even our home is safe from the situation you know, the mouse is not there,”

“Eh don't let me, I moved if there really is a mouse in the house,”

Elvina's words invite Ken's laughter. So afraid of Elvina with insects to have the intention to lift the suitcase if for example there are rats. Good thing to say there's a rat, not a cockroach. If Elvina said she would move if there was a cockroach, now she's moving.

“Where are you going to move? Where-where his contrived insects moved. You are so different, when you want to go,”

“Yes than I have to meet a mouse in this house, if I want to move. I'm the same cockroach scared plus amused, let alone a rat, Ken. Can't be shadow. I screamed, and then when I met a mouse how? Shouts I'll be firmer like,”

“Moving where do I ask?”

“Yes where to,”

“The other house? What if there are rats there too?”

“Ih don't! You're talking weird,”

Elvina did not want their two houses to be inhabited with rats or others that made the impression of a dirty house.

“Eh but by the way I met a rat last night,”

“Hah? You serious? Where?!”

Elvina stopped eating because she heard the words of her husband which made her shocked amazing. During this time he had never met with the name of a mouse, if the insect only sometimes and it was rare.

“In your heart,”

Elvina rotates her eyeballs to the side of Vano. He asked seriously, Ken even asked him to joke.

“I'm serious, Mas, where did you see the rat? I want to move, really. Instead of me being scared to see him every day, he must play him in the kitchen and continue it, Ih do not imagine that every day see him mulu,”

“I just saw him last night,”

“Serious you? How come you didn't tell me anyway?”

“Time I take a drink, El,”

“How come I didn't talk from last night? Should have been immediately given poison last night,” Ken launched his action to make the wife afraid. In his heart he held back his laughter. He didn't really see the rat, he just wanted to prank Elvina and it turned out that Elvina was scared for real.

“No, I'm just kidding,”

“That you really dong,”

“Iya really,”

“Yes where did you see? In kitchen? Keep the mouse big or maish small?”

“Udah big, kayak cat,”

“Totally? That big? So what is serem? Is that a rat or a mouse demon? You seriously see that big of him? Did someone send a demon to our house, Mas? Rival at your job time yes, Mas?”

Vano was blown away, his laughter completely broke upon hearing the various conjectures Elvina had thrown at him just now. Discussion starts from rats, then dispatches from rivals in the work.

“Ah you lied to me like yes?!”

Elvina began to suspect her husband. There was no way Vamo looked relaxed when he had just admitted that he had met a rat. Vano himself must be amused and will think hard how to repel the rat.

“You lied ‘kan? Ih so evil, lie to me all. It's really smart to make it up again. Everything says the rat's a cat. I was confused dong. That big time? If it's really that big it's like it's a real stealth shipment deh,”

“No, honey, I'm kidding. Do not think yes, do not take it too seriously. Let's just relax early in the morning. Let the cheap sustenance and the day feel light without burden, we have to joke a lot,”

“Ih but don't lie to me too dong, Mas,”

“Iya purpose ‘kan to entertain you as myself, El, let us laugh, do not burden the mind much. Just a rat in mind,”

“Yes must be thought of because the mouse disturbs the comfort we know not? If I'm not afraid it's no problem,”

“Ya I'll be kicked out if there is,”

“Yes can't, Mom. The one you were bitten,”

“Could be, Honey. I raised the mouse on—“

Vano looked at Elvina with narrowed eyes and suddenly he pounced on Elvina's chin to make the wife squeal in shock.

“I love you the mouse let you hug,”

“Nak by the way!”

“No, all you can hug is me, nothing else,”

“I'm shocked, Mas! Why are you so strange about his attitude. Remember already age, embarrassed if strange attitude,”

“The sign is that despite getting older, I am more eager to entertain you with my strange behavior. Nothing weird, it's important funny make you laugh,”

“Emang I laughed? The feeling from earlier is not deh, you are busy laughing continuously,”

“Yes laughing now!”

Elvina shook her head. It's not crazy to laugh for no reason. Vano who has since been seen kept his teeth especially when he managed to prank his wife.

“El, you haven't arrived in the month huh?”

Amidst the atmosphere of breakfast that began to calm after previously crowded because of Vano's joke about rats, Vano suddenly raised a question like that to his wife who automatically stopped the motion of his mouth that was chewing.

“Emang why?”

“Nothing, I just wanted to ask. How do you think you haven't arrived in the month?”

“Emang yet,”

“Eh seriously? Have you checked yet?”

“I males check ah,”

“Lho, why? Her fortune is coming now, El,”

“Yes I'm lazy, later you are disappointed again you know,”

“Neither, Honey. If you haven't been given, that's okay. I won't be disappointed,”

Elvina is very heavy when told to use a testpack. Because he had been disappointed, especially Vano who had hoped that he could soon have children.

“Cek aja, who knows there is good news ‘kan,”

“Iya Insha Allah if you remember,”

“Must remember dong, darling, I'm so curious,”

“Emang you are not afraid of disappointment huh? You ‘kan have often made disappointed,”

“Not disappointed if it has not been given,”

“Long really, even though I had hoped ‘kan?”

“Iya if you hope you don't need to be asked again, I've been hoping very much from the beginning after you miscarried last time but unfortunately ‘kan you don't want to have because it hasn't been love me, but I'm still patient,”

“You have no intention to find another one, Maa?”

“Hah? You mean?”

“Again I can't have children, you want to find another one?”

“Heh! You don't say that!”