SUFFERING AN EMPTY SON-IN-LAW
I'll try it
The night began to rise. Reno waited faithfully for his wife to come out of the room. At the moment he did not dare to enter, but he was trying to appreciate Hilwa's attitude. Maybe for now you still can't accept my apology, Wa! but I am sure, gradually you will forget everything and be able to behave as usual, Reno said in his heart.
He laid his body on the living room couch, only a blanket and a pillow that became friends as the night breeze came in through the skin from the air vent gap on the glass.
He should have slept with one of his wives tonight. Maybe Stefani is more expecting the presence of Reno at this time. Because tonight, the first night they became brides.
There was a man who once said. 'Never give your chastity to a man before your first night. Even though that man will be your husband later. Because if you give it to him, one day on your first night, he will not be eager to touch your body. Because what? because he's never felt it before'.
Maybe this is what Reno is experiencing right now. He's not eager to have a romance with Stefani. Because they have done it often before.
The first night is very sacred for some people who are looking forward to it.
The sun was beginning to emit a golden color. Hilwa opened the curtains covering the glass windows in her room. Right now he will rise from the slump that for these 3 days tormented him.
He opened the door to step into the kitchen. But when her eyes caught the figure of a man who is still her husband, her steps stopped.
The deg! why does Reno even sleep here. Shouldn't she spend the night at the mother's house.inner Hilwa pondered.
She tried to get close to her husband, who was currently sleeping on the living room sofa. As he brought his face closer, Reno's eyes opened. Of course, making Hilwa strung in shock, his body until staggered backwards if Reno did not block his hand, Hilwa's body could have hit the end of the table. "Be careful wa!" reno.
Reno woke up from her sleep. Hilwa, who had just wanted to leave, stopped because Reno had blocked her wrist. "Wait for Wa, brother wants to talk for a moment. Brother please, you want to hear it." Pinta Reno.
Hilwa took a deep breath to prepare herself, what her husband was going to say. He finally sat down beside Reno. "What you want to talk about, I have to immediately prepare food for you" Hilwa said without looking at Reno's face.
"Well, I promise it won't be long." Reno prepared herself, what words she deserved to say to start her conversation. "The heat! for the umpteenth time you want to apologize for what you have done all this time. All Hilwa, all of them!" everything Reno said repeatedly, to describe him who had made too many mistakes and hurt his wife.
"Right you say, this brother's mistake will greatly impact our harmony in the future. But brother asked you to learn to recapitulate all this. I promise you, I will keep you as my first wife." Reno mean. He grabbed Hilwa's palm. It feels stiff, not as warm as it used to be.
"Don't be too sweet to make a promise. If you can't keep it anymore, it'll be even more painful for me." replied Hilwa.
The deg! it's hard to conquer his heart now.
"Then what do I have to do to make up for all my mistakes, and you want to accept my apology." Reno now feels frustrated himself. The soft words had now changed in a frustrated tone.
"Run it as it should. Take your burden, be fair to us. I want to try it too." insisted Hilwa. "Alright I will also try to live it and try to be fair" Reno concluded. He doesn't know what else to say. It was eager for her to hug Hilwa's body that for these 3 days, stayed away from her. "I have to prepare food first, before you're late for work."
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Reno returns to her parents' house. He's about to get Stefani to work together.
"Assalamu'alaikum" Reno greeted. "It turns out you're having breakfast" he said.
"Come here, brother! we'll have breakfast together." take Stefani. "I had breakfast. Hilwa's cooking." said Reno proudly. Signs he had succeeded in breaking Hilwa's heart.
"Why is your son-in-law doing?" ask Mr. Dedi. "He's fine. And have started doing his activities." replied Reno. "Thank God, if Hilwa's okay. I'm glad to hear it." Mr. Dedi resumed his breakfast.
While Stefani and Bu Tika look indifferent to the news of Hilwa. "He had no choice, right? in addition to receiving Reno's wedding. If he persisted, he could just leave the house. But in fact he can still survive." said Ms. Tika. "Have Ma'am, don't provoke their anger any more." sighed Anita, who was sitting next to her mother. This mother has no capok-kapoknya provoke the anger of the father and Reno. Anita growled in the heart, she is afraid her father is angry again if her mother continues to demonize Hilwa.
Ms. Tika threw away her face, "let Stefani eat a lot. Let the mother's grandchildren be healthy." Ms. Tika no longer calls Stefani by using nak's frills. Because the pawns to become his dream daughter-in-law have been reduced, since knowing that Stefani has been dumped by his family.
Hearing the words of the granddaughter coming out of his mother's mouth, Reno's mixed feelings stirred. There was a warm feeling in his heart. However, he still awaits the child in Stefani's womb, but still must respect the heart of his first wife, Hilwa. "If you're done with breakfast, let's go together." Reno sees Stefani ready for her work suit.
"Sister I'm ko' kepengen mangosteen fruit yah." Stefani, who was sitting next to Reno, was holding the wheel. "Yes already, after work we look for mangosteen fruit until we meet. Because it will be very difficult, because this is not the season." said Reno. She already knows about cravings for pregnant women in the first trimester of pregnancy. Maybe Stefani is having her first cravings.
Cars continue to break through traffic jams on city streets.
They have arrived at their respective workplaces, it's time they do their job as employees at one of the private banks in the city center.
Time keeps rolling, nothing changes from Stefani's daily life. Only, his physique was slightly weakened. He became easily soybean, because he was undergoing hormonal adjustments. From her office friends no one knows that Stefani is married even she is pregnant.
When the day began in the afternoon, Reno picked up his second wife to keep his promise that would find the mangosteen fruit the desire of the baby.
After tracing along the way, there was not a single fruit trader who sold mangosteen fruit. For the same reason, because this is not the season of mangosteen he said.
"How about we go find it again tomorrow. Adzan will soon reverberate. We should get home soon." Reno suggested. "Yes, my sister, I'm tired, we'll just go home." Stefani agrees with her husband.
They arrived at Reno's parents' house while Adzan was reverberating. "I'm coming home now, tomorrow morning I'll pick you back up." Reno said. Stefani wanted to prevent it, but Reno had already disappeared from his sight.
Huh! even tonight I still have to sleep alone. Until when will you ignore me sister!, I cannot wait for this child to be born. So that I can take your full attention, Stefani murmured, and went inside the house.