The Lives of Five Hundred Thousand
The other side of Nura

Raihan holds the sleeping Zain into his apartment. I follow behind him. After that, he put it on the bed I used to occupy.

"You rest! I'm out first." After saying Raihan came out of my room. I stared in wonder at the door that was closed by him. It's not usual for Raihan to call me you. But it's better that I don't feel older than him.

I lay my body beside Zain. While hugging Zain my eyes closed and within seconds my mind was already in the subconscious.

Zain wriggling disturbed my sleep. I opened my eyes but it was not Zain who was writhing but Raihan who was sleeping beside me. I was quite surprised by him. Not only was his body sleeping beside me but his right hand was coiled around my stomach. I looked at his face that was softly crouching.

"What a handsome future husband." My monologue.

Raihan is handsome. His face was smooth white without a thin sideburn or mustache. His face tends to be cute according to his age of just twenty-three years. Raihan is very similar to Korean actor or singer, Cha Eun Woo.

"Why pay attention to me like that, baby? do I want to kiss?" Raihan asked in the middle of his eyes closed. It turns out he was just pretending to sleep. I pinched his stomach he complained but smiled.

"Hand don't be naughty, baby. Later if I want to do naughty with you how?"

"Kok you don't call me mba anymore, Rai?"

"We're getting married soon, baby. I just want to get used to it. I called my own wife."

I smiled hearing it.

Raihan looked at me deeply as well as me. Then, he brought his face closer to mine. I know what Raihan will do but I let him and did not avoid him. Raihan immediately put his lips on my lips and I greeted him willingly. Maybe this is the name of love I can never refuse her kiss. It was very different when I was still with Surya mas even though we were a halal couple still I never felt willing when kissed by him.

When I was enjoying the touch of her soft lips suddenly Raihan released his pagutan just like that. I was pretty upset for him. As a normal and experienced woman and if I put aside the word sin I want to do more with Raihan at this time but...What demons are possessing me right now? why do I have such indecent thoughts.

"Patience, baby, remember that we are in bed when we are afraid and then do more how?" Raihan's words seemed to satirize my words when in the hotel bathroom when he was about to kiss me and I refused him. I don't have a face right now.

"You started first." I bent my face and put away the hand on my stomach and sat up straight.

Raihan smiling. He sat beside me." I'm sorry, I've been arousing mba he he." After mocking him straight down from the bed without looking at me who was looking down embarrassed.

Raihan came out of my room while I was ready to bathe Zain as time was nearing the Maghreb.

"Zayn!"call me to Zain who's playing Lego. Zain had been awake since then and his sleeping position was replaced by Raihan. Raihan himself deliberately wanted to prank me.

Zain looked at me." Yes, mama."

"We take a shower?" Zain nodded and stood up to me.

Raihan came back to my room while I was putting Zain's clothes on the bed. Her appearance is already neat wearing a navy color shirt and moka trousers like the one that will go outside the apartment.

"Papa's son has a bath?"Raihan asked Zain and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"It's papa." Zain replied with a grinning smile at him.

"It should be fragrant. Here let papa continue." Raihan took Zain's shirt that I was holding but I didn't take it off." Don't Rai, let me."

"Let me, mama take a bath there stinks." Raihan is forcing. I smiled amusedly hearing the name that was said by him. The name for a married couple when we are not married.

In the end I took off the clothes that were our grab and let Raihan dress up Zain. Before I entered my bathroom, Raihan was dressing Zain in jest. I smiled at her and how thankful I was that God had sent such a perfect figure as Raihan, a young, handsome, well-established man, who loved me and my son.

"We have dinner outside, baby, the food stock is up, I haven't been shopping. Gini is not good to live celibacy so I want to get married immediately so that if there is a sleep, shopping there is a nemenin continue there masakin. Ehh, but.if we're married take ART only I don't want my wife exhausted. My wife's job is to serve me in bed, hehe." Raihan said at length when I was taking juice water in the refrigerator.

"You want a drink, Rai? Ask me to change Raihan's long words. I'm ashamed because at the end of the long words tucked into a fulgar sentence.

Raihan did not agree nor refused my offer but looked at me with a gaze that I could not understand.

"Hey, would you like a drink?" reset me. But Raihan did not answer but peeked at my cheek and then walked towards Zain who was on the sofa.

"Basic freak." Umpat I'm upset.

Raihan took Zain and approached me again." Come on, baby." Bring her to arrive.

"Where?" I asked then put the glass used to drink juice.

"So I told you we'd eat out."

"Oh, because you said it so long ago so I don't understand the same core of your conversation."

Raihan scratched his nape and smiled smirkingly.

Hashim Hashim

Suddenly suddenly sneezing repeatedly seemed his flu symptoms began to whack my nose.

"You have the flu, baby? then we don't have to eat outside. I'll order some food."

"It's okay Rai, just a little bit. We'll just eat outside."

"You sure?"

I nodded confidently.

Raihan walked towards his room and before long he came out again carrying a sweater and a mask.

"You're wearing this to make it warmer." Raihan gave me the sweater and the mask. I grabbed him and thanked him.

After my sweater and my mask were put on we headed out of the apartment to the basement.

"Did we stop by the clinic first for treatment?"Raihan suggested when we were already in the car.

"Rai, don't overdo it, I'm just a common cold taking stall medicine."

"But there's no stall here, baby. Then we'll find a cure in the pharmacy."

"It's up to you."

Raihan drove his car out of the apartment to the streets of Jakarta that were full of vehicles back and forth.

"We'll go to the pharmacy for a minute. Let the medicine be taken immediately after eating." Raihan stopped his car in front of a pharmacy.

I'm nodding.

"Eee, Rai!" Raihan paused his intention to open the door.

"Why dear."

"What if I'm?"

"I. I'd like to buy menstrual pain medication." I answered a little embarrassed.

Raihan smiled." Are you menstruating again?" Raihan's question made me even more embarrassed.

"Be..not yet, but like her any minute."

"Ooh, I hope it comes this Sunday, baby. Don't let us marry hehe."

"Ray..." I'm really embarrassed that Raihan actually teased me.

Raihan laughed crisply." Yes, let me buy her.

"Don't you, aren't you ashamed of the pharmacy guard?"

Raihan looked silent and scratched his forehead.

"Let me just for a second. I'm picking up Zain." I sat Zain in the seat and then immediately went down before Raihan stopped me.

I walked into a not-so-crowded pharmacy. When I was in the dispensary suddenly someone nudged me until I turned a hundred degrees but was lucky not to fall.

Plaques

Something fell on the floor. I looked down at a pregnancy detector or testpack out of a plastic bag lying around.

The woman who hit me hurriedly crouched down and then put the object back into the plastic bag and stood back up.

The woman looked at me furiously. While I was astonished to see who the woman who was staring was angry which was none other than Nura. But I felt that Nura did not realize that the person in front of her was me because I was wearing a mask and a sweater.

"Lo how the hell blind yes or indeed Lo do not have eyes until hit by people." Nura rebuked me with a loud voice when she was the one who was wrong had hit me first.

"Lo tau no ka.. "

"Sorry mba, please don't make a fuss here." Suddenly the pharmacy guard broke up when Nura was about to scold me back.

Nura rolled her eyeballs staring resentfully at the dispensary guard. Then he turned his eyes back to me.

"Just look if I see you again." He said with a threatening tone and then he went out of the pharmacy.

I looked at his back with a thought of asking about the dropped testpack. Why did Nura buy that tool? Who is pregnant? But I immediately dismissed that thought and continued my intention to buy medicine.

After getting what I was looking for I got back in the car.

"Did you meet Nura inside baby?" asked Raihan when I was wearing my seat belt.

"Kok you know?"

"I saw him come out of the pharmacy maybe he met you."

I remember the testpack I saw when Nura's plastic bag fell. I cradled nimang to tell Raihan not but.rasiasa Raihan should know about it. Not that I intended to spread the disgrace of people but Raihan is my future husband and Nura is his former lover even though he never considered it. It's only natural that Raihan knows because I'm sure Raihan won't pass it on to anyone else.

"Emm, Rai!"

Raihan glanced in the middle of driving." Why sweetheart?"

"So.I saw Nura buy a testpack."

Raihan narrowed his eyes."Testpack is not a pregnancy detector?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"What...you think I impregnated Nura, baby?"

I shook fast." Not at all. I believe in you, Rai."

Raihan smiled." You have to trust me because I'm not the one who impregnates him. Don't impregnate her, embrace her, I never did.

"I didn't think at all in that direction."

"Dear, I just want to explain so you don't think anything weird about me. Anyway, I think it's only natural that she's pregnant."

"Why is that?"

"Nura is a free boy. His club night toys, his drinks wine. She could've done a one night stand with her date."

"Do you know much about Nura?"

"I know Nura's dark side even I caught her in a hotel room with a guy. I just kept quiet and pretended not to know. That's his life."

"Does her parents know about Nura's behavior outside?"

"Looks like they don't know, they think Nura's a sweet kitten."

"You call Nura a kitten?"

"Yes, for Nura's parents like a sweet cat staying at home is never crawling."

"Oh."

"Dear, don't think of anyone else we just think of our future and

one thing you should know is that I've never hugged or kissed any woman other than you love."

I looked in admiration at Raihan. He's a perfect man, I'm sure no woman would turn him down if he wanted to. But she was so loyal to me that kisses and hugs were just with me. How lucky am I, right? suddenly I felt insecure about my shortcomings. I am no longer a virgin, already have a child even my age is far above it. Though in this world a lot of perfect women but why Raihan choose a woman who has many shortcomings like me.

"Rai, won't you feel remorse if you marry me later?"

"Why should I regret it? marrying you was my dream from childhood, baby."

"But I have many shortcomings, I..."

"Husss." Raihan's left hand stroked my elus cheek." Don't talk about it anymore!" say it later.

I grabbed the hand that was stroking my cheek and kissed it. This spontaneous treatment was my first time. I was too happy and happy and even proud that I could not express with the word has been loved by a perfect man like Raihan. Raihan Hermawan.