The Price is an HONOR
THE IN-LAWS' HOUSE

There is nothing happier than being with the one we love. Uniting two minds to become one vision and mission is not easy, it takes patience, struggle and sacrifice.

That's how Rain feels right now. After he opened his heart to Sean, everything seemed easier, like flowing water, two very different human visions and missions were finally able to realize if at this time they were a single entity.

Sean is no longer living as he once did. At least now there is a heart he must take care of. Similarly to Rain, he had to be extra patient to face Sean who often made him have to stroke his chest.

"Beb, you really don't want a reception?" Sean asked after their heated struggle. I don't know how many times Sean asked about the reception that continued to be delayed until 6 months of their wedding.

"Don't waste money." Ever since he had economic difficulties back then, Rain had become a more calculating figure. He didn't want to waste money on something he could possibly skip.

"It's not that, either. I feel sorry for you if there is no reception. I know every woman wants to be queen for a day. I'm sure all women dream of it, wearing a queen-like fancy dress, walking on the rug with the groom. Don't you want to be like that." Sean pulled Rain closer to him. He raised Rain's head and placed it on his arm.

It's a lie that Rain never dreamed of that. Since long ago she wanted to wear a white dress and sit on the lap with the man she loved. But once the shadow of the groom was Gaza. But the truth is, her husband is Sean.

"I'd rather be the queen of your heart than the queen of a day." Sean chuckled at Rain. "I don't want Sean's reception, but I want something." Said Rain as she looked up to look at her husband's handsome face.

"What do you want?"

"Home, I want a house that can accommodate us and our future children later. I want a simple house with a large yard. To be honest, I'm not comfortable living in an apartment."

Sean smiled at it. According to him, Rain's wish was simple, but he was hard to grant.

"Why? is there something wrong with my words?" Rain saw something strange from Sean's expression.

Sean shakes. "Sorry Rain, it seems hard to grant your request."

Rain frowned. How could an Ocean Kalandra not be able to buy him a simple house with a large yard? Even the price of the car if sold can already buy a simple house.

"I don't need Sean's mansion. I just want a simple house."

"I know you're not a woman who likes luxury. It's just... " San can't go on saying.

"What is it?" Rain did not want to be curious.

"I'm Rain's only child. I have a duty to take care of both my parents. Actually ever since we got married, papa kept forcing me to go home. Is it possible that I live alone and let my parents be lonely in their old age."

Rain's face changed. His dream of building his small household seemed to be taken away instantly.

"Why is your face like that? Does living with in-laws sound so scary to you?"

"More, more than just horror to me. Imagining your mama's face is like getting into a haunted house ride." Inner Rain.

"I'm not going to force you right now. I know you and my mom don't fit in. But maybe once they get a grandchild, slowly you and mama get along."

"Hopefully." Rain tried to smile even though he looked very forced.

"We're going to Papa's house, Rain. Actually, it's been a long time since papa told us to come."

Rain nodded despite the force. She is Sean's wife. And that means, Sean's parents are also his parents too. Inevitably, sooner or later, she also had to deal with her in-laws.

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Vivi immediately hugged her beloved son when Sean and Rain visited their home. The middle-aged woman's face suddenly saw her son coming home. But his gaze instantly turned sinister as he looked at Rain. The unwanted daughter-in-law.

"Finally after 6 months of marriage, remember to also visit the in-laws." Vivi quipped while pulling the tip of her lips. Since marrying Sean, this is indeed the first time Rain has set foot in his mother-in-law's house.

"Don't start ma. Sean's coming home again when mama's like this." Because the attitude of his mother is what makes Sean reluctant to invite Rain to visit his parents. "Which father?"

"Obviously, he's in the back yard. Must be feeding his favorite koi fish."

"Sean to where papa used to be." Cut him off and immediately bring Rain to meet his papa. It was a different atmosphere created. Papa Sean is happy that his son and daughter-in-law are coming home. There was not a single look of dislike towards Rain. They even look familiar.

"You've been married for 6 months, are you still not content?" Vivi doesn't want to be stale.

"Yet ma, doain aja." Rain put on his forced smile. This question is what Rain fears the most, and perhaps by all the daughters-in-law in the world.

"In the meantime, fill in ma. Just wait for time. We try every day. Never even absent." Crack Sean and immediately get a footstep from Rain until the man grimaces in pain.

"Every day makes barren even if it's free."

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Rain immediately choked on his food. He didn't think the word frontal was able to come out of his in-laws' mouths. Heartache, don't ask again. Which woman to say barren. Perhaps it is a deficiency that is not willingly accepted by any woman.

"Heart beb." Sean poured some water and immediately thrust it at Rain.

"If that's what ma'am's guarding is." Papa Sean advised his wife. Honestly, he also did not like the words of Vivi who cornered her daughter-in-law.

"What the hell is that talking about. The word is prayer ma." Sean was furious with his mother.

"You don't have to fight. We rarely get to gather family kayak gini. Better shut up and finish eating." Zaenal as the head of the family tried to mediate.

Sean glanced at Rain. He knew his wife must have been hurt by her mother's words. After lunch, Sean immediately took Rain home. He didn't want Rain to feel more hurt if he continued in the house.

During the journey, Rain remained silent. He even seemed reluctant to answer all of Sean's questions. Sean wanted to entertain him.

Arriving in the room, the crying that he had been holding back from earlier finally broke. His chest was too tight to hold him.

"Do not enter the heart of your mother's speech. He's like that." Said Sean while stroking Rain's hair who was lying on his stomach on the bed.

"I want Sean alone, can't stay with me for a minute."

"Where can I leave you when you cry like a gini."

Rain got up and sat down to face Sean. "What if I'm really barren Sean?"

"Dam." Sean hurriedly put his finger in Rain's lips. "Don't say anything, that word is prayer. Most of us have been intensely connected for about 2 months. So it's too early Rain."

"But we've done it before, Sean. Probably about 5 months ago. But I'm not pregnant either." Rain still remembers when Sean forced her to have sex at the beginning of her marriage.

"We only did it once, and maybe you weren't in the fertile days of that time. Don't think too much."

"I used the contraceptive pill. Is that why I'm less fertile?" Rain guessed.

Sean frowned, he didn't even know if Rain had ever taken the contraceptive pill.

"When do you consume it?"

"When I wanted to sell myself to you. I don't want to take any chances. I can't get pregnant with someone I don't know. Therefore I took the contraceptive pill."

Sean hugged Rain and kissed her head many times. He understood his wife's fear.

"I'm sure everything's fine Rain. You'll get pregnant when it's time. We just have to wait for that moment. Just 2 months of our efforts Rain. There are many people out there trying for years. There are even 10 new years of children. Positive thinking, I'm sure you'll get pregnant. Don't you believe I can impregnate you?" Sean teased his wife a little to not be sad anymore.

Rain thumped her husband's chest which could still be tempting at a time like this.

"You want to get pregnant?" Sean asked with slightly raised eyebrows and a smirk on his lips. "Yuk bikin, who knows afternoon gini immediately so."

"That's your mode." Rain immediately smiled looking at her husband's perverted face.

"Once our children want it made fitting again sunset. When the sky is beautiful with orange color. Malem malem is too common. He wants amazing."

Rain could no longer hold back his laughter. He didn't expect that such a ridiculous thought would pop into Sean's head. But true Sean said, rather than crying indistinctly, mending efforts to make children.