THE SNOW-COLD DUDA
APPROACH AGAIN

Inside the room, Dean was waiting for Riani to arrive while sitting leaning on the bed. Because he had been waiting for Riani from afternoon until night but Riani had not yet come. The clock shows at eight o'clock.

" Where the hell is Riani? Why this hour has not come yet, he should have come at four in the afternoon. Help me take a shower, take care of my medicine and dinner. It's not even nongol at all. Or don't don't let him go to Jakarta?" Mumbled Dean.

" No no... Professor Ardan can't possibly lie to me. Riani's coming, yeah... He's definitely coming. I have to wait for him in a moment, if he doesn't come I'll see Professor Ardan again." Monologue Dean.

Czech....

The door opens from the outside.

Dean turned his head towards the door, he immediately flashed his smile as he looked at Riani who was standing in front of the door.

" Dock Night." Sapa Riani went inside.

" Why is this new clock coming? Shouldn't you be here at four in the afternoon?" Investigating Dean looked at Riani who was walking towards him.

" If my presence is not needed here, I will go out. And I'm sorry I'm late because I have to take care of my equipment to get back to work at this hospital and it's not an easy thing that just takes a little while." Riani's voice is cold.

" I'm sorry then, I didn't know that was the case. Now do your job!" Dean Said.

" Thank you." Riani.

At a glance Riani saw the food container that was still tightly closed like it had not been touched at all. Two grains of the drug are also still intact in a small plastic.

" Have you taken your medicine?" Riani looked at Dean.

" Not yet." Dean's Law.

" Then you have to eat first and then take the medicine." Riani.

" I want to eat but in the same bribe as you." Dean Said.

" I'm sorry that doesn't include my job." Riani Sahut.

" Riani please don't be formal like this! Act as usual, as before you left. I'm sorry if I hurt you, I'm not comfortable you're acting like this to me." Dean looked at Riani.

Riani rolled her eyes lazily. He does not like people who are deviant in their own words.

" I don't want to get a letter of reprimand from this hospital anymore Doc. Please understand that this job is very important to me. Now please eat! If you need anything, you can call me. I'll wait on the couch." Said Riani walking towards the sofa without waiting for Dean's answer again.

Dean breathed slowly. Instead of eating, he closed his eyes. He endured the pain in his heart. Now he knew how sick Riani was as she said rudely to Riani.

Riani who saw that could only exhale her breath violently.

" True stubborn." Riani Mumbled.

Riani moved closer to Dean. He opened the food cover. Chicken porridge with tofu side dishes and hospital-style roasted tempeh.

" It's cold." Riani Mumbled.

" Wait a minute Doc!" Riani.

" It turns out that he still cares about me, the proof is that he doesn't let me eat cold food because he knows it's not good anymore." Monologue Dean.

Soon Riani returned with a box of food that was still warm.

" I ordered a new food that is still warm, if you object you can ask the hospital to put the bill to my bill." Riani.

" No need, thank you for caring for me." Dean Said.

" It's not a matter of concern but it's my job to provide the best service to my patients so as not to complain about this hospital service, or I will be fired." Riani Sahut.

" Please Doc." Said Riani giving the food to Dean.

" Wouldn't you feed me like that?" Ask Dean to make sure.

" I'm sorry, I won't make the same mistake again." Riani Sahut.

" Okay sorry for the trouble." Finally inevitably Dean ate it with his own hands. He glanced at Riani, suddenly terbesit ignorant ideas in his brain. He smiled smirk then...

Uhuk uhuk uhuk

Hearing Dean choking, Riani immediately ran over to him. He immediately gave Dean a glass of water.

" Drink Doc!" Riani.

Dean took a glass from Riani's hand and he immediately drank it to the end.

" Thank you." Said Dean giving an empty glass to Riani.

" Is it over?" Riani looked at Dean.

" It's been." Dean nodded his head.

" Thank God, then." Riani muttered back to the sofa, she sat there while playing her phone.

"Truely changed, she could turn cold to me. I really didn't expect, I'm sorry for making you turn into this. But I'm sure behind your cold attitude is still a concern for me. I will try to get close to you again and I will get your heart Riani. I don't want to lose someone I love for the second time." Dean said in his heart.

Finish eating Dean immediately take his medicine. More precisely pura drank it because it turns out he threw the medicine behind his pillow. He did not want to recover because he did not want to lose Riani again. He tried to buy time to have a chance close to Riani. He is willing to be handicapped for life as long as Riani can always be with him. Really silly thinking.

" Rest Doctor Dean! I'll wake you up at six in the morning. You have to sunbathe in the hospital garden tomorrow morning and from tomorrow you also start walking practice without a wheelchair." Riani.

" Hm." Mumbled Dean.

Riani returned to the sofa, she lay her body on the sofa while playing her phone. Every now and then he smiled and laughed to himself, causing Dean's heart to be disturbed.

" Who is he chatting to anyway? Why did it look so happy from now on? Or don't let him chat with his girlfriend? Ah no.. It seems she doesn't have a boyfriend. In fact, all this time he did not look close to a man. Or am I the one who doesn't know? I have to investigate. I don't want to get to the first person like when I was with Ara. I've already anchored my heart to Sister Riani and I don't want anything else. I had to persuade her and express my feelings correctly to her. Sister Riani... You're really driving me crazy and fucked up like this. Your charm overpowers my feelings for Ara that I have had for five years, it only took you a week to take everything. I have to keep trying to make it work." Dean said in his heart.

TBC....

Author say happy eid al-fitri, sorry to be born and inward 🙏