The Steel-Cared Rose
Get Together
The pool is full of kids, Dylan and Haliza. The sound of laughter filled the pool.
The sound of water filling the pool. Occasional sounds of screaming as it enters the pool.
“Yeeeeeyyy..”.
“Hulaaaa...”.
“Wait for meee.
Byyuuurrrr
Swimming makes them hungry. The housekeeper provides snacks on the edge of the pool.
It is placed on a round table that merges with a large umbrella on it.
Various breads, donuts, snacks and drinks in the cooler box. One box containing cold drinks with ice filled the box while one containing drinks with room temperature.
Dylan and Haliza were the first to leave the pool after an hour of swimming.
They rinsed their bodies in the rinse room near the swimming pool.
Sit and watch the kids swim.
“I miss you.” Dylan said without a shadow.
Haliza laughs, “Really?”
“Do you miss me?”
Haliza shook her head.
“You don’t lie to me. Don’t you?
“No, I don’t. I am not miss anyone. I enjoy my life with my kids.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I'm obsessed with loyalty. Ahkam traumatized me. I ran to you. Not wanting to experience betrayal again. But besides being loyal. Are we one frequency or is there something that connects us like the feeling of love? You love Sinta. I loved Ahkam before he betrayed me.”
“Yeah. Love is a mystery. I miss the times you chased me.”
Kontan Haliza laughs, “Yeah, silly huh?”
“Yeah. But I feel flattered.”
“Not are you upset and uncomfortable?”
“Astral. Who is the man to be chased? There aren't. If anything, they may be too shy to chase women. They still don't like being chased. If only they could go after the woman they like. They definitely chose to pursue.”
“Yeah. No need to exaggerate make me ashamed.”
“Yeah.” Dylan picked up a sandwich containing bacon, eggs, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes.” Pour the sauce chili and mayonnaise onto it.
Haliza chose sweet bread filled with sausage. Take a cold box fruit juice drink. Apple flavor.
Dylan prefers soft drinks with cold cans. Chew on his sandwich. Looking at the kids who are swimming. They're playing water polo.
“Before I met Sinta. I'm a play boy. Love to change partners.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. You know how single life is. I don't think at all to get married.”
“What made you change?”
“I know Sinta. Originally, I just wanted to protect her from anything that could harm her.”
“Then?”
“I just realized that she's the only woman I love.”
“Really? But destiny separates. So sad.”
“After we parted ways. Not thinking of finding a replacement. I thought he was my true love.”
“Yeah.”
“At first, I was annoyed by your attitude towards me.”
Haliza chuckles, “You're distracted while I'm obsessed. I felt very frustrated at that time.”
“ I don't like being chased by women. Moreover, I also never thought of finding a replacement for Sinta.”
“Yeah. Sinta is almost perfect as a woman. Motherly, intelligent, gentle, beautiful, faithful. Anything else I haven't mentioned?”
“Yeah. She almost perfect as a woman.”
“Yeah.”
“But I started thinking about finding a replacement. Seeing the children receive you well.”
“Yeah. You are marriying me for your kids. Not yourself.”
“But when you return the ring. I'm starting to think.”
“Think what?”
“I don’t know. Maybe something is missing here.”
“Like what?”
“Maybe Sinta is not my last love.”
“What?”
“I start thinking of you.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Not for my kids but myself.”
“You are just feel sorry for me.”
“Nope! I know what I feel. I am a man. I feel something different for you.”
“Yeah. I like everything about you.”
“You are just trying to influence me.”
“No! I don’t care if you don’t feel the same.”
“Don’t make me confuse. I like your loyalty. I wish Ahkam had that. But it doesn't’t mean that I love you.”
“I think, I don’t love Sinta anymore. But, I still adore and want to protect her. And its a different kind.”
“Come on! She is your ex. You can't do nothing with her. Mostly, she has a husband.”
Dylan looked at Haliza's face inside.
“Time will tell.”
“Yeah, time will tell. There is something I want to say.”
“What is it?”
“I think I can't get over Ahkam. Although he betrayed. But my feeling still the same. I know I was a fool. But, angry is different with you are stopping loving someone.”
“Yeah! I can see that.”
“What do you mean?”
“The angered's. Frustated. Desperated. You look like someone who being hurt than stop loving.”
“Love can be so stupid.”
“Yeah.”
“Don’t jump to the conclusion too quickly. Maybe you just feeling rejected.”
“Time will tell. I don’t say that I don’t have any feeling for Sinta. I loved her. But now, I love you. My feeling has changed. Since, I know you. And the more I getting to know you. I feel that my feeling deeper.”
“Maybe I hurt your pride.”
“Yeah. I thought the same at first. But, I know what I feel.”
Haliza opens the snack jar. Take cashew nuts.
“I think everything is confusing us.”
“Yeah, I agree. Just live everything as it is.”
Sinta and Dean join the pool. Sinta was sitting next to Haliza while Dean was next to Dylan.
“You look mess up.” Dylan was worried.
“She less than six month pregnancy. What do you expect? ” Said Dean.
Sinta took the cold orange juice and drank it. Open a jar of chocolate containing almonds mix fruit.
“Dean, Dylan just asked. You don't need to be like a fire doused in gasoline.” Tegur Sinta to her husband.
“I don't like to see people who are so considerate of my wife!” Ketus.
“Do not childish. Anyone can ask me how I am.”
“Yeah!” Haliza said, “Sinta's face looks pale. It's only natural to look worried.”
“I'm pregnant young. Can't hold my nausea. Frequently spewing my food.”
“It's natural that you look pale.” Haliza was concerned.
Dylan closed his mouth. Not to upset Dean.
“Try to eat a little.” Haliza's Advice.
“Yeah, I'll try.”
“Eat something soft and fruitful. Like porridge and soup or soto. Fruit juice.Fruit soup."
“Yeah, I'll try.”
“Reduce eating something acidic. It can reduce nausea but can also provoke stomach acid to rise. Eat something sweet little by little.”
“Yeah. Make sense.” Sinta, “I'll try.” Haliza.
“After four months you will improve.”
“Yeah.” Sinta.