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REIJI

I was calming down in the multipurpose room in my apartment unit and Lia after I shuffled out of the dining room even before my food ran out and my hunger was met perfectly, being a little impervious to Lia's sneer in my ear was somewhat quite demeaning to me – in my judgment.

And I was indeed keeping my emotions from being provoked because of Lia's sneer at me which I had heard several times since I picked up Lia earlier.

Besides I also want to give Lia time to cool her head which I know is being cheered on by emotions. Which if I dig up, chances are that Lia will become more and more gluttonous and cynical than ever before to me.

And I don't want it to happen dissolved – late. Besides myself, I also still hold back my anger over Lia who canceled her promil unilaterally, dispelling my dream to have a baby. And that was because Lia was soluble in her emotions.

Which is why I don't know what my fault relationship is that I've been giving Irly money, with the promil that Lia did until he decided just like that to stop the promil that was already halfway even most likely successful.

Lia was so easy to finish my dream to have a baby in an instant. And honestly, my heart doesn't accept it.

But discussing it even further is useless now, with the condition of Lia who is still dominated by emotions.

Who always replied to the word – I said with a stingy and cynical, as well as a look of hostility or pettiness.

And honestly, my pride as a – man and husband was slightly scratched over Lia's attitude. Which if I follow my ego and my emotions, I will also chimed in every word Lia can I reverse and I relate every mistake she ever made to me.

Indeed, I never think about Lia's mistakes with me again, but I also still remember the – things about my offence as a husband to her before Lia loved me.

But no, I can still think straight about not doing that. Especially after Lia mentioned about the divorce.

Even Lia's allusion to the divorce, she said with a tone of challenge.

And if I respond with emotion, Lia's challenge will be a demand.

**

**

Shut up, being Reiji's choice later. To dampen his emotions, in addition to making Malia calm that Malia's calm, Reiji needs to be able to talk with a cold head.

Reiji was silent when Malia challenged him to a divorce while in the car on the way home from his wife's office, until he reached the apartment. And choose to be alone for a while.

Moreover, Malia invites Avi to stay at her and Reiji's apartment without asking for Reiji's approval.

The following tells Avi to sleep in her room and Reiji without caring about Reiji's willingness to give her permission.

But Reiji chose to give up and allowed Avi to stay at his apartment and Malia, because Reiji hoped, Avi's existence can make Malia's feelings slightly improved.

Then Reiji also hopes, if the possibility of Avi can give advice to Malia for how to solve the problem that is going on between him and Malia. So Reiji let Avi stay in their apartment on Malia's wishes.

**

For a while, the atmosphere in Reiji and Malia's apartment was calm.

Malia is in her room and Reiji is with Avi, while Reiji who chose to stay in the multipurpose room in his apartment and Malia was choosing to read a book without touching his phone that he placed just beside where he sat.

Some chat columns from some numbers he has archived. Just so as not to be disturbed first by chat – chat that comes in from some of these contact numbers.

In addition Reiji has also set his phone to silent mode, because he is in need of calm.  But the calm that Reiji had started to get was then disturbed. When he heard Avi's call.

**

MALIA

I was surprised by Avi who rose suddenly – arrived from his position after I talked about Rei giving money every month to the seedling actor named Shirly even after we got married.

Avi had not gotten the story from Rei.

Avi looked surprised.

But he also surprised me by rising up – arrived and then stepped his feet towards the door of the room, then shortly afterwards I heard him call out to Rei.

“Eh, Vi!” I cried when Avi got up and stepped towards the door before her voice that called out to Rei with a bit of fuss was heard. I followed Avi spontaneously. And when I was right behind Avi that I actually wanted to intercept and asked him what he was approaching Rei for, my husband came out of the multipurpose room.

I caught Rei's astonished expression when he was already dealing with Avi.

Also, I looked at each other with Rei. Just for a moment, because then we were distracted by the ravings of Avi which he pointed at Rei.

“Lo actually ewelain si Shirly that every month even after lo marahin Lia?!...”

As soon as Avi rambled by scouting Rei who was staring at him for a moment, then Rei looked at me.

Rei did not immediately answer Avi's scorn, and Avi was about to speak again. But before Avi finished with his sentence, Rei was already deadlocked while continuing to look at me.

--

“I have no problem if you want to confide in Avi about my bad. But if indeed you want to voice your displeasure, talk directly to me.”

Rei's words were very clear he pointed at me.

Which sounds like a tudding in my ear.

And for that, my emotions that are indeed being unstable are ignited.

Then I quickly replied to Rei's words to me.

Plied Rei with – fierce and slender sentences, where after a few fierce sentences - sniffling and cynical came out of my mouth, Rei exclaimed sharply at me.

While Rei pointed and looked at me sharply as well. And it burned my emotions. Because I remember when Rei once yelled at me because of the actor and his son.

“Jaga your greeting Lia!” so did Rei snap at me. Which I immediately responded to Rei's clasping with a sharp statement that I would do what he called sharply to me.

Guarding my words.

All I said was I would keep my distance from him.

With the note that Rei had to divorce me, and this time I seriously asked for it - not like when I was in the car on the way back to the apartment, where I was talking about divorce, but at first glance.

--

I saw Rei was surprised, maybe Avi was the same.

But I was focusing on looking at Rei with a defiant look, other than my chest had started to go up and down.

Rei fell silent. But I, who was emotional, did not remain silent. I kept repeating my disbelief to Rei.

All of Rei's mistakes related to that seedling Shirly-that-that I remember, let me mention them one by one quickly.

Then ask Rei to divorce me hard immediately.

“Why diem?! Talk to me now! Need I take Qur’an?---“

I was still repressing and fiercely staring at him, as Rei silently remained silent by looking at me with a shocked look mixed in disbelief.

Then try to stop me who has lost control, but I still follow my emotions, still continue to challenge Rei to divorce me by slipping insults at Shirly.

“LIA!”

That shout was not from Rei, but rather Avi.

I also spontaneously fell silent.

And Avi then spoke softly to persuade me.

Whilst being silent, I still stared hostilely at Rei.

--

My emotions have not subsided.

But I no longer want to issue the word – words that I addressed to Rei.

I don't want to be near Rei right now. “Lo don't want to stay here tonight, Vi.... Lo back, and I follow you...“ I said to Avi who I looked at with my eyes wet.

“The room first, yuk?..” reply Avi to my words by persuading me. “Tenangin yourself lo, first, okay?...”

I also nodded. Then asked Avi when she and I were in my room and Rei. “Lo bring car ga?—“

“Neng.... sit first here.”

“Gue want to enter a shirt into a suitcase first.”

I didn't follow Avi's persuasion. “Neng, horrified me first—“

“Iya you say. I can listen to you while I finish my stuff.”

I'm the stubborn one.

**

**

But in the end the stubbornness of Malia who is being rolled up emotions, can be muted by Avi.

“Lo is still my friend lo, ga?” avi's words that make Malia not so clean her clothes and belongings for her to put in the suitcase. “Kalo still, you sit here first, we say. But if you still kekeh want to finish that shirt before we say, I'm out of here now.”

Malia followed what Avi said.

Taking his place with his best friend, on the sofa relaxing in his room and Reiji.

“Gue understands your feelings are the same Bang Rei now. Lo kello angry with him... I understand...”.

Avi blurted Malia's cheeks over some of the droplets that fell from Malia's eye for her frustration and Malia passed on her heart to Reiji a few minutes ago.

“Kalo lo emang already not comfortable with Bang Rei and decided to make it finished the same he also I will not prevent you divorced from him.... But Neng, divorce is good you don't decide when emotions gini.. and if I can be honest, I don't want to take lo and Bang Rei divorce.”.

“But you know what my principles are, Vi?..” omit Malia.

As he shrank his angry tears.

**

“Ngerti Neng, I understand very much the principle of lo...”.

Avi responded with the understanding of Malia's earlier remark.

“Ga there are people in this world who want to be lied to by a partner, including me.”

Avi says again.

“But Neng--this isn't me belain Bang Rei because she's my sister huh, but this is my perspective personally—“

**

“Bang Rei is wrong. With her giving monthly money to Shirly. But I'm sure, my brother it's not a – man as you think. He just purely wants to help him with him giving money every month to the Shirly. And I'm sure, at this time Bang Rei again in heavy shock because – because lo maksa he made the reason earlier. And if it's not wrong, he also reneged on your promise to make it a girl. And for that I understand your feelings. But Neng, this lo and Bang Rei problem can still be talked about well – well—“

“Gue has been lazy to say the same husband who has lied I raw – raw, Vi...” Malia said, and Avi nodded immediately.

“Yes, I understand. But still, both lo and Bang Rei sat down, talking both-with your head that was cold but. You tell me with details you want what, you want him how.. because Bang Rei tuh men in general, who often do not sensitive if you do not know. Although after this anyway I am sure his sensitivity radar to elo will he sharpen.”

Malia gave a small snort hearing Avi's last sentence.

“It looks like he doesn't need to sharpen his sensitivity radar for me.”

Avi understood the meaning of Malia's sentence just now. “Dan lo tetep want to divorce from Bang Rei?”

Malia murmured faintly.

Nodding small, but hesitating.

“Ga darling?”

Avi.

“After I've loved Bang Rei..”.

Avi continued.

“And as I go, Brother I love to die as lo.”

“Bullshit on Vi—“

“Lang love lo same Bang Rei because of this problem?—“

“Tau lah—“

“Terus elo want to love chance that the seed of the actor for the decetin Bang Rei if you still want to divorce?”

“Terena deh—“

“Yakin you will be willing? I feel lengga. Besides the Malia I know, I have a loyal heart. You already love Bang Rei, but your ego urges you to ask for a divorce from him.  What is abis?... you will fall, example-sorry, when you wait for Irysad.”

“.....”

“Beda case. Lo love Irysad but lo prestige and hesitate to say first to him. And the tip?... you know that clearly.”

Avi still dominates his conversation with Malia.

“Now Bang Rei. Lo love her, but she's not honest with you. You don't want to hear her explanation, and want to be divorced. Because ego. The end?.... will you be happy with the spit after you divorced from Bang Rei?... unless you already have PIL now, you already have PIL, I don’t think you will be happy after separating from the person you love just because of ego alone. And again Bang Rei tuh ga cheating from lo Neng, I'm sure it—“

“.....”

“Gue ga says, ‘Cuma so doang misah Bang Rei gave a living his young widow every month’, and I also do not violate the principle of lo who feel lied to raw as my brother a.k.a lo's husband.  But Neng, Bang Rei's fault is not so fatal as he cheated on you until you got divorced from him.”.

“.....”

“Love him a second chance, make this mistake clear to elo. It's up to you to give him the terms—“

“.....”

“Because I---honest, ga willing until lo and Bang Rei divorced.”

**

“Lo break gih. Bring sleep. It can help to reduce your emotions. Or better yet lo pray two rakaat, let calm really lo.”

Avi closed his conversation with Malia who immediately smiled and nodded in response to Avi's words just now.

“Lagian like I saw lo belom Isya deh? Or lo again pms?...” Avi said again.

“Iya anyway, I belom Isya,” respond Malia. “But I lay down for a while. If I overslept you wake me up..”.

“Ya. Your smile deh. I want to make tea. You want?”

“Engga ah Vi, thanks. Well you yourself already Isya?—“

“Pms I—“

“Hmm. I was just first?...”

**

The ego, often destroys rather than straightens.

Being big does not mean being weak.

**

As she lay on her side on her bed and Reiji, Malia felt movement on the bed. Where Malia thought, if it was Avi who had been a few minutes ago it was like coming out of the room and saying he wanted to make tea.

Malia stopped to continue her bed with sleep, and decided to just chat with Avi to fall asleep later if it was tired of venting.

Previously intended to carry out one of his obligations that he delayed. Even Malia just remembered the obligation in the previous time she did not do it because from the office straight home, then arrived at the apartment parking lot at the end of Maghrib time.

Malia was about to turn around, and wanted to ask Avi about Reiji's whereabouts.

Because Malia wants to go to the bathroom outside her room and Reiji is in the apartment.

But before Malia could turn around, a hand coiled around her stomach along with the sound of a baritone whispering softly in her ear.

“I'm sorry, Yang.... Sorry...any punishment I receive. but please.... Yang.... don't...”.

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