
"It's not. I'm just asking."
"And I don't want to answer."
"alright. Sorry, if my question bothers you."
Arumi threw a glance. Seemed reluctant to look at Rafli. "Aren't you done checking my condition? Then why are you still here?"
The corner of Rafli's lips lifted thinly. Arumi's fierce attitude now felt very funny and adorable. He just kicked her out of that room.
But instead of leaving, Rafli looked at the face. Starting from the eyes, nose, and lips. From the beginning of their togetherness he admired every perfect sculpture on Arumi's face, which was always able to make his heart beat very fast.
And even though Yuna has the exact same face as Arumi, in fact with Yuna everything feels bland. Rafli has never felt such a vibration with Arumi.
"Why do you see me like that?" asked Arumi, when he realized Rafli did not take his eyes off him. Make Rafli jump right away. The man remained silent for a while, until there was only silence in the room.
Quite a lot of misunderstandings have been going on between them all along, and it will take a cool head to talk things through. But, for this time Rafli does not want to be selfish for himself. There is still time to talk about everything. Moreover, Arumi's condition has not recovered and is still very weak, and he does not want their problems to affect the recovery process Arumi.
Rafli took a deep breath, then grabbed the chair and sat down next to the woman. Though awkwardness stretches between the two. Because this was the first time they were in a position close to each other, after a very long separation.
Rafli's hand stretched out in order to grab Arumi's fingers, but Arumi quickly pulled his hand so that their grip was released.
"I'm sorry" Rafli said, after receiving the rejection.
"Sorry for what?"
Somehow Rafli felt the tone of Arumi impressed very cold and flat.
"Because you'd rather trust Yuna."
Even though he has built a sturdy fortress as a defense, in fact the heart cannot lie. When he feels pain and the lips are unable to say, then only the eyes can explain the pent-up pain.
It felt like just yesterday Rafli was evicting and ordered his men to drag him out of the house. Aika's cry that night was still ringing in the ears.
But does Rafli care?
Absolutely not!
"What's wrong with you, Rafli Dylan Alvaro? Am I not worth anything to you? You remember, what was the last word you said? You're sorry your son had to be born to a woman like me. Then what do you want from the woman you once threw away?"
The question made Rafli's heart feel slashed. He understood it would not be so easy that his fatal mistake was forgiven.
"Is there no way for me to make up for the four years I missed?"
This time Arumi ventured into the eyes of the man.
"Can you give back the time? Can you take away the pain I feel every day?"
Rafli. His tongue felt stiff to say a word. She wants to wipe away Arumi's tears, hug her, and tell her how precious she is to him, and she has felt an unstoppable pain since the breakup. Until it dissolved in its own sadness.
"You never know, don't you, what I went through after you exiled me? And now, after I almost took Aika away, are you going to imprison me? Or do you want to exile me to a place further away?"
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