[[Love To Life]
LTL Part 6's

Valenzi squirmed slowly, after he could barely sleep until the morning.

He touched his cell phone lying on the nightstand. Tapping the screen twice.

Valenzi immediately woke up, and walked slowly towards the bathroom, while gathering his consciousness.

Valenzi walked casually up the stairs, and prepared to cook in the kitchen.

Seeing Mba Marni who was busy in the kitchen, made him realize, if last night Raka did not go home.

Valenzi expressed his intention to approach Marni. He walked quickly towards the door in a shiny brown color.

Without knocking, Valenzi just walked in. His gaze circulated throughout the room.

Accidentally his tail caught something on the sofa.

He approached. As soon as he found out, a smile was etched on his face. No, her husband came home last night. She thought, Raka wasn't that angry with her.

Valenzi turned around, and decided to go to the kitchen following Marni.

"Don't go ...."

Valenzi stopped his steps. Her body was still turned back to her husband who was still seen sleeping very well.

His heart raced twice. With great difficulty as well, Valenzi gulped his saliva.

"Don't go, I beg ...."

His heart's pounding is getting worse.

"I-I won't go ...," she replied.

"No ..., no ..., don't!!!"

Valenzi quickly turned his head towards her husband.

Her eyes turned back, and immediately moved to fetch a glass of water on her husband's desk.

"This," he said.

Sweat flooded Raka's body. His breathing was so irregular that it sounded. His eyes looked carefully around him.

Valenzi, who was panicking, did not know what to do.

"W-are you okay?" ask Valenzi.

Raka gave him a quick glance, then nodded briefly.

With great difficulty Raka controlled her breathing which still felt hunting, as well as her heartbeat which was still racing very fast.

Valenzi looked at her husband. She wanted to hug him so that he would feel calmer. However, he quickly brushed off that desire. He still remembers what happened last night. When she accidentally hugged Raka.

Instead of her heart getting sicker, Valenzi moved and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

"If you've improved, I-I'll go to the kitchen" Valenzi said.

Without waiting for a response from Raka, Valenzi had already turned around and went into the kitchen. His feet walked up the stairs, but his brain went nowhere. Since coming out of Raka's study, Valenzi was daydreaming more often.

What really happened to her husband? Was he delirious every night like that? And he doesn't know. During this time, Raka never slept with Valenzi. In just one room, but a different place. Valenzi's in bed, and Raka's on the couch. Or if not, Raka will sleep in her study. What a sad home life.

However, is it because of all that Valenzi will give up? Sure didn't. He would always remember his promise to Reno, as well as the promise he made to himself.

"Eh, Non Zizi. What's up, Non?" ask mba Marni.

Valenzi. "If Non Zizi is not feeling well, it's better not to just rest. Let Mba cook."

Valenzi kept shaking. "I'm fine, Mba."

"Mr ...."

"Yes, Non?"

"Mba, working at papa Bagas' house, it's been a while, Mba?"

Mba Marni nodded without any hesitation at all. "Mba has been working there since den Raka was still SD. But, longer bi Asih anyway, Non. What's wrong?"

"E ..., anu, Mba- uh not so, hehe."

Valenzi heard Raka's footsteps as she walked up the stairs. Therefore, his conversation with mba Marni, he paused.

Raka has gone down in her raincoat. And the same face, no expression, nor a smile to steady his wife in the morning.

Valenzi this time was quite good at handling his heart. He was already unconcerned about Raka who would smile at him or not. Her heart had also started to petrify because of Raka, her husband.

Their lives run without any greetings or warm talks like a married couple.

Valenzi took her husband's breakfast with sincerity.

Valenzi always did everything for Raka sincerely, but still, her sincerity was never seen in Raka's eyes.

Valenzi smiled bitterly after putting the plate in front of Raka. Without speaking or seeing Valenzi, Raka ate her breakfast in silence.

Although Raka did not tell his wife to drive him, Valenzi remained adamant about taking her husband to the door.

"At least, allow me to escort you to the doorstep of the house. Help me be a good wife to you" she said.

And Raka who never wanted to prolong the matter with anyone, just nodded and passed from the face of Valenzi who had already decayed on the floor with her sobs.

Valenzi stared at the passing of the black Santa Fe car out of the yard.

He breathed heavily. It felt like the more the day, his heart was becoming more and more bland. Valenzi doesn't know what to feel. Either sad, or ordinary.

"Non ..., sorry if I was rude. But Non, I just want to tell Non Zizi. Everything that happens, must have its own reasons, Non. I know, I'm not a Non Zizi or a Raka. But I really want to tell Non Zizi that thing, Non."

Valenzi smiled bitterly, urging tears this time he let it fall. He turned around and approached Marni.

Valenzi cried until he was stunned and his stuffing sounded broken. He was finally able to vent his tightness all along.

"Nangis is as broad as Non Zizi. And the same promise of Non Zizi, if tomorrow and so on, Non Zizi will be happy and not crying anymore" said Mba Marni, while wiping Valenzi's hair.

"Nothing is impossible, Non."

Mba Marni's speech invites the oddity of Valenzi. "Mba Marni hype yes, it turns out."

"Sure, Non. Gini-gini I play the same hits children, Non," said mba Marni proudly.

It made Valenzi laugh. "Already, already, Mba. Ah, I laugh, here. It's sad again, Mba."

"Don't be sad for long, Non. His eyes will be big. Yes, yes, Non. Mba wants to go home first, if there's any phone Mba, yes, Non."

Valenzi. "Thank you, Mba."

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This time, Valenzi was already in his room, having cleared up a few rooms.

He stared fixedly at his reflection in front of the mirror. "Heh, lo. Valenzi can't be whiny. Nothing is impossible" he said. And the last word made him chuckle, he remembered how confident Marni was in saying that sentence.

His phone suddenly rang. Valenzi came up to him and saw the number on the phone. An unknown number called him. With doubt Valenzi rubbed the green button.

"Hello ...."

"Hello, Zi. It's me, Nadia."

"What's up, Nad?"

"Lo lied to all of us, didn't he?"

" ...."

Valenzi. Does Nadia know she's married? And, does he also know if he's alibi going on vacation, to keep this a secret?

"Gue took diem lo in response, Zi. Tega you lied to us. What's the trouble, just say if you marry? We won't benefit you, Zi. You forget, you used to tell me I'm the same Princess if whatever happens, we-we should know first time. You forgot, Zi?! Because I know you lied to all three of us, my heart hurts, Zi. I cry, I feel that you have betrayed us, Zi. I feel for you alone who keeps us. Well. If that's what you want, the friendship of the four of us is quite here!"

"Stop, Nad! You can't make that unilateral decision! Fine! I'm sorry, I didn't mean not to tell you guys. I'm confused, Nad. This marriage never crossed my brain. I don't know what to do, I don't want you guys to interfere in my business. That's it."

"Lo told me not to make a unilateral decision, but you yourself .., you yourself make a unilateral decision, Zi! You lied to us! And among our friendships, lies are the most distant thing, Zi! You know for yourself, because you are talking rich to us! About the match, lo. We are ready to help whatever we can. You forgot we're FRIENDS?! I've been emphasizing it repeatedly. Your problem is our problem too, Zi! I appreciate it because it's your personal problem, your privacy. But this isn't the way either, Zi!"

Valenzi doesn't know what else to do. What Nadia said was all true. He shouldn't have lied to his friends all this time. All he did was cry and go back on the floor.

His heart was getting sicker, even more painful compared to Raka's attitude towards him all this time. His best friend wouldn't be this angry if he wasn't wrong. Valenzi admitted his mistake.

"Ma-sorry, I."

Valenzi cried gurgled. She hugged her phone after Nadia cut off her cell phone connection unilaterally.

Valenzi hit the marble white floor hard. Put all the pain there. Valenzi bit his lips, with a cry that continued to fill his room.

Dor's!

Valenzi stopped his sobs, though still stunned. His heart raced faster, his breathing rang irregularly. Valenzi refused to look back, suddenly he felt weak all over his body.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOUNG MAMA!!"

Valenzi. He quickly turned his head and looked at the two girls who were laughing cheerfully in the doorway.

Valenzi pulled both ends of his lips down, and came back crying.

Insolent, inward. However, a moment later, her falling tears were no longer representative of her broken heart, but her heart that felt touched by the presence of her two best friends.

"Zinc, lo!" karina said, shaking off Valenzi's head that was already in her arms.

Valenzi looked back at his phone ringing. This time he held it up a little.

"Thank you, dong," said the Princess.

"Belvin. That brash guy like him, should be curled."

Princess and Karina just laughed to see Valenzi who this time looks very upset.

Because of his heartlessness, Valenzi raised a call from Nadia.

"You're the same brash, I'm."

"Gue wants to say habede all right, Zi."

"Jaudah hunt."

"Video call yes, Zi."

"Well, would you like to join the gathering, huh."

"Hurun says he wants to say habede to me!"

"Habede Mama Young! I'm sorry I can't hang out with you guys."

"Don't be sad, just get angry at me."

"That's a joke, Zi."

"Eh, by the way. You guys know what?" ask Valenzi.

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...salam, sir,...

...Ika & Anggity...