
Alesha sat on the plastic chair beside the Anchored where Ardian lay. He had managed to extract information from Bian about the cause of Ardian's face.
"Why is it like this?" Pretend to ask questions. Hoping to get more answers than he heard from Bian.
"Don't ask, Lesha. You said yourself, that Bian has given you information."
"Yes, Brother. But Brother Ardian why not volunteer?"
"No need to prolong the problem." He closed his eyes because his eyes were a little blurred.
"Huh. try it first. Ayra only forbids Kak Ardian to hold on to the Amira. Uh, the grudge's all the way to the roots." Alesha.
Ardian opened his eyes again hearing Alesha's words. "Ck, it happened before I knew who he was. Why did God introduce him to me yesterday. Suppose God had brought us together since childhood. I'm sure I won't lose out on the subject of religious science to the arrogant Mr. Ghibran."
"The education of parents who made Mr. Ghibran like that, Brother. He gets the full attention of the parents. While Ardian, looked at once a month or two. I was taught to read Basmalah never. How can I read the book of Sharah Dahlan like him."
Ardian just grunted. Groping her swollen lips because it feels twitching.
Alesha looked at him with pity. "That hurts a lot, sister."
Ardian just nodded small.
"How many times that bump. Swollen eyes, swollen lips. Kok, I see like a guy who played smackdown." Alesha laughed looking at Ardian's face. "From that moment I wanted to laugh. But, long time looking at Ardian. How, I'm so sorry ya.." take a deep breath. Staring at Ardian with a look of pity.
"Sir Ghibran was like someone I didn't know. Usually, it's the meek people talking about it. Always keep an adab. Guarding his image. No, he was uncontrollable. Hit me brutally. My eyes have hit him three times. Don't ask me again the same cheek my lips. Uncounted. Thankfully I can still talk. So, I straighten out the opinions of the people watching."
"Well, where did Mr Ghibran punch you?"
"In the parking area to the west."
"What..?!" Alesha gaped in disbelief hearing Ardian's confession.
Ardian smiled cynically. "Newly know me, if anyone is hurt because his ex-girlfriend impregnated her husband." Ardian wanted to laugh, but he held it off because his lips hurt so much.
Alesha laughed again. "Laughter later if the lips are no longer bonyok. I just thought of something, Brother."
"What?"
"Ayra reacts when she sees Ardian's face later."
"Gue hasn't wanted to see him if my eyes are still swollen."
"That's right, brother. My wife has been wanting to meet since. He told me to call from this morning. But.."
"Chay why on campus should I be rushed to all Hospitals?"
"He's vomiting all the time, brother. I thought he was badmood again because of Tina's speech this morning. But Mr. Ghibran is explaining the material. Mr. Ghibran was ordinary, standing beside Ayra's seat. No idea Ayra's face suddenly turned pale. When I asked, he knew his mouth was full of vomit. Kirain he vomited because of the smell of Mr. Ghibran's perfume. Turns out and turns out. ck.. ck..." Alesha shook her head slowly.
"Ardian Baskara's wife is pregnant."
"No need to wear Baskara now. I was wasted. That last name no longer applies to me. Just enough Ardian."
"Ok. ok. we're wrong then. His wife Ardian's a wasted child pregnant. Gkgkgk..."
"Sumpret you know, said I was like that."
Alesha ignored Ardian's protest. "It turns out, Ayra was not because of Tina, not because of Mr. Ghibran. All because you know, Ardian's a wasted kid."
Ardian just gawked. Bian who was on his left also did not understand the direction of Alesha's conversation.
"Gue needs an explanation, you know, why my wife can be hospitalized. But, I'll demand it later when I'm recovered."
"Mmmm. I already explained that to Mom. You can ask Mom later. I'm lazy to explain again." Alesha. His phone suddenly rang loudly. "Gue stay a while." Immediately rise up leaving Ardian and Bian because Amira who contacted him.
"Wa'alaikumsalam's chat. Lesha, said Tina Ayra ill. What pain is he? Tina said she was vomiting from college. Is she pregnant?"
Alesha was silent for a moment. Thinking of the most logical reason that would make Amira not to think that far. "Mh.. Ayra just got in the wind. But he also ate wrong. I forgot she's allergic to shrimp. He tasted my breakfast fried in shrimp oil this morning. I was so busy talking that I didn't notice."
"His habit. We always ate the rest of us. The reason is like, fear of extinction, others are also hungry a lot. Greetings to him. May it heal soon. I want to have activities outside. Assalamualaikum..."
"Wa'alaikumsalam.." Alesha immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "It's a good thing Amira can accept my excuses."
The Maghrib prayer from earlier. Alesha headed straight for Musholla after storing her phone in the bag.
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"Chay Honey. How long have you slept." Ardian rubbed the forehead of Chayra who was still reluctant to open her eyes.
Alesha and Tina opened their lips. "She didn't want to see Ayra if her bonyok wasn't gone yet." Ledek Alesha's.
"I'm not strong. It's okay to use a wheelchair as long as you can see your wife." Ardian said without avert. His eyes were still fixed on his wife's face.
"Let your wife rest first, son. He asked you continuously. I'm telling you you're still busy at the store."
Ardian only glanced at his in-laws while smiling. He has already memorized the nature of his in-laws. Will not make people worry and will try to make people around him always comfortable.
Chayra's eyes began to blink. Slowly his eyes began to open. Screaming at his temple because his head is twitching. "I'm still dizzy with my head." He said softly, staring at the ceiling of the room in his place. It was not known that Ardian was sitting next to his bed. He turned to look at Mom and her two friends sitting on the sofa.
Ardian purposely wrapped a pillow so that his wife's view was limited to him.
"Sir Ardian when will you come, ma'am? Mother said earlier, that she would come after the Isha prayer. But what time did it try?"
Santi smiled at her daughter's question. So did Alesha and Tina.
"Your husband is busy, son. She gave him a lot of work. Mom wouldn't let him leave the store before his job was all out."
"Kok he's going crazy working gini anyway. It's only the first day, Mom. He should not put his job first when his wife needs him. The hell of a time, someone else cares more." Chayra snatched away the upset.
"I'm so busy that there's no time for you, Chay.."
Chayra was startled, immediately turning to the source of the voice. Lifting the pillow that blocked his view. "aaa... Brother when to come. Why didn't you wake me up?" Ruffling Ardian's hair.
Ardian raised his face, and....
"Astagfirullahal'adzim, Brother's face why?" Chayra woke up to see her husband's swollen face. Groping slowly Ardian's face that looks alarming.
"Your husband had a smackdown fight with Mr. Ghibran, Ayra." Tina Typal.
"I mean..?"
"Let me tell you we're both. Too many pairs of ears will hear my story, if I tell it now."
"This all happened because of Ardian's sister, Ayra." Alesha.
"Well, you're looking for him because of Mr Ghibran?" Chayra looked back at her husband.
"That's not what Alesha means, Ayra. This is all because Kak Ardian because Kak Ardian has impregnated you know." Tina straightened out because Chayra seemed to misunderstand. He thought that Ardian heated up the Ghibran so that there was a jotos fight.
Chayra nodded slowly. "I don't know what you mean."
"Rest, Chay. I'll explain it later when your condition has recovered." Ardian only rubbed his wife's forehead because he couldn't give her a kiss. Her lips were still swollen like a bee stung scar.
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