ANINDITA, A Tale of the Past

Just Hallucinations

Ricky repeatedly tried to close his eyes, but it turned out to be very difficult to do. Of course it was inseparable from the incident in Anindita's room when Anindita suddenly hugged and kissed her. Although she knew it was because Anindita did not realize that she was not her husband.

Unknowingly Ricky touched his lips. It was as if Anindita's lips were still feeling, soaking a touch of tenderness in her lips. This is the second time Ricky has come into contact with a woman. And it happened with the same woman.

" Oh my God, why did I keep thinking about that?!" Ricky rubbed his face rough.

Ricky glanced at his watch which already showed at one in the morning. He then chose to get up from his bed and stepped towards the balcony.

A cold wind immediately greeted Ricky as he opened the balcony door. He walked towards the edge of the balcony looking at the city of Jakarta that never sleeps even though most of its residents have slept with his dreams.

Ricky took a long breath. He didn't understand why he had to be involved with all this. The presence of Arya in her dreams, Anindita's attitude and also the words of Mama Arya made her keep wondering.

Meanwhile in a different place, Anindita awoke from her sleep. She felt the side of her bed and there was a sleeping body next to her, but it was smaller than she used to feel when hugging her husband.

Anindita opened her eyes slowly and turned her head towards the body that was asleep next to her, it turned out to be Ramadan. Anindita then got up and circulated the view to the entire corner of the room. There was no one but him and his son in that room.

" More ..." Anindita recalled that last night her husband came back to see her.

Anindita finally got up and walked out of the room to look for her husband. When he got outside he found Tita and Yeti sleeping on the floor carpeted in the living room.

" Mom, why are you outside?" Tita who was awake immediately asked Anindita.

" Mom, where's Mas Arya?" anindita asked while her gaze was still searching for the whereabouts of her husband.

" Mom, I don't exist anymore. Patient mother, I must let Mr. Arya let Mr. Arya calm down." Tita gets up and directs Anindita to sit on the sofa. He must be on guard until Anindita falls unconscious again.

" Arya didn't go, Ma'am! Last night he came, really!" Anindita tries to deny Tita's words.

" Night, it wasn't Mr. Arya that I hugged, it was Mr. Ricky." Tita immediately covered her mouth with her hand as she slipped and told Anindita about the incident last night.

" M-masksud Tita what?" Anindita frowned.

" It's okay, Mom. I don't mean anything." Tita quickly dismissed the mistake she had said earlier. Not because of his wrong speech, but the time is not right to say that to Anindita at this time.

" Where is Arya now?" Anindita still believes that her husband is still alive.

" Mom, I have a lot of Istighfar. I know what you're going through is so hard." Tita becomes awry with Anindita's attitude who insists that her husband is still there.

" But last night Mas Arya came, Ma'am! Mas Arya hugged me last night. Arya kissed me too." Anindita held her lips because what she experienced last night felt so real to her.

While Tita held back her laughter when she heard Anindita's words. Because after all Anindita was the one who hugged and kissed Ricky to make Ricky stunned.

" Mom was just hallucinating last night, because I miss Mr. Arya so much." Tita rubbed Anindita's arm.

" O Allah, I wish all these events were just dreams .." - Anindita, accompanied by tears that began to drip on her cheeks.

" Mom better go back to the room and rest back. You must take care of the health of the mother and the fetus in the mother's stomach. Mr. Arya definitely doesn't want to see Mom continue to grieve like this." Tita then helps Anindita to go back to the room to get back to rest.

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Before leaving for his office, after Shubuh Ricky came to Arya's residence.

" Occar ...."

" Waalaikumsalam's. Uh, Mr. Ricky's here" Tita said when she found Ricky out of his car.

" Oh, yes, Ma'am. I stopped by before I went to the office." Ricky walked over to Tita.

" What about Anindita? Did he wake up again last night?" tanyanya.

" Yes, Sir. Early this morning I woke up and asked where Mr. Arya was." Tita told me what happened to Anindita earlier today.

" then?" ask Ricky curiously.

" Yes ... I felt that last night Pa Arya came to see Mom, because I felt Mr. Arya hugging and kissing Mom." Tita bit her lips while bowing. Because in addition to the taste of haru there is also a funny thing that he remembers about the incident last night.

Ricky himself immediately changed the color of his face when Tita touched on the matter last night. Because to be honest he himself felt a little shocked by the actions of Anindita who suddenly hugged and kissed him.

" Hmmm, what did you say?" Ricky tried to cover up his grooves from Tita.

" You didn't say that what he hugged was me, did you?" Ricky was a bit curious, because if Anindita had to know if the woman was the wrong person, you can imagine how clumsy the two of them if they met face to face

" No, sir. I didn't say!" Tita answered a bit of a lie, because she also suspected that Anindita did not hear what she said earlier today.

" You better keep this a secret from anyone. You gotit?!"

" I-yes, sir." Tita nodded quickly.

" Well, are you awake now?" ask Ricky.

" So, I prayed the morning prayer. But I don't know if you're sleeping anymore or not."

" How's Rama? Was he fussy last night?"

" Yes, Rama cried asking Pak Arya."

Ricky let out a long sigh when he found out that his son felt a deep loss for Arya.

" Is he awake?"

" No, still in Mom's room."

" Mrs Fatma is awake?" Ricky seemed to pass one by one residents in Arya's house.

" Mum Fatma seemed to have entered Ms. Anin's room."

" Oh, yeah already. I go inside first." Ricky then steps inside Arya's house.

" Mister Ricky?" Yeti who saw Ricky's arrival immediately greeted.

" Yeti, is Anin awake?"

" Already, Sir. Anin was talking to her mother-in-law in the room." Yeti explains.

" Mister would you like me to make you some coffee or tea?" The yeti then offers.

" No need, Ma'am." Ricky rejects the Yeti's subtle offer.

" I want to talk to Ms. Fatma and Anin" Ricky continued.

" Oh, let me tell Anin a minute." The Yeti then stepped into Anindita's room but soon the Yeti came back out of Anindita's room.

" Go in, sir." The Yeti then allows Ricky to enter Anindita's room.

" Assalamualaikum, good morning, Ms. Fatma." said Ricky in a polite tone as he entered Anindita's room. Ricky immediately approached and shook Fatma's hand.

" Waalaikumsalam's. Uh, Ricky's son."

" I'm sorry I came here so early in the morning, Mom." Ricky then turned to Anindita who was sitting leaning on the couch with blank eyes staring in any direction.

" Mrs Arya, have you improved?" ricky asked Anindita.

Anindita turned to Ricky with a weak look until their eyes were closed to each other and for some reason when their eyes met, immediately made Ricky's heart palpitate.

" Will Anin ever think that I'm her husband again?" ask Ricky in my heart.

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