
Flashback ...
"I know, what a surprise Daffin would like."
My forehead winches. "Omm?"
Footsteps om Rei down the stairs with a bright face. He approached me and gently patted the top of my head. "My little friend, Ayasya .. You're a real adult now."
"I'm an adult, Om. Now I'm a mother of two." I smiled proudly.
Om Rei chuckled. "You're the mother of three!"
Both of my eyebrows swooped sharply as I looked at the happy looking face of om Rei. "Three?"
"Yes!" Om Rei nodded quickly. "Shaka, Gil, and the fetus that's in your belly" she said.
I stared confusedly at Om Rei, before I laughed blandly. "Ha .. ha .. ha .. ha .. not funny, Om!"
"It's not funny! You were quick to make another grandchild for me and Reyno. It feels like just yesterday I drained my savings to buy gifts for your two sons, and now I have to prepare gifts for your future son, Lily! Holy jeez!!! It's my money." babble om Rei.
The corner of my eye glanced at Rania who also looked confused by the ravings of om Rei. "Om, what does all this mean? I'm not pregnant, Om! It should be Aunt Ratih who's pregnant because you're newlyweds."
The look on Rei's face suddenly turned grim. His smile and jokes went nowhere, changing a serious face that was filled with tension.
"I don't think about it, Lily!" Om Rei patted my shoulder. "Go see your gynecologist! Om has contacted him, you just come." he said.
"But, Om, I'm not pregnant. I'm not even sick of it!" elakku, lazy to go out of the house when Daffin is not healthy.
"You're not nauseous, but Daffin is nauseous! Om suspects Daffin has couvade syndrome." sergeant om Rei.
I smiled clumsyly. "I don't understand, Om."
Om Rei sighed. "Dee from the symptoms, it looks like Daffin experienced a couvade syndrome or sympathetic pregnancy. Conditions where, you're pregnant, but she's cravings."
Like getting a new toy, I was so happy to hear the explanation om Rei that I unconsciously jumped for joy.
"Be careful, Lily!" yell at Rei.
"Sorry, Om, I'm too happy." I hooked my fingers.
A faint smile adorned the face of Rei."Are you happy that you're going to have another child? Oh, if I had that chance, too."
"I will pray that Om and Aunt Ratih will be given offspring soon, so that I have a sister and someone will call me brother." Laugh and smile as much as possible, I try to show you. "But, um, I'm happy not because I'm pregnant. But because Daffin will finally feel what I felt when I was pregnant with Shaka first." I whispered.
And that's how it ended up, Rania and I went to see my obstetrician and did an ultrasound. Turns out I was pregnant with my third child with Daffin. However, because my gestational age is still a matter of weeks, then what looks is just a small dot as big as green beans.
Now I'm really speechless, because God was so kind to me by giving me everything I wanted.
Flashback off ...
The music stopped and changed the sound of applause from my whole family. The lights went on so I could see Daffin's face clearly.
"I want to be hostile to your tears" said Daffin softly as he kissed my eyes.
I smiled. "It's happy tears, Daffin."
"I know, but I just don't like it when you cry because I always feel like I've failed to make you happy." Daffin's big hands continued to wipe away the tears that had fallen from my eyes.
"I'm happy, Daffin, as long as it's with you!" lontarku, with my hand wrapped around Daffin's body.
The warmth of Daffin's body has become opium to me. With him, I felt complete happiness.
***
A year and a half later ...
"What's? Aunt Ratih's pregnant?" I shouted, without caring about the situation around me which was quite crowded.
Rei's ears covered his lips. "Down your voice, Lily!"
Instantly I shut my mouth, when I realized that now me and Rei were in a restaurant that was crowded with visitors.
"Why should this be hidden, Om?" whispered, with one hand blocking my lips.
Om Rei bowed in shame. "I'm afraid Ratih will find out."
Whahuh? That kind of reason!
"Can I say, if I'd really like to stroke Om's mouth with a crab hand?" sindirku.
Oddity rang out from Rei's lips, but he didn't look like he was going to say anything to me. Rather just stand up from his desk and approach Bi.
Bi or Berciia Cafeela Stevano, my daughter. He's my youngest seven-month-old. His face is not much different from that of daddy and his brother. My daughter has blue eyes and big lips, just like Daffin and Shaka. Sometimes, I think of having another daughter who will have a face similar to mine and Gil. Maybe I should discuss this with Daffin!
"Bi, do you want a sister?" ask Rei, while lifting Bi's body.
"Bi doesn't want a sister, she wants om and little auntie!" chirp me, without ignoring the expression shown by om Rei.
Om Rei approached me with Bi who was in his carrier. "What if Bi gets everything?"
I know what Rei meant, he just mocked me because at my young age, I already had three children who looked like twins.
Actually, I wanted to return the ridicule of Rei, but just as I was about to open my mouth, suddenly the sound of someone stopping my intentions.
"Get what?" ask Aunt Ratih, she just got back from the toilet.
Om Rei and I looked at it simultaneously. We looked at each other for quite a while, before Rei found the right reason to dodge.
"Get ... suitable place for Ersya's wedding. Yeah, that's what I mean!" elak om Rei's.
This omku's tongue!
"Yes, Tan, Rei's right! Wedding's time is approaching and we need to find a suitable place as soon as possible." I chimed in.
Aunt Ratih's face reflects a smile. "Just calm down, Aca! Everything's been taken care of by your husband."
"Daffin?" many doubt.
Aunt Ratih nodded, then took Bi from om Rei. "Your Daddy loves you so much, Bi. He didn't want his wife to be tired and have too many thoughts."
I looked at Aunt Ratih confused. "That's, Tan?"
"So, when Auntie was on the toilet, Daffin called Auntie and asked us to go home and rest because all the preparations for Ersya's wedding were ready." Aunt Ratih stepped out of the restaurant. "Now, we can rest and just wait for day H."
I saw Rei frowning his forehead as he looked at Aunt Ratih who was walking away from him.
"What's up, Om?" manya curious.
Om Rei looked over. "Eitherway! I just feel that Ratih actually knows that he's two, but why does he look happy and he doesn't say anything to me?"
"Om, Aunt Ratih is a midwife. Of course, she must have realized that she was pregnant. And of course he's very happy to know that because that's what he's wanted all along. Regarding why aunt Ratih did not say it to Om, maybe because aunt wants to make a surprise. I just hope Om will be surprised when Aunt Ratih says it, so it won't disappoint Aunt Ratih." My hand pinched the nose of om Rei who immediately squealed in pain.
"Rei?" call aunt Ratih, stop the efforts of om Rei who wants to repay me.
"Your nose is safe this time, Lily!" Om Rei ran small to approach aunt Ratih. "I'm coming, Ratih!" his yell.
My breath just got away with it, along with the smile I really wanted to show for someone who must be very happy to see the happiness of Aunt Ratih. Brother Erlan, he is very fond of Aunt Ratih and considers him as a substitute for his biological mother. I'm sure, if Erlan's brother were alive, he would be very happy.
"Look, brother, we're all happy and living very well. That too without forgetting you ...."
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