Black Swan's

Cyan Wdlock (Seventy Five)

            Eden snorted lazily in the car while watching Aciel who was walking in his haughty style inside the spacious Ciara school grounds. Just look at the gazes of some women who were also delivering their children to school becoming unfocused as Aciel walked past them. There was even one of the teachers who flirtatiously stopped Aciel's steps under the pretext of wanting to tell Ciara's learning development in school. Unknowingly Eden clucked resentfully at her husband who always insisted on escorting Ciara into her class on the grounds of making sure her daughter was always safe. Though Eden himself if deliver Ciara to school never to deliver into the classroom. He wants to educate Ciara to be more independent and courageous. So he always left Ciara just like that in front of his school gate in order to

Ciara can mingle with her other friends to get into class.

            “You will make Ciara more spoiled if you continue to treat her like this.” said Eden directly when Aciel had entered the car and was putting a seat belt on his body.

            “I just want to give my best to my daughter."

            “But that's not the way.” reply Eden upset. They always fight when discussing the issue of how to educate children who are always opposite to each other. Aciel wants her daughter to always get the best of her life, to live safely, and to always be surrounded by people who are always ready to help her. As for Eden, she has a harder protege than Aciel because she wants Ciara to grow into a strong girl like her. Well.. nothing wrong indeed, it's just that Eden and Aciel still can not combine their style of learning to fit each other, it's just that, so that these small quarrels that always happen every time Eden protested the style of educating Aciel who was too pampering the child.

            “I just don't want Ciara to get something you got in the past. Until now I still regret it, Ed.” Aciel tried to soften on Eden this time. He calmly starts running his car out of the Ciara school parking area to go to the hospital where Sian and Olivia are being treated. Occasionally, Aciel glanced at his now mute wife after she said a little about their bitter past.

            “Although I do not remember completely, but I still remember the part when you became a bad man.” chirped Eden with a blank look. Well, he doesn't want to discuss this. Blame Aciel who has now made his mood crumble after the man brings up his past which is not good.

            “I'm sorry then, let's discuss something else.” Aciel felt quite a change in Eden's attitude after he deliberately brought up the topic of their past. Though the initial intention he just wanted to silence the chatty mouth of Eden who always commented on everything he did for Ciara. Even when he bought a crib at a fantastic price for Louise, for three days the woman continued to scold him, insinuating him with spicy words until finally he could not stand it and had exploded in anger at that time. This is how the household is, sometimes sweet, but sometimes bitter. Their equally strong ego makes him and Eden often clash their mouths to fuss over trivial matters. But he thinks all this is still much better than Eden going from her life and making her life empty.

            “We've arrived, you don't want to go down?”

            Eden who had been daydreaming immediately blinked her eyes and looked at the hospital that looked crowded. Before leaving, Aciel had told me a little about how Sian was now, and he felt that his heart was beating faster now because he was afraid to see the condition of Sian in there which, according to Aciel, was quite severe.

            “It's okay, now Sian doesn't look as horrible as she used to.”

            “What do you mean?” eden asked next to Aciel while clasping the man's hand tightly. He saw some hospital visitors staring at them like astonishment because several times their faces were plastered on television. Eden felt so ashamed of being stared at like that by the people, that she was instantly

hide behind Aciel's arm and whisper a little softly in Aciel's ear to make it faster. “They've been watching us since.”

            Aciel seemed to be twisting his shoulders indifferently while pressing the elevator button in front of him. “Let it go, they just envy looking at us.”

            “Eri? You are too confident Mr. Lutherford.” reply Eden disparaged. Before long the elevator they were riding took them to the sixth floor, where Sian had been taken care of all this time. Eden then walked quietly following Aciel who seemed to have been memorized by the ins and outs of the hospital where Sian was treated.

            “Isn't that Sian?” Eden held the hand of Aciel who was about to pull the doorknob when she saw Sian sitting in a wheelchair while eating food that was fed by a woman. Instantly Eden smiled slightly and let the scene continue in front of them without wanting to disturb him in the slightest.

Seeing Sian who looked happy with a woman made Eden's chest rumble happily. Moreover, Eden saw the sincerity of the woman who is currently with Sian. Without the slightest hesitation, Eden immediately gave his blessing in this second as well to Sian and the woman.

            “It...”.

            “Olivia, the woman I told you about. She is a blind woman who has now obtained a corneal donor from Sian.”

            “I think they are very suitable for each other.” said Eden happy. It felt like Eden wanted to continue seeing the sweet thing, but Sian had realized his existence and Aciel in front of the door of his treatment, so Sian decided to move his wheelchair towards the two people he loved very much.

            “Sian..”.

            Eden could not help but hold back her tears when Sian was in front of her, and the man looked so strong with so many things happening to his body. With a sense of haru Eden immediately hugged Sian and cried on the man's shoulder while apologizing many times for having become a wicked sister to the man.”Sorry I didn't know you had an accident, Aciel didn't tell me.”

            “It's okay, I'm fine Ed. Nothing to worry about.” added Sian soothing. The man glanced at Aciel and whispered curses to the man for making his beloved sister cry again.

            “What? I just want to take care of him. He'd be more hysterical if I told him a long time ago, the day you just had an accident.”

            “Yes yes, I know. Now let's go in and talk inside. I also want to introduce you to Olivia.”

            The woman who felt called by her name blushed in embarrassment behind Sian's wheelchair while carrying the empty plate used by Sian to eat. For the first time Olivia met someone who has been told by Sian to her, Eden and Aciel, the only family that Sian has today.

            “Hai, you must be Olivia.” Aciel extended her hand to shake hands and seemed to observe the woman from head to toe. This was the first time he had met Olivia in person to get acquainted. “I'm Aciel, and that's my wife, Eden.”

            Olivia gave her sweet smile to Aciel and she immediately welcomed Aciel's hand with enthusiasm. Finally someone who was always told by Sian came to see him too. “It's nice to meet you Mr. Aciel. Sian often tells you and also miss Eden on me.”

            “I think you're too stiff Olivia.” comments Aciel with narrowed eyes. Suddenly his arm was hot because it got a blow from Eden who had been standing next to him.

            “You scared him, Ace.” said Eden fiercely. He turned to Olivia and shook the young woman's hand warmly. “I'm Eden, nice to meet you, Olive. Finally after so long seeing the miserable Sian without a lover, now I can see Sian happy with the woman he really loves.”

            Sian who felt his name was mentioned immediately screamed loudly because Eden sounded like making fun of him in front of Olivia.

            “Hey, you deliberately wanted to make fun of me huh?”

            “No, I was just telling the truth.” replied Eden indifferently while sticking her tongue towards Sian. Aciel gives a lazy grunt next to Olivia when he sees her very childish behavior after meeting Sian. “You're not a child anymore, Ed.”

            “And I don't care Mr. Lutherford.” reply Eden sucks. Olivia was only able to giggle a little with the warm family owned by her lover. He felt lucky to be able to meet the Sian family who so warmly welcomed him and also accepted him as a lover of Sian.

            “Olive..” Sian called Olivia and hinted the woman to walk over. “This is my family, my best friend more precisely. But they eventually became my family after we spent a lot of time together.” Sian's story while embracing Olivia's shoulders. Eden felt very touched by the interaction that looked so sweet in front of her. Sian's condition, which he previously thought was very bad, was not that bad because Sian had Olivia next to him. The man is even more able to show his best smile at times like this than in the past where in fact he was physically healthy.

            “When can you go home?”

            “Maybe the day after, but I have not been able to get into the office as usual.” Sian said with a strange smile.

            “No need to rush, restore first your condition.”

            “You can stay in our house as long as you are sick, I'm afraid you will have trouble with your situation like this.”

            “Thanks.” Sian was deeply touched by all the kindness that Eden and Aciel had given him, but it would be better for him to stay in his own house with Olivia as he did not want to trouble his best friend.

            “I better stay in my own house.” pause for a while because Sian felt bad when he saw the disappointed look that Eden showed in front of him. “It would be better for us to adapt to our circumstances at home. Ed, to be honest I still feel alien to my current condition. You know if my legs still hurt and now I only have one eye. If I stayed in your house and relied too much on your maidservants, I would never be able to be independent. So please accept my decision.” said Sian with a clear face.

            Eden nodded her head weakly towards Sian, she then gave her best smile to make Sian no longer feel guilty towards him. “But I will come to visit your house often then. Ciara misses her best uncle very much.”

            “Ahh yaa, my sweet niece must have missed me so much. Did you tell Ciara that I had an accident?”

            “Not yet, I only told her if you were sick. So get well soon Sian, Ciara misses you so much.”

            “I will definitely get well soon. You don't have to worry Ed, now I have a private nurse at home.” Sian tease while glancing towards Olivia who looks blushed embarrassed.

            “When are you getting married?” the short question that was thrown away from Aciel made Sian and Olivia freeze instantly. They have not even had time to think about marriage problems because their relationship has just been inaugurated yesterday.

            “Why are you in such a hurry, Ace? Just let them enjoy these sweet times while getting to know each other.”

            “I think it would be safer if Sian married Olivia.” immediately, said Aciel while glancing at Sian. The man who was glimpsed immediately understood the meaning of Aciel's gaze and he felt that his best friend had thought about something that was not in his head.

            “What?”

            “I don't think you're stupid to mean my words.” reply Aciel with a saccharstic tone. Olivia, who was the only human who did not understand the meaning of Aciel's speech, became confused and seemed to ask for an explanation from Sian. But the man was like a confusion to give an answer to Olivia because he had not told her how he had been a jerk all this time.

            “Aah.. Sian is a good guy, so you don't have to worry, Olive. Don't

            “What?”

            “What?” re-emergen was upset. It could be that the man did not realize his mistake and instead acted cold to her after what the man had done inside there. “You almost ruined Sian and Olivia's relationship. Look at Olivia, she's a simple and gentle woman, you can't tell me all the facts about Sian right away

on him.”

            “Did I tell Olivia something? I just asked him to marry Olivia right away, is that wrong?” reply Aciel not received. Quickly Eden gestured to Aciel for the man to turn down his voice because in Olivia and Sian could have listened to their conversation.

            “Ssshh, don't be loud. My God Ace, I don't want to fight with you today. Only please control your attitude that can not mince words, at this time their condition has not been possible to hold a marriage.”

            Eden tried to be gentle with Aciel and explain everything. Since being in the room he could already feel the nervousness that was so intense from Olivia because after all the woman felt inferior when meeting him and also Aciel. Plus suddenly Aciel told Sian to marry immediately

Olivia, that would certainly make Olivia more depressed.

            “We must make Olivia comfortable with our strange family. You can see for yourself if Sian and Olivia are almost similar to you and me, they have different age gaps, and I think Olivia should learn to understand the character of Sian first before being bound by a marriage relationship.”

            “So that's what happened to you when I asked you to get married?”

            “Yeah God, why do you have to talk about our past again? Never mind, don't make all this harder. The point is you do not force Sian to marry Olivia immediately, wait until they are really ready first.” stressed Eden before he walked away leaving Aciel who looks upset.

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          “They're home?”

            Olivia gave a small nod, closed the door behind her quietly, then walked up to Sian who was bouncing on her treatment bed. The atmosphere in Sian's room was now back quiet after the two couples who had very different natures came home. Suddenly awkwardness enveloped them

when finally Olivia can sit comfortably on the sofa next to the bed that belongs to Sian. He suddenly felt confused and did not have any topics that he wanted to discuss with Sian. After all, the lunch hour was still an hour away, so he could not mince words on the pretext of preparing the man for lunch to melt the awkward atmosphere that was happening between them.

            “Hey come here.” call Sian soft. The long silence that had previously surrounded the two was slightly melted with Sian's ungodly voice as he was anxious with Olivia's very innocent attitude. Olivia reminds him of a young Eden before he was corrupted by Aciel.

            “You look nervous, Olive.” Sian tease sucks while pulling Olivia's hand to sit next to her. Since then the woman just stood stiffly next to him with a doubtful look towards the bed Sian who still left enough room for her to sit.

            “I'm fine.” Olivia welcomes Sian's hand and decides to sit next to the man.

            “What do you think of my family? Well... although not a family of one blood, but they already I consider as my own family.”

            “I like them.” replied Olivia with a sweet smile that was on her lips. He liked all the things Eden had because she managed to make him comfortable. In addition Eden is also very friendly to him so that he can forget all his inferiority due to not coming from the same strata as them.

            “Good then because after this you will definitely meet them often.”

            Hearing that Olivia scrunched her baffled forehead towards Sian. “Why can it be?”

            “Because Eden will definitely not let you calm down after this. You know, the two of them aren't really that different from us. Aciel finds Eden in a unique way.” Sian's mysterious clutches. Olivia seems to be interested in the story of Sian about the couple Eden and Aciel which she thinks does look unique in her eyes. “Can you tell me?”

            “Hmm.. I will tell you the point only because they have a very complicated love journey.” Sian then paused for a moment to think. It seems that he had a little trouble choosing one of their most unique stories to tell Olivia because in reality their entire lives were filled with unique stories. “Give me a few minutes to think.” Sian said again while thinking.

            “You long. Tell me how they met.”

            “Aaahh.

            “So how exactly is their age difference? I'm sure Eden and Aciel have an age gap that can not be spelled out a little.”

            “You're right, their age difference is about sixteen years. Aciel was too old for Eden who was very young at that time.”

            “But they love each other.” comments Olivia brief. It turns out that he and Sian are not the only couple with a large age gap. There is still Eden who has more age gap with Aciel.

            “Indeed, even only Eden managed to make Aciel turn into a madman when the woman left, but Eden also managed to heal Aciel's trauma due to her dark past.”

            “Wow, that's great. I'd love to be able to chat more with Eden after we get out of the hospital. By the way Sian..” Suddenly Olivia hesitated to continue her sentence. There was something stuck in his heart after the man expressed his feelings two days ago.

            “Tell me, Olive.”

            “Emm... What kind of story do you think will happen to us? Actually I'm still afraid of this relationship, I'm afraid you're just gonna make me Tiffany's replacement. Though.. whereas I am not at all the same as Tiffany, I..”.

            “Ssshh..” Sian silenced the lips of Olivia who was shaking using her index finger. Finally her suspicion of Olivia has been revealed, the woman had been bad at him after he expressed his feelings two days ago.

            “Why can you think like that, Olive? I love you sincerely, with all the flavor I have for you. Never once did I think that you were Tiffany's replacement because up to any time you would never be the same.”

            Hearing the last sentence that Sian threw out suddenly made Olivia's heart feel squeezed strongly. He was sick, very sick when the man said it casually to him.

            “Aak I know... we will never be the same.” said little Olivia. Up until now he will never be comparable to the great Tiffany.

            “Hey... look at me, I didn't mean to hurt your heart. I mean you and Tiffany are two different people with the uniqueness you bring. So never look at yourself badly because now you are the only woman who fills my heart. Tiffany was probably the first woman to make me

feeling the feeling of love, but you are the last woman who will be my future. So please Olive, don't ever feel like you're worse than Tiffany. I love you for who you are. I love you with all the advantages and disadvantages you have. So do you, I hope you accept me for who I am. Especially after I'm no longer perfect like this.”

Grep

            Sian's body was slightly pushed back as Olivia suddenly bumped into him to give a tight hug that felt very warm to Sian.

            “Don't say that, to me you are the most perfect man. I'm sorry Sian, I won't be discussing the matter of Tiffany again.”

            “It's okay, it's much better than you continue to be prejudiced without knowing the truth. Oya, about Aciel's question earlier.”.

            Olivia looks patiently waiting for the words that will be thrown next Sian. His head that was raised right in front of Sian made the man could not help but feel anxious until he finally decided to steal one more kiss from Olivia.

Cup

            “Don't look at me like that dear.”

            Olivia's cheeks instantly met red after Sian landed a soft kiss on her lips. “So what did you want to say earlier?” ask Olivia to remind me.

            “Oh... about Aciel's question, will you marry me, Olive?”

            “Job...” Olivia closed her own lips in disbelief and she immediately nodded in response to Sian's sweet proposal.

            “I want, I want Sian.”

            “Thank you Olive, thank you for allowing me to be half of your heart.” whispered Sian hoarse with a haru feeling that rose in his heart.