
Maira is currently preparing clothes that she will bring tomorrow to return to Jakarta. Danar's doctor's leave has run out and he decides to take Maira back to Jakarta, where Maira must also continue her studies.
Last night Maira delivered her sister to the boarding school where she continued school. Not far from the city, he was escorted by doctor Danar and also Mr. Beni.
It's been almost two weeks since the departure of his father Maira living in the home of doctor Danar's parents. There wasn't much Maira did, she just spent her time in the room. Out of the house just to eat and talk with his sister in the house or behind the house.
And of course it makes Doctor Danar's mother so disliked Maira. Let alone helping her to prepare food or other household chores, just make a glass of coffee for the doctor Danar alone Maira never did it.
Maira is stubborn and used to being independent, she has never done any housework in her life. And when he's in this condition, he really doesn't know what to do. Taking care of your husband like everyone else? Don't expect inner Maira. Especially with this unwanted marriage and also the actual reality, he felt that he had been fooled by the handsome doctor.
In that house Maira never took care of the attitude of the doctor Danar's mother who did not like him. They can even say they rarely speak. Often if Danar's doctor went to review the hotel with his father, his mother always said something hurtful. But Maira did not care, she more often let her in-laws nag themselves and choose to lock themselves in the room.
Chequelek
Maira who was storing her clothes in a suitcase immediately turned to the door where Doctor Danar entered their room.
"Eat dinner first, then continue again" said Danar doctor. He was just standing at the door
"I'm not hungry" replied Maira who returned to tidying up her clothes.
"Father and mother are waiting at the table to eat" said the doctor Danar again
"I'm not hungry" Maira replied still with the same answer. What this one doctor can't hear, likes to force people. Maira kept putting her clothes in the suitcase without seeing the Danar doctor who let out a deep sigh and closed the door.
Doctor Danar walked over to Maira who was still ignoring her. Every time Maira invited dinner with her parents, there was always drama going on.
Doctor Danar sat by the bed facing Maira who was sitting on the floor in scattered clothes.
"Maira" call Danar's doctor so gently. But Maira did not flinch. He looked at his wife for a moment
"I know you don't like me. I know you're distressed by this marriage and I'm not forcing you to accept it this fast" Danar said. His eyes still looked at Maira who was silent
"But just tonight, can you be a good wife in front of my parents. Just tonight Maira" asked Danar's doctor
Maira immediately stopped her activities. He looked at Doctor Danar with a dislike look.
"How many times have I said no, I don't like being set up. If the doctor doesn't like it, the doctor can let me go alone tomorrow morning" Maira replied so sharply.
Maira really really does not want to play in front of the parents of doctor Danar, let alone have to be sweet, it is not her style. If her in-laws did not like it, she was happily abandoned by this son of theirs.
Doctor Danar was silent. Maira could not be macerated, and again she could only sigh. Trying to always be patient in dealing with Maira's attitude.
"Maira, tonight is our last night in this house. If you don't want us to act like real husbands and wives, that's fine. But at the very least, we should behave as a guest who appreciates the host right?" doctor Danar said
Maira immediately laughed sarcastically hearing her
"A guest, yes it's better to hear, just a foreign guest who hitchhikes to eat and sleep" said Maira. He immediately got out of his place and walked out leaving the Danar doctor who again could only sigh tired with Maira's nature. The young girl who has been stealing the attention of doctor Danar since a few years ago.
At the table eating, the parents of the Danar doctor had been waiting for them since then. Without saying anything Maira sat in her chair and was followed by Danar's doctor.
"You are not the queen who if every meal should always be called and served Maira. You are an adult and you should be able to think clearly" said the mother doctor Danar directly. He was so dislike to see the attitude of Maira who always like this, I don't know what dream he's son pride can have a wife like Maira.
Maira just kept quiet and stared at the food in front of her with a flat look. He can't wait to get out of this house. Everything is full of rules. And Maira doesn't like that. His head was already filled with the burden of life that was like endless, and staying here longer could make him die quickly.
"Sorry mom, Maira was in the bathroom. So it's been a while here" said Danar doctor trying to mediate the situation
"Do not defend your wife Danar. I know the character of Maira who will never be able to respect you as a husband" kecam mother made the doctor Danar immediately speechless. He would not dare to fight his mother
Maira's hands clasped tightly under the table, she was eager to reply to her mother-in-law's words, but looking at Mr. Beni, she should be able to temper her emotions. Whoever wants to be his wife, he just had to be that time. It's also because of a misunderstanding of his brain who thinks that his father owes the family of doctor Danar just because his family always helps Maira and her family first.
"Mother already, it's not good at the table to eat a fight. Tomorrow they will return to Jakarta, this is our last dinner, and do not know when we can gather like this again" said Mr. Beni to his wife.
Mr. Beni knew that from the beginning his wife did not like Maira to be the wife of their only child. But what's okay to do, Mr. Beni can't do much because it's his own son's choice.
Doctor Danar's mother just snorted sultryly. She grabbed the plate to get her husband's food. Although upset but he still has to carry out his obligations, at the same time so that his daughter-in-law knows how to serve her husband well.
But the opposite happened, Maira took rice only for herself regardless of the doctor Danar next to her. And of course it became something that always made Doctor Danar's mother so upset. It's been two weeks and it's always been that way. His sense he really is not willing if the child only wayangnya get a wife who does not know ethics like Maira.
And after that little debate, they finally ate in silence. Maira eats with no taste. He only ate to fill his stomach that felt sore. Sometimes he only eats at night. Her appetite was completely absent, let alone having to always hear the ravings of her mother-in-law.
"Mother, if Danar is not here tomorrow, you can no longer eat foods that are too fatty like this" Danar said between meals
"This is the father who asked son" said Mr. Beni
"But the mother ate too" said Danar's doctor, who saw her mother eating beef rendang on her plate
"Honey not eaten, mother also pengen occasionally" said the mother. Like she had forgotten her frustration just now
Doctor Danar smiled and nodded his head looking at his mother
"Your mother if not reminded is always forgotten son" said Mr. Beni with a nosy smile, making Mother immediately glance at him with annoyance
"Bored mom taking medication" she replied
"Don't dong bu, this is for the good of mom. I have to be healthy so we can continue like this" Danar said
"Mom will continue to be healthy if you and I don't upset you every day" she replied. Doctor Danar immediately chuckled at his hearing, let alone seeing master Beni who choked on his food
"That's right, then don't like mother's seduction. Keselek" said mother while giving a drink to old Beni
"Who has gotain, ma'am. Mom just sprains her every day. Sometimes the same father Danar want his negur afraid" replied Mr. Beni, and again the doctor Danar laughed seeing that. Both parents always look sweet at all times even though there is always a debate , but they never forget what makes their household always look harmonious. Even at this age.
Ting
The sound of the clanking of spoons that flinched the plate made them immediately turn to look at Maira. For a few seconds they almost forgot Maira's presence there.
"I'm done" said Maira arrived. He immediately got up from his seat and ran away from the dining table. Mother was just indifferent and went back to continue eating her
"Maira" call Danar's doctor. He wants to move from his place to pursue Maira who somehow at a glance he can see if Maira's eyes are glassy.
"Let it go Danar" said the mother, making Danar's footsteps stop
"But ma'am"
"Spend your food, do not be too spoiled, he is not a child anymore" said Mother without looking at the face of the doctor Danar who looks worried.
Doctor Danar looked at Mr. Beni who shook his head so that doctor Danar did not leave this dining table
And finally Danar's doctor came back to sit down and continue eating. He could not have fought his parents because after all his heaven was upon his mother. The thing he had always held firm to long ago. But, Maira is his responsibility now. Yeah, he got confused because of this.
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In the room, Maira looks curled up in the corner of the room. He sat with his head bowed and hid his face between his arms flanking his knees. His body trembled because he was really crying back at this moment.
His heart was so painful to see the doctor Danar who was so close to his parents. Maira can feel if the affection in their family does not play. Maira was so envious to see that. He was so eager to feel the atmosphere full of laughter and affection in his family. But the truth is, it feels so painful. Maira had been the victim of her parents' divorce when she was in high school. She has never felt the affection of a mother even since she was a child because her mother was always busy working.
And when he grew up, he was also not so close to his father because he had to go to school in a distant place.
Maira misses, so misses. He was eager to feel the warmth in a family like Doctor Danar. There is a mother as her place to share complaints, there is a father who is the place to lean. But now, he was alone, he was alone and had to bear this burden alone. Yeah, he's just alone.
Maira cried for a very long time, and Danar's doctor had not yet entered the room because he still had to listen to the advice of his parents as usual if he wanted to return to Jakarta for work, especially now that he has a wife.
Maira rubbed her tears violently, her heart was really tired at this moment. I don't know how many tears she shed just because of a problem she considers a burden to life. Maira felt that she was the most unlucky girl in the world right now.
He needed a storymate, but there was nothing he could tell. She has been deactivating her cell phone since she married Danar.
Maira went to the bathroom to clean her face. He still has to tidy up his things for tomorrow. If it was just crying, the pile of clothes and other equipment would not have finished packing its own inner self.
As he sat back and cleaned his clothes, Danar's doctor entered the room. And again Maira was just silent and there was no turning her head in the slightest.
"Have I prayed?" ask doctor Danar. The thing he always asked Maira who always underestimated the obligation
"Coming on the moon" Maira answered briefly. His voice still sounded hoarse. And Danar's doctor knew that Maira was crying, because she had actually heard Maira from behind the door, but she did not want to go in, because she knew Maira definitely did not want to be approached.
"Oh yasudah" Danar's doctor immediately moved and went into the bathroom leaving Maira who continued to clean her clothes
Before long, just a few minutes, Danar's doctor had come out with a face that looked so fresh. The drops of ablution water on his face could always make his face many times more handsome. But unfortunately Maira has not been able to see the beauty of it. All he knows is that Doctor Danar is handsome, and then what he has to be, his inner self.
Doctor Danar wore a sarong and a cocoa shirt and skullcap that perfected his appearance. He held a prayer rite and began to establish prayer so solemnly.
Maira just glanced at Doctor Danar from her place. He only likes to see the doctor Danar during prayer, for some reason, Maira also does not know
After the prayer, Danar's doctor did not immediately rise from the top of his alphabet. There are many rituals that he does. Sometimes Maira is confused as to what Danar's doctor did it all for. Praying sunnah, reading some surah, reciting, praying again, teaching, and I don't know, Maira only knows the obligatory prayer and even then sometimes she always neglect and forget it. Five times in her lifetime only did she do when she was the wife of doctor Danar, and it was also because of doctor Danar who forced. Praying only because he was forced, but he felt himself if after carrying out his obligations he would always feel his heart was much calmer. Yes, so is Maira, a stubborn girl who from childhood less get lessons about religion from her family.
Maira had finished cleaning up her things, and she had also cleaned herself up. Now he went to his bed and lay there. He directed his body towards the doctor Danar who is still cool to teach at this time.
The recitation of the verse of the Quran recited by the doctor Danar sounds so melodious and soul-stirring. Instantly the sadness and anxiety that Maira felt earlier instantly vanished replaced with a feeling of calm and warm his soul.
Maira who every night is always difficult to sleep but if you have heard the voice of doctor Danar recite, her eyes immediately become sleepy. Over time he slept in his sleep.
Almost an hour doctor Danar taught, and when he turned around, he already found Maira who had fallen asleep with a face so calm.
Doctor Danar walks over to Maira's bed, yes Maira's bed. Because he had to sleep on the floor for two weeks. Maira really doesn't want to sleep with her.
Doctor Danar sat on the side of the bed, looking at Maira's beautiful face. He smiled, tidying up the hair child that covered a little part of Maira's face. Only when Maira fell asleep could Danar's doctor look at his wife's face for a long time. Because when Maira wakes up, only a flat and cold face is always obtained.
'good night Maira ku' whispered doctor Danar while kissing softly Maira's forehead.