Forced Mate

The Moment of Memories

...The Moment of Memories...

 

...“Even When I close my eyes, there’s an image of your face. Once again I came to realise you’re a loss I can’t replace.”...

...Westlife ~ Soledad...

 

...*.*.*....

 

Music is pounding. The laser lights up flickering. Many people who choose to go down on the dance floor, either alone or in pairs, there are also new to find colleagues.

Alex sat down with a woman on the couch. It's been an hour, and the awaited ones haven't come yet either. Alex swore that if his friend hadn't arrived in five minutes, he would have left. It doesn't matter that it's the first time to meet after a year.

“Drink, Babe!” the woman sitting next to Alex.

Alex smiled slightly, staring at his phone. No matter what woman's name she forgets. They met earlier, suddenly familiar and perhaps suitable to be Alex's friend through the night.

The woman with the red sign raised a glass filled with clear liquid in which there was an olive. The glass was placed on Alex.

“Thank you,” said Alex, looking back at the phone after sipping a drink.

“Hai, Bro!” A man patted Alex on the shoulder. “I miss you!” The man shifted Alex docked to the woman who was nearby to get a place.

“Far-away!” Alex pushes Jonny away.

“So vengeful are you to me, darling!” Jonny leaned on Alex's shoulder, until Alex shuddered in horror.

Alex moves away, letting Jonny get close to the woman he knows. Jonny stood up, as if afraid of the woman.

“You're afraid of women now?” alex Cowboy.

Jonny shakes. He took his place in the afternoon ahead of Alex. With a wave, he called a waitress. Ordering a bottle of whiskey and ice cubes.

“Cleo. He asked me to invite you to dinner,” Jonny told me.

Alex sipped his drink up the toilet. He growled in annoyance.

“She always cares about you more than her own husband. Damn it.” Jonny pours out his frustration.

Alex doesn't care what Jonny says. Her life has been quite heavy the last two years, not just apart from Ayu and Aleeya. He also had to lose a secretary who used to take care of all his needs. Three secretaries replaced Cleo. That afternoon, there was a new secretary, I don't know how long the new secretary lasted.

“Who is he?” ask Jonny who's been moving next to Alex. He looked at the back of the woman who had asked permission to go to the toilet.

“Meet outside. You came long time ago, I need a friend.”

Jonny poured a drink into his glass followed by an ice cube. He drank the glass one gulp.

“So, how?”

Alex frowned. “How is it?”

“You don't intend to visit Aleeya. I am a nobody who misses your son very much.”

 

Alex fell silent. The memory of her cute baby's laughter and crying is back. If only he had not been ashamed, he might have shed tears. Missing, of course.

Aeleya's red body was covered in bloodstains. Her first cry that somehow made Alex cry happily. The first time the beautiful baby exhaled, Alex fell in love, falling in love.

“If love, why give up like this. I've been crazy enough to see my behavior all this time.” Jonny kept talking.

Alex can't stand tightness. He needs an impingement. Jonny continued his words, saying that Alex should keep trying, putting up a wall for his son. Against ego.

Alex pulls Jonny's shirt collar. “You think what I've been doing all this time!”

Jonny gasp. He couldn't hold back when his body was pulled away by Alex. “Wow, easy, Bro!”

The woman who accompanied Alex had already come from the toilet. He pulled Alex's arm. Ask not to make a fuss. However, the man needs an impingement. He was angry at himself, at everything.

“Go away!” snapped Alex. The woman retreated, picked up her bag on the sofa, then moved away. He did not want to seek trouble until his membership was revoked. Where else can he get men money.

Jonny was silent. Not intending to fight, or provoke the anger of his friend. He has known Alex since college. When the man is emotional, he often looks for trouble to be beaten.

“Why shut up, Fuck!” squeal Alex. The spies in the room began to look towards them.

“Do you really want to be beaten?”

Alex just grinned. “We're looking for dead?”

Alex stands. Laying one fist on Jonny's face, until Jonny staggered down onto the sofa. Not to be outdone, Jonny stood up and punched Alex in the jaw. Blood started coming out of Alex's lips, maybe because he was bitten or indeed Jonny's knuckles fit to hit in that place.

Alex wants to retaliate. However, his body was being held back by a large-bodied man. He was elbowing the club's security section. According to him, security is an easy target to vent frustration. He pushed, then punched the stomach of the man in the black uniform.

Seeing that, Jonny immediately pulled Alex who had dropped the fat body security. They'll get into big trouble if they hurt the security guard.

“Enough, Bro! You want to deal with the police!” Jonny dragged Alex who was like a doormat wanting to hit the man earlier.

Jonny and Alex are out of the club. Walk towards the valley boy who has prepared their respective cars.

“You can go home by yourself?” Jonny was a little doubtful.

Alex dodged as Jonny was about to grab his shoulder. Grabbing the car keys, then entering the car towards the steering wheel.

The roar of the European sedan engine was heard. The car's open glass makes the wind blow hard on Alex's face. There could be about five minutes, before the windshield is raised. The cars drove leisurely on the streets, unlike Alex who gasped as if he had two lives.

*.*.*.

Ringisan slowly escapes Alex's lips. He began to wash the wound at the corner of his lips. The hand he used to punch was still sore. Just wait for the letter of complaint from the club. He could have contacted his manager directly and settled the case peacefully. However, somehow he loves trouble so much these days.

The bell rang, and Alex knew who would dare to visit in the middle of the night like that. The man who had been hit by Alex was standing behind the door. He shifted to give way. Sometimes Jonny's arrival irritates him, but only the man visits his home. After the last year Jonny was busy with his personal affairs, the man came again. Maybe his fussy mouth will catch Alex, but maybe that's what Alex needs now.

“I cleared up the problem at the club. Fortunately the fat man's injuries were not severe. Crazyhead!” racau Jonny follows Alex as he walks towards the cupboard where there are many bottles of alcohol.

Alex headed for the piano, putting down a glass of brandy that had been opened. Drinking straight from the bottle. His fingers danced on the piano, playing an obscure tone. Jumping from one song to another.

Jonny just stared a long time ago. He pulls the bottle in Alex's hand when it's only half left.

“Until when are you stupid like this?”

Alex laughed, shaking. “You don't understand. Won't understand!”

“Crazy! Of course, I get it. Very understand that you are a big stupid loser!” press Jonny, can't bear to see Alex being crushed bit by bit. He rubbed his cheeker that was punched by Alex. “It should be that jerk you're boxing, not me. Ah, Cleo will definitely be chatty to see her husband's face smashed like this.”

Alex fell silent. Attach your eyes to the fingers that are still on the piano. It presses hard and long, causing a deafening sound.

“I've done it all. I'm losing. Lose by a cowardly man like him.” Alex refers to Arya.

Jonny snorts. Staring at Alex while shaking. “What you are not aware of, we are just as cowardly!”

Alex looked up, squinting at Jonny who seemed not afraid if he would be attacked again by Alex.

“If I had been you, I would have gotten out of the cab, taught ... Ar ... ah, I don't know what his name is.”

Sharp grin mounted by Alex. “If I hit, what will happen?”

“At least you can give a warning that you will not only hit, but also kill the man who dared to disturb your child and wife,” Jonny replied. He drank from the same bottle as Alex. “And I know, you can definitely kill him if you want.”

Alex takes his drink back, b says before chugging, “I can kill you if you want.” Alex puts a rough bottle on the piano. “I've tried, Jon. Ayu might not be able to love me.”

“Really! You don't sound like Alex always says ‘effort without success isn't a work’. Spirit, dong!”

Alex rubbed his face rough. “I miss Aleeya more than anything. Ayu too, of course.”

“Ya, already. Go home, they're your house.”

“But I am not his home. I can never be home to Ayu.”

******* roughly blows from Jonny's mouth. Don't know how else to get that stupid Alex.

“You have Aleeya. He's a good weapon, as long as you know.”

 

“Shut! Take care of your wife, you son of a bitch!” Alex stands. Leaving Jonny to his room. The room door was slammed hard to make a sound that made Jonny jerk.

Alex holds his phone. Staring for a long time at the face of Aleeya who was shared by Ayu on her social media. His son grew up very well. Her smile looks very sweet, beautiful, and becomes the reason for Alex's sanity.

Eyes closed. Trying to remove the shadow of Ayu and Aeleya in her room. However, it all seemed like it happened a second ago. It was clearly recorded in his memory. The happy days they spent together in that room. Like Ayu's habit of talking before falling asleep. Aeleya who often interfered when she and Ayu wanted to be alone.

Aleeya's baby box was still at the bedside. Intentionally he did not clean. Still sometimes he gave telon oil so that the aroma continues to fill the room. Aeleya's baby clothes, as well as her room next door were still there. When Alex could not stand the whack of longing, he would flinch on the carpet hugging the little clothes.

Loser. Alex is willing to be remembered with that word for the happiness of his son and wife. Not that it's not dear. He loved his wife and son very much. However, he did not want to force something that he could not.

Maybe later, when he feels ready to accept defeat. He will visit. A bravery appeared in front of his son's face. Honestly speaking, he was afraid to look at Aeleya. Fear of finding that her son has a family like hers.

*.*.*.