I Want to Be Loved

Strange Feelings

“Gio.”

The heartbeats that Flora felt suddenly stopped. The originally expanding smile had to fade away instantly when he saw the person before him now. That person was not the one in his mind.

“Elang.” Flora said without a sound.

The eagle raises one eyebrow. Honestly Eagle was wondering why every time he met Flora, the pregnant woman always mentioned the name Gio.

“You still do not forget 'kan if my name is Eagle not Gio,” said Eagle. “Is there a special reason you always thought I was Gio?”

“Sorry, Gio is my husband's name. Maybe because I kept thinking about it made me think Gio was always near me,” Flora replied.

“You won't fall for me because you always thought I was your husband, right?” ledek Eagle.

“Hah!” Flora's sadness suddenly turned upset when the Eagle tried to taunt her.

“What are you doing here?” asked Flora with a stammering tone.

“I asked you first. And you haven't answered it,” said Eagle. “It's already night. Not good for pregnant women exposed to night wind for too long.”

“I just want to take a walk,” replied Flora.

“You yourself ... what are you doing? Are you following me?” accuse Flora.

“I'm looking for an answer,” replied Eagle.

Flora's forehead frowned, hearing the Eagle's reply.

“Can I ask?” ask Eagle.

“What?” Flora asked back.

“Is your husband gone?” ask Eagle.

The Eagle's question was like a hard blow that struck right in Flora's heart.

“Why do you want to know?” Flora asked the Eagle.

Flora's eyes are already glazed. It could be ascertained in one blink, the tears could spill from his eyes. However, with all her might, Flora held back her tears from spilling.

“Sorry if my question hurt you. I just want to know. I have seen you daydream several times, even twice thinking of me as Gio,” said Eagle.

Flora lowered her head. The tears she was holding were finally shed. Flora convinced herself to tell her husband what had happened to the Eagle.

“There were people who harmed him when we were vacationing in America. There was no trace at all, whether he was dead or not. We have been separated for more than four months. Although many people say that he is dead, but before I see his body I do not believe,” Flora said. “I always wait for him to return to my side.”

“But you can't keep going like this,” said Eagle. “Hope for something painful it feels very painful.”

“I'm also trying ... trying to accept this statement ...,” reply Flora.

Somehow Flora felt comfortable talking to the Eagle. Until finally Flora poured out her feelings for the Eagle.

“You know! In this place he proposed to me,” Flora said along with her sobs.

“You love him so much?” ask Eagle.

“Very,” Reply Flora. “She can never even see me cry.”

“And now I miss him so much. Missed her smile, her embrace, her laughter, and her silliness and ...”

Flora could no longer hold back her cries. Flora needs a backrest to vent her sadness. It made Flora directly hug the Eagle and cry bitterly.

Honest Eagle was surprised by Flora's treatment. But when feeling Flora's body that vibrates makes the eagle's feeling touched.

Not only that, the Eagle felt the grip of Flora's hand on his shoulder. The eagle took in his breath, releasing his body into an emotional outlet for Flora.

“I didn't think anyone was that bad. Tega separated the wife from her husband and separated our unborn child from her father.” Flora spoke in a hoarse voice.

The eagle moved his hand full of doubt to return Flora's embrace. However, the moment it sensed Flora's trembling body made the Eagle dispel those doubts.

“Flora, please control yourself. Don't be like this .. this is not good for your content.” The eagle rubbed the tip of the head to the back of Flora's body.

“Seeing your eyes .. I'm like I'm looking at him. And when I heard your voice earlier .. I thought you were him.” Flora's tone became increasingly unclear due to Flora's cry that was even as hot as it was.

Hearing and feeling Flora's cry made the Eagle's tears gather in her eyes. When she closed her eyes, the tears fell on her cheeks.

Flora herself also closed her eyes. I don't know why Flora feels comfortable with the man she just met. The gentle rubble that Eagle gave seemed to flow comfort and warmth throughout his body, until without realizing Flora fell asleep.

Silence took the atmosphere between them. Only Flora's sobs could be heard, only Flora's trembling body felt on the Eagle's body. Only the night wind seemed to accompany them.

The eagle was still hugging Flora's body, trying to give the pregnant woman some peace. Forgetting his status which was the future husband of a woman.

The eagle opened his eyes when he heard no more Flora's cries. The eagle slightly tilted its head, its eyes seeing if Flora's eyes were closed.

“He's asleep apparently,” mutter Eagle.

The eagle spread its gaze around the place. There was a long chair not far from where they were standing. Carefully the Eagle carried Flora's sleeping body towards the chair.

The eagle wanted to wake Flora, but it seemed that Flora was exhausted from crying. Makes his sleep very sound.

“Bu Flora!”

“Mbak Flora!”

The eagle turned his gaze to the origin of the sound, it turned out that Abi and Susan were standing not far from where they were.

“Mother Flora why?” Susan's tone sounded very anxious.

“Sssst ...” The eagle put his index finger in front of his lips. Gesticulating Susan not to be noisy.

“She is sleeping.” The eagle spoke slowly, but it could still be heard by Abi and Susan.

“But we can't let him sleep here,” Abi said.

“Bu Flora ... wake up.” Susan tried to wake Flora.

It seemed that Flora felt comfortable sleeping in the arms of the Eagle. Makes him not flinch at all.

Eagle took his breath, “I'll carry him all the way to his room.”

“What won't trouble you? Let me just carry it,” said Abi.

“I do not want to bear the risk if later he falls. Lookie! Your body alone is smaller than this pregnant woman,” Eagle ledk.

Abi scratched his head which was not itchy. True also said by the Eagle, his body is thinner than Flora. If he carried Flora's body, it could reach his room or not.

“Alright if it doesn't trouble you,” said Abi.

The eagle raised Flora's body carefully so as not to press on Flora's stomach. Eagle's smile expands, it feels funny to see the woman in his carrier.

The pregnant woman's sleep was not even disturbed in the slightest. Suddenly there was a strange feeling in the Eagle, when it felt something moving in Flora's stomach attached to its body.

“Is the baby inside her stomach moving?” inner Eagle.

His heart was racing, his smile expanding as the Eagle again felt that movement.

What is this feeling?