I WAS THE THIRD PERSON

Nine

After Fura nodded, Shafiqpun prepared to go home and before long the shadow of Shafiqpun was invisible.

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💔22:45 when Syafiq opened the door of the house 1 floor minimalist style in front of him. He was stunned to find Shofii asleep on the sofa waiting for him.

After putting down the bag he was carrying, Shafiq grabbed Shofii's body to be moved to the room. But suddenly Shofii woke up as his body landed on the bed.

"Huh, what time is it? You've been home since when, Mom?" lirih Shofii feels guilty for not knowing the return of Syafiq.

"I just arrived, sorry my work is so much so I came home late" said Syafiq, forcing his lips to smile at Shofii.

"You take a bath first Mas, you know .. this dress? It seems that when you left earlier you were not wearing this outfit? Or did I forget?" shofii said as he kept remembering what happened.

"I just arrived and immediately took a shower, then I lifted you to the room after," said Syafiq lying cover that actually happened.

"Ohh so you've taken a bath, try--" Shofii immediately approaches his nose to the body of Shafiq. "You've actually taken a bath Mas, your body is fragrant, deserves your clothes different, you've changed it, it turns out," Shofii said with a smile.

"All right, wait here! I'll get you your dinner. You must be hungry, right?" ask Shofii.

Shafiq, who has not revealed the truth about Fura, lies again. Shafiq nodded now in response to Shofii's question.

"Okee, you don't go to sleep yet! You have to try my cooking," Shofii said excitedly.

Hahh, how is this? Though I have eaten a lot since Fura serves my favorite chicken opor menu. But if I reject Shofii, he will surely be sad, inner Shafiq.

Not long ago ...

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Shofii appeared to enter when the door had opened. He immediately showed the cooking he had been hiding from behind his body.

"It's your dinner Mas, I made it myself with love" said Shofii thrusting a plate in his hand.

"Ohh ... chicken opor?" shocked Syafiq.

What about these 2 women, both of them serve my favorite chicken opor. I ate a lot at Fura's place. But the temptation of the chicken opor is always undeniable, inner Shafiq.

And Shafiq seems to start devouring Shofii cuisine. Bribery after bribe goes back into the mouth of Shafiq. Until a while passed, and the Shofii cuisine on the Shafiq plate had been exhausted.

"Alhamdulillah," said thanksgiving Syafiq ended his last chant.

Really good chicken opor, very similar to my mother's cooking. Shofii even cooked this opor herself, this woman .. how does she know I like opor? If my stomach is not full I must have taken rice again, inner Syafiq.

"You like my cooking, Mom?" Shofii looked seriously waiting for an answer from her husband's lips.

"Why are you cooking opor?" tanya Syafiq while staring fixedly at Shofii.

"Because I like opor, and I'm sure the food opor that the majority of Indonesians like, you haven't answered my question Mas, you like it?"

Syafiq also nodded. "I like it."

"It's been almost half 12, we're sleeping, Mas!" said Shofii take the plate in the hands of Syafiq and put it in the kitchen, while Syafiq to the bathroom, brushing teeth is his habit before going to bed.

"Sleep Sof, you're going to the hospital tomorrow, right?" lirih Syafiq closed his eyes pretending to be sleepy.

"After falling asleep waiting for you to come home, I am not sleepy now, Mas" said Shofii.

Shafiq did not budge and continued to pretend to be asleep, but in fact Shofii increasingly tightened his hold.

Ahh, it can't be like this. I also can't sleep if Shofii keeps this up, I have to make him sleepy. But how? Ohh, right .. I will make Shofii continue to tell stories until he is sleepy, inner Shafiq.

Shafiq raised his body and sat leaning against the headboard of the bed, Shofii followed.

"You're distracted, Mas?" shofii.

"You haven't slept, how am I supposed to sleep?" honest Syafiq.

"Okay, what if you told me about your ex-husband?" syafiq.

"You really want to hear that, Mom?"

"Sure, why not?" syafiq.

"Oh, okay. Mas Raihan my girlfriend since college, we went to the same university and majored in the same, medicine."

"Then?"

"Then in the fourth year we decided to marry siri" said Shofii.

"Siri?" Shafiq seemed to affirm what he heard.

"Yes, like our marriage." Shofii looked smiling and he continued. "I'm in college relying on scholarships, in the requirements file. I cannot get married and get pregnant until my college is over, so we decided to marry Siri to keep from the unwanted" said Shofii, who began to lean his head against Shafiq's shoulder.

"How long have you been married?" ask Syafiq back.

"Two years and all ended when Raihan got a scholarship to America to continue to the surgical specialist as he aspired."

"You must have been very sad then?" syafiq.

"That doesn't need to be asked, because Raihan asked for a divorce for no apparent reason. If distance was the reason, I had suggested I would be faithfully waiting for him, but he was unmoved. I am just Siri's wife. With a word, our bond ended. Mas ... You wouldn't be like Raihan's leaving me, would you? After 2 years of my employment agreement, you must legally marry me. You remember your promise, don't you, Mas?"

Shafiq seemed trapped in his questioning, carried away with pity over the things that befell Shofii, Syafiq finally nodded.

"Thank you, Mas .. I know you're a good man. You accept me even though I know I'm older than you, even after you know I've been married before, you still come forward asking me," said Shofi hugging Syafiq warmly.

How'this? I'm in an increasingly difficult position. Even I feel as bad as Raihan Shofii's ex-husband. I lied to Shofii, I kept Shofii in custody back then to see my ID card with a marriage status. And it's getting harder now to tell the truth about Fura to Shofii. My little heart can't make her heart hurt again. I'm really a bad man, inner Shafiq.

Syafiq spontaneously swept Shofii's head until Shofii fell asleep. Shafiq continued to stare at Shofii afterwards.

Shofii was not a bad woman, she was beautiful .. And maybe it was this look of face that made me choose her bio. Until then I knew his personality was also good.

Shofii is an orphan who turns out to be also cornered by his employment contract and cannot get married, but his soul needs an escort. And it all seemed to smooth over our series marriage that covered my previous marital status with Fura.

Shofii .. why do I think now, if all is not fair to you. Then what should I do? shafiq's heart continued to rumble in there.

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