Love at Dusk

Chapter 21: Asking for a Chance

Not wanting to make any longer, Reyhan finally went past the Goddess, he entered with a fruit parcel that he had just bought in his hand. When Reyhan's footsteps stopped when he saw Rere lying on the hospital bed, his body thinner than the last time he saw, his face was pale with my eyes. The woman's body was really weak, as if it had run out of spirit to go back to activities, Reyhan's heart was so sick to see all this, what was Rere really? "Astagfirullah, Rere." Reyhan could not help himself, he walked over, put a fruit parcel on his desk and sat down on a chair beside the bed.

"Rey," came a very slow voice out of Rere's mouth. His eyes started to look glassy as he saw Reyhan frantically being beside him, there was no hug as usual, not even his hands were touched at all by Reyhan. In really missing the old Reyhan, regret and hard hit back to smother Rere's heart. He's been stupid to let go of a man like Reyhan, why can all this happen? why should Rere experience all this? it's not fair.

Reyhan tried to toughen up, he should not be weak and must remember if he had become a husband for Aisyah, there is a heart that he must take care of. Reyhan clenched his hands tightly, holding back was something difficult to do, yet he still tried to smile small with a worried look on his face. "Re, why does gini hurt? Healthy yes, back again so the old Rere, cheerful again." Somehow the words were sliding, the encouraging words he usually always gave to Rere. His eyes instantly rounded when he saw Rere tremble, tears streaming down his cheeks. "Eh, Re. Why cry?" reyhan asked frantically, Rere's hands covered his own face, his body increasingly trembling coupled with the sound of sobs that sounded heartbreaking in Reyhan's ears.

"I'm not ready to lose you Rey!" Worrying with a raucous voice, Reyhan sighed, he was not strong to see Rere like this, he could not let Rere get hurt like this, he said, never being able to get to see Rere cry let alone all this because of him. Reyhan hesitantly stood up, his hand stretched out on Rere's head and stroked slowly like it used to when Rere was sad. "I still love you Rey" Rere murmured softly. Again the sobbing made Reyhan's heart weaken, his heart became shaky, his affection for Rere had not disappeared completely, maybe even so much was left.

Reyhan took a slow breath, patting Rere's back gently as if giving a tranquilizer. "Is there no chance for me?" Rere asked, the sound of sobbing now seemed to rise. The woman is taking out all her pain, all the pain she bears.

"Sorry, Re," Reyhan said quietly. Of the four people in the room, none of them made a sound, only the sobbing of Rere added to the grief.