Love Treasure And Friendship

A Selfish Heart?

The afternoon sun was still radiating hot. A gust of wind slowly knocked the dried leaves off his tree. Dini just silently watched one by one the fallen leaves. It felt like the dried leaves, the dried leaves that were once fresh green leaves had now dried up and fallen by the wind and were replaced by freshly grown leaves. Someday, Dini will be like that. Time will force him away from Andi like the wind forcing the dried leaves to fall off the tree. The time will come if there is someone who fills Andi's heart, someone who gives Andi so much love that Dini feels neglected.

"I will always be the same as you Din, no matter what," Andi said with a confident hand.

"You're too sure Ndi!" reply Early with still staring at the dried leaf nanar beneath.

"I'm sure, sure, no matter if there's Dimas or anyone else, I'll stay here for you!"

"I'm lucky to have you" Dini said, looking into Andi's eyes.

"I'm the luckier Din" Andi replied.

They both smiled gratefully in their hearts.

**

In the hospital.

Aletta was bored. He could not do much because of the wound on his hand.

Suddenly the door of his room opened. Someone who was no longer unfamiliar to him entered and stood next to him.

Aletta was silent for a moment. He was not sure what he saw. His heart rumbled, happy and the wounds re-emerged into his heart. There was a tightness that he felt, there was a joy that could not be denied his presence.

"Al" he called slowly.

Aletta was still silent, her tongue was twisted, her eyes were hot to make her want to cry, her heart was racing to voice the longing that had been hidden.

"Aletta," he called again.

Aletta immediately regained consciousness from all the feelings in her heart. A happy feeling wrapped in wounds.

"Why did you come here? do you know where I'm from?" ask Aletta.

"I miss you" said Rizki with a sharp look at Aletta's eyes.

Aletta immediately shifted her eyes. Their love story is only the past. The man who was her first love was her brother's husband now.

"Go!" aletta said with a blank look ahead.

"Where are your wounds? is it healed?" ask Rizki again.

"Care are you the same hurt as me? this wound is nothing compared to the one you have made in my heart!"

"I'm sorry Al, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know what I'm doing with Asyila it's not real and I'm sorry, I love you Al."

"If you're a baby you shouldn't have said that to my sister!"

"He who first seduced me Al, he who came to me, he who........"

"You should take care of your heart for me, you shouldn't be tempted, you should......"

Aletta stopped her speech. His voice sounded hoarse as it held back the crying. The wound in his heart was again torn apart due to Rizki's presence.

"I'm sorry" Rizki said, clasping Aletta's hand.

"Go, I don't want you to misunderstand me" Aletta said without looking at Rizki.

"I don't care, I love you Al, I love you!"

"Aware Ki, you're my brother's husband now, you......."

"I don't love him Al, I just love you, what I've done with him without love!"

Aletta was silent, she did not know what Rizki said was the truth or not. Deep in the recesses of her heart, there was a happy glimmer that Aletta felt when she heard that Rizki still loved her. But he realized, he did not want to destroy the marriage of his brother who loved so much.

"I'm sure you still love me, don't you? you still love me, right?"

Aletta didn't answer.

"Honestly Al, do you still feel the same way as before? do you still understand what I'm feeling right now?"

Aletta was still, the tears she had been holding with all her might finally spilled.

Rizki approached and wiped Aletta's tears. He rubbed Aletta's cheek gently. He repeated the same thing as he had done to Aletta.

If Aletta was sad because of her papa, she would go to the farm. There he recounts all his sadness to Rizki, gently Rizki wiped her tears and rubbed her cheeks full of tenderness. Softness that can make Aletta lulled.

"Go!" said Aletta.

"I want to keep you here, I've been waiting a long time for this" said Rizki.

Rizki rubbed Aletta's hair slowly. The girl he loved now felt far away from him, even though it was actually in front of him. His heart hurts. His past mistakes made him regret it. The beauty that only momentarily made him have to lose the girl he loved so much. He felt stupid, very stupid because he could easily be tempted by Asyila's seduction. Several times he lied to Aletta just to please her lust with Asyila until Asyila became pregnant and made her have to marry Asyila, although he actually doubted whether the child conceived by Asyila was really the result of his actions or not.

Rizki clasped Aletta's hand tightly. He was sure that Aletta still had the same feeling as him. It's just that he realized the mistake he made was indeed very big. Even so, he still tries to get sorry from Aletta and restart the beautiful relationship that once existed between the two of them.

During this time, Rizki never considered Asyila as his wife. He didn't even seem to care about anything Ashila did. For her, Asyila was the cause of the destruction of her relationship with Aletta. He also did not care if Ashila asked for a divorce because it was what he really wanted.

If it wasn't for her parents' coercion, Rizki would definitely not want to marry Asyila. He would have happily divorced Ashila if her parents had not forced her to stay.

"Aletta, do you still love me? you're still in love, right?" tanya Rizki repeated her question.

"No, you're my sister's husband now, I can't possibly love my sister's husband!" aletta replied firmly, though her heart said that love was still there.

As many people say, first love is hard to forget.

"You're lying, I know you still love me, I've been waiting for this time Al, I know, I've been waiting for the right time to say this to you and now I'm even more sure that you still love me!"

"You don't know what Ki is, my heart is all I know!"

"I know because I'm still in your heart, I beg you Aletta, I'm sorry, let's start over again" Rizki said.

"You crazy?"

"I realized that as Al realized, we loved each other first and now, why don't we get back together?"

"Don't be crazy, you're my brother Rizki's husband, how many times do I have to say, go and never see me again!"

Aletta fell silent, her tears welling up again. The man loved her, the first love to inflict such deep wounds on her, still loved her as before.

"I love you Aletta, you should be my wife, not Asyila" Rizki said slowly, clasping Aletta's hand.

Aletta was still silent, her tears spilling again. His heart was indecisive, there was happiness and a deepening wound in his heart. He was happy because the man in front of him still loved him but the wound in his heart was even more painful considering how the man betrayed their love.

"Go Ki, GOII!" aletta shouted by pushing Rizki's body with both hands. Yes, he moved his injured right hand.

"Al, i......."

Aletta immediately pressed the red button next to her bed. He wants Rizki to leave immediately. Rizki is the husband of her older brother and Rizki shouldn't be there with him. Even though love is still there, let it be a memory in his heart. He was not expecting it anymore.

Aletta was still crying vanishing all the pain and disappointment in her heart. Shortly after, the doctor arrives and asks Rizki to come out.

The doctor immediately examined Aletta's condition and found that the blood had changed the color of the bandage white to red.

Aletta didn't answer the doctor's question, she was still crying. The pain that he had long since felt in his heart, he overflowed everything at that time.

"why did you come again Rizki, why?"

**

Elsewhere, Andi invites Dini to go to the bookstore before going to the hospital. They were planning to visit Aletta at that time.

"What book are you looking for?" ask Andi.

"I don't know either, hehe....."

Dini patted her forehead hearing Andi's answer.

"I would like to buy Aletta a book, but I don't know what she likes to read" Andi explained.

Dini smiled faintly hearing it.

"Aletta again,"

"He's a literary boy, right? how about buying a book with poetry?" ask Dini.

"But he doesn't like poetry!"

Andi and Dini were still circling the entire shelf in the bookstore. They were there for almost an hour. Dini just followed Andi from behind. Sometimes they guessed the contents of the book they passed. For Dini and Andi, a bookstore or library is a paradise of world enjoyment. They could see many neatly lined books in bookstores and read whatever books they wanted while in the library.

"Here you go, how?" andi asked while showing a comic in her hand.

"Conan Detective?"

Andi nodded quickly.

"Barbarian girl Aletta is better suited to this reading than hehe's poetry....."

Andi immediately paid for a series of Detective Conan comics and immediately went to the hospital with Dini.

"He must be very bored in the hospital" said Andi.

"Yes, there is no one who feels at home in the hospital" replied Early.

"What else Aletta can't be in her son's stomach, the doctor said that he can't move his right hand because it can be infected, but he still doesn't care!"

"Because of me, he's getting tough, because of me he is......"

Andi stopped her steps, making Dini not continue her speech and turned to Andi as if throwing a question "why?"

Andi smiled and held Dini's hand and walked back.

"You don't have to blame yourself Din, behind Aletta's barbaric attitude she has an angel heart" Andi said.

"Yes, that's what makes you like him, right?"

Andi looked quickly towards Dini.

"Honestly Ndi, you've never been this believer before, not even Anita!"

Andi was silent for a moment. He was trying to digest the word Dini.

"like Aletta? yes I like because of his unique and kind personality, to the extent of it, am I exaggerating?"

"He's good, if you like the same........"

"Stop Din, I like him as a friend, nothing more so don't make misunderstandings between me and Aletta, I don't want everything to be awkward," said Andi cut Dini's speech.

"i love you, Din, my heart is for you,"

He nodded his head silently.

Arriving at the hospital, Dini and Andi immediately went to Aletta's room. From far away Andi saw a man sitting in front of Aletta's room. He looked chaotic, from the look of his face there was sadness in his heart.

When Rizki realizes the presence of Andi and Dini, she immediately moves from her seat and leaves just past Andi and Dini.

Not until Andi enters Aletta's room, the Doctor and the sisters leave Aletta's room. Andi saw the nurse carrying a tray containing a bandage filled with blood. Andi immediately accelerated his pace until he unconsciously left Dini behind.

Andi immediately entered Aletta's room and found Aletta sitting on her bed crying. His gaze was blankly staring pus forward, his tears falling as if they could not stop dripping. Even Aletta was unaware of Andi's presence in her room.

Slowly Andi approached, he sat on Aletta's bed making Aletta immediately wake up from her crying. Aletta immediately wiped her tears and smiled.

Andi just kept quiet and looked at him sharply. He then approached and pulled Aletta's body into his arms. Aletta could no longer endure the pain in her heart, all the sadness she was spilling in Andi's arms. At least he let all his cries break just for that moment.

Andi hugged Aletta even tighter without touching the wound on her arm. He did not know what made Aletta cry at that time, he just wanted to hug her, trying to calm Aletta who had always managed to hide all her sadness. That day, for the first time he saw Aletta's different self. The always cheerful Aletta now looked overcast, her face full of deep sadness.

Andi rubbed Aletta's hair slowly and clasped her hands. He wanted the girl in his arms to always be happy, he wanted to see the barbarian girl before him vanish all the sadness that had been long harbored until it was gone, leaving only the beautiful things that made him happy.

Early who saw that from the glass door could only faintly smile. Without her tears, there was something disturbing in her heart.

Dini immediately wiped her tears and walked slowly leaving the hospital. He did not understand his heart. His heart is now very selfish because it does not want to release Andi for other women.