SECOND BRIDE

Episode 12: The Unification of Two Persons

“I'm healthy, Mom! I can eat by myself.”

“If you eat alone, it will be long! Open his mouth cepet, this run out just continued to play his phone.” Andre took Shinta's phone and sat on the lip of the bed Shinta lay down.

“Oh yes! just started college again. Mas will teach my class again ?” Shinta asked on the sidelines Andre bribed her.

“I don't teach 6th semester students. Why ?”

“Just ask. I'm just very happy with Mas's teaching method, it might be fun too if I benefit from this.”

“Dream! As long as you know, I am a very objective lecturer.” Andre slapped his finger on Shinta's forehead.

“You are smart, your value will still be good! No need to dream anymore and immediately take the medicine.” Andre offered the medicine that Shinta had to take.

“Mas! You should know, all this time it is very difficult to ignore all the attention of Mas. I tried hard to hold it in and kept resisting all that, but I was very tired because of that. I am tired and will do what I want, without thinking about anything. I'll do what I want to do, so there's no slipping at the end. As of now, I am very happy to have Mas. Thanks.”

Andre smiled and kissed Shinta's forehead for a moment, then was about to leave but Shinta pulled Andre's shirt softly.

They looked at each other, Andre immediately approached Shinta and kissed her ripe lips, their lips clenched to the rhythm of their heartbeats. The heart cannot lie, until it can set aside common sense. They were both immersed in an unusual taste, which should not exist but had already grown without knowing when the seed was planted. Shinta thought, he will only live today, without regret he will live according to his wishes. Andre just followed his passion and his heart, his logic seemed to freeze and his body could not be controlled now.

Two people are united without knowing the future, they will only live for today as if there is no tomorrow.

...***...

2 years ago

“This GPS is already installed on both of our phones. Let you trust me in Jakarta not macem-macem.” Andre

“I always believed, Mas. The important thing is to be healthy there.”

“My keys are up, tomorrow I have to go back to Jakarta. You okay ?”

Hana looked down, played her fingernails she looked nervous. He could not look at Andre and began to shed tears. It would be a lie if he declared himself okay now, after losing their second child.

Hana had just had a miscarriage last week due to heavy bleeding and made her condition completely weak with her mentality still shaken. A very worried Andre takes a week off to care for two-year-old Hana and Saka, he actually does not have the heart to leave Hana but his obligation to teach must be implemented. Hana was the same, he had to teach at Kindergarten.

“If I am not too busy, I try to go back to Bandung.”

“Not... No need, Mas! I'm the better, usually not a crybaby rich gini.” Hana immediately wiped her tears to show herself strong and able to face everything so that Andre did not worry while in Jakarta.

“The more you refuse, the less I can bear. I'll just go home, so you can smile. You know I'm a standby husband.”

“Yes you are the best.” Hana immediately hugged Andre's waist very tightly. Hana was very grateful to be able to meet this very great man. A man who is always there for himself and always makes himself loved.

Until a rift begins to come to their household, a bird that Hana has not believed in, still disturbs her mind. He began to feel worried, with Andre's absence at the first meeting with the obstetrician also made him more worried. Andre had never previously set aside his family for any business, he was willing to go back to Jakarta-Bandung just to cheer me up at that time.

To: Andre

Mas ? what are you doing ? I have checked the contents of our child, thank God said our pediatrician is fine.

Shortly Andre replied to the text message.

To ; Hana

Thank God, take good care of yourself. I was in college and there was still something to do. I'll call again.

Hana is very surprised by the answer made by Andre, he does not believe Andre is lying to him and hiding something there. What Andre did so that up to the heart he lied to him at this time.

...***...

I shouldn't have pulled it, I shouldn't have continued it. We were friends and now this is happening. I am a fool who has a weak heart.

Andre and Shinta were in an atmosphere filled with awkwardness, they both could not believe their bodies and hearts were betraying common sense. Not knowing what to do, the two of them just lay on the same bed and stared blankly at the ceiling. Somehow it all happened, but all they know is they did it without coercion from each other.

“Ekheemm.. emmm, aaaa, sss..” Andre tries to start a conversation with Shinta but doesn't know what to talk about.

“Mas ?” Shinta who was sleeping on Andre's back looked very confused.

“Yes.. What ?”

“Sa..me.. won't get pregnant right ?” innocently Shinta asked that, he was very confused by the situation and unthinkable it would happen like this.

Andre could not answer for sure, he was very confused to answer what with an unexpected question from Shinta.

“Tomorrow, Mas will go home huh ? Bu Hana must be very worried, Saka must also miss Mas very much. Smart, funny kids just like you."

Andre didn't answer anything.

"Mas ?” Shinta's voice again broke the silence in the room.

“Iya ?”

“I won't get pregnant, right ?” shinta's voice began to tremble, wiping away her flowing tears without being ordered.

Andre did not say anything, all he could do was hold Shinta from behind to calm her down. He never planned for anything like this to happen.

“Sorry Shinta, Shinta shouldn't have done that. Shinta has always been a problem for life Mas.”