Semusim Love

Cheating Only Once

That night I remembered how I could not wait for tomorrow to come. I could barely focus my attention for a second. Including the firstborn Afiq. No wonder he protested, "Aaaishh, Bundaa don't daydream continue doong...?!"

"Oh you are! Mother does not daydream, mother is just tired!" My touch was a little upset at Afiq.

I was also reluctant to play with Faqih the youngest, choosing to let them be with my father and mother-in-law in front of the TV, instead of gathering, I corner myself into the room.

The choice of curling up in bed was not the right choice, Dennis who was busy struggling with a laptop in the workspace joined nimbrung to flick the bed cover that rolled my body.

"Mother's sick?" My husband approached me while carrying his laptop.

"Oh, no...?!"

"Yes.. I guess it can't be outside."

"What's sick mother?" Mas Dennis closed his laptop and put it on the nightstand.

"Dizziness.."

"Have you taken the medicine yet?"

"Udah, I want to sleep." I quickly closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep, but I ended up sleeping.

Not forgetting that while closing my eyes, I was looking forward to the clothes, shoes, bags and perfume I was going to wear tomorrow. Oh God.... , just like ABG who wants first date?!

At ten in the evening, I woke up and remembered not having dinner, praying Isya and brushing my teeth. Huhhh, outrageous!

I saw Dennis snoring in a 100 decibel sound. At exactly twelve o'clock in the evening, I was able to fall asleep again. My feeling was eager for the morning soon.

The next morning, I woke up with a strong spirit. As usual, I made breakfast and cleaned up the house, of course only by myself, and sure the sister-in-law was still sleeping soundly on her soft mattress. And mama-in-law was monitoring her orchids in the garden by the side.

I bathed the krucils, fed them in the youngest, and prepared two cups of hot coffee for my husband and father-in-law. While flying hearts and minds in the library that certainly has not been opened.

In a hurry to take the children to my mother's house. Of course after saying goodbye to the name of in-laws to play there, to my mother's house. And.hhhh finally?!

Huffh, at exactly half-eleven, I was finally able to also steer my million-strong matic motor toward the library. Having done a final check on my performance in the rearview mirror, just before leaving the parking lot, I hummed a little. Oh look, so happiness for me.

"Well, did Tippy come here too?"

Glekk...

My knees went limp at once to find Ica n the gangs, there was Partila, Ririn, Angel and who else, I don't know about them that often play at home. They were there. Believe it or not, but my face is like seeing a ghost this morning.

My hands were sweating with the heart that had been jumping around and around, the feeling that Ica was still curled up in bed was already hanging in the pylus as well.

"Emmm, I'm not going to go back to the book." My voice became strange, I didn't even recognize the voice that just came out.

"Afiq sama Faqih where mbak? was that feeling, too?"

"Mommy's home, I'm tipping there. You..?"

"Oh, I want to find materials for college assignments.." Ica let out her distinctive grin that managed to escape my knee from the body to turn into jelly.

Oh Tuhaaan, why can't I please for a moment?????

Before Arya came, I quickly sent a message to the man.

[Don't go to the perpus, there's my sister-in-law]

Before long, there was a reply from Arya

[So where?]

[No idea, in Holland.].

[Rame there, the table is too close to the servant, we'll get cold]

[There's a cafe next door to Dunkin, we're there, pretty quiet at this hour] Finally Arya gives a reasonable solution.

Not until five minutes, finally I was in a small cafe, which is true as Arya said, the visitors were quiet.

The man was already sitting sweetly at the very corner table of the room, he waved a warm smile.

"Sorry Yes..."

"Father, come sit down..."

"Ah you are rich ABG only..." Arya snorted followed by a ruckus from me.

Hufhhh, we could finally sit quietly that afternoon.

"You're asking us to meet, what's wrong?"

Arya smiled, looking at me gently, aishh how long sheaaaa...

"No, mmmm... Just... I just wanna ask you..."

"Asking me what?"

Break moment. Mas-mas waiter came to deliver our order

Arya had a quick glance at me before finally making a sound.

"I just want to know if you're the same as me."

"I mean..?"

"I... I don't know, I'm confused too, why lately I can't stop thinking about you.."

I gasped at Arya's words, why the same, me too. My inner groan.

"My life is disturbed Tippy...?!"

"Yes, it's like I'm in two worlds." Arya sighed softly. " Why are we meeting now?"

"We met before, yeah." I dare to look at him.

"But we used to be just friends, not close."

I threw away my face staring at the abstract painting hanging on the cafe wall, something like an urgent claw-claw right at the lump of flesh that many people often refer to as the heart, creating pain there.

"Then how should we?"

"That's it, Py's dead end."

We're speechless. So we met at this cafe just to discuss a dead end?

When Arya deflected the conversation with light things, I felt like my heart had wandered everywhere. And I wanted to cry more and more when the cafe owner tuned the song 'Cheating Once Only' from SHE band.

You found me fallen

In the most terrible trial of love

I'm tempted

I'm not loyal

I betrayed love

I'm sorry I don't understand you

Because I can't avoid the taste

Allow me just once

Feel the other love

I wanted to hug him once

And kiss her lips

Just to let him

And his memories passed

To be Continue...

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