
Karen opened her eyes slowly. The black iris did not blink looking at the red line on the pregnancy test kit. He reads the instructions contained in the testpack packaging, then matches the results.
Knowing the result, Karen was stunned for a few seconds. He even reread the packaging description and then match it back with the test results. The result is still the same. It's not wrong! But somehow it made him not believe.
"Karen!"
A soft sound accompanied by a knock on the bathroom door made the woman stunned. He hastily hid the testpack along with the packaging wrapper into his trouser bag. While opening the bathroom door, Darren had stood before him with a worried look.
"You why? Stomach pain?" ask Darren.
Karen nodded without a sound.
"A really long time in the bathroom. I'm going to take a shower first, there's two classes this morning." Darren went into the bathroom holding a towel.
Karen sat down at the side of the bed while returning to take the test results. He sighed because the results were in line with his expectations. Yes, there is only one red line that indicates if she is not pregnant. It is possible that the delay in menstruation that he experienced because of some problems that have hit him lately.
It may not be time to get pregnant. If you remember again, in the early days of marriage, he and Darren did bed relations without safety. But stay safe.
For a few minutes, Karen was still pecking. There was only a pair of confused wandering eyeballs. It's weird! For several days he was quite restless because he did not come to the moon. Fear even haunted her all night imagining she was pregnant. However, once you see the test results plastered negative, somehow the feeling of disappointment seemed to surround it.
I should have been happy. But why am I like a disappointed person?
His heart was soaring, it was carried all the way to the campus. To Nadya and Vera, he told her of all his misfortune.
"So you're two months late, but you're not pregnant?" asked Vera after hearing Karen's complaint.
Karen nodded. Her marriage lasted four months. She remembers her last period two months ago, when she took Darren to watch. At that time, they still did not express their feelings to each other.
"But it's not better for you to procrastinate first? You are still in college. No one knows that you are married. It's funny that suddenly friends see your stomach distended," said Nadya.
"But, Nad. The problem is not necessarily Mr. Darren wants to procrastinate. Because men usually want to quickly have offspring," looks Vera.
"I'm the same Darren Emang agreed to have children. At first, we even created childfree. But, don't know why I suddenly became like a drop so just look at the negative results. I should have been so happy! I'm not ready to have a child."
Nadya put her hand on the back of Karen's hand. "It could be because of the demands of families who want you to quickly have children. Finally, you think of Gini. Or ... maybe it's your little heart that begins to wait for the presence of children in your marriage."
"Yass .. I agree! Confusion over how you feel right now because you actually don't realize you're expecting a little pregnancy." Vera added.
Karen pensively. Is it really like that? Is it really deep in her heart hoping to get pregnant?
"Lo check it out? Usually the other line is only vague," said Vera.
"I've seen it many times. Up to the width of the eye, I'm blindfolded, just a line!"
"Try the test again! Who knows, that was unread. You see my aunt's experience is also that, the first test is only a line one, the second test just looks. Or if you want to be more accurate, go directly to the obstetrician, let directly in the USG."
On the other hand, Chalvin had just arrived at the same Hospital Karen was attending at this time. He forced the woman he was with to get out of the car and into the hospital building.
"Vin, what are we doing here?" ask the woman with a panicked face.
"Check pregnancy. You're pregnant with a cave boy, aren't you?"
"Lo don't believe the evidence of the testpack I gave you?"
"No! Not this time you ngaku pregnant cave boy, but it turns out halu.
"But I'm actually pregnant this time. Aren't there enough four testpacks I gave you?"
"Yes, go see a doctor, right? I need to know how many months of age you are. Remember, yes, we broke up four months ago! If your gestational age is less than that, it's not a cave boy." Chalvin held the woman's wrist, asking her to come with him.
The woman insisted on staying and reluctantly got out of the car. "Say if you don't want to admit a child!"
Chalvin grunts while ruffled waist. "If you're pregnant with a child, I shouldn't be afraid to see a doctor. I'll also take responsibility!"
Finally, after a heated debate, Chalvin and his ex-girlfriend entered the Hospital building to check in Obgyn police. They were in line just like some other mothers.
"Karen Aurelia Bratajaya."
Nurse's call made Chalvin flinch. Simultaneously, he saw Karen who was sitting in the front line standing up, then entered the Obgyn poly room.
About thirty minutes later, Karen walked out of the room with a stiffened face. Hearing the doctor's words in the consultation room earlier, made his eyes suddenly teary. He shook his head, refusing to believe what the doctor said. His feet stepped as though they were not powered. Even almost unsteady if only not holding on to the pillars of the walls of the Hospital.
Still rang the sound of the insistence of Oma Belle who asked for offspring from them. Still vividly imagined Darren's happy face when he revealed he wanted to give birth to a child someday. And still clearly remembered the words of Oma Puspa that the descendants of Bratajaya are in a succession crisis.
That pile of memories made his eyes dim as if they were covered in a heart.
"Karen!"
A man's baritone voice shocked him, causing his shoulders to reflexively lift. He turned around and was shocked when he saw Chalvin approaching him. Reflexively, he hid the results of the doctor's examination behind his back.
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