The Enchantment of the Former

The fruit of jealousy

'' Thank you, please take care of me until I get home. Later I transfer the extra money, Shazna said in a phone call. The woman stood on the balcony of Brandon's apartment calling the nurse who was looking after him. Not long after he switched off the phone.

Shazna had not yet moved from the balcony, her eyes glaring into the sky, until a pair of hands felt coiled around her stomach. The woman turned to find the lover holding her with her head resting on Shazna's shoulder.

'' Sorry baby, I won't drink again, said Brandon, Shazna seemed to be sighing heavily.

'' What is it?, '' asked Shazna without looking at the lover. Brandon took off his arms, he stood beside Shazna .

'' It's just for me, there's nothing, Brandon replied, Shazna smiling slanted.

'' I know you enough. And you are not someone who easily runs to drinks just because of trivial problems, continued Shazna who now faces Brandon with his body leaning on the balcony barrier.

Brandon did not say, the man rubbed Shazna's cheek gently with a deep look. The two were silent with eyes staring at each other. There was a fret drawn in Brandon's eyes. Shazna grabbed Brandon's hand and grasped it gently.

'' About our relationship?, '' guess Shazna, Brandon turned his eyes away, with a huffed face that could not be hidden.

'' How will I keep fighting, if you are like this yourself ?. To whom should I lean, if you can no longer stand up straight, said Shazna, the man in front of him did not say. Brandon pulled the body of the lover into his arms.

" I love you Shaz, you should know whenever I love you. Whatever happens in the future my feelings for you will not change. I love you so much, '' said Brandon in a trembling voice. Tears could not be touched by the man. Shazna knew something wasn't okay. The woman could only tightly hug the man who was now crying in her arms.

Behind the balcony door, Fattan stared at the pair of lovers who were hugging. His chest tightened realizing he was nobody. Maybe he can say that love doesn't have to be. But seeing the idol in the arms of others in fact makes the pain in his chest.

'' Ehmm,'' Fattan cleared her throat, making the lovers take off each other's arms. Brandon turned his face away, trying to hide his reddened eyes. Shazna turned towards the voice. Fattan looked fresher with half wet hair. Her clothes had been changed into Brandon's.

'' I want to say goodbye, said Fattan who looked a little awkward without getting close to the couple.

'' Not in the medicine was the wound first?,'' asked Shazna who saw Fattan's face that looked swollen and blue.

'' Later at home, this shirt I borrowed first, ''' said Fattan, Brandon did not turn the body, the man just waved while saying'' Don't need to be behind, '' said Fattan, Brandon,thrown away if necessary ''.

Brandon smashed his lips, annoyed to find the man's answer. Too annoying to sound in the ears.

'' Oh yeah Tan, your car is still in the club. And it's like you don't have a cell phone, Shazna told Fattan.

'' My phone looks like it's in the car, can you please take an online taxi for me, ''' Pinta Fattan with a look that can not be separated from Shazna.

'' Okay, '' Shazna said as she took the phone in her pants pocket.

Brandon grunted. It was obvious that the man's adoring gaze was on Shazna. How long was their relationship?, and what was the reason they broke up ?. The questions popped up in his mind riled him up. His existence beside Shazna is threatened by the coming of the former from the lover's past.

Even he forgot, that he could not promise anything to the woman he loved. He always invites the lover to fight together. But now he seems forced to surrender. The debt of life to the Bramantyo family is impossible to ignore. But if he gets greedy he wants Shazna to stay by his side.

''The witness is already on the way,'' Shazna's voice resuscitated two men who were glued in place with their own minds.

'' Okay, if that's what I say, by the way thanks Shaz took care of me last night, ''' said Fattan with a smile painted on her lips .

'' It's okay, '' said Shazna, Fattan walked towards the main door of Brandon's apartment unit. Once again the man turned to the woman who had now returned in his arms.

Brandon seemed to show evidence of his ownership of the woman. He hugged Shazna from behind and gave a kiss of affection on the lover's head. He could see Fattan coming out with a sour face.

'' I don't like it, the way the man looks at you, '' complained Brandon who is still attached to Shazna. Shazna smiled faintly, then gave a glimpse of her cheeks.

'' Jealousy ?,'' asked Shazna, who was taken in by Brandon. '' It looks like he still likes you. You never tell me you have an ex, said Brandon with a sulking tone.

Shazna released a hand that was coiled around her stomach. Grasping those palms, the two stood facing each other with eyes locked against each other.

'' Why don't I tell you, it means that it's something that I don't think is important anymore. So do not be jealous of things that you do not have to be jealous of, Shazna said reassuring the lover. Brandon smiled in relief, then kissed Shazna's forehead long enough.

'' I love you, '' said Brandon after removing his kiss.

'' I love you too, '' Shazna replied with a fixed gaze on her man. His hand grabbed the tip of the lover's lips that looked blue. Brandon looked grimacing.

" Lira treat yuk first!," asked Shazna as she pulled Brandon's hand to follow her into the living room.

Brandon sat on a long sofa located in the living room. Shazna picked up the plastic lying on the table. He had bought the wound ointment before the lover woke up from his sleep. Shazna painstakingly smeared the wound on her lover's face

'' How can you be with Fattan how is the story?, '' asked Shazna on the sidelines he applied ointment on Brandon's jaw.

'' Didn't meet him on purpose. I'm saying he's drunk, and what he calls your name. I don't like it so I beat him up Brandon said grimacing as Shazna pressed a little hard on his wound.

The woman was quite infuriated by the behavior of the lover. He also canceled two agreements with clients. There's no way they're meeting a client like Brandon.