The Little Wife of Arsen

S2: Alea's Question

A few days ago, Arsen was just busy convincing the people closest to him to hide all this while for Alea's health. Busy to convince Gita who rejects Arsen's plan, busy convincing Keke and Kenzo that Alea would be fine at the same time and busy convincing his parents to come back to accept Alea warmly as before as if no divorce had ever happened.

However, Arsen forgot that there would be a lot of people out there that Arsen had to convince. There may be those who accept and agree to be his accomplice, but there are also those who even Arsen already knows there will be rejections that occur before explaining everything. One of them is Azri.

The man he had never actually met was as if ringing a dangerous bell for Arsen. If Azri met Alea, then there would be a chance that the man would mention the name Saga. Arsen knew Azri while visiting Kenzo and Gita's new home. The photo of Azri standing beside Alea made Arsen suspicious of the man.

"Later to change" Arsen picked up a cup of coffee from a table closest to him as Alea seemed to turn her gaze out the window.

Arsen just wanted to stay with Alea longer, so don't let someone make things even more chaotic.

From walking towards Alea, Arsen instantly changed course by moving quickly towards Azri. He hit the man's shoulder and deliberately spilled the coffee cup in his hand.

And bruk. Everything goes so smoothly as Azri walks opposite the table where Alea is heading to the bathroom after an apology is uttered by Arsen.

He knows, everything makes him look petty.

"Are you okay?"

But as if everything was not facilitated by the existing destiny, the voice of Alea's call to him made Azri's steps stop. The man turned his body and looked at them, more precisely towards Alea with a look of surprise. Arsen knows, it's all done now.

***

Not the type of person who will usually be directly emotional with small things. But today somehow Azri desperately held back his anger so that the curse did not come out when someone suddenly hit him and made the white shirt he was wearing now exposed to coffee stains.

"I'm sorry, not intentionally"

Azri just nodded. Walking towards the nearest bathroom, his steps came to a halt as the voice he had always longed for entered into his sense of hearing. That's Alea's voice.

And sure enough, as his body turned around, Azri saw Alea with the male figure that had hit him earlier.

From an invitation she received two months ago, Alea married a man named Saga. Azri had a glimpse of Saga's face during a visit to Gita's new home. And the man who was with Alea at the moment looked different to what he saw in the photo at the time.

"Alea?" greet Azri as she approached Alea's table.

"Mas Azri?"

"This?" asked Azri while glancing towards the direction where the man was sitting.

"Mas Arsen" an awkward smile was carved by Alea "Suami I mas"

Arsenic? Not Saga?

"Arsen" a helping hand led to him "Sorry for that"

"Azri" despite feeling something awkward, Azri welcomed the hand. "Mas go to the toilet first. We'll talk to Al again"

A nod from Alea made Azri again walk towards the bathroom. Sometimes he glanced at them. Azri felt like she had seen Arsen before. Not from the digital invitation he got from Alea, but he saw it elsewhere.

***

Talk to Azri again? There aren't. Arsen was obviously not going to let Alea chat with the man anymore. The gaze with Azri's frown made Arsen feel a little worried. The danger bell had sounded since then, so Arsen had to avoid everything now.

If you know Alea, then there is a possibility if Azri gets an invitation to Alea and Saga's wedding. And there is a possibility to also know Gita and have never briefly seen the face of Saga.

"Feed?"

"Wrap the deck. We eat at home. You need a break"

Not waiting for an answer from Alea, Arsen immediately got up to the cashier's table when his order number was called. His heart has been beating ever since. So they better get out of this cafe before Azri comes back. Lies always go hand in hand with the feeling of being haunted which makes the feeling of being unsettled.

As soon as their car moved away from the cafe, Arsen was relieved to be able to breathe normally. The one thing he had to do in the future was to make sure that they would never see Azri again. From the way the man looked at Alea, Arsen knew Azri was one of the people he could not join in his plan. Azri would obviously reject him and make things go awry.

"Mas"

"Hm"

"You don't like Azri, do you?"

Arsen turned his head for a while, then smiled as he grabbed Alea's one hand for her to hold. She kissed him on the back of the hand before he finally put it on the thigh.

"No husband likes to see his wife close to another man on deck"

"That's also true for my wife, but I'm really patient ngadepin you who still like the same mbak Dira"

From the beginning Arsen knew that satire would always be accepted. Punishment for his actions 5 years ago. Arsen did not mind, as long as Alea's tiny hand will always be in his grasp.

"Sorry for that. So how's?" ask Arsen.

"What's the matter?"

"Would we go back from the beginning again, Al?"

"Religion. I'm tired of eating heart wiggly you still like the same mbak Dira"

Arsen glanced at Alea then laughed "The exception to that"

You guys must know. Because Arsen's ego just wants to remarry Alea. At least by marriage he will have a bond with Alea. He can take good care of Alea and they will have time together.

"Refort again? Party again?"

Arsen nodded his head.

"Why mas? Did we ever get divorced before I got in an accident, mas?"