The sanctity of Love

89

"We'll find Hira until we meet, son." Bujuk Btari's.

Tonight Erfan chose to go home to his parents. He was tired of being alone thinking about Hira who never found his existence.

"Erfan wrong Mah silenced him, where Hira went Mah had not been home for a week."

"Woman's strong, son. She's gonna be okay." Hardiyata calmed his son. "You finish Wijaya yes. You can't keep falling like this. Must be strong to find your wife." The middle-aged man patted Erfan on the shoulder.

"Yes Pah, I'll find Papi bye."

Hardiyata smiled proudly, look at Wijaya the child you raised who will attack you back, he murmured inwardly.

"Hira must not have gone far, he did not take a flight anywhere. There was no news of him traveling for a week. Thunder kept watching every day."

"Yes, my wife is smart." Erfan acknowledged that, not only this time Hira tried to leave him. Dulunpun already but can still sniff its existence. This time I don't know, his wife is very smart, learning from the experience that has passed.

"You rest, if you still have trouble sleeping you see a psychiatrist." Hardiyata's advice, when Btari almost went crazy losing their son. He asked for help from a psychiatrist for his wife. Maybe his son now also needs help seeing his condition is not because of.

Erfan nodded his head into the room leaving Hardiyata and Btari in the living room. He didn't go to a psychiatrist. He was ashamed of his stupidity known to people.

The guy opens the laptop, he has to focus on working now. Since getting the photo, Erfan has never been able to focus again. Her thoughts were muddled, plus the news of Hira's departure a week ago made her really almost crazy. That's how big a baby kangaroo is in his life.

His work the last few time was taken care of by Tian. His friend was not pitying with his fate instead laughs. Tian said, that was why he was lazy to commit to women. Misunderstanding always makes relationships more complicated.

Erfan shook his head slowly, if he had not felt the color of life after the household would have thought like that.

***

Erfan left early for the office. The EXTNET building is already its main home. He was reluctant to get out of there, already too comfortable to be a resident of the building that was considered horror by his wife.

Before work Erfan went into his break room. Picking up Hira's clothes in the closet, inhaling the scent of his wife's body that was still left there. This activity that he had been doing all alone.

"Dear miss, sorry to leave you alone." He sat at the dresser staring at the makeup equipment that was still left there. Erfan smiled recalling the time of dabbing the objects onto his wife's smooth cheeks.

"If I wasn't stupid maybe we'd still be together here, baby. You're fine soliciting there." Erfan took a deep breath recalling the time his wife whined spoiledly asking in a sling. Only with her did that. Look when alone the woman is very strong. But when with him, the road itself is lazy. One tear fell from being a fool.

His wife has nowhere to go. He was the only person Hira had. Erfan had to find his wife immediately, clutching her tightly. If Hira asks in a carried to a kakipun street mall he will be happy to do it.

The sound of knocking on the door made Erfan move to open it.

"You know my secret room." Erfan's frown, Tian just smiled obliquely. Nyelonong entered the room.

"So here you were imprisoned all this time. Well, this bed is no longer holy." Tian sat on the side of the bed while patting him. Now he went to the dresser sitting there picking up the clothes Erfan had been holding and kissing them.

"Don't bajing*n, Tian." Jerking Erfan, he was already overheated seeing Tian's face as if he was enjoying the sigh that appeared in his chest.

"It is only fitting that Thunder can be enchanted. I'm almost lost my sanity, too." Tian fishing rod makes Erfan more angry.

"Lo don't you dare sing my wife, bangs*t." Erfan punched his friend in the stomach, until the owner grimaced in pain.

"Gue's just kidding you till the gini fire."  Tian's words forced Erfan to sit on the side of the bed. "Lo know how many dogs*n out there want it, huh. Don't be stupid, it's usually just jealousy but it can't keep up."

Tian slapped hard on Erfan's cheek one time, "SADAR." His fizzle then left Erfan alone.

Erfan got up from his seat and washed his face into the bathroom. Tian's slap did not leave a mark, but it was enough to make his jaw hurt.

Why did they only come when he had become such a fool. Why his new friends come to remind when Erfan has lost.

The man came out of his room with a fresher face. He sat in an oversized chair examining the files that were piled up on the table.

"Fresh boss today, Hira has any news?" Ressa pulled out a chair and sat there handing over the dossier that Erfan had to sign immediately.

"Not Sa, I have to wake up so I can find Hira." Erfan said with a smile, but full of heartache.

***

Hira has been living alone in this village for a week. The village is often used as an alternative educational vacation.

He lives in a cold highland area. This place is one of the favorite tourist attractions in Bandung.

The existence of Strawberry Gardens there is one of the favorite tourist attractions that tourists usually visit during a vacation in the southern Bandung tourist area.

Hira enjoys the beauty of green land that stretches wide with red fruit hanging refreshing eyes.

It was only today that Hira paid a visit to the strawberry garden after a week of being here. He has got a house for temporary residence and gets acquainted with the mothers around his house.

In this place his mind became calmer. Erfan wouldn't look for her, not even seeing her husband's face. The woman smiled, ignoring Erfan for two months would not make him die on the spot.

Look at the family who visited the strawberry garden during the weekend like this. Hira witnessed the interaction between the mother and child who was fond of picking strawberries.

Ah Hira became envious, wanting to be a mother as well. Erfan said, children can be made again. The woman smiled bitterly, let alone to make it again. Seeing her husband smile on his face could no longer.

Her husband had already met a new person who was probably more equal. Imagine that there is a lump of meat called heart throbbing pain. He will not weep lamenting this fate. Hira will rise and forget all the pain that has been imprinted in the heart.

Every time I miss Hira I can only look at the picture of my husband. A few months with many happy memories. Every time the pain came, Hira quickly controlled her mind with happy memories. That way he could drown the pain he felt.