
"Aragh!" Rio groaned in pain as his back was mired in hard iron.
His embrace is getting stronger in my body. I could not resist and get rid of her body that was stacked with mine.
By God, I don't feel any pain. I was very worried about his condition being hit by an iron shelf. I looked at his face that was reddened by enduring the pain.
Poor, I whispered inwardly. But I couldn't do anything for her other than yell for help. Bang Raka and mama shouted loudly calling my father and my father-in-law.
The shelf was quite heavy and impossible to lift by one person. Although the male Raka bang and his strength are quite large, it still needs the help of others to lift the iron shelf that collapsed due to my carelessness.
My father-in-law looked very panicked to see his son's back hit by a shelf. Without warning, my father, bang Raka, and in-laws started trying to make the shelf stand back.
Rio still had time to help me straighten my body that had been crushed earlier. Though I know, he was holding back pain in his back.
"Your back?" I pointed at him doubtfully.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Although it said it was okay, but I heard a small hiss on his lips.
"Son, are you all right?" My in-laws seem very worried.
"I'm fine. But it seems, Rio got a little injury on his back." I'm sure Rio's not okay. Lips can lie, but the heart is not that easy to lie.
I can see it. My husband is in pain right now. For the first time, he avoided my sight. Rio wanted to hide it from me. But I'm not gonna let go. Because all this happened because of my carelessness.
"Come, come with me." I pulled out his palm to come with me.
"Where?" tanyakanya.
"Follow it out." This time I really forced him.
"I'll excuse you for a minute." I say goodbye to everyone in the room. They understood me and did not stop me from asking questions.
I got Rio in the car. I intend to see how severe the injuries I have produced are. But how? I'm embarrassed to have him show me.
"Kok, quiet? Why did you take me to the car?" Rio started to get confused as I did not also show my intentions.
"Can I see your back? I-I'm just worried you're hurt." After gathering energy, I finally ventured to say it.
"You worried?" I answered him just by nodding slowly. I've returned to being the me who didn't dare look at my husband's face.
"You can see it."
"Thank you."
My husband gave me permission. But I still hesitated to touch the cloth that covered his body. Until Rio came back to wake me up from the doubt.
"Will not sin. I'm your husband" he said because I didn't touch his body.
"I know."
I slowly rolled up the t-shirt attached to his body. I clearly saw a red streak across my husband's back.
Gently touch the wounds created for my stupidity. Rio was surprised when the wound touched my finger.
"Sorry." I can no longer hold back my dam of tears that will soon overflow. Test ... one clear bulir falls. And other circles seemed to invade my face.
"Why crying? I'm it's okay. Stop crying, honey. I'm doing fine. Believe …." Rio.
"In pain. But it disappeared after finding out my wife was worried about her husband." The sheep.
"Come, just go to the hospital" I asked after the crying subsided.
"For what? It's just a bruise, no need to go to the hospital." Rio continued to dodge.
"If there was anything with that wound, I would never forgive myself. I am the guilty one. I'm supposed to be hit by that shelf, not you."
"I'm willing to replace your position. Because I'm your husband. It's my duty to protect my wife from anything that tries to hurt her. Don't be sad anymore, yeah," he told me.
"Once again, I'm sorry." I couldn't be relieved just like that after seeing the wound clearly crosswise over his back.
"It has. Don't be sad, I don't like." That fluffy smile was again imprinted on Rio's lips. His gentle rubbing which he always landed on the tip of my head also followed.
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I woke up because nightmares disturbed my sleep. A clock hanging on the wall. It was only 11pm, maybe the tiredness and the events of the afternoon made me sleep unsettled. Until a nightmare slipped in my sleep.
I leaned against my body because I could no longer close my eyes. Unexpectedly, Rio turned out to be having trouble compressing the bruises on his back.
"May I help you?" I said as I approached him.
"Did I disturb your sleep? Am I noisy?" He was always worried about disturbing my sleep. I woke up from a nightmare, not from it.
"No. I accidentally woke up. Why didn't you wake me?"
"I don't want to bother my tired wife."
"Remove the cloth. I am the one who cut the wound on your back, then I should be the one responsible for treating it."
Before Rio gave the compressing cloth, I first took it from my husband's grasp. He was not sure what I would do for him.
It's only natural that Rio hesitated with me. For all this time I have never devoted my attention to him as I do now. I never felt worried about his current condition.
I squeezed out the cloth I had soaked with warm water. Then stick it on the bruise which is still very clearly scratched.
There was only silence between the dim light that shimmered in our room.
"You can sleep in bed. The sofa looks like it's only gonna make this wound even more painful."
Rio turned his back and changed his sitting position. He looked at my face seriously. One of his fingers raised my chin that was always sinking.
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