
That night in the apartment, Ajeng was still sitting on his desk chair. He is writing for his latest review journal which he will present next month. A glass of yoghurt and a piece of fruit became his friend this time. Instrument music from the guitar also accompanied his solitude tonight. Time has shown 21 o'clock past. The woman who tied her long hair seemed to focus on doing her writing.
His phone suddenly rang. The phone screen showed that the call was from her husband.
"Hello honey, why?" sapana.
"I can't go home tonight, is it okay?" ferdian asked, his tone sounding a bit stiff and nervous.
"It's okay, finish your job!" said Ajeng, twirling his body on the chair.
"Yes. What are you again? Not sleeping?"
"I'm still writing in a journal, maybe even sleeping!" answer Ajeng.
"Don't sleep in the night" Ferdian said.
"Yes dear!"
"I hung up the phone, oh yeah, check the door again!"
"Ready!"
"I miss you!" said Ferdian softly.
"I miss you too!"
He stared at the laptop screen again. The guess is right, Ferdian definitely won't be coming home tonight. Whether he will be able to sleep or not, for sure he will actually fall asleep if the drowsiness feels heavy. He resumed his work.
This time it was 22:15. Ajeng closed his laptop and walked towards the entrance of his apartment to ensure the safety of his residence. Then he walked to his room and laid his body on the bed.
"De, there's no lonely dad, is there?" he said to the fetus in his stomach.
"Your father is noisy, likes to joke, and likes to make Mother laugh even though the joke is crisp," Ajeng sighed.
"Alem alone there is no father, the atmosphere in this house is immediately quiet. But thankfully, Mommy has you now! Stay healthy inside, son! We'll see you in 9 months!" he continued while stroking his stomach.
Then Ajeng turned off his room lights and tried to shut down to sleep. Fifteen minutes have passed, Ajeng instead of sleeping soundly, but he continues to move his body, facing right and left, to find a comfortable position. But it didn't work, he couldn't sleep. Ajeng turned on the room lights and put his body on the bed. He took his phone.
[I can't sleep, Fer!] type it in Whatsapp messages.
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The woman was waiting for a reply from her husband. She opened her Instagram account and saw her husband's account. The photos posted did not add up after their return from Japan. There are no pictures of him or the two of them. Indeed Ferdian is not too updated with the world of social media. Teaching is the same. On his Instagram account there is only one photo that shows them both. The rest are no other photos. Sometimes she wanted to post pictures of her husband, but for what? Ah, it is increasingly inviting many women's eyes to admire the good looks of her husband. He often abandoned his intentions. As Ferdian suggested, the photos they had taken, they were stored in confidential online storage files. Be their private album safe from public consumption.
[Want me to go home?] suddenly a message came in.
Open the whatsapp message.
[No! Call me!] pinta Ajeng that night.
Soon his phone rang.
"Why can't you sleep, honey?" ask Ferdian across the phone.
Ajeng sighed, "Maybe because no one hugged me!" answer the gentle Ajeng.
"So I have to go home now, so you can sleep?"
"No need! It was too late. Is your job done?" ask Ajeng.
"Not yet, there is much! This even stuck to his idea!"
"That's it!"
"Have you prayed yet?" ask Ferdian.
"Yet, you usually lead the prayer before going to bed," said Ajeng spoiled.
"Yes here we pray, you fall asleep. Matiin' lights!"
Ajeng positioned his body to lie down after previously he turned off the lights again.
"I'm ready" said Ajeng.
"Bismilbornrahmanirrahiim...O God, may You protect us always in Your love, bless us at all times, ages and sustenances, and may You always give us the best. Aamiin," said Ferdian gently who was able to calm Ajeng's heart. Ajeng continued with Al-Fatihah readings, sleep prayers, and the salvation prayers of the afterlife.
"Have you calmed down, honey?"
"Yes, like,..."
Ferdian fell silent waiting for Ajeng's words after. But there was no voice from the woman.
"Hmm.., um...,"
"You're bobo yeah, I'll pick you up in the morning!"
"Yes, thank you, baby!"
"Together! Have a nice dream (may your dreams be beautiful)!"
Ajeng hung up his phone, and put his phone on the nightstand. He closed his eyes again, a smile on his lips. I don't know since when Ferdian always led prayers before going to bed like that. Although Ferdian is also not very fluent in pronouncing prayers especially in Arabic. But the prayer that was said from her husband's mouth always managed to make his heart calm. This time Ajeng's eyes were really not strong to not sleep for longer.
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"So sweet, are you guys? More romantic than Romeo and Juliet!" ghani said, listening to Ferdian on the phone with his wife.
Ferdian chuckled, although he actually endured the shame especially when saying the prayer, he did not have time to go out, so forced to do it in front of his friends.
"For sure, Romeo & Juliet died because they were both stupid to drink poison, where there was romance! The romantic that can take you to heaven dong!" exclaim Malik.
"Wueess, yes really Fer, so the priest must also understand religion, can guide the wife to both go to heaven!" this time Ridho spoke.
"Yes dong! That's just it, my religious knowledge is also still very much in demand! Tasks nendang, it feels like going to science so hard to get tired!" ferdian Curate.
"Sometimes I don't know, life is for what the hectic in the world, if at the end we want to go to heaven! Must be busy worshiping, dong!" exclaim Malik.
"Eating is busy in his world which is certainly worship, yes can be charity. College or learning his intention of worship, his intention of worship, his intention of worship. But if we are busy the same unprofitable, the same lie is mah. I'm tired of it, not wasting money!" said Ridho sage.
"Betul Lo, Men! Just sometimes ye, the temptations of the world are crazy! We forget ourselves, we forget time!" timpal Syaiful.
"The work of the syaitonnirrojim, this rich task is a lot of sudden work wants PS maen, really fun!" said Danu began to be depressed because his task was not completed.
"Kumaha oruh (how dong), already 11 and a half hours? Hayu kerjain!" Ridho.
"Mock gini! My focus is gone!" ferdian.
"Gugling first! Each one is looking for Dark Ages references! Later who have a direct idea of nonsense," said Ghani.
The six friends finally returned to focus on their respective laptop screens to find other references so that ideas for their drama scripts could flow. That way the task for tomorrow can be completed soon.
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After finishing the Fajr prayer, Ferdian rushed back to his apartment. Even though his eyes were still very heavy. At 2 am in the morning, he had just completed his group task, and at that hour the six of them were actually sleeping. Luckily, today they came in at the second hour.
Ferdian went into the apartment. He saw his wife was busy in the kitchen to prepare breakfast and also lunch to the office.
Ajeng came over to her husband and kissed the back of his hand. At that instant Ferdian immediately carried his wife into the room, making the woman surprised.
"Fer, I'm cooking!" said Ajeng whose body was held by Ferdian.
"Later again! I need you now!" said Ferdian did not take off his wife's body.
Forced Ajeng to comply with her husband's request, fortunately she had turned off the stove before her husband came.
Ferdian put Ajeng on the bed and began to launch his action that morning without further ado. Ajeng just follow the rhythm of the game played Ferdian resignedly.
"Slow-slow, Honey!" pinta Ajeng.
Instantly, Ferdian's eyes stared at Ajeng sharply. His heart that had been pounding since the day from racing with his passion, was now pounding even more. But he did not continue his game. He had forgotten that his wife was pregnant. Ferdian dropped his body beside Ajeng and turned his back on his wife who looked at him in wonder.
Ajeng wondered, does her husband think that being pregnant should not be related?
"Fer, are you okay (are you okay)?" tanya Ajeng grabbed her husband's body from behind. Ferdian's body felt more tense and stiff. His muscles show that. His breath was still roaring.
But there was no answer from her husband. Ajeng tried to get up to notice her husband's face. Ferdian's eyes seemed to be closed and occasionally frowned without opening his eyes. Both hands clenched. Ajeng tried to reverse the body of her husband who still did not budge it. It takes a strong force to make the man turn around, and Ajeng cannot.
"Fer, what the hell are you doing? Do you think it's because I'm pregnant that we can't relate? I asked Sita, and she said it was okay. Fer! Lookatme!" said Ajeng a little screamed because upset her husband was not flinching.
Ferdian woke up to his body. He looked at his panicked wife and then held her head. His female forehead kissed him.
"Sorry, me!" said Ferdian briefly, then got up and walked towards the bathroom.
He looked at the man in wonder. Never before had this happened, she was worried about her husband. Ajeng took his sleeping robe and put it back on.
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Ferdian why?
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