At the End of the Waiting (Love of the Soldier)
CHAPTER 58. My Future is with You
The next morning, Viara woke up from her sleep with her hand still clasping Pandu's hand. In her still blurry vision, Viara saw that Pandu was now sitting on the back of the gurney.
When Viara's gaze returned to normal, Viara dropped her tears and splashed around hugging Pandu who had already opened her eyes while smiling sweetly at her
"White!!!!!!" viara exclaimed happily and cried while hugging Pandu.
Pandu smiled and gently rubbed the vibrating back of Viara who was crying profusely in her chest
"Dear dear, brother here" said Pandu gently returning Viara's embrace
"Sorry yes bang hiks.. Maafin. Do not leave adek because adek does not believe in the same brother. Don't go hiks.." lirih Viara still sobbing in Pandu's chest
"Dear, you're not wrong. You love your brother so much so you're angry like yesterday because you don't want your brother to be owned by someone else" Pandu said gently trying to calm Viara who was still sobbing
"I'm sorry you couldn't fight that woman when she touched your brother" Pandu said softly.
Viara instantly let go of her embrace and kissed Pandu's forehead very long and affectionately. Pandu smiled his smile seeing Viara's treatment of her
"No, brother is not wrong. The woman did briefly touch brother, but the one sleeping with her was not brother, but someone else" Viara said as she wiped her tears
"So the one in the picture wasn't brother? But the deck is seen from the appearance that only looks half is clearly the brother of the deck" answered Pandu's question confused.
Viara gently rubbed Pandu's cheeks with a smile and began to tell Pandu the true truth. Hearing Viara's explanation, Pandu smiled and returned back to return Viara's embrace tightly on her body
"Pardon the adek who does not believe the same brother yah" Pinta Viara in the arms of Pandu
"Dec, brother understands. Your anger is not the fault dear, but the form of your love for your brother" Pandu said wiping Viara's tears with a smile
"I'm sorry brother because there are other women who have touched brother without any prevention from brother yah" said Pandu Pelan.
Viara stroked Pandu's cheeks with a smile that adorned his face
"Maybe Kiara has seen and touched an heirloom brother, it's okay bang. She just briefly stared at and touched it, but you will forever have it" Viara said with a smile. Hearing Viara's words, Pandu smiled proudly and rubbed the top of Viara's head affectionately
"So want to quickly halalin you, look down below" said Pandu smiling
Viara followed Pandu's line of sight and was stunned to see the bottom of Pandu that had protruded closed from the pants she was wearing
"Hahaha, get well soon baby, so you can halalin adek as soon as possible" said Viara embraced Pandu with a smile
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The open door showed a nurse entering with a tray of food in her hand
"Please eat the food, adek also well because adek did not eat last night" said the nurse smiled at Viara in her mask
"Alright, thank you sister" replied Viara smilingly and taking over the tray of food the nurse was carrying.
While Pandu was only speechless looking at the nurse, Pandu recognized the face and the voice behind the mask that covered half of his face. Likewise with the nurse who continued to look at Pandu in silence
"Feed to eat first well, open his mouth, add a bribe. Akhh" said Viara preparing to feed Pandu with a spoon in his hand while opening his mouth. Pandu laughed in his heart at Viara's behavior and began to open his mouth, accepting the gentle mouthfuls of the woman he loved
Pandu smiled sweetly at Viara who rubbed the porridge spill at the corner of her lips. After rubbing Pandu's lips, Viara again fed Pandu gently while smiling sweetly at him.
While the nurse was just silently enduring the heartache of seeing the two people in front of her. The nurse again saw the ring on Viara and Pandu's fingers, he again tried to stay strong and display his smile behind the mask he wore.
The nurse smiled bitterly and turned her body to get out of the room which could have made her cry again
"Wait brother!!!" The nurse stopped her steps and turned to look at Viara
"What's the deck" said the nurse staring at Viara
"Have we met before? Big sister's face is like no stranger to me" asked Viara.
The nurse smiled and began to open her face mask
"Sir Tara" Viara said in surprise.
Tara nodded her head while smiling at Viara. Tara looked at Pandu's face and sighed softly because Pandu was not like Viara who was surprised when she saw him
"Sister works here? how long has it been, brother?" Ask Viara back
"Dad deck, brother working here has been 4 years" replied Tara gently.
"Abang, my brother still remembers this brother. We met him in a hospital in Adek village 9 years ago" Viara explained to Pandu. Pandu simply fell silent and stared expressionlessly at the female nurse
Because Pandu never spoke, Viara turned to look at Pandu and rounded her eyes to see the bandage on Pandu's arm that had turned red
"Astaghfirullah brother!! Brother's wounds are bleeding again" said Viara anxiously holding the hand of Pandu.
Pandu glanced at his arm and confirmed Viara's remark
"Dad deck, it's worth it because it feels like pain in your brother's arm" replied Pandu smiling so Viara was not anxious to see the wound
"Then I used to cure the wound well" said Tara anxiously immediately took the box above the closet
"Dad brother, please" said Viara away from the side of Pandu to give room to Tara who will treat the wound on Pandu's arm.
Tara held back her tears from spilling to see such a deep wound on the arm of her loved one. Tara painstakingly cleans the dripping blood and resumes treatment in Pandu's wounds. While Pandu just silently looked at Tara with a flat expression.
"You may be able to treat the wound on my arm, but you can't treat the wound and the pain of my heart when you betrayed me first" Inner Pandu continued to look at Tara who was also staring at him
"I'm sorry I didn't understand you just yet. Can we go back to what we used to be? I promise I'll repay you for all the love you ever gave me first" Tara's inner teary-eyed.
Pandu and Tara had a long confrontation, but because Viara who tripped over the foot of Pandu's gurney made the eyes of both of them scatter. Guide the reflexes and hold Viara to not hit the table in front of him
"Is it okay?" Tanya Pandu gently carried the tiny body of Viara sitting on her lap
"There is nothing bang, sometimes just thirst becomes humming" said Viara smiling while trying to resist the sensation of spinning on his head
"Don't deny the deck, adek must be dizzy again well" said Pandu worried to see Viara's face was very pale as if not drained of blood.
Pandu takes Viara to lean with him on the back of the gurney, while his uninjured arm is encircled behind her body. Pandu gets a glass of water at the table next to his safe and helps Viara to drink
"Yaudah rest well, just lean on your brother's shoulder" Pandu said gently as he rubbed the water spill on the corner of Viara's lips.
"Thank you for being with me and trying to stay by my side in every situation. Thank you for keeping me and loving me here. Rest in peace well, my shoulders will always be there for you" said Pandu peeked at the top of Viara's head that fell asleep on his chest
Tara who was not strong anymore after hearing Pandu's loving speech to Viara dropped her tears represented the destruction of her heart at this moment
"I'm sorry" Tara's statement shook and immediately passed out of Pandu's room with tears that continued to wet her cheeks.
Pandu saw the back of Tara who walked out feeling sure if Tara was crying now. In the past when tara was destroyed and sad, then Pandu immediately followed and calmed him. But now it has changed greatly, even there is no more Tara in the heart of Pandu. Ever since Tara betrayed Pandu ten years ago, Pandu has been devastated. It had been 2 years that he had suffered, feeling a heartache that was so devastating to him. But since meeting a girl in the village where he served, he began to open his heart and love secretly the girl.
And now, the girl was beside him, soundly asleep in his embrace. The girl who made him come back to love a woman after his heart was broken and slammed before. The girl who will always be the spirit and complement in her life
"Now, I'm just gonna love you always, not with the others. I don't want to turn around, I always want to look ahead. Where ahead there are you who also love me, as well as me who sincerely love you. I won't let you go because I love you always, until we're meant to be together"
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Viara who had just finished feeding Pandu Lunch immediately grabbed her phone that rang on the nightstand
"Assalamu'alaikum ma'am the principal, how can I help you?" Ask Viara
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"Ohh so well mom"
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"Dad mom, I get it"
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"Good ma'am"
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"Walaikumsalam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh" Viara replied and turned off the connection.
Viara put her phone back inside her bag and let out a rough sigh
"What's the deck? How come his face is moody like gini?" Tanya Pandu rubbed Viara's cheeks
"Look, the change of teaching schedule has changed this morning, and you must immediately return to school to teach tomorrow" replied Viara lethargic
"Then why pout baby?"Ask Pandu once again
"If you go back to the village, who will keep your brother here. If the schedule has not changed adek still can nemanin brother for the next two days. Kan brother still has to be treated in the hospital" said Viara teary
"No deck, my brother is fine. There are nurses, doctors and army friends as well. So adek do not need to worry about brother yah" said gentle guide
"But bang...."
"No deck, no need to worry about your brother. Adek once said that working must be professional, so do not because of brother, adek ignore adek students who wait adek adek at school. Don't you want math-smart students? Then continue to teach those who are so eager to accept your teachings. Do not break their spirit and hope, after all brother is already big, not crying anymore. If they're still stubborn, still fussy. Do you know what if a child is fussy or crying?" The voice of Pandu made Viara lighten her smile. Viara shed tears and hugged her lover
"Abang take care of yourself here well, no one can take a brother from adek again" said Viara smiling in the arms of Pandu
"Dear dear, brother will always be yours, as well as adek who has the right to have a brother. Take care of yourself well, dear brother you" said Pandu kissed Viara's forehead
"Adek go home first yah bang, assalamu'alaikum dear brother" said Viara smiled and greeted Pandu's hand
"Walaikumsalam, Be careful dear" Pandu replies to Viara's forehead
Viara nodded her head with a smile and moved out of the room. Before missing behind the door, Viara turned around and smiled sweetly at Pandu
"Dear Brother"
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After Viara left, not long after the door opened again showing Tara with a bow in her hand. Pandu just stood still and turned to the side unwilling to see Tara standing beside her safe while tidying up the tools on the table
"Is there no more chance for me?" Pandu turned towards Tara who focused on tidying up the tools
"Are you asking me?" Ask Pandu flat.
Tara sighed and turned to look at Pandu with eyes ready to spill clear circles
"Is there no love for me anymore?" Tara asked trying to stay strong
"My love for you is dead since 10 years ago" Pandu replied casually without looking at Tara, while Tara dropped her tears hearing Pandu's words that deeply stabbed her heart
"But we can repeat together again like we used to. Now I love you too, and I cannot live with anyone other than you. Forgive me for loving others and betraying you while you were studying at the Military Academy first" Tara said clasping Pandu's hand
"No Tara, I can no longer love you. You're my best friend so everywhere we're always together, but for now we can't be together anymore. There is a heart that I must take care of and it is not you anymore" Pandu said, releasing Tara's hand
"What is our friendship that used to mean no more to you? Please don't break the rope of our friendship, just I hurt my feelings for you, don't break my heart again by stopping our friendly steps" Pinta Tara berlinang
"I'm sorry Tara, once again can't. The friendship rope broke 10 years ago and you decided it. Now you understand my heartache first right? You feel jealous for all of Viara's attention and affection towards me, as well as me being jealous when you no longer consider me after I've been educated. I got a loud slap from your hand instead of flowers or words of congratulations. Now you understand right" said Pandu, nodding his head by Tara while crying
"If you understand, then go. Stop wishing and loving me because I can no longer repay you. There is a heart that I must take care of and love after she takes me out and takes away all my heartache. He is my future, and I love him very much. She was my last love, and will always be the woman I love forever" Tara cried again holding her chest to hear Pandu's words.
Tara walked backwards away from Pandu's gurney and ran out of the room with tears that were unstoppable from the start
"Thank you for the hurt you gave me first. I've known since then that you're not the right woman for me even if we're friends. Maybe God purposely broke my heart to make me believe in Him that there is still a much better, more sincere woman He destined for me. And now I have found the woman. The woman sent by my Lord to complete me" Pandu muttered smilingly recalling Viara's face
"I will always love you Viara, even though this body is no longer alive"
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