Dream Smile
Episode 131

"I nyariin Mbak," said Ayu complained about what happened first.

"Surely you also had a difficult time when I left."

Yes, but in his heart believed that what he had been through might be nothing compared to Vina. Ayu then looked down deeply, biting her lower lip firmly nodding to Vina's words.

"But I'm glad to see you now" said Vina cupping the side of Ayu's face. "You're prettier than I am."

Ayu lifted her face to look at Vina who was now smiling towards her and Ayu could no longer say anything but say the word, "Thank you" which she repeated while hugging Vina.

Thank you for all the good in the past he had lived a difficult life and even accepted him to live together unconditionally.

Akram deliberately left them both in the room. Her heart warmed when she saw Vina being able to interact. At least by bringing a friend, hope Akram— Vina can be entertained in limitations, will be shackles of pain that increasingly gnaw on his body even though somehow the pain will end.

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A few hours have passed. Outside the sky was dark. Ayu has also been home since about two hours ago, of course, delivered by Akram to get to the apartment where the woman lives. Also Ayu had advised that he would stop by tomorrow to come again to visit Vina.

Indeed, not a single bit of Akram found a sense of tightness in Ayu's face, when Ayu said he would return to visit. And it was precisely what he found the look in Ayu's eyes revealed a happy twinkle when expressing his gratitude to Akram for being met with Vina.

Even until now Akram was made to wonder whether the goodness of what Vina did before was able to make the two women look so close.

When viewed now Akram's eyes are focused on the television show he is watching, but of course it is not. Because the content of the mind with what it sees is very opposite.

From earlier he was eager to go to Vina's room, occasionally the direction of his gaze was fixed on the door of the room in the corner of the room. Heartily wondered what Vina was doing in there.

But now glimpsed little boy who is so comfortable laying on his body. The little boy's eyes still seemed clear sign of not sleepy, and looked towards the clock wall— time has shown at half eight pm.

"Nagita's not sleepy yet?" akram asked as he rubbed the top of the little boy's head and wrapped it with a headband.

Akram then massaged the base of his nose, in fact he felt very very tired.

"Father if you want to rest, let me take care of Non Nagita," said Santi who understood that Akram was tired.

"Do not let me take care of Nagita. You can immediately rest. Let Nagita sleep with me tonight," said Akram and of course with no objection.

Santi immediately went to rest first, because it had become a habit if Akram came to visit Nagita definitely in his care.

"Pa— yiat kusus lali-lali," said Nagita looked up at Akram for a moment with his hands pointed at the television screen featuring cartoons of tom and jerry.

"Nagita is still cool, see TV?" sahut Akram slightly moved to stretch his body that felt sore, which without the slightest change the position of Nagita who stretched comfortably on top of his body.

Shaking her head again Nagita's hand pointed at the television.

"Yiat Ikus, Pa—" Nagita said, because this time Akram pretended to close his eyes.

"Pa—" called him again in a higher voice because Akram still did not respond.

Turning around, Nagita then crawled up again on Akram's chest. Observing the length of his Papa's face then patting Akram's cheeks trying to wake him up.

"Father antuk?" tanyakanya.

Nagita was silent for a moment until she finally nodded. In my heart, Akram was glad his efforts were successful. Grabbing the television remote, he also now closed the channel.

"We slept with Mama?" said Akram when he got up from his seat, carrying Nagita in a sling.

But the boy shook his head. "It's Papa's sleep cama," he said, putting his head on Akram's shoulder.

"Yes but the same Mama too," persuaded Akram again when he arrived at the door of Vina's room.

The boy did not refute Akram's words, and immediately now he knocked on the door twice before finally opening it.

A little surprised when he did not find Vina in the room, rushed himself in and now began to hear the sound of water rustling from inside the bathroom.

Akram hastily lowers Nagita from her cradle on the bed. Then stepping wide towards the bathroom to knock on the door in front of him which was certainly in a state of panic, Akram also voiced calling Vina's name with a high tone of voice.

"Al— are you inside? Alvina open the door!" exclaim Akram several times until the door is revealed.

"What a noise!" vina was upset.

He saw that Vina's body was still wrapped in a towel.

"Ka—you took a shower?" asked Akram along with his fear of his mind that is not-no. He was afraid that something bad might happen to the woman before him.

"Yes, I'm hot. My body is sticky" said Vina who was about to move past where Akram was standing, wanting to take the change of clothes that had been prepared on the bed.

"You're sick why force yourself!" firmly Akram stopped Vina's steps by holding the woman's shoulder

But what happened was that Vina actually responded to Akram by smiling wryly. "You need to be looked at again, this is how I am doing."

"But you need guard, it could be that if you move a lot without supervision will happen things that are not desirable," said Akram voiced his concern. "There is no other choice. I'll take you home. That way I can take care of you."

Shaking, Vina's hand brushed off Akram's arm. "Don't force me!" he then walked past Akram.

Highlight the eyes of Akram still staring at the thin body he observed that is getting more frail day by day. Until Vina finished wearing clothes in front of him, Akram seemed to run out of sense to persuade the woman.

"If you continue to refuse, I will choose to stay here" Akram said in the end.

Vina was grieving and was about to get on the bed, but Akram stopped her.

"What do you expect from a woman like me? Reply to your love, do you? Bullshits! Until I die, I won't avenge you. That's my answer. I've answered enough, so you can go and get on with your life" said Vina, who may sound heartless.

"Why, am I not worthy?" sahut Akram fast. "Jawab and look at me, Al!" she was clearly highlighting Vina's eyes.

Pulling the corner of her lips, Vina caught Akram's bead and said, "It's not you who is not worthy, but I who do not know myself if I happily me—"

At once Vina's speech stopped, because it was swallowed by Akram's lips that had been lodged and silenced all the words of rejection addressed to the man.

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