INFINITE LOYALTY
THROUGH THE EYES, EVEN WITHOUT WORDS

The man sat in front of Riani with a deep gaze towards Riani's eyes, which made Riani feel as if she was being immersed in all her thoughts by the man.

"Who are you really?" riani asked probing, after the two long looked at each other and fell silent.

"I am Akbar!" answered the man who turned out to be named Akbar, a man who a few days ago Riani knew and was one of the bodyguards in Iky's basecamp.

"I know and remember once you named the Son of Akbar Permana right?" Riani replied.

"That's right!" akbar replied briefly.

"Then...Who are you and why did you know my nickname when I was a kid?" asked Riani again, curiously.

"Only by hearing my name can you not remember me?"

Riani went back to thinking hard then she finally gave up and shook her head.

A disappointed expression was clearly drawn on Akbar's face.

"The people who call me by that are only the ones who are close to me, but you? why know that name when I don't know you?" riani said getting curious.

"Because maybe in your eyes I am not as valuable as those close to you" Akbar replied.

"It's not...Please give me a hint and tell me how we got to know each other first and why can't I remember and know you now?"

"What about the nickname...

The ringing sound of the incoming call on Riani's phone stopped the sentence Akbar was just about to say about her true identity.

"Sorry for a moment I picked up the phone first" Riani said, and she immediately picked up her phone after finding out who called her was Viola, this must be an important thing if she contacted him and must be related to Ethan.

Akbar just nodded languidly.

"Hallo, what's wrong with Vio?"

"Mh...Ethan's conscious"

"Thankful Alkhamdulillah"

"But...He kept looking and calling Mba's name"

"Just tell him I've moved to a place you don't know..."

"But I can't lie to Ethan Mba, let alone look at Ethan's very frustrated face..." Viola replied across the street and was heard trying to hold back her cries.

"Then...What do you want me to do for her?"

"Can Riani come to the hospital now? at least invite him to talk to make it a little more calm because since he realized until now he always cried and cursed himself continue Mba..."

"Now yes...? but right now I'm not feeling well Vi, very weak..."

"Waduhhh how is it, Ma'am, if it's like that I can't force it either, but Ethan how...?" Viola said muttering, as if talking to himself.

"You see, how about now I try to talk to him, please give Ethan his cell phone, let me talk to him"

"Okay Mba, thank you..."

Sayup-dyed rang out in Riani's ear from afar Ethan's voice asking for Viola's phone as he told Ethan that Riani wanted to talk to him.

"An-an..." Ethan's voice from across the street called out his little name.

"Deg!" when Riani was shocked, her heart seemed to stop when she heard her little name coming out of Ethan's mouth, which means that Ethan is currently becoming a person named Fa'i.

"Fa'i?! asked Riani hesitating.

"Yes An-an, I am fa'i, a name that only you and I know, and this name is a gift from you, but I am Ethan..."

"'So right now I'm talking to Fa'i or Ethan?" ask Riani carefully.

Not yet Ethan answered the question from Riani, the ringing sound of incoming calls from the phone shocked Riani and Akbar who were still there.

After searching for the source of the voice turned out to be the incoming call from Akbar's phone.

Soon he took his phone and asked for permission to leave Riani to pick up the call using body sign language.

Riani smiled and nodded, although in her heart she still had an unanswered curiosity as to who the real figure of Akbar was, but soon she kept the curiosity, she said, because there's something more important that he has to come up with, which is about Ethan talking to him over the phone.

"So...Who am I talking to now? Ethan or Fa'i?" riani said, asking again.

"Of course I can, sorry..at this time I have not been able to visit you because I am not feeling well, but I promise after getting better I will definitely come to visit you..."

"Yes An-an, it's okay that the most important thing is your health, but..Can as long as you can't see me, we're talking over the phone?" ethan Pinta.

"I try to take the time to call you, so you can calm down Than.." replied Riani.

"Now can we be Vicall?" ethan's Pinta with her trembling voice, the voice that represented her heart as so tormented harbored an unrequited longing for Riani's figure.

"I beg An-an.give me a chance to see your face for a moment..." Pinta Ethan again, after no reply from Riani.

Riani was speechless and unmoved when she saw that there was a video call request from Viola whose phone was currently held by Ethan.

"I beg An-an." cried Ethan who repeatedly pleaded with Riani.

Hearing Ethan's sobs makes his fear and trauma to Ethan gradually evaporate and disappear, then turn into a deep sense of compassion.

Finally Riani shifted to the top of the camera image that had been vibrating up and down continuously.

And how surprised Riani when he saw the change in Ethan's face is very drastic.

His thin face with his facial bones that stood out, his bewok and whiskers that began to grow wild around his face and his long hair was a mess, making Riani reflex closed her mouth and widened her eyes due to shock and disbelief when she saw the state of Ethan who she knew first a figure who really likes neatness, and, but when she saw the messy face on her phone screen, Riani's heart was so hit, that she involuntarily shed her tears.

"I'm sorry An-an...I'm so sorry..." Ethan said still crying.

The sound of Riani's cry could not be contained anymore, she quickly coded her phone mute and turned the camera in the other direction, she could not see Ethan's grieving face, unable to...

"An-an...Why are you mute and where is your face?"

Ethan's voice now looks more like a groan full of pain in his heart.

Riani's cry grew increasingly uncontrollable to the point of being as bothered.

"An-an...I beg you.I want to see your face once more...L'm...I miss you so much An-an..."

Riani immediately controlled her emotions and slowly stopped, although there was still occasionally as much as the rest of her cries, after which she turned off her mut mode and pointed the camera back towards her face.

And when he came back to see Ethan's face, he tried to smile.

"Ah...An-An I miss you so much, I miss you so much, I miss An-an so much..." Ethan said that his crying was getting heavier, his hand he pointed at the camera as if he wanted to touch and caress Riani's face.

Seeing Ethan like that, Riani's cry broke again.

Finally they both cried, even without a word, but their eyes and hearts spoke with the pain of both.

Until suddenly the phone in Ethan's hold fell, followed by a frantic Viola cry calling Ethan's name, then Viola switched to calling the doctor after pressing the intercom.

The sound of Viola's panic from across the street makes Riani panic and worry about Ethan's state, while seen on Riani's phone screen, it looks like Viola's phone fell on the floor with the camera facing up, because the camera screen shows the ceiling of the room.

After the doctor arrived, Viola immediately grabbed his phone and walked out of the room.

"What happened to her Vi?" riani asked after Viola's face was on the screen.

"'I don't know either Mba, Ethan suddenly fell unconscious, for more details we'll know Ethan's situation after the doctor came out" Viola replied with his puffy eyes.

"Alright, later you give news of its development, and you also have to rest Vio, take care of your health as well"

"Good Mba..."

"Then I hang up the phone Vi, you have to take care of yourself"

"Yes Mba, thank you..."

"Together, Bye..."

"Daddy..."

After hanging up the phone, with a shaky step, Riani walked into the house.

While from a distance, a pair of Akbar's eyes that look sad to see Riani who disappeared behind the door.

Through the eyes, even without a word, their hearts - Ethan, Riani, Viola and Akbar - speak of pain...

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