Poison of Love Arsenio
The Night Wind

Winona's chest seemed to stop beating when Arsenio wanted to talk about the matter of engagement. In his mind he had already imagined that the handsome man before him would cancel the plan they had been putting together for months ago. “You want to break up? You want to cancel everything? So, ‘kan?” chuckled Winona with eyes that began to glaze over.

“Not,” Arsenio shook her head slowly, “instead I want to speed up our engagement event. According to mama, after returning from Jogja you and I .. we will immediately inaugurate this relationship,” said Arsenio. His tone sounded trembling as he said that sentence.

Winona was wide with a look of disbelief. All the anger, annoyance, and also sadness that had been present and disturbed him, decayed instantly when Arsenio invited him to get engaged. That was the love he had for his girlfriend. “Ke-why did you suddenly say that?” ask Winona in a stammer. Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at Arsenio, trying to find solemnity there.

“Mama says ...” Arsenio lowered her head for a while, when the shadow of Binar was again present. He then raised his face with a straight look fixed only at Winona. In that instant he chose to give up the innocent and kind girl for the sake of his future and family. “Mama says that you and Chand have sacrificed a lot, since before I crashed and lost my memory. Maybe this is the best, after all .…” Arsenio again stopped her sentence. How much he wanted to express that Binar was something uncertain. But he has no power to do that.

“Lho, what's going on? Why are these nights talking in front of the door of a girl's room?” Kalini's voice broke the silence between Arsenio and Winona. “Mbok yes chat in the living room there, or dining room. Delicious, ‘kan, while snacking,” his joke while laughing softly. Chand's mother is famous for being cheerful and chatty and likes to joke. Anggraini-age woman is the type of person who is able to warm the atmosphere wherever she is. Much different from Chand who is calm and tends not to talk much.

“Tante why haven't you slept? It's been tonight,” asked Winona to try to divert the conversation. He also seemed to want to expel the awkwardness in his heart.

“Yes, where can sleep in this state. Aunt's youngest son suddenly already had a husband. After this the massage should be the same husband, not the same mother again,” said Kalini. At that time, his laughter sounded slow and bitter, “but, Auntie was very happy. Her husband Prajna is a very nice person. Aunt's heart is calm. May Prajna last until death do us part. Not like Chand .…”

“Mama should rest. Do not get tired,” sela Chand who suddenly stood behind Kalini. He just cut his mother's sentence. The face of the prospective widower looked so moody and very chaotic.

“Chand? Ma ... Mama ..” Kalini. He hurriedly approached his eldest son then hugged the sturdy body tightly. “Impard Mama. Mama did not mean .…”

“It's okay, Ma. I understand,” said immediately, making the awkward atmosphere increasingly felt. Arsenio and Winona did not know how to behave.

“Chand true. Aunty do not sleep too late,” timpal Arsenio who tried to melt the rigid atmosphere.

“Come, Ma,” invite Chand to extend his hand to Kalini. She led her mother to the bedroom. Before passing from there, Chand turned for a moment to Arsenio then nodded with a smile. After that, he also moved from the presence of the lovers.

Arriving at her mother's room, Chand helps her lie down. He sat on the edge of the bed, waiting until Kalini fell asleep. “Mama is sorry, Son. Mama didn't mean to offend you,” regretted the middle-aged woman before closing her eyes.

“Already, Ma. No need to think about. Good night,” reply Chand while kissing his mother's forehead. He also corrected the location of the blanket that now covers up to the woman's chest. Chand continued to show off his smile until he exited Kalini's room and closed the door tightly after he turned off the lights and turned on the sleeping lights.

Chand himself prefers to go back to his room. He won't lie down. Chand passed the bed and continued to step towards the balcony door. He glanced at the digital clock that was already showing at three in the morning. However, the man did not undo the intention to open the balcony door wide. For a moment he enjoyed the night breeze, then approached the balcony fence made of iron.

Chand's tall body is half bent, resting both elbows on the guardrail. His eyes glared, staring at the night sky. The day that should be happy, it turned into a moment that felt bad for him. The presence of Ghea was enough to destroy the heart and mind of the man. It is undeniable if he still has a sense in women who will soon bear the status of an ex-wife.

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Meanwhile, Binar begins to enjoy his work. This is the second day for him to take two shifts to decorate the spacious hall on the ground floor of the largest mall in Yogyakarta. Starting from eight in the morning until it finishes at five in the afternoon. While Nastiti must take a holiday, because it has entered the semester exam period.

If yesterday he could go home with Nastiti, then today he would have to walk alone. The distance between the mall and Irma's house is quite far. However, Binar felt sorry if he had to spend the cost to ride public transportation.

“It's okay, Ma'am. All I finish first my part,” reject Fine Binar.

“Are you not tired?” ask Renata. Observing the work of Binar in arranging flowers that look neat and beautiful.

“I'm used to working late. In Bali first, I worked until nine pm,” said the girl.

“Oh, yes already then,” Renata said. He was already about to turn to his place, when Renata remembered something. “Mal, if you are done, you can directly come to the food court across it, yes.” Renata's stern finger leads to a Japanese food outlet that is still in the mall building.

“To there, Ma'am?” Binar directs his index finger.

“Yes, you can eat there. I've booked the place,” explained Renata smiling, then passed from before Binar.

“Thank you, Ma'am!” yang Binar is a bit loud and looks cheerful. At least, that day he will go home with a stomach that has been filled. Binar was again serious about continuing the unfinished work.

Not long after, he had completed the decoration that became his duty. According to Renata's orders, Binar set foot towards the food outlet in question. There have been many of his colleagues who first took the ration of food. After he chose the menu, Binar immediately joined in on the same table as his comrades. While waiting for his order to come, Binar chatted lightly with Renata's employees who were mostly women.

“Whose taste is this, great. Hot plate tuna,” said someone whose voice has been familiar in the ear of Binar. The girl was wide-eyed when someone was carrying her order.

“I-it was my order, Sir,” said Binar spontaneously raised his hand, then lowered it. He seemed misbehaved when the man who was none other than Chand approached his desk while putting the order earlier.

“You like tuna hot plate?” ask Chand. “Excuse me, yes,” he said later to one of Binar's colleagues, when the handsome man shifted a chair and sat down in front of Binar.

“Mal, we first yes,” say goodbye to Binar colleagues when they see Chand sitting between them. Some of Binar's colleagues felt awkward and awkward, so they decided to switch tables after previously nodding politely to Chand. The average Renata employee already knows who the man who was sitting opposite to Binar.

“Eh, uh, wait!” Barin tried to prevent. However, his colleagues resisted through hand gestures and headbands. In the end, Binar gave up and let them move.

“Already. Just leave them,” said Chand while bringing the order of Binar to the girl. “Eat first. Hot plate if over time cool plate,” joked the man.

“Why are you here?” binar asked in astonishment while tasting the food he had ordered.

“I work here,” replied Chand origin.

“Ah, you do not joke," protested Binar in disbelief.

“Seriously! Tomorrow I'm having a Wedding Expo here. That's why I hired Renata to decorate and juggle the mall hall into a giant flower garden,” Chand replies with his leisure. "If you want, just come" the man continued.