SYAHDU (Contract Sleep Friends)
Redeem Medicines

Arga had not focused on listening to the lecturer explain the material. He kept thinking about Syahdu. The capslock sign that the girl had written earlier indicated that she was angry. Of course that makes him a bit nervous.

"Sstt.. Why are you?" Ibra's whisper next to her. Since then he saw Arga continued to change his sitting position and his legs swayed below.

"Today the class is over by what time?" Bisik Arga.

"Jam 2 is like."

Arga clucking. It's 1 o'clock. Waiting another hour feels like a long time.

"Eh, where are you going?"

Arga got up with a bag. He just came out without any explanation to his lecturer.

"Std.. Where's Arga?" Naya whispers to Ibra in front of her. The man just shrugged his shoulders, not knowing.

Arga went into the toilet. He washed his face in the sink, then looked at himself in the mirror. Actually he kept thinking Syahdu. She was afraid that the woman was pregnant. He couldn't imagine it happening.

Although according to the contract Syahdu had to abort his womb, but with his current feelings, he could not let that happen. Aborting content is risky for Syahdu. But have kids...

Arga shook his head. No, she doesn't want to have children. He was not ready and did not want to marry even with Syahdu. She doesn't want to go to the household with anyone.

"Suckers! You're crazy?"

Arga silently listened to the mockery from inside one of the toilet cubicles. A man was cursing alone in it.

"Yes, you want me to marry you, is that it? I don't want to know! Anyway you have to drop your lo!"

Arga stunned. It seems that the man inside is calling his pregnant girlfriend.

"Gue doesn't want responsibility. I can tell, it's not my son. Anyway you have to get rid of it!"

Door opens. The man was shocked to see Arga standing in front of the sink. He hurried out of the toilet.

Arga sighed. There was no way she would be like that man if Syahdu was really pregnant. But he also did not want to get married. Argh..

Arga had no choice but to take Syahdu to his place of trust to ensure the true state of Syahdu.

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Syahdu develops a smile. Finally, the grandmother and breathing apparatus were removed.

"Mom, if you need anything, say it, yeah?"

Grandma nodded. He looked at Syahdu with sadness.

"Du." called him in a weak voice.

"Yes, grandma?"

"You're all this. pay him how.."

"Grandma don't worry, yeah. Work shahdu, really." Answer Syahdu slowly. Then suddenly she remembered the doctor saying that grandma was crying before she finally dropped.

"Shahdu knows, surely grandma heard gossip here, right, about Syahdu and Arga." Syahdu held grandma's hand. "It's just gossip because they see Arga as good as us. Actually, Syahdu works at Arga's house. Help clean up, nyuci.."

"You.. So.. maid?"

Syahdu. Her tears came back. "Grandma don't worry. The hospital gives relief because.. grandma knows, right, Arga who has this hospital? The Arga family is purely helpful, Grandma. It is not because Syahdu is related to Arga. Grandma believes it, right, same Syahdu?" The girl tried to smile amidst the flowing tears.

Grandma nodded, then Syahdu kissed her grandmother's hand. In his heart he apologized for the lies he had done. But he has no regrets. She wants grandma healed. If it is completely healed, Syahdu plans to go to a place far from Arga, leaving the man and these rumors will disappear by themselves.

"You.. sick?" Ask the grandmother who saw my eyes Syahdu, also her face paled.

"Just in the wind, Grandma." Quickly answer.

"Sorry grandma, yeah. Because of Grandma, you're in trouble. Don't overdo it, go home and take your medicine. Grandma doesn't want you to get sick.."

"Yes, Syahdu will rest. Anyway grandma has to promise, can't think of anything. And a promise to be healthy so we can go home and stay together again."

Grandma nodded. She stroked Syahdu's hair gently.

Tok.dok..

Syahdu wiped away her tears. And look towards the open door.

Arga, he came with a few plastic bags in his hand.

"If grandma still doubts, grandma can ask Arga."

Arga looked at Syahdu. The girl's face was wet. Of course makes Arga feel something is wrong here.

"Yes, grandma. I've been the nurse's negur. Grandma don't think about such gossip." Evidently. He glanced at Syahdu. I asked, why did such a thing get told to Grandma?

"Yes. Grandma believe. Thank you, yes, Arga. And I'm sorry, because you helped us, your name is getting ugly."

Arga just smiled. He glanced again at Syahdu who gently stroked his grandmother's hand.

Before long, the doctor came in with several nurses to check on Syahdu's grandmother's development.

"Bu Suriani has to rest a lot. Don't think of anything, yeah." Doctor said to grandma. Grandma just nodded weakly.

"Where, doc?" Ask Syahdu at the doctor's visit.

"This is already very good. But there is a medicine that must be redeemed immediately, it happens to be empty here. Can, right?" The doctor recorded something on the paper.

"Here, when it's bought, leave it to the nurse, yeah."

Syahdu. "Thank you, doc." He said to the doctor who then came out and nodded at Arga.

"Arga.." call grandma in an almost inaudible voice.

"Yes, grandma."

"Please take Syahdu home. Kasian, he's sick."

Arga immediately looked at Syahdu and indeed found the girl's face pale.

"Sir, if Syahdu leaves, how's grandma?"

"There's a sister Goddess, who used to help grandma here." Answer Suri. "Grandmother doesn't want you to get sick. Yea? You have to go home."

"Grandmother's right. If you're sick, your grandmother's father thinks." Arga Timpal. He also wanted to take Syahdu to the doctor. "We're taking the drugs, yeah."

Syahdu. He just complies.

"She, I promise you Syahdu, grandma don't think about any of the words of the people here. Grandma's promise is healed."

"Yes. Grandma promise. Already, go there."

Syahdu rubbed his grandmother's hand and then came out of the room.

"Kok you didn't say, if grandma got sick from the rumors?" Spray Arga directly after Syahdu closes the door.

"Lo said the rumors started from me pulling your hand yesterday. That means, that rumor was there before I took you to breakfast, right?"

"Shhh. Don't be so hard." Syahdu peered inside, seeing Grandma close her eyes.

"I just found out, too, Ga. It's past. The nurses here also have nothing to negosipin us."

Arga clucking. He couldn't do much about this and threatening the nurses through their superiors must have deterred them.

"Yes already. Let's get some medicine before we go home."

Syahdu followed Arga's steps. He could see the nurses looking down as they passed by. Arga also seemed unconcerned. He walked with an upright posture and reluctantly stared in another direction other than the road in front of him.

Arga took Syahdu to one of the largest pharmacies not far from the hospital. Arriving there, Syahdu went down alone, he gave the pharmacist a prescription.

Not long after, the pharmacist came to give a number of drugs.

"How much?" Tanya Syahdu started to take out his wallet.

"Two million three hundred, brother."

"Huh?" Syahdu. Two million? Two million drugs?

"Ee. briefly, madam. I'm-"

Syahdu frowned as a hand extended over his shoulder, putting some money on the glass steling table in front of him.

"Thank you, sir."

"Together." Reply Arga behind Syahdu. While the girl was still frozen, she stared at Arga's face from the reflection of the glass in front of her. The man wears sunglasses and bends his body close to Shahdu's ears.

"Sama.sama.." whispered. "Let's hurry. Slow."

He left, and he sighed. Yeah, he hasn't said thank you to Arga. But the man said 'sama-sama' first. A code that Syahdu must pay for his kindness, no matter what..

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