Bonds Without Love
ITC #94

Erina and Bhishma finally had time to relax while enjoying a warm tea, having previously passed such a tiring event. They had just finished cleaning themselves and were sitting on the sofa of the room, while Arumi was asleep ever since they arrived at the mansion.

"Darling, how about tomorrow we shop for Arumi's needs? maybe you want to buy something?" Speak after sipping a warm tea. Although Leo and Farhan had helped buy Arumi's needs, Bisma was not sure that they had enough.

Bisma remembers the two people who helped her only the man who did not have children, Leo and Farhan who knew what Arumi needed. Errata! Farhan already had a child, but her son died a few days after birth, while Arumi was a one-year-old little girl.

Maybe Farhan missed something important that Arumi needed. Yes, although Erina is also inexperienced in child problems, but women should be more aware of the needs of young children. Moreover, Erina is a woman who has been waiting for a child in her world for a long time.

Erina frowned, then kept the teacup in her hand onto the table. Incidentally last week Erina and Bisma redecorated the room so that they had a special place to relax in the room equipped with a sofa and table, even until there was a minibar there.

Not long Erina sighed, not that she did not agree to buy Arumi's necessities, she just did not believe Bhishma was still offering her to buy something after so many gifts that Bhishma had given her, she just did not believe that she was still offering her to buy something after so many gifts, even that gift was now still filling the trunk of their car.

Erina admired the royalties of Bhishma to her, but according to Erina it would be best if they used the money to help others. Because all the gifts that Bhishma gives are too luxurious and the money will certainly be more useful for those in need.

"Don't look at me like that! honey, you know that I can't give something to someone else while you can't?" Bisma said when she saw the face ready to nag his wife, she remembered when Erina nagged because she had wasted money by buying gifts.

Erina was completely different from other women, while the women out there loved surprises and gifts, Erina instead became a very calculating woman about both things. Instead of thanking her, Erina instead nagged Bisma for a long trip to the mansion.

Well, Erina did say thank you and kissed Bisma after her husband's act at their anniversary party, but Erina's sweet demeanor changed since Bisma gave Erina a gift and they were in the car, she said, Erina nags more than Grandma Sekar does.

"All right." Erina said beyond Bhishma's expectations, then took a snack and ate it. "Then take me to the doctor." He added after the snacks in his mouth ran out, it just so happened that Erina wanted to make sure something and hopefully this time the results were correct and not disappointing.

"Doctor? are you sick? no need to wait for tomorrow, I can call the doctor to come here right now." Said Bisma who then immediately rushed to pick up the phone. But before Bisma actually called the doctor, Erina had already snatched her phone.

"No! mas, I'm not sick. I just want to make sure of this." Erina said while showing the small thing in her hand. Bisma stared at the small white object for a long time, then she turned to look at his wife's face. Bhishma knew very well what Erina was holding, the test pack.

"The results were positive, but I'm not sure they're accurate, so I wanted to make sure I went to the doctor." Erina explained. Bhishma went to great lengths to digest what came out of his wife's mouth, and somehow Bhishma suddenly became like a fool just by hearing Erina's words.

"Just a second! test pack it .. are you pregnant?" Bisma asked as she looked straight at his wife's eyes, Bisma still could not believe Erina was holding a two-striped red test pack. Bhishma was suddenly slow just from seeing it, like a dream, and she felt she had to wake up.

Erina took a breath seeing the reaction of Bhishma, her husband was really annoying with such a face. Actually, it was from morning Erina intended to tell Bisma about the test pack, but Bisma was too busy taking care of other things and only now Erina told him.

But, instead of looking at her husband's happy face, Erina instead saw Bisma continuously dumbfounded while staring at him, as if the test pack was a joke and Bisma did not believe it. Erina who was upset immediately put the test pack back into a small bag beside her.

"No, forget!" Then Erina pretended to be busy with snacks. It was clear that the test pack showed that Erina was pregnant. Although Erina is also not so sure of the results, but at least not to react like Erina's pregnancy is impossible.

"Darling ..." Lirih Bisma noticed the change in his wife's tone. Erina spoke a little too loudly and made Bhishma panic. Although Bisma does not know the cause of Erina's anger, but Bisma still has to persuade his wife. Because there's no way Bisma would let Erina take him.

"Sorry, I didn't mean .. tomorrow I'll take you to see a doctor, how?" Bisma persuaded Erina after she had previously kept the teacup in her hand on the table. Erina was not angry, she was just upset because of the reaction that Bhishma had shown her.

"Hm." Erina's voice made Bisma more panicked. One year they lived together, Bisma was already very familiar with how Erina, his wife would be difficult to talk to when angry, and worse yet Erina might return to avoid Bhishma as before.

Bhishma did not make a mistake, he was just too happy with the good news from Erina to forget how to express, she said, but for her to make Erina upset or angry was a mistake and Bhishma had to fix it before it was too late.

Erina looked at Bhishma with the corner of her eyes, she felt like she was a bad person for making Bhishma so sweet. But Erina could not cover up her frustration, because even though she had not yet gained any certainty about her pregnancy, Erina wanted to get a congratulatory note.

"Darling ..."

"Mas ... ah, it looks like Arumi is waking up."

Bisma and Erina talk almost simultaneously, until Arumi's voice distracts them. Erina rushed over to Arumi who was lying on the bed and Bhishma followed her from behind. Bhishma suddenly thinks of Arumi's fate if it turns out that Erina is really pregnant.

"Darling, what about Arumi?" Bisma asked as Erina carried their adopted child. After learning that Erina is pregnant, Bisma feels that Arumi's presence is not needed. Because from the beginning Bhishma decided to adopt because Erina was not yet pregnant.

Bhishma lied a little when she told everyone the reason for adopting Arumi. Besides not having the heart for Arumi who was left behind by parents at such a small age, the main reason Bhishma adopted Arumi was because Bisma thought Erina was really no longer able to get pregnant.

In fact, Bisma did not demand Erina to get pregnant, but recalled how Erina cried while expressing love to her, somehow Bisma always felt Erina could have gone from her life and it made Bhishma afraid so decided to adopt a child.

"Why?" Erina asked still in a tinge. Erina did not know why her mood was suddenly bad, just because she saw the reaction of Bhishma when she found out she was pregnant. Bhishma breathed, then stood before his wife. Bisma wants to talk seriously about Arumi's fate later.

"You're pregnant, what about Arumi's fate?" Bhishma made clear the previous question, she was really worried about the fate of the little one who was only a few hours into her foster child. Erina who heard that instantly gave a sharp look to Bhishma.

"No! it's not so ..."

"Then?" Erina asked interrupted Bisma's explanation to him. "Mas, you didn't even congratulate me, now you're asking how is Arumi's fate? you are a really cruel man!" Erina sneered not because she was still annoyed, she just wanted to say that.

After all, any man as good as Bhishma deserves a cruel word. Bisma managed to change Erina's view of men, Erina is now convinced that not all men have a nature or attitude that is not good. Because there was a Bhishma who became one part of that good man.

"Sorry ..." Said Bhishma slowly, she did not know what to say let alone other than that and Erina felt that Bhishma had apologized too often, even though she was not making a mistake, even though she was not making a mistake, Bhishma will apologize as it is happening in front of her right now.

For Erina, Bisma is the best husband in the world, maybe that makes Erina not hesitate to show her anger and annoyance towards Bhishma. Even Erina had deliberately pretended to be angry so that she could see what her husband was, and at that time Bhishma was always patient.

Unlike what was on Bhishma's mind, Erina often cried and expressed her love for Bhishma not because of distress, Erina just let go of her emotions because many people said they did not deserve to be together, Erina said, he wanted to show the world that Bhishma would not let himself go.

Tonight, Erina managed to show everyone that Bhishma was on her side, even when Bisma knew Erina was not perfect, and Erina really enjoyed Rose's expression earlier. Yes, even though now Erina even made Bisma apologize to her, Erina still thanked her husband.

"Come here!" Erina asked Bhishma to get closer to her. Bhishma only complied and approached his wife still with guilt, until finally Erina spoke again. "Mas, you don't want to hug us? haish, I only have two hands and my hands ..."

Bhishma stopped Erina's words by hugging the tiny body and the little one who was just silent in Erina's arms. Arumi, a quiet and smiling little girl, somehow felt like seeing Erina when she first met her, especially Arumi's Erina-like smile.

Unfortunately, Bisma rarely sees Erina's smile and Bisma also does not know how Erina's face as a child, Erina never showed her childhood photos to Bisma, but maybe Erina's face is similar to Arumi's. In fact, Bisma strongly believes Arumi will grow up like Erina, beautiful and quiet face.

"I think congratulations are not right for you, the right thing is thank you, thank you for staying with me and thank you for your efforts to be able to conceive our child." Bisma said as she tightened her embrace, then kissed Erina and Arumi's forehead in turn.

Erina smiled without responding to her husband's words. Compared to husband fear wife, Erina prefers to call Bisma as a husband who values his wife so much that he forgets how to respect himself and Erina is very grateful to have Bhishma.

Bhishma is a perfect man who has managed to perfect the life of Erina who is far from perfect. Although they had to go through a long process to be able to understand and understand each other, at least now they were able to meet with happiness.

After all, there is no one instant in this world, everything requires a process. In fact, even instant noodles require a process to be worthy of eating. Including in marriage, God probably wanted Erina and Bhishma to face the process, until finally now the process has come to fruition.

The next day, Bisma takes Erina to the doctor to make sure Erina is really pregnant and it seems that even God does not have the heart to destroy their hopes. Because after Erina followed various kinds of examinations, doctors confirmed that Erina was pregnant and her gestational age entered the third week.

After leaving the doctor's office, the two are busy telling the good news to the closest people, Bisma calls Sekar and Leo's grandmother, while Erina calls her mother and Soraya. When they finished, they refocused on each other and Bhishma immediately remembered the doctor's words when she saw Erina.

"Eh ..." Erina screeched as Bhishma suddenly snatched Arumi from her hand. Arumi was a little different from the other toddlers, she just looked at the face of her adoptive father without giving a rejection. In addition to being quiet and smiling, Arumi rarely cries, like not wanting to make her adoptive family bother.

"Let me just carry Arumi, remember the doctor asked you not to get tired." Bisma said with a smile and showed her dimples. Erina nodded in understanding, Erina was sure Bisma knew what was best for her, so chose to comply rather than later regret as it had happened before.

"Darling slowly, I'm afraid you're falling, you better keep walking beside me."

"Darling, what happened to your little foot? why is your path so fast?"

"Yeah! Erin, didn't you hear me? I've asked you not to walk fast!"

Ho, is Bhishma changing now? Erina just walked in front of Bhishma, but Bhishma spoke as if Erina was already very far away from her. Erina seemed to have to be prepared to face the excessive attitude of Bhishma from now on, maybe the prospective father was too afraid of their son getting hurt and Erina had to accept her husband's change.

~END

Married, maybe many think that the capital to establish a bond only needs love, without knowing that marriage is not always about love. You and he may marry because you love each other, but you may not be able to survive because of love and you also may not be able to separate because you do not love each other. Bonding and love are two different things.

Anyone can get married because they love each other, but there will come a time when love means nothing and will be nonsense. You will only be asked to believe. Yes believe! you must believe that you and he are indeed afraid to be together, so that no matter what happens, none of you choose to let go of each other.

Sorry, I do not know what I type, this section I keep revising for fear the ending is not memorable, but it seems like my writing can not be memorable for you. Seriously, I feel like I failed to convey what was on my mind to you guys, I'm really sorry, but this is just the ability I have.

There's one more part, the epilogue. May you still read and please give your love even if the result is unsatisfactory. A drama is the author. But thank you so much for reading my faithfulness. Big Love ❤'s

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