If Tomorrow Never Come
Chapter 59. Monthly guest

Galuh felt her neck covered in Reza's scarf, then looked at the faces around her who were smiling meaningfully. It seems useless if he continues to be silent, it is better to be relaxed and not to bother with the temptations of his grandmother.

While Reza is sitting with mom, just quietly listening to grandmother's speech while eating a snack of cake made by mom on the sofa of the family room. Every now and then he smiled in response whenever grandma offended him.

“Luh, take a look at this ikam's peninsulas. Crew uyuhkah, garadak, amun already well done man kada good behanjam in the room let men scarecrow eat. Dilayanai first, dikawalai men eat hanyar bedudi rest.” Grandmother's advice to Galuh who sat down while eating food next to him.

(Luh, listen to your grandmother's words. The body of the callahikah, sick, if you already have a husband is not good to stay in the room and let the husband alone want to eat. Served first, accompanied by a husband eating after that new break)

“Inggih Niai, Galuh alas pang taguring earlier hanyar haja tabangun so bedudi manysulian bang Reza eat.” Galuh replied to his grandmother.

(Yes Nek, Galuh long asleep just woke up so old new following bang Reza eating)

“Amun stayed up all night like what handak woke up isuk, guarded nakai health. Well done you guys, guring what time was last night?” ask grandma to know.

(If you stay up all night like anything to wake up in the morning, take care of your health. Not good for your own body, what time did you sleep last night?)

“Uhuk uhuk!” Reza choked on the atomic nuts she had eaten shortly after hearing Grandma's words, the mama who was beside her rushed out the water in the glass to her.

“Ummaai Nini here, rich kada know haja. Bride hanyar kalo the Galuh,” sela mama reminded while patting slowly grandmother's thigh. (Grandma, I don't know if Galuh is a newlywed)

“Astagfirullah, iih. Hanyar haja last night betatai, I remember Nini. Sorryapakanai urang tuha this kada payalkan again,” said grandma while clutching her mouth, then shortly afterwards there was an explosion of laughter followed by others laughing. (Astagfirullah, yes. Just last night together, grandma forgot. Forgive the parents who like not to remember this)

Galuh just grimaced and Reza mumbled his smile, the excitement with Galuh's grandmother did not stop just to get there. Like most parents in her village, grandma never forgot to bring betel chalk to host.

Oma Reza was dumbfounded to see it, and was interested in trying it even though she had to cough at first because she was unfamiliar.

Two days later, his grandmother and mother and the rest of Galuh's family said goodbye to his village, Reza with Galuh accompanied the group to the airport and promised to visit the village in the near future.

“Amun rancak for the night, hancap tu baisi gota.” Grandma's whisper in Galuh's ear when she kissed the back of his grandmother's hand. (If often stay up late at night, quickly it contains later/pregnant)

Galuh's face warmed, she hugged her grandmother and whispered back. “Call Galuh Nek, so you can quickly get momongan.”

Grandma rubbed Galuh's back, her eyes glazed with newness at the thought of having the great-granddaughter's great-granddaughter.

The plane took off from the airport, Galuh and Reza continued to wave their hands until the body of the steel bird was no longer visible.

Galuh rubbed the corner of his watery eyes, a week with his extended family a lot of excitement that occurred. Especially with my grandmother. Reza who understood his wife's mood kept hugging her while patting her softly on the shoulder.

“You need to go for a walk first or go straight home?” reza asked as he looked into Galuh's puffy eyes, he stretched his arms and cupped the woman's face. He slowly wiped his wet cheek with his fingertips.

Galuh smile with wet eyes, “We go for a walk, Bang.”

“OK, then remove her tears. We walk now,” take Reza while holding Galuh's hand and bring him into his car.

Reza told his family driver to go home first, while he and Galuh chose to take a walk.

Reza took Galuh around the city that morning, he continued to try to please his wife who was still feeling sad because she had just separated from her extended family.

Until the middle of the day, Galuh asked to go home because he complained of not feeling well and pain in the back of his waist.

Galuh chose to lie down and soon he fell asleep. Somehow her eyes closed, Galuh closed her eyes as her bed mattress slid down and Reza hugged her body from behind.

Reza's fingers touched the fallen strands of Galuh's hair covering her cheeks, and tidied them up on the pillow.

Turning his body to Reza, the man lay on his side and resting on his right elbow stared at Galuh long ago. His fingers pulled out Galuh's hair and tucked it behind his ears.

Galuh slowly, while biting his lower lip. He shifted his body and lay on his back, then grimaced and moved again.

“You why yank, why does your face look so pale?” reza asked sounding anxious to see Galuh's pale face.

“I gapapa, dear.” Galuh replied as she continued to bite her lips as if she was holding back pain.

“What's up, you sick?”

Galuh looked at Reza in a different way, so Reza seemed to understand the meaning of Galuh's gaze on him.

“Oh, the. Start when, yank?” reza looked a little disappointed.

“Siang earlier after we came home from the streets, actually I already felt the signs last night but just this afternoon came out.”

Reza grimaced hearing it. Just enjoyed the beautiful evening of the bride and groom, today he should start fasting. The family guest had just come home, but this time he had to return for his wife's monthly guest.

“Have taken medicine?”

Galuh shook his head, “I rarely take medicine if again can be like now. Simply take a break and the discomfort will subside by itself.”

“So?” Reza pulled himself up and sat behind Galuh, who was now lying on his back while gently touching his wife's waist. “What is this part of the waist that hurts?”

“Hem.” Galuh.

Reza lowered the blanket that covered Galuh's waist, his eyes tracing his wife's body. The sleeping dress Galuh wore made of thin, behind which Reza could see the shadow of the underwear worn by his wife.

Slowly Reza touched her hands again at Galuh's waist, then moved around under her stomach and pressed her palms there. Half-dead Reza tried to hold back her passion, “What part of this also hurts?”

“Hemm.”

Reza leaned slowly, moving his hand in a round manner at the bottom of Galuh's stomach that felt bloated and stiff. “What feels better?”

“Hemm.” Galuh nodded, with his eyes half-capped withstanding the drowsiness.

“Pity,” he said as he kissed Galuh's cheek with great affection, the woman looked so fragile. “I'm happy, at least we men do not have to experience something like this every month.”

Galuh smiled without opening his eyes, he rubbed Reza's cheek with one hand. “Thank you, dear brother.”

“Sleep,” said Reza without stopping his hand movements incline his wife. He smiled again, and now his stomach felt much better.

Reza stopped the movement of his hand when he felt Galuh was already sound asleep, slowly pulled his hand and his eyes were now staring at the ceiling of his room.

“Aarghk!” The next second, Reza dropped herself under the bed and tried to do push ups and other things to ease her sudden arousal. Until his body sweated and fell exhausted, he smiled with a sigh.

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