A Blooming Flower Full Of Thorns

"Where are you going all dressed up?" Asked the husband to his wife looking at her with a look of judgment.

"Darling, didn't I tell you yesterday. Did you forget? I'm going to meet my former coworkers first to have a reunion." The wife explained patiently.

"Did I ever allow you to go?"

"What do you say, dear?"

"You can't go."

"But I promised them to come."

"So you're more concerned with reuniting with those former friends than obeying your own husband's orders, huh? Are you going to fight me?" The husband became even more furious when he heard his wife's unwilling answer.

"It's not like that, Dear." The wife tried to explain but her husband was already swallowed up by anger.

"Don't lie to me, just tell me you want to see your ex-boyfriend, right? Just confess." And now the husband accused his wife loudly.

"What are you talking about, Dear? I never had contact with him again after I decided to choose a life with you."

"Nonsense! If you still insist on leaving you better not come back to this house again."

"Dear, what are you talking about? Fine, I won't go."

Lately, the arguments between the two have been quite intense. While the wife always tries to explain, the husband has been going crazy with his tantrums and accusations.

Before marriage, their relationship was filled with a sweet bubble of love during their two years of dating. But things were no longer the same, and the changes and arguments that occurred in the third year of their marriage were getting worse.

Even though the wife feels insecure and tormented, her love for her husband is greater. Think of it as a storm that will surely pass.

"Ah, I have a headache. Seeing you keep fighting like this, I also want to live in peace. I'm old, and my ears hurt from hearing your arguments every day." Protested the husband's mother while massaging her head which was already full of gray hair.

"You too as a wife, listen to what your husband says. Don't keep resisting your husband, do you want to be a disobedient wife?" She continued looking displeased at his son's wife.

"What did mom say too, Romi. Don't marry this woman, she's incompetent at cooking, she always messes up the house, she can't even take care of your sister's children. What will happen when you have children? I'm old, I want to enjoy my old age in peace. Now, I'm listening to your arguments all the time. Ouch, I'm really dizzy." Complaint after complaint continues to be uttered from her mother-in-law without ever thinking that every word spoken is like thousands of needles piercing her daughter-in-law.

The husband also had no intention of defending his wife and was on his mother's side "Did you hear what my mom said? Now go to the room, change your clothes and remove your makeup now and after that make me a cup of coffee."

"Yes, dear." The wife replied and went into the room.

"What a habit your wife has, Romi, you have to keep yelling at her to understand. I'm also tired of dealing with your wife. How else should I educate her to know this and that? I'm dizzy."

"Take it easy, Mom. Romi will educate her later. You don't have to think about it too much, if you're dizzy. Romi will take you to your room, okay?" Romi's voice turned soft when talking to his mother in contrast to his wife's harsh, yelling voice.

"Yes, you might as well buy me some dizziness medicine. The medicine has run out, Romi."

"Yes, I'll buy it for you after I take you to your room."

"You are the youngest son of the kindest and most obedient man, why did you get such an incompetent wife? Why is your fate so unlucky? How unfortunate your fate is, son." The mother looked at her son fondly and also regretted the fate of having such a bad wife.

"Why are you talking like that, Mom? Never mind, don't think about it and your headache will get worse."

"You really care about me the most."

"Of course, Romi is your only son."

"I just hope you can find a life partner who is worthy of you."

"Mom, just pray for the best for Romi."

"I always wish you the best."

Faintly from behind the door came the sound of moaning even though she tried to hold it in and then lost the strength to support her body after listening to the conversation.

'Why do they have to be so cruel to me?' Naya smothered her own mouth with her hand to keep the moaning sound out, her face already wet with tears.

Her heart was torn apart by thousands of invisible hands. She couldn't stop her sadness from ringing in her ears.

Her love for her husband never even changed, but why was he now like a stranger?

Loving alone is sometimes exhausting but maybe Romi will soften her heart when she finds out that she is pregnant with his child.

***

Now it was just the two of them in the room, the sky outside had also turned dark and Naya thought it was the right time to tell her husband the news of her pregnancy.

"Honey." Naya called softly while patting her husband's shoulder gently.

"What the hell? Don't bother me, do you know? I'm tired from working all day, especially since the new people haven't arrived yet so I'm doing double work at the construction site."

"But I want to..."

Roni turned her body around and looked at Naya angrily "One more time you talk, I'll sleep outside. You're just hanging around this house eating and drinking while I have to work hard out there to provide for this family, if you can't make money you'd better shut your mouth."

Naya immediately clamped her lips tightly together, and Romi turned his body over again and slept facing the wall.

Naya had to swallow the bitter pill for the umpteenth time, she could only look at the ceiling with teary eyes. Was her stock of tears like the ocean?

She closed her eyes tightly while praying for Roni to love her like before, she was not a religious person but maybe the owner of nature heard her prayers.

Unfortunately Naya had insomnia and went to bed at three in the morning, her face looking tired and haggard. The corners of her eyes bore the marks of dried tears, she cried herself to exhaustion and finally fell asleep.

But as long as the ceiling of her room remained the same, Naya would never be able to close her eyes for much longer because the sound of the door banging from outside the room sounded so loud and frightening like it was about to collapse.

"Naya, Naya wake up!" Naya's mother-in-law exclaimed from outside the door as she kept banging on the door with her wrinkled, powerful hands.

The long hand on the wall clock was only five in the morning and that meant Naya had only slept for two hours so there was absolutely no movement from her and it was the person sleeping next to her who was disturbed.

"Naya, wake up! How long are you going to sleep and be lazy? The laundry and dirty dishes are piling up, and you haven't cooked breakfast yet." The mother-in-law's shout from outside the door disturbed Romi even more in his sleep until he was forced to wake up with a grim and angry face.

Romi was even more furious when he saw Naya who was still asleep, did Naya's bad luck start this early?