Menstruation

Gabriel and Mr. Ruslan were already in the room, they were only wearing towels, slowly Gabriel lay down then Mr. Ruslan also lay on Gabriel's body in a position that was about to push up.

"Gabriel are you ready?" Mr. Ruslan asked while looking at Gabriel's face.

"Eumm, heu eum," Gabriel replied nodding his head.

Hearing Gabriel's answer Mr. Ruslan slowly brought his face closer he saw Gabriel's cute little lips, the lips became his target, as they got closer and closer until their lips met.

"Ahh papa!" Gabriel slightly shouted.

"What's wrong baby? Papa hasn't done anything yet," said Mr. Ruslan who was surprised by Gabriel's shout.

"Sorry pa, my stomach hurts like I'm having my period," Gabriel replied while looking away in embarrassment.

"Yes, it's okay, you go to the bathroom first, I want to tell Bi Ita to buy sanitary napkins," said Mr. Ruslan as he stood up and got out of bed.

"I'm sorry, Dad," Gabriel said quietly.

"You don't need to apologize, it's not your fault either, papa will leave first, we'll have dinner together later," said Pak Ruslan then left Gabriel's room by giving Gabriel a gentle peck on the forehead.

Gabriel immediately went to the bathroom and sure enough, he was on his period soon after bi Ita entered Gabriel's room, Gabriel asked bi Ita to give him his sanitary napkin to the bathroom, because he was still in the bathroom.

"Non can you ask?" asked bi Ita after Gabriel came out of the bathroom.

"Ehh bi, I'll get dressed first," Gabriel said as he took his pajamas from the closet.

After he finished dressing, he approached Bi Ita who was waiting for him outside the bedroom door.

"Bi, come on in, let's talk in the room," Gabriel invited.

"I apologize in advance, I didn't mean to be presumptuous or interfere in Gabriel's business, I was just curious," said Bi Ita after being in the room, sitting alone with Gabriel.

"What are you curious about?" Gabriel was stunned.

"Eum, non, right, non and Mr. Ruslan's stepson have been married for one year, he said that non also did not use anything, not on birth control, not using pills either, but why is non still menstruating? Usually if you don't use anything, the possibility of pregnancy is very easy," explained Bi Ita out of curiosity.

"Eum actually, I'm embarrassed to tell you," Gabriel said embarrassed.

"Don't be shy, after all we are both women," coaxed Bi Ita.

"So actually since we got married we have never had intercourse, until now I am still a virgin bi, at first I didn't know why Jonathan never touched me, then...." Gabriel's explanation stopped.

"Then what non?" asked bi Ita even more curious.

"Then I found the cause, it turns out that Jhonatan is still in contact with his ex bi, even he himself admits that he often has sex with his ex," Gabriel continued.

"Oh my gosh, I didn't think he could do something like that, but before you got married I knew one thing, that Jhonatan wanted to marry his girlfriend Dina, right?" Bi Ita continued.

"You knew?" Gabriel blurted out in surprise.

"Yes, aunt knew that they wanted to get married but Mr. Ruslan did not approve of their relationship, finally Mr. Ruslan decided to match Jhonatan with a child at the orphanage, it turned out that the child in question was non Gabriel."

"Mr. Ruslan thought, that way it could make Jhonatan detached from Dina, because Mr. Ruslan knew very well how Dina's figure was even when Dina's parents died Mr. Ruslan also knew," explained bi Ita.

"Yes tah? But in reality they are still in contact," said Gabriel in a disappointed tone.

"But non, as long as you are not married to Jhonatan, do you have feelings for him? Do you already love Jhonatan, how do you feel?" asked a blunt Bi Ita.

"Eumm, it feels bland bi, I just live my life following the flow, I don't have any feelings for Jhonatan," Gabriel replied.

"Oh that's better non, after all a depraved man like him is not worthy of non, especially since non is already beautiful, good, sexy anyway, it's a shame if you give it to him for free," said bi Ita while patting Gabriel's shoulder.

"Ahh, you can do it," Gabriel replied.

"Yes, thank you for sharing your story with me, I'm already cooking, let's go downstairs for dinner," invited Bi Ita and then left Gabriel's room first.

Gabriel was relieved to be able to tell someone about his heartache, so he went downstairs for dinner.

Mr. Ruslan was already sitting waiting for Gabriel's arrival, when Gabriel arrived.

"How's it going? Does your stomach still hurt?" asked Mr. Ruslan.

"Still pa, it's the first day of the month," Gabriel replied embarrassedly.

"Eum, you can drink this later, hopefully the pain will subside," said Mr. Ruslan while giving a paper bag that had no idea what it contained.

"What is this?" asked Gabriel.

"You'll just open it after the meal is over," replied Mr. Ruslan.

"Oh ok then hehee, thank you pa," replied Gabriel with a grin.

Mr. Ruslan smiled happily at Gabriel's faint laughter, and they ate together very heartily.

"Gabriel, does it hurt every time you have your period?" asked Mr. Ruslan while chewing.

"Yes, Dad," Gabriel replied briefly while chewing too.

"What do you usually do to ease the pain?" asked Mr. Ruslan again.

"Eum I usually stroke my stomach while pressing gently using a bottle filled with warm water, it usually makes it come out a lot so the pain subsides a bit," Gabriel explained although he was actually embarrassed to say it.

Mr. Ruslan nodded after hearing Gabriel's answer. They continued their dinner, while Gabriel thought.

"Why did you ask me that? And why would he ask something like this? Does he have a plan?"

After finishing eating, Gabriel returned to the room but the paper bag that had been taken by Mr. Ruslan.

"Let me take the paper bag, as well as deliver it to you," said Mr. Ruslan.

"No pa, no papa," replied Gabriel as he grabbed the paper bag that Mr. Ruslan was carrying.

"Eum, yes already, if there's anything you just call papa," said Mr. Ruslan.

Gabriel just nodded then went upstairs to go to his room, after arriving he sat on the bed while opening the paper bag.

"Ehh this is a menstrual pain reliever, how come you know? Eumm already lah I take the medicine hopefully the pain subsides," said Gabriel while swallowing the medicine.

He lay down, feeling the lower part of his stomach twisting, the longer the pain became more and more, but it was late at night, he wanted to call Mr. Ruslan but was afraid of disturbing him so he just rolled here and there to endure the pain.

But in the middle of the pain, tock! Knock! Knock! There was a knock on the door in front of Gabriel's room.

"Si, sia, who?" asked Gabriel, who was stammering from the pain in his lower abdomen.

"It's papa, can you come in?" Mr. Ruslan answered.

"Yes pa, just come in. I didn't lock the door," said Gabriel while bending over the bed.

Mr. Ruslan came in with a bottle of warm water, he sat next to Gabriel, he looked at Gabriel who was bent over with pain.

"Gabriel, lie down properly," said Mr. Ruslan.

"It hurts," Gabriel replied.

Mr. Ruslan gently turned Gabriel's stiffly bent body.

Gabriel lay on his back holding his lower abdomen.

"Sorry," said Mr. Ruslan as he placed a bottle of warm water on the sore spot.

"Relax, papa is here, have you taken the medicine?" asked Mr. Ruslan.

"I have, but it hurts more," Gabriel replied.

"Maybe you are not suitable to take the medicine, sorry papa thought if you took the medicine the pain would subside," explained Mr. Ruslan.

"No papa, it's not papa's fault either, I never take this medicine when I'm on my period," Gabriel said while looking at Mr. Ruslan's face.

Mr. Ruslan gently stroked Gabriel's head while rolling the bottle up and down on Gabriel's stomach.

"I'm sorry, I'm bothering you," Gabriel said feeling bad.

"It's okay, because I brought you here, so you are my responsibility," Mr. Ruslan replied with a smile.

Gabriel smiled, he looked at Mr. Ruslan's face which looked very handsome, he felt sorry for Mr. Ruslan about the past told by Bi Ita.

Then he asked.

"Papa, do you feel lonely?"

"No, how can you be lonely when you are by your side," replied Mr. Ruslan who was still stroking Gabriel's head.

"Without me?" Gabriel continued to ask.

"Of course, you've been very lonely since your wife left," replied Mr. Ruslan.

"You must have been very sad, seeing your wife die in such an unexpected way," Gabriel said because he knew Mr. Ruslan's past.

"You mean, how did you know that papa's wife died unexpectedly?" Asked Mr. Ruslan in surprise.

Gabriel was silent, he didn't mean to say that, he didn't mean to bring up his father-in-law's pain.

"Gabriel? Did you know that papa's wife died of poisoning?" asked Pak Ruslan again.

Gabriel just nodded. Mr. Ruslan was still stroking Gabriel's stomach with the bottle.

"Papa, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up your trauma," Gabriel said feeling guilty.

"We don't need to apologize, thank goodness if you already know that papa wanted you to know, because it wasn't papa who told you, you must have known from Bi Ita, right?" asked Pak Ruslan.

"Yes, I was curious about papa's past, why did papa become a widower? I asked Bi Ita and finally Bi Ita told me everything because I insisted," Gabriel replied.

"Everything? Really? What do you know?" Asked Mr. Ruslan.

"A lot, about Jhonatan, about papa's two wives and about Tio too," Gabriel replied.

"You must have been very hurt and very sad at that time, you must have been very, very down," Gabriel continued.

"Gabriel, you are not that sad even though your life is very complicated," replied Mr. Ruslan as he gently kissed Gabriel's forehead.

Gabriel smiled, Mr. Ruslan was not at all angry with Gabriel digging into his past, he looked at Gabriel very deeply.

"Has the pain subsided?"

"Yes, it's better," Gabriel replied.

Mr. Ruslan stopped stroking, he lay down beside Gabriel and said.

"Then you should go to bed, or do you want papa to accompany you to sleep tonight?"