This chapter tells more about Tul and his wife, Wadee. So if you mind because it's not your bias, it's better to skip it, instead of commenting that makes me ... (you know....) (Any rude or hurtful messages/comments will be removed and or reported: From Proofreader BLYaoiFan4ever)

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"Ai Tin!!!! How are you??? How many years have you not been here?" welcomed Wadee, Tul's wife, upon receiving the unexpected arrival of Tin at her home

"Sawadee, Phi. Sorry that I rarely visit you," said Tin with a hint of regret.

"Rarely? To be exact.... never, Tin. Since you moved to your own apartment, you have never stepped in this house again. We only meet occasionally if we happen to be together at father's house. Do you not miss your beautiful sister-in-law?" she grumbled.

"Hahahahaha ... sorry Phi ... sorry .... I'll try to come here more often."

"Promise me???"

"Yes, Phi."

"Come on in, Tin. Btw, what brought you to suddenly come here at night?"

"Ehhmm .... is Tul .... Phi Tul at home, Phi? I went to his office, it turns out he was home. In fact, as far as I know, he is always working late at the office."

"He's not feeling well, so he comes home early."

"Eh, he's sick? You didn't take him to the hospital, Phi?"

"You know for yourself how your brother's character is, how could he be taken to the hospital and let people pity him. He just came home early and reasoning that there is family business, not because he was sick."

"Oh, but you already gave him the medicine, Phi?"

"Of course I have, Ai Tin. Wait here, I'll call your brother."

"Phi, if he's sick, I'll come another day."

"It's okay, Tin. He won't mind your arrival. He will definitely be mad at me if I don't let him know that you have come here. Wait a minute."

"Thank you, Phi."

"Phi ......" called Wadee trying to wake Tul who was covered in a thick blanket.

"What's wrong Wadee ..." he replied lazily.

"Someone came looking for you downstairs."

"Just say I don't want to see anyone, Wadee," Tul replied lazily.

"The one who is looking for you ... Ai Tin ..."

Tul immediately opened his blanket and stood up.

"Ai Tin? He came here? To this house? You're not kidding right? What is he doing here?"

"Phi ....." Wadee called while holding the man's hand, the man that is actually very fragile on the inside.

Tul who was surprised only realized after Wadee called him, and tried to put on his dignified face again.

"Where is he?" he asked firmly.

"He's in living room."

"Hmm ..."

"Phi ...."

"Yes?"

"Talk to him nicely, don't be emotional."

"I understand."

Tul immediately went out of the room to meet his brother, while Wadee was staring silently at the back of the man who was disappearing behind the door of the room, the man who had been her husband for almost 9 years. Wadee was the only person who knew how vulnerable he was and how much he loved his only younger brother. During this time Wadee tried to enter the wall that the man built, but she always failed. Tul built the wall higher every day. Wadee could not protest much because Tul continued to carry out his duties as a husband and father to their only child, Phupha. Tul has never had an affair, has never been angry let alone hit her, fulfilled all his physical and spiritual needs. Tul also always took the time to take Phupha to school and play with him as often as possible. Every few months, Tul will take them on holiday abroad. What else can Wadee demand? Nothing. But Wadee wants to be more than a woman whose status is 'only' the wife of a Tul's. She wants to be the woman that Tul could lean on and sometimes to be depended on. She wanted Tul to open up to her, because she did not want Tul to be in the abyss of darkness alone any longer.

Wadee slowly goes down to the living room and hides behind the cupboard, to eavesdrop in on the conversation of her husband and her brother-in-law.

"I told you, you don't need to pretend in front of me. I'm sure you are the brain behind the terror carried out by that damn kid!!! Until when will you bother me, Tul???!!!!!"

"It's useless for me to answer anything if you have reached to such conclusion, Tin. So, it's up to you to think about me."

"Listen, all this time I've been silent because I'm sick of dealing with you. But if you touch Can, don't expect me to stay still. I'll destroy you, Tul!!!"

"I can't wait for that day to arrive, brother ..." he answered with a sly smile on his lips.

"I'm not kidding. Just watch!!!!"

Tin immediately stood up and walked out from Tul's house, leaving Tul who looked at his brother's back with a wistful look. After Tin disappeared behind the door, Tul closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to hold whatever that flares up in his heart.

His eyes opened when suddenly someone hugged him warmly.

"Wadee, I thought you were sleeping," he said as he rubbed the back of his wife's hand.

"How can I sleep if you are still awake, Phi," Wadee answered tightening his arms.

"Wadee, what's up?" Tul asked, feeling a different attitude from Wadee.

Wadee just shook her head and sank her head in between her husband's left side of his neck.

Tul, who did not understand why his wife behaved so, could only caress her head gently.

"Phi ....."

"Hmm ....."

"Share with me ..."

"Sharing? What do you mean?"

"Share your anxiety about Tin, about everything. You don't need to look always strong when you're with me. I love you fully, in joy and sorrow, in your strengths and weaknesses, Phi ..."

"What do you mean, Wadee? I'm fine," Tul replied, still trying to cover up his feelings.

"I know about the secret room in our warehouse, Phi."

Tul immediately let go of his arms and turned to look at his wife, but Wadee was determined not to retreat, so she looked back.

"What do you know?"

"Three years ago, I caught you coming out of our warehouse, a place you have never even visited. Normally you would ask a servant if you wanted to take something from there. But at that time, I didn't think anything, I just thought it was nothing. Then 2 years ago, I saw you coming in again, carrying a big plastic item, and when you came out, you didn't bring anything. I remember it was Tin's birthday, because I kept it in my phone reminder, so I thought, surely that was something to do with Tin. The next day, I tried to look for the plastic item you brought or something that looked new, but I found nothing, only the old stuffs in there. For hours, I tried to find something I didn't even know what I'm looking for and accidentaly I found the hidden door. The small door that leads to an underground room but it was locked."

"Did you open it?" Tul asked frantically.

"I'm not that impudent, Phi. Do you still want to hear the rest?"

"Hmm ..."

Now Wadee sat next to Tul.

"I'm waiting for Tin's birthday this year to confirm my suspicion. It turns out to be true, you came again with a bag and left the bag in the room. I'm 100% sure that the contents of the plastic is a gift for Tin's birthday. Am I wrong , Phi? "

Tul took a deep breath and sank his face into his big palms. The secret that he covered for 13 years was revealed by his own wife. Wadee who chose to become a wife rather than continuing her family's business, had made Tul forget that his wife was someone who was very smart. Right now, Tul felt there was no point in lying.

"You're right, Wadee ..."

"Phi ... can I come into that room?"

"Hmm ....." Tul answered as he stood up, which was followed directly by Wadee.

After Tul turned on the lights of the secret room, he led Wadee up the descending stairs. When Wadee reached the bottom, she was surprised by the state of this room. He thought, the room was a stuffy cramped room, but apparently, Tul made it exactly like his room when he was a child, completed with bed, AC, wardrobe, study table, and a TV, exactly the same as his old room.

"Phi ... this is ... like ... your room ....."

"Yeah, I made it exactly like my room when I was little."

"Why?"

"Because memories of Tin were left in that room. Every day, he will tell of the events that he passed that day in that room. Every night he would sleep in my arms in that room. That room was our room, where we became Tul and Tin, being brothers who love each other, not the frightening children of the Methanan's family," he answered wistfully.

"Phi ....." Wadee immediately hugged her husband from the side tightly.

Tul, who was initially still trying to look fine, finally gave up. He cried while holding his wife's hand tightly around his waist.

"I'm sorry, Phi ... I'm sorry ....."

"Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong, Wadee."

"I'm your wife, how can I let you endure all this suffering for 13 years? What kind of wife am I, Phi???" said Wadee between her tears.

Tul let go of Wadee's hand that held him and cupped the face of the woman who had accompanied him for the past 9 years.

"You're not just a great wife and mother. You're perfect, Wadee. You are too perfect. I'm very lucky to have you. I know, lots of questions and doubts that cover you, but you never asked me and I'm sure it's because you don't want to add to my burden, right??"

Wadee just nodded.

"Because of that, I never stop being thankful for having you and Phupha. Sometimes I avoid you because I feel guilty because I keep a secret from you. I don't want to burden you. I want you to stay happy being my wife and Phupa's mother. During this time, I selfishly thought that I could get through it alone, but I was wrong, wasn't I, Wadee?"

"Phi, like I said earlier, I want to be with you in joy and sorrow, in your strengths and your weaknesses. You don't need to be a superman every time. You can be Clark Kent when you are with me. During this time you have been taking care of me, always there for me and Phupha. I also want to be your support, Phi. I don't want to see you fall into your abyss alone. There is me who will pull you up. Please, allow me to be your light, Phi."

Tul looked into the eyes of a beautiful woman before him. Tul saw a hope there. Hope for him to see the light that has been missing since 13 years ago. A light named Tin.

"Hmmm .... help me, Wadee .... Please ... help me ......"

Tul's tears broke out, the tears that he had held for 13 years. The cry that he had only been able to shed in this room when he was alone. Tears that imply how fragile Tul Methanan's is. Now, Tul is no longer holding back his tears, he no longer close his mouth for fear of being heard by others. Tul let go of everything, he cried loudly in Wadee's arms. Wadee said nothing but tightened her arms.

Published : 30.10.2019 ; 12.15pm