2 Meters per Second

2 Meters per Second
Early story...


This hazy memory appeared again in my brain and connected to my heart.


I didn't want to see my sister's face change any faster than the scene outside the window like that, the color of the flowers that would quickly change with just one thing. I never thought that my little sister who was in his heart had such a small insect that it was so fast changing.


It is a liver cancer that originated from Hepatitis A.


On that day, a doctor also told my mother not to tell me about this. I plan to do that too.


But rumors quickly spread around him, and reached the hospital quickly. When I heard about it, I…


“Adik, sister will do your best a.”


He asked me nothing, and just repeated the usual motto I had, lightly holding me in his arms.


Her chest was so warm and her rhythmic heartbeat pattern convinced me. When she was a child, I would always do this when she was sad. But at that time, my sister's chest was so thin and thin, her shoulder bones were visible, a rich smell of medicine ran up to my nostrils, my entire vision of my eyes also started to become gloomy, as well, and the wall of confidence has collapsed and tears are almost coming out.


Lia started to relax her hands and let go of her embrace. He spoke warmly to me, yet deeply pierced into my heart, he said.


“Sister forgive me... Lia must go..”.


“Sadik don't leave sister alone! It should be the brother who apologized to you, because I was a bad sister to you, Lia.”


Lia came to know me, retreated slowly, stretching my hand towards her. But Lia got further and further away, got into the light, and then disappeared.


 “Lia…! Don't go…! Please don't go, Lia…! Liaaa..!”


When my consciousness had not yet returned, I ran towards the bright light beam that was right in front of me. I ignored it, but continued to run towards the light, but got further and further away, then disappeared in the abstract.


Suddenly, I woke up full of tears.


In my dim bedroom, a small, straight beam of light shone through my eyes, and it woke me up from a dream, I didn't know what I was dreaming. Suddenly, the memory of the dream was lost somewhere, dream paradox or d’javu I also do not know.


“Trrr...Ting…! Trr...Ting…! Trrr...Ting...!”


But, strangely here why does my alarm clock always sound when I wake up in the morning, hmmm…? It still occurred to me. I didn't care about it and started to wake up.


Walking while fighting the blurred vision, going towards the direction the light source came from, then I opened my window curtain. I accidentally closed my eyes with my hands and said.


“Ah... Shucks...!”


I opened my eyelids slowly. My room was filled with the light of the sun, moving straight through a small gap in the corner of the window and dazzling dust grains that floated.


I breathe fresh air in the morning, what a cool weather.


“Indah... No! It's not good I have to clean and tidy up first.”


Thirty seconds instead of a minute later, as fast as lightning I searched for a broom and a duster. Hurry up to tidy up my disheveled bed and sweep the floor, so that clean do not forget to pray, hahaha…


At the right time after I finished cleaning, I didn't know if it was noisy or if I was awake. Mother called me with a voice that echoed loudly but loudly and the tone was not pushy.


“Aam... Have you woken up? Hurry you down! Eat here!”


“Iya mom, break. I'll be down soon.”


While complaining of deep breathing, because I have finished making my bed. I immediately took a shower and changed into a high school uniform.


Tidying up my still disheveled hair while enduring the drowsiness, I yawned lethargic while walking out of the bedroom room towards the bathroom. And at that moment, the small oval-shaped mirror hanging on the wall caught my attention.


A limp hand rubbed the dew in the mirror. My bathroom was full of mist because of the shower in the morning.


“Campret... Can't lose the luk!"


After wiping, the mirror dewed again. It is in vain for me to channel my spirit into a mirror. I gave up on a mirror, took a shower and changed into a uniform.


Not long after, after finishing a shower and changing clothes to my neat High School uniform, I think anyway.