40 Days, One Love
The Familiar Face
"Youngpam..." Yua had just woken up and was slightly astounding both of her hands.
This time he woke up in complete darkness. It's nothing but room lights haven't been turned on. Like forgetting what happened, he did not realize that he was in a different room from his room. You have trouble finding a light switch that should be on the wall near his closet.
"Click" when the lights are on.
"Auu glare" Yua suddenly closed her eyes with both hands. Yua wondered why the lights suddenly lit up. He has not found any buttons.
"You're awake apparently?" the man's voice made Yua open her eyes.
A well-built man was standing right before his eyes. Yua who started to feel afraid to see the man slowly from his feet until finally saw the man's face.
"A...Daddyhh???" Yua was shocked when she saw the man was very similar to Mr. Joe, just that his cheeks were not as good as Mr. Joe in 2021.
"Dad is alive? Oh my goodness. Maafin Yua Yah" he whined.
"Living?..." The man was astonished by Yua's intentions. "What mak.." had not had time for the man to ask, Yua again voiced.
"Daddy all this time prank me huh? the famous TheyTuber, huh? So dad after the accident that father plastic surgery in Korea so the face and body of the father look younger 20 years right?" ask Yua.
Not understanding what Yua meant, the man tried to make her stop talking.
But the man did not seem to have to try hard to make Yua silent, because Yua herself suddenly stopped talking and looked like she was thinking. Yua seemed to start thinking with her common sense and astonished him. Is there a plastic surgery that can change the total body?, then why dirinyia can be in this old house?.
The more he thinks the more confused he is. Understandably he never thought so hard. Finally, he saw a calendar on the wall. How unexpected he was with what he saw on the calendar. One word that came out of his mouth was "Impossible".
"30 April 2000" he said in a tone of disbelief.
Yua also tried to see the news on TV and in the newspaper. Nothing different, all showing the same day, date, month and year.
"uh?"
"Eeehhh"
"EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH" cried Yua.
...***...
It's impossible, but it's true. Yua was thrown into the year 2000 exactly two days before her birthday. He tried to convince himself by pinching to slap his own cheek.
"Well..it's February 2021 right?, and who's behind Dad??" ask Yua to be confused.
From behind the man appeared the little girl he had seen this afternoon. The man carried her and answered Yua's question. "This child is called Yua, 3 years old and now April 30, 2000" he replied briefly.
Yua looked limp and put her body on the floor. He recalled that he was in 2000 when his father was gone in 2021. Realizing the unchanging reality made Yua again sad.
With wet eyes Yua again looked at the face of the man and the boy. His eyes are not wrong. The man was indeed similar to Mr. Joe and the boy was very similar to Yua as a child.
"ding dong" a bell rang out from the front door.
The man then opened the door and put little Yua in the lap with the adult Yua.
...***...
"Hey boy.. You're really me, aren't you?" asked the grown-up Yua in a tone of disbelief. Yua still could not believe what she was going through. However, reality once again slapped him.
The guest was the boy who made Yua faint earlier. He brought a bowl of chicken soup from his mother for dinner. Curious makes Yua pay attention to the boy again. He turned it around, looked from toe to head and wiggled his body. He felt like he had seen this kid somewhere.
Almost imagine who he meant suddenly the man called the boy earlier. "Come on Arga, put the soup on the table" the man exclaimed.
Yua again stopped hearing a familiar name in her ears. His guess turned out to be true. The boy was a mini version of the person he had imagined since then, Mr. Arga. Yua did not expect and laughed off seeing the figure of the children of his fiancee.
Amazed to see little Mr Arga makes Yua remember at a glance whether he really only knew Mr Arga after an arranged marriage or had known him for a long time?.
...***...
"grlgrgrlrlgrlrl~~~" sounds from the stomach of Yua.
I laugh and feel hungry. The man then invited her to eat dinner together. His hunger trumps common sense. Yua devoured all the food like a person who had not eaten a week. Even he made all of them dumbfounded.
"Aunty, yeah?" little Agra chirps.
"Be quiet you minion, I'm not your aunt!!!" yua replied as he continued eating.
Finally dinner is over. Arga was saying goodbye while carrying the empty soup bowl. Little Yua looked sleepy. The man then brought little Yua into the room.
...***...
Despite being in an unusual condition, the habit of Yua cannot be eliminated. After being full, Yua relaxed on the sofa.
"hmmm" the man tried to wake Yua up. Serious conversations began. Joe asks Yua to tell him what she can tell him.
Yua recounts her father's death in 2021 and what she performed before being thrown into 2000. It's just that he doesn't know why he can time travel. After hearing the story of Yu. The man tried to formally introduce himself to her.
"As you might think, I'm Joe Winarto, 25 years old" he explained.
"There may be a reason that you do not know behind the time you experience, at least I believe that you are indeed from the future"
"One more time, if you were Yua in 2021 means I'm 45, whereas now I'm 25 it's very strange if you call me dad, Call me Joe" he asked.
Yua suddenly hugged Joe very tightly. You didn't expect Joe to trust Yua just like that. Even Yua had a hard time believing herself. The warm tears of Yua fell on Joe's shoulders. Although Joe knew the woman who hugged him was his son from the future but his heart was pounding very quickly.
Yua finally slept with Joe. Maybe Yua misses Joe a lot in the future after his father's departure. Joe also did not expect the fate of his son would be different from his expectations and the fact that he found that he would be gone in 2021.
"Now I have only two children" he said, putting a blanket on Yua.
...***...
In 2000 Joe had just pioneered his property business after experiencing various ups and downs in his life even though he was still relatively young. However, Joe began to try to get back up. Joe built a 10-door contract and built a small furniture factory on the edge of town. That is why Joe and little Yua live in an old and simple house. The road to becoming a successful entrepreneur is long.
Usually when Joe works Yua will be guarded by Arga's mother. But now little Yua will be taken care of directly by the adult Yua. Joe doesn't want little Yua to have the same fate as the adult Yua. Joe has a plan so that his two children can live independently after this. Not only that, seeing the lazy nature of adult Yua, Joe wants to change his nature. To-do list was prepared Joe for Yua adult.
Starting from waking hours, cleaning the house, cooking, bathing little Yua, feeding her to put her to sleep. Of course it was impossible for the adult. He never lived as hard as he remembered. Boiling water is not possible. Joe also thought about what he had done in the future so that Yua became a very lazy child.
Joe finally asks Arga to help the grown-up Yua after school. Arga's just gonna be home from school at about 12. For that from 8 to 12 hours let the adult Yua think for himself what he should do.
Joe wakes up Yua who is still asleep. He asked to take care of little Yua and the house. Joe also reminds Yua to get along with Arga.
"Yeah.... Dad go first yeah" Joe told little Yua.
"Today please help the adult Yua clean the house and be a good child" she said.
"Yep.wa.~~? ta pi.. is this Yu wa?" plainly asked Little Yua while pointing to herself.
While glancing at the adult Yua Joe just remembered that there are now two Yua. He was even confused when he wanted to call one of them. Like at dinner yesterday when Joe was about to call and feed little Yua even adults who answered and ate it.
Joe thought of giving a new name to the adult Yua. In addition to the reason it is difficult to distinguish, another reason is to keep the safety of the adult Yua.
According to Joe it would be safe if no one knew that Yua was a time traveler. Time travel is fiction that people cannot believe and risk changing the past because they know what happens in the future.
If it is known by irresponsible parties it will cause chaos. They will use information from the future for one-sided advantage. That's the thought that came to Joe's mind.