ANTIQUE NURSE
Gean & Anfa

Two ten-year-old boys walked down the stream. The two children were Gean and Anfa. They were visiting Gean's father's hometown in Leuwiliang, Bogor. The sound of water gurgling and the clear color attracted Gean to enter the river. Every visit here, Gean often play and bathe in the river.

The child who was with Gean was Anfa, Nina's sister who was separated during the tsunami disaster. He was adopted by Danuardi and his wife Vienna. Due to a problem with her uterus, Vienna was sentenced to no longer be able to have children. Eventually they decided to adopt Anfa whom they found while visiting one of the orphanages. Anfa's presence makes Gean happy and no longer lonely.

Since the tsunami, Anfa has been traumatized by water. He was afraid of water-related places such as rivers, lakes or beaches. He did not even dare to go to the pool.

“Fa.. let's splash,” invite Gean.

Anfa just shook her head. He shuffled away from the river. Gean opened his shoes. He was preparing to enter the river.

“Ge. don't. look at the sky is overcast. Fear above the rain later the river is more swift,” Anfa reminded.

“Antar aja Fa. Later we will long time not come here again.”

Gean put his shoes on one of the rocks on the edge of the river. Then with a face the boy came in and played with the water there. Gean soaked his body in one of the deep puddles. Anfa only watched from the outskirts with an anxious heart. He was always like that when he was in the river.

Promise to play for a while, but Gean even cool lingered there. He did not realize that the water flow was increasing and the flow was getting faster. Anfa who had just noticed Gean began to realize that the flow of water was increasing rapidly.

“Ge.. ride Ge.. the water is more swift!” shouted Anfa.

Gean who was still playing did not pay attention to the screams of Anfa. But the boy did not stop reminding Gean. Distracted by Anfa's shout, Gean stood up. Looking around, the water that was only limited to the calves has now reached the knees. The flow is also growing.

“Ge! Boost up!”

“Fa!! Please Fa!! The water is so heavy!!”

Gean's position in the middle of the river makes it difficult for him to go to the edge because of the swift water. Anfa began to look panicked, she looked to the right and left hoping to find someone who could help, but nil. There's no one around them.

“Fa!! Please Fa!!”

Again, Gean shouted. Anfa breathes a lot of oxygen. He's looking for something that can help Gean. His hand then grabbed the branch of the tree lying near the rocks. Carefully Anfa walked towards the river. He extended the twig in his hand to Gean.

“Ge.. grasp!”

Gean stuck out his hand grabbing the twig in Anfa's hand. Because the position is quite far away, slowly Gean walked closer. He was increasingly afraid when he saw the surrounding rocks had been submerged in water, which means that the water discharge was increasing. His hand caught the twig. Holding onto a twig, Gean tried to walk across the river.

Little by little Gean began to approach the edges. Anfa held the twig with both hands. His one leg was placed behind the stone in order to hold himself back. When Gean's distance was just a little longer, suddenly one of his legs stepped on slippery rock to slip. His hand pulled the twig firmly until Anfa's body entered the river.

“Please!!”

“Please!!”

There was a scream from Anfa and Gean as their bodies were carried away by the river. Several times their bodies were stumbled on the rocks. Anfa reached for her hand trying to grab whatever could hold her body. Not far in front of him Anfa saw a tree whose trunk extended into the river. Anfa raised her hand, tried to reach the branch and succeeded.

“Ge!!”

Anfa stretched her hand towards Gean, quickly Gean grabbed Anfa's hand. The two children tried to survive in the middle of the swift river. They again shouted for help, trying to compete with the sound of the water flow. Anfa's left hand kept trying to hold the branch to hold her body, while her right hand held Gean's.

“Aaaagghhh..” shouted Anfa held back the pain in both her hands.

“Fa!!”

“Ge!! Hold on Ge!! Don't loose!!”

“Fa!! I'm not strong Fa!!”

“Ge!! Don't let go Ge!! Ge!!!”

Gean's grip on Anfa's hand loosened even more as his body continued to be hit by water currents. Slowly the handle began to fall off.

“Ge!! Hold on Ge!!”

“Fa!! Please Fa!!”

Anfa kept trying to hold Gean's hand. But the increasingly swift flow and the flow of water that continues to increase makes Gean can not survive. The handle on Anfa's hand came off.

“Anfa!!”

“Gean!!”

Gean woke up from his sleep, his body drenched in sweat. He heard his breath hunting. Gean grabbed the glass on the nightstand near his bed and gulped it down. There was sweat drenching his forehead. After a long time, Gean again has nightmares that often haunt him for years.

Gean got out of the bed and went to the bathroom. Time shows at half-four. He decided to pray tahajud followed by tadarus while waiting for the time of dawn. Gean had just finished his reading when the adhan shajuh sounded. He got up and came out of his room. Every shubuh Gean always places congregational prayers in the mosque.

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Gean brushed his hair in front of the mirror. His body was wrapped in a sky blue shirt paired with blue dongker pants. He was ready to go to the office even though the time was still showing at half-seven in the morning.

Gean came out of the room and went to the dining table. There Vienna had prepared breakfast for himself as well Danu. Gean pulled up a chair next to Danu who was busy with her phone. He spooned the fried rice into the dish and started eating it. Vienna came to put a cup of coffee for her husband and sat down opposite Gean.

“Ge.. later this week, the family of Rahmat sir will come. They'll talk about your marriage with Monik.”

Gean stopped eating. He looked at Vienna who was feeding fried rice into his mouth. He really did not understand why Vienna insisted on matching himself with the Monik. It is no secret in this area how the Monik lunge. A haughty woman whose hobby is out in and out of nightclubs. Almost every night he changed partners.

“Ma.. I don't want to marry Monik.”

Vienna put the spoon on the plate quite hard. His eyes stared intently at Gean. Danu who was just busy with her phone began to pay attention to both.

“Why? Because that kid named Rayi?”

“Then give Geanku back! Restore!!”

“Ma..” reprimand Danu.

“Ma.. what is still lacking what I did until now? From childhood until now I lived in the shadow of Gean. I live with Gean's dead identity. Everything I do what Gean likes, I've never been myself. Is it still less ma?”

“Ya.. it's still less!! You should never have been among us!! If you don't exist, Geanku is still alive!!”

“ENOUGH!!!”

Danu's thunderous voice stopped Gean and his wife from arguing. The man stood up and helped his wife to wake up. He stared hard at Gean.

“Over the years we've been kind enough to raise you. Then repay all our sacrifices by remaining Gean. Marry Monik if you want to pay for your mistakes with us.”

Danu took his wife into the room. Gean didn't continue his breakfast, n*fsu his meal was gone already. He grabbed a backpack on the table and then rushed out of the house. Gean drove his bike at high speed leaving a house that was like hell for him.

Gean steers his bike towards TPU Sirnaraga. It was still early in the morning, so he decided to visit Anfa's grave before heading to the office. Gean parked his motorbike near a large tree, then set his foot down a row of tombs. He stopped in front of a tomb that read Muhammad Anfa.

Long enough Gean looked at the tomb in front of him. His heart was sliced to see his name written there. Since the accident on the river that claimed Gean's life, Anfa's life changed one hundred and eighty degrees. Danu and Vienna, who still cannot accept the fact that their son has died, blame Anfa as the cause of Gean's death.

After Gean's body was found lifeless by one of the residents, Vienna and Danu immediately brought Gean and Anfa to Bandung. They told everyone that Anfa died. When Anfa enters a new school, Danu enrolls her on Gean's behalf. Anfa's hair is curly and colored similarly to Gean's hair.

Not only that, they also forced all the customs of Gean on Anfa. All of Gean's favorite foods become Anfa's favorite food. All Gean hobbies become Anfa hobbies. Even Anfa is forced to swim because Gean likes to swim. Repeatedly Anfa became ill from being so traumatized when dealing with water. But Vienna and Danu didn't care, they kept forcing the boy. Until finally Anfa managed to overcome the trauma even though it took a long time and with an easy process.

“Ge.. I cape Ge. mama equally papa until now still can not accept your departure. Until when should I continue to live under your shadow? We were trying to be together, weren't we, Ge? We keep trying to hold on, but the rushing stream separates us. I have to how Ge? Do I have to continue being you until death to pick up?”

A pigeon who recognized Gean immediately approached the young man. This fifty-year-old man had known Gean for a long time. He even buried a child he knew named Anfa. Until now he has been taking care of the tomb.

“Nak Gean.”

“Eh sir Sani.”

Gean kissed the back of the man's hand. Kuncen named Sani was always a good listener for Gean when the young man was upset.

“What problems are there?”

“Ngga there's nothing sir. Again with Anfa.”

“Rapih once. What do you want to work?”

“Iya sir. Thank God I have been accepted to work in a large company.”

“Alhmadulillah. don't forget the treat for mr.”.

“Quiet by pack.”

There was a laugh of Sani. He embraces Gean's shoulder and takes him to his saung where he rests while waiting for the tomb during the day. In the saung there is already a glass of black coffee that has been used up half and a plate of boiled cassava.

“Breakfast first.”

“Please sir. Already at home.”

Gean sat his butt in a saung made of woven bamboo. Next to him Sani sat leaning to the saung pole.

“Oh yes. A few weeks ago there was a young woman looking for the tomb of Anfa. He came at night and asked to be shown Anfa's tomb. He just sat there crying. Tomorrow again he comes with a man.”

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Gean's chest rumbled to hear Sani's story. Inwardly Gean wondered if the woman was Nina, his older sister. Although when separated he was only 5 years old, Gean still remembers that he has an older sister named Nina.

“Si.. what's his name sir?”

“Father don't know.”

“Did he ever come here again?”

“But.”

“If he's here, please let me know sir. Or give him my number. You still have my phone number, right?”

“Iya. Later if he comes again, I'll give you your number.”

“Still sir.”

Sister Nina... Is that you sister? I miss brother. God, if my brother is alive. Please find me with him.

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**So.. Gean is Anfa, isn't he?

Make all the readers, mamake thank you for following mamake's genealogy in this novel. Thank you for your support and positive comments. Thank God this novel was ranked in the top 20 new works. Thank you all for your support🙏🤗😘

Gean wants to go to work first gaaaeesss**