Black Pen On White Paper
Chapter 16 [Lia's Truth]
In the middle of sleep, Petra had a dream. He dreamed of being trapped in a large puddle of sticky, slippery and dense and heavy mud. Half of his body had started to enter the mud puddle while his upper body was full of mud dirt.
Petra was trapped in a mudhole in the middle of the forest. The forest was dark, desolate, terrifying and cold. He screamed back and forth but got no answer from anyone. Until when he shouted for the umpteenth time, he saw the light from the burning torch fire in the middle of the darkness between the forest trees.
“anyone, please I” he shouted super hard.
Until at the end, a torchbearer walked up to him. When the person was in front of him, Petra was so surprised because the man was his twin who always carried a letter and gave it to him.
“do you need help?” ask the man.
“iya, I really need help” he replied.
“what do you feel in that mudhole? are you feeling sad? are you feeling desperate? Do you feel like you're useless? And also, are you sorry?” ask the man.
“iya, I am sorry, I am sad, I am depressed, I am desperate, I am indeed a useless person” he replied.
“we've met in a dream ago. Do you remember?” ask the man to him.
“I don't know what you're saying. I really don't understand and don't remember. Anyway, get me out of here” he said.
“in your last dream, you promised me you'd help me. I've said that you are me. If you help me, then it's the same if you help yourself. do you remember?” ask the man.
“do not remember, quickly get me out of here” he said by still trying to get out of the mud puddle.
“if you follow directions, trust instructions, obey restrictions and make invitations and orders in every letter I give you, you will save yourself. Follow the instructions in the letter, trust the instructions in the letter, obey the prohibition in the letter, do the invitations and the complaints in the letter. Do not let your body sink completely into the mud of despair and regret as I did. Don't let you suffer the same fate as Petra Charleston Prakasa in your future who is full of regret and despair” said the man with a sincere smile to Petra.
Not long after that, Petra woke up from her sleep. Sleeping with a dream that is very very amazing creepy it makes him wake up with a heartbeat that is beyond the beat. As if it would, so strong is this heart beating, it feels like his chest is in a fist from the inside.
Petra awoke from sleep and saw that in her right hand, which was holding Lia's left hand, there was a tissue in the middle. As Petra removed her hand from Lia's palm, Lia spontaneously re-emphasized her hand until Petra could not get out of her hand.
“thank you for accompanying me. I'm afraid to be alone. Please, accompany me a little longer” said Lia in a soft voice.
“Lia? you are aware!?” petra asked in surprise.
“what am I in your room? Turns out the men's room wasn't as bad as I thought. There were images of stars and the moon, and the sky of the room sky was completely similar to the night sky. Very funny once” said Lia a little laugh.
“how are you doing? Is it still dizzy? Firefly? A little nauseous? Nose expels hot liquid? Ears buzzing? Do you feel like you're on a boat? What is your panggoroan so that kerin-“ said Petra terahut stopped.
“listen, Petra. I just have a normal fever. I'm not a high blood sufferer” said Lia slightly held back her laughter.
“if anything, say it to me”.
“aku want to drink”.
“air white? Milk? A tea? The cola? Ice cream? A pertalite? Aphtur? The kerosene? Side oli?" ask Petra.
“white water is, when should I drink gasoline?” he said with his little laugh.
“wait a minute, I'll get you” Petra replied.
Just then, Lia tightly released her palm and let Petra take the white water. When Petra opened the kamarna door, it was unexpected that all the house lights were turned off. The lights of the entire house were deliberately turned off and only let Petra's room lights and the mother's room lights on.
The mother's room was next to Petra's. He could see the light coming out from the small sidelines of the door of his mama's room that was slightly open. Petra walked downstairs in complete darkness. The sky was dark because it was 7pm. Petra was asleep for about 2 hours next to Lia.
Petra took a glass of water downstairs and then returned to her room past her mother's room. However, accidentally, Petra heard that the voice of Lia Papah was also in the room with her grandmother.
Unintentionally, Petra heard their chatter from outside. He heard that they were talking about Petra and talking about Lia.
“who is right?” asked the mother in a surprised tone.
“aku as his papa has tried as much as possible, but I can not find him” replied Papah Lia in a low tone.
“have you looked for it in town?” ask the grandmother.
“iya omah, I have also been looking for it abroad, but nothing seems to be able to replace Lia's innate.it's because Lia's property is a little different. Only his fellow age can” replied Papah Lia.
“this is a severe case, really heavy” said the mama.
“but, I want to say one thing to both of you. I've seen data from Lia's heart health.every month, I've been looking at data from Lia's, in the data that has been presented by a personal doctor that I have hired for Lia, the data says that the performance of Lia's heart is slowly weakening every month. If this continues, we should have a heart transplant. If Lia has a relapse again, maybe it is the last relapse of her life” said Papah Lia.
Hearing the words papah Lia, immediately petr's body pegged helplessly. He could neither say a word nor move. His whole body shakes incessantly. Even the glass he was carrying at that time almost fell because he was so surprised.
“apa? Does Lia have heart disease?” petra thought to herself.
“heart performance is down, and you've decided to have a heart transplant? Who are you going to transplant the heart? And when are you going to do it?” asked the mother so surprised.
“mau do not want, I have to transplant Lia's heart in December staircase 25 later. It is now November, and December is estimated that Lia's heart performance is at its limit and no longer able to work optimally. If Lia's heart is not replaced immediately, then it will affect the performance of other organs” replied Papah Lia with the sound of sobs.
“so?” ask the mother.
“mau don't want, Lia has to live without a heart. And if Lia doesn't have a heart by December 25th, she'll be living in a pool of man-made blood. And of course, it will be very troublesome and take away the future of Lia” replied Papah Lia with sobs of tears getting louder.
“I don't know what to do. I've failed as his papa. As one of her parents, I felt like a failure. Failed very. I don't deserve to be called papah from the tiny lips and little voice of Lia. The more she calls me papah, the more heartache from this huge role, if I had been the President Director who had a large salary able to save my only child, the, but it seems like both of my hands are no longer able to lift the mirror for me to see my embarrassing face” he said with sobs of tears.
“do not say that. as a mama from Petra, I will help you find a healthy heart donor and fresh” said the mama.
“thank you very much. I am very helped” said Papah Lia with a tone so moved.
“ja-don't prostrate at my feet. We will find a joint heart donor so that Lia will stay alive” said the mama.
“thank you very much, I am very grateful. I'll give you some paper. The paper is a heart donation registration form for anyone who wants to donate their heart. Want whatever the cost and price, I will buy it as expensive as anything it” said Papah Lia.
“well, I'll keep it in my room. I will look for anyone who can donate a heart to Lia” said mamah.
“thank you very much. I am very very amazing thank you” said Papah Lia.
“then, explain in more detail about the performance of the heart of Lia” said the mama.
“well, it will be a little long, so I'm a little patient when listening to my story” said papah Lia.
After Petra felt enough eavesdropping, she went back into her room with a glass of water. As Petra entered the room, she stared at Lia's already pale face. At that time, Lia was sitting and leaning against the wall.
Petra so imagined from papah Lia's speech about the heart and health condition of Lia. when Petra saw it, she was no longer able to hold back the sobs of tears again. spontaneously Petra put the glass filled with water and then immediately held Lia's hands.
“ehh, w-why are you suddenly like this?” lia asked so surprised.
“whatever, I dreamt that I'd lost you. I dreamed that I came to the tomb with a picture frame of your face. At that time, I wanted to scream that I loved you so much and didn't want to lose you. But as it turns out, I realized it was just a dream. I'm so scared for some reason, but I want to be with you always and I'm so scared of losing you. Please don't leave me and please take care of yourself as best you can. Take care of your health and do not exercise too heavily. I hold your hand because I don't want the warmth of both hands to fade and cool” Petra said holding Lia's hands and bowing her head before Lia.
“hey, what are you saying? I'm fine. I'm healthy now. It's all thanks to you always holding my hand. I'm fine because you're the one who never left me alone. I'm fine because you always hold my hand until you sweat. And the proof, every time you hold my hand, our hands are always wet because of sweat” replied Lia.
“you know why someone's hands always sweat for no reason?” petra asked Lia.
“why?” ask Lia.
“to my knowledge, someone's hands suddenly sweat for no reason because the person's heart is weak. But I'm sure that Lia's heart will definitely be strong” said back with a smile from Petra.
“you know, every time I hold your hand, I feel like my heart is beating really fast. I hope my heart is always like this” Lia said with a genuine smile.
“sama, me too. I like this” Petra replied.
“I want to tell you about something a little sad for both of us” said Lia.
“let's just say”.
“actually, I will not stay forever in this village. I will return to my hometown on December 25th of the month tomorrow. You could say, I will just change schools again” said Lia.
“ehh? Why?”.
“because,... it's because, it's because it was from the beginning I've been planning this. So, so, you and I only have about 1 month left to be together in this village” stressed Lia.
“can't I see you in the city you're going to live in?”.
“most likely, I will move abroad, and it will be very impossible for us to look at each other face again.so from that-“ said Lia was terhut stop.
“then from that, I will make the day of our last day this is the most pleasant last day of our lives” Petra said as she held back sobs of tears.
“that's right. We'll have fun” replied Lia with her smile getting wider.
“forgive me, Lia. I can only do this” thought Petra inwardly.
“forgive me, Petra. I had to lie to you” thought Lia in heart.
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