Call Me a Rose
Chapter 50

"May I look at you?", asked Diara when her heart and mind were calmer.

"Don't you have to bother looking at me? We have nothing to do. I don't want to misunderstand if I bring a girl to meet her...."

"My mom died yesterday after coming home from this hospital. All this time, I didn't even know that my mom was battling cancer alone. In the circumstances of Mama like that, Papa was cheating, and another week Papa would marry his affair. I'm a useless child, I don't know anything and I'm not happy to give enough support to Mama..."

Somehow Diara so tell his personal problems to the foreign man in front of him. The guy he obviously knows has a bad trade record. And after saying that, Diara felt even more relieved.

Hearing the story makes Arya's attitude softened and sympathized with the fate of Diara.

"Ok, you can look at me, hopefully after that you can feel better and appreciate your life more...I even willingly undergo painful treatment, only to extend his life a few months to be able to have a longer time with me. This child who does not know himself!"

Aryan's words again made Diara moody.

"Let's come, don't fuck!"

Diara awakens from his daydream and follows Arya's steps.

"Wait!"

Diara's shout stopped Arya's footsteps walking first in front.

"Why again?"

"Gue want to go to minimarket first below, can you please wait here for a moment? Or you tell me the treatment room nyokap lo let me follow you later..."

"If you want to buy something for Nyokap I mingingingan no need. I find it hard to eat and I don't need anything. But if anyone is looking and still cares, he must be very happy...."

Diara seemed to think for a moment to hear Arya's answer. It's true that he at least wanted to buy something for Arya's mother. It would be impolite to come empty-handed.

"My room is in Dahlia number 21, do you want to be with me or follow me?"

Arya asked again because she saw Diara dumbstruck.

"Judah I am with you..."

Diara's heart shrunk when she saw the state of Arya's mother. Arya's mother looked old and tired, with a pale face, hair loss and a feeding aid stuck in her mouth. His condition looks very alarming, in contrast to Mama Diara who still looks normal until the eve of his death. Maybe that's the effect of cancer treatment until Mama refused that time.

"Who is this?"

Arya's mother asked her stammeringly when she saw her son bringing a friend.

"Friend Arya Bu, he said he wanted to see Mom..."

"Beautiful to your friend.thank you, my son has come to see you..."

Diara then grabs Arya's mother's hand to shake her hands and kiss her. But suddenly Aryan's mother pulled him.

"Don't kid, just stand there, don't come near Mom. Mom stinks, vomits a lot and poop everywhere, this is how humans are powerless..."

Diara was confused as to how to behave.

"No papa ma'am, I'm used to it because my mother yesterday also got cancer" said Diara to calm her mother Arya.

Diara kept stepping away so that Arya's mother would feel comfortable.

Arya's mother looks happy with Diara's arrival. For a while they kept chatting. Arya's mother was very excited despite talking stutteredly interspersed with occasional coughs. Until then Arya's mother vomited something from her mouth, a yellow liquid that somewhat smelled.

"You'd better go home..."

Arya said as she was busy helping her mother.

Diara realized his presence disturbed and made them uncomfortable.

"Alright, I say goodbye, it's good to see Mom, hopefully soon to be healthy again..."

After saying that, Diara stepped away.