
This is the end of the love story
Which I have always been proud of
Let me stand now, against my time
To forget you, despite my heartache
But I survived
Now I've got to get through, it's my lonely day
Without you again
Let me stand now without you
Without your presence
But I survived
_Final love story - Glenn Fredly_
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That morning after a breakfast of gudeg rice and a little talk and draining emotions and tears, Sari finally decided to be able to let go and release Jun. Sari finally decides to just comply with Jun's request, ending their relationship.
Maybe it was the best decision for them at the moment. Sari was also well aware of this. So he was determined to end everything beautifully, as much as possible there were no tears. So that Jun does not think about himself anymore and can concentrate in his healing.
Sari will soon leave this city. Back to his original life, in Surabaya. It is useless to linger in Jogja while everything is abandoned in Surabaya. All the work, responsibilities, family, and life that still stretches in East Java.
After all the preparations and plans for their schedules and tourist destinations, Roni and Sari drove back in the car to Jun's house. Today's first schedule is to visit Jun all farewell. Next the celebration of their heartbreak and tomorrow the plan they both will return home to Surabaya early in the morning.
Roni presses the bell of Grandma Jun's house, and aunt Jun once again opens the door for them. Let them both in. It even allowed the two of them to go straight into Jun's room.
Sari precedes Roni to walk, indicating the direction to Jun's room. Sari had already memorized the floor plan of this house because the girl had been to this house a lot since Roni last came here with her. Sari had even been considered as her own family by the Jun family in Jogja.
In the room, Roni could see Jun sitting on his bed leaning against the bed. With Mother Nia who seemed to be feeding her son. Jun's face looked much paler and weaker today. It seemed like Jun's state was going down, not as good as the last time Roni saw it. The face and appearance of stage IV cancer patients are alarming.
"Good morning," Sari greeted Jun and his mother.
"Good morning...Oh Sari, Roni? Let's go in." Nia answered and let her guests in.
"Udah, bun.." Jun said weakly. Closing his palms in his mouth to prevent himself from regurgitating food that had just entered his body with great difficulty.
Nia nodded resignedly, not forcing her son to eat anymore. Unable to see his son who looks uncomfortable and wants to vomit. He thrust out a few pieces of tissue for Jun in order to help resist his vomit impulse.
Nia switched from her seat beside the bed and walked up to her two guests. Carrying away a bowl of chicken porridge that seemed to be eaten only a few spoons by Jun.
"Yesterday Jun finished chemotherapy. I think the side effects are still very pronounced. He lost his appetite, continued nausea and vomiting, and felt tired and weak all day." Nia explains Jun's situation to Roni and Sari.
"Mother stay behind first yes," Nia said leaving the three in the room. Give them a chance to talk.
Sari approached towards Jun and took a seat on the chair that Nia had just occupied. It was getting broken his heart seeing Jun's state. Can't bear to see Jun's state, maybe even as if he can feel the pain felt by his lover. The pain might be greater than he could have imagined.
Sari accompanied Jun to the hospital for a day for chemotherapy. Seeing with his own eyes how Jun struggles in the fight against the deadly disease.
Sari's mind seemed to be struggling to see the man in pain every drop of medicine inserted into his body. For hours Jun suffered through the process of therapy. But yesterday afternoon his condition was stable so he was allowed to go home from the hospital after chemotherapy. Then now why can suddenly drop like gini?
Meanwhile Roni stood behind Sari. Just being able to look on could not bear to see Jun's extremely weak state this morning. He could see Sari was already seen glazed in both eyes, where he tried.
"Where are you?..." Roni asked concernedly. Too confused to ask any other topic outside of Jun's circumstances. Although as a doctor Roni can judge for himself how 'ugly' his current state of his friend by just looking at a moment.
"Angoing.." Jun replied trying to smile.
"What are you talking about?" Sari protested while trying her hardest to hold the clear grain to drip in the corner of her eye.
It could indeed be seen that Jun's state was getting worse, it was true that the man was dying. But still, Sari did not want to hear that remark from Jun's own mouth. As if the man had resigned and given up on his condition. As if there was no more spirit.
"Don't cry Jun, you are strong. The same time the cancer cells are small in size. Let's beat the bad cancer cells in your body." Roni tried to strengthen Jun with the tone as serious as possible.
Jun only smiled bitterly hearing Roni's words. Strong what? His entire body felt crumpled and battered at this moment. All hurt evenly throughout the body until Jun did not know which part hurt more than the others.
"Why are you guys here?" june asked astonished to see Sari and Roni who were still in this city. Especially Sari, why is this girl so stubborn. Jun had asked him to leave many times. Both in subtle and crude ways, Jun had already driven Sari away from her many times. To release and reveal himself.
"Sari wants to see how you are." Roni answered.
Then Roni said goodbye and left from where he stood, leaving the room. Don't want to be the third person there, as well as to give both of them a chance to talk to each other.
Stay now Sari and Jun are alone. Sari was still trying, determined to hold back her tears from escaping in the corner of her eyes. I need to be strong, I don't want to look pathetic in front of Jun. Not wanting to add to Jun's burden of feelings with her grief.
The two of them faced each other and looked at each other for a while. Facing in silence and forced smiles developed. With all the blue raging emotions raging within their respective chests, who tried their hardest to be suppressed and assuaged so as not to explode.
"Please, Sar.let me go.." said Jun half-begged. Begging the girl once again to let her go and end the love affair between the two of them.
(*Please Sar... let me go.).
Jun did not want Sari to suffer more to be by his side. Seeing him in pain and dying like this. Seeing him who can leave this world at any time. Because honestly, Jun also felt that he could no longer pretend to be strong enough to withstand all the pain throughout his body. It felt like all his energy had been drained out even just to breathe. It's over the line...
"So this is the end of our love story..." Sari could no longer continue her words. Indeed, since the inn earlier he was determined to end the relationship. Determined to comply with Jun's request for separation.
But in fact Sari still really loves Jun. And seeing Jun's condition getting weaker like this, it's impossible for him to leave his heart, isn't it? Sari instead increasingly wanted to accompany the man to the end, until his last heartbeat.
"Thank you for everything..."
"I should be thanking you, Jun. You are always patient with all my spoiled and selfish natures. You always accompany and take care of me. Even when I was sick, you always asked me. Reminds me to take care of my health." Sari is reminded of Jun's brief daily messages reminding her of eating, reminding her of rest, the trivial and unromantic things the man did for her.
"I love you... You're my first and endless love..." Jun expresses his love for Sari.
(*I love you...You are my first and last love).
"How can you throw me away after saying such a word of love...You're too cruel." The more tight Sari's chest feels, the more difficult it is to stem her tears.
"I love you too, Jun...I do love you..."
(*I love you jun...Loves you so much.).
"Blessed..."
"Where I can, I can't..."
"Your life is long. You should be happy..."
"Where can I be happy without you?"
"Could. Because you are my strong Sari."
"Why...Why does it have to be like this? Why should we part ways like this..."
Sari was really frustrated and not willing to feel. Confused, helpless and desperate. Should he blame a fate that feels so unfair to both of them? Should we blame the universe for not allowing them to live together? They both still love each other so much...
"I'm sorry...Good bye..." Jun ended their conversation with a farewell.
Sari got up from her seat, walked towards Jun and took a seat next to her bed. He looked at the man's face, before Sari finally brought her face closer to Jun's. Gently kiss the man's lips as their farewell greeting.
"Good bye, Jun.." said Sari after releasing the link between their lips. Heavy, heavy it feels like this word to be spoken from the lips of Sari. It was as if these words were their farewells forever. It will be impossible to meet again...
Sari hurriedly got up from Jun's bed until she accidentally hit the iron chair she had been sitting on. He made the chair fall down and made a loud sound.
Roni who was daitadi waiting in front of the room was shocked to hear a loud noise from Jun's room. So worried Roni immediately rushed into the room without thinking anymore. Thank goodness nothing happened there, just a chair lying on the floor.
"Go home... Ron, please take Sari home. Take care of him for me." Pinta Jun on Sari and Roni at once.
Neither Sari nor Roni could hear it at all. Sari who had been holding back her cries finally broke her defense. The girl's tears just flowed without a sound.
"I'm going home...I'm leaving this town. But, but you have to be strong. You have to heal." said Sari while turning her back to Jun, not wanting jun to see her cry. Sari walked slowly with shaky steps out of the room.
"Titip Sari, yes Ron.." asked Jun to Roni as if as his last request.
Roni was only able to nod in response. "I'm leaving.get well soon," said Roni as she prayed for Jun's recovery.
Roni hurriedly looked for Sari's figure, watching her continue to step towards her car outside. Roni finds Jun's mother in the kitchen to say goodbye. Apologizing also for Sari who seemed unable to just say goodbye to him.
Nia understood, being able to understand how devastated Sari felt.
Next Roni approached Sari who had been sitting in her car while crying so much. The cry of despair and helplessness. The heartbreaking cry of farewell...
Roni runs her car away from Jun's residence in silence. Give Sari a chance to cry until satisfied and organize her heart.
"It's Ok. Everything's gonna be alright..." Roni tries to cheer up and thrust her car tissue at Sari.
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FYI (For Your Information)
*Chemotherapy is one type of treatment to destroy cancer cells that are harmful to the body. How it works by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells that develop and divide quickly. It depends on the type and stage of cancer.
*Chemotherapy can also affect healthy cells that normally divide quickly, such as cells in the skin, intestines, and hair. Damage to healthy cells that can result in side effects.
*Side effects that can occur due to chemotherapy include; Hair loss, Pain, Loss of appetite, Mouth feels sour or bitter, Nausea and vomiting, anemia. Dry skin, bleeding and nosebleeds, easy infections, difficulty sleeping, depression, stress, and anxiety. Feeling tired and weak all day. Constipation or diarrhea and thrush.
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