Giving Birth to My Brother
1. Accident

Elin slammed the steering wheel when she saw a big truck coming towards her car. He held his breath when he knew that his efforts were not working at all. Within a second, his car was pounded by the truck's large body until it was pushed several meters before it was overturned on a crowded street.

"ah! It hurts!" Elin blinked, she tried to gather her consciousness even though her entire body felt so severe. Elin turned to the right where everything seemed upside down. He saw his legs moving towards his car. Some people shouted loudly. "Please!"

Elin groaned many times when she heard the call of the person outside her car. He just wanted to get out of the car, but then he realized, he was not alone in the car.

Elin turned to the left where Sinta was rubbed in a strange position because their car was overturned. Elin blinked many times, he was very afraid because he saw a lot of blood in the body of his sister-in-law who was pregnant.

"Mom!" call lirih. Elin wanted to see Sinta open her eyes, but Sinta shook her head. He shook his head slowly, he did not want anything bad to happen to his sister-in-law.

"Are you okay?"

Elin gasped, as someone forcefully opened the car door and helped her out. He felt dizzy half to death when laid on the hot asphalt.

"Please my sister" said Elin. "He's pregnant."

"okay!"

Elin no longer knew what was going on. He could still see the blue sky, but slowly everything darkened. Elin heard the roar of an ambulance and the frantic chatter of other people around her. He hoped to hear Sinta's voice so that he knew that Sinta was fine, but in fact until he was unconscious, he could not hear Sinta's voice at all.

***

When Elin woke up, she still felt very dizzy. He looked at the white ceiling and smelled the scent of sharp medicine. He frowned and felt his forehead wrapped in bandages. He tried to sit down, but he could not move.

"You awake?" ask a woman dressed in white. Elin knew the woman was a nurse. Elin rolled her eyes and realized she was in the hospital.

"Yes, where am I, Sus?" ask Elin.

"You're at the Main Medical Hospital. Don't move much, you still have to rest."

Elin nodded slowly. He tried to move his legs and was grateful that both of his legs were fine. He also raised his hand. His right hand was wrapped in bandages until he felt a bit panicked, he had to write with his hand, he did not want his hand to hurt like this.

Elin wanted to cry now because her body was so sick. He was even alone here with no one accompanying him. Nah! He should not be alone, he thought. He was with Sinta. They were on their way home from lunch.

"Suster! Sister!" call Elin as hard as you can.

The woman dressed in white again approached Elin's gurney. He looked at Elin questioningly. "Yes? What was? Do you feel dizzy?"

Elin shook her head slowly even though she was actually still very dizzy. "I was with my sister in the car. Where is he?"

The nurse raised an eyebrow. He opened the blinds to Elin's gurney until the girl could see some of the other patients. "There are a lot of accident victims treated here? What's your brother's name?"

"Love. Sinta Maharani's. She's pregnant."

"Aah!" The nurse seemed to know instantly who Elin meant. "He was taken to the operating room because he had severe bleeding."

"I don't know yet, but the guardian's here. You need to contact someone. Your parents might?"

Elin shook her head. She only lives with Ariel, her sister, and Sinta, her sister-in-law. Both his parents and brother live abroad. "I want to see my sister."

"You can see it later, you're also hurt. So you better rest first now."

Elin rubbed her face wet with tears. He was sure, Ariel must be very angry with him because Sinta had to be seriously injured even in surgery. Nah! What happened to Sinta? He really wants to know. He should know! And after Elin felt much better, she got out of bed. He removed the infusion needle on his arm and walked to the information table.

"Excuse me, Brother. I want to see my sister, she is also hospitalized. She ... her name is Sinta Maharani."

Elin listened to a brief explanation of where her sister-in-law was now being treated. He also could not find his phone so he could not contact Ariel to ask directly. Elin walked slowly to the elevator and pressed the ninth floor button. He rubbed his forehead wrapped in bandages, he hoped inwardly that his sister-in-law would be fine.

Elin rolled her eyes as soon as she got out of the elevator. He was walking in a quiet hospital corridor because it was already night. Elin's breath was blocked as soon as she saw Ariel's existence sitting in the patient's waiting chair. He thumped hard because he was afraid if he got anger from Ariel.

"Sister," call Elin down.

Ariel who was bowed listlessly raised her head, she looked at Elin who had just come and stood up. "Why are you here?"

"I .. I want to see Sinta Ma'am," said Elin trembling. He turned his head to look at Sinta's closed room door. "Where is Sinta? Sinta's mom is fine, right?"

Ariel laughed bitterly. He pushed Elin's shoulder slowly. "It's all because of you!"

Both of Elin's eyes trembled, he could see the bitter expression on Ariel's face. Something must have happened to Sinta, the woman who was loved by her sister. "What's going on?"

"You've made Sinta an accident! Our baby just died." Ariel clutched Elin's shoulder tightly. "Why are you speeding with the car? Why did you even take Sinta out of the house this afternoon? Why?"

"That's .. sorry," said Elin sobbing. "But Sinta's mother took me away."

"lik! I told Sinta to stay home while I was away. You must be the one who persuaded him to do you, right?"

Elin shook her head. He was also sad because the baby conceived by Sinta had to die in the accident earlier. "It was an accident, brother. I don't speed, I swear! Sinta's mother wants to eat her favorite fish soup. I ... I'm sad. Sorry."

Ariel took Elin's shoulder off. He sat back down and rubbed his face with a huff. It's just to blame Elin or anyone else. Because everything won't come back. His heart was too sick from the loss he was experiencing right now.

Seeing her brother so down, Elin knelt in front of Ariel. He clasped Ariel's hands with his head up. "I'm really sorry, brother. But Sinta's mom is fine, right?"

"Where can he be after our baby dies?" Ariel stood up. He makes Elin lunge to the floor because of his movements, but he is too angry to care. "Love even ... Sinta had a severe uterine tear due to the accident. His uterus had to be removed because of bleeding. We ... we will never be able to have another child!"

"What?" ask Elin not to believe it. He closed his lips tightly in shock at what Ariel had said.

"Everything is your fault! Because of you, I have lost a lot of things! What should I say to Sinta once she wakes up? That she won't be able to get pregnant again?" Ariel glared at the sobbing Elin. He was sitting in front of Elin. "Because you've made Sinta like that, you have to take responsibility! You have to replace our dead baby!"