Happy Birthday To Me
Happy Birthday to Me - 75

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Syifa stood in front of the mirror while looking at her face that looked pale even her lips now look chapped. Feels dry in the mouth. His breath also sometimes feels tight as if something is weighing on his chest and making it difficult for him to breathe.

He looked at his face carefully tracing every inch of his body that was still plastered on the surface of the mirror. Somehow more the mood he could describe.

This time in the arts he lamented bad luck. The silent atmosphere seemed to take him away from happiness.

Tears that flowed down his cheeks made him quickly rub the cheek trying to keep smiling until he finally sat back on the cage.

Drttts

The tone of the phone call sounded. The sign of the incoming call made Syifa quickly look at him. His mother's name is listed there and Syifa quickly grabbed some clothes in the closet and changed the clothes of the patients he used with ordinary clothes like children who were enjoy the camping atmosphere.

Syifa was wearing her round hat and running around small towards the big window where there was a garden down there. Afterwards he glanced at his face at the mirror trying to make sure he did not look pale.

He even deliberately used lipstick so that his face was much fresher.

"Hi Ma!" her smiling Sapa looked at the figure of her Mama who was on the screen of her phone.

"Syifa, how was the camping there? Not strong, yes you have been camping for one week. Not been there long?"

"Still a long time, Ma. Maybe 3 or a few more weeks."

"Oh that, yeah. Yes, during there you take good care of yourself there. Don't forget it's your birthday soon."

"Yes Ma" replied Syifa who was trying to keep smiling.

"What did you learn there?"

"There's a lot" he replied as he scratched his non-itchy head.

"Oh, huh?"

"Syifa was happy here too. We learn a lot. Oh yeah, where's Lena?"

Syifa's breath seemed to be stuck in her chest. He doesn't know what to say.

"Syifa also did not know, he said he wanted to find water to cook noodles but did not know now it seems not returned, deh," he said giving an excuse.

"Oh, yeah, yeah."

"Udah was Ma. Syifa seems to be called a teacher, deh."

"Oh that's it, take good care of yourself, Syifa."

"Yes, Ma," he replied until the video call connection was cut off showing the figure of Syifa's face that was now flat, no more smile that expands on his cheek.

All right, is that a prayer sentence or a wish? Syifa wanted to be okay, but it seemed like she was not okay until after a long time the video call connection from Rahmi was interrupted replaced with a ringing sound with the name Glen there.

Syifa smiled happily. Some days Glen did not contact him because he was busy and now finally Glen's name is listed there.

Not waiting for a long time and wasting a lot of time Syifa immediately raised it showing the figure of Glen who was seen wearing a training shirt was sitting on a long bench where the basketball audience

"Hi Glen!" greet Syifa who waved her fingers.

"Hi, Syifa! How is it today? Your grandmother's good, right?"

"Grandma's fine, really."

"Oh yeah, where's your grandma?"

"Can you?"

"It could be, it's like Syifa's grandmother's resting, huh."

"Oh that. Yeah, you're kind of different, yeah."

"different? Different what?"

"yes different. Your weight is a little down, huh? You seem a little bit messy.

Hearing that made Syifa just laugh even though she actually kept the nervousness of fear if Glenn to know the truth and feel suspicious of him.

"You're all right, right? You're not sick, are you Syif?"

Syifa smiled and shook her head to show that she was okay.

"Certain why? How do you think you're sick?"

"What pain, anyway? Who is sick? Syifa is okay. Maybe that's Glen's feeling. Nih, Syifa is fine, really now Syifa has even run in the morning," he explained while lifting and showing his body muscles that are not in his arms that make Glen laugh.

This time he had a wonderful time together. Sharing stories tells things that are so happy.

There was a smile and laughter that Syifa showed Glen so that Glen's figure did not know how he was feeling right now.

Yes Syifa who is shackled in an ambiguous sense cannot be expressed with a word. He wanted to tell everyone but didn't want to make people worry about him.

But would anyone be worried if he told everyone this? Does anybody?

Yes, everything is still a mystery. I don't know how else to say that. The heart is stored for a person, but a diseased heart cannot be kept together with people who have a healthy heart.

The smile never faded from his lips as Syifa continued to tell how he took care of the Grandmother without Rahmi and also Pak Jaya.

Well, again and again this was a lie that he had to tell Glen. Do not know and do not know why now he feels if he is good at lying even though it is actually very difficult.

To be honest, there was guilt in his heart. I can't bear to lie to everyone who cares so much about him. But let alone, he could not say everything and chose to cover it tightly so that no one would know.

Syifa closed her phone after the conversation ended. Syifa placed her phone on her iron desk drawer and laid her body on the bed.

It was a very happy feeling, but again and again the tears could not cover his sadness until when this happiness would end

Mbok Jati once said that if sadness will surely end and happiness will surely come then what it means happiness will also end with sadness.

Syifa closed her eyes tightly while offering some prayers to God asking for health.

Syifa is very anxious to recover do not want if he shackled and troubled some people. How long will he lie?

Syifa took a deep breath and exhaled slowly trying to calm down and smile.

Slowly lay her body on a pillow that felt soft. His eyes looked at the scenery out there, a garden with a blue sky looked very pleasant.

"Lord! I don't know the umpteenth time and I don't know how many times I pray and ask for healing.

"Cure Syifa! Syifa wants to heal. Syifa wants to make everyone happy, but if this is the death of Syifa through this disease that makes Syifa will go away from the world, then please give Syifa a chance to make everyone happy in the last seconds before death."

After the thought served his mind, Syifa's eyes finally closed with a smile that he engraved although tears flowed down the surface of the pillow with a single hope he could wake up in a state of healing.

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