
In a remote town, there is a small orphanage that looks unkempt with its old building that has begun to rickety. An orphanage inhabited by poor orphans of all ages.
"Daughter, come here!" shouted a woman who works as a mother caretaker of the orphanage, calling one of her foster children who was busy playing with friends of her own age in the backyard of the orphanage.
A 5-year-old girl with an unkempt and dirty appearance ran up to him, "Mother, call me?" ask the child when he gets there in front of his mother.
The boy looked at her. He looked at the two alien adults standing next to his mother with their bewildered faces that looked adorable.
Then, he smiled sweetly greeting the two. A smile that was covered with dust and dirt on his tiny face, but anyone knew that it really captivated anyone who saw it. "Ah, beautiful!" thought the two people together when they saw the smile of the child.
The beautiful woman standing next to the nanny's mother ran to hug the boy, "Thank you, God. Finally, we found you" he said, with his heartfelt sobs, while the boy simply fell silent and enjoyed a hug he never got.
For the child, the hug was warm and very comfortable. Until unknowingly, the child's tears began to drip down his cheeks, then his tears broke.
I don't know what made the boy cry, even as much as he did. Moreover, when the foreign woman further tightened her embrace when she heard the cry of the orphan boy. Perhaps, his longing for the love of parents that he never had time to feel that made him bitter.
"Daughter, introduce, this is Mr. Fajrin Adithama and his wife, Mrs Jovita Adhitama. They came to adopt you" explained the nanny mother, introducing the two men.
There was a smile of happiness on the face of the nanny's mother because there was a kind family who wanted to help raise the child, but neither could the murat of sadness be hidden on his face because the pleasant child would leave them.
"Hows it? Does the Princess want to?" ask the nanny's mother again in such a gentle tone as usual. The boy named Princess stopped her crying and wiped her tears with her dirty hands.
Jovita Adhitama, the woman finally, let go of her embrace. In between her sobs, the Princess turned her head to look at the man standing before her, "Are you going to be my father?" ask the Princess innocently.
The handsome man of high stature also knelt to align his position with the Princess. "We were best friends of your late parents. We've been searching for you for a long time and we were devastated when we learned of their deaths,"
said.
Mr. Fajrin hugged the tiny body, "I'm sorry, we came late and as an apology, we want to take care of you. Princess, will you come with us? From today on, I will be your father and my wife will be your mother" he continued, pointing to his wife who smiled sincerely with her head nodding in front of the Princess.
The princess, the tiny beautiful daughter, looked at the couple and without a second thought, she nodded. A beautiful smile re-expanded on her innocent face.
How happy the little girl got new parents because since she was 4 months old, she has lost both parents. The car accident that occurred 5 years ago managed to snatch both parents simultaneously.
Separating him from the warmth of the affection of the parents he should have enjoyed at his infinitesimal age. Requires her to stay in this orphanage because none of her relatives have. Five years he spent in the longing for parental love, even if it was just a hug, he craved it very much.
Every night, he spent gazing at the sky from behind the window of his room, with hopeful twinkling of eyes finding the faces of his parents painted in the dark night sky, even until his eyes closed turned to dreamland, he still hoped to find the figure of his parents there, even though only limited to an obscure black silhouette, he still expected it.
At least, it was enough to treat his longing because after all, there was no memory stored in the little boy's mind, even to just remember, how his parents looked, he really could not remember.
Similarly, every morning, the Princess always prayed, also before her sleep, so that when her eyes were open, her parents would come with the morning sun, pick her back home.
Like that, the hope of the Princess every day. Without stopping, the tiny mouth always recited prayers so that he could meet his parents and now, there are people who ask him to call them father and mother. Really, it's a happy thing for him. Why should he reject it?
***
After doing all the adoption procedures that have been handed over to his personal assistant, the Adhitama couple also took the little boy away with them, leaving the place that had been his home so far.
Before leaving, the Princess hugged one by one her friends who were like sisters to her, as well as the old nanny mother who was like her grandmother. Even tears are inevitable. Everyone cried to let go of the smart and obedient boy who always brought joy in the orphanage.
Arriving in Jakarta, the city where they live, the Adhitama couple took him to the largest mall in the city to shop for all his needs. The place that all this time only Princess could see from the worn out television screen that was almost broken in the parlour.
Unceasingly, that pair of beautiful eyes widened full of twinkle, plus his tiny mouth that continued to gape in astonishment. With carefree steps, almost impressed even with a little dance, the Princess surrounded the mall with happiness.
During this time, no one had ever taken her shopping, even if only in a small shop near her orphanage, even just to buy a candy she wanted.
It makes his children can only swallow their own saliva whenever there is something they want to eat, not even infrequently, the boy and the rest of the house would have to endure days of hunger if they ran out of groceries. Unfortunately it was his fate, but now, it was as if the world turned around smiling at him.
The Adhitama couple asked the Princess to choose whatever she wanted in the mall for her to buy and they would pay for it for her. "Can?" asked the Princess hesitated while playing two index fingers that she found the tip.
It took a long time for the Adhitama couple to convince him that it was not forbidden and he would not get a penalty just for doing so.
The princess also finally ventured herself to choose a dress with a simple model, which for her was already really extraordinary because all this time, she only wore clothes given by the surrounding residents, many of them are not even fit to wear.
However, the Princess is always grateful for the gifts she receives. Even if the clothes are worn or hollow everywhere, he will still smile happily to accept it because there are no parents he can ask to buy him a shirt, even a sheet.
"Why just one?" asked Jovita astonished to look at the clothes in the hands of the Princess. "Chose again! Whatever you want, you won't be angry" continued Jovita, smiling gently as she stroked the Princess' chubby cheeks.
"No, Mommy. This is enough" he said, hugging the clothes he chose tightly, like a new treasure he found in a strange place in the middle of nowhere for him.
"alright. Here, give the clothes to Mother, let Mother pay for it!" pinta Jovita turned her eyes towards her husband. Jovita gestured for Fajrin to take the Princess away because it seemed, The Princess would insist on not following her buy any more clothes.
Fajrin who understood the gesture of his wife smiled to see him, then he invited the Princess to follow him. They both left Jovita alone at the outlet.
"Please find a dress of this size!" jovita orders one of the store's servants while handing over the clothes the Princess had chosen. "If you can with a simple model like this," continued Jovita.
Not long after, the waiter came with various choices. Then, Jovita also enjoyed choosing girls clothes and all the supporting accessories that he had never done.
"Well, everything's beautiful! I was confused choosing him. How'this?" jovita murmured on the sidelines of his activities. "Yes, please just pack everything up and drop off to my address!" he began to record his address on scrapbook paper, then took out a black card from his bag.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, Fajrin and Princess went around in a toy store. Again, the Princess looked confused as Fajrin told her to pick up the toy she liked.
Not because there was nothing that the Princess liked, but she herself did not know how to use the toys that she had seen for the first time. All ages, the toys he once had were old Barbie dolls whose one leg was lost either to where or the ball he used to play with his friends in the orphanage.
After a while of circling around with Fajrin, the Princess's steps finally stopped right in front of a neatly arranged row of barbie dolls inside her box. His eyes were perfectly rounded with his mouth wide open, like he had just seen heaven before him.
Fajrin who saw the expression of his new daughter patted her forehead and laughed crisply. Then, he moved his feet away from there. No matter how long, he came up with an empty trolley.
Then without asking again, Fajrin began to take one by one the box containing the favorite doll of the girl until the trolley was filled. He also called one of the store's servants, asking him to bring barbie houses with large sizes along with all the furniture.
Whatever barbie smelled in the store was successfully put into his shopping cart. Not until there, while waiting for the cashier to count the amount of his groceries, he seemed to contact someone via his cellphone.
"Hello, Sebastian! I need your help" Fajrin told his interlocutor he had just called. "Hello, Jin! Just say! What can I do for you?" say one of his friends.
"Please, help me make a room for my daughter with a barbie theme. For the design and the furniture, I leave it to you. I believe in your choice" replied Fajrin.
"What's? The princess? Since when do you have a daughter? Is Jovita pregnant again? How many months has it been? Or was born? So, I have to make a nursery? Why don't I know this good news?" sebastian's question almost without pause made Fajrin smile to hear it.
"No. She's the daughter of the late Keanu, our best friend," Fajrin replied. "Have you found it?" sebastian asked in disbelief across the street who sounded happy.
"Yes, I finally found it and I've adopted it. From now on, she'll be my daughter. Maybe this is all we can do in return for them because after all, I would not be this successful, without them" Fajrin replied.
"Honey, I did not have time to share this happiness with them," said Fajrin lirih at the end of his sentence. A tear almost fell on the end of his eye as his memories with his late best friend came back to his head.
"Thank God, then. I'm so glad to hear that. I was curious to see him. She must be as beautiful as her mother and as smart as her father" Sebastian said enthusiastically.
"You're right, she looks like her parents, but can you get it done as soon as possible? You can use the room next to my handsome prince's room" said Fajrinlagi. "All right, I'll do it" Sebastian replied, and they ended the call.