I LOVE YOU, ENCUS
Child's Heart Voice
" Mad Sri." Mira saw Sri who was in the kitchen.
" Is she sick?"
" Yes...."
Mira took a sip of nearly one large glass.
" That's really thirsty?" mbak Sri saw Mira who immediately washed the empty glass and put it on a shelf near the sink.
" Nahan from earlier mbak, adek fussy, do not want to be left. Good thing after taking the medicine directly to sleep."
" It's Mira, if the child is sick. Can't do anything. Good thing just take care of your child, if you are another mother again. Sometimes it's just hard to pee." Mbak Sri.
" It's so mbak." Mira sat down, while eating a cold breakfast, because Sigit bought from this morning, and now it was 10 o'clock, almost 11 o'clock and a half.
" The vegetables are ripe, Mira."
" It's just mbak, baby it's been bought."
Mira eat lontong vegetable with crackers.
" Itung-itung learn to be a mother mbak. Tomorrow the house is no longer shocked." Mbak Sri.
" It's experienced." added Mira.
" That's right. Especially if you live with your in-laws. Add more ribet. Already a sick, fussy child, not yet this, not yet that, in-laws bring it up, oh dizzy mbak."
Ocehan mbak Sri has a point, making Mira to think about the Sri family.
" Emang mbak Sri still lives with in-laws?"
" Still, so now wander to have their own house mbak." explained mbak Sri.
" Oh that. Where's it good, mbak?"
" Yes good to live alone, Mira, want anything free. Take care of the child, husband, home no one comments."
" Dad Mira has a boyfriend?" mbak Sri asked, but Mira just smiled.
" Why smile?"
" Still want to work first mbak Sri, many dependents." Mira.
" Dumb girl dong."
" Hey'em."
They laugh together. No one was aware that someone was eavesdropping on the chatter between the maid and the baby sitter.
" How old is Mira?"
" Nearly 24 mbak." answered Mira.
" Sumuran Mbak, the girl was 4 years old at that time."
" Young marriage?" Ask Mira.
" In kampung mah, so old mbak. But I'm sorry, it's in my village, not in Mira's place." Mbak Sri knows that his words will offend Mira, but fortunately not. Not Mira if it's irritable.
" That's Sri's choice."
" Yes." Yeah."
" I'm going adek yes, like Gea already wants to go home, it's Friday." Pamit Mira and leave the kitchen.
* * * * *
Mira sees Geby falling asleep. Examine his forehead and feel that his body temperature has gone down.
" Thank you." Mira relieved. He waited in the room as he arranged the clothes belonging to Gea and Geby, separated them and put them in their respective closets.
The HP in his pocket vibrated. See the screen with the name of Rita's mom.
Mira steps out so as not to disturb Geby's sleep, towards the living room.
" Yes ma'am."
"........"
" It's been."
" ...."
" Yes ma'am."
Mira pocketed her phone again and turned around, but her sudden movements made her hit the Sigit mas who was going to pick up Gea. Collision is inevitable, but the lucky arm Sigit deftly caught Mira's body, so that Mira's body was not hit by the corner of the table, only her wrist jerked.
Look at each other for a few seconds, and the incident also caught Rayyan's eyes on the stairs will go down after taking some of his belongings that were deliberately left at his brother's house in his special room.
There was a heavy feeling in his heart, when he saw two humans in the other room that were close together, even though it was due to an accident.
Am I jealous? Is this feeling really love? Can love come that fast? Though all this time, I never felt that the woman was attractive, but seeing her was something different.
" Hey'em." Rayyan continued down, and cleared her throat when she saw Mira and Sigit were still in the same position.
He scanned Sigit's face, which to him was not a can. Handsome, even currently continuing her education in college, that meant soon she was not a driver but a scholar.
Rayyan brushed aside his thoughts and approached Mira and Sigit.
" Gea it's time to go home, is it Git?" He asked, trying his usual tone of speech.
" Yes, I'll pick you up."
" Yes, be careful." Rayyan's intention was, so that Sigit would leave immediately and not be close to Mira. Fortunately Sigit immediately left after apologizing to Mira.
" no. Just a little linu."
Mira immediately rushed over, hearing Geby's cry. Passing Rayyan who follows Mira through the eye view, but stays in place.
" Do I have to say it now? Why am I afraid first Sigit huh?" Rayyan muttered as she shook her head, as if realising that reality was very difficult.
" But how?"
Mira came out of Geby's room, holding her. Take it to the kitchen to get food.
" Maem yes... Aaa...." Mira also opens her mouth, so that Geby will take a bribe. But it seems like the pain in his throat scared him to take a bribe from Mira's hand.
" Have no porridge mbak Sri?"
Ma'am Sri opened the food storage cabinet
find instant porridge there.
" It's mbak."
" Thank you, ma'am."
Rayyan looked from afar at how Mira should hold Geby and make porridge with one hand. Because Geby doesn't want to come down.
" Same with ya." Rayyan approached and reached out.
Geby looked at Rayyan who was wearing clothes as if she was about to leave. Making him then take his hand out of Mira's arms and move to Rayyan's body.
" Om au egi (om going )?"
" Hey'em." Rayyan led Geby to walk to the back porch, while waiting for Mira who finished making the porridge.
" Auh....(away)?" Geby's clear eyes looked at Rayyan's eyes.
" Hey'em."
" Engkuuuttt.( Iku!" Those clear eyes are now watering. Ready to drop two rivers.
" Mbot is sick, not healed yet. Later when you go home, Mbot is healed." Rayyan Rayyan's. Geby hugged him and started sobbing. Don't want to be left again.
Rayyan patted Geby on the back, sometimes stroking him to keep the toddler calm.
" Will Ray go again?" Gea shows up still in her school uniform. The habit of going home from school the first thing he looked for was his sister. Not found in the room, so he went around looking for the whereabouts of the sister.
" Yes..." Rayyan answered, turning to see Gea in the middle of the door.
" Don't go om. Mama's gone, papa's busy, who are we?"
Gea approached, hugging the beloved om. Because during this time Rayyan who often replace their parents who are busy with work. And the action carried out by Gea during the arrival of Mira yesterday is a form of protest.
" This is the last om go, after this om most only in the workshop. Not anywhere."
Rayyan rubbed Gea's hair free of Geby. His two nephews were both sobbing.
" A long time?"
Rayyan did not answer, for it must have been a long time ago.
" But this is the last one. Later if om go home, om bawain by-will."
Gea loosened her arms, looked up, looked at Rayyan's lowered face.
" Home home, I'm happy. The prize will follow." Her speech.
" Ok."
Gea smiles, but Geby cries.
" Diem deck, this is brother." Gea rubbed his sister's feet.
" Tuh encus... Take maem, we're maem yuk."
Sure enough, Mira came carrying porridge and drank in both hands, already standing near them.
Geby hugs Rayyan, uninterested in Mira's voice.
" Maem is the same as you."
Rayyan felt Geby's head move, then changed Geby's position on her lap. Sitting in a chair, Mira also sat down, helping to feed Geby.
Geby finally wants to eat. While Gea was flinching, hugging Mira's body from behind.
" Try mommy and papa have time, sure fun ya can get together like this." Her chirps.
Mira and Rayyan looked at each other at the sorrowful words from Gea's mouth.
" Mom, don't go yeah, take care of us." Petanya.
Mira put down the bowl she was holding, took Gea's body, then hugged her.
" What matters is that you're obedient, don't be naughty." Mira rubbed Gea's back, and smiled behind her slashed heart at the voice of a child in need of affection.
" Mama goes often, papa too. We were left behind, sometimes oma also did not have much time, opa sama like papa, and om Rayyan briefly left. We're just the same encus."
The series of voices from Gea, enough to make Mira understand now. That they lack affection and attention.
And then again, Mira now offers affection and attention but expects rewards.
But he needs.
Oh Allah... Was this fair?