
When the moon appears to replace the sun that has sunk to shine a dark night sky to become sparkling together with the light of the stars.
And Eleena was on the balcony of her room, a warm cup of tea on her desk and a book she was reading. The moon and stars accompany Eleena who wears glasses to read.
Lights that are not too bright but not too dark also add to the comfort of Eleena to re-recharge her energy after a day of activities and meeting with many people. Meeting a lot of people makes introverts like Eleena lose a lot of energy. And Eleena's evenings take advantage of it to relax.
Eleena took a sip of the warm tea that was on the table. Eliminate thirst after 15 minutes of reading. The music from Eleena's cell phone adds to the tranquility of the night. Eleena who wears pink pajamas with her hair pigtailed original able to attract the attention of butterflies passing in front of her.
"Butterfly? Why do butterflies come at night?" eleena asked, looking at the butterfly that flew right in front of her. "Beautiful." The butterfly flew away from Eleena, flying further and further until it disappeared into the darkness of night.
Eleena closed her book, took her tea glass and went into the room. Closing the balcony door, then putting her books and tea on the nightstand.
Eleena picks up her phone, her fingers start to surf social media. Eleena laughed at the funny video, her eyes glazed over the sad video and her serious face when there was educational content.
"Dear." The sound from outside her room distracted Eleena. The girl got up, opened the door of her room.
"Hi" said Sinta waving to Eleena. Eleena laughed because of the cute behavior of her mother.
"Why Bun?"
"Emang there must be a reason if the mother wants to meet with the mother's child?" Eleena shook her head. "Here come mother, El." Sinta pulled Eleena's hand, taking the girl somewhere. The place where Arjuna was busy struggling with his laptop. Arjuna who wears glasses and a blue t-shirt and brown shorts.
"Do you know what date tomorrow is?" ask Sinta slowly. Eleena checked the calendar from her phone.
"April 12th" the answer is. "Are you surprised?" Eleena knitted her brows in wonder. What does Sinta mean? What surprise?
"What surprise did you have? And why also?" Sinta patted her eel, the old one herself but the senile one of her daughter. Sinta pulls Eleena's hand away from the place before Arjuna realizes their presence.
"You are this." Sinta was picking up Eleena's ears. "Mother," whined Eleena in pain. Sinta took off her jewel, hitting Eleena's arm.
"Yes, Mother why the hell?"
"Could you forget? Tomorrow's your father's birthday." Eleena remembered now. April 12 was his father's birthday.
Eleena patted her eel. "Well, I forgot. The effect of being a child Psychology of the crucifixion of many tasks, so gini," the girl's nag.
"How now?" ask Sinta seriously. "Where's what?" reply Eleena plain. "You want mother jewer?" Eleena shook her head while she nodded.
"Buy a regular cake," suggested Eleena rather scared. "The cake mulu anyway, sometimes we give a surprise."
"What kind of surprise?" Sinta thought for a moment. A mischievous smile emerged from the woman's face as she got her idea.
"We said to your father at exactly twelve. Mother already knows which gift is good for her, you can also make your own gifts. Gift of your hand do not buy. That's why mom is also." Eleena nodded at this idea. Looks like a good idea.
"Yes already, mommy wants to buy the cake for a while, later if your dad nanya mother where, say aja mama again to the house temen. Okay?" Eleena gave her thumbs up.
"Where in the room, make your gift." Sinta took her car keys from inside the room, and immediately left the yard of the house.
The sound of the car reached Arjuna's ears. The attention of the men was now diverted due to the sound of cars coming out of their homes.
"El go?" Arjuna closed his laptop, went inside the house. Arjuna was in the garden of the house, looking for a quiet place to finish office work.
"El." Eleena's steps stopped. The girl froze now, suddenly the call from Arjuna turned sinister for her.
"Where are you going?" Arjuna touched his daughter's shoulder. Eleena closed her eyes and turned around. Opening those eyes slowly and trying to behave as if nothing had happened.
"You scared? Afraid of who?" Eleena shook her head strongly. "Nothing, nothing."
Arjuna could see the strangeness of Eleena, but he wouldn't ask about it. "Who's out?"
"Mother." Stupid el.
"Where?" Arjuna should not have known that Sinta was leaving but because of Eleena's carelessness he had to tell her where Sinta was.
"Mother again to her house, Dad," replied Eleena, trying as quietly as possible.
"Kok say it's the same with you, why isn't your mom permission to go straight with dad?"
"Duh, don't ask dong much," inner Eleena. "Mother doesn't know where Dad might be."
"No, your mother has often seen my father in the garden. Father with your mother has married 20 years El, father has known the mother as mother knows the father," said Arjuna. Eleena was more confused to answer Arjuna's statement on this one. If he was silent, surely Arjuna would be suspicious but if he answered what to answer, add work only.
"No idea, El doesn't know anything about you." Eleena went straight from the room to her room, if she didn't avoid being asked questions again.
Eleena sat at the end of the bed, pensive at the thought of what gift to give Arjuna. Eleena's eyes looked towards the clockwork that had already moved to the number 9.
"Well at this hour, what gift can be given to you. Come think." Eleena hit him on the head so that his brain immediately gave him an idea.
"Thank you so much Arfin, I got an idea." Eleena immediately looked for where she kept the canvas, pallet, paint and brushes. He opened the closet, the drawers of the table but did not meet.
"Why is it that when it's precarious stuff on the hobby says anyway?!" Eleena looked down under her desk and bed, who knew they were there. But the results remain the same, they do not exist.
Eleena ran a little towards the balcony. He looked for those things on the balcony and found them. Eleena ruffled her waist and saw the objects scattered at the end of the balcony. Eleena picked up the objects, her eyes glancing towards the brightly shining moon.
"Here is it." Eleena sat back on the balcony painting what she wanted to convey to Arjuna with the help of the stars and Arfin of course.
...*****...
"Where from?" Arjuna immediately gave the question as soon as Sinta entered the house. Panicked Sinta tried to remain calm as Arjuna got closer to her.
"Why don't you let me go to a friend's house?"
"Huh? To temen's house? Where there is." Sinta tried to avoid. "El said it to me." Sinta was frozen, she forgot that it was an excuse she made herself. Now he's been caught red-handed.
"Oh that, maybe El was wrong, I went to get a gift for my friend, because tomorrow I want to go to his house. Because it's not funny that I go there at night" Sinta replied casually even though her heart could not relax.
"Gift to temen? I don't exist?" tanya Arjuna raised both of her eyebrows. "Whether you asked for a gift, it's not clear."
"You forgot?" A disappointed look from Arjuna. "Forgot what? What's wrong?" Arjuna looked at Sinta listlessly.
"I slept with El yeah, drugs." Sinta waved her hand, hurriedly leaving from there while carrying the cake she had bought. Sinta's eyes looked at the clockwise, it was 22:00. Which means she and Eleena don't have much time left.
"El." Sinta knocked on Eleena's door. But with no answer, she opened the door to her daughter's room and went straight inside. Eleena was playing with color on the balcony. Sinta closed the room door, put the cake wrap on the mattress.
"Well?" sinta asked, sitting next to Eleena. "Mother is home? Cepet ya."
"Pick from the mana, mother an hour outside the nyari cake that fits your father," complained Sinta. Eleena chuckled lightly while focusing on tidying up the small details of her painting.
"That's it, for your dad huh?" Eleena nodded. "Good, very heart, my mother's son for her." Sinta stroked Eleena's hair.
Sinta spends time talking while waiting at 00:00 to surprise Arjuna, who is currently sleeping fast.
...****...
These two women quietly entered the room in which there was Arjuna who was sound asleep.
Sinta codes Eleena to be quieter. He turned on the lights of their room, with which Arjuna was slightly disturbed. Sinta patted Arjuna on the cheek several times until the man finally woke up.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dad El, happy birthday to you." As soon as Arjuna opened his eyes, the song was instantly sung by his daughter for him.
"Dad blow out the candles." But Arjuna who was still a little dazed did not immediately do that. He turned his head towards Sinta first, and Sinta who seemed to understand the intent of the gaze blinked her eyes.
Arjuna blew out the candle. Eleena cut the cake that Sinta had bought. "This is for El's dear father." Eleena feeds Arjuna after that Arjuna turns to feed her son. Eleena hugged Arjuna. "It's very dear to me," he said.
"Dad is more affectionate with El. El is the life of the father" Arjuna replied, who managed to make Eleena's eyes teary.
Sinta also feeds her husband and Arjuna does the same. These two couples, smiling widely at each other while feeding each other.
"Say for a friend" said Arjuna. "Yes make the winner," replied Sinta.
"So I'm your friend? Well I didn't expect." Arjuna did not expect this answer from Sinta who was currently laughing.
"You're going to meet me Jun, my life's going to be." Arjuna kissed Sinta's cheek shortly after the words came out of his wife's mouth. "That's my thanks to you." Arjuna blinked his naughty eyes. Eleena could only chuckle and shake her head at her parents' behavior.
"So, where's dad's gift?" Arjuna opened his palm, preparing to receive a gift from his daughter.
Eleena took the painting that she had placed on Arjuna's bed when the light had not been turned on. "More." Eleena placed the small painting on Arjuna's palm.
"It's really pretty that father's son's painting," praised Arjuna. Eleena brushed her hair proud. "Oh obviously, the one who paints is a pretty gini."
"You are this." Arjuna pinched Eleena's nose. "Thank you, baby, I made a surprise for you. And thanks also to you for making my life a surprise, I've had this surprise" explained Arjuna.
"Where is your gift?" Arjuna nudged Sinta's shoulder. "Later, wait for El to come out, because my gift is the most special and you won't get this out there."
Eleena wondered what the gift meant by her mother. Does it fit what he thinks now.
Arjuna kissed Sinta and Eleena in turn, hugging the two women who were very valuable in his life after his mother.
Arjuna glanced at the painting that Eleena had given him. The painting contains one little girl on her left right, a pair of men and women who have wings like angels. Eleena considers Arjuna and Sinta to be the angels the universe sent for her.
"Thank you for all the happiness that comes for me Lord," said Eleena.