LUNA (SUBSTITUTE WOMAN)
NUMBNESS

Luna opened her eyes and got up slowly. The sobbing sound of Ayura who was next to her immediately greeted Luna's eardrum as she regained consciousness.

"Mom" said Luna, in a voice so soft as a whisper.

Ayura opened both of her arms, hoping that Luna would hug her. Luna smiled, then shifted her seat in order to hug Ayura's thin body.

Instantly, Ayura's cry grew even more as Luna hugged her. "I'm sorry mom, son, I'm sorry. What kind of mother am I? What kind of mother can't save her daughter from real destruction. It all happened before my eyes, but I couldn't do much."

Luna drowned her face deep in her chest. He could not say anything now, he could no longer even cry, as if he were numb.

"Sorry, son, sorry." Ayura was still crying, her body was shaking uncontrollably, until finally the thin body suddenly just did not move. Ayura's crying voice no longer resonated in Luna's ears.

Luna waited for a while, but she still did not hear her mother's voice. Luna took off Ayura's embrace from her body, and she was a little confused as she saw Ayura's eyes closed.

"Mom," said Luna, then laid Ayura's body, and grabbed the eucalyptus oil in the table drawer next to her iron bed. Luna thought that her mother fainted from being too sad. However, after a while trying to wake the mother who was not conscious, Luna began to panic.

At the same time Zion arrived. The man immediately ran over to Luna and pulled Luna into her arms.

"Lun, are you okay? You all right?" ask Zion.

"Zi, mother. What's the matter, Zi?"

"What do you mean?" Zion took off her embrace from Luna's body, and immediately approached Ayura who was lying on the bed without moving a single bit.

"So mom was still talking to me. But then he was silent and motionless. I thought he fainted, but .. he's okay, right?" luna asked, her voice still sounding calm, even though her heart was feeling immeasurable sadness.

Zion who was examining Ayura turned to the place where Luna was standing. "Lun, mom's gone."

Luna's forehead frowned. "What?"

"Mother is dead."

The deg!

Time stopped turning. There was nothing worse than the reality Zion had just spoken. Even when her body started to be harassed, her honor was snatched away, and her pride was trampled on, Luna did not feel so sad and devastated. Yes, Luna did cry and was angry over all the Injustice that had befallen her, but she had never been as sad as she was now and angry as she was now. How could God take away his mother after he gave up everything that was on him.

"Lun." Zion approached Luna and touched the woman's shoulder.

Luna stared directly into Zion's eyes that were starting to water. "Don't cry. Don't cry" muttered Luna, then she approached Ayura's body, touched the old woman's wrinkled face and kissed her forehead. "Rest, Mom. It will be better there than here" whispered Luna. His voice trembled as it held back the tears that were about to spill.

"I'll arrange his funeral" Zion said, stepping towards the door.

"Who would bury my mother?" Luna pulled Zion's wrist as the man was about to leave her. "We live in the pit of hell, Zi, here everything is a demon. Who cares about my mother's death? Who's gonna bury my mom?" Luna could not stand it anymore, now that the woman was crying, tears would not stop flowing from her two beautiful eyes. The mother's departure was a heavy blow to her, but the fact that she was surrounded by dirty humans made her even more devastated, as expecting a proper funeral for her mother was something that was hard to achieve.

Zion wiped Luna's tears. "There are always good people for good people. Wait here, I'll be back."

***

"Sir Luna, please let Nak Luna's mother go. Pray always for him, to be quiet in nature and all his goodness received by His side." An old man leading the funeral spoke to Luna, before the man left Luna and Zion, who was still at the funeral.

Luna smiled at the passing of the friendly-faced old man. "He's very kind. Everything sounds so soothing. Where do you know her, Zi?"

Zion followed Luna's line of sight. "He's my acquaintance. We accidentally met while I was following a beautiful hooded woman, and it turned out that she was her granddaughter.

"Well, that's amazing. You can be a good human being when you get married." Luna commented while fumbling at the mound of land that was in front of her.

"The woman doesn't like me. He blatantly said that I open his type."

Luna clucked. "It's so sorry."

Zion smile. "No, there's still you." Dion teases Luna, so that the woman will no longer feel sad.

Luna who had been kneeling before Ayura's grave immediately stood up, followed by Zion who was standing next to her. "I'm dirty. Even when all the women on this earth have gone out of nowhere, don't even think of approaching me."

Luna turned around to leave Zion after saying that.

"Hi, Lun, where are you going? Don't be mad, I'm just kidding!" shouted Zion.

***

Arjuna Evan, check the files on his desk. Since then he has made many mistakes. His mind could not focus, this time not because of the quarrel between himself and his wife as usual, but because of a shadow that had plagued his mind since last night, he said, when he was at a bar and saw a woman whose condition was very concerning.

Until now Arjuna still regretted, because he ignored the woman. He should have helped the woman and taken her to the hospital.

"Argh, shit!" Arjuna kicked down the table in front of him, and he leaned his body against the back of the chair and closed his eyes.

Vishnu, Arjuna's assistant immediately approached the man and asked, "Is there anything I should do?"

Arjuna opened his eyes and looked at Vishnu. "Yes, go to the Red House, and find me some information."

"Is this about a woman?" ask Vishnu.

Arjuna nodded. "Yes, the woman wearing the bathrobe back then. Find out if she-"

"Can't, sir, because your wife's watching the place right now." Vishnu cuts off Arjuna's speech.

"Watch that place how?" asked Arjuna with a frowning forehead.

"See, but I think someone's been reporting to your wife that you spend a lot of time there."

Seriate.