MUTE
#12

...Episode 12's...

So, all this time my mother was the woman I painted just now and this woman I've seen on TV. My mother is still alive. "I want to see Mom." I write for Grandma.

"One day, Hani will definitely meet mom, but not now" replied Grandma.

I smiled, then Brother Dini came to bring the painting I just finished. The painting looks so beautiful, the frame is so beautiful. "Let's put up a beautiful painting Hani," said Kak Dini.

We went into the room and Kak Dini started putting up the painting. Beside the painting was a painting of my father. I looked at the two paintings, they looked very harmonious. If only mom and dad were back together. Maybe, if I wasn't there they're still together now.

I'm writing to Grandma, "Mom, tomorrow I'm going to paint 1 more."

"Who is Hani painting?" asked Grandma.

"Hani," continued writing, I.

"Well.kirain grandma who wants to be painted," said Grandma.

I wrote again, "After that, Grandma, and Brother Dini also I painted."

"OK.." said Grandma, looking very happy.

"Oiya, I called earlier, if today your father has to go abroad and is in a hurry so, can't say goodbye to Hani, later when he arrived,"

"Devil father, go not saying goodbye to me," wrote, I.

"Honey your father was in a hurry, Hani should be able to understand father yes," said Grandma.

I just nodded, without grandma saying like that actually I have understood the condition of father. A busy father, a father who rarely met me now, but a father who always loved me.

"OK, now Hani is eating dinner, keep learning and remember to go straight to sleep" said Grandma.

I walked to the dining room, ate with Kak Dini and Grandma. After eating, I walked into my room. "Hani want to sleep with grandma or Kak Dini?" ask Grandma.

With sign language my finger pointed at my own body which meant I wanted to sleep alone. "OK if you want to sleep alone" Grandma gave her thumbs up.

"Hani. the door of the room should not be locked" said Kak Dini.

Replace me who gave a thumbs up to Kak Dini. Dini just smiled. I went in and the door to my room closed, but it wasn't locked, started lying on the bed. Looking towards the painting, while imagining mother coming home and accompanying me to sleep.

Tonight I felt very tired and sleepy, started to close my eyes and went straight to sleep. The next day, "Hani. woke up," Grandma's voice sounded.

I opened my eyes, seeing Grandma already in front of my eyes. "Wake up baby, let's get ready, shower, eat, keep going to school" said Grandma.

Today I was so lazy to go to school, had to meet bad kids, I said to Grandma with sign language, "Mom, today I'm lazy school."

"Loh... Grandma's granddaughter why don't you want to go to school?"

I said in sign language, "Lazy meets bad boys."

Well..wouldn't want me to have to go to school, if it wasn't for my father and grandmother, I wouldn't have gone to school. I rushed to take a shower and then ate, Brother Dini looks to be heating the car.

When all was ready, I said goodbye to Grandma, kissed her hand. At 07:00 I went to school, when I arrived at school, Tirta was waiting at the gate.

"Hani.." said Tirta as he waved his hand at me.

I too, waved my hand and then ran towards Tirta. "Let's go to class" said Tirta, holding me.

The two of us walked together, the other kids just looked at us cynically. For me it doesn't matter, they are like that, because there is already Tirta who can protect.

Tirta has been considered like a brother, since then, I have always been with Tirta. Sometimes when I go to the Tirta home I invite, while on vacation with grandma and Kak Dini, I invite.

Time goes by quickly, it does not feel like it will pass SD. During these 6 years, I faced all the insults and insults with great patience. But there is one insult that I remember most when I was in school, I was in the 4th grade of Elementary School, there was a friend named Novi.

Novi since the beginning I entered school has been seen very dislike me, maybe the peak when the 4th grade. On Monday, there was an announcement that I won a painting competition between schools, Novi who heard it immediately spread slander if I cheated in the competition.

The news spread very quickly, all the children in the school were gossiping about me, even while walking on their own, many children shrouded and said hurtful words, "Crubbery, mute cheating, mute cheating." that's the one I heard.

Try to be quiet, but that sentence hurts a lot. I could just run, cry, and go to the bathroom. There was a knock on the WC door, "Hani."

I came out from WC, in front of the door there was already Bu Anika who happened to be a master of painting. He was my teacher of painting, my days in school were a lot with him. Painting with her, a lot of painting techniques I learned from Ms. Anika.

"Hani don't be sad I believe, Hani did not cheat, I told my friends too" said Bu Anika.

Soon Tirta came and said, "Hani, don't cry anymore I've beaten the children," said Tirta.

Though when I went out and saw the bad boys nothing seemed to run out of the punch, Tirta said like that so that I could be calmer. I walked with Ms. Anika and beside me was Tirta.

All the children who said that were silent and did not speak anymore. "Novi, come with me!" Bu Anika's tone was a little harshly said with Novi.

"Why Ma'am, I've always taken this Mute boy!" bentak Novi's.

"Novi watch your mouth!" firmly said Ms. Anika.

Novi ran over and shouted, "The base is mute," his hand pointed at me.

Ms. Anika just shook her head and said, "Hani. Hani is great, and I'm sure Hani will be a famous painter."

Actually Novi's words were very painful to me, but hearing Bu Anika's words made me a little calm. "Look we paint room, mother teaches new painting techniques," said Bu Anika.

"I'm also Mom, want to learn to paint" said Tirta.

"Can we both paint."

We walked towards the painting room, seen Novi who ran out of the painting room. By the time we got in all the painting equipment was messy, the paint spilled, the canvas lying on the floor. Ms. Anika looks very angry, "Novi... Newly...." Anika's mom stroked her chest.

Cacian Novi does not stop here, Novi is the son of the director of the school foundation. No one dared to go with him.