My boyfriend's a Vampire
Episode 107: Ryan Accident
“Because you dream we marry?”ask Maya one night.
Ryan called his girlfriend that morning, the 12-hour time difference between Jogja and New York made Ryan have to call as soon as possible before he went to college.
“Iya. Signs I'm going to die. Right so?”
“Hush! Pamali. The dream is just a sleeping flower. Do not think negatively,”nasehat Maya while sitting on the edge of the bed.
“But if I really were dead. You're going to be a widow, but girl, girl but widow,” so good Ryan as he chuckles.
“Can't do that. That word is prayer! Good talk,” said Maya a little annoyed.
“Iya..Yes.sorry. It was, May. I want to get ready first.”
“Okay. Take care yes!”
The beautiful girl laid her body on her bed, took a pillow stacked two so that her back could be more upright in a sitting position. Maya recalled the incident a few years ago, when she was still in class V SD. It was early in the morning that papa was up and running around the complex, while mom was busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast.
“Ma..Cook what today?”
“Fried rice,”sahut mama while continuing to stir the rice with her spatula.
“Papa have you finished jogging?”ask Maya while pulling up a chair to sit down.
Now the new time shows at 6 am but Maya is ready to go to school.
“Papa will rush to take you to school all ngajar.”
“Ih..Papa is not a Sunday for jogging. Hunt later Maya late,”tegur mom.
“This is because last night papa dream of getting married.”
“Hah? Be careful, Pa. Lots of prayers,”saran mama while moving the fried rice into three medium-size plates.
“Ah..Mamma. Don't think bad ah,”sahut papa while rushing into the room and drying the body before bathing.
Twenty minutes later, papa was already looking neat with a long-sleeved shirt patterned corpri and black cloth pants. After that, Maya did not want to remember the incident again, because 10 minutes later they were taken to the hospital in a state of fainting.
The girl shed tears, remembering her miserable past. She lost her papa at a very young age, and since then she has had to be a limp girl for years. With her legs restored, Maya is grateful for the new life God has given her. There were tears flowing down both sides of her cheeks. His body was tilted to the right and to the left, but the result was the same, it was difficult to close his eyes. Meanwhile, the night was getting late, the atmosphere outside the room was very quiet, only the sound of the same dangdut music playing from the village housing behind his boarding house. The girl remembered Ryan's dream last night, her little heart was very agitated at the thought of the bad premonition that might befall her future husband.
“May Ryan be fine,”murm Maya while tilting her body towards the right facing the wall while hugging the bolster.
The girl played romantic songs from her cell phone and placed them on a small table beside her bed. Now his feelings are much calmer, he can slowly close his eyes and fall asleep for a few hours until the alarm from his phone goes off loud.
Maya opened her eyes that felt very sleepy due to sleeping late at night. He saw a wall clock glued above the door, it was 6 in the morning. That means in an hour he has to get to campus. Suddenly got out of bed, folded up the blankets, opened the curtains of his room and ran to the bathroom. Maya did not take long to bathe and prepare her clothes. The girl rarely daubed her face with various types of makeup, but her face still looked naturally beautiful. He took a cereal and cut it on a bowl. Now he sits facing a thick lecture dictate to read.
“Drying...Driying..”.
The corner of the girl's eye moved quickly to reach the phone located at the end of the table, a number belonging to Om Robert contacted her. Between happy and anxious to be one, the girl is happy to get the attention of the in-laws, but on the other hand she is very anxious to think about Ryan's dream of marriage. His heart moved faster when he stuck the phone to his ear.
“May..It's Om Robert. Ryan accident.”
Maya's lips seemed tightly clenched speechless, her knees instantly limp and her fingers quiver so much that the spoon she held slipped back and fell on the bowl.
“May...You heard the word om?”
“I..Yes,Om. Then how is it now?”
“Today to New York. You are following because there is no visa. Om hope the situation is not severe.”
Maya shed tears, did not feel ten minutes at the dining table made her nose red and her eyes puffy. He had no desire to finish his breakfast. Hurry up for his college bag and run to campus.
“May...Abis cry?”ask Wulan who turned out to arrive first at the campus.
“Iya..Ryan accident,”sahut Maya slim.
“Certain how it is?”
The girl simply shrugged her shoulders while wiping the tears with the back of her hand.
In a hospital in New York City…
Ryan was lying in a hospital wrapped in bandages on his head and legs. His condition was not conscious yet, his eyes were still closed. Beside him stood an EKG (electrocardiogram) machine that sounded to show heart rate. Ahmad walked back and forth in the waiting room, and the doctors and nurses would not allow him to wait too long in the ICU room for patient comfort.
“Prack...Prack..Prack...”.
The sound of vantofel shoes colliding with the hospital floor, rang out loud in the ears. At the end was only a man of about fifty years old who was sitting on his feet staring at the floor, waiting for his wife who was lying in a state of dying. The smell of carbolic acid and drugs rippled out as the door to the ICU chamber opened and a young nurse came out with a patient's medical record.
“Hello. May I come in? I want to meet Ryan,my friend,” said the girl in a soft voice.
Ahmad noticed his towering figure, his mature and tall sapodilla body wrapped in white tight jeans combined with a black tank top. Her high-heeled shoes made the girl's head almost touch the door frame.
“Okay. Please come in.”
The girl opened the door slowly, she saw the figure of Ryan who usually looks handsome, now rolled helplessly with an infusion hose attached to her nose and wrist. On the chest there is a white round device connected to the cable on the ECG machine.
“Oh no!!”the girl closed her mouth.
Ameera changed her attitude after seeing Ryan in a coma and both legs wrapped in bandages. The girl rushed out of the ICU room and ran away from the hospital. His sympathy was immediately broken when he imagined Ryan would soon turn into a disabled young man who lived his days in a wheelchair.
Ahmad sat on a bench that was separated from the father next to him. The young man was forced to leave his workplace after hearing the news that Ryan had an accident. Last afternoon after college, Ryan crossed the street looking empty. But fate cannot be denied when a sedan car drove at high speed and hit him until it bounced almost two meters. Police immediately intervened to arrest the young man who was driving his car intoxicated. Ahmad clenched both palms over his thighs while bowing his body. He hopes Ryan's parents will soon arrive in the city.
“Maybe tomorrow morning Om Robert just arrived. And I can't bear to leave you alone here,” his inner self with teary eyes.
Ahmad did not want to budge from his seat even though it was night, his body felt tired and his stomach rang. But really the young man did not have the spirit of life to watch Ryan in a coma. They have lived together like siblings, both in joy and sorrow.
A pat on the shoulder woke Ahmad up, the young man rubbing his glare at the sunlight coming in from the window crevices.
“You're named Ahmad?”ask a middle-aged crossbreed man.
His face was handsome, and his high athletic posture resembled that of Ryan in the old version.
“Om Robert?”asked Ahmad stammered.
He nodded his head slowly, his face looked concerned, and seemed to hold back sobs.
“Om just saw Ryan's condition. Now you go home first. Don't forget to shower and eat. This is a little money for you,” said Om Robert as he held out a white envelope in a closed state.
“Oh gausaha,Om. I still have money,”reject Ahmad with a smile.
Om Robert understood Ahmad was an honest and sincere young man, but he had a new tactic so that Ahmad would accept the money.
“Receive only. To pay the electricity bill and others in the apartment,”ujar Om Robert.
“Good,Om. Thank ye. Excuse me to go home first.”
Om Robert nodded his head, he walked into the ICU room with a very sad feeling watching his only son roll in an unconscious state as well. Faced with a dilemma to report this to his future son-in-law, he fears Maya will be shocked and worse in her grief and fatal consequences for her college.