My Brother
My boy

“Nak!” Mr. Yusuf called when Indah would go to his bedroom.

“What's up, dad?” He asked and turned to approach Mr. Joseph.

“Tomorrow on Monday, what in school there is no daily repetition?” Ask Mr. Yusuf.

“There, dad! Tomorrow bu Yani will hold English Language Deuteronomy” With a relaxed but polite Beautiful answer to her father's questions.

Mr. Yusuf was astonished by the reply given Beautiful.

“I'll learn later after evening prayers, dad!” Beautiful to see the confused face of Mr. Joseph and answer the question as if Beautiful can read the mind of the Father.

Mr. Joseph believed what was said Beautiful because it was often done Beautiful every night.

Beautifully enter the room and lay down, pray before going to bed and fly towards dreamland. Before praying, Indah hit her pillow three times and said “Wake me at two o'clock ya!” it was as if he was talking to a human and then turned his pillow over. Maybe it is ridiculous for others, but Indah believes that what she does before going to bed will make her wake up according to the time she set.

At two in the morning, Beautiful woke up as if there was a sound of people waking her up. Indah performed evening prayers then began to open English textbooks to study them for an hour and went back to sleep.

After the prayer of Shahuh, Indah repeated reading her textbook. It doesn't take long to repeat. The morning routine is back to school.

As usual, Dayat will wait in front of the alley and go with Indah to school.

“I naruk bike ya, ndah!” Dayat.

“Yes, I'll wait here! The answer.

They walked towards the classroom, yet no other students had come just the two of them.

Filling the classroom emptiness by chatting together they are used to doing until one by one friends and teachers come to meet the school.

Exquisite English Deuteronomy passes easily and is completed faster than the time specified by the teacher.

“Ndah, I don't bring a bike!” Whine Anik spoiled.

“Why?” tanyakanya.

“Ban Mbak Aisyah's bike leaked. Because the school was further away, mom told him to ride my bike!” inexplicably.

“Whose school are you in?” Beautiful Tanya.

“So I was ushered my sister! I'll come with you later, because this morning my brother went straight to my grandmother's house in the next town. My grandmother's sick!” His complaint.

“Alright!” Beautiful never rejects the wishes of her best friend as long as it is still in terms of goodness.

After school, one by one, the students left the class for the bicycle parking lot. Because it is still the SMP level, students are not allowed to carry a motorbike. Some of those who live nearby prefer to walk to school. Just like Dayat.

“You wait at the gate yes! I'll get my bike first!” Beautiful Message to Anik.

“Iya!” He answered and went to the school gate with Dayat.

Because of the large number of students in SMPN 1, then they must be crowded when they go home from school. Indah and Nurika are among the students with bicycles – each. While Anik stood at the school gate to the left waiting for Indah.

As Indah tried to get out of the crowd, Indah saw a middle-aged – male man standing near Anik. He is Mr. Salim. Beautiful looking to the right side of the school gate, there is a woman standing while looking for – find someone among the crowd of students. It was Ms. Ifa.

Seeing the two, Indah looked down trying to hide her face to be invisible to them.

At the end of the school Gate, Indah began to ride her bike regardless of Anik. But the bike stopped when Anik pulled firmly on the back of his bike and shouted “Have you forgotten me?”

Anik's loud voice was heard by Pak Salim and Bu Ifa who then approached Indah and Anik.

“Come aboard!” Invite Lovely rush – hunt.

“Sorry, I hunted – to!” Indah tried to remove his bike from the hands of Ms. Ifa but failed because Mr. Salim's hand also held the back of the bike Indah even though there was Anik in the back who was confused by the incident before him.

“You are my son!” Ms. Ifa said as she shed tears and stroked Beautiful hair. But Beautiful still trying to avoid.

“Yes, you are our son!” Mr. Salim assured his wife's remarks to Indah.

Lovely brushed off Ms. Ifa's hand and broke away from the two. “Nik, take my bike home!” His cold attitude appeared and left just like that, leaving Pak Salim and Bu Ifa and Anik sitting in the bonnet of his bicycle. Lovely jump up to Nurika's bike that is not know from the place earlier. “Take me home!” Unbasically – stale, Nurika pedaling her bike deliver Indah home.

“Sorry Mom, sir, I have to go home!” Anik.

“Yes, son!” Answer the two in unison.

Anik passed by leaving the two and met Dayat who began to walk after seeing the incident earlier and felt relieved because Indah was free from the two people despite not knowing what the problem was. “Come with!” bring Anik.

“I'm the ngayuh aja!” Dayat took over the Indah bike from Anik's hands.

As usual, Dayat went down in front of his alley. Anik continued his journey home to Indah to deliver his bike. He was sure that Mr. Joseph would take him home later.

At the house of Joseph.

Lovely get off the bike doll Nurika.

“Still yes, ka!”

“Sama – equals, I go straight home huh?” Nurika was very happy. Although curious, he did not dare to ask Beautiful about the incident that had just experienced by his best friend.

Similarly, Anik and Dayat are so close and know the nature of Beautiful.

Mr. Yusuf who saw Indah in the Nurika bonceng immediately told him to rest in the room because he thought Indah's disease relapsed so that he could not pedal his own bike. Lovely follow the orders of the Father and immediately enter the room to calm down for a moment. The shadow of the incident in front of the school gate interfered with his break.

I don't want to disappoint Mom and Dad. If I go with them, then they will take me to the village and acknowledge me as their son. Match me with a rickshawman and..... how about my – citi mind? Beautiful murmured until he fell asleep in his sleep.

Thirty minutes later, Anik came by Beautiful bike. Mr. Yusuf who saw Anik immediately told Anik to bring home a beautiful bicycle. “You just take it home, later in the afternoon so Om pick it up!”

“Still, Om!” Anik grinned at the horse because he was allowed to bring home a beautiful bike and was happy because Mr. Yusuf also gave pocket money for him.

Like Dad, his mother also thought that Lovely was sick. Mother only deliver lunch and warm tea to the room Indah accompanied by headache medicine that is usually consumed Indah when the disease relapses.

“Eat first, baby!” Said Bu Sri and helped Indah get up from her sleeping position. It was used beautifully to keep what happened to him in school. I do not want both parents to feel sad about what happened to him.

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Two years ago. After Aunt Sari tried to uncover the big secret to Indah, Mr. Salim and Ms. Ifa came to Pak Yusuf's house to meet and see the state of Indah. At that time the disease Beautiful is relapsing. He was unconscious so he could not hear what the two couples were talking about nearby.

Sayup – sayup Indah heard Mr. Salim say “The name is also a brother, yes it must be similar!” then Indah tried to open her eyes to find out who was visiting until she was in her room. Because of her unlikely circumstances, Indah just caught a glimpse of the faces of the two and her eyes again closed because they did not hold back her headache.

After Indah recovered from her illness, Indah tried to ask Pak Yusuf and Bu Sri who came to visit her and asked Mr. Salim's sentence about brothers. At that time his father and mother were silent to the question Beautiful, but they were able to cover it with a smile and answer both.

“They live in a village with a strong kinship system, baby! Brothers are far away like siblings!” Mom tried to explain to Indah, though hesitant about the answer.

“Iya, baby! They also want you to come with them to introduce that they have a brother in town!” Added Mr. Yusuf

“Can I come with them, Mom?” Indah asked and asked for permission from both parents to join Pak Salim and Bu Ifa because Indah really wanted to enjoy the countryside.

Mr. Yusuf and Bu Sri were surprised by the beautiful question and confused how to prohibit his only child from joining Pak Salim and Bu Ifa.

Bu Sri quickly told that the tradition in the village was very different from in the city. Most of them just work as pedicab and marry off their new daughter who hasn't even graduated from elementary school.

“Those who are male – male will be happy to see your beauty and will marry you, Honey!” Bu Sri added to the story.

“Then I won't come with them, ma'am!” Indah who still has a mind – wants to be a teacher like her father is afraid of marrying a pedicab and can not continue school to achieve her – goals. He also abandoned his intention to enjoy the countryside.

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