My Father Misses
Last Smile 3

I felt burden and tired and lifted everything. Really, really sleep me.

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The sun teased me through the window's blemish through the curtains, as if calling me to immediately move out of my bed.

I rubbed my eyes and I moved my body, writhing like a hot worm, making my blanket scatter on the floor.

An unbearable coldness spread throughout my body.

And I'm awake too.

I picked up the thick blue fur jacket that I hung behind the door and used it before coming out of my bedroom.

And I'm heading for the kitchen. Prepare breakfast for our family.

"Lila's fine, yes" said mother.

"Yes Ma'am," I answered briefly while making chicken soup for Dad.

"What are you cooking, baby?"

"Soup Ma'am!"

"May's Mom cicipin?"

"Mom, with pleasure."

I took the chicken soup and I put it in a small bowl for mom.

Mother took a spoonful of soup and put it in her mouth.

"How's Ma?" Ask me a curious.

"Enak! You can replace your mother."

I smiled at my mother for her compliments.

I served the food I had cooked on the dinner table. Waiting for Dad to wake up.

"Good morning everyone," said the father.

"For Yah."

"Bag sweetie."

"Lila, accompany Dad down the street in the park."

"Breakfast first Well," said the mother.

"Yes well, breakfast, take the medicine we just go - way," I continued.

"Road - just walk for a minute, 10 minutes."

Dad used a cold hat, a scarf and a wool jacket. Dad went outside the house and I followed him from behind.

Dad and I walked around from the front garden to the back garden.

"Lila," call me.

"Yes, Dad!"

"Dad wanted to convey something important to Lila."

"What's the matter, Dad" I asked so curiously.

"Will Lila promise me?"

"What promise, Dad?"

"When you're gone, don't ever leave mom."

Dad put his index finger on me.

I thought for a moment. Even though my heart felt sliced at my father's words, I still ventured to attach my index finger to my father's index finger and I made a promise to my father.

"Daddy hope you don't deny it."

"Lila promised, Dad. Lila won't deny it."

After walking for quite a while, my father and I went back inside the house and headed straight for the dining table.

We ate a well-arranged meal at the dinner table.

Dad ate it so greedily.

After eating all the food, my father asked me to take the medicine that my father had stored in the medicine box.

I brought Dad's medicine box.

I stopped my footsteps when I heard my father and mother talk.

"Mom, I'm sorry I quit the office."

"It's okay Dad, now it's all that matters to dad's health."

"Dad get severance, how about severance Dad, we use to open a business. I'm good at cooking, so we open a catering business."

Mom was silent for a moment and seemed to think of something.

"Mom agrees on seven Yah."

"Oh yes Ma'am, but about the departure of father don't tell Lila yes. I'm afraid Lila's gonna drop out of school if she finds out I don't work anymore."

"Good Well."

I delivered my dad and me drugs as if I wasn't listening to my mom and dad's conversation.

"This is the cure."

"Thank you dear."

Dad took the medicine - the medicine in one gulp.

I looked at my sad father.

"Lila's father will finish Lila's school, and Lila will repay Father and Mother."

"What's Lila?" Ask the father who is starting to get suspicious of my gaze.

"There's no Dad, Lila's just amazed by Dad. Dad can take all the medicine in one gulp," I said lying with a forced smile.

"Of all yes, Lila get it done!"

"Yes, baby" replied the father.

"Yes, Lila just get it done," continued the mother.

I also cleaned up our tableware that was scattered on the dining table.

My mind drifted to where - mana, father's words were stirred - jiggling in my mind. From my promise and dad's to mom and dad's talk at the dinner table.

"I have to find a part-time job" I murmured.

"Non't you talk to yourself?"

"Mother, make Lila hang," I said, holding my left chest.

"Then the same plate?" Temptation mother.

"Hehehe, no ma'am, Lila just sings."

"Cock the singing is inaudible?"

"Lila's voice is ugly, Lila's shy."

"Good voice is so ugly."

The House of Atan

"Son Atan, son, son Atan," called his housekeeper Bik Inah.

Bik Inah shook his young master's body, but got no response from his young master.

Bik Inah tried to wake up again his young master.

"Son Atan, son, it's morning."

Bik Inah is confused about what style to use to wake her young master.

Bik Inah stepped into the window and opened the curtain cloth that covered the window of his young master's room.

The sunlight blocked by the curtain felt happy, the light scattering into Atan's room, thus waking Atan from his long slumber.

Atan opened his eyes and saw a wall clock stuck in his room.

"Bik Inah, why don't you wake me up" Pekik Atan.

"Bibik has woken up son Atan, it's just that Atan sleeps like a sleeping prince."

"Yes, Bik Inah, the princess is sleeping, not the prince is sleeping."

"If the princess sleeps for a girl while Atan's son is a boy, it will be the prince tudur."

"Ah already, lazy to argue the same Bik Haha."

Bik Inah is the one who takes care of Atan from childhood, so Atan considers Bik Inah as his mother. Compared to her birth mother, Atan is actually closer to Bik Inah.

Atanpun left Bik Inah and entered his bathroom.

At Lila's house

I was busy looking for a job vacancy that suited my education and that especially suited me.

"Meet!"

I was so good at writing the e-mail address I was going to call.

"Lila, there's Atan tuh," call mom.

I tidied up my messy hair because it let it unravel on my sleeping pillow.

I approached Atan who was waiting for me in the living room.

"I'm sorry, old time" I said.

"It's okay, I just came."

"Where's your Dad?"

"Father again rest, ordinary medicinal effects!"

"What do you need to do here?" Ask me plain.

"I miss you."

"Night we just met."

"Ihhhh, Lila is insensitive!"

"Can't really?"

"Come on," I replied, holding back a laugh.

"I'm sorry I stayed a while" I said

"Where are you going?" Atan asked confused.

"Make you drink."

"I'll come along, soon this house will be my home too."

"Hmm."

"What do you want to drink?"

"Anything."

"Coffee?"

"I don't usually drink coffee."

"Tea?"

"I don't like tea."

"That kid, say it's up to you."

"Milk?"

"Atan is a baby?"

"Just?"

"It's too early."

"What would his boss want to drink?"

"Whatever Lila!"

"It's been bargained Atan nolak all." I'm getting pissed.

"White water is the warm one" Atan said, pulling my nose.

"From the cake."

"Don't be angry - anger will be pretty faded."