My Future's
Bereft

The daydreaming layout in the kitchen noticed that Sewah was tangah cooking for breakfast this morning. Yes after a few months passed, now Tata is really unemployed. There are no definite activities, no friends to play with, the girl's daily life is just about cleaning the house, helping Sewage cook, and, occasionally to the fields or to the rice fields and babysit his cousin or play with children mbak Ketut.

"Sir, the rice is ripe. Mbah wants to go to the rest room, Mbah's back hurts. You continue to cook the vegetables yes" the voice of Sewah resuscitated Tata from her daydream.

"What vegetable do you want to cook Mbah?" tanya Tata did not pay attention to what Simbah did.

"Tumis genjer, kemaren Mbah take in the rice field ahead there. Tempe it in fried aja, if not males as well as make sambel telor duck" said Sewah.

"Do not want to make sambel duck eggs. salted fish there is no Mbah?"

"There's it hanging in plastic over the furnace. Yes already Mbah want to fall in the room, do not forget later if you have ordered directly in the same pan wash his ulekan" said Sewah who had walked to the room.

"Oke bosss" said Tata who began picking chili and peeling duo onions as a spice to saute genjer.

With deft Tata do his cooking, the girl is not too good at cooking but if only sauteed and clear vegetables can still be done. As long as it does not use a lot of earth and kitchen spices.

Finished cooking, Tata immediately brought all the dirty kitchen utensils to the dishwasher located near the well, which was, the girl began washing and rubbing the bottom of the pan and the pan that blackened because of cooking on the stove.in Mekar Jaya village there are only a few people who cook using the stove, and even the oil stove, the, not a gas stove.

After finishing washing kitchen utensils, Tata continued washing clothes that have been soaked since dawn. Since it is famous for water, all wet-basan mumpung spirit as well. Because if later rest will surely feel lazy will dominate.

Now that Tata was done with his morning routine, he headed to the Sewah room to wake up Sewba and then had breakfast together.

"Mba.mba... It's been arranged, let's eat" he exclaimed, but there was no answer from Sewba.

"Bah, let's wake up breakfast abis was taking medicine from Bu midwife" cried Tata, because Sewah never answered finally Tata entered the room and Simbah

"That's why...." Tata shook the body of Simbah who was lying down, but there was no meaningful movement.

"Bah wake up do not joke early in the morning gini" Tata held Simbah's hand, and cold, very cold and stiff.

"Chap...Mbah wake...Mbah's..." Tata tries to think positively.

"Mbahhhhhhh......!!!!!!" shouting Tata boomed realizing Sewah had indeed left.

"Mbah.do not stayin Tata hiks...bun Mbah.tata do not want to be alone" Tata hugged the body Simbah.

"Mr Why Yes?" mbak Ketut came because he heard Tata's cry.

"Mom, Mbah, just sleeping, right? Mba's gonna wake up, isn't she?" Tata clasped Ketut's hand and then pulled him closer to Sewah.

"Yes.." Mbah Ketut immediately hugged the girl, he was crying after confirming the state of Simbah.

"No...!!!! Mbah it's okay, Mbah just sleep, Mbah tired" Tata tried to deny the reality. And mbak Ketut getting tighter hugging her.

Bli Wayan who was none other than the husband of Ketut mbak directly called the Arif paklek and his wife, after that called Bu midwife to ensure the death of Sambah. Although without being sure the midwife, they already know that Sewan is dead.

"Paklek.... It's okay, right? It's just sleep, right?" Tata hugged his paklek who had just arrived.

"Yes your Mbah is sleeping, don't cry" Pakde Arif won his nephew.

"Koq did not wake up from the call"

"No, Tata did not want to, Tata wanted to join Mbah, Tata ma.." the girl fell unconscious.

paklek Arif immediately carried her carrying the girl to his room.

The neighbors began to come to worship, the fathers divided the task to prepare a burrow for the final resting of Simbah. While mothers come with goods, such as rice, sugar, cooking oil, even rooster, to firewood for tahlilan preparation. All that is very reasonable in the village of Mekar Jaya, both the happiness of the party or the misfortune of grief like this all the people are always compact gotong royong help to ease the work without being asked without being asked, they all willingly extended their hands.

Mbak Ketut and Bli Wayan also help prepare all the needs for the funeral and night tahlilan Sewah even though they can not follow it. but whatever they can help, they must do especially the married couple already consider Mbah Sarni like his own parents.

"You're up Ta?" Bik Mini approached her nephew. Tata had indeed woken up from his stupor but the girl was just silent and her eyes were staring blankly.

"You want to drink Ta?" bargaining Bik Mini patiently, Bik Mini knows that if the nephew is very sad it is not even impossible that his soul is shaken because of the loss of Simbah, while parting with his school friends alone makes Tata become moody and quiet, what is the loss of Sewba who became the center of his world.

There was no answer from Tata's mouth, the girl just silently looked straight ahead. Bik Mini hugged the girl, she was also sad to lose the in-laws.

"Let's get ready to change clothes, soon we take Mbah to his new home" said Bik Mini and still did not get any response from Tata.

After praying at the local mosque, Mbah Sarni's body was immediately taken to the cemetery even though the second child from Mbah Sarni had not arrived, because it was in the province next door.

Paklek Arif came down to receive the body of the mother, the young man who proclaimed the last Adhan for the mother, although sad but paklek Arif look tough and accept the destiny that has been in line right. while Tata was still mute, I don't know what the girl thought.

After the funeral procession was completed, the tomb board was installed, the prayer was also finished, the mourners had partially returned home only remaining the family budget and some of the closest neighbors. Tata dropped down next to the tomb board of Simbah, no tears dripping, his eyes continued to stare at the writing on the board.

"Let's go home" persuade the gentle Arif paklek.

"Tata wants to be here to accompany Mbah" he said.

"That there is no need to be accompanied, Mbah just need us to pray, let's go home" persuaded paklek patient.

"Paklek just go home, Tata already has no home" he explained.

"That's your house, if you don't want to be at home, stay with the same people" Arif's paklek patted Tata's back.

"I have no one else" he broke into tears, remembering that he had no place for anything.

Hiks..hiks...hu....

tata's crying voice was getting louder.

"Let's cry at home" Arif's paklek helped Tata stand up then

Bruck...

tata has fainted for the second time.

The girl was very sad and grieved at the loss of her Mbah, even when she lost her mother not as sad as this because at that time Tata was a toddler who did not understand death. Unlike Tata who is now an adult and understands death, Tata feels alone, loses her home, a place to shelter, a place to go home, no backrest. Although there is still a family of paklek who willingly accommodate his existence. Now the days will feel increasingly lonely after parting with his friends, now fate forces his parting with his beloved Mbah.

TB