My Son Is My Strength
Presumption

Arini turned her head because she heard Arumi's voice calling out to her. Then rose from his sleep and sat facing the tray prepared by his sister.

"Created, gih. Mumpung is still warm, let brother recover quickly." Arumi told her sister.

Arini who saw the tray, actually did not taste to touch it, but he felt sorry for his sister who had bothered to prepare the porridge in the tray. As a result, he forced himself to eat it.

Arumi saw her brother eating with great force. But, he did not mind it at all, as long as his brother ate the porridge.

While eating his porridge very lazily, Arini remembered something. He asked Arumi.

"Oh yes, Rum. What did you want out here?" ask Arini.

"Oh, astagfirullah." Arumi patted his eel, he just remembered his goal to come to the room of the brother. "So, I'd like to ask for a sanitary pad with brother. Because my sanitary pad stock is up, keep going to the store I'm lazy to walk." Arumi answered her brother's question.

Uhuk....

Arini coughed at Arumi's reply. He remembered his own menstrual cycle, in which he had not come one month. And it's even early in the month and he hasn't come yet. "A.. am I pregnant? Nope, no. I'm not pregnant! maybe my menstrual cycle is going well. Yeah, it might be a good move." Arini monologued inwardly, shaking her head strongly.

"Why did you refuse the drink, was you coughing." Arumi said as she offered the warm tea that she brought earlier.

Arini awakens from her behavior, then takes the tea in Arumi's hand and drinks it.

"Where? Brother got his pads?" arumi asked back, after seeing her brother keep the tea glass back on the table near his bed.

Arini interrupts, "There's in the closet." Arini said while pointing at the closet in her room. He tries to control himself, so as not to act strangely in front of Arumi.

After getting what she wanted, Arumi came out of her brother's room and did not forget to say thank you.

Seeing Arumi who had come out, Arini shook her head again. He tried to convince himself that what he was thinking was not true. "But what if it's true? So what should I tell my mother? Will you be angry and not think I'm his son?" question after question came to Arini's mind.

Arini shook her head repeatedly. "No! I can't possibly be pregnant. I have to do a test. Yeah, I have to do a test to prove that what I'm thinking isn't right." Arini Mumbled.

He looked ahead, with a blank look toward the wall of his room. Tears dripped, just flowing down Arini's cheeks. He remembered the unfortunate incident that had happened to him and the man's words.

*****

After gathering courage, Arini came out of her room. He plans to go to the pharmacy to buy a test pack and prove his conjecture wrong. All at once, he will also buy the ingredients for the manufacture of the cake, because indeed the stock is up. His condition was also as usual, no longer like this morning when he woke up.

Arini saw her mother sitting in the living room, sulking the scarf in her hand, to fill her free time.

Arini stepped closer to her mother, then sat down next to her. He asked his mother for permission to leave the house.

"Mom, Arini's out." Arini's permission to his mother, and already wearing neat clothes with a bag behind his back.

Syahra's mother stopped her activities, then turned to Arini and kept her knit.

"Lohs. Not that you're not feeling well, son. You should have rested in the room." Said Syahra's mother with a slightly worried tone, given the condition of Arini's body this morning.

"The truth is you're good?" ask Syahra's mother again, for the state of her child.

"Yes, I've done it, really! Don't worry, mother." Arini assured her mother.

"Yes, that's it." Syahra's mother nodded. "Where are you going?" continued again.

"I want to go to the market, buy ingredients to make a cake tomorrow. The stock is up, Mom." Arini replied trying not to be nervous and acting as usual and normal as possible to the mother, because if she was nervous and acting strange, then her mother would know if she was lying and hiding something.

"Then just invite your brother, so he can help bring the goods later." Syahra's mother could not bear if her newly healed son had to go alone to the market, let alone carrying a lot of groceries later. That's why he's going to call Arumi.

Arini immediately twisted her brain, so that the mother did not have to tell Arumi to come with her. Because, if Arumi comes along, then he will not be able to stop by the pharmacy and buy the tool.

"Mom get Arumi first." Syahra's mother prepares to call her youngest child.

"Mother don't call Arumi." Prevent Arini fast.

His mother scrunched her forehead, and asked... "Why?"

"Because...." Arini still hasn't come up with the idea of Arumi not coming with her.

"Because I want to stop by the campus too, ma'am." Answer Arini later. Because that was the only reason he had in his head, and after all that reason made the most sense in his opinion.

Syahra's mother frowned deeply. "Didn't you say not to college yesterday anymore, because your thesis exam and all your business is done? And just waiting for the graduation day?" ask Syahra's mother lucky to Arini the child.

Arini froze, hearing the words and questions from her mother. He said that to his mother.

Arini racked her brain again. This time, he had to find the right reason.

"Eh. Yes, Mom. All of Arin's business is done. Arin to the campus just want to meet Arin's friend, because he has promised. He said he misses Arin, so we'll see you before we go our separate ways." Arini said trying not to be nervous and act ordinary.

"I'm sorry Arin, Mom. Again Arin lied to mom.” Inner Arini in the heart. He was forced to lie to his mother again, because he was not ready to tell the truth that had happened to him before he proved the truth of what he suspected yesterday.

"Yes already then, you're careful on the road, yeah." Syahra's mother trusts her son and resigns to Arini's wishes who does not want to invite Arumi to go with him. Actually he was very worried about Arini because he had just recovered, so he offered Arumi to follow Arini, so he could help Arini bring groceries later.

"Yes, Mom. Arin must be careful, really. And will be home soon if Arin's business with Arin's friend is done." Arini said, so that her mother calms down. He knows his mother's worry-free nature.

After saying that. Arini shone in her mother's hand and said hello, then left her rented house.

Syahra's mother answered Arini's greetings, looking at the child's back until it disappeared from her sight. Then continue his activities knitting scarves.

*****

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