Rayyan
Chapters 14. She Still Cares

Ray..relax! Nothing will happen.lo will be safe with me! I promise I'll never stay alone!" That's all he can say. Because after that, he could say nothing more.

"Lo is angry with me!! Everyone fights because of me! Aunt Sasha doesn't like me... And now Dad really doesn't want me to exist anymore..." His voice echoed throughout the room.

"Gue's tired! I don't want to be a burden to others! But, when I want to go, you say I'm selfish! Now I ask you, who is selfish here?!"

Ray's eyes were different from his usual eyes. He was no longer the chatty and mischievous Ray. Because here, he knows that the real Ray is full of invisible wounds.

Shan looked at the two people who were still in place. There was a sense of indignation when he saw Ray in such a state. His steps even sounded like a giant voice ready to step on anyone. But here, Ray and Rion could not hear at all the sound of one's steps on the black.

Shan pulled Rion's shoulders violently, looking at him sharply as if he could punch a sharp object into his eyeballs.

"What are you doing with Ray?!" Shovel Shan in a tone that was no less terrifying. He was even ready to punch Rion in the face if it was really him who had made Ray so scared.

"Gue asked, what are you doing with Ray?!" Shan was no longer able to hold back his emotions. He gripped the crust of Rion's shirt. But Rion is still the same person. He just kept silent while looking at Ray who rubbed his wet face.

"Gue doesn't do anything..."

"Keep who?!! There's only lo!!" Rion breathed. Then he looked at Shan.

"Sister, I'm not the one who made Ray rich!" Shan let out his breath. He lowered his hand, and tried to control his emotions.

"So I saw Arnold get out of here, when I came to Ray already rich like this." Shan hugged Ray's body.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left..." Ray was silent when Shan rubbed his back and head. There was nothing he could say.

"Ray..." There was no word when Shan called him. Ray just kept quiet with a blank face that he had never shown.

"Sister..." Shan and Rion looked at him, hoping that the boy could give an explanation of what had happened to him.

"I don't want to talk to you two!"

***

This room now feels very quiet. Only Shan remained. Now he is busy with his cell phone. Keep both of them blocked by a 10-minute pause silently and blankly.

"Sister..."

"Hmm, what?!"

"Whose chat is it?! How cool?! Until I don't talk!"

"Hahaha, what talk?! We talked at length. There's still something to talk about, hmm?!"

"Don't have a girlfriend?!" Shan chuckled at the question. In fact he had heard that question from Kensie, Karel, Sam, Sean and even Rion. Her sisters asked about the same thing 6 times.

"My girlfriend is a lot! Since Junior High I have had a lot of friends. So don't be surprised if my High School already has a teenage boyfriend!"

"Well, big brother huh?! So that's why find a soul mate!"

"Let's go!" Shan said proudly.

"But you're not tired?! Ngurusin adek one I geleng-geleng, while brother Shan ngurus adek six plus girlfriend of a dozen can be calm-quiet! Share the tips dong kak let me get rich brother!"

"Gue Saranin, if not already do not have a lot of rich girls me! You must know, I've been a piece of trash since playing with a woman's heart for the first time?!  Even though I am rich gini, please..to my grandfather do not imitate my behavior, understand right?!" There is another gap between the two. Although not all that time.

"okay!"

"Sister, I'm a laper! Buy food outside donk..." Shan put down his phone. Now his attention shifts to the one who is now in front of him.

"That's nothing in the fridge?!"

"Just want some five-foot food!"

"Okay, what do I buy now?! Hunt the kemaleman later!"

Ray was even busy watching the TV screen that he turned on since the Maghrib. Although his attention is in front of the TV screen, but his mind is far from his place.

But he immediately focused on the door that was now slowly opening. There was a person who entered slowly sweeping eyes, looking for the whereabouts of a Ray who was now in front of the TV.

He jumped up, staring at the one who was now entering with constant strides. There was a little fear stirring his mind. No, now he's really scared. That look was not what he wanted.

"Rayyan...!" That heavy voice sounded terrible. Even without realizing it his hands were already shaking.

"Daddy..why are you here?!" Arnold smiled lightly.

Ray grimaced with pain, because after that scary smile, he pulled Ray's hair tight. Close his face to Ray, until both can feel the roar of their respective breaths. Ray wanted to shout, but deep down he still strengthened his opinion, that the person before him was a father figure whom he had once admired in such a way.

"A..dad..sick...!" Arnold pulled his hair tighter, so he could see Ray's lips twitching. There is something that makes it better to see the child suffer.

"What?! That hurt?! Is this not what you want?!! Now that you can get it, enjoy the taste!!" Ray slumped on the floor, as Arnold pulled his body so tightly. He didn't even care that the boy was shaken. Not just physically but mentally.

"Dad..maafin Ray...! Ray promised not to bother you again!" Ray's away from his dad. Avoiding Arnold's gaze. But Arnold seemed blinded by emotion, he could do anything if it was this way. The problem with his wife is not yet over, even his father who is angry because he never considered Ray his son.

Arnold rubbed his face. Trying to control emotions for a moment. After he regained consciousness, a few seconds ago he had just made a bluish mark on the forehead of the child due to a hard kick from his leg.

Ray curled up in the corner of the room. To endure the crying she had been enduring all this time. Not for him to show off to anyone. He just didn't want to look weak in front of his father.

"You should be aware, no one really wants your presence here! The people beside you will go one by one! You're just a child of trash picked up on the streets!"

The man stepped lightly after saying so sharply. Leaving behind Ray who was filled with the wounds he had scratched in his heart. And that's enough to prove that he doesn't want anyone.

But one that he did not like, that without realizing his mother had been made fun of by his father. And that's enough to make Ray stir up anger. But he can't. Even when he didn't fight, Arnol never felt sorry for him. Especially if he fought back, I don't know what he was after.

***

"Yes ma, I know! Maybe today I'll keep him here, can I?!"

"Yes, it's okay. What matters is that Ray's safe now."

"Thank you for understanding, ma."

"Oh my goodness, Rion!! What are you talking about?! He's your brother, so is your son! Now with mom, Ray when he's alone. Entertain him when he's like this. Mama will be there, but now she can't. Anyway soon mama will be there..."

"Yes yes ma, Rion will take care of Ray! You take care of your health there too."

"Yes, yes first. Mama's gonna call again!"

"Hmm" after that the call was interrupted. It was the mother of a Rion, her name was Sania. Commonly called Nia. Only he could make Rion soften his voice. The only person who took care of her and gave her a life lesson she never forgot. Not only about Ray, but he cares about everything. Because it was only him, out of the five daughters-in-law of the Chandra family who cared about a fellow other than Raina.

Rion put the phone in his pocket. Then step closer to the bed. Ray looked like a cocoon that was enveloping himself with a thick blanket. He doesn't want to talk to anyone. Including Shan who comforted him in various ways.

"Ray...lo really don't want to talk?!" There is no law from there. Ray was still awake, even though it was almost midnight, he really did not feel sleepy. His sleepiness had disappeared because of the many things he had thought of.

"Where do I sleep?! Time on the couch?!" Still no answer from there. It was like Rion muttering a question without a single answer.

"Okay, I slept on the couch!" Rion was forced to lay her body on a sofa that was the same length as her height. Staring at the ceiling of the room with many thoughts swaying at the base of his brain.

"Ray.so Shan's brother came home." Sentence stopped. It was as if he wanted to make the figure behind the blanket hear every sentence.

"Gue sure, the house will be crowded again. But I'm sure this isn't your fault! I'm still here, I'm not leaving!" There was a pause after he said it.

"And I don't want you to beat yourself up. Because it's not really your fault!"

After that, he decided to close his eyes. And hang out with dreamland until tomorrow. But there, Ray was still awake with his eyes still wide open. He was silent for a long time. He was just waiting for someone who slept on the sofa to snore subtly.

A few minutes later, and Rion was already asleep. Ray pulled out the blanket that covered his body. He slowly approached the sofa. No matter how cold a person in front of him, still the cold air will make him get a fever or flu. And he didn't want to go back to seeing Rion more still than he was before. Because what he wanted was a caring and talkative Rion like a few minutes ago.

The blanket had now moved over Rion's body. And now Ray's gonna be totally up all night. While looking at the night sky and the stars that were emitting dim light. Then hope that one of the stars he looks at is the mother who has been called by the Almighty.