
The night was getting late, the cold wrapped around the body, slipped into each organ, the full moon illuminated the dark night, a collection of small stars in the sky decorate the night sky.
This house has not been installed with electricity but the lanterns in this house are quite bright, although not too bright but this is a beautiful moment to celebrate a birthday alone.
Mini tart cake with small star decorations that Nisa bought earlier on the way had Nisa placed on a small table, facing near the fireplace that had been lit by Nisa.
"Come on. It's time to ask God for a request" Nisa reminded.
After finishing singing the birthday song, the little one asked God for a wish, then blew the number ten candle in front of him and then cut the cake. The small piece of cake was sucked into the mouth of the sister, as well as Nisa instead feed her sister. Both are very happy in this moment.
"May you know what the Star asked God for?" Nisa asked softly to the little one sitting beside her.
"Consecret. Brother can't know." His smile was mischievous, while biting the small piece of birthday cake he was holding.
"alright. Then there's no birthday present for you tonight."
"What?" he was chewing the cake in his full mouth. "Why is the threat so bad?" protest with lips pursed irritated. And the creamy stain of the cake clinging to the full dirt on his lips. "alright. Fine...." The last word is long. "Son won."
Nisa smiled little looking at the annoyed manyun of the little one that made her very adorable, plus the creamy stains of cake around her lips added cuteness to the handsome face of the little one.
Nisa wiped the little guy's lips with her fingers and the back of her hand.
"Come on. Tell me, sister wants to know." said Nisa after cleaning the little guy's lips.
Nisa seeing the little one seem to catch her breath this time seemed so heavy to say.
"Thus. The star asks God...." His voice is down. "So that Brother will not return the Star to the mansion."
Nisa was riveted mute, a statement that came out of the little guy's mouth like a bullet stuck right in his heart.
The little guy continued saying.
"There's no fun," she almost cried. "The star does not want to go back to that house. The stars want to stay with my brother."
Nisa immediately hugged her sister's body.
His heart was broken in pain. His request was a complaint of his unpredictability, and that was a heavy emphasis for Nisa, considering that she had already lost her rights since one week ago, it was time to no longer fight each other, no longer, all Nisa has to do now is influence her, so that the little one can accept the existence of the Akbar family as his new family.
"The big house is your home now. Just like their Big Brother was also a Star family. Stars should love them like stars love big brother."
"No way!" Escape from Nisa's embrace of anger. "The house is not a star house. They are not a star family. Stars don't love them. Stars will only love you Brother."
Nisa held him back, powerless, crying.
"I'm sorry, dear Brother. But this is the rule." Nisa lirih's
The little one became even more angry he came out of Nisa's arms again.
"The stars don't want to know. Anyway the stars want to stay with Brother."
The Little Star ran to the bedroom that was upstairs. Nisa crying can be stopped. The little whimper ripped his veins. Nisa could only curse herself because she would not be able to grant her request.
Nisa followed him into the room after trying to stop his crying. There he saw his sister lying crying on the bed. Nisa sat attached to him while stroking her sister's hair lying on her side on a pillow.
"Actually Brother also wants to be with you, dear ..." said Nisa managed to turn the back of the little one's body stretched out and stared at him.
Nisa smiled as she gently rubbed her forehead and the little one's hair, slowly she took in a breath that felt heavy. Nisa is confused as to how to give an explanation so that the little one wants to understand.
"But, what the Stars forgot, our house is already on fire. Where are we gonna live? If you stay with the mother Goddess again it will trouble her?" Nisa is trying to find a reason to hope that the little one will understand her current situation.
"We just stay here. Sis...." The little one cried as he lifted his body sitting in front of his brother.
Nisa smiled as she gently wiped away the tear granules on both of her sister's cheeks.
"Will the stars live in this house?" nisa said as she stared at this narrow room. "There's nothing here. No lights," stared back at the little gentle face. "Can't play games, no tivi, can't watch Spiderman, can't go to school, and here too Star won't have friends like Alana or Amanda. Would the stars be at home in a quiet place like this?"
Nisa tried to continue to influence her desire to recede, while Nisa saw the boy silently gazing around and then looked back at him and said.
"It's okay. No games or not watching tivi is okay. If Spiderman," turns his eyes to remember something.
Spiderman is the hero of his idol, and he remembers the events of last year beside the back of this yard, all the birthday gift toys from his brother from first birthday to the ninth, he said, various kinds of Spiderman-shaped toys He buried secretly beside the back of this house. He thought if he wanted to see it again just dig it because the toy was buried nicely in a small crate.
"The stars can see it. Last year all the favorite spiderman toys of the Star, already the Bury Star in this place. If you want to see him just dig it again. Assented. Sis?"
"really?" Stunned by Nisa, she never saw anything when she buried her toy last year.
"I don't think all those toys are gone, it turns out the Star buried it. Where's where?"
"That's confidential. You can't know...." The little guy started smiling.
"How dare to play secrets with Brother. My brother has no secrets to hide."
"So, you want to know?" Bad smile.
"Hmmm.." replied Nisa while nodding.
"alright. The star will tell you where the toy is buried. But you have to promise me we'll stay here. How does. Agreed?" the door to Nisa.
Once again Nisa was disturbed by the pain of hearing the little guy's words. It's like an emphasis ready to destroy Nisa's fortress. If possible, Nisa is ready to destroy the fortress to be with the little one. But Nisa must survive, Nisa does not want to be a criminal to live with the little one. To agree to it would be to kidnap the little one from the hands of Anggraeni. And Nisa can't do that, even if she wants to.
"There's nothing here. There are no friends. Stars are lonely?" Nisa again convinced the boy to give up.
Nisa who gives up no more reason that can shake the desire of the little one, but Nisa emphasizes the heart that she should not accept it.
"Now it's past midnight. Sleeping star. Yeah?" Nisa tries to divert because she cannot refuse or accept her wishes.
"The stars don't want to sleep!" loud protests. "Son hasn't confirmed it yet."
"Come on.." persuaded Nisa sad. "You want to sing a song? Let's sleep well."
"The stars say, The stars don't want to sleep! Brother hasn't done it!" his protest in a tone rose by an octave.
Nisa feels her feelings torn to shreds until she feels like following her wishes, actually that is also what Nisa wants, just that Nisa thinks she can survive to how long hiding from their pursuit? Akbar's family will not stay silent sooner or later they will surely know the existence of this house, if it will continue with other grief, maybe they will be thrown into prison for kidnapping charges.
"Alright..," Nisa smiled while her heart ached. "Don't know where the stars put those toys? Tomorrow at noon the Star should take Brother there, well..."
"Tomorrow afternoon...."
The little guy was soaring with joy. That means tomorrow afternoon there is a plan to open the toy chest that he buried a year ago. Means his promise to uncle Naya to return it this dawn before sunrise, won't happen. Since this afternoon the sentence kept ringing in his mind making him feel afraid.
"Means Brother agreed to stay here. Aren't we?" The little guy made sure and he saw his brother smiling.
The little one does not know that his joy at this time actually hurt Nisa's heart, because actually Nisa did not agree, the little one who interpreted her sentence. Nisa could not resist nor did she feel able to agree because it was too difficult for her.
"Now the stars sleep, huh? It's almost one o'clock."
After seeing the clock on the wall that has shown one o'clock Nisa also laid her body beside the little one. With her hand Nisa lifted the little one's head and kept it in her arms, then clenched it in her arms tightly.
Sleeping position like this little one really likes it, Comfort and wake up every time you sleep on the shoulders and chest of Nisa, just by wrapping her small hands to her sister's waist, just by wrapping her, while both of her brother's hands clenched her body tightly. Almost makes the little one feel in the protection of the angel wings, Well the real Angel he has is Nisa.
Guru najai said, The real angel on earth is the mother but for the Little Star, the real entity on earth is Nisa. For the other children heaven was on the soles of the mother's feet, but for the Little Star of heaven it was on the soles of Nisa's feet.
"It feels like the stars haven't slept this comfortably in a long time," while ramming her head against Nisa's neck and chest. "For a week the stars cannot sleep well. Nobody hugs nor does anyone want to sing a song."
"The stars are big. Maybe the other child is no longer like the stars, before his sleep still happy to be hugged and sung song."
"really? Stars think other kids are the same by their mothers."
"I don't think so."
"The hell, Brother."
"Usually ten years old let alone boys, already have their own room and sleep alone, they already do not want to sleep hugged like this."
"Aahh Bintang doesn't sleep alone. Anyways until the big stars want to sleep like this. Can you?"
"Can. If the stars like it."
"That's great...." Smiling happily. "Promise, yeah, sister."
"Yes, I promise you, baby. Sister promises for a lifetime of stars, Sister will always hug the Stars like this, let her sleep always soundly." said Nisa promised.
Nisa will keep her promise, although to wait like this again Nisa will have to wait three more months, when the little one returns home from vacation. At that time Nisa will continue to hug and will not let go.
"It's the sleeping star."
"Sister sing first." he asked with a voice started raucous because it resisted sleepiness.
Secretly Nisa's hand picked up a small spiderman-shaped object in her jacket. A recording device that Nisa accidentally bought as a birthday gift for her little one. Nisa choose this because this will be quite useful for the little one.
Nisa began singing her favorite song titled Little Star and recorded it, when sung by Nisa this song will be
sounds so soft and touching, I don't know why? For others it may be a pretty happy song, but if Nisa sings it all who hear it will probably be glued to sleep. Like how her sister was, she would only sleep if Nisa sang this song.
"Stars should never sleep...."
Nisa saw her two eyes are already sound asleep, but usually next to the song the little one will be very happy to be told about what will be done tomorrow, usually what Nisa will tell you is simple and fun, but this time Nisa is confused what she should tell you tomorrow morning? While tomorrow....
Nisa is crying because tomorrow she has to return her sister to the Akbar family, and maybe three more months to meet and this is painful for Nisa.
With a soft and bitter Nisa started to let out she said.
"Tomorrow....First thing to do tomorrow? Stars should smile and never cry. Every morning wake up Star should take a shower, and get used to bathing themselves properly. If you have trouble rubbing your back, the stars can soak in the bathtub like we often do together."
Nisa cries when she imagines things being done together. Bathing in the bathtub helps each other rub their backs. Joking is often done when bathing together in the same tub.
"And don't forget breakfast. Stars are big enough to eat by themselves...."
Nisa cries remembering how the little one would stop eating otherwise Nisa bribes. Now Nisa just realized the excessive pampering she did to the little one that would make it difficult. Tampa Nisa the little one can't do anything.
"If you play, do not get lost...,"
Nisa continued her sentence while crying.
"And if you don't forget to study at night, be a smart kid. And if you want to sleep do not forget to pray first, after that hear the voice of Brother in this recording, then the stars will definitely sleep soundly," said Nisa almost felt powerless to continue, he said. "And if you feel sad, upset or happy and want to share with Brother yell, let out all the feelings of your heart. Here you will listen, because the wind will convey it to you. And if the Star misses Brother, then wait for the First Star to appear, for the first star to appear is Brother. And believe that wherever Little Star is Big Brother will always be near you, because Little Star will always be in the heart of Big Brother. So don't cry. Smile," smiled bitterly. "So Brother will return that smile. Brother loves you."
Nisa turned off the recorder and kissed the little guy's forehead and held him tightly, as if he didn't want to let go again.