Space And Time
Rendra's Advice
On the sidelines of his conversation, Rendra suddenly uttered a word that created an awkward atmosphere, "Son, there's one piece of advice you want to tell you."
"What is pa?"
"Be a successful man." Rendra said with resolute eyes.
The emperor sipped his coffee and then replied casually, "This is also trying to do it."
"That's not what papa meant, it didn't work out in education or work."
"meaning?" Asked the Emperor in wonder.
"Be a mature man, who succeeds and is able to control everything that is within us." Rendra stared at the window blankly and continued saying, "Emotion, anger, fear, negative thoughts are all the creepiest things in life, son."
"In addition to being able to control it all, men must also succeed in appreciating and respecting a woman, and guarding her with her entire life."
The Emperor drifted in Rendra's words without interrupting at all.
"Why did papa say rich gini? Because papa has failed to be a man. Papa can not control himself and his emotions so that papa is easily influenced by others. Until now you can see for yourself, papa lost all the valuable things in the life of papa, namely you and Anika." Rendra always wanted to shed tears if he remembered his mistakes in the past, but he should not cry in front of the Emperor.
"Is papa sorry?" The Emperor's question made Rendra stare at him.
Rendra let out a long sigh then replied, "Surely, papa is definitely sorry. If you were not stupid, maybe now we are still a whole and happy family. But now we can't do anything but regret and reflect on it all."
Rendra smiled then continued his words, "Son, bad events do give birth to regret, but behind it all, it is, there are lessons we can learn and then we can teach others not to make the same mistakes we do."
The Emperor nodded in understanding, "Well hopefully papa can also rise like before."
"Is papa still a courier?" Ask Emperor.
"Oh yes, you happen to ask me if you want to tell me, if starting tomorrow papa work in the production plant." Answer Rendra.
"Thank God, at least papa doesn't work on the streets that are at risk for safety." The emperor said with a smile.
"Be careful, son." Rendra reminded in panic.
"Well, dirty on the Emperor's shirt." The Emperor said as he cleaned his clothes using his hands.
"Papa get you a change of clothes." Rendra then rose from his seat before the Emperor prevented him.
"Papa sit down, let Kai take it for himself." The Emperor replied, the young man then stood up, "His head is in your room right?" Ask.
"Yes from here you turn left, papa's room is there." Answer Rendra.
The emperor then began to step according to Rendra's direction, in the small house it did not take long to find the man's room. The emperor immediately entered Rendra's room and took the clothes he wanted to wear from the closet.
"Ah this is the same shirt as mine at home, this is all." The emperor dropped the option on a gray t-shirt that folded at the very bottom of the pile.
When the young man pulled the clothes from his pile, something fell down. The Emperor glanced at him and then took it.
"What's this?" Emperor Mutters.
The Emperor widened his eyes in disbelief, he was so shocked that his body trembled when he saw the piece of photo that was now in his hand.
The Emperor approached Rendra with a pale face, "Pa Kai went home first huh, it's late at night. Poor mom alone at home."
"Well, is your face pale? You sick?" Rendra panicked to see the deathly pale face of the Emperor, even though just a moment before the young man was still fine.
The Emperor shook his head and replied, "No, I think it's because of the cold."
"You're sick, you're sleeping here tonight, son, you can go home tomorrow."
"It's okay pa, tomorrow Kai there's morning class. Yes, Kai came home first." Afraid that Rendra would continue to prevent him from returning home, the Emperor simply passed by without waiting for an answer from Rendra.
Rendra shook his head, "The boy is still just like he used to be, stubborn!" He murmured while looking at the Emperor's departure.