The After 150
A distant figure
A faded memory, yet it felt like something very precious, often a gray look appeared in my mind at every moment I thought of it.
His tightness in the wind and the rough rain disturbed my hearing at that time, I saw him turn to smile at me and give a wave of goodbye, he said, her lips were moving slowly and her face was trying to hold on as if trying to say something.
“LUCIA!! QUICKLY OPEN THE DOOR!!” Shouted a man loudly trying to break in.
“Dirga... You hide here first yes... do not move, do not make a sound, anyway do not do anything understand…?? Mom will be back soon.” After giving me a kiss on my forehead, I went and locked myself in the closet.
The door opened and the man came in, I saw from the air vents the closet he always treated my mother like this, almost every week the uncle comes drunk or battered to ask the mother for money, then if the mother does not give him he does that.
“Lucia... I told you I'd change it later, besides is it hard to just hand over a piece of paper hahh?? Basic widow.”
“How dare you say that to your brother's wife..!! just get out of here!! Go there!!”
“I told you I won't leave without bringing anything.!!”
He then took the belt out of his pants and used it to beat up mom, he kept doing it until she was willing to give him money and he just left, a sight I shouldn't have seen.
My name is Dirgantara Aksa Diwarna, my life is nothing but an ordinary boy who lives in the midst of a crucial family condition, which is quite important, my grandfather who is a war veteran spent his life with contemplation and regret that never faded, his sad condition made his children grow into criminals and troubled people… all except my father…
I don't really know her as if she never took part in my life, all I know about the figure of Dad is someone who stands upright while tightly hugging the mother who is plastered in the picture frame of the middle room of the house.
I sometimes think, What did he do?, Why did he leave us?, Is there anything that made him unable to regroup with us? Where's he been all this time..?? I kept thinking at all times waiting for him to lament the gate from the window of the house.
Until one day a postman came to bring me a letter, when I gave the letter to my mother after work her tired face was instantly gone.
“Dirga... This is a letter from your father!!” Serve mom with passion.
I sat on my mother's lap and waited for her to read out a letter from Dad that always left me curious.
"Hi Dirga's... How's it going...?"
"Now you're seven years old?? A lot of time has passed and now my son has grown big and well, In this message I want to apologize for the absence of my father in the important moment of your life, Therefore, until one day when you're coming home, you'll receive a letter like this every year."
"Until that time comes find a friend to fill your free time or you will feel lonely, Take care of your mother and her good name do not let people underestimate your mother, and the last one grows up to be a strong and wise son."
The letter gave a glimmer of hope to me, There was a desire within me to grow as he wished and fulfill his expectations so as to carve a smile on his face, my heart pounding, my heart pounding, I could not help but smile on my face and immediately ran out of the house with an irresistible spirit.
“Dirga!!? Where to?”?
“To Daddy's place!! Someday!!” I screamed as I ran around the block
Under the orange sky I ran around the block of the house shouting out loud its carefree release which instantly exploded inside me from a letter, just a letter but burning the spirit in the heart.
“I'll be a great person!! I'll find you!! I'll take you back!! No one can stop me now!!”
the first time in my life I feel this spirit after previously living everyday around savage people, surrounded by savage people, I kept shouting so loud that a ball flew at high speed and hit my head hard.
The children playing around were moving around in a panic, but their eyes immediately changed as they recognized my face on the ball.
“Wait a minute.. You're that aloof kid right?? What are you doing here??” Ask a child who wants to pick up the ball
“Let's play!!” Shouted me excitedly.
“No...” Reply one of them spontaneously
Why.. I thought, how he immediately answered spontaneously like that, the words seemed to hit me very hard.
“Mother told me to stay away from you and your family..There must be something going on not among all of you??” Sahut one of the children
“Yaa my mother said your house is often visited by someone who rages asking for money.. Is that your father?”
No, that's my uncle. Don't call him anymore…
“Are you serious?? It must be very scary to have parents like that, I also heard that the money earned was the result of dirty work.”
Mom worked hard for the money, she deserved the money and was able to support us.
“Really!! My mother also said that her father often looks drunk around the residential block.”
“A criminal?? Well you're serious?? It must be very scary to have such parents.”
“What are you going to do about it...? That's his reality.”
They kept doing it nonstop, they were vilifying and degrading her name in front of me, then without knowing themselves they were also making fun of my innocent mother, too, are these always the people around me?? Is that as bad as the thought they have?
“Away from us, don't be near.”
They then left me but the dirty mouth never stopped.
“If I were to be him I would really go from that life.”.
“Living among such rotten people, is sickening indeed.”
“Father of a criminal, Mother did a dirty job, how sad..”.
My body moved on its own, a powerful blow flew to one of the children within the crowd, My body was trembling, my hair was goosebumps filled with fury and will to fight.
“Close your foul mouth..” I said in a high tone.
The words in dad's letter flashed quickly in my mind, my heart feeling calmer and relieved after launching one hard punch and getting people to stop ruining both of their good names.
The biggest one spontaneously hit me hard, the punch hit me in the face just as it was when he kicked the ball into my head, The brutal attack instantly knocked me down and they all laughed at me with a thin tall body looking helpless.
But I stood up and hit one of them, The punch I gave it all my might only hurt him a little and right after I got back to receiving a hard blow.
"Just this is your ability? You weird kid, prove to me what you can do!!"
As long as I am still strong, then I will continue to stand because I believe in him... I know that dad also did his best for us there, therefore he relied on me and I will continue to trust him.
"I believe!! Forward here!!" My voice while shouting loudly.
Until finally the day was getting darker, No more laughter was heard from the ears of the audience, which they initially thought was funny now looks like something rough and painful, he said, I stood up no matter what, I could feel all the wounds all over my body that wanted to make me cry and scream.
Those who beat me have reduced to the end there is only me and one child who started this commotion, he tried several times to go and release me who continued to stick to him, he continued, But I was determined never to take it off until he confessed.
"What are you!!? A zombie?? With a body like that you can survive, what have they done to you??"
"Pull Back, everyone." My heart is almost lost consciousness.
"All right!! I'm sorry!! Now let me go home!!" Call the child scared
Finally I took the boy off and felt that I had won, even though my body was injured, my vision began to fade, and my mind was dizzy, I stood straight in the middle of that playing field and shouted
"I WON!!"
When I came back to the house the mother who was cooking saw me with wounds everywhere, instantly he who was cutting food on the kitchen table immediately fell down and cried because he saw many wounds all over his son's body
"Mothers... I'm win... " Call me with pride.
Mother's cry sounded louder and she immediately hugged me tightly while whispering.
"You're a great kid... I'm so proud to have such a brave son like you.."
Lukaku was immediately treated by his mother later, and after dinner I immediately lay on the bed, while trying to sleep I could hear the sound of mother crying behind the wall.
"I'm sorry... Forgive us... Dirga" Call it while sobbing sedu.
I began to doubt at that time, why didn't you feel happy?? Instead he cried behind me, after a while thinking I had unwittingly fallen into the dream world.
I could still see a lot of bandages on my body, but there was not the slightest bit of pain, I looked around and realized I was leaning against a tree right where I did not recognize it, as I tried to stand up suddenly a girl appeared from the middle of nowhere.
"Hi I'm Rara!! It's nice to meet you!!"
I was surprised to see that when I saw her clearly, this girl looked the same age as me and I never saw her anywhere, He stood in front of me and then asked.
"What about you?? What's yourname??"
- continue
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