The Grief of the Two Red Lines
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Flash Back On~

Dinnara returned home after two days in hospital. He helped Ennata to walk to his room.

While Rinnada helped Winda carry a bag that already contained their dirty clothes while in the hospital.

The girl stood in front of the open entrance, looking towards the towering black fence. He was stunned and wished someone had appeared from there.

"Tone, quickly give the bag to Bi Sum". Tell Winda to Rinnada who looks unmoved.

Winda approached Rinnada, looked out and his eyes were fixed on what was being noticed by his son.

Feeling nothing, Winda began to understand. "You waiting for Brian?"

Winda's question made Rinnada blink, breaking his reverie. Rinnada was silent, she did not answer and lowered her head.

"You don't try to run again, Nada. You did that to Rinnada. If you're still thinking of running, Mommy won't think of you as a child anymore. You understand that?"

Not yet Rinnada replied, Winda had already left him following Dinnara in his room.

"Non, here. Let Bi Sum take it back" Bi Sum took the bag that Rinnada was holding. The girl looked resigned with eyes glazed towards the outside of the courtyard.

Bi Sum stroked Rinnada's shoulder, he had already heard the story in the hospital from Tono, the driver. He pityed the girl, but could do nothing. He returned to the back of the house leaving Rinnada who had shed tears.

She cried without a sound, but her mother had agreed to marry her to Brian. Then Dinnara acted and somehow he was able to persuade Mommy to cancel Brian and himself's plan.

Brian never came to help him get back up. In fact, he currently needs Brian's shoulder as the only backrest.

Rinnada walked towards his room. He dragged his heavy steps. Rinnada paused for a moment, looking for a grip because his head felt so dizzy. He tried to walk again but his gaze began to shake, turning, Rinnada collapsed on the floor.

"Gosh, Non!" Shouted Bi Sum who had been watching him from afar.

"What's up, Sum?" Winda came out of Dinnara's room when he heard her maid's scream.

Ennata quickly ran to his sister's room and laid her there. Ennata checked Rinnada's pulse and body temperature.

"Mother, when was the last time Nada had a blood transfusion?" Ennata asked in a panic.

Winda's excited, because he himself never knew Rinnada's check-up schedule.

"It looks like two weeks ago, den." Bi Sum replied after recalling exactly when Rinnada went to the hospital to check her blood.

"What?!"

Hearing that, Ennata immediately carried Rinnada's body out of the room. "Hurry up, get the car ready!"

Tono ran towards the car, opening the door while helping Ennata slowly get into the car.

Winda looks confused. He saw Dinnara still lying on his bed.

"Belch!" Call him to bi Sum who was caught running towards the car carrying Rinnada's belongings.

"You accompany Nada. I'm keeping Nara here."

Bi Sum nodded and immediately ran as the sound of the car horn sounded loudly calling out to him.

Winda scrunched his fingers. He seemed tense and worried because Rinnada who fainted after how long his daughter was very routine to maintain a pattern of life that depends on blood transfusions.

"Mother.." Dinnara called from her room. Winda immediately ran to see his daughter.

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"Sister.." Rinnada woke up after several hours of fainting. He's starting to look fresh again.

"Yes? Already awake?" Ennata approached and gently stroked the top of his sister's head.

"Sister, is Brian coming?"

"It's already night. Go to sleep, tomorrow you're gonna call her, yeah."

Rinnada shed her tears. The heavy burden was back on his mind.

"Sister, I'm not strong anymore". Lirih. He's starting to realize, Brian's gone. The man seemed to give up because he had no way out of their current problems.

"Hey, don't be. Strong, Nada. Brother is trying to make Brian here tomorrow, yes" Ennata told Rinnada who already has no spirit of life.

He was very worried, because the most important thing of a patient was to keep him excited. If Rinnada starts to lose it, it will make it difficult to recover.

Rinnada nodded then wiped away her tears. He knew Ennata was only calming his heart. Though his brother must also be confused to make Brian come here.

The next day, Winda and Dinnara came to the hospital. Now over, Rinn is the one being treated.

Rinnada is still asleep. Early in the morning he woke up and asked Brian, Ennata reasoned at a time that was still 4 am.

"How's Nada doing, En?" Winda checked his son's body temperature which is still the same as yesterday.

Ennata was silent for a moment. He had discussed with the doctor who handled Rinnada about his sister's illness.

"There are symptoms of other diseases that arise due to the late Tone of blood transfusion." Ennata answered in a doldrumsy manner. He then took Winda out, and talked there leaving Dinnara who was starting to feel sorry for her twin.

After a few minutes, Nada woke up. She saw Nara reading the magazine next to her.

"You're here?" Rinnada's voice raspy.

"Hm. You how?" The question began to concern.

"I'm thirsty."

Dinnara took her a glass of water and helped Rinnada sit up with a pillow behind her.

"Where's Mother?"

"To your doctor's office" he replied, reading another magazine.

"Ra, can I ask you a favor?"

"What?"

"Can I have Brian come here? There's something I want to say". Rinnada lirih. He started to feel tight in his chest.

"Kak En has sent Mr. Tono his home. And I hear he's going to graduate in a few days. So, he's not coming here".

Dinnara was still focused on her magazine, she did not glance at her twin who started crying.

"Ra, tell her I'm sick and need her. He'll come straight to see me". Say it with sadness. His eyes are soft and his face pale. He felt his body start to hurt again, but it wasn't as painful as Brian now didn't care about it.

Did Brian give up because he refused to go with him? But, if Dinnara did not want to budge, they indeed had no other way.

"Well, I'll try my best." The answer was original so that Rinnada stopped messing around and bothered her to read the magazine.

Elsewhere, Winda was sitting on a bench in the hospital corridor. He cupped his watery face with both hands. He felt very sad thinking about Rinnada who might catch up with Rihanna.

She gave birth to 3 twins and two of them were born with Thalassemia.

"Mother! Brother En! Come here!" The sound of shouting was heard, Winda headed straight for his son's room. He was aghast at Rinnada who was curled up while holding his left chest.

"Yes.." Rinnada looked at her with sad eyes and tears that kept flowing.

"Tone, baby, hang on. Mommy's gonna call the doctor." He panicked with tears pouring down.

Ennata entered in a hurry.

"En, call doctor Sam! Hurry along!" Strangled Winda at Ennata who had just entered.