The Incomplete Love
Bully

“Ooh so you're Bu Hanna's son, he's been in jail. You are the offspring of criminals.” A bunch of santriwati cornered Aira behind the warehouse.

“Sotoy, pretend to be God talking about people's destiny, eh?” Aira was undaunted by facing them.

One of them reached out to pull Aira's veil. Nimbly Aira dodged while giving a dismissive smile.

Since being attacked by thugs, Kala has taught Aira basic martial arts.

“I was surprised how the big and famous boarding school accepted the ex-convict and his son. Look, we're all going to demo. Pantes aja goods often lost.” Santriwati named Nanda said in an accusatory tone.

“Heh! Don't accuse my mother! What's your business anyway? How holy to be a person. My mother was an ex-convict. I'm not proud of what he did before, but my mother has been converted and that's what I really appreciate.”

Another Santri said cynically, “Once a criminal remains a criminal. Wear the veil again. Let's not be ashamed tuh.”

“Ck, if I think, my mother has more rights here than you. At least I know exactly my mother tried to live a good life and never demeaned others. You are still in the rank of good-ass, you know not.”

“Many say ni son. Hold him, Ren, Liek. Listen, yes, your mother is in the lowest caste, has stuck, no one can be inferior again the same person like him.”

Aira brushed off the hands that wanted to bend her. No loss he struggled to train with Kala because he easily avoided the immoral santriwati gang.

“Kak Aira, hey you guys, say ..” Three santriwati who just came out of the musala saw Aira who was beaten immediately ran over. Latifah ran the other towards Aira.

“You again, you again. Nanda, Reni, Liliek. What are you guys gonna be? So hotshot,” snapped a senior santri named Fauziah.

“Not to interfere, Fauziah. We just want Miss Hanna and her son out. It's not quiet to stay with criminals. Who knows kumat.”

Aira moves forward to attack but is held back by Latifah.

“They are worthless to respond to.”

“Heh little boy, know what you are?” Snapping Reni on Latifah,

“I know that everyone can make mistakes. Big or small. Ms. Hanna has received the appropriate punishment during her imprisonment and has now repented. Allah accepts the repentance of all his people. Who are you guys?” Latifah's voice is undaunted.

Nanda, Reni, and Liliek fell silent.

They looked back at Aira with angry gazes and were reciprocated with similarly fiery eyes.

“Value pass-by aja sok value people,” cetus Aira anxious.

“Fuck you, Aira!” Jerk third ringleader.

“Stop! Just stop! What the hell are you guys. Embarrassing. All to my space.” Ella who accidentally saw the commotion from her office window then rushed to her students.

The seven santriwati looked down, not daring to look at Ustadzah Ella, the leader and head of the boarding school. As if they were walking after Ella.

In his room Ella called Ruqqoyah and Hanna from the administration along with Ustadzah Dahlia who handled related order in the pesantren.

“Speaking!” Tell Ella to be firm.

No one dared to talk. Everybody down. Including Nanda, Reni, and Liliek who are now shrinking like rats.

“Fauziah, you talk.”

“Sorry Ustadzah, we just chat-chat.”

“Oh chat ... You are Nanda? Chat also wear misuh-misuh?”

“Nyuwun napunten, Ustadzah, dalem namung toy kalean Aira.” Suddenly Nanda's voice that had been fierce turned soft like Princess Mantili.

(Sorry, Ustadzah, I was just messing around with Aira.)

Not to be outdone, Aira also replied politely. No one confessed.

Ustadzah Ella knew her students were lying, sentenced her to wake up at two in the morning and clean the main auditorium before being used for evening prayers. The punishment most hated because the auditorium was so large.

Outside the room, Nanda, Reni, and Liliek again show a hostile attitude while the brave Aira instead challenges to complete one on one.

Hanna looked at Aira from afar. His feeling said the commotion had something to do with him. He'll ask Aira as soon as he has a chance.

Two weeks later, Hanna and Ruqqoyah are asked to watch over Nanda, Reni, and Liliek's movements towards Aira. They are very careful to supervise students, but there are no alarming events.

Like the rules that apply to the santri, Hanna can only meet Aira as her mother during the visit. So he hasn't been able to question the cause of the problem for another week.

Until one day when Hanna came home from the hospital, she chose to walk from the main road to the boarding school complex. Passing through the bushes he saw a light blue cloth lying. Hanna recognizes it is Aira's favorite veil.

Panic flares from his net.

“Aira .. Aira ..”

Hanna fluttered a rather tall bush. Keep calling his son's name.

“Aira .. Aira.” He shouted louder.

“Maa ..” Sounded weak voice from behind the bush.

“Aira!” Hanna panicked to see Aira lying around holding her stomach. Bloody nose. From the corner of the lips comes a red liquid.

Hanna hugged her slow child. Aira grimaced in pain. Panicked, Hanna calls Dicky who is pulling an online taxi belonging to her friend.

“Dicky, where are you?”

Dicky who was about to tease Hanna was serious. Hanna never called her name directly. With serious intonation.

“I am in the area of junction three. Why, Hanna?”

“Tolongin Aira .. I share loc, can you come here? Aira has to be taken to the hospital. Aira, Aira's up. Dicky please ..” Hanna's voice sounded panicked.

“I'm there. Wait.”

For years, Hanna was a bully in prison. He can endure pain, cruel whatever torture given his cellmates. But when he saw Aira battered, his bones seemed to be pulled from his body.

He called Thoriq.

“Assalamualaykum, yes, Hanna.”

“Mas, please, Aira is injured. Now to the hospital.”

“What? Okay, me and Kala go there. Share the hospital loc. How's it going?”

Hanna turned the call into a video call. Just glancing at Aira's face, suddenly from the side appeared a group of people with their faces closed.

Slowly, he put his hape into Aira's hands. Thoriq and Kala who were behind the screen stared at the nanar while running towards the car.

Hanna stood up slowly. He smiled calmly at the frightened Aira.

“Quiet, there's Mama. You secretly recorded, yes,” whispered Hanna. Aira nodded.

“Nanda, Reni, Liliek, I know you three standing there.” Hanna's voice sounded calm.

“Pesantren don't want criminals.” Shake up the man standing in front. His voice sounded like a teenager.

“Pesantren? Which pesantren? Are you also from the princess boarding school?”

“Shut up you villain!” The teenager attacked Hanna. Living in prison for ten years doesn't make Hanna flabby. Nimblely he avoided. His position still protected Aira.

“Mama ..”

“Ssh, Mama will take care of you, Darling.”

Now the other man attacked Hanna. Hannna moved back deftly until the teenager hit the wind.

“Hei, Aira record use hape. Download hapeenya!” Nanda's orders saw the box object in Aira's hand.

Hanna turned to Aira. Reni moved quickly to seize the hape. Hanna twisted her body to protect Aira when she suddenly felt a hard blow on her back.

“Mama! Yes Allah!”

Hanna fell down near Aira, her eyes closed with pain. His legs can still be moved to grip Reni until the teenager falls down and complains of pain.

“Aira, run ..”

“Mama ..”

“Running!”

Aira tried to move her body. The scars on his stomach and shins made it hard to stand.

“Heh, where are you going?”

Hanna who saw Liliek and Nanda chasing Aira immediately tried her hardest to catch their legs. The two teenagers fell with faces hitting the ground.

“Hard him, Wan!” One of the attackers exclaimed.

Unmercifully, the two men kicked Hanna's stomach and back.

The woman's lips continued to mutter, while enduring the agonizing pain. He hopes Aira manages to run for help or save herself.

“Hey, stop!” Dicky's voice snapped at the two fleas that continued to torment Hanna.

Dicky who has a large tall figure shook the two teenagers until they immediately fled. Likewise with Nanda, Reni, and Liliek who had managed to stand up immediately took a thousand steps. Hanna said hamdalah, her eyes looking for Aira.

“Please Aira, please, find Aira, save her.”

“Aira's in my car, Hanna. Can you wake up?”

“Can, you do not look for opportunities yes, Mr Doctor.” In between her pain, Hanna was still trying to joke around. Slowly he got up as his eyes stared warily at Dicky.

“Can, right?” His words were triumphant before collapsing unconscious.

“Hanna!”

Dicky catches Hanna's body and carries it. He took the woman to his car not far from there.

“Mama!” Aira shouted while crying. Trickling out of the car to help Dicky.

“Ma, Mama must be strong! Mama promised not to stay in Aira.” Aira's tears lamented her mother.

Hanna opened her eyes.

“Ai, pack this.” With the rest of the energy give a light blue hijab. Then his eyes closed again.

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“Aira, Aira!” Thoriq's voice called out his son's name in the ER.

“Aya, Mas Kala!” Aira snatched her father and sister. Thoriq and Kala tightly embraced Aira.

“Mama's not aware, Aya. Mama nahan those people so that Aira can run away.” Aira said while sobbing.

“How are you?”

“Aira had been hit in the stomach, but it has been checked and is okay.”

Dicky finds Thoriq and Kala invites him into a room while Aira is asked to return to the room where Hanna is being treated. Although Dicky is a skin and genital specialist, but lack of doctors make it must serve in the ER.

After Thoriq and Kala sat down, Dicky explained, “Aira was attacked. Arriving at the hospital, we went on a visa for physical and sexual violence. Thankfully, no sexual violence was found. For the physical there are some bruises on the abdomen, legs, and hands. Looks like Aira fought desperately.”

“Hanna?” Thoriq's question made Dicky a little hesitant to answer.

“We do no longer have a bond but she is the mother of my child, if it does not violate the rules of the hospital, I want to know her condition.”

Dicky nodded. “Hanna was in shock. He got punches on his stomach and back. Presumably there is a back nerve affected so that he was unconscious. We've called a neurologist to check. There is no MRI in the hospital. If needed, then Hanna was forced to be transferred to a public hospital in the city.”

I heard the door knocking. A nurse came in.

“Patient Hanna is awake.”

Without waiting for Thoriq and Kala's response, Dicky darted to meet Hanna. It was quite nice to see in her room, Hanna and Aira hugging each other.

Although it looks still limp, but Hanna's face looks very relieved because Aira is fine.

“Doctor Dicky, thank you for saving Aira. Thank you,” said Hanna gratefully.

Dicky nodded then immediately checked on Hanna.

Hanna said softly, “Doctor, my feet cannot be moved.”

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These two chapters will be written for the children of author friends who are exposed to physical violence at school.

He has a heart valve disorder from small but actually pembully beat the area to cause leakage. My friend's son had to be operated on.

The author's heart is very sad. What makes the bully feel he has more rights to hurt others?

With broken feelings, my friend watched her son droop weakly. A teenage boy. Moreover, there is no responsibility from the school or parents bully.

Hopefully none of us, family, children, sisters, nephews, who are victims of bullying or being bullies …

Happy greetings!

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