The Struggle of a Child
I'm Back Home
"We'll just go back to the deck."
" Sister sure we're home?" Rahmadani asked with great affirmation.
"Yes, brother is sure. How long we'll be on this road looking for him. Looking at the blank look ahead with a bit of disappointment. We've been walking almost on the same road. We just keep going around in circles here! None of the people we met were sister."
"Sister, it's just a big brother's vision. In fact, we've been on some roads and houses that we've never been through. Rahmadani's.
"Aren't we sure we're going back?" Andrini asked back to look at me softly.
I can't say anything. Only a nod of the head could I give in response to Andrini's words.
In the middle of the road that has been shaken. I put my feet back. Every breath that came out had accompanied the journey of searching for my sister. My body heat has turned into cold sweat. Anxiety still peaked to accompany my day at this time.
For the sake of time that has been engraved. I need to stop this game immediately. My search is over with no end. My poor sister is still nowhere to be seen. With heavy weight I try to beat my pain which until now still hurts me.
There's no word I can put on but surrender and return home. My father, who is tired of seeing his life, will be more anxious when he sees me not at home.
I walked so weakly that my legs felt cramped. My sparkling eyes now look beautiful because the wind was so sharp piercing my face.
Soon maybe I swung my legs tightly to reach my house a little far away. Andrini and Rahmadani who walked hand in hand with me so careless I saw. His face that was now bent accompanied their journey. Tired of course, they spent the whole day with me. There was no laughter or joking on their faces. I saw even more sympathy for the efforts of those who helped me to find my sister.
Even with empty hands. We still appreciate our efforts. Everything will pay off if the three of us keep smiling in disappointment.
"Dec, are you tired?" I asked the weak.
" Sir! We're used to playing, brother." Andrini.
" He, brother! If we play a lot, brother! In fact, our game is sometimes far away." Rahmadani's.
"Sometimes we go around the village. Ahaha!" Andrini said with her hyperbole majas while laughing cheerfully. Andrini his son sometimes likes to raise his conversation. He did like to see the person next to him confused with a face full of question marks.
I who heard it immediately pulled my little lips with a flat face.
"Sister Liyan. Brother don't believe! Andrini, will be almost the same as brother. Never been given out." Rahmadani glanced at Andrini with a grin.
" I'm the same, not the same as Mr. Liyan." Andrini glanced at Rahmadani mischievously.
" What is Brother Liyan like?" Tanya Rahmadani seduces Andrini.
I was so confused to see them continue to argue and carry me. The journey continues. Our feet continued to paddle non-stop. Sweat sweat feels dripping from the temples wetting the cheeks. Meanwhile, their debate continues.
I am not starting to be strong now. Turning my eyes to the trees that were so shady. My little ears still hear the singing of their voices that keep laughing on the sidelines of their debates.
Sweat water that cuddled the eyes now began to feel dammed. My sore eyes immediately stared at the nanar with a blank look.
Sometimes I looked at Rahmadani and Andrini who were walking beside me. With a lethargic face and a body that is now unfriendly. I tried to hold my leg strong to stay on the hot earth. My not-so-healthy body now began to crumble. I wanted to throw my body down to reduce the pain I was suffering.
" Sister, brother Why?" Asked Andrini who was right beside me while holding my body firmly.
"It's okay deck." I was holding my leg down so as not to fall down.
"Sister, but I see it looks like my brother saw it fall." Rahmadani continued to hold me too swiftly.
I am now experiencing changes that are not appropriate to make me more frustrated about my situation.
"Sister, if brother is not strong.We just stop at this place brother!" Andrini immediately twisted her body while dragging me to sit under a tree.
"But, Grandpa must go home now." I kept forcing with a grumble.
"Sister, how? Maybe my brother can go home. While I was about to fall." Rahmadani kept blocking me from continuing on.
"No know deck! But I was afraid that my sister's father would panic to see my sister not at home. Meanwhile, you're sick again." With a sad face.
" He, brother! We know, but we'll be afraid that brother will fall. We must be scared, brother!" Rahmadani's.
"Of course Daddy's a fierce brother, sorry brother!" Andrini pulled her ear slightly.
I stared at the two of them silently, Not many words I could express with their fear. I finally followed the will of those who were so sorry to see my condition. I lay my body under a tree so cold. My body heat is gone for a while. My leg that felt like it was about to collapse is now neutral again. It was as if I was getting a new flow of energy. Andrini and Rahmadani who were sitting right behind me became the backrest for my weak body.
They are so awake in helping my current condition. Every now and then the ends of their hair tied to my face flew in the wind.
My shoulder-length hair made my neck feel so tickled because it was hit by the tip of my hair. The shirt I was wearing now felt a little fly carried by the blowing wind.
My small feet are cold. Even though I was in the hot sun. All my tiny body now feels cold as if soaked in ice water. My lips are starting to feel bad. Even my tongue cannot move. I endured the cold by biting both my molars firmly.
The hand of Andrini and Rahmadani now feels soft touching the thin skin of my head. Sometimes they throw little jokes just to encourage me.
Their boisterous laughter was heard coming into my ears in my semi-conscious state. I also tried to fight my eyes that would start to dim. I try to keep my eyes from closing. But, once in a while Andrini and Rahmadani were so enthusiastic about taking care of me. They also occasionally asked me to speak so that I would not close my eyes.
"Sister, look at that brother! Above the sky are blue clouds." They deliberately used words that so tickled my heart that I laughed happily.
"Sister, don't close your eyes, brother. I don't know if it's day or night. Ahaha!" They laugh at me when they see me.
They do look like my teasing. But I knew it was just trying to keep me awake. To keep my eyes open so heavy. The day is passing. My lying body now I swung to stand up from my bed.
Seriate.....