Under The Rain's
Chapter 37—Have Returned

A pacemaker has been prepared by a team of doctors when they decide to remove all the tubes attached to Rafael's body. Since this morning, the rhythm on the monitor was very stable, and there was a small coughing sound from his throat, a sign that the man had begun to respond to the presence of a ventilator tube entering through his respiratory tract. His pupils had already started to react when the doctor shone on him with a flashlight. Slowly, his fingers moved as his index tip was clamped by a pulse oxymetry to measure oxygen levels in the blood.

After spending four months and eleven days in the ICU, Rafael was declared to have passed through a critical period.

There is so much to be done by the team of doctors in charge of handling the Rafael case since the first day the man was rushed to the hospital. A series of physical and psychological examinations are required after waking from a coma. All cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspects need to be re-examined, such as a new student applying for admission to school. Not only the time of his muscles that shrank drastically out of nowhere, his responsiveness will also be lost swallowed by the earth after a traumatic concussion.

Rafael was unable to speak a word when his entire family came to visit, after they were told by the hospital that the man had woken up from his long sleep. With his dim eyes becoming extremely sensitive to light, he could only look at the listless one by one his family members in turn. All present there including Mr. Pram, and also Nadia. In fact, Kaia who was not yet twelve years old was temporarily allowed into the ICU room filled with sophisticated-looking medical equipment.

Rafael's younger sisters could only look at each other with pity to see their older brother awaken in such a state. Sky-high hopes instantly plunged free when they realized that Rafael had woken up in a very bad condition. No. gabe. That was not what they wanted when the elder brother finally came to his senses and opened his eyes. Not so the figure of Rafael before experiencing a fight that almost made his life float. Rafael never constantly looks like a sleepy man with a gaping mouth. Rafael was not mute and deaf before spending four months in an ICU room. Rafael never looked that straight, with his back bent and neck drooping every time the doctor tried to make him sit up.

The man who had just returned to his consciousness was simply not the Rafael they were waiting for. It looks very different. He did not even seem to recognize the group of people standing around him that afternoon. Own family.

“It seems ...,” Sheila said hesitantly, “this is what doctors mean when they say we should be prepared for the worst.”

“Don't despair, Son! We follow the advice of doctors for therapy. Your brother could be normal again. Sure. You have to be sure.” Vienna tried to toughen up while continuing to wipe her own tears, which since then seemed unwilling to stop falling when the two beads were forced to look at her son who looked very worried.

At that time Rafael had to go back to undergoing several medical procedures to ensure his condition as a whole, while all his family members were still waiting in the hospital for a decision.

“Ma, does Brother really not recognize us? Is Big Brother still fully healed, Ma?” yarra asked with a frightened tone heard in her sentence.

“Quiet, yes, Deck. The brother had a traumatic brain injury. It seems natural to just wake up from a coma, and she is still confused by reality,” Sheila replied calmly. “We wait for news from doctor, yes.”

“But, Kak—”

“Udahlah, Deck. Try not to think negatively, yes. Yesterday, ‘kan, we have been told that there may be damage in the neural network. But, all of that can be handled equally therapy, kok,” added Thalia who also felt worried to see her sister was hit by panic.

Pram, who was visiting his son in a wheelchair, could only sit alone at the end of the corridor, while his children and wife were left waiting in a comfortable lounge. Pram was obviously devastated to see his only son return to life as if half intact. The other half seemed to be left out of nowhere in the world. His physique did not return perfectly, let alone his mentally which was as out of place when he started to blink his eyes this morning.

As a father and head of the family, Pram does not want to look weak even though he really wants to cry. His entire body shook violently when his son glanced at him in the ICU room earlier, but he did not seem to recognize him as a father. Pram felt that his own life might not be long, and he really did not want to spend the rest of his day living as a stranger to his own son.

“La, how, any word from Reva? Does he know that your brother is conscious?” vienna asked Sheila as they were feeding the stomach that had been rumbling since noon.

Sheila who always updated the news about Reva from Erin and Nadia only shook her head weakly while chewing fried rice. “ Not yet, Ma. No news yet,” he replied.

“Do Mama need to come there? To where Reva lives now?”

“Sounds not, Ma. Sis Reva is uncomfortable. Brother Erin said, he also began to mutusin contact. Never reply to text or pick up the phone again.”

“But, Mama needs to come to apologize to her about your sister's actions first, La. See your sister is sick and until she has psychological therapy, Mama thought Reva.”

“Ma, Sheila promises to find a way for Mama to meet Kak Reva, yes.”

“Please, yes, La. It must have been hard for him, especially before he had to go all alone. Mama's own son is now suffering the same fate. So Mama realized, as heavy as what she had passed first.”

“Iya, Mother. Sheila promise.”

"Your sister would be so happy if we could take Reva home, Mama's sure of that. The doctor said, his mental condition will quickly recover if you feel happy."

"Rubber, Ma. I hope it all comes back, yeah. El's always happy when there's a Reva. They're true friends and should always be together."

***

One friendly kiss landed on Reva's forehead as the sacred promise of marriage was finished being uttered. The signatures of the bride and groom are already listed in the book. A small book that contains some valid evidence of marriage and the legal force that is in it. There were not many people present there other than Bi Uma and the two witnesses. No party, no massive reception. Only Kris and Reva had just assumed a new status as a married couple in the presence of a guardian and guardian.

Unstoppably the happiness of Kris at that time, when the only thing he had fought for finally came into reality before him. Marriage was considered a sacred and sacred thing, and marrying the woman he loved so much was a priceless blessing by anything. He was unceasingly grateful as the chants of good prayer were spoken before the procession of the marriage contract began, and he remained unceasingly grateful as he clasped his wife's hand to return home, or wherever they would go together.

Kris had returned to the land of Java a few days ago, along with Rafael's return from the silent darkness that drowned his conscious mind. Starting from that day, the two men of different fates will begin to live a new life that has been waiting for them in front.