Waiting For Life's
CHAPTRE 6
“Hoaaaam..”Meli yawns and squirms
waking up from his sleep on a soft and comfortable sofa. “Wait. Feelings
semalem sleeps on the floor”, continued Meli wonder why he could wake up in
top sofa.
“What..”Meli imagines Ray
hold it up and put it on the sofa with a smile. “Oya, where
mas Ray?”Meli wakes up and searches for Ray on each side of the house but finds no one.
“Ow, toast”pekik Meli as he approached the kitchen table which contained a plate filled with toast with chocolate jam and a glass filled with milk. “Waaah, really. Kayak so sweet it sih”ucap Meli smiled happily and then ate his breakfast with lehap.
After finishing his breakfast, he
walk to the front of the house to see the beautiful morning weather. “Wooo”ucap Meli
when I saw many people running in the morning together.
Meli's hand waved towards the figure
so familiar. Ray who saw the old hand Meli only saw her then focused on her morning run. Meli who saw it was a little disappointed but she smiled back remembering a piece of toast and milk.
Without Meli knowing when looking at her
waving his hand, Ray might act as if there was nothing
but it is undeniable if he likes to be called like that by Meli, he bowed his head and smiled thinly.
“You why Ray?”ask the Fad
next to Ray.
Ray shook his head and looked at Fad with a smile, Fad who saw it was astonished and also smiled.
After finishing around the dormitory
along with all the members of all the companies, Ray and the others
rest in the ceremonial field. Ray straightened his legs and drank some water
shared by a member.
“Huuuuh, tired”ucap mas Fad sitting
beside Ray, still trying to regulate his irregular breathing.
“Padalah only jogging loh mas”sahut Ray
with smile.
“Sek..sek, you why Ray?”mas
Fad was confused again by the smile imprinted on Ray's lips.
Ray staring confused mas Fad, “Emang
why the hell mas, something wrong?”Ray felt fine
ask back to Fad.
Mas Fad turned to look at Ray,
“Yes. Gapapa anyway, you kayak that used to”sobung mas Fad while peeling the banana skin that is in his hands.
Ray stared intently at Fad when he saw
mas Fad wanted to peel the banana peel that was used to wrap the lemper
chicken. “Mas..kok no lemper?”ray asked still with his sharp gaze
make the Fad stand up.
“Oh, yes briefly”ucap mas Fad staring
to one as if the person called himself who was not there
who called her, it was just an excuse to dodge Ray.
Ray who saw it laughed and observed Fad mass gathered in one of the hordes in the field. “Dasar”.
*****
“Assalamu’alaikum”ucap Ray
open the door and enter his house.
“Wa’alaikumsalam” Answered Meli with
an apron that was still attached to him while smiling sweetly at Ray who had just entered the house a few steps.
“What are you doing?”ask Ray who keeps
step towards her room to pick up her clothes and get ready to take a shower.
“Masak”answer Meli brief and back to
kitchen to serve side dishes that he had made when Ray was running in the morning
earlier.
Ray is taking clothes
immediately rushed to the kitchen and saw all the food presented at the dining table
neatly and seductively. “You...cook this all?”ask her while pulling up a chair and sitting down.
“Eyy, shower first lah”ujar Meli forbid
Ray was about to scoop a piece of rice into his plate.
“Ntar aja, eat first”Ray reject what
ordered by Meli.
Meli ruffled her waist and looked at Ray
with annoyed face.”Let it clean, bathe”Meli kekeh told Ray to take a shower first
before eating his breakfast. Ray stood up from his seat and
continue her activities to clean up after a morning run.
Meli cooks a simple breakfast actually
like, stir-fry chickpeas, fried tempeh and eggplant balado. That's his usual
he cooks for his brother and sister if bi Tinah is on leave. Rani is very fond of eggs balado ceplok made by Meli taste spicy and sweet.
A few minutes later, Ray came out of
bathroom with t-shirts, and t-shirts similar. Melies
watching Ray continuously while admiring Ray's increasingly good looks
the day is getting dangerous according to Meli.
Ray sat in his place while sneaking
rice and side dishes pauk into his plate. “Udah can eat?”ray asked which made Meli laugh lightly.
“Eat”
Ray ate food cooked by Meli with a voraciously, Meli who had breakfast just stared at Ray while
a smile that keeps on expanding. “Oya, thanks ya breakfast his”ucap Meli in
he looked at Ray and remembered the breakfast Ray had left before
morning run.
Ray just nodded while looking
a little towards Meli then continue eating her back. After all the filling
his dishes run out with no leftovers, Ray puts dirty dishes and glasses in the laundry
the dishes then wash all the cooking utensils and dirty dishes that are piled in
wesink.
Meli who forgot to wash the cookware
also directly approached Ray, “Mas, I was, forgot earlier not washed all”ucap Meli took a sponge from Ray's hands.
Ray took back the sponge in hand
Meli, “Gak, I've already, anyways you will also have cooked”answer Ray makes
both corners of Meli's lips lifted, Ray saw meli smiling just staring
then continue the activity of washing all equipment.
Geck...Tok...,
“Assalamu’alaikum”someone knocks on the door and says hello in front of the house
Ray, Ray who heard that instantly turned off the water tap and looked ahead
to find out who the guests are coming.
“Wa’alaikumsalam warohmatullah, uh
Tia” replied Ray while greeting a woman named Tia and in high school uniform.
Meli who also came to the front of the house
smiling when he saw Tia coming with a green bushel
old-fangled. “Who?”asked Meli as she slowly elbowed Ray's arm, Ray who felt
meli's hand was only turned around for a while and refocused on Tia.
“Ka, I learned to cook the same
mama, keep saying she send this love to kaka”ucap Tia with a shy smile,
Meli who was initially smiling instantly lowered both corners of her lips and
looking at Tia thoroughly from top to bottom.
“Still yes Tia, will definitely eat” replied Ray with a wide smile nan sweet.
Meli who saw that stares at Ray
with both eyes enlarged and slowly squealing between shock and
not happy. “Wah, she can smile that wide same as perempuan”batin Meli
then folding both of her hands in front of her chest kept paying attention to Ray and Tia.
“Ka, emmm. I want to ask you to please, can?”tia asked still with her smile which made Meli sick. I don't know why Meli's feelings at that time were very unhappy with Tia and also annoyed at Ray who smiled sweetly and widely at Tia.
“By, what is it?”ray answered looking at
the direction Meli was looking at Tia did not like.
“Mmm...I want to go to the aquarium in Jakarta”Tia stop for a while, “But papa equally mama can not nemenin, I have a task”soff Tia.
“What task to aquarium, cave feeling
in the past there were no tasks that were told to aquarium”mum Meli with a cold gaze still with her hands folded in front of her chest. "You sort the fish. What school children are fishermen" continued Meli.
“Oh, when do you answer Ray after
heard Meli's mutterings.
“Mmm, this Saturday anyway, can not
brother?”tia asked who had placed hope on Ray who was thinking for a moment.
“Mmm. Couldn't be, there is also no activity like his”answer given Ray made Meli wide and gaping not believe Ray agreed to Tia's request easily.
Tia who heard the answer from Ray
unable to hold back her smile and thank Ray while touching Ray's empty hand. “Thank you ka”tap her with pleasure.
Meli who saw that was getting upset and
he chose to go into the house to find himself. “Waaaah..
children today”ujar Meli who is now sitting on the sofa living room with
an irritated feeling he still slightly watched Ray who was still talking
with Tia and soon Tia left.
“From yesterday the cake went nya”gumam Meli
seeing Tia pass away.
Ray entered the house smiling,
not because of Tia but because of Meli's strange but funny attitude for Ray.
Meli who saw Ray enter the house with a smile increasingly annoyed at once
bad mood with Ray.
“Oya, we can't get to your location
accident now ya”papan Ray makes Meli suddenly stand up from her seat.
“Why?”ask Meli annoyed.
“There was a visit to KASAD because” replied Ray
continue to wash dishes that have been delayed.
“Continue, can it be when?”
“Ya.later if you have finished visiting”
“Old of his visit?”ask Meli
he walked over to Ray.
“Perhaps about two or three hours laterRead Ray who is arranging the last plate to the shelf to store dishes that have been washed cleanly.
“Lumayan the heck mah”Meli chose to sit
back on the couch by opening a magazine that is on the tv table.
“You coming?”tawar Ray while inserting
one of her hand sleeves into the hole of her striped service shirt.
Meli just glanced at a glance and returned
read the magazine, because he was still upset by what had just happened.
“Marketing but males lah, kesel”batin Meli while staring silently Ray
who are preparing.
“Yaudah, wait at home aja”ucap Ray
the one wearing his black shoes.
After she finished wearing her shoes, Ray
get out of the house and close the door. Meli who is still sitting on
the sofa with the inner war he was facing, Meli was actually curious about
the visit meant Ray but he was also still upset with Ray.
*****
After a long time wrestling with the inner
finally, Meli decides to follow Ray. Meli sat in the right chair
close to a large and strong tree. He watched Ray who was
in the middle of the field with many people wearing the same uniform as Ray.
“Mana anyway, lama”gumam Meli seraya
meet his face with both palms.
After about half an hour, it was over,
finally the one that everyone including Meli was waiting for arrived, everyone
gathered to make a row parallel to the length as well as Meli who joined the march even though not terilhat.
A man with his gallant down
from a car then followed by a woman who can be sure it is the couple of the man dashing. Meli who saw that smiled. “Aaa..romantis”murm when he saw the dashing man clasping the woman's hand down slowly from the car.
When arriving in front of the commander's dormitory
battalion (danyon) and his wife approached the guests with a salute
then shake. After that a boy and a girl wearing army uniforms approached then gave flowers to a guest who was a KASAD (Head of Army Sataf).
The peon who saw it did not stop
smiling, he felt happy with what everyone was doing
welcome the arrival of honored guests. The guests at the danyon lead entered the dormitory followed by a welcome chant from everyone who marched with vigor and joy.
Two tanks are available
running the action is circling around the field. “Waaah”decak Meli was amazed to see the two tanks circling like a toy.
“His word does not want to join”ujar Ray who
suddenly stood beside her with a straight look at the old tank
“Can thoughts can change” replied Meli
look for a moment at Ray and refocus to watch the action after the action
displayed.
Ray smiled when he saw Meli very
enjoy the event that is happening. “Basar”batin Ray still with his smile.
“Why bang?”ask the Evil One who knows
from where he was suddenly beside Ray.
Ray turned his head in shock towards Sahat, “No, no,
just a little pegel aja this head”elak Ray while stretching his head to the left
and right, Sahat just nodded in understanding.
*****
Ray and Meli get off the bike
after stopping the edge in front of a minimalist one-level house. Melies
the curious entered the locked fence, after knowing the situation of the house
Meli who was about to go back to Ray who was outside was restrained when
seeing a woman who is no stranger to him.
Meli approached the woman while
calling her, “Anna?”.
Hearing her name called, Anna
look over and see Meli who is right in front of her. “Loh. Worrying
here?”asked Anna who stood up from her seat.
“Lu by yourself?”
“It...home I”his reply while.
look at the house behind him for a moment.
“Ohh, this. Home lu”
“Iya, you yourself why here?”ask
Anna is curious about Meli's presence in her parents' house.
“On the outside. On the pole there is
cctv, right?”asked Meli while sitting on the bench right in front of Anna.
Anna who heard that nodded
in response, “Iya. Why the hell?, oh lo accident around here?”.
Meli nodded slowly, “Iya, in
junction sana”Meli pointed in the direction where he accident that indeed
close to Anna's house.
“There is, but it has been broken for a long time
Anna
Meli breathes her breath with
disillusioned. Anna who saw Meli was disappointed to think if there was another way that could help Meli.
“Oh yes, kaka car I like sometimes
parked in front of home,”
“Mobil kaka lu no dashboard camera
her?”asked Meli who cut Anna's talk.
Anna nodded definitely with both corners of her lips raised. “Iya ad”..
Meli who heard that was immediately delighted
not play. “Alhamdulillah, if so the cave would like to see the camera footage can be?”
“By aja, but I'll be in again
jogja, the day after returning home, Anna replied with a slightly unpleasant feeling.
“Oh, so. The cave of Yaudah will return to
here again the day after”ucap Meli happily to Anna who just nodded and
smilingly.
I went back outside to
tell Ray something happy. “Mas....”call Meli when seeing Ray.
who was playing a mobile phone while sitting on his motorbike.
“Gimana”Ray saved his phone
then turned to look at Meli who looked happy.
“The car in the photo yesterday
it turns out to have her kaka Anna..”ucapan Meli stopped for a while while sitting down anyway.
beside Ray who was curious about the continuation of the story Meli. “But..
again in Jogja, just returned the day after tomorrow, why would we come here again?”spliced
Melies.
Ray heard the statement from
Meli nods her head, “OK, the day after we come here again”answer Ray makes
meli's smile expands so beautifully.
*****
After visiting the scene
ray and Meli go to the hospital because Ray has an appointment with Karin
while Meli wants to see the condition of Rani who now she knows if Rani is sick.
“Mas. I asked for more help deh”ucap
Arrive in front of a great hospital.
Ray stared at Meli, “What?”.
“I want to ask you about Rani's condition,
what is he sick?, severe no?, how does Rani recover?”the word Meli makes Ray feel worried and sad about what happened to Meli and Rani.
Ray nodded in agreement with Meli's request. After that they both entered the hospital and headed to their respective destinations.
*****
“Ray, you're sorry you waited for me
done?”the question that made Karin uncomfortable was telling Ray to wait for hours in the hospital.
Ray nodded his head
I smiled at Karin. “Eh yes rin, mmm,”Ray's speech stopped because of her
confused to say how to say to Karin.
Karin stares confusedly at Ray, “Why
Ray?”asked Karin curious about the continuation of Ray's words that stopped.
Ray shook his head with
fast, “Ah, gapapa gapapa”.
Karin laughed and refocused
at his job, Ray stares at the file next to Karin's laptop. A curious Ray approached Karin who was still focusing on typing on her laptop.
“This what file rin?”ask Ray seraya
retrieving files belonging to Rani, Meli's sister.
“Oh, it's a file one of the patients”answered
Carin.
“Aduh instead it”batin Ray. “Oh, pain
what's emang?”Ray tried to get what Meli asked for.
“From the results of the examination he.”ucapan
Karin stopped for a moment, “She got bone cancer, ewing” sarcoma continued Karin.
“So she had bone cancer and
sarcoma ewing”gumam Ray while putting back Rani's file on Karin's desk.
Karin laughed lightly when she heard
murmuring Ray, “sarcoma ewing it's kind of bone cancer, Ray”.
Ray who heard Karin's remark instantly furrowed his brows a sign he was confused. Karin who saw Ray's expression
back to laughing lightly.
“So, ewing's sarcoma is one of
type of bone cancer.Ewing sarcoma, malignant tumors that appear in the bone or
soft tissue in the area around the bone” explained Karinn.
Ray who understood just nodded his head. “Keep she can recover rin?”ask Ray.
“Rani's condition is in the stadium
his name was metastatic ewing sarcoma, ” Karin's answer made Ray bow his head.
“What's more it”batin Ray who later
looking back at Karin.
“Tumor Rani, has spread to
other organs such as the liver and lungs. So for his healing process will be difficult and takes a long time”Karin explained back what Ray did not understand. “Auto
can, will definitely relapse and cause her to grow another cancer” continued Karin.
Ray who heard that was sad
with what Rani suffered. “So. It will be difficult to heal, Rin”.
Karin heard it
nods. “You know Rani?”asked Karin who was curious because the quiet Ray became a lot of questions about other people.
“Ah, not just curious aja”elak Ray
and is taken by Karin understand.
*****
Melded out her nursery with lethargy,
he wants to be with Rani like he used to be, playing together, having fun together,
Meli misses with all her but what power she can do nothing but
waiting to come back to life.
“Ikut I”ajak Ray on the Meli
sitting in front of his ward.
Meli who heard that was loud
following Ray from behind towards the rooftop. “Why mas?”ask Meli confused.
Ray did not answer Meli's question and
just keep going. Arriving at the rooftop Ray and Meli sat on a bench in the corner of the park.
Ray staring Meli, “Mel, Rani.
Ray stopped, he was confused to talk how, he was afraid Meli would be more sad
but he still has to tell the truth.
Very curious meli directly
watching Ray to hear the continuation of Ray's sudden speech
stalled.
“Rani..”
“What pain Rani? ”
“Bone cancer, sarcoma type
ewing” replied Ray with a single breath to avoid his nervousness.
Meli who heard it let go
his gaze that was originally staring at Ray now he was bowed with his face that
restrained both palms. Meli sobbing in tankup both soles
her hands.
“Mel..”Call Ray quietly while
gently stroked Meli's shoulders which were shaking from crying.
“Mas...what Rani can heal?”ask Meli
with great expectations on both his eyes that make Ray did not have the heart to tell Meli if it will be difficult for Rani to recover.
“Mas, ananswer”
“Mmm..”Ray just muttered without
answer the questions that Meli asked.
“Can Rani not heal?”
Ray shook his head quickly,
“Ngak. Not that it can't heal but..”.
“But what?”
“Bakal difficult because the tumor has spread
to the liver and lungs” replied Ray who resigned.
Meli who heard it came back
lowered his head and let out his tears so profusely. “I. I don't know if Rani suffered all this time, because she sometimes likes to complain about her hands, feet that suddenly hurt and her chest that sometimes difficult to breathe...hiks”Meli really feels guilty for Rani, since she entered college she rarely paid attention to Rani.
In the house Rani is only accompanied by bi Tinah without her affection from papa, Meli, and her kaka. If Lani, indeed never cared about the life of Meli, Hendra and Rani who he thought was only his son.
“Meli, all this is not wrong
you, this is all the will of Allah”Ray trying to calm Meli who is still
sobbing sadly.
Meli shook her head, “This too
wrong me, if I pay more attention to Rani for sure. It won't be as bad as it hurts her”.
“Mel.
his own to make his servant happy”
“Mana no mas. The sick man who
happy”
“There is, because sickness is the sign of God
love your servant, so if anyone is sick, be thankful for Allah
turns out dear”sahut Ray who still gently stroked Meli's shoulder. “Yang needs
all you do now is pray with God, ask for the same help
Allah”.
Meli who heard Ray's advice
feeling the calmness in his heart, “Iya. Surely pray with God for healing Rani”ucap Meli determined strongly.
Ray wiped away the rest of the tears that were on Meli's chuby cheeks gently, Meli who knew it was shocked and looked at Ray who was smiling widely beyond what he had shown Tia this morning. Sontak Meli was smiling looking at Ray who was still with her smile. Ray's wide and soft smile made Meli's heart more calm
*****