Zena: The Last Fight
Mother Position

The warm touch of the morning sun gives encouragement and hope to every person who greets him. In the eastern horizon, he appears as the ruler gives light. Beautiful treats in the morning, channeling warmth to the heart of every one of those who struggle.

The girl also stood up to welcome his arrival, the patient's clothes still attached to the body. Tired of being silent, but Cana did not want him to leave the hospital first. Zena's beautiful face still leaves pale that makes her maternal side disturbed. Zena stuck out her hand letting the sunlight hit her.

His lips smiled even though they still looked pale, but he did not look gloomy and sick. Her eyelids opened gently, snapping as a bunch of roses floated before her face.

"Good morning, my future wife!" greet a voice without the slightest embarrassment.

Zena turned to the left side of her body, where Chendrik and Cheo stood in their official uniforms. He smiled as he received the flowers. Throwing shoulders not knowing what to answer for the greeting that Chendrik gave him.

"You haven't eaten yet, I've been cooking this day specifically just for you" Chendrik said as he clasped Zena's fingers and asked her to sit on the sofa.

"Well, I even woke up earlier than the workers." Cheo opened his voice with a slight smile praising his father's efforts to conquer Zena's heart.

"Oh yeah? I didn't know you were good at cooking. I had absolutely no idea of cooking other than smoked meat and grilled chicken," Zena said, staring in admiration at Chendrik's blushing face.

That morning he looked different, his hair was always what it was, that morning it looked more presentable. His beard was shaken, the clothes he was wearing were different from what he usually was.

"Eat, may you like the taste," said Chendrik as he opened the box.

"What's this?"

"It was just a steak sprinkled with barbeque sauce on it. You've eaten this before, but I didn't cook." Chendrik took over the knife and fork.

The food was still puffing smoke, like it had just been lifted from a fire. The man shrewdly cut the meat into small pieces. Stabbed it with a fork and fed it to Zena.

"I can eat by myself" Zena subtly refused.

Chendrik shook his head not accepting the rejection.

"For this morning let me bribe you" he said, not to be denied.

Warm feeling spread throughout the face Zena spread directly to the ear. A red hue stuck out on the surface of his white skin. He tucked the child's hair behind the ear, misbehaving.

"Eat!"

Shamefully Zena opened her mouth and accepted a bribe from Chendrik. Chewed slowly, feeling the food that had just greeted his tongue.

"Mmm .. This is delicious. How do you cook it?" ask Zena with a brightly glowing bead.

His lip line was raised up high, his mouth opened again asking for the next bribe. The man chuckled happily. A smile continued to be pinned on his thin lips. The next bribe slid until it ran out unceremoniously.

The belching sound came out quite loudly from Zena's mouth.

OOPS!

"I'm sorry" he said embarrassedly.

"It's okay. Drink up!" Chendrik looks blooming. He handed her a bottle of water.

"Thank you."

Zena took the bottle, accidentally touching their hands. The strange waves that flowed in their bodies, making them both dumbstruck in the same line of sight. Cheo seemed confused because the two people seemed to be stopped by time.

"Sister, today's graduation at my school. Pray for me to graduate with the best grades," Cheo said, breaking their views.

Chendrik misbehaved himself, Zena turned away with a flushed face of embarrassment. His hand squeezed the bottle with anxiety, realizing he had to gulp it down. Zena almost finished off one bottle of water unknowingly.

"Sorry, how?" he asked after keeping a water bottle on the table and normalizing the heartbeat.

His smile was etched stiff, between shame and nervousness into one.

Zena was dumbstruck, she did not know if Cana would allow herself to get out of that boring place.

"He will come with us. You guys go first, don't be late!" said the voice of Cana who stepped slowly into Zena's room.

The girl smiled happily, she even greeted the arrival of her two adoptive parents enthusiastically. Hugging them is happy to finally get out of the room.

"What does it mean I can get out?" asked Zena after taking off her embrace.

Cana nodded and allowed Adhikari. Cheo smiled happily, he really hoped that Zena was present to represent his mother. She doesn't want another mother besides Zena, anyway.

Chendrik moved on to Cheo, allowing the suits to walk up to them.

"If so, we'll go first." He said goodbye to Zena and the old man. Cheo stepped even lighter than at home earlier.

His once dim spirit again filled the heart. Cana brought Zena to sit on the sofa, put the lunchbox on the table. His face frowned at the sight of a neatly slit dining box beside hers.

"You've eaten? I brought you breakfast, I don't know if you've eaten," she said, a little disappointed.

Zena made a mistake, thinking of finding an excuse not to hurt the feelings of everything.

"Ah, that's Chendrik who brought you. Just an appetizer, I ate it because Cheo said he cooked it himself. What are you cooking?" said Zena as much as possible to behave normally while glancing at the lunch box that Cana brought.

Adhikari smiled, he knew Zena's position was in a state of complete error. Cana's grim face brightened again, excited to hear the girl's words.

"Mother's cooking is healthy for you. This is good so that you can recover faster and healthier again," said Cana while opening the lunch box he brought.

Zena grimaced to see the rice complete with side dishes and even a bottle of warm milk was brought anyway. Plus fruits as cover.

"Let's eat, I happen to have not eaten. We eat together" said Adhikari, feeling sorry for Zena who grimaced.

The girl nodded happily. Cana resigned even though in his heart he wanted Zena herself who spent the food.

******

"You ready?" cana asked shortly after Zena came out of the bathroom with the dress she was carrying.

"Is it all right like this, Mother? It's too fancy" asked Zena looking at the long salem-colored dress she was wearing that day.

"No, hon. Maybe in your eyes this is too fancy, but for everyone this is just an ordinary dress. Never mind, you look beautiful like that. Let your hair down" Cana said, embracing Zena's arm and taking her out of the hospital.

*****

Zena is flabbergasted to see the lavish decoration of the graduation event at Cheo school. Maybe the school will be more luxurious if there is no such thing as last night. The clothes that everyone wore looked luxurious and elegant. She glanced at her own dress justifying what Cana said while in the hospital.

"Mother!"

Someone shouted from inside the building, Zena smiled and welcomed Cheo's arrival with a hug.

"Why did you call Mother Brother?" ask Zena while releasing a hug.

"When my parents were called to the stage, I wanted Brother and Dad to go up. Not that demonic woman over there, I've talked about this with Dad and he agreed" Cheo said.

Zena glanced at the row of chairs reserved for the students' parents. There was Chendrik who was looking at him with a smile, he nodded. There is also the birth mother of Cheo who seems unhappy with the presence of Zena.

Recalling Cheo's story about his birth mother, Zena's heart growled. How could there be a mother in this world who could pay someone to kill her own child?

"alright. Don't let her take Mom's position" said Zena smiling sharply as she glanced at Clarissa.