3 Perfected Decades

King, Queen, and Sultan

" The king will wake up soon and you will leave for school!" I heard a familiar voice that I missed so much.

    I slowly opened my eyelids, when all my life had been gathered. I glanced around the room. I feel familiar with the atmosphere of this room. I frowned as I looked at the calendar hanging on the wall near the study table.

    I also walked towards the calendar, maybe something was wrong. And how surprised I was when I saw my face in the mirror hung near the calendar.

" Why did my face become young again?"

" Am I dreaming?"

" Why the date on this calendar is thirty years ago!" I just kept monologuing in my room.

     I checked all my stuff. And sure enough, all of this stuff of mine was mine in my previous life.

    To make sure of everything, I quickly took a shower. And put on my school uniform. Because to the left of the calendar wall, there is a daily lesson schedule. I had no trouble cleaning up the book for today's subjects.

    I went down the stairs, and walked towards the dining room. There was usually breakfast on the table. I saw Mom cooking her signature fried rice. My heart rumbled very hard, looking at the figure of the woman I had long since missed.

" Mom?" I called him hesitantly.

" Come fast for breakfast King! It's noon." Mother said as she turned her gaze for a moment to me who was still standing near the dining table.

    I'm not sitting in a chair for breakfast. But I approached my mother. Hugged him from behind. My tears broke right then and there, because I could feel the smell of my typical body again. And his body is still healthy and full.

" King, what's wrong with you?" She turned her body and held my face.

" Tell Mom, what's wrong?" Ask again in a tone that worries me so much.

    I just cried, couldn't stop it. The tightness in my chest, was not worth the happiness I was feeling.

" Mother…. I'm glad to see you again!" I said withholding the sound of crying.

" Did you have a nightmare last night?" Mother wiped away my tears that were still running down my cheeks.

    I nodded my head, in response to my mother's question.

" Hmm, what dream mother's child to cry like this?" Ask Mom again.

" I dream of mother, father, Queen, and Sultan. Go leave me." I answered after I had mastered this myself.

" Hehe…. There's-there's you!" Mom stroked my head like she used to do in her life.

" Ho…. King, why are you crying?" Suddenly I heard the sound of my sister wearing a blue white uniform.

" Your brother, last night was a nightmare!" Mother said in a tone of voice that was tempting me, so that I would smile again.

" Queen, your dear brother."

    I hugged my sister's body, the Queen. Just like I wanted to do with my sisters, a long time ago.

" Yes, the Queen is also dear to Brother." The queen returned my embrace though stiffly.

" The Sultan also loves Kak Raja, and Kak Ratu." The voice of my youngest brother was heard behind my body.

" Let's have breakfast, it's noon. Don't let you guys be late for school." My Mama's orders.

" King brother, let's finish this breakfast and let's go together." The queen smiled happily.

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    I walk my feet towards the school gate. I saw a lot of students coming. I stepped into the classroom, and there the boys were playing Ludo.

     The crowded classroom atmosphere, now so very much missed. Unlike the past, I do not like the crowded classroom atmosphere. That's why I'm often alone in the library, or in the backyard of the school.

" Hi, Radit. Good morning!" Greetings to my countryman who I care less about. In the future, I am often helped by him.

" save…. Morning!" Radit hesitated when he answered my greetings. He often greeted other friends.

" Have you completed the math assignment given by the teacher last Sunday?" Radit asked me with a face that looked anxious. He seems to have forgotten his job.

    I also took out my math book. And check it out, it turns out I've done my job.

" Already, if you want to cheat. Hurry up in a minute, the doorbell will ring." I said while handing over my duty book.

    He saw his surprised face. I know why he could be like that. Because I am most anti-cheat the results of my duties to other friends.

" Copy it! The hunt will come in." I repeated my words again.

    And Radit quickly copied my assignment. It turned out that other friends were also cheating. I just let them do that.

    I was determined to change my nature which was considered bad by the people around me first. Like being insensitive to others. Prefer to be alone rather than mingling with others. Less concerned about the environment around me. And I'm less able to express what I feel.

" Hey, Nino. Did you also forget to do your Math assignment?" Ask me when I see the class leader also cheating.

" Hehe…. Yes, I forgot." His typical laughter now felt not strange to me. I used to feel weird when I heard that laugh.

" Are you still playing basketball?" I asked, because in addition to being the class president, Nino was also the chairman of the school basketball club.

" Yet, why? Would you like to join me!" Ask me.

" Can I join you?" I asked back.

" Of course we can, even if we're third grade now. But you can still play." Answer with passion. 

    I also smiled happily. Now it's time for me to find friends my age and spend a lot of time with them enjoying the good times at school.

    I made some planning that concerned myself first. I wrote it on a piece of paper. Any plan I want to do in my life.

    After I'm done with my personal life plan. I then took back the blank paper. This time I tried to recall the events in my past that I wanted to change. I wrote down a series of events that happened to my family, my acquaintances, and my friends.

    I sort things by time. I wrote down what was about to happen soon. What I wish I could change.

    In my memory the event that is expected to happen in the near future is my classmate who was hit by a motorcycle while going across the street in front of the school. He had a broken bone, so even until graduation day he could not walk

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