All For Mother's Sakes

Aan Eko Hartoyo. 2

"Mas, guys, let's go in.."

"Where's your wife's deck?"

Wiwik asked his sister-in-law.

"Eee..mbak, mas, Aan has a fever, his body is very hot, Nanik is in the room compressing it"

Then Wiwik half ran immediately towards their room.

She immediately sat down beside Aan and stroked his head.

"Oh Naaak, you are why Naak, your body is so hot.."

Nanik continued to look at his son with an unbecoming feeling.

Sad, afraid and worried that nothing will happen to his son.

"When did Nik start?"

"So late in the afternoon, around 3.hour 1 he went to sleep, when he woke up shivering, and when he touched his forehead, it was very hot"

Nanik started crying..

"She didn't talk either, just moaned from earlier.."

Wiwik's eyes began to glaze over, she looked at her husband, hoping that the men would make an effort to help Aan.

Damar pulled Hartoyo's hand towards the terrace.

"Har, should we just take it to the puskesmas?"

Hartoyo did not reply, he looked at his brother with a meaningful look.

"My money was okay Har"

"Mas, this may be just a normal fever, it will definitely subside, mas don't make them worry more"

Damar realized, if he offered to bring Aan to the Puskesmas, Wiwik and Nanik would definitely be more worried.

They also continue to compress Aan repeatedly, to the extent that Damar and Wiwik are not made drinks, because they are only focused on Aan's situation.

After 10 p.m., Aan's body subsided a little, not as hot as it was this afternoon.

Nanik stood up, asked Wiwik to compress Aan, and he himself wanted to make coffee for his brother-in-law.

"If you make coffee, 1 only, I don't dare, it's night, mas Damar alone who coffee"

"Yes mbak..."

Nanik went back, making 2 cups of coffee, 1 for Damar, and 1 for her husband.

He just remembered that Hartoyo also has not coffee since returning from work.

Not long after, Nanik drove his coffee to the terrace, Damar and Hartoyo were sitting there.

"This sir, Mas, drink the coffee"

"Thank you Nik, sorry for taking care of you"

"It's okay, it's just water"

"You calm down, Nik, Aan will get well, he's okay, don't worry..."

"Yes, the heat has also subsided a little"

"I went inside first, ma'am, accompany Aan"

"Yes Nik"

Nanik went back to the room to accompany Aan accompanied by Wiwik.

"Har, am I sleeping here, okay, accompany you?"

"No need to, you'll be tired"

"It's okay ah.."

Damar went into the room where Aan was lying.

"Sir, we sleep here huh, accompany them?"

Damar asked his wife.

"Yes, it's okay"

Damar went back to the front to meet Hartoyo.

"I went home for a while, Har, I haven't locked the door yet"

"Yes mas"

Hartoyo started to look weak, he could not hide his worries.

He was afraid that something might happen to Aan.

"Good fast, son, recover like before..."

Hartoyo spoke to himself while covering his face with both hands.

Shortly after, Damar returned with 1 blanket and 1 sarong.

Then he returned to the terrace to accompany Hartoyo.

"Mas, if until tomorrow morning Aan has not subsided the heat, I do not come to work, please convey to the Mandornya"

Hartoyo asked his brother for help.

"Yes Har, tomorrow does not convey, but hopefully Aan healed, let's not be a burden of mind, I myself can not focus on work if Aan has not healed, maybe I also skipped work"

"Don't mas, Mas just work, let me take care of Nanik who ngurusin Aan, after all there mbak Wiwik, so Mas Damar can keep working".

"But still I'm worried Har, your son is my son too, if there's anything, I'll be sad".

When Hartoyo was about to sip his coffee, Damar restrained him...

"Har, have you eaten since you got home from work?"

"I don't have an appetite yet"

"I know you're worried about Har, but don't neglect your own health, if you drink coffee on an empty stomach, it harms your stomach"

"But I've really no appetite" Mas"

"Har, Aan is sick, has not healed until now, if you follow the pain because of this trivial problem, instead of even bothering later?"

Hartoyo was silent, what his brother said was true, he had to take care of his health.

"But, you eat first, a little is also okay, the important stomach is filled, so it is safe if you drink coffee"

"Well, wait a moment, or want to eat?x

"So I ate before you got here, you ate by yourself"

"Just a minute..."

Hartoyo headed to the kitchen to fill the void, while Damar began rolling tobacco on the terrace table.

After a while, Hartoyo returned to the terrace.

He immediately sipped his coffee, then rolled the tobacco with a size large enough.

"You want to burn down the house or how ckckck..."

Damar chuckled at the size of his sister's cigars.

"Hide...Let's be full, who knows, can listen to my thoughts right now"

"If Aan is not healed yet, tomorrow morning I want to go to the project, want to send a message to the foreman if we do not go to work"

"If we get fired how do we?"

Damar smoked his cigarette, then exhaled his smoke..

"Working somewhere else must be Har"

"People who don't go to school like me, it's hard to get a job"

"But you have the ability, as long as you want to try to get a share, the windfall will not be exchanged really"

Hartoyo smokes his cigarette, he justifies the words of his brother, but he remains realistic, despite his ability, he can only work for 1 field only.

Unlike his brother who had become a handyman, the wider the area.

But he never gets discouraged, he will keep fighting, whatever his job, to provide for his family, he will still do.

Until midnight, they were still sitting on the terrace.

The cold air began to blow over their bodies.

"Mas, let's go in, it's cold in here".

"Look, look at Aan's situation"

They entered the house and closed the front door.

Damar went straight to the room where Aan was being treated.

"Have the heat dropped?"

He asked his wife.

"It's been a little light, but it hasn't really subsided".

"Hopefully recover, you who are patient, if you are tired, sleep next to Aan".

Nanik and Wiwik nodded.

Hartoyo, who was looking at them from the door, tried to stay calm, even though his mind had started to mess up.

"We'll rest here Har"

Damar invited Hartoyo to sleep in front of the door"

"Yes, I'll take the mat first"

Hartoyo rolled out a mat and prepared 2 pillows for their sleep tonight.

They then broke down, and tried to close their eyes.

They hope that tomorrow Aan will recover.