ANTHOPHILES

DREAM

Azalea lived with her mother and sister, in a modest house on the outskirts of town.

After graduating from school, Lea knew that she would not be able to continue her education because of the cost. Therefore, Lea was determined to be able to realize her dream of becoming a famous artist.

That dream Lea had thought since her school days, Lea spirit to practice and collect money, because Lea knew if pursuing her dream was not an easy thing, at least it would cost money.

Lea's days passed by constantly monitoring the auditions that would follow her.

Lea will audition through online.

[THE NEXT DAY ARRIVES, THE AUDITION STARTS OPENING]

*send Lea's recording video singing*

"bismillah, may I escape" Hope Lea.

After sending the video, Lea went out of her room to approach her mother and Lily who were watching television.

*DARR*

"oh Leah, the habit of making mothers hangers"

"it's a habit to know, brother!"

"idihhhhh don't be so angry, look around" Lea replied with a cry.

*Lea approached mom*

"mom, ask for his prayers yes.. Lea just auditioned. Announcement to her graduates in a month"

mother momentarily fell silent,

"are you serious about being a singer? if you get away, you have to stay in town, away from your mother and sister, are you ready?"

Lea answered with confidence,

"mom, Lea is already big, Lea's dream from small to want to be a singer, let Lea pursue Lea bu's dream, if Lea has been successful, if Lea has been successful, Lea immediately picked up mom and Lily to stay in the city"

mom hugged and stroked Lea's head,

"whatever makes you happy to do, son, as long as you must always remember the message of mother, never stay in worship and never dare to break the rules of God, you must be able to take care of yourself, you must be able to take care of yourself, your self-esteem is son"

Lea responded to the mother's words with a nod.

STORY SHORT.

[1 MONTH PASSED]

It is time for the long-awaited announcement.

Those who were already very curious, gathered in the tv room while waiting for the incoming email.

*TRING*

*EMAIL LOGIN*

The three of them read the email together,

slowly they read....

The email contains

"WELCOME AZALEA, YOU ESCAPED THE AUDITION, WELCOME TO JOIN OUR MANAGEMENT"

Ah it feels like Lea's body is so weak that she is happy, Lea is speechless, can only hug mother and Lily.

To Lea, today felt like a dream. Lea did not expect the path to her dream to be wide open.

[NIGHT].

*TOK TOK*

there was a knock on the door from outside Lea's room.

"Lea. open this dear mother"

Leah rushed to open the door

Seeing the mother bring food, Lea then helps to bring the food.

"mother Gaperlu bothered, Lea can grab her own food"

Mother went into the room, saw the whole room, it turns out Lea was ready to pack her things to move to the city.

"have you cleaned up? when did you go, son?"

Ask Mom.

"next week ma'am"

Lea said with a shy smile.

"would be the spirit of his well-being from now on"

"let's just bring mom"

Then Lea and mom sat on the bed.

"mom, why are we staying?"

Ask Lea.

"yes gapapa son, if you succeed, you are also a proud mother"

Lea smiled flatly, in her heart it was hard to leave mother and Lily at home.

the mother who understood Lea's condition immediately held Lea's hand,

"Lea, you need to worry about mom and Lily.. In Shaa Allah we are here always in the protection of God"

Leah hugged my mother and cried.

It didn't feel like 10 minutes passed by Lea cried, then mom told Lea to stop crying.

"lady, don't cry, I still want to ask about the management"

Lea wiped her tears, though,

"what do you want to ask?"

"what is meant by the group in the email..that is what does it mean, son?"

"oh thatu, so Lea tuh so the singer is not alone mom but banded, later Lea sang while nari is bu"

Lea said it explained.

With a smelly face,

"when have you been able to dance?"

Ask Mom.

Hearing mother's question, Lea was embarrassed

"ah mother, Lea emang can not nari but later there there are taught ma'am, which is important to be able to sing first"

"ohh so, yaudah deh. tuh eaten first, have eaten directly to sleep yes"

I went to the door, singing and dancing with the intention of mocking Leah.

Looking at her mother's behavior, Lea could only laugh.

[OUTSIDE ROOM]

Mother intended to go to her room to sleep, but as she passed through Lily's room, she saw the door open and Lily was sitting down on her bed.

Seeing that, mom headed to Lily's room.

*TOK TOK*

"son.. can I come in?"

Lily who was pensive was immediately shocked and then with a swipe Lily fixed her sitting position.

"eh mother, can you come in"

*Mother came in and sat down next to Lily*

"have you eaten, son? will you get me some food?"

Ask her to open the conversation.

"was mom"

Lily was not excited.

Seeing the look on Lily's gloomy face, mother understood what Lily was feeling.

"Lily is sad, is Lea going?"

*Lily nodded slowly*

*mother shrugs Lily's shoulder*

"son.every meeting there must be a separation, will as long as we live with someone surely in the end we will separate. Either it's parting ways because it died or some other reason. Lily of SD-SMP-SMA school will definitely meet and split up eventually with Lily's friends, even parents who are always there from their children born to adulthood, they will be separated if the time is up. Farewell is a common thing, before we love man, we must love his human owner first, so that we can always accept all the destiny that God has set"

Mother's words can always calm her children, for Lily and Lea, the mother is a wise person that makes the mother strong face everything in her life. Mother is a source of strength for Lily and Lea.

*Lily raised her head to look at me and smiled*

"mom would be so proud of Lea"

*Mother nodded with enthusiasm*

"but what is there to be proud of Lily?, unemployed Lily, rich talent gap kak Lea"

*mother looked at Lily for a moment, then smiled*

"the measure of success is not always about income, achievement, or position. For mothers, successful children are children who can help the mother later in the afterlife, children who can bring the mother to heaven. What good is abundant treasure if the mother's child can help the mother in the afterlife?"

*Mother paused for a moment, then continued her words*

"mother's children always keep her worship, keep her pride. According to mom, you two are already successful kids"

*Lily cried tears of joy, couldn't say anything*

"ah mom. I love mommy"

*Mother and Lily hugged*

"already ah, do not cry.was Kak Lea crying, now you are crying"

*HOAAAAM*

*mother yawn*

"my mother is sleepy, I'm going to sleep, good night my flowers"

Said mother while heading out of the room.

That night Lily's feelings were so calm, as if the burden she had on her mind was gone instantly.

[TIL TOMORROW]

*Completed congregational prayer*

"today I want to go to the market, she said aunty wants to come home" said Mother.

"want to make an aunt here"

lily asked with an annoyed look.

"auntie will know the news of Lea's brother passed the audition, maybe aunt will say during for sister"

With a grumpy face Lily answered

"do you want to say congratulations? there's even the mistress of Lea"

"eh gabby bad thought"

"it's not bad to think ma'am, but the fact is, my mother's family doesn't like us"

Mom breathes.

"no matter what their attitude, they're still our family"

"but I..."

*mother interrupted Lily's conversation*

"already, finish your face, I want to go to the market now. Sister is the same Lily for the task as usual huh, lest aunt hunt dateng but the house is still a mess"

*Lea and Lily nodded*

*Mother went to the market*

Lea and Lily started sharing the task.

In between cleaning up Lily's house starts a chat, and,

"do you think why is the family of the mother evil to the mother?"

ask Lily.

"evil how do you mean?"

Answer Lea in confusion.

"yes evil, likes bad comments to mom, likes to insult mom"

Lily said.

"hmmm, if you say evil because that's the reason. Means everyone in this world is evil dong? because commenting is everyone's right.

According to me, there are no bad comments, there are only comments that we do not agree with. People's thinking is different, we never get one thought with everyone, it could be what we think is bad actually according to the view of the person their opinion is good"

Lea answered calmly.

"people are hard to understand"

lily replied while wiping the window.

"yes it is, but we don't have to understand everyone. Enough to live our own lives, our lives are already quite confusing right?"

Lea said as she looked at Lily.

*they look at each other and then laugh together*

[AT 8AM]

*From the window Lily saw mom outside*

"my mother's brother's home"

pointing towards the window.

Leah looked at the window to be sure.

"Lily make it a drink for mom, I want to help bring mom's groceries"

"ready brother"

*Lea went outside and helped bring my mother's groceries*

Mom sat down and immediately drank the tea Lily made.

"thank you son, thank you, thirsty mother"

*mother opened her groceries and took flowers and gave them to Lea and Lily*

"This is the azalea flower for mother's azalea, this is Lily's flower for mother's Lily"

Lea and Lily seemed so happy that they accidentally talked together.

"thank you ma'am"

*Realizing that they were talking together, Lea and Lily looked at each other and laughed*

Lea watched the flower and asked.

"why do you give your name to a flower?"

Mom smiled and said

"The flower is beautiful with its own uniqueness, like the children of mothers, you are both beautiful with the uniqueness of each of you, so you need to be envious of each other.

Lily is a symbol of love, devotion and purity. If the Azalea flower as a symbol of elegance and softness"

Lily cut the chatter

"wahh I know a lot about flowers is great"

Mom laughed amusedly

"normally, I saw it on the internet"

The three of them laughed together.

"then the mother wanted to give the name of sister rose, because according to the mother rose is beautiful. has thorns, not to hurt but to protect themselves. I want my son to be like that rose"

"why do you keep giving me that name?"

Lily asked curiously.

"Mother will like to watch investigative news on tv, keep the rose always used as a pseudonym.well from there gamau mother gave the name of the rose mother's child, afraid to be a suspect"

Answer mom with a laugh.

Lea and Lily laughed at the unexpected answer from mom.

she stopped her laughter, then asked.

"how are you, everything's done?"

"Udah dong ma'am"

"goods, if so you guys breakfast first mother has bought food. later if you have finished eating, help mom cook in the kitchen yes"

"mother, isn't breakfast first?"

ask Lea.

"mother will eat with aunt"

mother said as she passed away to the kitchen.

*Lea and Lily have breakfast together*

*20 minutes later, breakfast is over. Lea and Lily approached mom in the kitchen*

"what time is the aunt coming?"

ask Lily.

"the 10th hour he said"

"oh, dong ma'am"

"yes, I won a piece of mother's help"

*They are busy in the kitchen, so it does not feel the time to show at half 10*

Cuisine is ready, now just set it on the table.

*Mother Lily and Lea rested for a while while waiting for aunt's arrival*

[half an hour passed, there was a knock on the door. Leah rushed to open the door]

It turned out that aunt had come, Lea greeted her and let her in.

Mother and Lily welcomed the aunt with pleasure.

"what up here? stuck in the street?"

"ah used to ride a motorbike, the smooth road is just really hot"

"oh if this is to drink first, it happens that the water is cold so much"

my aunt sat down and drank it.

The three of us fell silent, aunt started a chat

"Lea said you passed the audition"

*replies shyly*

"yes bi, thank God"

"what the hell are you following that rich? the place is far away, you have to live in the city. continue not necessarily you will be successful. according to aunt, mending you look for work that surely just let your time not waste in vain"

As Lily had guessed, if her aunt had come just to insult Lea's sister.

*With a feeling of annoyance, Lily went to her room*

On the other hand the mother smiled at the words of the aunt, while taking food the mother said,

"thank you for your concern for my son, but everyone deserves to have a dream and make it happen. Let's just say Lea's escape is God's way to make it easier for Lea to achieve her dream"

*Feeding aunty replied*

"lea's dreams don't make sense, rich is impossible in my opinion"

Mother replied.

"that is impossible according to God, according to the impossible"

Hearing the chatter of mother and aunt, Lea could only smile to understand the nature of her aunt that she was already very familiar with.

"when did you go to town?"

ask aunt.

Lea answered,

"next week bi"

"where do you have the fare? don't you take care of your mother yes, your mother is her life is hard, you don't bother your mother"

"Lea had already dabbled from lea is still a bi school, so lea pake money lea himself ko ga ask the same mother"

The aunt and mother continued eating, Lea just sat there watching the mother and aunt chatting.

Finish eating aunt directly say goodbye home

"i'm not long here, it was just a stop by, all nyampein pesen from other families if Lea's dream is height he said"

*while walking towards the door aunt said again*

"later if you fail there, you go home to work here, aunt dengerang there are vacancies to be a laundry worker. according to the aunt it suits you"

Mother answered

"thank you for the offer"

auntie was saying goodbye and went home.

I closed the door and approached Leah,

"are you gapapa?"

Lea smiled and nodded

"mom, aunty is that"

*Mother stroking Lea's head*

"mom hope you don't have a grudge, son, that grudge damages you, not the one who hurts you. I'm sure you won't falter just because of a comment your aunt made. We can control what people want to say but we can control what we want to hear. Heartbreaking comment assume the wind passes"

Laughing Leah replied

"do you mean just fart ma'am?"

I also could not help but laugh.

Hearing the laughing voice of mother and Lea, Lily came out of the room.

"finally I'm home too. If there is an aunt, the atmosphere of the house becomes hot"

Mom pinches slowly Lily

"eh gabby it"

Lea followed Lily but was hard

"yes nih gabby it"

Lily who was in pain was trying to reply to her brother's pinch, seeing Lily will reply Lea also ran away from Lily

It was a chase in the house.

*Mother is only paying attention from a distance to the behavior of her two favorite children*

"I'm sure I'm gonna miss seeing this"

mother said in heart.

*With half screaming mother said*

"kalo has been chasing after it please finish the plates used to eat mother and aunt ya"

Lea and Lily were still busy chasing after her, but they had definitely heard her mother's orders.

Tired of running, they sat down to get married. They were half-suplined by looking at the ceiling of the house.

"when do you want to start applying for ly's job?"

"it's as soon as I go, I want to abisin the same time as kaka"

"what plans to do?"

"what is important"

"yes, but you have to have a purpose, don't want to just flow so easily"

"meaning?"

"in life, you must have a target of achieving what you want to achieve.plan your future, even though we know our lives are under God's control. But we want to work first"

"hmm. that's it, I'm still gorusih want to say the truth"

"ah, your life is too relaxed"

*HOAMM*

Lily yawned

"i'm sleepy, I sleep first ya ka, later malem I want to think of a plan that I just said that"

Lea looked at Lily and nodded.

*Lily went into her room*

Lea cleaned the dirty dishes used by her mother and aunt to eat, then Lea approached the mother who was sewing clothes.

*TOK TOK*

"mom, can Lea come in?"

*while continuing to sew*

"can son"

Lea approached mom

"a lot of sewing pesenan ma'am?"

"Alhamdulillah my brother is grateful"

Looking towards Lea

"Where's lily?"

"Lily sleeps mom, sleepy she said"

"are you sleeping too?"

"yes, I want you, but stop by to see mom"

"yasah mother continued sewing first yes, there you sleep alone"

"okay mom, dahhh mom"

"dahhh"

*Lea went to her room to take a nap*

[It didn't feel like the day was passing so fast, it was time for Lea to go to town. Lea re-examined her luggage with the help of her mother and Lily, not forgetting to bring her favorite guitar]

"son, always tell mom, call mom and Lily so we don't miss you too much"

"definitely ma'am"

"it's done packing, now we have breakfast together first before later mom and lily anterin you to the airport"

Lea and Lily nodded in agreement, then headed for the dining table together.

Today's breakfast was so different, Lea wished time could go a little slower, so that Lea could enjoy the last breakfast together longer.

There was no chatter at breakfast, mother lea and lily focused on eating while similarly holding back tears.

after breakfast was over, they all immediately prepared to deliver Lea to the airport. That morning they headed to the airport in an online taxi.

Until the airport, they waited for a while until Lea's departure time arrived.

Before Lea boarded the plane, the three of them hugged and cried together for quite a while.

"you heart yes son, take care of yourself there, remember mother's message, later if you've been directly to tell mom"

Lea nodded, and slowly let go of the embrace.

"Lea said yes ma'am, lily. You also have to take care of yourself, if there is anything reported Lea ya"

Mom and Lily nodded then left Lea alone.

Lea entered the plane and stared at the window of the plane as she continued to cry.

Goodbye, my hometown