Anya's World (Widow? It's Okay)

Salto of the World: Arum Doesn't Want a Birthday

2 Years later.

The sound of the children's babbling was already heard from the bottom floor. Especially the voice of Aaras who repeatedly sang happy birthday songs with his little guitar. There are some who sing, but there are also some who start to put on an upset face because the birthday show has not started even though they have come since 1 hour ago.

Several times Ocha came to the room to ask when the event would start, but again ended with Anya asking for 5 more minutes until it was counted 5 minutes for the third time.

Anya glanced at Arum who was sitting cross-legged on the mattress with her hands folded in front of her chest. The pink party dress was worn by the little girl with some ribbons in her hair. It was beautiful and ready to go downstairs to celebrate her 5th birthday, but her lips were still pursed with her face bent.

Anya with her big belly chose to sit on the edge of the bed after tired of coaxing this daughter. Sinan was sitting cross-legged in front of his daughter.

"Cici want to come down? Later his birthday cake was eaten by Aaras loh" said Sinan softly.

Anya just watched him with an occasional sigh seeing Arum's behavior that lately is a little difficult to manage. Anya even had time to ask this to a friend of the Wine doctor, fearing that Arum's behavior was related to this pregnancy.

When Anya first said that if Arum would be a sneer soon, her daughter smiled widely even very enthusiastically because she kept stroking Anya's stomach. But lately before the birth of his sister, Arum's nature changed drastically so that Anya felt afraid maybe without realizing he was unfair to make Arum feel rivaled.

"Cici want a sling? Cici's friends are waiting below" persuaded Sinan again.

"No want! Anyway Cici does not want to go down papih" replied Arum with an upset face.

Anya again sighed tiredly "Why cici don't want to go down?"

"There is no uti. There is no grandma. Cici doesn't want a birthday." Tears are now starting to reminisce in both Arum's pretty eyes. As usual, like Ocha, the tears will only reach the eye without plunging down the cheek at all. Arum's cold face now, even making Arka unable to persuade this little girl through the video call earlier.

Uti is the name for Sinan's mother, and grandmother is Arum's name for Anya's mother.

"Your still long time?" ask Anya to Sinan.

"She was stuck" Sinan carried Arum and again persuaded his daughter.

"Refinitely stuck? Don't you want to come, right?"

Sinan did not answer his wife's question. Because honestly he did not know his mother was really hit by traffic jams or just an alibi because he did not want to come and choose to gather with his friends.

Granny—ibu Anya obviously can not come from the village to Jakarta just to celebrate a birthday. After all, this week, Anya also intends to return to her hometown and give birth there. Therefore, only her mother-in-law who Anya hopes to attend this event, especially Arum also a few days ago just attended Caca's birthday event, Caca said, all family members gather with the grandmother and grandfather of his friend.

"We're down yuk Ci. Aunt Setta is also coming soon. Later we'll call the same uti akung, same grandma too right?"

"No way!"

The answer is still the same again Sinan get from Arum. Anya who had lost her temper took Arum from her husband's sling and was lowered on the bed. You could say Anya's patience is much thinner than Sinan's patience.

"Yes already. No need for a birthday if Cici doesn't want to come down!!" said Anya.

Anya immediately rejected Sinan's hand that stroked his arm "No need to defend the mas. Habit.Cici does not want to go down, right?! Yes, no need. Mamah asked aunty Ocha to close the show and ask your friends to come home"

Do not think if the tears that have been pooled in the corner of Arum's eyes will slide. The little girl simply lowered her head before finally muttering a little that made anyone could only sigh with what was said.

"Yes, my friends tell me to go home. I don't love Arum. Mamih too" after saying that Arum got off the bed and went into his own room.

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"Crying makes you ugly"

Arum, who was behind the blanket, grabbed the blanket and sat cross-legged on the bed. Staring fiercely at the boy standing at the door of his room. Arsya—a boy whose age is only 6 months older on top of it stood with his hands ruffled waist showing his upset face. Next year Arsya will enter kindergarten.

"Who is crying too?!" answer Arum sewot.

"You" Arsya walked into the room and chose to sit on the sofa and siphon the cassava chips from the jar on Arum's study table.

"I'm not crying! Really bummer. Get out there brother. My chips are over"

No matter, Arsya now even hugs a jar containing cassava chips that make the owner of the food down from the mattress.

"It's mine. Eat together, brother sliding gih"

This time Arsya according, shifted his sitting position and let Arum sit next to him with the fate of the jar that had returned again changed hands to Arsya.

"Why not go down? I didn't eat cake because of you" honestly downstairs, Aunty Ocha cut the cake and distributed it fairly. But Arsya refused because there was no candle that lit and then blown on the cake.

"Whispering" was Ocha's reliable answer whenever Wine and Anya bothered him, but this time the word seemed to have been taken over by Arum.

"Because there's no uti for you?"

"Remove down if it keeps going"

"OKAY. Diem's brother"

Afterwards, the two little boys were completely silent no one spoke. Arum's large room is filled only with the sound of crisps in each mouth. But it was only a moment before the sound of the guitar was heard getting closer.

I don't want to meet Aaras. Arum immediately pulled Arsya's hand out of the room, then closed the door again and locked it. Meeting with Aaras would only make him even more annoyed.

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