BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL

50. Be late

I still faithfully sat by my mother's bed, waiting for Mama to regain consciousness. But both of my eyes are still closed.

"Ken," called to me, when I heard that the door to my mother's room was opened.

"Ken? Nope. This is Dinda, Brother!" dinda said, going inside.

"Oh, you're Din. Did you go home from school?"

"It has. Kok brother did not know from earlier about the condition of Mama. Dinda can ask for permission to go home quickly."

"So don't bother with your study time. You won't like it when you skip school either."

"But this is a different problem, brother. Anyway, I'm calling Ken. Is Ken here?"

"Yes, but again to musholla, pray."

"Oh. Someone came to the house, brother."

"Who?"

"Mas Rangga."

"Well, Rangga? Why?"

"Dinda doesn't know. He came with both an old man and a woman."

"Women?"

"Yes, if it's not wrong, Rangga mas called with mbak Yuni's call."

"Oh, that's her brother. Who is the source for the big sister rubric."

"If it's someone else, why?"

"It's okay."

"Hem, Assalamualaikum." said Ken, as he walked into my mother's room.

"Wa'alaikumussalam." answered me and Dinda together.

"This must be Dinda, huh? Rara's sister?" ask Ken.

"If this one must be Ken, right? Who's happy with Rara?" Dinda asked. But the question made me feel bad, as if talking to her about Ken a lot. Although Ken just smiled knot.

"Please, Din." I pretended to be pouting.

"Indeed Rara's sister told me a lot, huh?" asked Ken, looking curious.

"Not often, but never." Dinda pretended to be mysterious.

"Indeed Rara nyeriain me about what?" Ken wanted to know.

"Say, mas Ken is a cold director who is pretentious cool as his subordinates. But the same attention Rara." Dinda's story.

"Hahaha, not cool ass. But I am cool." said Ken confidently.

"Jayus!" i sneered. "Who believes you are cool. Which is ferocious!"

Ken and Dinda had a good conversation. The man who if in the office always cool it was very smart to conquer my family members. From my mom, dad, stepmom to Dinda.

"You're not coming home?" I asked Ken.

"You riled?" Ken asked back.

"Yes, what else to do here. There was already Dinda accompanying me." I said, defending myself.

"Ihhhhh Rara's sister is not polite" said Dinda.

"He was like me, Din. Likes fierce and pretentious cuek. But, that's also what makes me curious about him." Ken grinned at Dinda's little laugh, then he left and promised to return to mama.

"So, you've decided, choose who?" dinda asked, taking a chair, and then sitting next to me.

"Chose what, anyway?" I pretended not to know what Dinda meant.

"Here, stale tau brother. Okay, I'll do it."

"Not knowing or being embarrassed?"

"Hahaha," I hit Dinda's arm slowly. This boy had dared to tag his brother. "Just look at you Din, if later in the position of brother, will sister reply!"

***

Twenty-four hours in the hospital. Three hours ago, my mother was awake. Mama looks better, even though her face is still pale. Papa and his wife have also stated that they will come to visit mom tomorrow even though she said her condition has improved, so there is no need to bother coming here.

"Assalamualaikum," a voice made me and Dinda look at each other. Not long to look at Rangga from the door. "R. Can I come in? Wanna swipe at your mama?"

"Oh yes, please Ngga." I said, then got up from sitting, inviting Rangga closer to Rangga. "Ma, this is Rangga, her younger sister Yuni who Rara told me the other day." I told my mom.

"Thank you son Rangga, has come to swipe" said mama, trying to mate with Rangga.

Not much different from Ken, Rangga also turned out to be supple. He was even smart to mark my mother until several times we were made to laugh.

"Tante knows, the first time I met that Rara, when I wanted to name her!" rangga hatch. "But because he cried, eventually failed to be ticketed. Even though it is quite a Auntie, if I manage to ticket Rara, it can get a hundred thousand. Especially if it happens twice. Yeah, right Ra?"

This time, no one laughed with a joke. I tried to smile, while Mama and Dinda looked at me full of question marks.

"The events of that time, ma. When Rara was just decided to be with Arif." I said, explaining to mama and Dinda.

"Decided?" ask Rangga. "Oh, sorry Ra."

"It's not ABG's love breakup dating, mas. But it was decided, cancelled the wedding!" chirps Dinda who got carried away.

"Sorry Ra, I didn't mean to open your old wounds."

"Hehehe, it's nothing. Rara has now moved on. Yeah, right, brother?" chirp Dinda again.

I tried to tell him to be quiet through the signal, but Dinda kept on commenting, making my head dizzy. Shame, because Rangga finally knows everything.

"We just go out" I said.

"Tante, I'm waiting outside for Rara" said Rangga.

Rangga and I came out of the room where Mama was treated. We sat on the front porch of my mother's room. Ken did book a VVIP room, he said so that mama was comfortable, he also immediately paid the additional down payment even though I had said I would pay for myself, but was hampered because yesterday enough riweh accompanied Mama.

"It must have been hard for you, Ra, when the wedding plans were canceled." Rangga opened the conversation.

"It used to be sad. It is like those who fail to marry. But that was then, now I'm relaxed." I said.

"Because you've moved on?"

"It should be like that, right? Ngapain nangisin former long-time. Especially if we get sick. Too bad her tears. Better to use for nangisin sin."

"Do you have a replacement, Ra?"

"Huh?"

"There's a replacement?"

"Alhamdulillah is already."

"Oh, Alhamdulillah."

"Why Not?"

"It's okay. Yesterday I came to the house, same father mother also mbak Yuni."

"Yes, Dinda yesterday's story."

"I'm going to propose to you, Ra."

"Huh?"

"Maybe it's funny, but I'm really in love with you Ra. Since the first time I saw you crying on the bike. I always hoped that we would be fooled and determined to be the man who wiped away your tears. But you already have a candidate. Want to marry in a third of the night is also not possible, yes Ra. Can't apply on his own brother's proposal." Rangga tried to be funny, but sounded crisp in my ears.

"I'm just a normal girl, Ngga. It was even abandoned. You can get the best!" I said, encouraging Rangga.

Who would have thought, an unexpected meeting, brings love in Rangga's heart. Who am I, not worth fighting for.