Blue Scandals

05 - Puzzle pieces

On that Sunday Lilia woke up early as usual. Doing the usual routine such as helping his mother wash clothes, clean the house and also feed his beloved cat.

Birds were flying between one tree branch to another. The sun was still not hot in the village.

“Lilia, you look like this morning very excited,” said the mother who was carrying water to water the plants.

“Masa anyway? Regularly just tuh.” Lilia continued to dry her clothes.

The brown-eyed woman turned her back so remember not to ask her mother for permission to visit Reza.

“Oh yes ma, Lilia forgot to say, today want to see the sick.”

“Who is sick? "

 

“Temen Lilia,” replied the brown-eyed woman was reluctant to mention her name.

“Oh yaudah, with Fani?”

“Umm, Lilia set out on her own anyway, because the old cement that is not known Fani.”

 

Bu Ani scrunched his forehead, he felt a bit strange with the answer given by Lilia because usually the child Ah"then go anywhere with Fani.

“Already, be careful on the road.”

Lilia blinked her eyes many times.

Huhh?? Why would I lie, I'm sorry…

After drying clothes, Lilia immediately took a bath and prepared. He tied his hair on the back with rubber colored hair in line with the maroon red cardigan he used.

“Lili, you will bring fruit or what there?” said Ani's mother who suddenly appeared in the doorway of her son's room.

“Ih mama ngagetin aja.. Oh yes, duh where it goes by bus, can not stop by buy fruit dong.”.

“You want to see sick people who are not ready. Yasudah mama buy bread only, you have breakfast first.”

“Mama thanks, oh yes buy the bread if there is a filling of green beans yaa.”

Bu Ani nodded in understanding. Actually, the middle-aged woman felt familiar with the green bean sandwich called her son, but she could not remember clearly who Lilia's friend who liked the green bean sandwich.

After returning from the grocery store, Ani arranged the bread that her son would bring.

“Lilia..”.

“Ya ma?”

“You want to see sick people, right? Don't want a date?”

Lilia was shocked to hear her mother's words. “Ih mama, does Lilia look like that much excess?”

Bu Ani laughed. “Mama Just kidding.”

“Yee, usually also Lilia is always neat if everywhere, and if for example want a date mah definitely permission is.”

Bu Ani just laughed at her son's words, although there was a little amused to see his son's behavior.

Maybe Lilia did not feel that way, but the mother of course memorized the habits of her child.

Maroon red cardigans with a combination of black and white lines were rarely used by her daughter.

Lilia used to say to her mother that there were two clothes that were rarely used because they were only worn when there was something important.

“Ma, Lilia depart first.”

“Yes, be careful on the road. Go home do not kesorean.”

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The sizable atmosphere of the hospital left Lilia in awe. The green garden with shady trees made him feel calm.

"The buildings are cool, yes, you know that sick people need to see greenery that can make calm."

“Excuse me..”.

“Ya dik please, can I help you?”

“I want to see my friend who is sick, emmm her name is Reza Bayu, mmm..duh I do not know her last name, bu.”

The receptionist looked to notice Lilia for quite a while then smiled kindly.

“Reza Bayu Adhijaya huh? Let me deliver,” said the officer politely.

Lilia complied and followed the receptionist. They took the elevator to the 2nd floor.

“Please, in room number 37B,” said the receptionist pointed towards the right.

“Thanks.”

After getting a hint, Lilia headed in the direction that the receptionist pointed at earlier.

After finding the room number, Lilia knocked on the door.

“Za?”

“Oh, enter aja.”

“No can open the door..”

“Pffftt... swipe left instead of thrust.”.

Lilia opened the door slowly. He felt ashamed because he failed to understand by opening the door that should have been shifted.

Lilia placed the bread she brought onto the table. While the paper bag containing Reza's jacket is handed over directly to the person.

“Still.. ,” says Lilia.

“Just relax, but at that time what happened to that?”

“Biaslah, upperclassman unclear. Said I was teasing his girlfriend.”

“Same as SMP time huh?”

Reza's words made Lilia speechless. He did not think Reza still remembered the events of that Junior High.

 "Ah, does she remember that too?"

“Ya that's it. You if the gini pain is more normal?” Lilia looked annoyed at Reza's usual attitude.

Reza laughs. “So that means I'm better if I get sick? "

Lilia observed Reza's expression. Again he caught something painful in the man's black eyes. Lilia diverted her hand.

“Yes is not that. If you are sick again you seem to be more able to talk.”.

“Emang I usually don't?”

Lilia put on an upset expression. “Reza Bayu tuh if I talk at the school of your clothes. Reza Bayu also does not want the same friends as Junior High children who only know to learn.. nyenye.”.

“Pfftt.” Reza held back her laughter seeing Lilia's annoyed expression and her way of sneering.

Somehow Lilia felt relieved to see Reza. “When was the last time you laughed like that, Za?”

Reza was silent, sighing deeply. He regretted letting this woman meet him when he couldn't wear a mask.

“Well, every day I laugh, time to see.”

A moment of silence, only the ticking of the clock could be heard breaking the silence.

“What pain do you have? Seger aja tuh, up to one month did not enter.”

Seeing Lilia who looked disbelieving, Reza also meant to joke. “Ngot believe very, want to see?”

“Ya,” reply Lilia quickly.

"Damn, this child can't be joked..."

“Ngak so, do not carelessly look at the body of the guy wkwkwk.”

Lilia snorted angrily and took some bread from the parcel she was carrying.

“Your favorite green bean filling bread.” Lilia offered the bread.

Reza looked at Lilia with an expression that Lilia could not understand.

“You also do not be good to gini same all guys, there will be a ge er.” Reza also scratched his temple that did not itch.

"Hahhh, kang, I'm so difficult to control feelings, I want more.., Reza said in his heart."

Lilia did not care what Reza said to her. Not that he did not understand what Reza meant, only now he felt strange about what he was doing.

“Makasih.. ,” said Reza again while eating the bean sandwich.

“Any yes, the taste is still the same.. ,” said Reza again with a smile while looking at the bread in his hand.

“Yeah, the maker, the seller is still the same.”.

Silently again, Lilia silently watched out the window. The sky looks blue, it looks harmonious with the white of the clouds.

“Za...”

“Ah you if you say so would want to talk seriously, gamau ah,” said Reza while immediately finishing the bread he held.

“You why the time used to suddenly go so far, did I or Fani make mistakes that we do not know?”

Reza was silent in a position of pretending to be asleep. An annoyed Lilia intended to hit the man, but remembering that the theme was sick, Lilia undoed her intentions.

The brown-eyed woman just sat back quietly not far from where Reza was lying.

“Yes, no problem if you don't want to answer. That's just my assumption, because I'm afraid you're still familiar with Gavin. . ” said Lilia.

Lilia gave a pause of her words then let out a long sigh.

“I don't know what happened and maybe my talk sounds pretentious tau.. Don't feel alone, a lot of kok are worried about you.” Lilia said this while looking at the end of the shoes she was wearing.

There is little doubt about the friendship.

Reza slowly opened her eyes, looking towards Lilia who was looking down with a sad expression.

“Still, Lil.”

Lilia who heard that immediately turned her head towards Reza.

“Yeah, a lot of reasons anyway, but I'm still thinking hehe. Dapet plaster wound free every day..thanks,” Reza said with a small laugh.

Lilia's face flushed hearing that. “Loh, you know?”

Reza did not answer, he just smiled knots while remembering those times.

“Do not think too much of me or get involved a lot in my life. I drifted away from being self-aware, I am the type of person you would hate if you knew about my life,” Reza said.

“Why did you say that…?"

 

Sretttt, the door's open. An old grandfather in a collared shirt stepped into the room. Lilia greeted and introduced herself.

“Loh I think you're my grandson's girlfriend," said grandfather with a laugh.

“Guys!” Reza's expression looked annoyed.

“Hahaha, sorry if I overdo it.”

Reza was reluctant to join Lilia's conversation with her grandfather. Shortly thereafter the nurse came to remind him that the visiting hours had been completed.

“Lilia I inter alia?”

“Eh? No need..”

“Of course I have to take you, your house is far from here. Wait outside for a minute ya.”

Lilia nodded, obeying the old man's words Lilia walked out of the room after saying goodbye to Reza.

“Grandpa why dateng cepet anyway?” grumbled Reza upset.

“Hahaha basic young people, of course you have to follow the schedule of hospital hours even though you are pretending to be sick.”

“Stt don't be hard-hard.”

“Quiet, the sound in this room will not be heard from outside. Well actually grandfather wants to know who your friend you allow to visit it,” said grandfather with a smile.

Reza was silent, feeling caught off guard. Maybe his feelings are obvious now.

“He looks good, why aren't you dating? Beautiful too,” said her grandfather half-whispering.

“As grandfather said, he is good. I don't want to involve him with a family like this,” Reza replied with a cold expression.

The old man laughed. “You're an adult now.”

Grandpa went to take Lilia home. Even though the brown-eyed woman had already refused.

“Anu, about when can Reza go back to school?”

The old man smiled. “Quickly, I'm glad that someone is worried about him, thanks.”

“I heard his house was robbed... How about Reza's parents?”

The grandfather scrunched his forehead. “I don't know too much about that either, but her parents are fine.”

“Thanks...”.

The old man smiled kindly. Shortly before reaching the village gate, the white-haired man gave Reza's watch to Lilia.

“Restore this to Reza if she has already entered school.”

“Eh?”

“Hehe, he is sometimes difficult to talk to if there is no reason that requires him to talk.”

Lilia was just standing at the village gate. The watch was put in a bag.

"This later I guessed his clock he didn't he? His grandfather is the same grandson why is the same not clear anyway? " Say Lilia in the heart.

Lilia returned to her home. Along the way he only thought about his conversation with Reza.

“Maa, Lilia go home.”

“Mama guess until afternoon.”

“No, there will be a visit.”

After cleaning her hands and feet and changing clothes, Lilia put her body on the bed.

Lilia remembered her chat with Reza at the hospital earlier. Even though it has tried to open a conversation, but again the obrolanan did not clarify the situation.

Even so, Lilia could see well Reza's way of speaking which seemed different from when she was in the school environment.

Slowly the wind that entered through the window of his room made him sleep.

 

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