CHASING ILLUSIONS
ETERNITY TIME
“And again I was made broken by reality.”
~Anindya
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Tonight the moon's eyes are so sweet. It was not as radiant as usual. The thunderbolt had frightened him, hiding behind the dark clouds. Now, Anindya is in the living room of her house. Today the girl is off. For two hours, the girl spent her time in front of her monitor. Yeah, that girl is working on a pile of scripts. Whether intentionally or not, the girl looks busy these days, especially after the day where her relationship and Rifki ended. In fact, he was eager to forgive the man and be best friends with him, but his pain had overcome his good logic.
The sound of knocking on the door made the girl distract from her laptop while grunting, “Who's been visiting nights and rain like this, it's not polite!” his grunts as he walked towards the door.
“Ka-you?” said the girl. His breathing choked, his heart rate seemed to stop racing, his chest tight, seeing three people standing at the door of his house. His eyes shone with anger and hurt that he had suffered for years. How not, who just knocked on the door is Bram, Anindya's father who now comes with his wife and a child. The girl did not expect, after giving her family suffering, they reappeared before the girl.
“Do you guys want to come here?” ask the girl in a sharp tone. His hands were already clenched like those who were about to throw fists at them. “Why silence?! What needs to take you to this shack you once despised?! Do I need to call Brother Rafi to respond to the arrival of this uninvited guest?” he continued in an angry tone.
“We came to stay here, Son. Papa broke,” replied the 50-year-old man. Anindya laughed when she heard it. A grin appeared, his gaze disdainful to the three of them, “How could I allow you to stay here, whereas when me and my family suffer, you are adding to that suffering instead?!” abugn. Anindya's voice may be so loud, that two residents of the house who had been asleep until they woke up and did not know when they were behind the sweet girl.
“Are you not ashamed, or do you have no shame, to the point of coming to this place you once despised?’ ask Anindya again. Honestly, he was fed up with the drama that was happening in his family. His mother, the one who suffered the most from the drama, made him even more lazy if he had to accept them in his house. Anindya did not want to say things that hurt her father, but she also did not want her family, especially her mother who was not bound by anything with her father, treated like a slave by her father.
“Anin, don't say that, son! Remember, he's still your father!” said Rita who was standing behind Anindya. His hand held and stroked the girl's shoulder, trying to calm her son's anger. Rita knew very well, just what Anindya was currently angry about.
“If they just want to stay here, I don't mind, son. Mother does not matter if they want to hitchhike until they get a decent place to live,” continued the frail woman. Hearing that Anindya glared her eyes and looked towards the man who was behind her mother, making the man just shrug his shoulders. “Gak! Even if Mom lets them stay here, I won't give you that permission!” reject the girl.
“Mother never taught Mother's children to be evil and vindictive, Son. I'm not a rich man who can give you money and possessions, but I can give you the knowledge that will keep you safe in life. Treasures may be exhausted, but kindness will always remain. Allow them to stay here, there is still one empty room ‘ right? Let the three of them stay there,” said Rita. Anindya did not answer her mother's advice anymore, the girl went in and grabbed her laptop, then closed the door of her room loudly.
“The old wounds have not healed, and now you add them again. Remember that! Mother gave your permission to stay here does not mean you are free to control this house!” rafi sent to her father and stepmother. In fact, the man had no problem with their arrival, but seeing Anindya's wounds and anger, made the man become stifled. He was the closest to Anindya, he was the one who could least see his sister crying.
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Dark nights. It was raining heavily out there, just like Anindya's tears who had been polishing the girl's pretty face since when. The sound of his cry was not heard clearly, because it was muffled by the sound of rain and the thunderous sound of lightning. He stared at the nilar, the doll that was on the side of his bed. The doll was his favorite, but somehow it felt like the girl wanted to burn it. It was so painful to see his father and stepfamily in his house.
“Don't cry, Nin. We are both sick here.” A voice made Anindya look over. Rafi, her brother is standing at the door of her room. The eyes of the man who is now the backbone of myelatga are looking at her. The same wounds and pains were clearly plastered there. Anindya exhaled violently, longing for it to feel like she was cursing the universe that was constantly hurting her.
“Kakak don't know, Nin, you don't want them here, so does big brother, but ...”
“But why is Brother silent?! If you know it hurt Anin, why didn't you fight Mom?! Why didn't you act?” ask the girl. His hoarse voice had collided with such a rushing speck tonight.
“Sleep! Forget everything that happened tonight, assume there's no one here. Brother doesn't want you to get sick because of this!” pinta Rafi with an undeniable tone. Anindya immediately laid herself down on the bed, then tried to close her eyes. As for Rafi, the man just smiled, waiting for Anindya to completely fall asleep.
“My dear sister, Nin, and Brother will not let them hurt you again,” he said, then out of Anindya's room.
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This morning, the sun did the same thing as the moon did last night. His light dimmed, timidly he hid behind the dark clouds. Anindya looked at how messed up the girl was this morning. His eyes were still soft with black lines as his decoration. Yeah, the girl cried all night. He did not really sleep, after Rafi came out of his room the girl cried until 03.00 WIB, then he closed his eyes.
The girl exhaled slowly, trying to lessen the slight burden that was ruining her mood. With his hands deftly pack the laptop and the items he will carry. Today he has an appointment with his friends to meet at the cafe where he works. Once again the girl looked at her reflection in front of the mirror. Anindya growled annoyed with her appearance which was very far from her. His friends must have pollinated him with a thousand and one questions if he had not improved his appearance today.
Anindya twisted her brain hard to think. Because, he is not good at using make up. Again and again, the girl exhaled, then grabbed the powder and lip cream that was on her dressing table. “Alright, this is better,” murmured after polishing his face with powder and lip cream. After feeling satisfied, the girl immediately walked out of her room.
“Good morning, Mom! Good morning, Brother!” she said with a contrived smile to cover her wound, even so Rafi and Rita knew what lay behind the girl's smile.
“You didn't greet me, Nin?” ask the man who had breakfast there. Anindya stared cynically at him, “Sorry, who are you? Does benalu need to be addressed? I don't think so,” said the girl, then walked towards Rafi. The girl puffed her hands spoiled to the neck of Rafi, who was sitting at the dining table.
The look in his eyes fell on the 17-year-old girl sitting right in front of Rafi, making the man understand her sister's intentions. “Why? Anything you need again? If now you can not love, not yet payday, his wallet is crying,” asked the man. Anindya shook her head, “Nyebelin! Yes, I came to Brother just because of money anyway?! I miss the same brother! Basic insensitive!” his grunts carelessly cared for the three humans who looked at him with envy. “Befit momlo!” he continued to make the man's eyes glare. It always is.
“Do not bring status! Already there, he said there is a promise to meet your friends, later it is too late!” pinta Rafi to her still-spoiled sister. Anindya ripped off at hearing Rafi's expulsion, “Ah! Brother is not exciting! Quick jomlo!” he said back to make the man growl annoyed. How not? Everyone thought her sister was an independent and smart figure, but for her her sister was a spoiled and annoying girl. Even so, the man still loves his only sister.
“Already! I'm already late. I want to leave first,” say goodbye Anindya while greeting the hands of Rita, “Mother if there is a mouse directly phone Anin, yes! Later I come home with poison all of you,” said the girl spicy.
“Hus, don't hate too much, not good, son.” Rita smiled and hugged her son. He knew that all the smiles and jokes of his son were pretend. Her daughter was bearing such a deep burden and wound in her youth. He did not even know how to lighten the heavy burden his daughter was carrying. The woman, can only pray, so that her child can rise and lift the height of their family.
“In this shoulder, a lot of burden that you bear, in this heart a lot of pain that you suffer. Forgive Mom who couldn't do more for you, son,” the woman's inner self while taking off her arms and rubbing her daughter's pretty face.
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