
It's raining down hard. Derasingly. Storms even. The city that was untouched blessed the sky for two months, tonight was challenged by unspeakable rain. Lightning blinded the eyes. Thunder boomed shrinking guts. The wind howled, making one or two nyiur trees on the road collide.
No one wants to be out in this bad light. People choose to drown on couches, beds and in warm rooms with their families.
But Alarick, the sultan, abiam et al. did not. There are no arlons or arianis. Liora's parents were out of town to handle the company that Arlon had left for a few days. The company suffered from maslaah. His parents only came to bring Liora's things earlier. They don't need all this bad weather.
Alarick even thought Liora would want to open her eyes, no, not just to see those who visited her but to enjoy the rain that soaked the city. They visited Liora from the time after school until now.
If the girl had recovered. Liora would have loved to see the rain that raced to drench the capital. He knew the girl loved the rain. That's why he wants his girl to wake up from a long sleep. He hoped that the rain would be a miracle for the girl to open her eyes again.
Alarick smiled bitterly. Lamenting the reality about her girl. It's not just him. Even other friends feel the same way.
"Ra, it's night, you close your eyes already 2 weeks, you still don't want to open your eyes, it's ra ra ra tonight, if you wake up, ra, you must be happy to see the rain tonight,"
"Wake up ra, I miss you, miss your smile, miss your cuey attitude, you don't miss me?," Alarick said while crying to shrink his voice so as not to be heard by his friends outside.
He didn't know if his friends were watching him inside. They learned alarick was crying visible from Alarick's vibrating shoulder.
"Kasian alarick, he cried continuously, in the class he also could not focus high school," Imbuh johan stared concerned alarick's back through the glass of the room liora.
"Liora is at home and sleeping" said Amanda. He was worried about his friend.
"We continue to pray for the recovery of Liora. He could've gotten through all this". Johan sat back in the chair.
"But I'm scared, afraid that Liora won't wake up again" Audrey said. And perfect when the first circle of Audrey's tears fell, the instant the lightning struck a dazzling light. In the aftershocks the thunder jarring stirred up the feeling.
"Sttt, you can't say that, liora will definitely be cured, believe me, the same above as well," Johan pulls audrey in his arms trying to calm the tall-nosed girl and the brownish hair.
"Maybe this is God's way of cleansing the sins of Liora. We can only be patient and pray" he continued.
"So late in the afternoon, I saw the thing that was yesterday, you dreamed, get well soon and I will buy it for you" said Alarick crying again.
The order tonight is very simple, he misses the smile and laughter of this rabbit doll girl. He wants his girl to pay attention to him again. The power of the heavens answered him immediately. And very simply.
Because know.... Tonight as well as all night, the city was always raining heavily as the rain-loving girl lay weakly with infusions and other medical devices all over her body.
"I have sunflowers for you. The sunflowers are beautiful, ra, just like you," says Alarick, keeping sunflowers next to a safe.
"I go home first yes, tomorrow I come here again," Kiss the back of Liora's hand.
There is no way he will stay here, let alone his relationship with Liora is not known by arlon or ariani. He wants to stay over, but is afraid that Ariani and Arlon suspect the presence of him who is guarding the liora. Her girl's parents will be back tonight to look after Liora.
Alarick went out of the room.
"You go home" said the sultan. After the rain has subsided
"Rest, tomorrow we will go to school, too" he said.
"Who will keep--" Keysa asked.
"Liora will be fine. I'll take care of him, after all arlon om same aunt ariani will also return tonight.", Sultan cut anxiety, smile again.
"Okay, if there's anything, you immediately tell us," Sahut abiam.
...*****...
"How's liora doing," asked mami audrey.
Her mother already knew liora was in an accident. Because before they go to the race, they say goodbye first to her mom Audrey. Audrey also told me about the beginning of the incident.
"You rest" said her mama.
"Yes, audrey up first," Audrey replies.
"Al, you go anywhere, just come home at this hour," No, not mama alarick who asked but his papa. The middle-aged man suddenly startled Alarick.
"Papa did come here," Alarick asked without answering a question from his papa riko.
"If papa nanya, answered, not even asked back," Sahut riko.
"No business is the same papa," Reply alarick, still look relaxed without turning a little towards the riko.
Alarick circulated his gaze looking for the figure of the mama, maybe his mama in the room, he certainly knew his mama would not be willing to meet or greet with the jerk man.
"Your mother must not be very smart, educate you, just look at this, at this hour just returned home. Drowsiness is unclear," Riko quipped.
"It's not the mama who doesn't care to educate Al, but the papa who is not a parent," Sumpul alarick raised his voice.
Her mother was surprised to hear the voice of alarick, she wanted to get out but she was also sick of seeing the face of her estranged husband.
"Dare you raise your voice to the same papa, Al". A firm and dashing voice snapped at Alarick. The baby-beak man stood up.
"Just say reward, what is the purpose of papa here?" To the point alarick who began to speak softly.
"Papa came here just want to see your situation," Reply Riko back sitting on the sofa.
"Where have you been all this time?" said alarick staring at his papa. There was terbesit a sense of disappointment, pain that alarick felt when he heard his papa speech.
"Al, don't be childish, you know you have a wife and new children, papa, you know,"
"Then, with the new wife's son papa, papa lupain, and ninggalin I so, papa released the responsibility as a father figure for his son that is all. Papa immediately forgot the role of papa as a good father figure, a father figure who was always there and take care of his son," Alarick clenched his hands tightly. Holding back tears that want to come out.
"Don't you think, how difficult it is for mama to nurse, keep watch, raise me until I'm this old man, and so loud, alone without the intervention of a jerk husband like papa!!,"
"Well, Alarick didn't ask for much from papa, Al just wanted a warm hug, playing together, joking with papa like other children,"
"Al misses, papa's old embrace. Where was the warm embrace I had as a child. But it's all gone somewhere" she chuckled with the tightness of her chest. No. gabe. He must not look weak in front of his father. He must look tough like there is no burden whatsoever that he bears.
Riko was instantly speechless, sculpting, hearing the words of his only son with his first wife. He could not speak anymore, his tongue felt faint to make another sound.
"Papa knows, papa is wrong, but you must be able to accept all this alarick," said Riko walking closer to alarick.
"Even if papa is, but papa still loves you," Riko holds both shoulders of her son.
"There is no need to pretend to be a father who always loved his children, if for so long papa never met me, if papa does not want to see mama, at least, at least, papa can meet me alone without my mother present,"
"Originally you know, when I think about my childhood full of happiness, and inversely proportional to my current situation. I try to stay patient and accept the reality, I have to face everything myself, without a father figure, mature without a father figure is painful pa," Alarick took out all the junk he's been craving all this time.
The fallen leaves do not hate the wind. So does the child's feelings for his father. Alarick doesn't hate Riko. Only, he was disappointed to be very disappointed with the decision as well as the treatment of the risk to him and his mother for many years.
"If I may ask, I also do not want to be a broken home child, who lacks the affection of a father figure. I also want other kids. Who can get full affection from his papa. But, how else, this is the way," added alarick, with a sad spotlight staring at his papa who was still silent digesting the word he said just now.
..."It's raining today, but, please tell me that it's hot here, so they don't ask questions and want to know what's not their business"...
..._Afra Rainey Keysa...