Doctor Steven's Charm

54 - Both were wounded

The awaited ones finally came. Rimba and Steven just arrived. Both of them look surprised to see Rimiko also Akiyo who had been sitting on the living room sofa with Vania.

Especially Rimba who looks so shocked when he sees Rimiko. The reason, now Rimiko's hair is scratched randomly like her everyday. His casual clothes made Rimba seem to be standing in front of a mirror.

It is very different from Rimiko who met Rimba when in Yogyakarta yesterday. Rimiko who looks formal, elegant and full makeup. Rimba did not even notice the resemblance between the two of them. But today, the resemblance between them is so obvious, it is difficult to distinguish.

"Rim," muttered Steven to the surprise of Rimba who was still standing on the side of the entrance. "Yeah!" he said while holding his wife's hand to enter the house at the same time.

Vania stood up from her seat, then approached Rimba and brought him to sit beside her. "Where is Jogya's mother?" ask Vania to melt the atmosphere. He saw the mimic of Rimba's face that turned pale since seeing Rimiko. Vania understood how Rimba felt now, she must have been shocked to see someone so similar to her, there was almost no difference at all.

"Rim," Vania again greeted her silent son while looking at Rimiko and Akiyo alternately.

"Mother's deposit is still in the car, will it be taken now?" steven said help answering.

"Oh, no need. Later," said Vania.

For a moment the atmosphere in the room suddenly seemed to freeze. Cold, stiff and no one wants to start a conversation.

"They're who's Bun?" muttering Rimba suddenly asked, he just did not want to be trapped any longer from this cold atmosphere.

"This is Akiyo's mother," said Vania as she looked at Akiyo who was sitting right in front of her, "While it was Rimiko's daughter," she added, turning to look at Rimiko.

"Hi, we met yesterday. At the cultural park painting exhibition," said Rimiko greeting Rimba but without a smile. Rimiko also felt awkward about this kind of situation.

Rimba ventured to look at Rimiko, then smiled faintly. "Truly, I didn't think when you were like this now it turned out you were like a mirror to me" he said.

"Because you are indeed twin brothers," said Vania inevitably had to reveal the truth immediately.

Deck! the heart of the jungle seemed to stop beating when it heard the confession of Vania just now. He had expected all this a long time ago, when Steven talked about his little savior girl. But Rimba didn't think it was real.

"Rim, forgive the mother who has kept these secret meetings with you," said Vania while hugging the shoulder of the Jungle who was still shaking without any expression on her face.

A moment of silence returned, only a faint sigh could be heard. To bear the burden they have borne for dozens of years.

"I know you may still be surprised, but that's the truth" said Rimiko, who has long known that she has a separate twin.

Rimba looked up, looking at her twin sister nanar. "What reality? the reality that should be revealed at the end of a story like this? very drama, you guys," he said spontaneously. Rimba took Vania's hand off her shoulder, then stood up from her seat to leave.

Steven quickly grabbed his wife's wrist, preventing her from leaving.

"Calm down first Rim," Steven spoke up, trying to calm down Rimba whose reddened face was soaking with anger.

"You too, you know this? the proof is that you are not surprised and look calm when you say I am the same as sodara. Goddamn bum!" rimba said he felt unacceptable.

"The jungle my son, forgive my mother Nak," Akiyo stood up and walked over to Rimba.

Vania bowed silently, confused as to what to answer. This is what Vania feared during her life, when the Jungle finally found out about her truth.

"Please calm down, baby. We'll listen to their explanations about you" Steven said. The man was afraid that Rimba would be as determined as ever, running away to avoid trouble.

Rimba sighed for a moment. This time he could no longer escape. It concerns who he is full of question marks. And Rimba should have demanded an explanation from Vania and the woman named Akiyo.

"Okay," said Rimba again sitting down. She is now sitting next to Steven.

Steven's left hand could not be held tightly to Rimba's right hand as if giving him strength. While across the table, it appears Rimiko is watching the two lovebirds with a difficult gaze to interpret.

Shortly after Akiyo began to talk, he told how his struggle when giving birth to his twins first. Then forced to separate them because of a divorce that has been mutually agreed.

Akiyo also tells how the little Rimiko used to be who now changed his identity to Rimba. "You from childhood are tomboyish, cheerful, and like to howl people. Thank goodness what you aspire to will soon be realized. You always tell everyone that you want to be a great doctor" Akiyo recalls, shedding tears.

Now it is Vania's turn to take turns telling about Rimba who has now changed identity to Rimiko since the horrendous incident in Tokyo. "Rimiko's a smart kid. He understood immediately when we asked him to switch positions.he understood that his brother was sick at that time. Although initially Rimiko did not want to leave because she had to part with her brother Galang," recalls Vania.

"Wait on! so I used to live in Tokyo?" tanya Rimba only realized after trying to digest the story from the mouth of Vania and Akiyo.

"Yes Nak, you lived with Akiyo's mother until the age of 7. Precisely before the accident that made you lose your previous memory" said Vania.

"No way! I remember my childhood. Mother used to say that I was nimble and did not want to be at them when in Kindergarten school. I remember falling into a ditch with Gery during a rubik toy grab" Rimba said.

"That's not true! it's not you who's going through it all, but me. Still remember in my memory when I played with Gery and Kak Galang at this house. And it's not you, it's me" Rimiko said as if asserting ownership of a piece of her childhood story.

"Rimiko, behave yourself!!" akiyo.

"Why? why should I keep giving up?" rimiko. "I didn't want to go, but my father and mother forced me. You never feel what I feel. I have to be him, I have to remember every moment he has experienced during his 7 years in Tokyo. While she?" Rimiko pointed towards Rimba, "I see she's fine. He was comfortable being the real Jungle figure that was me" he said.

"Rimiko!" akiyo snapped this time furiously.

"Aachh!" Rimba held his head. Suddenly he felt an incredible pain. Puzzle-like pieces now seemed to spin in his head.

"The jungle! you why?" Steven directly supported his wife's body so as not to fall.

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Even identical twins cannot have exactly the same experience, and their brains are not connected in the same way.