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He who is not as Hard as a Coral
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The wire on the nightstand beside the Son's bed, kept ringing. Sukma's name appeared on the six-inch screen. At first, Putra had no intention of picking up a phone call from her mother. The woman could have guessed it if the Son was not doing well just by hearing his voice. For this reason, Putra is not interested in answering Sukma's phone call. The thing is, somehow mother's intuition is more sensitive.
If anything happens to Kanya. Sukma often looked mused on the porch of the house and called the name of the girl just wayangnya. Putra saw him several times when he returned to Sukma's house at the request of Eka – papaanya. Only, the prestige of the woman was quite high. Even though he really misses, he will only send a short message to Kanya. I hope her daughter will return the message.
And, as Putra knew, Kanya never replied to all the messages sent by her mother. They are both stubborn. Both have a high prestige to admit if they are still tied to each other and in need. While Putra is too lazy to deal with complicated things that even he himself does not know how to solve it.
Until one day after his moment of peace with Kanya, Sukma called and told him about many things. About how sorry Sukma is. About how the woman misses her child. About how selfish he was by pushing Kanya away from home. Also about being so greedy he could not let go of Eka, as a condition Kanya proposed if indeed Sukma wanted his son to go home.
For the first time, the Son heard so sincerely the regret of a mother who had knowingly hurt her child. In fact, her own mother never asked how she was doing until now. However, the Son had been used to receiving those wounds since childhood. So, all considered ordinary. Different from Kanya and Sukma. Although the relationship between the two is often colored by debate, still they never fill and complement each other. The son was a witness.
How not, their eight years as lovers. There are many things they have been through together. Including Sukma habits that only call Kanya when there is really important. Like when his father was sick or something else that was urgent and asked Kanya to come home during college first. The rest of Sukma will only send messages.
Given the woman's habit, making the Son change his mind in the end. Especially now that the phone has sounded the third time. The son presses the green button on the screen and sets his voice as well as possible to look fine.
"Son, where have you been? Papa's phone from last night had no response at all."
The man frowned when he heard not Sukma speaking from across the phone, but Eka. But, why did Eka use Sukma's number to call her? The Son's mind became increasingly unsettled. Before his father asked him all sorts of questions about why he had not answered the phone from last night, the son first asked.
"Why Papa Putra's phone uses a number, Mama Sukma? Mama Sukma is not doing why, right?"
"Have you told me the same story?" Eka asked the son. While the child is just a wayang men towards middle age can not wait to hear the answer of the papa.
"Where is the Son asked Papa, if Anya had told him. What the hell is going on, Pa? There's no way there's nothing, right if Papa gets to the phone. Use Mama Sukma's number anyway."
Silent. Eka did not answer her son's question directly. It makes Putra more sure if something wrong has happened and Eka is confused how to convey it. The son knew very well the habits of his father.
"Rp, plis. Tell you, Son. It's also free, Papa is silent, but Putra knows for sure that something is not right has happened. Aye, right?"
“Gosh Papa, if you already know the condition of Mama Sukma is pregnant why is still given permission to clean the upper room anyway. Is there no Ratih? How is Mama Sukma currently doing?”
Again Eka took a long breath. “You know best, if that's just the reason Mama Sukma so you can stay in Kanya's room for a long time, Son. How could Papa ban it? Now his condition is declining. When she was pregnant earlier, Mama Sukma had said that she wanted the baby in her womb to be saved if it was a bad thing until it happened to her.”
The turn of the Son who now took a long breath. It turns out that his business with Kanya is easier to solve than the affairs of mothers and children who are both stubborn.
“Papa already tell you how Mama Sukma is doing?”
“Already. Papa asked Kanya to come home today.”
“Anya say how?”
“Papa does not know for sure, but it seems like Kanya is still heavy to go home. Son, can you please Papa to persuade Kanya to come home? Papa does not expect much, but at least if Kanya wants to go home who knows can change the decision of Mama Sukma to save the baby in her womb. Papa would rather lose our baby than lose Mama Sukma, Son. Papa can no longer get through the void of life. Mama Sukma completes Papa, Putra. Papa asked for help, persuaded Kanya that she would go home. Papa ask for help with you, Putra.”
“Bakal Putra try, Pa. Hopefully Araz can help and persuade Kanya to go home.”
“Araz?”
“There, Kanya's boyfriend. A little bit he already knows Kanya's situation with Mama. Later Putra asked for help as he persuaded Kanya to go home, Pa. Papa take it easy. Everything will be fine.”
“Iya, Son. Papa really asked the same help you to persuade Kanya to come home.”
Eka's voice was drowned by crying. The man sobbed. The Son could do nothing but encourage his father. While the Son's mind was still fixed on Kanya. The heart of the woman is harder than anything. The wounds that had sharpened his heart made the warm attitude of the woman he once loved was frozen. There are things that the Son cannot touch after the events that changed their lives. Kanya was no longer the figure she knew back then, even though the two had already spoken to each other.
Even so, there is one thing that never changes. However much Kanya hid the wound, she was actually a good actor. As much as possible he looks fine, but he can't afford to lie to himself if he's not as hard as a rock. Kanya is the most fragile person the Son has ever known.
