I'm Without The Womb

The Mother of Social Ministers

This morning baby D was allowed to go home by doctors, Yaris and Ralin were on their way home. In the car was very quiet, baby D was definitely asleep since earlier, after Ralin gave him a bottle of formula milk. Ralin was busy with his thoughts on how to help the orphanage to get through the difficult situation that was happening, while Yaris was still flashing back at the events he saw in the hospital.

Yaris continued to imagine Ralin this morning who was unceasingly sneezing after waking up. Whether what strange disease he suffered, which is clear every waking of Ralin's nose must have run off and he will sneeze continuously, not just five or ten minutes, he said, sneezing can be up to an hour, said Ralin who had told him.

Ralin kept sneezing when he opened his eyes. He continued to stuff his nose with tissue, whether it had been how many sheets of tissue he had spent since the beginning of his illness. The sneezing sound of Ralin even woke Yaris up.

"You're awake, sorry I came out first please take care of baby D for a while." Ralin spoke while covering his mouth and nose with a tissue. Yaris who was still half conscious only nodded his head.

The sneezing sound of Ralin could be heard from Yaris from inside the room, it turned out that Ralin was sitting outside the room while carrying a box of tissue in his hand. Yaris who was fully aware after washing his face following Ralin who was outside.

"You why? It hurt?"

"No, it's a habit after waking up I must have rung and sneezed."

Strange this guy.

"Have you ever seen a doctor?"

Ralin nodded, "already, it's like an allergy, it stops on its own."

Ralin continued to sneeze, Yaris was actually kasian but at the same time felt amused to see the appearance of Ralin, his nose was red and his sneezing sound was very funny in Yaris' ear.

After fighting for almost thirty minutes, Ralin returned to normal as before.

Yaris' car stopped right after the red light came on. His eyes glanced back at the woman sitting next to him.

"Why are you smiling to yourself?" Ralin was a little surprised to see Yaris smiling even almost laughing from earlier.

"Well, you can't smile, can you worship?"

"Yes if there is a reason, there are people who want to smile, you are smiles that are not clear, thought to be crazy just know."

Yaris laughed again. I don't know why he wanted to laugh. Yeah, just laughing, next to this woman.

You weird guy.

***

Ralin continued to rack his brain how he could help the orphanage to get through the Yaris state crisis that stopped his donation.

Mega can only shake his head to see his best friend who continues to bounce off the laptop from morning until morning again.

"Lin, you can think of home problems, but health is also important. I'm not sure I've been eating this regularly lately."

"Let's help me dong, give me the idea of cake, propose what cake."

"Your Mbah idea, if I follow this dizziness ga keurus shop tau, you want to be homeless "

"O Allah, na'udzubillah, amit-amit huh."

"Have you made a proposal?"

"Had thought that, but the effect is like a beggar, my feelings, do not want to deh. I don't have many acquaintances here either." Ralin felt so desperate, that he felt like giving up.

The proposal?

That was probably the last road he would take.

"Aaaaaah I have an idea, what if you make an art show involving children's homes," suddenly Mega sparks an idea that Ralin thinks is brilliant, and even more so, but have not understood well the meaning of the words of his closest friends.

"Art show, you mean?"

With patience Mega explained to his best friend who was also his boss.

"So gini, to attract donors, you make art shows involving Lin's children's home, such as nari, for example, drama or singing ato any art that you think can be done with children."

"How'd it go?"

"You train the children according to their talents."

"This is not a question of coffee doang ma replace pampers," without a doubt Mega insinuated his superior. It's true, Ralin's world is only two, coffee and children's parlors.

"Seriously Ga, I'm an economics scholar."

"Yes, his title is doang. It's a Social Scholar." Kesal Mega, "you forgot if it was in Bandung? Here many of Lin's creative people, especially young people, so you never try to go to another world, the outside world hue intent, not the spirit world." Mega pause for a moment, "this is the problem of art coaches I will ask for help with my college friends, they have a kok that can dance, drama, poetry, even the choir. You stay nentuin what art you want to show first." Mega explained at length to Ralin who was just dumbfounded to notice his chatter.

"So the effect is not very begging, there is also effort, how?"

"Ga, I just found out you're this smart." Spontaneous alone Ralin hugged Mega tightly.

"Cih mode yes lo, but this is not free yes Lin, there are conditions, let go first, huh."

"What then? Whaan? Don't be weird!"

"Ng.. I'm not telling you now." Mega flashed a mysterious smile at Ralin.

"Lo ain't gonna ask this store for the reward, is he Ga?"

"Kagaaaaaak, what the hell, I'm not that greedy."

"Kidding."

They laughed in satisfaction as the small discussion resulted in benefits that would be of great help to the parlour.

Mega is not only a friend, just a friend for Ralin, even Mega is like his sister. Ralin could not imagine what he would be if he did not meet Mega. A lot of things they've been through. Falling awake together conquering a city equally foreign to both.

***

The next day Ralin came to visit the home and immediately met Diah's mother. He expressed his idea and was welcomed by Mother Diah.

"It so happens that Ralin, children sometimes like to play dramas if there is free time, Ralin son later can ask directly to children what their interests and talents are."

"Yes bun, but this time is quite mepet yes, I might later want to go to Lombok. So before that I will try to keep this show going.

"Thank you son Ralin, Nanda has been very helpful in the orphanage. You don't know what to reply to Ralin."

"You don't need to, Ralin doesn't need any reply, just call Ralin in do'a mother, that's enough for Ralin."

There is no more beautiful and romantic gift than the name spoken in the do'a. Another way a person expresses his feelings other than by the spoken word, is by doing it in silence.

Ralin had already felt enough with what he had achieved by now. His efforts are pretty smooth. He feels good about what he has.

Not all humans are greedy, there are times when one feels enough for world affairs.

***

After Ralin made an observation on the children of the orphanage and held a discussion with the employees, it was finally decided that the performances to be performed were dance, singing, choir and drama. Ralin relayed the results of his observations to Mega and without waiting long Mega contacted his friend who could help train the children of the orphanage. Quite unexpectedly it turns out that many parties want to help to just train children, there are even Mega friends who have a band group also want to contribute their actions if given the opportunity. Of course Ralin and Mega accepted happily.

Mega has also prepared a brochure that will be circulated to several strategic places for the crowd to see. Do not forget the invitation to be given to business owners around Bandung. They target local entrepreneurs who are in a sense of success. Hopefully their efforts will pay off.

"Where is Lin?"

"Beresh Ga, today the children of gladi resik. The stage and room are ready. Over all all smoothly, hopefully tomorrow a lot will come."

"Aamiiin, by the way I've also spread the announcement on social media, eh narration you are ready ga Lin? Don't you record it to be easy."

"Ish, my narrative is the closing event, ga exciting dong if the only recording in the puter, ga nge-touch the heart of donator dong ntar." Ralin rejected Mega's idea.

"Yes up to you is Mensos' mother."

***

Elsewhere, Yaris stared at her phone screen almost unblinking, her friend tagged her social media account and now she was reading a poster of the show that Ralin was going to hold.

"Wow, how much influence my fad stopped donating to this parlour, ck." There was guilt in Yaris' heart at the time, "but it's also interesting."

Even so, the reason he knew for sure, Yaris was happy about the show at the parlour. He will make sure he attends the event. For the size of Yaris' class, the event may be a trivial event that does not benefit him or his company, but Yaris feels there is a strong reason that he cannot reveal that his presence is needed there.