If You Love

Eps. 10. So Part of His Name

Brill followed his heart's urge to go to the Anglo-Japanese girl. He tried to remember the girl's name if it was not wrong to resemble her name, but not a single name stopped in his brain.

Brill is too cute with his environment, if you want to remember the name of people, only the name of Markus and Aunt Rina and three friends who like to practice playing music with him, Wandy, Gio and Lefrand. Their names alone were familiar to his ears, the rest he never took a headache.

"Hey..."

Rilly raised his face, Brill stood at a close distance looking at himself.

"Ehh...yeah?"

Rilly turned his gaze again as Brill just kept quiet. Rilly cleans the mouth and hands of Betsy's oma with a wet tissue, then also cleans the crumbs of food that fall on the lap of the oma. Afterwards Rilly tidied up Betsy's oma hair.

"Well, I'm pretty neat again..."

"Rilly's having breakfast now.. Rilly hasn't had breakfast, right? The food is abundant. Take a meal now Ril..."

"Later aja oma... later after oma finished checking the doctor only..."

Brill observed in silence the interaction of oma and Rilly, why in his heart was touched by this, he did not understand. Rilly was still observing Betsy's oma, just in case there was still some leftover breakfast dirt, then the oma was now a bit slow to chew, and sometimes there was rice or porridge coming out from the gap of his teeth that had been dated.

So he's Rilly yeah.

Brill was still digging through his memories looking for where the lip-side girl's name resembled him.

"Rilly, your mom hasn't seen a doctor?"

Aunt Ine and Manda came closer again.

"Not aunty, just got the queue number..."

"What number are you?"

"Fourty-five..."

"What number now?"

"Number seventeen..."

Rilly looked towards the three seats of the examination hall, not changing people yet.

"It's still a long time.I just go there, ask mommy first..."

"There's no need for Ine..."

Oma held back Aunt Ine's steps with her words.

"I can ask you, I'm an important person too, they can't refuse to put my mom first..."

"Mommy who does not want. if all important people ask first can be messed up queue..."

"Let mami quickly go home, do not have to linger waiting. I want to arrange a good for mami, even refused..."

Aunt Ine raised her voice, riled up her mama refused her arrangement.

"Mommy doesn't want to go home fast, mami wants to follow the event until it's over, mami who waits why you're bothered..."

"Rilly has a lot of work at home, mi.. has not cooked, dirty clothes have been a lot..."

"Rilly's not your housekeeper, you should be looking for ART Ine..."

"Then what is he for?"

Aunt Ine pointed at Rilly who was now lowered in her chair.

"His life is so great, has eaten and lived free in people's homes, his energy is not used..."

"One! Rilly my son. She's my son, get you out of here, you don't need your hands to take care of my life.."

Oma looked away. Aunt Ine looked angrily at Rilly. Manda elbowed her mama who was about to babble again and then gestured with her eyes, there was Brill near them.

Aunt Ine suddenly changed her attitude with a smile and a nod of her head at Brill.

"Brill..."

Brill just looked flat, did not want to welcome the hospitality of this woman.Everyone in this district would know her name, would definitely not waste the opportunity to interact with her. Brill wanted to leave the place but something about Rilly that he heard just now bothered him.

"This is aunty's son, Manda. You're one school only different classes..."

Brill did not react, nor did he look at Manda who was already smiling at him. At school Manda is also one of the girls who dreams of being close to Brill, yes who is the girl in school who does not want it.

"Tante himself, Head of Public Relations and Protocol at the mother's office.call aunt Ine only..."

Aunt Ine was now being sweet, very contrary to her previous attitude.

Brill tends not to care, especially if it offends the office of the mother and what smells the office of the regent, in his brain always appears antipathy. Therefore Brill threw away his face not wanting to welcome the hospitality of the woman in front of him now. Moreover, the woman's rude attitude before this, made Brill cynical of her hospitality now.

"Brill? You here, son?"

The regent's mother who was traveling greeted the elderly with all the families who came, taking pictures with many people since then, now arrived at the tent at the very end of this. Here it is rather quiet, in general people gather in the main tent.

"Mother..."

Aunt Ine is respectful to her superiors, reciprocated by the friendliness of the regent mother, she is famous for her down to earth attitude in the eyes of the community, all citizens are always greeted with kindness.

Brill looked cynically as his mother greeted him while giving a brief embrace to the oma in the wheelchair, he also did not touch the greeting of his mother earlier.

"Oma healthy?"

The regent's mother still hadn't let go of her hands on oma Betsy, still clapping those wrinkled hands while throwing a warm smile.

"I'm healthy ma'am, because of God's grace..."

"What age is oma?"

"My mom's 75, ma'am..."

Aunt Ine now answered.

"Oh.. This is Ineke's mother's mother turns out..."

"Yes mom..."

The chief official of echelon III in the regent's office now takes over explaining the condition of his mother to his superiors.

"How long has it been in a wheelchair?"

"It's been two years, ma'am..."

"Can't you operate anymore?"

"Doctors do not recommend it because the condition of mami injury, mami also there is hypertension and diabetes, so it is difficult to recover. besides that because estrogen levels have decreased, and the condition of osteoporosis too, ma'am... "

"Oh so, that's a good issue about the elderly, note my statement.The elderly family must care about their parents, lest the elderly fall, let the elderly fall, because it turns out it is difficult to recover as usual.the family must be extra care for their parents..."

"Good ma'am..."

Aunt Ineke, who is often the voice of the regent's mother, took her phone and typed the regent's statement. Because usually if it is like that, it means the regent is not willing to be interviewed directly if there are reporters or media covering the activities of the regent. It also meant he had to develop his own short statement of the regent mother according to the rules already in place.

"Oma... patience yes, especially if there is a child who cares. oma child works well for me, I am sure he also takes care of the oma well..."

"Thank you ma'am..."

Oma Betsy replied briefly, it is impossible for her to humiliate her son in front of her superiors so the oma chose not to respond to the sentence of the regent. She never felt the hands of her youngest son taking care of her, unlike her two brothers. The youngest has a different behavior, ambitious and selfish.to be too pampered by her late husband as a child until adolescence, as it is now, less concerned about her.

The regent's mother was about to move, but her eyes saw her son still standing there. The regent's mother came to embrace the child merely wayang.

"Mommy is happy, you come out and want to say hello to people. that means you care about the elderly as well as children..."

Brill just grumbled in his heart...

And mommy is only good for society but not good mommy for me...

"Brill one school with my son ma'am.. This is my son Manda..."

Aunt Ineke took the opportunity to introduce her son, who knew there was a chance to be a besan... Aunt Ine pulls Manda's hand to shake hands with honourable mother. Manda happily even enthusiastically approached the regent's mother.

"Oh so... Brill turns out to be coming to say hello to his friend huh..."

The regent's mother welcomed Manda's hand.

"Mom.. Can I take a selfie with Manda?"

Manda quickly took advantage of the moment.

"Oh may. may be.. You are Brill's friend..."

Brill wanted to argue but he was in filial child mode, he just stayed away from his mama, not wanting himself to be photographed.

"Mmm can be with Brill too?"

Manda so kepedean asked for one more opportunity, if he could one frame with the regent at once Brill, his prestige in school immediately rose for sure...

"Brill?"

The regent's mother extended a hand asking Brill to come closer. Brill smiled but his eyes glared sharply at his mammoth. The regent's mother knew what that view meant, she also understood what the attitude of the teenage girl beside her was like.

"Maybe next time, Manda... Brill did not like to be photographed since he was a child... Even with her mother she rarely wanted to take pictures, except secretly..."

"It's okay mom..."

Although disappointed Manda nodded her head.

The regent's mother embraces Brill again, she knows many people are perpetuating her and Brill from afar.

"Mam.mommy hasn't greeted Rilly, she's my friend..."

Somehow Brill suddenly wants to introduce Rilly to the mother. He was also astonished by his spontaneity just now, and admitted to having a friend, this made himself shocked.

My buddy?

Brill confirmed to himself in the heart of his words just now.

Rilly is still down, meeting a respectable person has been an extraordinary opportunity, especially now introduced as a friend by Brill.

Are we really friends?

Rilly sat in, thinking in which way so they could be called friends.

"Ril.. salaman with my mom..."

Brill approached Rilly's chair and touched the girl's arm at a glance. Inevitably Rilly stood up and approached the regent's mother, extending his hand politely to shake hands with the esteemed mother.

"I'm Brillianty mom..."

Oh yeah, that's his name... Brillianty, it's really similar, it's part of the name, it's funny huh.

Brill cheered inwardly for finding the information he had dug up since earlier in his memory.

"Rilly's my old friend, mom. We both sat back..."

Brill smiled slightly, even he remembered something else about Rilly.

The regent's mother frowned slightly but imperceptibly, a friendly smile had become a patent expression on her face every meeting members of the public. She caught something from her son's mimicry which was usually minimal in expression other than her mask of hospitality.

"This is Ineke's mother's family member too?"

"Rilly my son ma'am..."

Oma Betsy answered.

"He's a baby mama, ma'am, abandoned by parents and mothers who took care of him since he was a baby..."

Aunt Ineke immediately connect the answer to oma Betsy.

"Oh so.. but why not join the free surgery for cleft lip, as I recall there is our health service program..."

"There's ma'am. We can also do it independently, but Rilly doesn't want to ma'am..."

I'm afraid of surgery?

Rilly sat in, there was never that offer. He just lowered his head while retreating how many steps away from the regent mother. The tail of his eyes caught Brill watching him.

"Mam... Mami only who charges for Rilly's operation.. Can you?"

Brill's brain was working out of his pack, the idea suddenly popped up in his brain and immediately popped out of his lips. The regent looked at Brill, finding solemnity in the request, other than that Brill had been indifferent to others all along. Let alone others, Brill many times showed no care about himself as a mother let alone his papi. But this time, the cleft girl can bring out a kindness in Brill.

"My son is good.your care is high, son.mami is happy..well, mami agrees."

The regent's mother waved at one of the loyal sespri following where the regent's mother walked.

"Yes mom..."

"Return for my social activities next month, I'll charge for cleft surgery for a hundred people in this district, set the mechanism..."

"Good ma'am..."

"Enter Rilly on the first list, he's Brill's friend..."

"Mom.thank you so much..."

Oma Betsy thanked him with tears in her eyes.

"It's my job to help my people... Rilly, don't be afraid of surgery. It can improve your appearance..."

"Thank you so much mom..."

Rilly looked down respectfully at the regent, replied with a pat on his shoulder.

"Sorry mom.. I took a photo of my mom with Rilly, for the publication of this social activity..."

The regent's mother improved her attitude, the sespri arranged Rilly's position on the side and prepared to take a photo.

A moment later the regent's mother moved to another area, there were still many citizens who had to be greeted.

"Thank you... Brill"

I heard Rilly speak to Brill. Brill raised a slight corner of his lips. But he began to be uncomfortable, because seeing a group of people who began to dare to approach, it seems that the moment had attracted the attention of many people.

"Yes.. meet at school?"

Brill soon passes leaving Rilly still surprised by the incident just now. He stared at Brill's back until the figure disappeared into the house. Her heart warmed with the sentence that Brill had left behind.. Does that mean they are indeed friends now?

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