K&K (Taste Features)
12. Lost
More than two weeks Kirana lived with the Maroon family, she felt very comfortable and happy. Although the house is simple for the size of the houses around it.
He borrowed several pieces of long-sleeved warm clothes for Machita's ever-great spring.
During that time Kirana still did not speak a word. He prefers to be silent, pointing, nodding, shaking and smiling.
He was quite proficient in English, but somehow he was so lazy to speak. There was something in him that kept him from speaking.
“Is he mute?” paulo whispers to Machita at dinner.
Machita stomps on Paulo's feet. “Auch!!” jerk Paulo. Machita.
“What's up?” madam Joyce asked, not liking the commotion while eating.
“Nothing,”sahut Machita.
“I know all this time he never spoke, but he wasn't deaf. As far as deaf people will be mute,” whispered Machita who was too loud unknowingly madam Joyce and Kirana were able to hear her.
“What are you talking about? who is mute?” madam Joyce asked annoyedly to see her two children whispering impolitely while eating. Machita and Paulo fell silent. Kirana felt herself being the attention of Machita and Paulo who glanced at each other.
“He never spoke, Mum. I'm just thinking, maybe he..bisu.” said Paulo.
Madam Joyce frowned. They saw Kirana suspicious. Kirana.
“You're not deaf, but you're mute aren't you?” ask Machita bluntly.
Madam Joyce kicked the table scolding Machita who asked impolitely.
Kirana shook her head and gave a long snort.
Maybe it's time he didn't shut up. Kirana started to open her mouth to make a sound to prove that they misunderstood.
She's not a mute girl.
When he was about to make a sound suddenly his vocal cords hurt and he could not make a sound. Kirana did not understand why she had trouble speaking, even as she tried to say a word more she could not breathe. He held his neck in pain.
“Are you okay?” ask madam Joyce worriedly. He stood near Kirana. “Drink, if you can't talk don't be forced. Do not obey their nonsense,” continued madam Joyce while glancing towards Machita and Paulo.
Kirana shakes. He can talk. He's normal.
But why can't you talk now? Why does her vocal cords hurt? What the hell is going on?
Why did the voice disappear?
“I'll call doctor Smith. Maybe he can check his throat,” Machita said excitedly directly running out.
***
“Open your mouth,” doctor Smith orders.he checks Kirana's throat.
“Your voice is hurt, I don't think it's too bad. But, we should go to the hospital tomorrow,”, Smith said.
“Why can't he talk? and look in pain.” madam Joyce is anxious. Doctor Smith thought for a moment.
“I think it's trauma,” replied Doctor Smith.
Kirana did not understand why she suddenly could not speak.
Suddenly loss of voice.
He didn't even mean to be silent forever. It was just a few days after he came to his senses from a long fainting spell, and waking up in a place with strangers made him feel reluctant to talk.
He hopes that when he goes to the Prince of Wales hospital tomorrow he will get a good result.
***
Doctor Smith punched Kirana who immediately drowned after receiving the results of the check-up. Kirana took Doctor Smith's hand off her arm. He wanted to walk alone with a cane without pity.
His life is ruined now.
The nerves in his vocal cords are not working. In addition, doctors mention the occurrence of otogen-trauma trauma due to excessive sound use (vocal abuse), which makes the condition of his vocal cords increasingly weakened.
He could not speak for a very long time and had to undergo therapy to restore his vocal cord condition.
When asked when he could recover, the doctor who handled it fell silent for quite a long time and finally replied pessimistically, “Maybe ten or fifteen more years,” an unpleasant answer. It felt like the sky had collapsed as well.
Kirana's knees trembled, her heart slumped in disappointment.
She is a singer, singer of seriosa. How could a singer not talk? how can a singer be mute? kirana's mind churned in silence.
Her dream was gone for a moment. Even for the first time, he had not been on the big stage.
Being the only survivor was not acceptable to him either. He felt unfair to the victims of the plane crash. However, now he knew, that the circumstances were unfair to him. Because he not only lost his loved ones, now he has to lose his only life expectancy. In this case, it's better that death double as well.
Doctor Smith followed from behind. He is concerned about his patients. On the way home, Kirana was only able to duck. Doctor Smith knew that teardrops kept rolling down her cheeks. Make a wet trail that is not dry.
They arrived at the Maroubra beach parking lot faster than usual. Doctor Smith opened the door for Kirana. Half-walking Kirana angrily slammed the wand given by Doctor Smith until he fell.
The tears are starting to fall.
There was no family and no one by his side when he woke up, and only found strangers with their mercy, his broken right leg, now he lost his voice, the main capital of his dreams as an International class seriosa singer.
Why at this young age did he have to suffer so much? Why did this horrible thing happen to him? And why when he will achieve his dreams all bad destiny befall him? Kirana was angry.
His chest rumbled, as if there was magma within the volcano ready to erupt at any moment.
Doctor Smith held his shoulder. He squatted down against Kirana. Doctor Smith pulled Kirana's body into his arms.
Warm.
Kirana gasped for a moment with Doctor Smith's sudden attitude. But then a sense of comfort and urgently need burst into his mind. He poured more and more tightness in the chest in the arms of Doctor Smith, to make a wet shirt with purple vertical stripes. Doctor Smith took a deep breath and stroked Kirana's black hair.
***
The house was empty when they returned. Machita and Madam Joyce have left for work, and Paulo must be looking for marine algae or going to the factory. There's only the two of them there. Doctor Smith makes hot tea for Kirana.
“Tenace. You can stay here until you get better and then you can go back to your home country. You can meet your family and err.. I want to know your name.” Doctor Smith smiled doubtfully at his words.
A name?
The family?
A residence?
Kirana Badar from Indonesia, lives in Jakarta, the son of a famous musician and has a happy family. He attended Blume Musical School. Prospective musicians and seriosa who will get a scholarship to Juilliard school.
But now?
He was just a victim of a plane explosion that was then stranded in a place he did not know, injured and then mute.
Should he be proud to recognize himself as Kirana Badr?
The full moon glow?
Should he acknowledge as the representative of the Indonesian group for the spring stage at the Opera house?
Should he be recognized as the youngest representative and seriosa singer?
Should Kirana who used to live with dreams be able to hold her head up? kirana's tears are melting. He can't do all that. He was ashamed of himself and the world.
“Heii.. don't cry. I just want to know where you're from?” doctor Smith said soothingly. It's a misdeed. “ Singapore? Malaysia? Brunei ? err..Indonesian maybe? or Thailand?” ask Dr Smith.
Kirana shakes. He doesn't want to know where it came from. He could not reveal his true identity.
“Don't tell me you don't know who you are? You don't remember who you are and where you came from? the families? you lost your memory?” doctor Smith was second-guessing.
Memory loss ? if need be, he was gone then and there from this world! Swallowed by the earth or rather the sea, never found in the Pacific Ocean.
Kirana pondered for a moment. Yes, Kirana has gone missing.
Kirana, a seriosa and aspiring musician, is dead. He could not meet people he knew - family, friends, relatives - and saw his terrible condition. He will live as someone else. A new, mute girl who has lost her memory and is stranded in the British Commonwealth.
“Do you not remember anything from the last few weeks? Before you faint,” asked Dr. Smith. Kirana shakes.
“Tiny age, old man, residence or a memory.” Doctor Smith tried to convince Kirana. But Kirana just kept shaking.
Doctor Smith is getting confused. He and the Maroon family could not stay longer due to Kirana's illegal status. He had already lied to the police about taking care of the girl's identity.
He was just trying to find a logical reason. If then the police check it again because the foreign girl was living there for a long time, then all will be revealed and finished he and the Maroon family.
There was no identity and no clue about him. Except for one thing, that Kirana was the victim of an accident. He and the Maroon family agreed.
However, at that time there were two accidents at once, the crash of Kencana Air RQ30144 plane from Indonesia to Sydney and the collision of a cruise ship from Switzerland with a rock from western Australia.
In addition, the victims were washed away not only once twice, almost every month there are tourists who are carried away by the waves and disappear.
Doctor Smith felt sorry for seeing Kirana's condition. But he couldn't do anything either. He will discuss it with the Maroon family.
***
