KEEPING SECRETS (CAN YOU?)

Eps. 76 Recognitions

“Om.” Call Diva lirih on the brangkar side. Diva's tears had broken watching Adli roll helplessly, with his body pierced by needles here and there.

Nabila also felt the same way, but she could still control her tears so as not to drip. Nabila assume when visiting people who are sick, more showing a feeling of pleasure, excited in the hope of the patient encouraged his spirit to rise.

Adli opened his eyes. He looked at the two women he had always looked after. His breathing was weak, as was his pulse of life. It was all visible from the detector machines there that showed low numbers. Slowly Adli raised his hand trying to open his breathing apparatus so that he could

speak more freely.

Deftly Nabila helped open the tool.

Adli's lips revealed a smile that was difficult to interpret by Nabila.

“Nab..” Adli said weakly.

“Iya bang.”

Adli put back his breathing apparatus for a while, he felt his chest tight because it was difficult to breathe. A moment later he reopened the device.

Nabila and Diva patiently waited for what Adli had to say to them. Diva's hand tried to massage Adli's leg hoping Adli could be strong in the middle of the pain he suffered.

Adli turned to Nabila who stood on the right side of his cage, then opened his breathing apparatus and spoke, “Nab, you are beautiful.” Adli said softly and his lips trembled as he said so. Either because he was very reluctant to say it or because his physical condition was too weak to just say such a sentence like it had drained all his energy. “Let me look at you for a moment.” The baby then wears his breathing apparatus again.

Nabila's body trembled violently hearing that. Only this time Adli said to praise himself, only this time the man who always took care and protected him praised himself. The cries she had endured now could no longer control her.  With eyes, Nabila clasped Adli's left palm and then he leaned closer to his face. Let Adli be content to look at him.

‘This is the true feeling of om Adli to mamah? Why is it now om?’ Ask Inner Diva.  The feeling in his heart was mixed with pity, happiness, confusion at the sight before him.

Although Adli has not expressed his feelings, but this is the first time for Diva to hear Adli praise Nabila, her mother. During this time the Diva only saw a professional relationship between the two. Even if there are moments where Adli shows a slightly outgoing attitude as a manager to the artist under his auspices, it is still within reasonable limits. No exaggeration. More on helping people who are in need of help and protection.

Nabila felt Adli's fingers trying to hold his fingers, but the grip felt very weak.  Marking Adli is currently struggling hard with all his strength just to be able to hold his fingers.

“Bang, brother fast healthy as before huh?” Pinta Nabila in Adli's ear. “Nanti Nab will accompany brother as long as brother mau.” Nabila Promise.

Hearing that faintly Adli smiled. Her breathing mask looks increasingly blurry because of Adli's breath.  At the end of Adli's eyes began to collect a clear round of tears. Adli nodded weakly trying to signal to Nabila that he would fight for his recovery.

Adli's hand slowly opened the lid of his breathing mask. The hand trembled as if the work of pulling the mask was a very heavy and torturous work.

“A-I love you Nab. I'm sorry, only at a time like this do I have the courage to tell you.” Adli said. During saying the series of sentences several times Adli had to pause it, because he had to take a deep breath. It was as if the oxygen levels in the ICU room were so low that it made it difficult to breathe.

Hearing the confession, Nabila was getting more and more excited. A very melodious and very beautiful sentence was heard in his ears. Nabila felt this was the sentence he had been waiting for.

“Om, healthy fast om yes. Diva wants to see om who is like before.” Sela Diva is encouraging. “Diva wants when graduating High School there are papa and mama who deliver Diva diwisuda. Quickly healed yes om.”

Adli. His right hand was raised and looked extremely trembling as he trembled trying to caress the hair of Diva., the girl he always cared for and guarded even from a distance.

Diva brought her head closer and demanded Adli's hand to the end of her head. He closed his eyes, feeling the softness of Adli's fingers stroking his hair slowly.

“Ka-you want if I become your papa?” Ask Adli. Although slow and less clear because the mask is still covering his mouth.

The Diva tearfully nodded her head many times.

“Mau om's. Pah, be my papa. Be papaku.” Say Diva many times while crying.

Adli closed his eyes again and shed tears. In his heart the regret over his cowardice all this time made him feel even more guilty towards himself.

‘Stupid, how stupid am I. My fear of fighting for my feelings for the person I love makes me fall into the biggest regret of my life. Is God still giving me time to redeem all that? Ah, I shouldn't have run away and drowned in work. I should have dared to express this feeling regardless of whether my extended family would accept it or not. Ah this kind of regret is useless, but it seems to be too late. This disease I can no longer bear. But, O Allah O Lord will you give me the opportunity to feel the love of the one I love?’ Inner Adli screamed loudly.

“Bang... Bang Adli's... Bang...” Nabila saw Adli's head rolled to the side like fainting. He called out Adli's name hoping that the man who had just expressed his heart's feelings would open his eyes again. “Bang... Bang Adli..” When panicking to confusion how to. He just shook Adli's arm.

“Doctor!!” Pekik Diva because Adli did not also open his eyes even though Nabila had wiggled Adli's shoulders several times and called out to him.

A few seconds later, a long white-clothed man and a nurse approached.

“Sorry, it looks like the patient has fallen unconscious from exhaustion. I hope you are out of ICU so we can provide further handling.” The doctor said he checked all Adli's life-indicating machines.

With a heavy heart Nabila and Diva stepped back away. The doctor and nurse were very busy examining Adli.

Diva and Nabila are out of the ICU. Once outside, they were immediately asked questions by Safira, Nesy and Bethoven.

“How is my brother Nab doing? Does it look better?” Safira Cecar. He was increasingly panicked to see the two women who were specifically told to enter the room looked so moist as their eyes.

Diva just lowered her head, and Bethoven grabbed her hand to take her to a seat outside the ICU.

“How is Adli, is it getting better or how?”

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