
" Indhi." Said Ega without opening her eyes.
" I love you, very."
Ega's sister was fussing again, maybe because of a fever so she was delirious and thought I was the woman she loved.
I ran down to the kitchen to get a basin of warm water that I would use to compress Ega's sister. I also took the bread on the table and the mineral water and searched Paracetamol from the medicine box and brought it back to Ega's room.
I painstakingly compressed Ega's forehead and his sweat began to pour out. Almost an hour but Ega's fever never came down. I tried to wake sister Ega up again but she still refused to open her eyes. How to give medicine if he opens his eyes he does not want to.
I opened the blanket that covered Ega's sister as her sweat grew more and more. When I revealed it, all over sister Ega's body was wet with sweat and I had to change clothes immediately.
I took the shirt and pants from inside Ega's closet, when I pulled the shirt I accidentally dropped an envelope stored under the pile of clothes belonging to sister Ega. The brown envelope fell on the floor and the contents scattered. I knelt down and grabbed one by one the scattered papers. I started to get curious when I saw a white envelope bearing the name of a laboratory. I grabbed the envelope and took out a piece of paper that was still folded. I opened it and was surprised to see the writing at the very top of the letter, DNA IDENTIFICATION RESULTS.
I read it slowly, my father's name and Ega's surname written there. Next I don't understand because it's like a chemical formula.
I jumped over that part, my eyes fixed on the thick printed writing at the very bottom.
Thus it can be concluded that the probability of Pramono as the biological father of Kevin Ega Irvantara is 0 %.
I shed a tear after reading it and didn't expect Ega's sister to do a DNA test.
I read it again from above, hoping that the results would change and that Ega's brother would still be my brother.
I brought the paper closer to my face, watching it closely as I looked at the month and year of the DNA sampling.
My body trembled as it remembered that the year was the same as the year of his father's death and his month, one month just before father's death. Means all this time brother Ega already know the truth, then why did sister Ega lie to us? Actually what happened, why did Brother Ega cover up the truth if he knew about it since two years ago?
I put the letter back in its place again and put the envelope in the closet of sister Ega again, put it in its original position, I hope sister Ega does not realize if I have found the applop.
***
" Sister, get up, you have to change clothes. Brother's clothes are wet." I tried to wake up brother Ega again.
" Nts."
" It's me. Can you wake up?"
" Hm."
I helped Ega's sister to sit down, then helped her remove the buttons on the shirt she was wearing.
" When did you get a fever?" I asked after I took off the shirt. Now sister Ega only wears white singlet.
" From noon today." Answer me weakly.
" Have you eaten?"
Brother Ega just shook his head.
" Eat this, after that take medicine!" I took the bread I had brought earlier and handed it to Brother Ega.
" Drink." Said Ega's sister who was almost inaudible to me.
I took the water from the table and helped Brother Ega to drink it.
" Wait a minute brother, I'll take some more warm water."
I went down to get some warm water which I would use to wipe away the body of Brother Ega that was full of sweat.
I went back and saw that sister Ega still had not finished her bread.
" Why not spend it?"
" Bitter."
" Hm."
I went back to help Ega's sister take her medicine. After that I told Brother Ega to take off the singlet. I hesitated a bit as I was about to wipe away Brother Ega's body, my blood rippling as I stared at the chest of the field belonging to Brother Ega. What's wrong with me, is it possible that the DNA test results started to affect how I feel about my sister Ega. This cannot happen, forever sister Ega is my brother, my brother.
In the end I kept wiping her wet body and helped her put on a new t-shirt.
" Sleep again, I'll accompany you here."
" Hm."
Brother Ega returned to lay down his body, I took a chair and brought him to the bedside of sister Ega.
I sat down on the chair and observed Brother Ega who had fallen asleep again. Half an hour passed I went back to check the temperature of Ega's brother and the fever still did not go down.
I went back to compress Ega's sister hoping her fever would come down soon. It was past midnight and the fever was getting higher. Brother Ega started shivering and I was confused as to how.
I grabbed my phone and opened the search engine, figuring out how to deal with a shiver. I read one by one the points written there, almost everything I have done, only one point left that I have not tried is a hug.
I grumbled while scratching my head which was not itchy. What kind of recipe is this, hugging will relieve fever.
I put my phone down when sister Ega returned shivering while rummaging indistinctly.
" Cold." Said brother Ega.
" Sister is cold?"
" Cold Ndi, cold."
I pulled the blanket up to Ega's neck but did not manage to warm Ega's sister, her body was getting shivering, even her teeth began to crackle.
There's nothing wrong with me trying the tips I read earlier, I went up to bed sister Ega and went into the blanket. In my heart I kept convincing myself, this is my brother Ega, he will not do anything, he will not hurt me.
I positioned my body, one of my hands slipping down the head of sister Ega, realizing it was sister Ega flipping her body and wrapping her hands around my waist while her head crept down my neck.
Almost half an hour passed and sister Ega was not shivering anymore but her fever was still high. I began to sleepy and unconsciously I fell asleep with the position of hugging the body of sister Ega.
****
I woke up when I felt someone stroke my cheek, I undo my intention to open my eyes when I heard Ega begin to speak.
" When did you become this beautiful." Said Ega while caressing my cheek.
" I hope it's a dream and I never wake up."
" You know, I've suffered so much from holding all this alone, I have to lie to my feelings, I have to try so hard to control my feelings."
" Sorry brother Ndi, sorry brother who can not keep the promise of brother to be a good sister for you, sorry brother because sister can not erase this feeling, sorry brother because sister loves you."
I wriggled and turned my back to Ega's brother, my tears began to drip and I didn't want Ega's sister to know that I was awake and hearing all her words. Now even I hope that if all this is just a dream and I want to wake up soon, I hope that what I heard was just a joke from sister Ega.
He rubbed my hair and kissed my head. After that I heard Brother Ega get off his bed and go into the bathroom.
I took a breath and opened my eyes slowly. I regret every word I said first, I often joke that if sister Ega is not my sister then I will be her lover and now God seems to be giving my joke and I did not expect it.
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