Longsuffering

Keep Promises

It's not about the wounds I've inflicted

But about the fate you accepted

I. wounded.

-Wita

Bandung,Wita-Tarmin-Vishnu

“please fight mother Tarmin, I mohoon!” with a hiccup Zahra said the sentence of her request. In the room of the principal of the school, Zahra was being pacified by Uswah, his class partner. Beside him sat Wita who had since looked blankly at the statement letter of Mr. Surya.

“issuing Adhis is not an act I will do, we will face Mr. Surya with a cool head”, replied Bu Tarmin firmly.

“Adhis is a good boy, I would not be willing if Adhis had to be expelled from our school. I'm sure, if Fahrezan can be visited, we can take Adhis to the hospital. Mr. Surya will see how friendly they are”. Zahra again tried to make various possibilities that can fight for his favorite students.

“what is this letter, Adhis parents already know it?” ask the principal.

“i think it's been. I see Mr. Surya is not a person who can be patient waiting”. Answer Miss Tarmin. He then approached Wita who was sitting at the end of his sofa.

“mother Wita, will you be okay?” ask Miss Tarmin for a moment.

“insya Allah ma'am, my son is fine. Mom don't have to worry”.

“good, you just need to mentally prepare and prepare all the documents that will help you. I will prepare the best lawyer for you”.

“thank you mother”, replied Wita lowered her head.

“starting today you are given a suspension letter from the school. It's the foundation's decision, but you should know that behind you we support you. And I think you can make this as a time that you can use to prepare everything in the trial later. Don't worry, I will help” bu Tarmin, really she is a mother figure who shields and protects her teachers.

“but.. let me finish something with Adhis father, mother. I have to convey the condition of Adhis to his biological parents”, pinta Wita to the principal of his school.

“of course, that's what you should do. Adhis needs your help. I have contacted Mr. Vishnu, so that he can come today, we can not procrastinate. You tell me what you need to say. After that, you can focus on the trial. Next, Adhis. let Zahra and Uswah handle”.

*****

Wita has prepared herself. For now, he will meet Vishnu. Can he talk a little about himself and his past to Vishnu? Will Vishnu accept his apology in such a situation?. I don't know, let him try.

Entering his study room that always gives him peace this time is like entering a haunted house he visited in the night market during his childhood, cold and scary. He steadied himself step by step towards the work desk in his room. He stared at the back he missed, more field than he knew. The white shirt that Vishnu wore with a roll in his arm really made him miss more. Vishnu.. can I just slightly reach your apology?.

“assalamu’alaikum, good morning” Wita ventured to greet the figure who was still standing in front of his desk.

“ah..good morning” Wisnu put the picture frame he held in his right hand. “it seems, you are a teacher who is very liked by children yes.. MOTHER WITA!” it was a strict rhythm that made the fur Iuduk Wita began to stand. Please Wita, control your breath, your mind. Focus on things that will produce positive results.

Like Lanis's message last night, “you just need to focus on.., that you will solve your problem. Focus on the thought that Vishnu will forgive you. Focus on that your past is not your fault. Ignore the nausea you feel, strengthen your body and close your eyes for a moment if you feel dizzy. Arrange breathing, and what?. dzikir right? What do you usually do?, yes. dzikir just”.

“I hope so” Wita tries to answer. What a satisfying result. Interact with the current Vishnu with the sentence he uttered.

“namun...”, Wisnu took one of the picture frames, Adhis was laughing in the garden mang Tatang with guava in hand, with Wita. “I had to resuscitate Adhis, he said, that he has wrongly tethered hearts”. A very painful blow. Calm down Wita. You just have to calm down.

“i apologize for the inconvenience”. Wita tried to set the rhythm of his conversation with Vishnu.

“please sit Vishnu sir, Adhis father. On couch? Or this chair?”.

“here only” Wisnu choose a chair that is right in front of the Wita work table. He then sat down to scan Wita's movements. Until the woman in front of him sat right in his chair.

“mineral” Vishnu cutting. Vishnu looked at Wita who kept moving; calling, confirming her headscarf, wearing glasses, sipping a cup of warm tea. Then, for a moment, take an ash book and an orange pencil. Opened the book. Slowly he started scratching the paper of his book.

“TANTRUM” he made an absurd picture that is not understood by Vishnu. “Aphis often experiences what we refer to by the term tantrum”. Vishnu frowned, he had to admit that what Wita was talking about was not his equivalent. If he expressed the word Render, MEP or Topography of course this room will be his territory.

“Tantrum is an outburst of uncontrollable emotions and anger in children. Usually tantrum occurs at the age of 1.5 – 2 years and should have disappeared at the age of 4-5 years, the age of Adhis 4 years?”tanyakanya.

“ya”, replied Vishnu in a long while, while staring at various images that Wita made. Vishnu became more and more understanding, why his daughter liked Wita so much. How to talk.., the picture he made.. make it.... very.. interested?. He even momentarily forgot to prepare various ammunition to attack Wita.

“The incidence of tantrum in children is allegedly closely related to how to communicate in the child. Children aged 1.5-2 years have language barriers that are not smooth, so children cannot recognize the emotions they feel. The role of the parent is very important, when the child starts tantrums by doing things like crying screaming, rolling over to hitting the parent looks normal and normal but the parent should be able to try to stop his tantrums”. Wita.

“wait a minute, you're cornering me? Mother Wita?”. Vishnu let go of his body and rested his body.

“no, I was just explaining the symptoms that Adhis experienced theoretically”, Wita replied while looking at Vishnu with a smile. “if I am not wrong, Adhis has been staying with your brother, so far, Ms. Rumi and Mr. Indra. Right?”.

“iya.. I leave Adhis because I have to work in Jakarta. And Adhis was comfortable with my sister. Is that wrong?”.

“ah.. certainly not” Wita flicked her hand. That's not what Wita meant. Wita is not looking for Vishnu's fault, no!.

“i just want to ask, Adhis is with your sister since.. when?”

“ a month before Adhis gets into your school, mother of Wita”.

“previous?”.

“with me, in Jakarta”.

“you and your wife work”.

“of course I work Mother Wita, you know that” Wisnu has begun to lose patience. “what I was invited here to do a population collection? What is this about your work?”.

“ah.. sorry, I may be too swirling. I'm sorry!”

The long, firm and straightforward explanation given by Wita really makes him understand. Yes of course, Vishnu is not a stupid parent to digest the various diplomatic messages that Wita conveys. The mistake he made in Adhis's upbringing became a regret that he only realized.

“iya, baby sitter”. The answer is certainly one of the triggers for the emergence of emotional overflow behavior Adhis who is currently the prima donna of school. Vishnu was too convinced that, the material and figure that could replace him through the services he paid had quite fulfilled his best obligation to Adhis. In fact, that's not what Adhis needs. He certainly remembered how much labor the nanny he paid to accompany Adhis. If he remembered a few years ago almost four times a year he changed Adhis's nanny. The average of them resigned for various reasons that are unclear.

Lastly, Adhis made a pretty extreme rejection of the presence of his baby sitter who had lasted almost a year to accompany Adhis. Until he realized Adhis did need a figure that could give him comfort. Fortunately, the brother became the figure of choice Adhis.

“hmmzz. But the aggressive attitude of Adhis, his tendency in solving problems faced by physical impingement such as hitting, biting, pinching and others certainly does not appear just like”

Vishnu now realized, he had long lost the moment to see the growth and development of children only wayang. The ambition and downturn of life that he experienced was too fulfilling his life mission. Until he forgot, the faithful baby present in his life has been ignored. A disgrace now unfolding before someone he should be ashamed of today. Supposedly, today was the day that he could prove to Wita about his victory in life.

“Quality time” Wita makes a great plan that must be done for Adhis with Vishnu and. wife. A slap that in fact made Vishnu bounce from the golden point that he felt today about his career and his efforts. And the great blow he felt as Wita revealed something that he thought had perfected his nakedness from the paralysis he was experiencing.

“Bu Rumi and Pak Indra are perfect models for Adhis, but he needs an idol figure and self-protection from his father and biological mother. You and your wife can spend one day a week planning a fun activity with Adhis. I will give this diary as a weekly report that can his father and mother Adhis isi”.

“i can do it, without his mother” with a faint Vishnu replied Wita. For Wita, the reason that parents like Vishnu always make is not new. From the beginning, Wita suspected that maybe Vishnu's wife did not want to be involved much. A woman who is the daughter of a state official, a graduate of the best university in Switzerland, would certainly be a woman who has an important role in the community or company that she has, maybe, or divorced? Don't think so, he can't speculate.

“you can do it separately, you with your free time with Adhis, and Adhis mother with his free time. This will be very helpful in repairing the emotional turmoil experienced by Adhis”.

Vishnu's face immediately hardened, staring intently at the look in Wita's eyes. Wait a minute, Wita, are you beating the war drums?. Wisnu's gaze is so sure and slowly unsheathed. “must you know WITA BU!!!, Adhis has no mother!!!. You are indeed quite teledor, Bu Wita. Do you not read carefully the data of your favorite student. Restari... died giving birth to Adhis”.

Wita's gaze immediately brushed, he retreated his chair to control his body that began to tremble. Faintly he heard the voice of Vishnu, not clear. His ears were ringing and his gaze was fading. I don't know what Vishnu said to him, he can only breathe the scent of Vishnu's body that began to sharp, approaching. But the rhythm of his heart began to be regular and the shadow in his vision seemed to slowly become clear when Vishnu leaned his body, pulling the handle of the chair that Wita sat on and said, “I admit, I will, the picture you made is better than 7 years ago. But you have not changed Dewita Maharani, from today learn not to lie down and keep the promise”.