
Huft... tired huh pretend happy that?
Being a tough and strong person.
Though the heart is fragile and broken.
Dave's brother left without a message for a week.
No one knows where Dave is.
Do I need to go, to stay away from me?
Did he hate me that much?
His cell phone number is off, his friends don't know where he is.
I ventured to ask Mom, because last I saw her go with her.
After Dave suddenly disappeared, my mother stayed home more often.
He is now cooking dinner.
I went downstairs to eat the dinner that Mom had prepared.
"Mother." I said while staring at the back of Mother who was still wearing an apron and was frying fish.
"Yes, what's wrong, son?" Replied the mother who was busy with her cooking.
"Sorry Mom, I want to talk." My speech.
"Yes, briefly. Mother drain the fish first." Answer my Mother.
After she finished her cooking show, she washed her hands and took off the apron and sat down with me.
"What do you want to talk about?" Ask my Mother.
"Where is Dave?"
Mother then turned her face away, she moved from her seat and immediately took the fish that had been fried.
"Why are you asking your sister?" Say Mother.
My mom got me a plate.
Then fill the plate with rice, fish, krupuk and sambal terasi.
"Eat first, then enter the room. You go to school tomorrow." Said Mother who seemed to dislike me if I asked about Brother Dave.
"I'll eat if Mom answers my question." My speech.
"Your brother is fine, he's just focused on his football career. He got a chance to go to Europe to become a professional footballer." Answer my Mother.
"Is that true? why didn't he tell me first?" Ask me a curious.
"She said, don't want to make you sad. You can meet again tomorrow." Say Mother.
After I finished eating, my mother told me to go to bed.
But I said I wanted to talk to Dave's brother over the phone.
I have something to talk to him about.
"Tomorrow in the morning, Dave is tired at this hour. You're not gonna make your brother burdened, are you?" Say my Mother.
I obey Mother's word.
"All right, I'll wait till tomorrow. As for Brother Daniel, I don't want to hurt him too deeply. Please tell him to stop approaching me." My speech.
"Don't think about it too much, I don't bother with it too much. Just focus on your school, you have to follow your sister." Answer Mother.
"Good Mom. I went upstairs first huh, Mom?'" My speech.
"OKAY. Good night dear." Answer Mother.
"Good night too." My speech.
* * *
In room...
"What do I miss, Lord? he even left without a message. For what reason does this feeling remain even though he does not want me to be by his side. But I don't know why, I still want to wait. Damn it?!!! the love I have for her is ingrained. Too hard to forget."
I decided to pull my blanket.
Hope tonight will be over soon and tomorrow can talk to Brother Dave.
* * *
"Dave, tomorrow your sister will call you. You have to say you're in football school. Don't let him know you're transferring schools." Said the mother who was talking to Brother Dave on the phone.
"Well, thank you Mother, for allowing me to love her, even if I have to leave her side." Answer Dave Lirih.
"Don't make Mom the most evil and sadistic person. I just want you to know, I care about your future. Your father doesn't mind what you're doing either. Your father handed the children's problems to mother. So, Dave must understand Mom's good intentions." Say Mother.
"Okay, ma'am, please don't let him get the wrong guy." Answer Brother Dave.
"That's business later, after your education is over. We'll think about it again." Say Mother.
" Dave rest first, Dave's schedule's tight tomorrow."Answer Brother Dave.
"Okay, take care of Dave's health. Eat regularly, get enough rest." Said Mother advising Brother Dave.
"I've never had this much attention, Mother's the best." Answer Brother Dave.
"Yes, I am your mother. It's my job to remind." Say Mother.
"Okay, bye Mom. Good night." Said Brother Dave.
"Night too." Answer Mother.
Then he closed his phone.
"If Dave wasn't your brother Ly, I'd be so happy to have a daughter-in-law like her." Mummed in the heart.
After washing the dishes and tidying the dining table, Mom decided to take a break.
* * *
Next morning..
Mom really kept her promise.
He called Dave's sister for me.
"Sister Dave, how are you?" Ask me.
"I'm good, how are you?" Dave replied in a cheerful voice.
"Ehm, Dave's brother is at school for football?" Ask me a curious.
"Yes, I apologized to you earlier for upsetting you. Next, just focus on your school and your goals." Answer Brother Dave.
"How about us?" I whispered for fear of being discovered by Mom.
"Focus on your school. I closed the phone first. Take good care of yourself." Answer Brother Dave.
"definitely. Brother Dave too." My speech.
"Have the phone finished?" Ask my mother who surprised me.
I handed my phone to Mom.
"Do you trust Mom? he is focused on his career. You should be supportive if your brother wants to achieve his goals." Say Mother.
"Yes, I will always support Brother Dave. It's 06:45, ma'am. Let's go, I'll be late." Answer me.
"Don't Daniel come? take you to school?" Ask Mom for wonder.
"No, I already sent WA's message to her. Today I'm off to school with Mom." Answer me.
"Okay, then. We're leaving soon."
* * *
In the car...
"Mother, after school, I want to go to Dad's grave. I miss him." My speech.
"Well, we'll go see your dad." Answer me while focusing on driving.
"Mother, before Brother Dave left, we had a fight and didn't talk to each other. When I heard his voice, I was so happy." I said to my mother with a radiant face.
"Hmmm, is that it?" Answer Mother.
"Yes, thank you for letting me talk to him." I said shiver.
Mom saw the look on my face that turned sad.
"Dave, Dave. The boy, indeed had to be away from Lily for a while. Just a week has made the mother's child become upset? what else for months? even years? Think about it later. Most importantly your education should be smooth without constraints." Mummed in the heart.