Mother, I'm Your Son too

Chapters 1. Who Am I Actually a Child?

...'Why are you treating me differently?'...

...—Pelangi—...

Chapter 1

"Rainbow, the floor feels slippery. You mop the floor! After that sweep the yard, the trash leaves separate the same other garbage!" The command of Dusk to his second daughter who is now washing dishes.

"Yes, ma'am" said Rainbow and he sped up his work.

After finishing washing the dishes Rainbow swept the floor before he mopped it. As she swept through the living room, her brother was busy watching television.

"Sister, if you're not working on PR, help you sweep the page," Pinta Pelangi.

"Appaan, anyway. Mom told you why you threw me. I'm also working on PR" said Dew, who now opened his book that had been left lying on the table.

The rainbow just took its breath and continued to do its work. He has to hurry because soon his favorite cartoon will air.

"Sister Rainbow, let me sweep the page" said Lembayung who also happened to be watching television there.

"Thank you, Deck. Later watering let me be the same brother. Heavy take water with a bucket," replied Rainbow happy because his sister wanted to help.

Rainbows nimbly do all the work of sweeping and mopping the floor. He continued by watering the plants and separating the foliage waste which is usually used as compost. Meanwhile, plastic or paper waste is put into the trash. Such was the daily life of the Dusk and Cloud families, along with their three daughters.

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"Mom, buy me some shoes, yeah!" pinta Dew while whining to Dusk.

"Why are your shoes?" tanya Dusk is making cake dough.

"It's not comfortable to wear. Especially when it rains. If walking is afraid of slipping," said Dewun reasoned, but he wanted new model shoes that are currently trending.

"Yes, later if you have money," replied Dusk in response to the speech of his eldest daughter. Otherwise the Dew will get angry.

"Ih, Sister Dewun has many requests. Yesterday the day after tomorrow, ask to buy a uniform class shirt. Last week, I asked for money to buy a calculator. For a month, how many times did Kak Dewun ask for money with Mom. Buy powder, perfume, and pads. All asked the same Mother," said Lembayung grumbling because his eldest brother was always easy to ask for something to his parents.

"Just pray that you have a lot of money. In order to give you what you want," said Dusk who now cut bananas with a small size.

"Tuh, listen. You are still small, this brother is big, so many needs," said Dew who sat at the dinner table while snacking on banana chips.

"Mom, I've been from last month, asked to buy LKS (Student Worksheet) book, not yet mother gave the money," said Pelangi who is helping clean banana leaves for nagasari wrap that will be made by Dusk.

Dusk slammed the spoon he was using to saturate the dough. This made the three girls shocked and silent in fear.

"Roof! You know not if now the father's trade is quiet," raged Dusk while glaring towards the rainbow.

The girl who was in the 5th grade of Primary School was terrified. He lowered his head with his hands firmly holding the cloth that had been used to clean the banana leaves.

"You can borrow your friends first!" continue Dusk. 

His mother did not know how many questions Rainbow had to write each task of his teacher. Even now his writing book is running out just to write about his homework assignments. Of course this makes the Rainbow fingers hurt and sometimes bleed because of too long writing.

***

Rainbows always wake up long before sunrise. He sometimes helped his father make merchandise. The profession of Awan is a lilok trader. He went on sale from 08:00:00 and came home in the afternoon.

"Relangi, have you bought the LKS book?" ask Awan while rounding the dough that has been filled.

"Loh, the money to buy the book has been loving the mother from last week," replies Awan.

The rainbow did not reply to his father. He felt that it was used by his mother to fulfill Dew's request for his needs. It is not unusual if his mother always prioritizes the interests of her brother.

"How much is the book? I forgot," asked the cloud.

"Fifteen thousand rupiah, sir," replied Rainbow.

"Now, the new father has 5,000. You save this money first, then the rest of the father love. Hopefully the trading today is selling, so you can love you, he added," said Awan while handing over a piece of paper money.

"Thank you, sir." The rainbow was very happy.

***

"Rainbow, you want to take the ice trade, not today?" tanya Bi Mar is a nightingale ice maker.

"Take it, Bi Mar," replied Rainbow pleased. 

Rainbows are usually to school likes while selling. If it does not run out during the break, he will peddle it while returning home. Rainbows will take a profit of 100 rupiah per seed. A day he can sell 20 to 50 seeds, depending on the weather.

"It contains 50 seeds. Oh, aye. There was a deposit from Bi Eneng, he said it was 20 packs of chips," said Bi Mar while handing a swipe of cassava chips made by Bi Eneng. 

"Thank you, Bi Mar. Hopefully today all these selling goods are selling well," said Rainbow accompanied by a sweet smile.

***

Today all Rainbow merchandise is sold during the break. He had a profit of 5,000 from the sale of ice-bulb and 2,000 from the sale of chips.

"Lumayan to add buy LKS book. If combined with the money given earlier the same father, a total of 12,000 so less 3,000," said Rainbow happy.

When he came home from school Rainbow shoes peeled the glue so that his shoes mangap like asking in glue again. His face was sad, because he felt that his mother would nag him. Though the shoes were the former Dew when he was still sitting in the 6th grade of Elementary School.

The rainbow walked while dragging its feet. Once you get home, it turns out that Dusk is harvesting mangoes in front of the house.

"Why are your legs?" ask Dusk while looking towards the foot of the Rainbow.

"Lem shoes off, ma'am," said Rainbow as he lifted his leg and saw the shoes showing socks.

"There's glue on the kitchen door frame. You clean the dirt first, new in the glue," said Dusk and continued his activities earlier.

The rainbow just smiled. When the shoe broke, he was told to fix it himself. Meanwhile, shoes belonging to his brother who still looks good can ask for a new change.

"Mom, can't give me new shoes" said Rainbow softly and it made Dusk stop its activities.

"What did you say? Do you realize the words that just came out of your mouth?" Dusk glared at the Rainbow.

The rainbow endured the pain in his heart and chest felt tight. His eyes were also starting to feel hot.

'Whose child am I really? Why are you treating me differently?'

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Support my work, yes. I was going to be up this novel for December, because the cover has already appeared on FB so I'm up this month.

Take it if there is a good value to this work, not the intention of me making an evil or favoritism mother figure, it's all there must be a reason. The figure of Dusk is the opposite of the character I will make later. The launch of the work turned upside down, his intention this month wanted a novel entitled : Innallaha ma'ana (Verily God is With Us)