
Tomorrow I decide to take a holiday. All day long just helping mom clean the house. Sweeping the floor, carrying a bucket full of soapy water and mop cloth. I was also busy cleaning some glass windows.
I have done a lot of housework since I was a kid. Helping my mom is what I love most. Shorts. Shaking without arms. Listening to music makes Homework no longer felt.
While I was busy cleaning some more windows. Someone hugged me from behind. I stopped, then looked at the two hands that were already coiled in my stomach. It was Intan's hand. I swallowed a few times. Confused what to do.
"You can't be like this" I said. But Intan's embrace is getting tighter.
"A good wife cannot betray her husband" I added. Trying to advise with the status he already has.
"You are the one who has betrayed! You bang! How long are you gonna shut yourself down like this? How long will you live a lie? Until when?" Intan took off her embrace. Walked backwards with a face full of anger.
"What do you mean?" I'm confused. I turned my body. Face him.
"Quite bang!, you think I'm easily lied to, you think I won't recognize who you are even if your face changes, even if your name isn't Bang Arsyad? Do you think I'm still a 4-year-old Tatan, a submissive Tatan, a Tatan who's still easily misled. I swore I'd be the only one who'd recognize you even if the world forgot about you. I swear I'll keep it next to you even if the world leaves you bang, I swear, I promise" Intan's cries broke.
"Calm down, what's wrong with you?" I'm rattled. Just last night I saw Intan crying, this morning he came back with his tears falling, even more profusely.
"You're Arsyad's brother, aren't you?" Intan was getting hysterical crying. It really hurts my heart to see Intan like this. And how did he know I was Arsyad?.
"How can you think like that?" Elakku, not immediately agree.
"Because of you, because you always do what Brother Arsyad does, you do everything. Kissing my mother's hand when I meet. Sit on the balcony by the room every night. No shame in helping with homework. Always able to make my mom smile. Always talking about beautiful advice, that's what you've been doing for a long time"
"Waiting order. We know that Bang Arsyad is losing his memory, he may not be as he once was, as you wish. But that doesn't mean I'm replacing her position because I did everything you mentioned, let alone it's all common, almost anyone can do it"
"Well"
That morning it was not only Intan's cry that broke out, but his anger as well. His eyes bulged, his face flushed. I've never seen that angry Diamond. But the one that amazes me. No matter how angry you are, her face still looks beautiful and graceful.
"What are you guys doing?" Suddenly mother came, breaking this tense atmosphere. Intan immediately turned away, rubbed his cheeks, making a lie smile.
"Mommy's home. Here Intan help" Intan medekati mom, take over her shopping.
"You why? Your eyes are puffy"
"It's okay ma'am, Bang Arsyaf is cleaning up, maybe it was dusting" his eagle.
Mother just nodded. Then go to the kitchen. Intan never lies, because she knows I hate people who lie the most. But now look, I was the one who taught him to lie.
Before Intan caught up with the kitchen, he had to continue his words that had been interrupted.
"Is this becoming common as well. Someone who eloquently called out her little name, even though she had not been with him since childhood, she had only met one month ago" she said in a cynical tone. Then leave me.
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My heart returned as if it had been hit by concrete. Am I not that good at lying? Did God show His power?.
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