My Clown Boy's

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"It seems like a long story won't end that easily".

***

Ali stood in front of the rehab. He didn't seem to want to go in. I don't know why that guy couldn't hold back his feelings.

Honestly, he's tired. He's tired like this but he can't be weak. If it comes to that then who will protect his sister.

The guy raised his hoodie arm.  Then breathe out a few times.

Flasbacks

The sound of a flat object was heard echoing throughout the room XI class IPA 1 but it was nothing compared to what Ali felt today. Some of his friends were surprised to see this sudden change in Ali's attitude.

Guys who are usually friendly, easy to smile to everyone suddenly turn into creepy.

Shouldn't Ali know? Or this is how it should be. Or just blame the spreader who does not know what the purpose is?

"Who's behind all this?" ask the guy cold. Reza who was nearby also shuddered in fear of Ali.

"Who?" ask the guy again. His voice was more flat and firm than before.

Fearfully a girl pointed at a guy with glasses that were not too thick. With hair that is always neatly combed.

"He!"

Ali saw the guy with the glasses. Grinning, the aura is many times more creepy than bias. The man gulped, not knowing what to say as soon as Ali arrived in front of him.

Approaching him with a hostile face. Followed Delano behind him. 

"Gue what's wrong with you?" tanya Ali is still cold. His hands are perfectly clenched ready to float at any time if something goes wrong according to him.

Revan, the teary-eyed guy fell silent. His face was pale as if blood had stopped flowing there. His knuckles turned white, and secretly some parts of his body trembled.

"If you are hurt, don't use the person I love. Just attack me directly. Not her!" ali's voice rose by an octave which made Revan slow down his steps. But Ali kept going forward as if giving him no space even just to breathe.

Ali clenched his fists. Prepare to hit, then raise his shoulders to take a swing.

Revan closed his eyes, not daring to fight back. Or it can't. Because he's not good at martial arts. Unlike Ali who is already a black belt.

"May.af!" said the guy with glasses was disjointed voice that is usually loud in the lesson when arguing with Ali either yawned.

Ali smiled in anguish. He continued his bogem. But not Revan's face. Or the guy didn't accidentally hit it. He just hit the wall that was right in the guy's face.

"Sorry!!!!" Revan screeched in fear. It feels better that he gets hit right away than in a game like this.

Delano stared intently at his silent friends peering or taking pictures. The guy recorded the faces of the kids who were here and later taught them a lesson so that no one would open their mouths. Fortunately, all of them have not yet come. Only around ten disciples with the three of them.

"So it's lo?" ask Ali sarcasm. Which makes Revan shake fast.

"Hate me!I don't know who the girl in the video is. I didn't know that it turned out that that person meant something to you. I swear I don't know" said the glasses guy.

Ali still kept staring at the sharp revan.

"Then who is he?" he said without giving a pause.

"Who?" he asked again so did not get an answer from Revan.

"Gue doesn't know either!" revan said at the end.

"Gue found the video on the internet. Then I entered the school forum because I felt that the girl was no stranger".

Ali held back furious. Because it turns out, it wasn't Revan who did it. But still, because of that guy. One school should make her sister a joke.

"Take a look if you're barking!" threaten Ali in the end.  Then go, from there.

After Ali's departure. Delano did not follow. He whispered to that guy named Revan.

"Gue kill you!" he said it was full of emphasis that made it difficult for Revan to breathe.

Delano also intends to leave. But his steps quickly put on hold by Revan made the guy stop.

"Gue will do anything for you!" and that made Delano smile.

Flasback end

Ali stepped foot into the place where his sister was being treated. He made his lips smile forcefully. Then it looks natural over time.

He doesn't care about people who think they're weird. Because whatever he's gonna do to the people he loves.

***

Fany sat in her wheelchair, staring straight ahead in the hospital corridor. The girl was allowed to leave her room but had to be monitored by the people around her. But the girl did not realize that around her there were certain people who were in charge of observing her.

Although the atmosphere in the corridor is very crowded because many people who have psychiatric problems roam there to undergo rehabilitation and treatment as it seems.

Fany seemed to be uninspired the voices sometimes appear through dreams. But the day as it is now is rarely heard. But the girl still could not socialize like before.

Before long a bright yellow hoodie boy came in with a big smile. The school bag is still on his back. There is no fatigue because it is covered by a wide smile.

"Big baby!!!!" knock that guy without a second thought. His bright brown eyes continued to be glued to his sister's face that was getting more and more tyrannical. And those withered eyes.

Fany did not respond, and to see that Ali became anxious.

"Fany!!!!" he said, flanking Fany's cheek with both hands. So that cheek expands. And inevitably Fany's eyes had to look at her brother.

"Where are you today?"

Fany shaking. Ali knows the answer. That girl must be tired. Because the last few days Fany had to undergo some important therapy to do healing.

"Spirit!!!" he said, releasing his hand. Ali then stood up, then took a long breath. I'm used to the view here.

A short woman in the typical blue color of the patient's clothes passed in front of them while scratching her head. Then soon the man shouted, as if in pain. Next laugh.

Behind him followed two people pulling each other over a large doll. Ali took a long breath.

The man then pushed his sister's wheelchair. They took a detour to simply take Fany for a walk as usual when she came home from school. Ali is more busy now with Fany than doing other activities. Moreover, both of their parents were busy.

But her mother now prefers to keep Fany and her job in the care of others. Their father Farhan told his mother to stop for a while.

The hallways of this hospital are green. Perhaps so that there is always a feeling of calm and tranquility for the residents if they see it.

"Lo want to know about your friend's friend?"

Fany shook her head, but it didn't fit her real thinking. He was very curious about them but somehow he felt unprepared. Not yet ready to know the facts that cannot be accepted.

They don't feel like they're in front of the hospital's main door until now. And Fany can see things outside. The streets are quiet because it is in the area is very rarely passed by people. The parking lot also contained only a few vehicles. Probably the officer's. Fany looked up. And obviously the girl could read the uppercase letters written there.

Then the next minute he sank back into his daydream. The dark events have made him immune. He tried not to care about the fear that appeared in his heart when the dark feelings returned. The dream of a child that made him almost faint. And a strange explanation of the past.

The girl was already immune, but instead of improving somehow it felt worse. Because now he rarely speaks. The response was very short. But fortunately he never hallucinated as Dr. Fey sometimes explained to Ali about common symptoms in patients like Fany.

They were still busy with their respective thoughts when a car stopped in the parking lot. Then came out doctor Fey, his blue eyes that exuded calmness always made Ali speechless amazed. And Fany who inevitably focused on the thirty-year-old woman.

"Where are you guys doing?" ask Dr. Fey in her soft voice. His blue eyes were staring at Ali right, so the guy immediately replied.

"Good brother!uh I mean auntie!" Ali was shocked by the gaze of Dr. Fey. Ali sometimes forgets that Fey is a doctor. Sometimes it is wrong to call her big sister because of her beautiful face.

And Ali was more used to calling doctor Fey with an aunt. Because their parents were friends with Dr. Fey.

"You are Ali!" doctor Fey said he was still with his smile.

"Oh yeah! From today there is a volunteer who will come to try to help them. And of course he had met directly with the owner of the hospital before. I hope Fany and the people here can do better after he comes" explained doctor Fey long enough to make Ali a little gobsmacked.

What is wrong with having a volunteer? And Ali understood their meaning from the sentence that Dr. Fey had said.

"That's even better aunt"

"Oh, Ali, have you found the right person?" ask doctor Fey who made Ali understand clearly the purpose of the question.

With a doldrums the guy shook his head.

Doctor Fey was concerned.

"You don't have to be that weak. With treatment now in the past the chance of recovery is much greater than before", comfort doctors Fey trying to re-normalize the atmosphere.

"Oh yeah! That's the volunteer!" doctor Fey said while raising his face when the door of the car he was using appeared someone.

Ali could not see the man's face because he used a costplay mikey mouse. Or rather a clown. Not long after the clown came close.

He stood for a long time near Dr. Fey. Because his head was looking down at Fany. While Fany kept seeing the clown flat.

I don't know why there's a memory in his family about that funny clown. He tried to remember it but it felt very faint. Only the voices of those who sang could be remembered.

"Hi!" greet Ali to the clown, which makes the clown turn towards him. And awkwardly the clown returned Ali's greeting.

"Gue Ali's. Brother Fany, please help!" the man said sincerely as he reached out.

Ali's hand was floating in the air for a while. Because the clown was in disbelief, he looked at Ali's hand. And the next minute he immediately returned the hand.

"Gue Lian" he said clumsily.

"Okay hello know bro. I hope I get along with you!"

For the sake of seeing their interaction doctor Fey laughed in relief. Then he told them to check on some of the patients.

"Al...Fany don't stay out long!" fey's doctor's message before breezing in was followed by Lian behind him.

Fany also doesn't know if her brother is hiding something from her.

Fany shouldn't know what's really going on at school

She's the one who's going to finish it without getting her sister back in the same situation.

Ali watched Liam from behind. I don't know why he felt so familiar with that person.

Tbc