My President

A Hard Decision

At four o'clock in the afternoon Reyfan's body was buried. Aza continued to rebel to take her lover to her final resting place. The doctor finally allowed her but after that Aza had to go back to the hospital again. Aira, Keno, Aksa, and Devano also took the man to the funeral.

Aza still did not expect if he now had to deliver his lover to the final resting place. He sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by Aira. Her body held tightly to Reyfan's photo. Walking following the coffin containing the body of the good man he loved so much. It feels like a dream.

When Reyfan started to be put into a burrow, Aza was getting hysterical. Tomorrow he can no longer see the man. There will be no days with Reyfan.

"Good way, Rey. You are my love and gratitude, thank you for accompanying me on my two-year days. I love you for a long time."

"Until I meet in the next world, I will always pray that God will call me soon and we will get back together."

His chest grew increasingly tight as the ground began to cover his lover's body. Reyfan is really gone.

The funeral process went well, Aza was still staring at the headstone that read the name of her lover. His head rested there and his tears continued to flow. Several times Anida and Dion invited Aza to return to the hospital, but the woman always refused. He wanted to accompany Reyfan to not be alone, he said.

"Son, you have to think about your own condition. Let's go back to the hospital, if Reyfan sees you like this he will even be sad there," said Aira persuaded Aza.

"Yes, Za. Let's go home" Anida said.

Aza turned her head for a moment and smiled faintly at Aira and Anida. "You guys don't think about me, I'm fine. I will accompany Reyfan here" he said heartbreakingly. Aza hugged her lover's headstone again.

"Darling, you can't be like this. Reyfan would be sad to see you like this. Let's go back to the hospital, "guided Anida again, the girl shook her head in a sign of not going from there.

Until finally, the girl was unconscious hugging a mound of soil that was still wet and studded with rose petals. Maybe because he was too tired to cry he fainted.

*****

The doctor put the infusion back into Aza's hand, the girl just kept moaning to say Reyfan's name in her sleep.

"Rey..."

"Reeeyyy, don't go, don't leave me..."

Everything was fixated, along with feeling the sadness that was being experienced by the innocent girl. Likewise with Aksa, the man did not stop staring at Aza. Although Reyfan's parents have forgiven him and will not take the matter into the realm of law, but he does not necessarily get an apology from the girl.

"Son, Aunt please replace Reyfan's position in Aza's life," said Anida staring fixedly Aksa.

"What does Auntie mean?"

"Replace my son's position, I can't bear to see Aza slumped like that. Tough trials always come her way, Aunt just wants her to be happy, son." Anida says it again.

Aza is an orphan, her father left a few months ago, her mother has been dead since she was a child. She was not family either, Anida could not imagine how Aza was feeling right now. Aza is the grief-stricken girl in her life, who Reyfan should have removed the grief and replaced it with a liking, but the man instead left first. All Anida wants is to see Aza happy, even if not with her son.

"Already, Mah. Do not force Nak Aksa, he also has the right to determine his life," said Dion hugging his crying wife.

"My son will take responsibility, he will marry Aza and make her happy. You take it easy" said Aira to make Anida and Dion relieved to hear it.

But, not with Aksa, she disagrees if she should marry the girl. What about Tania, Aksa's boyfriend who is the son of Alfa and Vera.

"Well, what the hell is this? Aksa doesn't want to marry that geeky girl, Mah. He doesn't deserve to be with me" Aksa said. The girl with two braids in her hair, a plain face, and her clumsy appearance made Aksa have to think many times to accept it.

Aira landed a slap to her son's left cheek. He was very angry because his son was demeaning and looked at others from the physical alone.

"Did Mama teach you to speak so impolitely? Did Mama teach you to look at people physically?" shouted Aira staring fiercely at Aksa.

"Darling, don't be angry. You can disturb Aza." Keno embraces his wife and invites her to sit on the sofa.

Aksa was silent, her mother was right. During this time he never looked at people from his physical but from the heart. But, to marry that girl was a difficult decision for her. The girl also did not want to marry him.

*****

Aksa, Keno, and Aira decide to return home. Since the trip, Aira silenced her son. Aksa became sad, because Aira was never angry and silenced him all this time. His mother just wanted him to make up for all his mistakes by marrying the girl he left behind.

"Mah..." Aksa tried to persuade his mother but the woman did not bully him and left him.

"Mom..."

"Why can't you help, you must feel guilty about what happened today? We are the same as you, just marrying that girl will reduce our guilt" Keno said.

“But marriage is for a lifetime, Pah. I just want to get married just like you guys love each other. Even me and the girl don't know each other, how can we get married. There's got to be another show, Pah.”

"Wish you could be more mature for this!" Keno patted his son on the shoulder and passed away leaving him.

Aksa sat quietly on the balcony of her room. Ruffling his hair and occasionally grabbing it, he was completely confused by this situation. Should he marry that sad girl? And what about Tania? Although Aksa did not love Tania very much, he also had to think about her heart. It's a tough decision.

"Mzhghhhh..." Aksa punched the wall of his room.

"I can't be trusted by Mama, but I can't marry her either!" screams blaring.

*****

The morning was not as usual, no one woke Aksa. It seems that Aira is really disappointed with Aksa who does not want to marry Aza.

"Good morning, Madam President," cried Aksa embracing Aira who was applying jam to bread. The woman immediately shook her son's hand and left the dining table.

"Darling, I'm done with breakfast. I'm going to the lounge, yes" said Aira to Keno and did not forget to kiss her husband's cheek.

Aksa sighed harshly staring at the departure of the Mama. This was the first time Aira had silenced her only child.

"Bah.." - Lirih Aksa.

Keno turned her head briefly towards her son, "Papa is going to the office now. Oh yes, the handover ceremony is held next week only."

Keno then got up leaving Aksa speechless. Aksa was sad when her parents ignored her. It can't be if it's like this.

"Go to the hospital and meet the girl" Keno added. Aksa nodded, she indeed had to take responsibility with the girl.