NYI TWINS TRIBUTE

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Both legs have now stood back in a place he has not visited since a few weeks ago. His eyes looked deep inside, but there was no one he could see in the neighborhood.

The steps of his two legs started to walk forward, Riani opened the unlocked gate. The dust on the terrace floor of his house was so thick, even so that the second step of Riani's feet left a trace.

Alien, it feels very foreign when putting both feet back in this house. Riani felt not being on the porch of his house, it felt very foreign in him, he seemed to want to go out and find his true home.

Riani's heart was pounding at the thought of the night as she ran away and was picked up by Nindira. Shouldn't he have done that? Isn't what he did wrong?

Tears began to flow from one end of the eye, before it completely flowed down the cheek, Riani immediately rubbed it.

The closer to the main door, Riani's eyes grew blurry. The more tears gathered behind his eyelids, the more and more damaging diverted his two cheeks.

Guilt, regret and fear, fear if he is no longer welcome in this house and all other inexplicable feelings are felt in Riani.

His hand began to knock on the door, but no one responded.

Too long waiting at the door, Riani took the key to the house that she always carried.

The sound of the door lock echoed, Riani opened the door that had begun to be difficult to open.

Stale, dusty and dirty, his house was completely moored like the one he had in his dreams a while back.

"I-mom ...." Riani tried to call her mother, but she did not get an answer. "Mba Dwi ...."

The state of this house was very quiet, like no one had occupied this house for a long time.

Riani saw there was a bowl on the dining table, some of which had maggots because they had been left there for too long. Just looking at him Riani was already amused.

This house instantly became extremely dirty, deserted like it was uninhabited.

"Where are Mother and Mba Dwi? What happened until the house became so bad? Why isn't anyone here?" Riani asked softly, she frowned.

But suddenly he heard the sound of people coughing, Riani looked up, it seemed like the sound was coming from the main room.

The second step of Riani's feet immediately climbed the stairs, he opened the door of the room and found his mother lying weakly on the bed.

His eyes closed, he fell asleep with the same messy room. Riani looked at the items scattered on the floor and were no longer in place, even the wedding photo hanging on the wall had also been broken into pieces.

"What's happened?" ask Riani lirih.

But it seems like his words managed to make Rita wake up, he confirmed his position while opening both eyes.

"Riani?"

"I-mom ...."

"Riani, you .. You're really Riani right?"

Riani nodded her head, she could not hold back her tears. The beautiful face of his mother has now changed, there is no more white face now there is only a dull face, no more mulu skin now there is only wrinkled skin with deflated cheeks, no more eyes that shine brightly now only my eyes with eye bags that flounder.

Unable to hold back tears, Riani immediately rushed towards her mother. He hugged a body that did not feel like it had meat like before. Riani only felt the presence of bones covered in skin.

Rita nodded slowly. "Mom doesn't know, either, Ni."

Hugs on Rita's body were released, Riani looked at her mother's face which now looked pale. His little heart was crying, his once very beautiful mother had now changed drastically.

"Where are you going, Mom? Why isn't he here anymore?"

"He's coming home, Ni." Rita was silent for a moment. "Dwi doesn't work here anymore, I fired him."

"Huh? How can you, Mom? Why did you fire Mba Dwi?"

"This boarding house is getting messy, Ni, financial income is also thinning. Let alone to pay Mba Dwi, to buy daily necessities just feels very difficult." Rita down. "Sorry, I can't defend this business."

"Why is this so, Mom? It's not that the boarding room there are still thirty who are still occupied." Riani still remembers some of the boarding children who still live in her boarding houses scattered in some areas of this city. Although the number is not as much as it used to be and there are indeed some boarding rooms that have been damaged and left empty.

"They all chose to go" said Rita.

"What?! How can?"

Rita was silent for a moment, she did not immediately answer Riani's question. His eyes glanced to the right and to the left as if he was looking for the right answer, until a few seconds later, the two eyes were staring at Riani.

Rita shook her head. "No idea, Ni, they're all gone, now there's only six left." Rita was back down. "In addition, many boarding rooms are damaged and need to be renovated."

Riani realized this, especially some of the boarding houses are old enough so they definitely need improvement. While for a long time his mother did not renovate any boarding place, this is natural. Maybe the boarding children increasingly feel not turned on because their room is damaged and never repaired, so they choose to go out and move to another boarding house.

There was no conversation between the two of them in the next few minutes. Riani looked at her mother who had now changed a lot.

"Why did you go home yourself? Where have you been all this time, Ni?"

Hearing that question, Riani could only shut up. He was ashamed to answer. Does he really have to answer? What if he chose to hide it? But until when?

"David Dwi have told you?" rita continued, her eyes staring at Riani sharply.

Riani shook her head, Dwi hasn't sent a message or anything telling her that she's gone and she's alone. "A--I .. I'm home because ...."

"Because what?" rita asked impatiently.

"Mother don't be mad at Riani, will you, promise?"

Rita nodded her head. "Mom won't be mad, just say it, Ni."

"Riani failed to be a good mother's daughter."

"Why are you talking about that? You'll be a good mother's son forever."

Riani shook her head strongly. "No, Ma. I'm talking rich because I don't know yet, if I already know maybe I'll get angry with Riani or maybe ngusir Riani again from here."

"What's wrong? Speak clearly, son."

"So ...." Riani remained silent for a while, she felt unprepared to say it but she was forced to say it immediately. His hands rubbed his stomach gently. "Ri-Riani ha-pregnant, ma'am."