Short Story (Cerpen)

Cry for Love (Part 2)

Category: Sad Love Story

Title: Cry For Love (Part 2)

Sort Number: 1831

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I saw my mom's face looking panicked. I stopped the car in front of the mall.

'Mama!' I cried to mama.

Seeing me coming, Mama immediately ran towards the car and without saying directly into the car.

'Go to the hospital!' my mom's voice sounded panicked.

'The hospital! Who is sick?' I am still confused by my mother's behavior.

'Don't talk too much. We need to get to the hospital now!' yelled at my mom for the second time.

I quickly stepped on the gas pedal of the car and drove the car quickly.

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As soon as she entered the hospital parking lot, she got out of the car and entered the hospital in a hurry. I who still do not understand what happened, just follow behind my mother with a quick step anyway.

'Father!' mama exclaimed after finding her husband standing anxiously in the waiting room. 'How is he doing?'

'Still checked by a doctor.' replied papa who is not as good as mama.

'Ma, Pa. What the hell's going on? Who is sick? Why are you so panicked?' I asked finally who couldn't help my curiosity.

Mama and papa looked at me at the same time, then looked at each other.

'Darling,' Papa approached me and hugged me. 'This morning, your brother had an accident. And now we don't know how things are.' said papa slowly, which almost sounded like a whisper.

Instantly, I felt my whole body trembling. There's pain in my chest. Which made my breath choked so strong that it made me have trouble breathing.

I let go of my arms and approached the chair. I dropped my ass there. My legs are no longer strong enough to support my body weight. Warm water came out of my eyelids and wet my cheeks. The next second, a painful sobbing sounded.

Mom hugged papa. He could not bear to see me sad and crying. Letting me be engrossed in my own grief.

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Two hours later…

My feet slowly entered the ICU. As my eyes glazed over, I spread my gaze across the room. There was only complicated medical equipment and a medium-sized bed and a male figure lying helplessly on it.

Silence is not moving. Not even opening his eyes. There was no soft voice when greeting. Only the sound of the monitor screen defines the state of the patient's heart.

There was heavy metal sticking to my body. Makes it hard for me to move. There was a sense of disbelief when he saw her lying helplessly there. Like running to meet him while hugging and telling him to wake up.

'Is this really you? Is this really you sick? Is it true what I'm seeing is you?

Why are you like this? Why do you always make me hurt to make me cry?'

I looked at him, assuring myself that the one lying down was not him but someone else. But the more I tried to deny it, the clearer and more vivid the shadow became in my eyes. And I can't stand my tears anymore.

'I'm sorry. I can't help it. I can't cry seeing you like this.' I put my head on her hands.

'How is the doctor, my son's condition?'

I heard the sound of my mother outside the room talking to the doctor.

'sorry. We have not been able to draw conclusions. Because right now, he had still not passed his critical state. So we hope, Father and Mother must be ready to accept all the possibilities that will happen.'

'Papa! Mama, don't want to lose Dira. Dira can not die.' hysterical mama who immediately embraced papa.

'Forgive us, Mom, we want to help. But we can't do anything. Life and death are in His hands. And we can only pray for Dira's healing. But one thing you and I need to know. Brother Dira suffers from a weak heart. And we can't do anything. We can only wait for a miracle by waiting for a heart donor.'

I heard my mother getting hysterical.

I lifted my head and stared fixedly at that weak face. With the oxygen in his mouth, it made me see him even more.

'Please, wake up. For Mama's sake. Don't let her cry for you again, after her husband's departure. His suffering is enough. So get up now.'

'Lya!' exclaim papa.

I reluctantly looked at Papa.

'Now you take your mother home first. Looks like your mom needs a break. Later if there is any development from your brother. Will Papa tell.'

I got up from the chair and approached the mama who was standing limp with a pale face beside papa.

'Relax, Pa. Dira will wake up. And at that time, Lya will be beside him.' I said slowly as I walked past Papa. Whether not to hear it or ignore it, papa did not call me.

'Come on Ma, let's go home first. Later if brother Dira wakes up, Papa will call us.' comfort me to my stepmother.

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I stared at the door of Dira's room, after delivering Mama to her room and fell asleep due to fatigue. Mama kept crying all day and calling her son's name.

There was pain as he stared at the door of the white-painted room. By strengthening my heart, I opened the door to Dira's room and entered it. The first masculine accent I got from his room. The yellow design that became the dominant color decorating the room became his trademark. I admit, he was too stingy to let me into his room. Afraid that I would dirty his room, that was his reason for preventing me from going into his room. But he himself freely in and out of my room from childhood until after this adult.

The first page I saw was Dira's signature handwriting. The next second, I was shocked by the contents of the book.

July 6, 2006

I can't see you sad. I wanted to hug you and say 'Don't be sad anymore. I will always be by your side. If you need to hold you until you fall asleep'.

July 15, 2006

Tomorrow I'm going to London. Really, I'm so scared away from you.

01 January 2007

I just missed you for a moment. Seeing the light of fireworks reminds me of your smile.

December 12th, 2010

When I stepped back here, I felt so happy to see you waiting for me. I want to hug you when I see you from afar. I don't want to be away from you anymore. I want you next to me.

I want to run and hold you and wipe your tears, but I can't. I can't do it. Because I was too afraid to accept the fact that I couldn't possibly have this feeling.

05 January 2011

Don't upset. Please don't be mad at me. I can't if you keep getting mad at me and stay away from me.

And I'm too cowardly to say that I love you. And I've always loved you.

February 14, 2011

I couldn't help but kiss her lips. There was a strange feeling that got into me. Like dew dripping over my head. It feels cool and calm. If he wakes up, I will tell him that I love him very much.

March 17, 2011

I can't possibly have it. It's not that I'm a coward to say love to her. Not because I can't have him. Because of my relationship with him. The relationship that binds me to her has made it a barrier for me to be with her.

I love her so much. I really love him. And wish I could have it. Ashilya Gem Aurora, I love you so much. Love you so much…

I closed my mouth with my right hand, holding my sobs. While my left hand felt trembling holding a yellow book that belonged to Dira.

'I love you too. Loves you so much.'

Without thinking I ran out of the house. I ran as hard as I could to get to the hospital. Run away quickly. I felt a heavy burden that I had felt had simply vanished by itself. And it turned into a joy that burst into my heart.

I don't know how long I ran to see him. All I had in mind was to quickly meet her and say I loved her too.

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'Lya!' my father cried when he saw me running while crying towards the ICU room.

Papa and the doctor chased me to the ICU.

I opened the ICU door violently. No matter on the board that says 'PLEASE BE CALM' in front of the entrance.

'Dira!' I screamed while crying loudly. Papa and Doctor Aditya stood still and looked at me at the door. I hugged Dira's helpless body tightly and wetted her face with my tears. 'I love you too. Loves you so much. Please wake up and tell them that you love me. Tell them that the status of our brothers cannot break our dream to love each other. To achieve our happiness. Please wake.'

I heard the sound of the monitor controlling his heart rate go off loud. Papa and the doctor looked shocked.

'He made it through his critical period' said the doctor.

I smiled seeing him. There was water running down his cheek. Which made me even more sure that he heard me.

'I love you.' I said by bringing my face closer to his. A gentle kiss landed on Dira's lips that were helplessly asleep.

'It looks like Dira is starting to wake up.' the doctor told Nugroho, outside the ICU.

'yes. Hopefully this will be a good start, Nugroho said as he looked out the window. There are thin drizzle points visible on the outside. 'This mistress, Lya really likes it.' Nugroho said with a smile.

Beep it! Beep it! Beep

The sound of Nugroho's phone rang. He also took it from his pocket.

'Hello.'

'Good afternoon. Is this really Mr Nugroho, father of brother Ashilya Permata Aurora?'

'Yes right. My father. What's up?'

'We from the police wanted to inform you that your daughter had an accident. And he died on the spot.'

'What did you say?! My daughter was in an accident?! That's not possible! You don't make it up! How did my daughter crash and die?! I just saw her coming to the hospital to see her sick sister.'

'I'm sorry. It's not that I lied to my father. But this is the truth. And his body is on its way to the hospital.'

Nugroho's face paled. He immediately turned off the phone and peeked into the window of Dira's room door. Instantly his body sagged to the floor. Her crying broke through the frenzied hospital hallway.

'Sis. What's going on?!'

Nugroho did not answer questions from Aditya's doctor. He hugged his doctor Aditnya, hoping that everything he heard just now was a dream. But it wasn't a dream. The fact that Lya had an accident and died was indeed true. As she tried to convince herself to see if her daughter was still in her son's room, that was when the harsh reality slapped her heart. He was no longer in Dira's room. If his daughter came out, he and Aditya's doctor would find out. Because at that time, they were standing next to Dira's room with the position of the door next to it.

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