Short Story (Cerpen)

Cry for Love (Part 3)

Category: Sad Love Story

Title: Cry For Love (Part 3)

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Nugroho walked limp as he approached his daughter's body. His face was emitting immense sadness. His hands trembled as he touched the corpse cloth. He did not want to open the cloth, but the other side of his heart said he had to open it and make sure it was his daughter or someone else.

His cry broke when he saw the pale face and the stiffly stretched body before him. The face that a moment ago still looks smiling. And now, that face was stretched stiff carrying bitter memories with it.

'YEAH…!!!' nugroho screams roaring to call the name of the princess just wayangnya. 'Why did you leave Papa?!' nugroho's body sagged to the floor and was held by Aditya's doctor.

'It's Sir. Save the Father's heart. Maybe this is the best for Lya. Because, even if he survived, it is likely that he will experience disability for the rest of his life.' comfort doctor Aditya.

'But why does it have to be this way?!' Nugroho drowned his face in both palms.

Aditya's doctor stroked Nugroho's back, hoping the father would feel more chesty with the departure of his beloved daughter.

—

Nugroho and Dewi, his wife were waiting for Dira, when Aditya's doctor came. Upon seeing the young doctor, Nugroho and Dewi immediately stood up from their seats.

'No need. You guys just sit down.'

'Are there any developments from Dira, doc?' goddess with a hopeful face.

'I have to tell you.' Doctor Aditya cut his sentence and looked at the husband and wife in turn. 'Before Lya's accident, she had a chance to talk to me. He asked if his heart matched Dira? Then I explained that only the deceased person could donate his heart. While the living person is not allowed by any medical. Because it is the same as depriving the human right to live. But Lya forced me to do an examination. And the result is 90% compatible with Dira.'

'Then what did Lya do, doc?' the Goddess enthusiastically.

'He intends to donate his heart. But before that he asked for one request…'

'What request, doc?' cut Nugroho with a pale face.

'He asked for time for me. Actually today he's gonna do that heart donor. Even if he forced her to donate her heart, I would never do it. Even if he asks any doctor, he will be rejected. For violating existing procedures. But now it's become something else. Now Lya is dead. And he can donate his heart to Dira.'

Nugroho looks lethargic to hear Aditya's doctor. He immediately sat down helplessly in the chair beside him. The other with the Goddess. It is like getting new power. His son will be cured, with a heart donor from Lya, his stepson.

'When was the operation done, Doc?' tukas Dewi with his spirit that greeted the sour face of Nugroho.

'The operation will be carried out today. Exactly in an hour.'

—

Two days after the heart donor's surgery, Dira regained consciousness from her coma. It looks fresher than before. And I said healthy.

The Goddess peels the fruit for Dira and feeds it. Nugroho just sat still. It was other than before. Now he is much silent and daydreaming than before.

'Ma, where is Lya? How come he doesn't look at me? He's so cruel. Does she not love her sick sister?' tukas Dira flat. However, for Nugroho, Dira's words were like a lightning sting that crushed his heart in one stroke.

Nugroho got up from his seat violently. The anger held in his face. 'Silence you! Never call your sister cruel. He's very nice! Even very good! He's not not coming! It's actually here. And always with you all the time. Because…'

'PA! ENOUGH!' cut off the Goddess, his wife. 'Papa can't talk like that to Dira. He just recovered Pa.'

'But it's time he knew. After all, he would not die if he heard this news.'

'Why are you fighting?! What exactly happened?' dira's face looked astonished.

'Your sister is dead…'

Instantly Dira's heart beat fast. His breath hunted irregularly. And he felt strange, why he did not immediately faint when he heard the bad news. 'Why did Lya die?' all his might he put out that sentence, and it sounded like a mutter even in his own ears.

'He was in an accident and died immediately. And he also donated his heart to you. So Papa hope, don't ever be angry with Lya. Because now, you can live thanks to the heart that Lya has donated to you.' After finishing her last sentence, Nugroho came out of the ward.

The goddess fell silent after the departure of her husband. He did not want to add to the burden on his only son. He decided to leave his own son.

'So now you're gone, Lya. Whereas long ago, I struggled to be with you. Watch over you and protect you, but you leave me with this guilty feeling.You let this love die with you….'

Drizzling down the sunny morning. But this morning was not a bright morning for Dira, but a dark morning for a Dira.

—

Dira stared at Lya's headstone with a slice. Her tears flowed slowly down both of her cheeks. His outstretched hand touched Lya's tombstone and stroked it gently.

'Why are you doing this to me? Why would you give your life to me? I would have if I had done it for you. Because I don't want to see you get hurt. I know you're hurt a lot at home. But you always cover it with your cheerful attitude that makes people think you're okay. Yeah, I knew you were coming back then. But I've always been unsure of my heart, because I thought it was just a dream. But what is my day.'

Dira wiped her tears and stepped away from Lya's tombstone. Bringing and going with her the sweet memories'memories with her sweet sister. And also the love he never expressed.

—

Dira had just returned home from Lya's grave when her papa called her to go to the living room.

'This.' Nugroho handed Dira a blue letter.

'Just open. It's from Lya. Papa found her in a room with her agenda book.' Nugroho again handed over the blue book, Lya's agenda.

After Dira receives Lya's letter and agenda from her papa, she goes to her room. There he began to open the blue letter.

'Dira Dear, 'Dira,

Maybe when you read this letter, I'm no more. And I hope you don't cry and be sad. Because I don't like that.'

The first sentence that was Lya's trademark instantly made Dira smile amusedly.

'Good, now you're smiling.

I'm sorry, brother. Because I can't keep my promise to be next to you when you wake up. But I realized, if I hadn't done this, maybe you'd never wake up. And I'm sure you know by now that I'm donating my heart to you.

I do it because I want to see the people I love happy. And being able to make others happy is a real happiness for me. And I'm glad I made you feel your life again.

I was a coward, to be able to say what I could feel. And I can only say through this letter, even after my departure. You can mock me. Because I'm not as brave as you think I am. I'm even weak about this. I always cry when I think about it.

I like someone. I liked him a lot from the beginning. And I'm too dwarfed to tell her that I like her. He's been very nice to me. He always encouraged me. And he loves me.

She loves me. But I don't know, is it the same as my love for her? Does he always think of me when I think of him? Does he always want to do the best he can, like what I did to him? I don't know…

Ha. ha. ha. ha. I want to cry. But I can't cry in front of you. Because you don't like to see me cry. Especially in front of you.

All righty! I won't cry anymore! For you, I will do it so that you are happy and smile.

For that, you don't cry when you read my letter.

Goodbye goodbye…

Ashilya Gem Aurora's'

Dira wipes her tears and puts the letter on the bed and picks up Lya's blue agenda.

August 16, 2003

For the first time I saw her, I didn't know if I was in love with her or not. He was my classmate.

March 29, 2004

God, why can't I take her shadow off my mind. Why can't I throw away the love in my heart that's so strong? Can't there be one answer that makes me calmer?

September 09th, 2004

Holy hooch! I didn't expect this. I saw him again. Even in my own home. But. I'm sad. Because Papa introduced her to me as my stepbrother.

06 May 2005

I realized I couldn't love her so easily. But the taste came on its own without me preventing it. And begat himself to be big which makes it harder to throw him away. Had this not been wrong, I might have kept it in my heart.

03 January 2011

Why did the pain come when I saw him flirting with another girl? Why can't I stop myself from hating that girl? Why can't I stop my crying when I see him making out with another girl?

June 17, 2011

My God, today he was in an accident and in a coma. I couldn't stop my tears when I saw her sleep helplessly. I don't like it like that. I want him back to what he used to be. But the doctor said he had heart surgery with a donor heart. Not as usual that's just a heart transplant. This time his condition was very bad and bad. I want him healed.

20 June 2011

If I could paint a rainbow, then let me paint on the canvas of your heart. If I could carve a smile, then let me carve it on the wall of your heart. If I can give you happiness, then let me give it to you by giving my life for you. Trust me, because you're the only one in my heart. And never filled another.

Dira, let me be a part of your life. Let me be a part of you. Let me be a part of every beat of your heart. Let me be a part of your breath. Let me be a part of everything you do and feel.

Because I love you so much.

And you are the heart of my heart.

Dira hides her face into Lya's blue agenda. Her crying began to sound. There was pain coming from his heart.

'Yes, why didn't you ever tell me?! Why didn't you tell me you loved me?! Do you know, I love you too?! And you are my soul mate and the heart of my heart.' a moment's silence

'KYAAAAAA…!' Dira shouted loudly, forcing his mother and father to come to him.

Nugroho and Dewi looked confused to find his son crying while screaming hysterically. They did not know that two hearts had been wounded. Two hearts that love each other are forced to hold it for their happiness. And when those two hearts knew, it was too late. It's too late to love each other. And in the end only the old parables reflect their feelings.

'Loving doesn't have to be. To love means to let the person he loves be happy even if it hurts. Loving means being hurt'

Finished