Since I Meet You's

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Tess!. The water droplets fell from my eye's crackers without me noticing.

"Sister, why are you crying? It hurts!?", Ardi looked at me

"No deck, I'm very happy to have a brother who loves big brother" I said sincerely.

"Ardi will always love you brother. Whatever happens, brother will still be Ardi's most dear person", I see his eyes so sparkling when saying it.

"Sister too. Brother will still love adek, even though one day you have to be away from adek", I tried to tease him.

"Don't you want to leave adek? kok brother said so", the look on his face immediately turned sad when he heard my words.

"Sister won't leave adek, really. But it's possible that one day you work and have to be away from fat" with a smile I explained.

"Adek does not want to be away from brother, brother should always be cool. And one day I wanted my first brother to see a successful scene", Ardi hugged me full of love.

"That's sure. Brother must be the first person to see success. Now the task of adek is just to learn that one day the desire of adek is achieved", I return his embrace.

Time passed, and the father arrived with 2 packs of rice that the father promised earlier. Not spared from my sight, my father bought rice and other foodstuffs that I used to buy. Ardi greeted father by hugging him.

"Dad, sister said, one day my brother will go far away from us", Ardi complained to me earlier.

"What's? Where?", I was shocked to hear it and then turned my eyes to me.

I'm just chuckling. Though I only intend to tease my sister, but it was taken seriously by her.

"No, dad. Tika only teased Adek just now", I said followed by rarity.

"Well.. I thought seriously. I almost hanged my father", I breathed a sigh of relief.

"he.. Where maybe Tika could leave father and adek. You're the only ones Tika has, so there's no way Tika's going", my elak is sincere.

"Thank God then. Now let's eat!", exclaimed father.

"Yeay, we're finally eating" Ardi jubilant.

My heart warmed to feel this moment, and I was so grateful to have a family that loved me so much. I hope this moment doesn't end soon. Even if time can stop, I want time to stop now. I don't want our happy moment to pass.

Dad started to open the rice package and put it together into one, so we seemed to eat 1 pack of rice threes. We began to eat by praying first and eating by hearing a little daily story Ardi. My father and I were just listening, sometimes made to laugh by Ardi's stories with his friends.

The moment of eating together is indeed our moment to strengthen relationships with each other by telling simple things about each other's world. So, gradually I understood about the things that both father and Ardi might have felt.

As Ardi recounted that one of his friends had bought him new shoes and a new bag for school, I understood that my sister also wanted it because her bags and shoes were starting to break down. So, I took the initiative to save my pocket money and sales income to buy my sister new shoes and bags even with a long time. How happy Ardi was to receive it, and I was happy to see him smiling so hard.

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Time kept changing until the next morning. Today I was forced not to go to school because I was not doing well. Since arriving home after being hit by the motorbike, my body felt crumpled and today was really more felt. My feet that were swollen since yesterday I could not move, really painful and troublesome.

I say so because I am in physical and mental pain. My mind ached to see that my father had to wake up early to do all the things I usually do myself. I can't bear to see it. I want to get well soon so Dad doesn't do it alone.

When dad and Ardi left, I was really lonely at home. It's another reason I don't want to skip school. I didn't have any activities, and I decided to go to school tomorrow. Not to forget I had written a permit and gave it to my father to be deposited in the security guard post, then hoped that the Bung Tomo I knew would hand it over to the class president and my absence was not problematic.

My eyes caught a piece of wool that I had once bought for the purposes of school handicraft practice. I also remembered that I had bought her knitting needles. I shuffled my body towards the end of the bed to make it easier for me to reach for the thread.

After I got it, I took out the pencil case and took the knitting needle because I've been keeping it there since I last used it. I began to knit slowly so that this work would not be finished quickly and I would return to boredom.

Time passed, until without feeling the time has shown at 11.30 WIB and the sound of a motorbike from outside indicates that my sister has returned to school with my father. They came in and saw me sitting with a decorative knit that was almost finished.

"Ardi pul**ang, brother! What's brother doing?" Ardi then walked into my room and hugged me.

"Oh, dear brother's sister is home" I returned his embrace. "Here, brother is making a little tablecloth", I continued.

"Well, that's great. Brother is indeed the best in everything", Ardi praised me with sparkling eyes.

"Where's dad, deck?", I asked because dad didn't see me.

"It looks like in the kitchen, you said you were going to cook for our lunch" Ardi answered a little hesitantly.

I am full and sad. When I just got home from work and picked up Ardi, now I still have to cook for our lunch. I also moved with my legs limped.

"Where are you going?", Ardi was surprised to see me awake.

"Sister is going to the kitchen to help dad, you should take a bath and change clothes first to make it fresher", I turned to Ardi who was still in full uniform.

"Well, Ardi will take a shower and get changed. But before that, Ardi wanted to drive my sister to the kitchen and make sure she was okay", the boy moved up and held my arm to help me walk.

I chuckle at hearing it. Ardi began to lead me out of the room to the kitchen behind the house. I walked slowly and we arrived in the kitchen.

I saw my father sitting on a wooden block that I used to use as a chair while waiting for his food to cook in front of the stove. Father who noticed my arrival and Ardi immediately turned his head.

"Why are you here? Soon the rice and side dishes will be cooked soon", said the father as he rose from his position.

"It's okay well, Tika just wants to see dad" I replied.

"What's up, nduk? Does your daughter want to say something?", asked the father again.

"Yes, Tika wants to say something", I'm not sure what to say.

"Alright, wait in front, huh!? The food will soon be ripe, then we will eat together. Daddy's going to take the big brother to the front while waiting, and get a bath and change clothes first, huh!? We talk after we eat", father gives understanding.

"Well, yeah", Ardi and I answered in unison.

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We ate quietly, coupled with a bit of Ardi's story about his school. We always enjoy moments like this, because we feel much closer than other moments.

"Dad.", in a soft voice I broke the atmosphere when our meal was over.

"Yes, what's up, nduk?", Dad turned his eyes to me.

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