Sunset Love

Chapters. 7. Chasing Dreams

Dara smiled as she stroked the little boy's hair, remembering that she had intended to end her life only because she was betrayed by her boyfriend and also her best friend.

But the child before him at this time, still has a desire to continue life even though he does not have what children his age have.

Even to eat alone he had to scrape from the trash. As for him, he has many advantages that he can use to make a lot of money.

"Well can you come and stay with you?" asked Airin expectantly.

"Of course it is okay, but does big brother not mind living in such a house ? I see you're not the one who lives around here like we do." said the boy.

"Sister is not here, the new brother arrived at this place and sister has no place to stay, if you can stay with you brother is very grateful" said Dara.

Then the child smiled and invited Dara to return to a house that was more worthy of being called under the bridge.

After being inside, Dara saw that there was only a mattress that was not suitable for use and some items in the house.

"Who do you live with in this place?" asked Dara because she saw a simple kitchen utensil.

"I used to live here with my mother's father, after my father remarried we were kicked out of the house and had no place to live."

"Mother turned this bridge into our home. But unfortunately a few days ago my mother had left me alone" said the boy, bowing his head.

"If you may know how you survived to live and forage, and what caused your mother to leave you alone?" asked Airin.

"Mother died of illness, we didn't have money for treatment or just bought medicine at the stall. As we were searching for the wreckage the mother fell and fainted from then on the mother left for good." replied the child with tears.

Dara was moved to hear the explanation of the child, who remained steadfastly living the destiny despite being very bitter and painful.

He then hugged the child gently, seeing for himself the evidence of a betrayal of love, in which the child was always the victim.

Just like the child in her womb, but she does not want the fate of her child to be the same as the child in her arms.

"Now don't be sad anymore, we will be together to fight for the challenges of life.

Now you are not alone anymore, there are brothers and sisters who will accompany the journey of a long life again.

"Good sister, thank you for accepting me in my brother's life" the boy said in his tears.

"Supposed to be the brother who is grateful because brother is allowed to stay here. By the way what's your name?". asked Dara.

"I'm Aldi." replied the boy by extending his hand.

"Well, call me Dara" replied Dara.

After the brief introduction, Dara finally had a place to live and also a new family.

The next day, Dara and Aldi look for junk in the garbage bins or on the street. After getting a lot of junk they immediately sell it and the money he can use to buy food.

Because as much as the junk he got with great difficulty was only rewarded with insignificant money.

"Aldi can you buy me a needle and a thread?" asked Dara after they finished eating.

"Okay, brother." replied Aldi.

After a while, Aldi finally returned with Dara's order. He saw Dara cleaning several packs of bottled coffee.

"What is this plastic trash for?" asked Aldi.

"Silver will make a bag of this material, so we can sell it at an expensive price" replied Dara while sorting and choosing from the coffee wrapper in front of him.

Then Aldi immediately helped Dara, clean and collect the coffee packs according to his brand.

After that Dara began to weave the coffee wrap into a very beautiful bag. Then he coated the bag using a cloth and sewed it and after that he made a zipper so that the bag was perfect.

Almost all the time it takes for Dara to make the bag. When he finished, he broke his body. Because his stomach feels uncomfortable.

"Wah bag made by a very nice sister is very beautiful like a beautiful sister Dara" said Aldi sincerely.

"Aldi, tomorrow we can sell it and if enough we use the money to rent a more decent house."

"You eat the food that is still there, so that tomorrow we have a lot of energy to continue the journey of our lives" said Dara gave a spirit to Aldi.

With a smile Aldi enjoyed the food, after finishing he said goodbye to Dara to play for a while with other friends.

After exiting Aldi to the coffee shop on the side of the road, he asked the seller if the coffee wrapper in the trash can he could ask for.

Finally Aldi can collect a lot of coffee packs. And he also brought some other junk to sell tomorrow.

After the night Aldi came home with a lot of luggage. Dara who saw that smiled and immediately helped Aldi save the items that Aldi brought.

"Well, besides coffee wrappers, there are still items that we can turn into more useful items?" asked Aldi with enthusiasm.

"Of course there are so many items that we can recycle into goods that have a higher selling value."

"Because we do not have a place to live and also do not have capital, while we make what we can make first only after that we can make others" replied Dara.

Aldi listened to every explanation from Dara. I am grateful to have met Dara. A lot of knowledge he got. Even the knowledge he got without having to take a course or school first.

After nightfall, the two of them pick up a dream that they will realize in a reality.

Because someone can dream. A successful person is one who wakes up to make his dreams come true. Turn a dream into a reality and a true success.

Such is life, many things happen in every destiny of one's life. But what we have to remember is, THAT DESTINY BELONGS TO THE CREATOR, BUT PRAYER AND EFFORT ARE OURS FOR A BETTER DESTINY.