Survive In The Last Days: My Second Life

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Warning: This work is my original work and is only a fictitious work. Language can be harsh so please do not imitate it.

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Such was the day Zen ended up telling Lin and Leo to take out the clothes of nearly one man five pairs which made the manager's head cry blood by seeing the losses that had been made.

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“Sister! How do I look?” yang Lin sambal approached Zen who was sitting in one of the available chairs.

“Hm, I think it suits you guys,” Zen said praising the appearance of the two children who had just changed into the clothes they both picked up.

“Ah, thank you,” whispered Leo with a flushed face embarrassed.

“But is it okay if we take this much clothes?” he continued to feel bad.

“Of course it's okay, anyway you heard it yourself not if the head manager let us take it as freely as?”

“That's right, sis, after all one of the employees does not know the ethics that dare to treat buyers arbitrarily. This is just a form of compensation to us anyway,” replied Lin which made Leo nod slowly.

“Then big brother, where else are we after this?” asked Lin excitedly who was followed with a gaze filled with anticipation by Leo.

“Then, you better follow me instead?” zen said mysteriously and then started to move his legs to leave.

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“Emmm, hospital?” asked Lin uncertainly while observing the white building before him.

“Let's go in now and stop being quiet there like that,” Zen said as he stepped foot first, leaving the two brothers alone.

“Kak Zen, wait for me!” exclaiming Leo then pulled Lin's hand to immediately follow Zen.

“There can I help you, sir?” ask the nurse at the reception desk.

“Ah, can you make an examination for me and the two children?” zen asked as he pointed at Leo and Lin who were beside him.

“If you can know you are ready they are both?”

“I am the guardian of both of them.”

“Wali?” the nurse asked a little uncertain.

“Well, those two are my neighbors. The parents of both of them not long ago had an accident that resulted in their adoption by their uncle, but who would have thought if their uncle committed acts of violence to these two brothers. I, who did not accept the violence of their uncle, protested to take custody of them both because of our strong family relationship with their late parents,” is clearly Zen at length and do not forget the imaginary tears that flow on his face.

“Is that true?” the nurse asked as she looked at Leo and Lin with pity.

Leo and Lin who were stared at like that only turned their faces awkwardly.

‘It is true we were slightly abused, but .. not until like this too, the inner’ of Leo who somehow felt embarrassed by the statement issued by Zen.

‘Kak Zen humiliate!’ inner Lin while looking away in embarrassment.

“Of course it's true, don't you see how thin they are? I'm worried if they're thin like this due to malnutrition,” Zen explained with a serious look.

“That's a pity, well I'll register an examination for the two of them. But do you also have to be checked sir?”

“Of course! You know the nurse? Actually my head was a little hit by something for fighting for their custody to their uncle,” explained Zen with a slightly clear face.

“What?! why didn't you tell me from the beginning? We must immediately check your condition! What if you have a concussion?” the nurse worried.

“Come I'll take you to have a checkup immediately!”

“But what about the registration form?” asked Zen doubtfully.

“That's not important, the most important thing is the safety of the patient first!” obviously the nurse was pushing.

“Ah .. alright. But do not forget the examination for the two of them as well,” said Zen resigned when his hand was pulled by the nurse to do the examination.

“Of course, you do not have to worry sir, for both children I will leave it to my nurse friend to be treated,” explained the nurse.

“What you need to do is undergo your physical examination to find out the condition of your body,” he continued back which makes Zen become resigned because of the spirit of the nurse.

While the two brothers who were left behind could only fall silent while staring at each other awkwardly.

“Hahhh, I know brother Zen like this for us, but to exaggerate such a story is very.

“Already brother, let it go. anyway it is not too influential for us. Better immediately follow the nurse's brother to check our condition,” said Lin cut Leo's words.

“Hmmm, I think you're right, fine for just this once,” Leo said with a small mutter at the end of his sentence.

‘I'm not sure if this only happens once, somehow I always feel if this will continue to repeat in the future,” Inner Lin who had heard muttering from her brother.

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“Well, it seems like the blow is not too serious, only a little bleeding and will probably result in a little bump on your head that will disappear about the next three days, he said,” says doctor while looking at report from CT scan taken for Zen.

“Ah, so. Thank you for the doctor's examination,” said Zen with a smile on his face.

“No problem, this is already my duty as a doctor, then I will go to check other patients.”

“One more time thank you,” said Zen replied by the smile of the doctor.

//Tock….Geck…

“Kak Zen, this is us,” said Lin as he leaned his head to look into the room.

“Ah, you two. Login.”

With a slow step the two brothers entered and went straight to the nursing bed that was being occupied by Zen.

“So, how are your self-examination results?” zen asked the two brothers.

“There is no problem at all only a few minor injuries that must be treated using ointment regularly to eliminate swelling,” Leo replied while giving some paper containing a report of the results of the examination of the two of them.

“Good then, at least you are not malnourished,” Zen timpal while looking at the results of the examination of the two of them.

“Have you guys redeemed the ointment?” asked Zen after he finished looking at the paper in his hand.

“Not yet, we are waiting for you brother. What about my own brother's condition? Is everything okay?” asked Lin with a worried expression.

“It's okay, just have a light bleeding and everything is fine.”

“I'm sorry and thank you for protecting Lin from the caretaker. I've heard everything from Lin,” Leo said suddenly.

“But-“

“Yes! Stop there and you better explain what your words mean inversely when we first meet?” said Zen who suddenly shifted the direction of the conversation.

Lin who did not want to be hit immediately rushed backwards, hiding behind her brother's body while refusing to make eye contact with Zen who was now staring at them with a probing gaze.

“Ah ... about that, do I have to explain everything to brother?” leo asked while looking away awkwardly.

“Of course you have to tell me everything, EVERYTHING,” Zen said with a horrible smile on his face that made Leo and Lin's guts grow even more shriveled.

“Emm, how about the beginning of the two of us being in the orphanage?” leo said with a little bit of uncertainty.

“Alright, start telling stories and I'll listen to them,” Zen said.

“My start with Lin could be in the orphanage started about 4 years ago. When I was 9 years old and Lin was just 3 years old,” explained Leo.

“I never knew who my father was, you could even say I never saw him during my life, all I know is that I was cared for by that woman. Big brother could call that woman my mother, I guess.”

“My life with that woman wasn't very effective. All I knew at the time was that I had to do everything myself. That woman will not assume my existence at all inside the house. Even she never thought I was in front of her face.”

“The thing I remember the most is that he left me alone for a whole year,” Leo said with a gloomy expression.

“Wait, how can you survive until now?” zen asked with a little uncertainty.

“What I can do to survive is eat only used food that I found from the trash, not even infrequently I will commit criminal acts such as stealing to get food.”

“Maybe because it is too used to doing things on its own, it is not too strange to be left by it for an entire year. What worries me is only foodstuffs that I do not know how to get,” explained Leo with a heavy sigh.

“After a year has passed, the woman returns. He did not return alone, but instead returned while carrying a tiny baby in his carrier. Well, the baby is Lin.” Leo said as he looked at Lin behind him.

“I knew it from first sight if she was my sister. I don't know, maybe this is what's called sibling instinct. It strengthened me even more when the baby first opened his eyes and looked at me with a light brown color that was almost similar to the color of my hair.”

“I thought the woman would change while bringing Lin into the house, but it wasn't at all. He ignored the baby he was carrying and did not even give ASI to Lin at all.”

“Because I couldn't bear to see Lin constantly crying because I didn't get ASI, I turned my brain back to buying him powdered milk. To get the milk powder was very not easy, moreover it was impossible for me to steal it directly.”

“While looking for a way to get powder milk for Lin, my eyes were glued to the adults who were transporting things into the truck and getting rewarded for their work."

"My eyes brightened when I saw that, in a hurry I approached the workers to give me a job like theirs.”

“The adults who saw me put it forward immediately rejected my idea outright. Of course I didn't give up so easily, I kept forcing them to let me do this job. Maybe because of my persistence or can I say hard on my head, they finally allowed me to do this job.”

“Yes, although I was only given simple tasks such as moving items that have small size and light weight of course. Even so I was not disappointed, at least I could make money and it was enough to buy the milk needed by Lin.”

“I did the job for approximately three years.” Leo explained to Zen.

“For three full years? What happens after three years?” ask Zen.

“Well, after that I was transferred to the orphanage by that woman-“

“He sold us!” cut Lin with an angry expression.

“Lin...”.

“What? Isn't my speech right? That woman sold us to the head of that fat orphanage! I don't know if the head of the orphanage is only after the money distributed by the government for himself? Therefore the head of the orphanage kept the rundown and unkempt children of the orphanage so that he could gain the government's sympathy and take advantage of the subsidies the government distributed!” said Lin ending with a loud snort.

“If you really want to know why I have this wound, it's all because I was caught taking the money of the head of the home from his safe,” Lin continued.

“And you took the punch just like that?” asked Zen with a frown.

“What can I do then?” asked Lin with a sad smile.

“Why didn't you report it to the police?” zen asked after a while.

“It's no use, I've told you that but the police don't believe it.” Leo replied.

“Hahhh, I don't think it'll work that easily. Yosh, I think I should appreciate you guys for surviving until now and I'll make sure that the head of the parlour goes to jail for committing child abuse and fraud to the government.”

“What brother is sure? What if the head of the orphanage is free from punishment?” asked Lin uncertainly.

“Oh, did you forget that we just ruffled the files in the orphanage's headroom? And guess what I found,” asked Zen with a strange smile on his face.

“What did you find? Didn't you just bring our adoption files together?” asked Lin confusedly.

“Hahaha, I can't just take your adoption files to the point of making the room a mess. There's something else I took from there. It will be easier if you see it for yourself,” said Zen while handing a few sheets of paper towards the two brothers.

“I-this..?” leo asked uncertainly.

“Well, as you read Leo. That is proof of your orphanage subsidy expenditure transaction.”

“Whoaa! Brother Zen is great! With this we can sue the head of that stinking orphanage!” exclaimed Lin excitedly.

“But, is it okay to take important documents like this?” ask Leo with worry.

“I think it's okay, after all this is a document about embezzlement of funds, if we report this to the police, I think it is enough to release your orphanage children and get the head of the home to serve time in prison, ” Zen explained.

“But...”.

“Have it, you guys take it easy. I'll take care of all this. It is better that we redeem the ointment for Lin now and stop by for a while to the nearest police station,” Zen said as he rushed to get out of the ward.

“That's right, brother, I don't think it hurts to do good. Well, even though the method used is a little wrong,” said Lin to convince his brother.

“Hahh, alright,” replied Leo resignedly which made Lin screech with pleasure.

“Hey, you two hurry up and move, it's almost 4pm! We can't stay here, right?” asked Zen who was already standing in front of the nursing room door.

“Eii, of course not! I still want this evidence to reach the police!” lin did not accept.

“Then speed up the footsteps of the two of you, otherwise I will leave you both here!”

“Where can it be like that?!” yang Lin then started following Zen who had started walking before him.

“Yak, you two wait for me too dong!” leo then started chasing them both.

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