THE BEST BROTHERS

S4 Chapter 96 "Slowly Realized" The Best Brother

Rania enters Kiara and Naira's room. She still sees the baby basket she had prepared for her twins. Yes, Rania and Dio already know that their twins are girls. They have designed a baby room with light blue color. Rania loves light blue, so she designed her son's room in light blue. Rania sees a cute wardrobe for her two babies. He could only wipe his tears when he saw everything. She kissed Kiara's cheek which was still in her carry.

“Grow into a strong girl, son. Mother loves you.” Rania kisses the tiny Kiara.

Dio hugged Rania from behind who was still lamenting her state. Rania never thought she would be left by the people she loved, her mother, father, and Naira, leaving her.

“Don't cry, pity Kiara, Kiara needs us. We have to be strong parents, baby,” Dio said.

“Iya, dear,” said Rania by wiping her tears.

“Already, we cannot be weak. We keep Kiara together, we have to give our best for Kiara,”.

Rania puts Kiara in her baby bed. She saw her tiny 2-month-old baby was fast asleep. And, for two months, Rania and Dio stayed at Annisa's house. Arsyad and Annisa don't want Rania and Dio to stay at her house first. They want to keep Rania whose emotions have not stabilized due to Naira's departure. So, Arsyad decided to have Rania stay at his house for two months and wait for Rania's situation to stabilize again.

“Dio, I'm afraid Kiara is doing something, she has a fever from yesterday,” said Rania.

“It's okay, Akmal said it's okay, really. You don't worry. Kiara must be fine. He's a healthy and strong boy,” Dio said.

Kiara has not been separated from Akmal's observation since she was at Arsyad's house. Akmal always took the time to visit his cute niece and see her condition. Because Kiara was born also abnormal, and her twin died in the womb.

“I'm just scared, Dio.”

“Ran, don't be afraid, Kiara is okay.”

Dio tried to calm his wife's troubled heart. Naturally if Rania is worried about Kiara, indeed Kiara's health during these 2 months is slightly decreased, lucky there is Akmal who always monitors her nephew's health.

^^^^^

Kiara is 5 months old. She grew up to be a very active baby. He became a snare for anyone who wanted to carry him. Shifa just gave birth to a baby boy. Rico is really happy to see his grandchildren have a baby, and the baby is all healthy. Only Najwa who until now has not been pregnant, even though Alina who just married was already pregnant, and the age of the womb has entered the 4th week.

“Najwa, where is Akmal? Why not come here?” ask Rico.

“Ehm..he is away seminar, opa,” he replied.

Rico just nodded his head by embracing his first grandchild.

“When would you like to have a child? Your sister just wants to have a child?” ask Rico.

“Later opa, perhaps Allah has not entrusted Najwa and Akmal to have momongan,” replied Najwa.

“Opa is old, you are opa's first grandchild, opa wants you to be happy, son,” said Rico.

“Just pray for the best for Najwa opa,” said Najwa.

“That's for sure, dear,” Rico replied.

Rico is sick. He often drops and goes in and out of the hospital. After Bayu's departure 1 month ago, Rico is declining in health. He also often wants to go home. Sometimes she is accompanied by Shita and Vino at her house by taking turns with Arsyad.

Shita and Arsyad know that her papa wants to occupy her house again. And, as the eldest son, Arsyad decided to temporarily all stay at Rico's house. Yeah, now everyone lives in Rico's house. Both Arsyad and his wife, and Shita with Vino. However, their children still live in their own homes. That's all Arshad did for his old papa.

Who else will take care of the papa if not Arsyad and Shita. Luckily Annisa and Vino who became his son-in-law loved Rico very much and considered Rico his own parents. Vino was very attentive with his father-in-law. Since both of his parents died, Vino was very close to Rico, and had considered Rico a substitute for his parents. Especially Annisa. Annisa is considered Rico as her own son.

^^^^^

Rico drops again tonight. That is how it is when it is old. But, Rico did not want to trouble his children even though he was very old. His face became more and more visible. Shita who every cry when she is with her papa.

“Pah, papah does not sleep?” ask Shita.

“Papah wants to meet Najwa and Rana, also their husband,” replied Arsyad.

“Pah, it's already night, Najwa and Rana must have rested,” replied Shita.

“Ta, you are a very sensitive papah child with your nephew and your children, papah saw Rana and Najwa there is a problem with her husband,” said Rico.

“Papah there-is alone, they are fine, kok,” said Shita.

“Papah break, huh? Later tomorrow everything Shita told me to come here,” said Shita.

“Mana Arsyad, Ta?” ask Rico.

“Kak Arsyad is in front of the same TV Kak Vino,” replied Shita.

“Call Arsyad,” pinta Rico.

Shita came out of her papa room. Shita occasionally wiped her tears. He knew his papa was already very twilight, and it was likely that his papa would also soon survive. He was grateful, at the age of his father who was almost 80 years, he could still take care of his old papa. Yes, one more year Rico will be 80 years old. Shita never left her papa. He's more intensely taking care of his papa 24 hours. Likewise Arsyad, he was always on alert to keep his papa increasingly declining health, especially after the departure of Bayu, his brother Andini. Rico was declining once in his health, as if he had no more colleagues to chat with on a daily basis.

The two twilight-aged men often spent the day telling stories. Yeah, that's what Rico and Bayu are like. Friends from High School to grow old together, and now Bayu has left Rico.

“Kak,” call Shita.

“Iya, Ta,” says Arsyad.

“Kakak called papah,” said Shita.

“Papah not sleeping?” ask Arsyad.

“Not yet, papah asked Rana and Najwa from earlier, papah said he wanted to meet them,” replied Shita.

“It's been 11pm, they must have slept, Ta,” said Arsyad.

“Shita also said like that with papah, but papah seems very eager to meet them,” said Shita.

“Tomorrow they will be here, mah,” added Vino.

“Iya, too, pah. But, looking at papah, it seems like papah wants to see Najwa and Rana,” Shita replied.

Arsyad only sighed heavily. He knew that if his papa wanted something, it must be followed immediately. Arsyad walked towards his papa's room. He saw his face sitting looking at a picture of his two wives.

“Pah,” call Arsyad. Rico simply hinted his son to come in and sit next to him.

“Why haven't you slept?” ask Arsyad.

“Papah misses your mother, and mamah Dinda, son,” Rico replied.

“Pah, it's been 11 pm you know, papah must sleep,” said Arsyad.

“Syad, in the middle between the tomb of the mother and Mamah Dinda there is still an empty land, right?” ask Rico.

“Iya, still, why, pah?” arsyad replied while asking his papa.

“That papah deliberately love distance, because it's for papah. If later papah does not exist, buried papah between the tomb of mother and Mamah Dinda,” pinta Rico.

“Iya, pah. Arsyad knows that, and later Arsyad will fulfill papah wishes,” replied Arsyad.

“Pah, now papah sleeping, Yes? It's already night, Pah.”

“Iya, but papah wants to tomorrow in the morning all papah grandchildren are already here, Syad,” pinta Rico.

“Iya, pah. Later Arsyad contact them,” replied Arsyad.

Rico put his body on his bed. The bed he used to use with Dinda, and after Dinda was gone, he used it with Andini. Rico always dreamed of being met by his two beautiful wives. There were no old looks on their faces when present in Rico's dream.

“Pah, thank you, for all that papah gave to Arsyad. Thank you, Arsyad could be like this all because of papah. Papah is a great papah, a great opa. Pah, if with a long sleep papah no longer feel pain, Arsyad sincerely. Papah, Arsyad knows papah is tired, papah is dusk, Arsyad here will continue the role of papah, taking care of wife, child, and Shita Arsyad's only sister, as well as Arsyad's nephew and Arsyad's grandson. God willing, all the commandments from Papah, will be done Arshad. Arsyad dear papah.” Arsyad kissed the forehead of his fallen asleep papa.

Not noticeably, a clear liquid dripped down his cheeks. Arsyad still looked at his already thin and clearly wrinkled face.

“Kak..” Shita went into her papa room. He hugged Arshad from behind.

Shita cries with her brother. Arsyad didn't lose, he cried too. He felt, who else would he have if his papa left, he only had one brother, Shita. Yes, she only had Shita, her mother and youngest sister had already left first.

“Kak, Shita sincerely, if indeed papah is tired, if with papah with God does not feel pain anymore. Shita sincere.” Shita still hugged her sister crying looking at her papa face that she loved so much.

Shita approached her papa, and sat down beside Arsyad. He felt his papal breath that seemed to be in the chest only. The breath seemed to have been at the end of the hela. Shita held her papa's hand and kissed her.  Shita repeatedly rubbed his cheeks that had been flooded by the clear liquid that ran from his eyes.

“Don't cry, we teach, huh? I called Annisa and Vino,” said Arsyad.

Indeed, since Rico was like that, Arsyad and Shita always taught, when Rico was asleep. Arsyad called his wife and sister-in-law to sleep in his papa room tonight. Keep the papa that already looks like it.

After the lecture, Arsyad sat on the sofa with Annisa. Annisa slept with Arsyad's thighs. Shita sleeps in soy near Rico's papah.

“Alah, yesterday papah spoke with me,” said Annisa.

“Speaking what?” ask Arsyad.

“Soal Najwa. Papah asked, actually Najwa is happy not with Akmal,” replied Annisa.

“Kok papah is always Najwa who is often remembered, even though papah's grandchildren are many,” said Arsyad.

“Dan, one more. Papah also asked Rana,” Annisa said.

“Papah said like that with you, Nis?” ask Shita.

“Iya, Brother. Papah always asked Najwa and Rana. It's always the two of them you've been looking for this week. Though just met, but asked again if Rana oray Najwa has returned home,” replied Annisa.

“Not with you too, Nis. With me also always Najwa and Rana are looking,” said Shita.

“Yes, I just wanted to see Najwa and Rana to me, I said tomorrow morning they would come. I've contacted them, and everything. Tell them to come early in the morning,” said Vino

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Early in the morning everyone gathered at Rico's house. All because Shita who after dawn called her son and nephew to immediately go to her opanya house. Rico's situation worsened, invited communication was no longer able to reply.

“Opa, this is Najwa,” said Najwa in his opanya ear with a soft look.

“Hmm...Naj.wa...”.

“Iya, Opa,” replied Najwa.

“You must be strong, do not give up easily. Opa sure, you can live this all,” said Rico. Najwa just cried hugging Rico. It was as if Rico knew what he was going through right now.

“Najwa will always be a strong woman, Opa, Najwa promise,” said Najwa while kissing her opanya forehead.

Rana approached her op, because from earlier her op called out to Rana. Rana hugged her open that could no longer be anything.

“Opa, forgive Rana,” said Rana in her opanya ear with a soft look. Rico just nodded his head and rubbed Rana's head crying in Rico's arms.

“You are strong. Don't give up, like Najwa,” said Rico.

All just silently looked at Rico who had conveyed those words to Rana and Najwa. Arsyad and Shita approached her already calm papa saying nothing.

“Arsyad, Shita,” call Rico in a soft voice. Arsyad and Annisa approach her papa. He sat next to her.

“Iya, pah,” replied Arsyad and Shita.

“Think papah, son,” he said softly.

Slowly and holding back his cries, Arshad led his papa to utter two sentences of shahada. After he finished speaking, Rico calmly exhaled his last breath slowly.

“Innalillahi Wainnailaihi Rojiun,” says Arsyad and Shita. They hugged and cried, after his papa calmly exhaled.

“Papah, sis,” Shita said by crying in Arsyad's arms.

“Already, papah has calmed down, papah is no longer sick, dear. We have to be sincere. Papah died in a good way, Allah loves Papah, does not torture papah with deep pain,” said Arsyad.

“Iya, sis,” Shita said.

Everything looks tough when Rico leaves. Only Rana and Najwa were incessantly crying. They seem to have a problem with her husband, if not talking important they do not approach her husband. Yes, either Rana or Najwa. Whether or not they kept their distance from her husband, all wept at the departure of her opinion by hugging her husband, but Najwa and Rana they just fell silent and cried without hugging her husband.

^^^

In the afternoon after the funeral of Opa Rico, Najwa and Akmal went home first. I don't know what's going on with the two of them, like running away from her family. Akmal still wanted to be there, but Najwa forced him home, and reasoned not to feel well. And Rana, she also came home directly, because her husband had a sudden affair, and Rana had to accompany him. Everyone saw their suspicions.

Arsyad sat next to Raffi who was on Raffi's side where Dio was carrying Kiara, and Farrel was with Rindra. Arsyad wanted to ask about Najwa to Raffi, because from yesterday Najwa became quiet again and rarely met him at home. If Arsyad wants to go to his house he also reasoned to be accompanying Akmal seminar or where.

“Raf, your sister told you about what is it, vent or what?” arsyad asked Raffi.

“No, never, not even once did Najwa call Raffi. But, occasionally play anyway, said Alin often to the reading park, that's all that Raffi knows,” replied Raffi.

“Also a little suspicious of your brother, he was like hiding something,” said Arsyad.

“That everyone who has a family must have personal problems, so it is natural that Kak Najwa, Rana, Dio, Farrel, Shifa, and I have problems in our household. There is something to be told, there is something to be hidden, only the two of us know, we are with our partner. Believe me, no matter how complicated the problem of Najwa, will definitely be able to overcome it, I believe it, Bah. Abah do not worry, unless Akmal has really missed, then I speak,” said Raffi. Raffi is never rash if addressing problems, he is better to explore the problem slowly, but surely

“True Raffi, Bah. There may be a problem that may Najwa Kak does not want to share with his brother or mother,” added Dio.

“Pakde take it easy, Rana and Kak Najwa may be having disagreements with her husband, and if their husband has exceeded the limit of his treatment of Rana or Kak Najwa, he said, yes, we do not want to have to mediate it. Like yesterday my problem too,” said Farrel.

“Iya, also anyway,” said Arsyad.

“This is the successor of opa,” Dio said as he patted Farrel's shoulder.

“But it's true opa said, if you can't unite 2 women to receive each other, mending don't be duplicitous, but this is Ismi's will, yes how else,” said Farrel.

^^^

It's been a week that Opa Rico has left everything behind. All gathered in the living room after the completion of the 7-day Opa Rico recitation. Arsyad and Shita gather together with their son and daughter-in-law, as well as their grandchildren.

“Now there is no more opa. Yes, it is very quiet no opa is always overprotective on all of us. Now it is only for us, all will indeed return to God, because what is on the face of the earth belongs to God. Abah here just tells you all, take care of what opa has entrusted to you, take care, and always remember the order of opa,” said Arsyad to his children and nephews.

“And, another one, all of you brothers, you should be together, supporting each other, strengthening each other. You should know, if family ties are able to encourage each other to share and love each other. Never waste your good times together, because nothing can buy or replace that time,” said Arsyad.

“And you must not forget your brother just for the sake of world affairs. Yes, worldly affairs or property affairs more precisely, because it will all make the family divided. You know, a lot of people are late to realize that family is a priceless and irreplaceable treasure. They will realize if the pursuit of treasure they do ends with a disaster. Having a happy family is a paradise that comes early. You must always remember the words of Oma Andini,” said Shita.

All embrace each other, the words Arsyad and Shita make them aware of the importance of harmony with relatives in the family, both siblings or cousins. They realize that they are one, they are not other people, because they are family. Sure enough, having a happy family is a paradise that comes early.

THE END'S.

THE BEST BROTHER Season 4 End, huh? Sorry if all this time the author has been wrong on you. And maybe it will be season 5. But, this only discusses the family of Dio and Rania who have to face big problems about Kiara his beloved daughter.

Thas... See you in Season 5. Up about 2-3 more days huh, brother? Straight up under it, huh? I type until the end of the story, Just a little story to review the story of Dio and Rania about his beloved daughter. Think of it in season 5, is an extra part.