The Forgotten Asmara

Exams

I never believed that my father's departure made my mother sad.

The trials God gave were so hard for my family.

My sister and I are devastated to lose my father, but seeing my mother who continues to be sad and sick I feel the most hurt mother here.

Yeah, I just left the three of us.

Worse yet father went with Aunt avril, mother's cousin.

Is the world so narrow? so you have to go with his wife's cousin?

Insults and reproaches from our neighbors approached us.

I don't think I can live this, God.

I look at the face of the mother who is getting thinner, eyes that continue to be red and swollen due to the many cries in her days.

***

This morning I was getting ready to go to school, today is the national exam. I don't want to be late.

I went to my mother in the kitchen who prepared breakfast for me, a loaf of bread and a glass of milk at the table.

"Mom, thank you for breakfast." I kissed the cheek of Randy sitting in the chair.

"Ihh, brother bauuukkkk". Randy rubbed his cheeks while pursing his lips.

Randy is very young, only 4 years old. I love him so much. I really like his cheeks. I was so happy to tease my little sister.

Every day she just smiles and shakes her head at the way we both do.

Yes, at least ahir-ahir this mother is already excited again.

"Here, finish your breakfast." Mom gave me a glass of milk.

"Yes ma'am, take good care of yourself and pray for your son so that the test is smooth" I grabbed my mother's hand and regretted it.

"Dadahhh jeelek's brother" Randy yelled after I got to the door.

"Based on little brother" I muttered.

***

"Maraa!" someone called.

I looked at that voice.

"Oh, niken?" I said softly, but I'm sure niken can still hear it..

Indeed, after the bad events of that day, I never talked much to my friends. Maybe I'm embarrassed? ohh or I'm just embarrassing for them. My inner.

I kept walking without answering a word to my best friend's niken question.

"Maraaayo!" Niken just kept coming after me.

"Come on, don't be like this!!" Niken just kept walking behind me.

I kept accelerating my pace. Suddenly my steps stopped.

"Good morning Mara" Fadly suddenly stood in front of me and looked at me.

I just fell silent and turned the corner to avoid niken and fadly.

"When to mara! until when do you keep avoiding us!"

Fadly screamed until everyone stared at me.

I don't care about any of that. I continued to move towards class.

***

In the classroom, many of the other students were busy talking. But after seeing my presence they were silent, with a cynical look at me.

I don't care about that, I keep going around looking for my seat.

I don't know anyone here, because we're brrasal from a different class.

"Finally" I found a place and sat in the back corner. Yeah, my place is in the back corner. It's good that I can avoid spying on people there.

It feels like the exam this time is really draining my brain. I seem to miss a lot of subjects because I rarely go to school. I was worried about my mother, and I was ashamed of my friends because of my father.

"Yahoo!!" I closed my eyes, with my face down on the table.

"Amara arsytanti? Is there a problem?" Farida's mother approached me.

"Sorry mom, there's no problem whatsoever." I cleaned up my desk and tidied up the problem sheets and answers on the desk.

Ah, why did Farida's mother come up to me and ask like that. It's as if he's been pretending he doesn't know about my family's problems all along.

I'm leaving soon. Seen all eyes staring dislike towards me. I got out of class and finished the exam myself.

I can't stand it here. I want to leave quickly. My inner.

🍒 Haiiii. Sorry if there are still many wrong words2.

Even if there was a similar name, it was true2 coincidence and unintentional..