The Love of the Duda

TCSD 85: None

The night began to break. The darkness that previously ruled, now slowly began to be replaced with the golden shine of the sun. A turn of time as a sign of a new day for the inhabitants of the earth. Accompanied by the sound of crashing waves that break the rocks, slammed on the beach and only leave the foam then disappear, seeping through the pores of the beach sand.

Mara blinked her eyes to reach for her consciousness after being embraced overnight by a sea of perfect dreams. The woman's forehead shriveled slightly as something heavy weighed down her body. Sure enough, the God's sturdy legs turned out to encircle his body.

"Mas... Slide slightly... Heavy!"

"Hmmmmm... What Honey? Want again?"

Still with his eyes closed, the God responded to Mara's words. I don't know what he meant, the man just tightened his embrace.

Mara clucked softly. When feeling the body of the husband crumple it tightly. "Cashhh... Mas, let's get up. It's noon!"

This time, Mara not only woke her husband with words, but she also added with a small pinch in the belly of her husband. Sure enough, this effort has paid off. The god began to blink his eyes and slowly his eyelids opened.

"Good morning, dear!" said the god while briefly peeping the wife's forehead.

"Morning is also. Come on, it's noon!"

The god held Mara's face with the back of her hand. "It's not hot. You're cured, honey?"

Mara nodded slowly. "Yes, I'm healed. Let's wake. I'm going to Dad's room."

The god smiled knot. There was a feeling of relief when he found out the health of his wife had recovered. "All right, sweetheart. It's good to take a shower first, then go to my dad's room."

"Good Mas!"

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"Good morning Dad! How is Dad today? May you always be healthy!"

While carrying the gordyn cloth that still closed perfectly the window of the father's room, Mara cheerfully greeted the father who was still asleep on the bed. The atmosphere of the room that was previously dim, now began to look bright with the entry of children sunlight into the room of the father.

Mara was still standing in front of the window while looking fixedly at the expanse of blue sea that stretched out in front there. It breathes the air deeply and leaves only a deep sense of cold.

"Dad see how beautiful the view is out there? This view is really pretty Dad. After breakfast, I'll take you around the beach. How's Yah? You want to, don't you?"

Silent, there was no answer at all from a man whom Mara had spoken to. Mara who is still fixated on the natural dish that is so pampering this eye, slightly frowned because the father did not give a response at all.

Mara turned her body. He swung his footsteps to get closer to his bed. The woman sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed the hand of the father.

"Dad...!"

The baskara that had previously closed its eyes slowly began to open its eyelids. The middle-aged man smiled sweetly in front of Mara. I don't know why Mara felt this morning that her father looked so much more handsome than usual.

"Eat!"

Only one word came out of Baskara's lips. Mara smile. "Dad wants to eat?"

Only answered with a nod of the head from Baskara alone, Mara already understood that the father wanted breakfast.

"Dad wait a minute here huh. Let Mara get it!"

Mara started to rise from her sitting position. Springing up, he ran to the kitchen to get breakfast for his father. After what he needed had been obtained, Mara hurriedly returned to the father's room.

"Dad, wake up yuk. Mara brought you breakfast for Dad. Dad, breakfast was still warm. After that Dad can sleep again as long as Dad's stomach is filled," Mara said as she woke up the father.

Silence, no answer at all.

"Dad?"

Silent...

"Dad?"

Silent...

"Dad?" call Mara start to panic a little.

Mara tried to shake the father's body. But there was no response at all. His heart began to be shrouded in worry, worried if what was in his mind was true.

Shakily, Mara's hand grabbed Baskara's hand. Sure enough, his hands had already felt a little cold. To be sure, Mara tried to hold the father's wrist. Looking for the pulse point in his father's hand.

Both of Mara's eyes were wide and perfectly rounded. His aunt was wide. Mara's heart seemed forced to stop at the shock she felt. He felt no pulse at all on his wrist. Instantly, the clear hairs that had gathered in his eyes began to flow down. In a hurry, the woman hugged the father's body and drowned his face in Baskara's chest.

"Yeahhhhhh......!!!"

The god who was just about to catch up with his wife in the room of the in-laws, was startled by the screams of the wife from the room of her in-laws. The man was a little astonished because it was not usual for the wife to shout hysterically like that. Gegas, the God approached the wife to find out what had really happened.

"Darling... What was? Why are you yelling like that, honey?"

Mara was still crying in her father's chest. The woman's breath also looked irregular because it held a sense of tightness in her chest. "Dad, Mom.... Daddy!"

The forehead of the God slightly shriveled. He still doesn't understand what really happened. "Dad? What's wrong with you, honey?"

"Dad go Mas! Dad left me!"

The body of the God surged instantly. He grabbed the wrist of the father-in-law and sure enough, his father-in-law is gone. The god sat beside Mara. He pulled his wife's body to carry her into his arms. Mara, who had previously shed all her tears on Baskara's chest, now turned to her husband's chest. The woman is still stuck there.

"Dad, Mom.... Daddy!" Mara paused her speech. "It turns out that what Dad said yesterday was one of those premonitions that Dad would indeed leave me. I have to how Mas? I should how?"

The god showered Mara's head with gentle and affectionate kisses. He rubbed his wife's back trying to calm her down. "Prophey, dear.... Patience. It's been a destiny from God that father's age is only up to this day."

"B-But I haven't been able to make Dad happy, Mas. I haven't been able to make my father happy in his old days. I failed Mas, I failed."

"Srstttt... Baby, listen to me!" The god slightly unraveled his embrace. He looked directly at the wife who had broken tears tightly. Slowly, the God of clear twirls that wet the cheek of the wife. "You gave your best to me. Certainly with devotion and also the love that you have poured out for him in the rest of his age. You didn't fail, honey, quite the opposite. You have managed to be the best son for dad. When children your age enjoy their adult years with fun, you just patiently take care of your father. You are the most beautiful gift he has, my dear. Remember, the most beautiful gift he had."

Mara's tears are flowing. He hugged the body of God again tightly as if asking for a strength to tread the next days.

"Think of my father's departure, dear. I'll definitely get the best place on God's side."

Mara nodded. "Aami... Hopefully, Mommy, hopefully!"

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