The Sun Becomes a Star
Path
“Can you imagine it's Imelda?” I said in between – between my tears when I confided to Imelda.
“Surely you are very sad ..” Imelda replied while crawling there – here. When he meets the wall, he will walk on a sloping – hoping to penetrate the wall.
“Indeed Imelda,” I flipped my body looking at the sky – sky room. I'm putting some stars, moons and planets out of phosphor. It's beautiful you guys look at when the lights are off. Papa never let me sleep in the backyard at night. I really enjoyed it. Looking at the clear sky with thousands of sparkling stars. That's why I really enjoy going to camping ground with Papa. Looking up into the night sky, it made me realize how small I was. Just a few microns of dust in a system that makes up the universe.
Every thing, human and anything in this world craves a sense of comfort. Like me and Papa. Papa doesn't want to be lonely to be happy. Maybe I should think about accepting Aunt Nina, so Papa can be happy. I think every child in the world wants to make their parents happy. I've got to make an effort.
But I'm not willing. Papa and I are a team. We're quite complete and we don't need anyone else.
For too long I thought until I didn't realize it was almost midnight. Imelda was snoring in one corner under my desk. Beam emitted ‘bjects – celestial objects’ in the sky – my room sky has shimmered dimly almost extinguished. And I found my HP vibrating and then ringing. Aaron Number …
“May ..”
“You haven't slept Aaron ?”
“Can't May. You ?”
“Same. You good – fine ?”
“I'm good – just fine May. I'm sorry you had to see that,”
“You mean ?”
“Hal ... that ... you know khan I mean ?”
“Sorry,” I said as Aaron's shadow flashed through my eyes.
“May .. I am lonely ..”
“You have Kevin's brother, Aaron. And I'm sure that you have a lot of friends ..” two people a day who tell me about loneliness. Is loneliness the most terrible creature in the world that can make everyone suffer throughout his life ?
“Kevin has his own life May. There was a time when Mama and Papa, I was rarely lonely. As soon as there are no two of them, I become right – really feel what it means to feel lonely.”
“Is that the reason that you ehm ... need medicine – drugan it ?”
I didn't hear his voice through my phone. Only Aaron's breath was clear.
“Aaron .. I'd like to say that for many reasons your life has been so much easier than mine. You don't have to bother – hard to get shoes, clothes or cellphones. Imagine me Aaron, I have to keep the shoes do not hit by water if it is not true – really forced. My – shirt rarely changes and I have to argue with my Papa before I can have a cell phone. And look at you Aaron, do you feel the distress – the distress I experienced was ?”
“You have absolutely no idea about my life May. I think everyone has their own distress – distress ..”
“What trouble did you have Aaron ?”
again, it was just his breath that I heard from my phone.
“You're not running khan ?”
“I still remember that my finger was five.” Stop for a moment and he's on.
“Pretty May. Next month Kevin will get engaged and get married. The more complete it is, no one will notice me. My problem is that there will be no one near me anymore. Kevin will go and be busy with his fiancee ..”
“But you will still be able to eat quietly three times a day, you will not mess around with your tuition fees that are almost the same as my Papa's salary and you will not hesitate to call me because you are not worried that your papers will run out ..–
“Know khan May .. All the things you tell me are your worries, not mine. Everyone has their own problems, May. You understand khan ?”
He does have a point.
“I understand Aaron. Why did you call me the night – was waving like this?”
“You mean ?”
“No girl has ever slapped me before. Nor has there ever been a girl who said – things hurt me. More precisely the truth. All the girls in my school are – spoiled girls who know very well how to squander their parents' money,”
“It reminds me of you,” I cut Aaron's words.
“Betul May, except for the fact that I no longer have parents,” she took a deep breath. I understand how he feels.
“You are not wrong. That's why I need you, because you're different May. I am ashamed of myself every time I remember you. Your life is hard but you get through it easily ..”
“Not true. Not everything goes as you see Aaron ..”
“I need you ..”
“Because I'm different ?”
“No May .. but because I .. ehm ..” he paused for a moment, holding his breath for a moment before exhaling and trying to set the rhythm of his breath.
“It's not easy to say. I've never tried it. Um... May, you want to walk with me ?”
Isn't that the most beautiful sentence I've heard in one day ? After two terrible things happened, come now one fun thing. Doesn't a day's rain wipe out a year's drought ?
“Aaron ... stupid if I don't have a crush on you ...”
“That's not how I feel, May,”
“I know. But Aaron ...”
“Just say May ..”
“I want you to stay healthy Aaron. Live your life like everyone else. If you have no reason to live for Kevin, now you have a reason to live for me. Do you think it's overrated?”
“Same as no. I also feel it.”
“It's not enough if you only feel Aaron. I think you should do something about it,”
“Your sentence is a little complicated, but I understand what it means. So, you're walking with me now ?”
“No !”
“Why ?”
“Because you walk with me,”
He laughed for a while, “That means the same isn't ?”
“You want to argue ?” I answered cheerfully.
We talked a lot that night. Until my HP sounds as a sign my battery will run out. Just closed my HP.My room is right – really dark. It's more than midnight now. I don't want to wake up with a dizzy head tomorrow morning. Around me was quiet, no sound. It might even be quieter than Grandma's house. At Grandma's house I still hear crickets and frogs when I'm almost asleep. Coupled with the night sky that I somehow felt brighter than the sky in my house. My heart is still uncertain. Sad and confused mixed into one. I'll sleep, good night everyone.
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