Trapped in 2001

Ill

Michael finds Mario in his backyard. The teenager sat quietly crying, his heart so sore. Not because of Marcell's treatment, but because of the words he said himself. About those who don't have a mother.

Not in the future, not in the present. Mario's life is always lame, because there is always less. She has no mother in these two ages.

"Mario."

Michael sighed while looking at the teenager. He lowered all his ego and cold nature for this. She felt really guilty for her sister Marcell's behavior.

"On behalf of Marcell, I'm sorry. I know it's heavy and he's outrageous. But I hope you can forgive my brother."

Mario was silent, he continued to throw his gaze in a direction.

"Gue promised he wouldn't repeat this again. Even if it's still, I'll beat him up myself."

Mario wipes away his tears, while Michael now returns to his parents next door.

***

"Worse yet it was Marcell, when he went to Mario."

Brian said to Cavin, they are now in the playroom at Cavin's house. The teenager did not come home to talk about this.

"Gue sure Mario must be very sad. Marcell though in the future, not so annoying as Michael. But koq in this era ngeselin huh?" ask Cavin.

"Not knowing me either. Want to know Mario's situation, but he just told us to go home and close the door." replied Brian.

"Yes you know, Mario if again sprained, sad, nothing can disturb. It's free for us to come and try to cheer him up, it won't work. We have to wait until he deals with himself."

"Why did his father's mother move here anyway?" This time Brian asked.

"Emak your father is in front of your house, Bri. When his father's mother Mario can't live near him."

"This is the way, Cav. If I squirm my father's mother, it feels like a jumbled. I'm not as good as Mario."

Cavin shut up, then looked at Brian. Brian continued to speak.

"Lo know in the future, my bokap always taught me not to cry. I am stronger than Mario. Lah Mario, you know what he is. Her brother's behavior could netes tears. Moreover, faced with both parents directly every day."

Cavin was silent.

"She wants to be close to her parents, Cav. But here he was suspected of being his father's cheating son, by Marcell. Automatically Marcell's suspicions will have a bad impact on him. He will find it difficult to get closer to his own parents. As long as Marcell is around, Marcell will always get in the way. When blocked, you know for yourself what will happen to Mario. With her fragile heart."

"Yes, too." said Cavin.

The young man now breathed. The three of them were completely trapped by the times, to feel each other's pain.

***

"Mario."

Deddy called Mario when he was just getting home from work. Deddy wants to take his son to dinner together. It's a habit of Deddy bringing dinner every day.

Usually Mario is nongol in the living room, while reading a book or playing a gameboy. But this afternoon the nose of the teenager was invisible.

"Mario."

"Mario."

There's no answer.

Deddy then put down his luggage, and went upstairs.

"Mario."

"Tok, tock, tock."

"Mario."

Still no answer. Deddy tries to open Mario's room door, and it turns out it's unlocked. Then a scene was present there, leaving Deddy stunned for a moment. Mario fell asleep very fast.

Deddy approached, intending to wake the cross-age boy. But apparently, he realized something. Yeah, Mario's body feels so hot.

Instantly Deddy panicked, he hurried down and took a handkerchief and a basin of stainles filled with cold water.

Within moments he was seen already on Mario's side and compressing the boy's forehead. Mario is slowly waking up. After the voice of his father's call, it did not succeed in bringing him back to consciousness.

"Dad." Mario blurted.

"Why did you get this sick, Mario?. It was a good morning." said Deddy while watching his son.

"Eat first yes, abis is taking medicine" Deddy told Mario.

The teenager nodded weakly, Deddy then went downstairs and prepared dinner for the boy.

Soon he returned, then helped Mario to sit and lean on the pillow. Deddy then feeds Mario.

"Little, dad. Mario can't spend much." said the teenager.

"Is it your throat?" ask Deddy.

Mario nodded.

"Yes, slow down. Later daddy buy a throat pain reliever for you."

"Yes dad."

Mario continues to eat slowly, and Deddy feeds him patiently. Once enough is felt, Mario asked to stop. Deddy then gave the child medicine, half an hour later. Mario goes back to sleep, Deddy leaves him and goes to eat alone.

***

"Mario."

"Mario."

Cavin and Brian were heard in front of the house the next day. Deddy hurriedly came out and approached the two children.

"Om, where's Mario?" ask Cavin.

"Mario's sick, she didn't go to school today."

"ill?. What pain is it?" Brian chimed in on Cavin's question.

"Fever, from yesterday afternoon the heat is high. It's been meningan anyway, but want to take it to the doctor first to be relieved."

"We want to see, but it's time" Cavin said.

"Yes, it will be noon, after school." said Deddy.

"Yes, let's go first." Brian bidding.

"Be careful on your path."

"Yes, um."

Cavin and Brian then left. Deddy turns around, but he is shocked by the new neighbor who now comes face-to-face with him by accident.

"Good morning sir" said the new male neighbor.

"Morning." said Deddy, smiling.

"Mayo's father?" ask the neighbors again.

"Know my son?" Deddy asked back.

"Mario's our son's friend." said the man.

"I'm Maya and this is my husband, Marvin. We just moved in yesterday." The woman in the man is in the process.

"Pa, go."

Marcell and Michael showed up and said goodbye. The two boys stared at Deddy before they finally got out of the fence and moved away.

"That's our two children" said the neighbor named Marvin.

"That number two, Mario's friend." he continued.

Deddy nodded his head with a smile.

"Then I hope to be here" Deddy said.

"Thank you sir, oh yeah Mario's sick?" ask Marvin again.

"Yes, his body is a little hot. The bias is mostly to play." said Deddy.

They continued to talk for a while.