Two Ribs

#29

BROTHER FIAN POV

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You know how it hurts if we fall.

How the pain of open wounds that we must treat using ointment or powder medicine.

The pain is real. The wound is visible.

But the pain I feel right now is not real. The wound is invisible.

My chest hurts when I see my sister depressed. My heart hurts to see my father cry to see the state of Ade.

My family changed overnight.

I often cry in silence.

Brother Alif never again ruled us with his eyes shot.

Brother Andi is now more daydreaming.

Izal who used to have a thousand jokes now would not talk if not asked.

If we had gathered together on Sunday, there would have been a long debate between me, Izal or Ade.

That will only stop if Brother Alif opens his voice.

But now, if we gather more silence than he speaks.

Even the carefree Azka was now more chatty. Maybe azka kangen to her mother. Luckily, Mia and Andi can handle Azka.

Sometimes Azwa I brought home or brought a young grandmother to sleep in the father's house. Just reducing the burden of Mia taking care of two children. Even though I know Mia's sister loves them both very much.

Every time I come home from work, I always take the time to look at you. And not only me, my three other brothers must also be there.

Like a grateful father having a child like us. I am thankful to have a brother like them. We are shoulder to shoulder for one brother to another.

"Where is my brother?"

I sat next to Brother Andi. Turn Izal and Kak Alif who were in the hospital room ade because I was late.

"There has started to be progress. I was smiling earlier".

"Alhamdulillah. It's been a month brother".

Brother Andi took a deep breath.

"I'm afraid of Fian"

"Fearful?"

I looked at Andi's brother who kept looking ahead. I don't know what he saw.

"I'm also confused about what I'm afraid of. But this changed our whole family".

I also took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"Fian also felt it brother".

"What else is there to make Ade heal? It's been almost a month here".

Brother Alif arrived out of the room.

I replaced Brother Alif to enter.

Only two people may enter the patient's room.

I saw Ade sitting in a chair by the window of his room. Look out the window.

"De, look who else is coming".

Izal, who was sitting beside Ade holding an apple, told me of my arrival.

Ade looked at me. And her smile made me step quickly closer to her.

"Kakfiiii"

Ade hugged my stomach because I was standing next to her. Kukecup many times the head of our beloved sister.

Tears began to condense at both ends of my eyes.

"Alhamdulillah"

That's all I can say.

Ade lifted her head and looked at me with her puppy eyes. Eyes that always make us obey whatever he wants.

"Silver healthy?"

Ade asked me which I answered with a nod because I could not say any more words.

"Ade kangen's sister"

"So too"

Ade again tightened his embrace on me.

"Come on, eaten again the fruit"

Ade took off her embrace and looked at Izal.

"Say she wants to go home? Let's eat again, let's get well soon. This is a break, right?"

Ade nodded obediently and accepted a bribe from Izal. I stroked his head gently while looking at Izal who was also looking at me. There is our own code that we reveal through our eyes.

Alif opened the door and raised his head.

"Replace Zal,.Fians. You want to come in".

"Mr coming?"

Ade smiled again to hear the father come to visit him.

I hugged Ade and kissed her head again.

Ade nodded as she took off her embrace of me then changed into Izal.

"Follow what the doctor said de"

Ade nodded back.

Izal and I finally came out and took turns with the young father and grandmother who had just arrived.

"Fright sir's coming"

Izal protested to father.

"Say Andi you've had three shifts. From Alif, Andi, Fian. You're not out".

You went inside without caring about Izal's protest.

"There's something we need to talk about"

Brother Alif asked me and Izal to come closer.

"Do you think you can get out of the hospital?"

"So ade looks fine, brother"

Izal answered.

"So the doctor called my sister. They asked us to bring Ade home."

"Why? Did they give up?"

Andi started raising her voice an octave.

"It's not like that - listen to me!".

Brother Andi was silent after hearing the tone of the voice of brother Alif who also rose an octave.

"The doctor said it's better to be with his family in full. His mystery is no longer visible. Ade just needs people who care and love him. If in the hospital, limited time we have to be with ade. At home, ade can be with us twenty-four hours".

"If you arrive back hysterical?"

The stupid question that I asked Alif made Alif put his eyes on me again.

"Don't pray like that. Pray that you don't come back hysterical"

"I'm sorry" I said quietly.

"If you agree, go home to your father. I'll talk to you after this"

"And agrees brother. If at home, slowly we can take Azwa and Azka to meet her mother. Their kasian, like an orphan"

"The brand is not an orphan. There's still us, right? We're their parents too"

"Fian also agrees brother"

I quickly disconnected Alif's remarks, before Alif issued all the articles he had learned.

"Wheel?"

Izal nodded before agreeing.

"Well, you'll talk to your dad before you talk to the doctor again"

Me, Izal and Brother Andi fell silent again.

My dad came out and sat with us.

"Alhamdulillah, Ade is cheerful. I'm already telling a story"

"Izal entered again yes"

Izal stood up and prepared to step up.

"Sit zal, there's something to talk about. We're gathering here".

Izal sat back down.

"Before what did Lif doctors say?"

I asked Brother Alif. And brother Alif explained as he talked to us earlier.

"Father agrees. It is quieter if you are at home. You're also calmer if you're near us".

"But we still have to find a female nurse who takes care of you. Who took him to the bathroom. There's no way we're the ones with these guys, right?"

I know Mr. Alif's question to the father just to provoke the father's reaction.

"What is the nurse. Is there me at home?"

The young grandmother who had been standing at the door immediately answered Alif's question.

Brother Alif smiled. Which means, the bait is pecked.

"Will trouble the grandma"

Brother Alif is back.

"Will not bother. A clean house has people. My job is just cooking for my dad. Izal is also rarely at home. Let me take care of Ade".

"Aren't grandmothers going to be troubled?"

"No, relax. I'm looking for ade"

Grandma called dad.

"Sir came in for a moment. We are talking about Izal again. Don't run away!"

Father patted Izal's shoulder as he passed into the room ade.

Me, Brother Andi and Brother Alif stared at Izal in unison.

What's the matter with Izal???