WOUNDS IN HAPPINESS
Ayuna and Mama

" Mom... Brother Bagas and brother-in-law have arrived." Shouted Mesya when he saw Bagas' car entering the yard.

" Where is where..." Nasya.

" Oh..." Mesya pointed with his chin.

" Well, I miss my sister-in-law so much."

" bee." Ketus Mesya while leaving Nasya and go inside to tell his Parents that Bagas and Ayuna have arrived.

" Where's brother going?"

Sreet....

Mesya stopped his steps, and turned to look at Nasya, and walked up to her.

" Ka.kak what do you want?" Nasya said, as he saw Mesya walking around him with a sharp look.

" You're Nasya, right?" Mesya asked with a cynical look.

" Yes it is."

Silent..

But Mesya still stared intently at his sister.

God, why is Brother Mesya so scary?, is he eating wrong?. Is he not possessed?. Nasya Batin.

Long Mesya looked at Nasya,.

" Sami..." Call Mesya.

" yeah?"

" Hahah, you're Nasya right?"

" i.yes.."

" haha, hahah. Nasya?, Nasha?"

" Ih brother.."

" Hwaaaahahah. Since when did you call me with big brother frills?, I thought you were a bald devil."

Nasya scratched his head. So just because he called out to Mesya with big brother frills, made Mesya this scary.

" Hehe, since."

" Hmm, good. You finally realized that I was Mesya's brother. Not one of the names of micin booming in Indonesia." His words while embracing Nasya's shoulders, and invites him to walk down to welcome the arrival of Ayuna and Bagas.

Ayuna sighed for a while, before she finally got out of the car. While Bagas who first went down, immediately opened the trunk of the car and told the waiter to bring their luggage.

Lama Ayuna looked at the mansion of mama and papa Bagas. His heart and mind recollected all the memories of Gibran in this house.

" Sailor.."

Bagas approached Ayuna and immediately held both of her shoulders from behind.

Ayuna no longer wanted to cry, so she smiled at Bagas.

" Let's go in." Take Bagas.

Ayuna nodded, and walked hand in hand with Bagas.

Ayuna entered the house which was decorated with various Christmas trinkets.

" Dear, you're finally here." Said Mama Bagas who immediately hugged Ayuna.

" How are you?." Ayuna tried to control her mood, and returned Mama Bagas' embrace.

Cup

Mama Bagas kissed her daughter-in-law's forehead, then took her inside.

" How's Ayuna?" Ask Papa Bagas

" Hmm, Bagas could not conclude. Because Ayuna's heart is changing. Sometimes he can accept the truth. Sometimes he just gets worse."

Papa gently stroked Bagas' shoulder.

" It's not easy when we lose the person we love most forever. You have to stay by Ayuna's side until she can really make Gibran go away."

" yes

" It's definitely gonna Bagas do."

Bagas looked at his mother who took Ayuna upstairs.

" Ma, Gibran's room?" Ucao Ayuna as they passed through the room that was once occupied by Gibran.

After getting the key, Mama opened the door.

Chequek..

" Get in." Mama Bagas's orders."

With a thumping heart Ayuna entered the room that was once occupied by Gibran.

Ayuna began to walk slowly through the walls, where there were many photos of gibran and all the typical decorations of the boys' room, before finally choosing to sit on Gibran's bed. The Gibran bed.

" It's my first Christmas without Gibran ma. Feels like...."

Ayuna did not continue her words and closed her eyes.

Mama Bagas walked over and sat down beside Ayuna. Holding her daughter-in-law's hand was still clearly visible sadness still enveloped her whole heart.

" Daughter, Mama knows the sadness you're feeling. Mama knows you still haven't let Gibran go, but you also have to know that life after we've been left by someone we care about has to keep going."

" Ayuna knows ma, just..."

" Just want to replace his position, right?, why would you exchange your life for Gibran's life, right? you're thinking why don't you just go."

Ayuna looked at her mother-in-law.

" Let me tell you here, what a great secret."

Mama Bagas invites Ayuna and they enter Bagas's mama's room.

Chequek.

Mama Bagas decided to lock the door. Then, Mama Bagas took a photo album that was on top of the closet. And sit beside Ayuna.

" This is a picture of my mother giving birth." When you open the first photo sheet.

Then Mama Bagas was seen taking a photo of a baby and juxtaposed with a photo of her who had just given birth.

" Is this Bagas?" Show Ayuna to the baby who is being carried by Mama Bagas.

" no. But this is Bagas." Mama Bagas said while showing a photo of another baby.

Ayuna looked at two photos shown by Mama Bagas.

" It's the same, but why did Mama say it wasn't Bagas."

Mama smiled and took the 2 photos from Ayuna's hand.

" This is 2 different babies, hear the first baby I carried had heart failure so she died a few hours after giving birth. Because Papa Bagas can't see me suffering from the loss of the first child, the one we've been craving for so long. Be she adopt a baby who was left for dead by her parents in an accident."

Ayuna looked at her in-laws with a look of disbelief.

" You might be surprised or you might not even believe what I'm saying. But that's the reality I've kept for years. And you know, I didn't know if my baby died until Bagas was 15. Bagas was in an accident and he needed a blood donor, and you can certainly imagine how I felt when our blood didn't match." Say Mama Bagas while opening the album on the next sheet.

" Why didn't Papa tell Mama the truth?" Ask Ayuna.

" Because at that time what was in Papa's mind was Mama's happiness. Papa does not want to seize the happy smile that always emanates on your face at the birth of the first baby."

" When Mama found out that Bagas was not Mama's biological son what did Mama do?"

Mama Bagas smiled as he said,

" It's funny you ask that, because of course I'm very angry especially to Papa Bagas. 15 years is not a short time, and papa Bagas can keep such a big secret for that long." Said Mama who was seen looking at a picture of Bagas who may be about 5 years old smiling at the camera because he just got a bicycle gift on his birthday.

" Sir.." Ayuna held her mother-in-law's hand when she saw the tears that were about to come out from the end of her eyes.

" Listen, son, when you realize reality hurts and you decide to keep regretting the reality that has happened. Then until whenever you will remain in the pit of sorrow. You will forget the people around you who care about you. Even you will forget that there are other children who need your attention and affection. After Mama found out the truth about Bagas, Mama locked herself in my room more often. Mama won't even talk to Papa. Ignoring calls from Bagas and his sisters. You know why?"

Ayuna shakes.

" Because at that time Mama was disappointed, had been lied to by the person that Mama loved the most. Mama was also disappointed why God took the baby that Mama had been waiting for. Then Mama realized, there is no point in being too late in grief. Because if you continue to be sad it will not bring back the people who are gone."

Ayuna fell silent, justifying what Mama Bagas had just said.

" Ayuna had also tried to get out of the valley of sorrow. But, every Ayuna saw a place or moment that Ayuna and Gibran had passed. It makes Ayuna's heart very sick."

" Dear, you didn't catch the point of what Mama said. Listen, sad may be, cry also please but enough in a moment. Do not continue to drag on for a long time. Life must go on. And always remember those around us who need our attention or affection. And also imagine the feeling of someone who has left us. Like the Gibran example. Gibran must be able to see our situation, and maybe we are in our midst. Imagine? how she felt when she found out that her mother was still sad because of her disappearance. Are you sure Gibran will be happy and calm in his nature?"

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