Between Two Different Realms
25. Past Times
My mind was full of question marks, I was still looking through the stuff inside the warehouse and I found a family photo. Then I lifted and cleaned the dust that was attached to the photo sheet. It was clearly visible inside the frame were me, mama, papa and a boy who was about 8 years old.
Who's this kid?, why is he in my family picture?, or maybe he's just my little friend?, but ...I can't be in my family picture, my mind.
I got more confused, then I turned the photo over and found some of our names behind it. Diram Arya (papa), Junamiska (mama), Arian Nafis Ramanda (Abang), Riska Arian (random). I was very surprised after I found out Arian Nafis Ramanda's name was in my family. I checked the contents of the box and it turned out there was another photo tucked in it, I took and cleaned the dust attached to the photo, finally the photo was clearly visible mama, papa, papa, aunt Mira and two little kids who are none other than me and the boy in my family photo she is Arian. Just now I wanted to close the box, suddenly I saw there was a book in it, I took it turns out it was a Diary book. Very curious I tried to open it and it was listed on the first page of the name Arian Nafis Ramanda.
Dear ...
" February 2, 2011, I was thrilled to have a sibling who loved to help me when I got on my bike and fell over this afternoon, my sister Riska ...."
Dear ...
" February 17, 2011, Riska cried because I'm a bad brother, but when I was scolded he defended me, my dear brother ...."
Dear ...
" On June 21, 2021, Aunt Mira married father's cousin Dono."
Dear ...
" September 9, 2012, was the saddest day for me. On the day of my birthday, I almost got hit by a car but it was Dodi who saved me, but unfortunately Dodi was not helped he died because he saved me. Aunt Mira is angry and hates me."
Dear ...
"On October 10, 2012, our family wanted a vacation but the accident separated us, mama, papa, and Riska left the hospital, I stayed a kara and I was taken care of by Aunt Nina. Goodbye diary, goodbye home full of memories."
Not feeling after I read Andrian's diary my tears welled up my cheeks. Ayu appears and explains who Arian and Aunt Mira really are. It turned out that Aunt Mira had made us and our family forget Arian, while Ayu told me to keep this a secret until the time came.
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Today I went to school early in the morning, when I got there I found Arian already with his girlfriend in one of the school corridor. Today happened to be the teacher told us to bring a picture of each family. Upon arrival at school I forgot and took the wrong photo, I took a family photo that I found in the warehouse yesterday.
" Okay ... What, right?" The photo suddenly fell right in front of Arian. Arian took the photo and looked at it carefully, he did not give back the photo because he continued to look at it which then looked at me, suddenly he turned the photo.
" Is this a picture of your family?" I nodded my head.
" And ... This boy is you ready?" I looked up, my lips trembling unable to speak.
" A-I don't know, I think I took the wrong photo I took in the warehouse," My hand swiftly pulled the photo in Arian's hand, but with a reflex he pulled back.
" Why, yank?" Aprili looked at the photo sheet.
" This is not a picture of your family, yank?, this is not you when you were a child, cute deh," said Aprili.
Arian kept looking at me as if he wanted to have the photo and didn't want to return it to me.
" It looks like our family looks a lot like us!" said Arian while thrusting his hand back the photo, I slowly took the photo while looking into Arian's eyes. Then Arian went to follow Aprili from behind him and at that very moment I saw Aldi the Arian guard looking at me, he was not following Arian but following me.
" Why are you following me?" I asked her to see her behind me.
" You're under Ayu's care, right?."
" Yes," Ayu suddenly appeared.
" Al, I've done that job .. I don't think you have, yet" Ayu said.
" Yes, it seems not the time ...," said Aldi.
I just kept quiet while staring at the photo." Ayu who saw exchanging photos of my family that there was no Arian in it. " Now, you forgot, didn't you?."
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I sat in the canteen with Azka, she saw that my face was tangled with no spirit of life. At that time the canteen was quiet because it was not yet a break, while we were empty.
" Azka, I have a lot of life problems, .." I said.
" Em, guess what, Ihsan's problem?."
" No," Azka continued to ask. " Well what ...?"
" The devil, and my family's past" I said.
" Then you can confide in me" said Azka.
I sipped iced tea, then remembered the Sultan shooting me in class. And it just so happened that the Sultan came and immediately sat down at our table.
" How?, you haven't given me an answer ...!" The Sultan who came directly asked for certainty from me.
Without a second thought, I immediately accepted Sultan as my girlfriend.
I've been hurt twice, will the Sultan hurt me later?, my mind.
" Azka, Riska!" Mauliza calls at school.
" Za, what's wrong with you?" I saw Mauliza's face looked a little angry.
" Nanda cheated?."
" No."
" Keep what?" manya curious.
Mauliza said that Nanda is the head of a motorcycle gang and his friends Nanda including his girlfriend Azka are part of his gang. The other members are at the school next door, they're a wild biker gang.
" He should have told me long ago that he was a motorcycle boy. Maybe I won't be going out with him" Mauliza explained regretfully.
" J-so Rama's included too?" Mauliza nodded her head.
Now that I know the reason Nanda's friends moved to Juang City High School, they want one school with the chairman. It didn't feel like we were talking for long until papa came to pick us up.
In the car, I somehow moved my mouth so as to ask papa about the photo.
" Pa ...."
" Yes ...."
" I have a brother, don't I?" My question made me laugh.
" Riska .. You don't fuck!, you're Papa's only son and mom.
" Oh, Riska is just a Pa, don't have to be in captivity either," Obviously you don't seem to remember yet that you have a son.