Dara Manisku

Dara Manisku
My cherry blossoms are beautiful


Four years have passed.


In Japan, cherry blossoms fall along a garden road near the apartment where Dara works as a Japanese babysitter.


"Sakura don't play it!" Dara said to a 3-year-old reddish-white-haired long-black boy.


"Yes Momi, I just want to get the flowers!" Sakura answered Dara's biological son and his love for Ihsan.


That morning Dara walked down the street entering the apartment with her son Sakura.


"Momi, will I come with Kanaka, yes, to the playground?" Sakura asked while pulling the tip of Dara's hijab.


"yes may be dear". replied Dara while opening the apartment door.


While in Surabaya, Ihsan fell asleep in the courtyard of the mosque Pondok pesantrennya.


"Ustadz Ihsan, Ustadz!" Said one of the students to build Ihsan.


" Oya, what's up ?" Ihsan asked the santri while wearing his black peci.


"Ummi Ustadz, I heard right through the house, Ummi screaming !" Said the santri


Ustadzah since Dara's departure fell ill and is now paralyzed in half, he just lies on his bed.


"Oh yes, thank you, Ustadz will be there!" Ihsan replied while rising from the floor.


Ihsan's shabby, long-haired and heavily bearded face illustrates how tired she is of looking after her boarding school and Ummi alone without a wife figure by her side.


"that's what you really are sir, when our children want to enter this ugly boarding school cabin!" Said one of the parents of the prospective santri who was coming to visit wanted to register his child.


Ihsan who was walking towards his house, accidentally heard the couple chat.


"Assalamualaikum, I'm sorry father and mother what needs yes, maybe I can help ?" Ask politely.


"Wa'alaikumsalam, Look sir, I want to meet with the person in charge of this Ponpes, want to ask questions about the reception of new students!" Replied the father, the parents of the prospective santri.


"Oh yeah, I'm alone ma'am, let's go in !" Said Ihsan while letting them into the house.


"ih, the time of his rich gini anyway, dah gondrong, shabby, rich people stress!" Whisper the mother of the santri candidate in heart.


"Sir, don't worry, we're looking for another ponpes!" whispers the mother to her husband while pulling the hand of the father of the parents of the prospective santri.


" Can't do that, ma'am! shhhh!" Whisper the Father to his wife.


"hehehe.sorry sir, if you'll excuse me for a moment to talk to my wife!" Said the father to Ihsan.


"yes please, just go in the house !" Ihsan answered and went into the house.


"aaach, aaakh..!" the voice of Ustadzah screams from inside the house until it is heard clearly by the couple.


"well, what's that noise from inside her house sir!?" Ask the mother worried and frightened.


Finally, the couple had abandoned their intention to register their children at the Al Ihsan boarding school.


It has been three years Ustadzah lying unable to wake up, even speaking was not clear anymore.


Once a week Ihsan, the leader of Al Ihsan hospital, came to visit while checking on Ustadzah's health.


"Alhamdulillah all the conditions are normal, so how Ihsan, what is your decision?" Ask Tanteya Ihsan.


"what's aunt?" Ihsan answered while pulling a blanket over Ustadzah's body.


"You're how the hell, the plan to treat Ummi you are, Ummi mu Insyaallah will be cured if immediately in surgery in Japan!" Aunt Ihsan.


"I can't leave so alone Tan!" Answer me briefly and leave the room.


" What are you waiting for again, It's been 4 years, Dara won't be back !" Aunty Ihsan replied a little upset because Ihsan always avoids being talked to about Ustadzah operations in Japan.


Ihsan sat down and lit a cigarette while ignoring her tantrum.


"huf ...You know, keep smoking, I told you not to smoke the smoke can interfere with your Ummi breathing!" said Tanteenya Ihsan angry, while taking a cigarette that was being smoked Ihsan.


"Aaakh, this aunt is so chatty, I told you, I can't go!" Ihsan replied annoyed that her aunt kept nagging.


"Auntie just brought Ummi to Japan, I want to be here, waiting for Dara, she must be home!" Answer Ihsan again while opening the cigarette pack and lighting the cigarette again.


" Ihsan, astaghfirulloh, Ihsan realize, Dara is dead!" Said his Tantenya Ihsan who continued to follow Ihsan who came out to the terrace of the house.


"Now you better focus on your Ummi, pity my sister, she needs treatment!"


"In Japan there with complete facilities and sophistication, Insyaallah Ummi you will be cured!" His Tantenya Ihsan convinced Ihsan to take care of Ustadzah to go to Japan.


"Look at this, my passport and my plane ticket have been booked, you just walk away!"


"The rest of the problems are already taken care of aunty!"


"Tante has also contacted a specialist doctor there, anyway you have to leave this time!"


"It's been too long Ummi you've been lying around like that!"


Said Tanteenya Ihsan trying to persuade Ihsan to want to go to Japan.


"Heemmm.. alright, auntie hope you change your mind and go back to sane!" Tanteenya Ihsan was upset while putting his passport and plane ticket to Japan on the table.


" Aunty go home first, don't forget to give Ummi your medicine regularly huh !" Said Ihsan as he went out and got into his car and left.


Ihsan did not budge, he just looked at the glance looking at the passport and plane ticket on the table.


In an apartment in Japan, Dara was chopping up fresh apples, then feeding her employer's children.


"Kanaka ⁇ (tabemasho)". Said Dara asking her employer's son to open his mouth to eat.


Sakura, who was playing with her employer's son Kanaka, suddenly asked "Momi ... Do I have a father?" Sakura asked with her innocent look.


Dara is shocked to hear Sakura's question, not knowing what she should answer while Sakura is still too small to understand.


" Of course you have Daddy baby !" Dara answered with a smile.


" Where is my father Momi?" Sakura asked increasingly.


" Your father is in Indonesia, are you going to try the fruit?" Dara replied, then switched the conversation while offering Sakura a piece of apple.


Ihsan who is still faithful waiting at his house never knew that he already had a beautiful child.


"Where are you, Dara, come home quickly!" Said Ihsan while looking at the photo of Dara on her phone.


"Aach...Ahhhhhh..aaakh!" Back Ustadzah shouted out to call Ihsan.


Ihsan also realized from the daydream and immediately went to Ustadzah.


But suddenly Axel called Ihsan.


"Assynoltom... How are you doing?" Ask Axel


"Axel, thank God I'm good, how are you?"


"God, I can't believe you remember my no hp!" Reply Ihsan was happy to get a call from Ihsan.


They talk using video calls.


"How's your cafe, still open, right?" Tanya Ihsan while giving drinking water to Ustadzah with a spoon.


Axel looked from his phone screen deeply concerned to see the state of Ustadzah lying weak.


"Ummi, Ummi is sick what is Ihsan?" Axel asked his eyes glazed over.


"Yes, Ummi has been 3 years since he woke up from his bed, possibly paralyzed, but said the doctor can still be cured with surgery!" Ihsan's story on Axel.


"When do you want to go to surgery ?" Ask Axel.


Ihsan heard that silent for a moment.


"mmm..either, because the operation can not be here, my aunt who is a Doctor advised to go to Japan, Ummi will be operated there.. Perhaps.


"Maybe, so there's no certainty ?" Axel asked puzzledly at Ihsan's reply.


" i don't know, it's hard for me to leave the house, Japan is too far away, I'm afraid Dara....!". Ihsan stopped talking he forgot why he had to mention Dara's name in front of Axel.


"Ah, never mind, play here Axel !" Ihsan said diverting the conversation.


"Mas Ihsan, actually I already know that Mas has married Dara, but take it easy.I'm fine!" Axel said with a smile.


Ihsan was shocked and felt bad for Axel, but Ihsan was grateful that Axel was not angry with him.


"Mom Leni told me, and I want to tell you, too, it's about Dara!" Axel


"As for Dara, what do you mean?" Tanya Ihsan was curious.


Why Axel wants to tell you something about Dara, even though Axel does not know that Dara is no longer with Ihsan.


"It just so happens that my brother who lives in Japan knows Dara !" Answer Ihsan.


How shocked Ihsan was to hear that Dara was in Japan.


Axel continued to tell the story while Ihsan listened carefully.


"My brother hired Dara 3 years ago, to look after his kids for a few months".


" But it's not anymore, because she said Dara asked to stop, my brother said Dara was pregnant!"


"Pregnant?" Ihsan was shocked to hear the news.


"I was just told Dara's phone number, but Dara's contact number seems to have changed, because I've tried many times calling her number has never been active!" Axel explained.


Ihsan was pale he really did not expect Dara to go that far, "because of what? and why?" pindai Ihsan's.


"Pregnant, Dara pregnant ? whose child?" A thousand questions were stored in Ihsan's mind.


Will Ihsan be able to find the answer?