PROSTHETIC [HIATUS]

24: Reveal

Olanzapine. Selfemra. Red kenal nama-nama ubat itu. Dia kan doktor. Dan walaupun dia bukan doktor psikologi or psychiatrists, tetapi ubat-ubat itu agak common untuk dia dengar memandangkan dia adalah doktor prosthetic, bidang yang selalunya dikerumuni oleh pesakit yang kemurungan dek kelihatan anggota badan.

It's normal.

"All of them are meds for......" Red tidak habiskan ayat dia apabila dia terdengar Skye menguek. Red pandang Skye seketika, sebelum dia pandang Aamy semula.

"What are you programmed for and who built you, Aamy?" Red menyoal soalan crucial yang jawapannya akan sangat berguna dalam proses pemikiran Red. Jawapan Aamy akan sedikit sebanyak memberi klu as to what is wrong with Skye.

"I am programmed to assist Skye Roche with her recovery, medically, and physically, from losing her right arm 7 years ago. And we eventually grew up in numbers in this house after she lose her left arm, 4 years ago." Aamy menjawab. "Also, we are programmed to do anything that would help her, from as trivial as ordering take out or holding the towel, to as complex as manage her schedule and manage the house."

Hold on.... Hold on.... Hold tf on.

7 years ago?

Bukannya.... Skye baru umur 18 tahun time tu? And, masa tu Dato' Lee, bapa angkat Skye dah halau dia keluar. Kan? WTF!

WELL, THAT'S FANTASTIC!

Red speechless, dia obviously tak tahu pasal sejarah hidup Skye, but this is so sudden. And, sad too. Skye's life.

Lol. There's more.

"We are made by the company both of you works in right now, by Dr. M and his team. However, the person who asked them to create us is Sean Le Roche, her, now dead, grandfather."

Hoooollllddddddd theeeeee fffffffff oonnnnn.....

"Dr. M? As in, Dato' M? Boss? And team dia. Buat diorang ni." Red mula menyambung titik-titik maklumat. "And, funded by, Sean Le Roche, mendiang atok Skye."

Forget something?

"Sean Le Roche?" Red ulang semula nama atok Skye yang dah meninggal/mati itu. Hmmm...... "Le Roche, eh?"

'Hmm.... Let's see. Cakap pasal masalah, hal peribadi and rutin harian, with robots. Bercakap sorang-sorang. Peluk robot or simply peluk angin. Meds such as anti-de, Olan, Selfem, and sleeping pills, yang dah tak dimakan. That explains something.' Red berfikir lagi. Dia hanya terduduk di sofa seat satu. Masih berfikir. 'And, tak mungkin la aku boleh paksa or bawak Skye ke hospital for no reason, for mental health check up. Rasanya, cara yang aku boleh fikirkan is actually-'

Dan poof! idea muncul di kepala Red. Not sure if it's a good idea though.

"Say, Aamy," Red memanggil Amy semula. "Your first priority is assisting Skye, mentally, and physically, right?"

"Indeed." Amy mengakui.

"I have an idea to do just that." Red angkat kening sedikit.
  
   
   
  
15 MINIT BERLALU.....
"WHOOOPS, dah pukul 4. Gotta go." Red bangkit dari sofa single itu, sedia untuk pulang selepas dia cadangkan satu cara untuk bantu Skye kepada Aamy.

Well, nak tahu tak?

Ha. Jokes on you. Not now.

"I see. Drive home safely then." Aamy mengucapkan selamat tinggal.

"Alright. Nasib baiklah Jais tak rajin hari ni." Red mahu melangkah pergi, menuju ke almari elektronik di mana kasut dia disimpan. Aamy telah bergerak ke almari kasut tu terlebih dahulu, dan proceed untuk membuatkan almari tu bergerak secara reverse. Which means, kasut Red keluar dengan sendirinya.

"Ná téigh."

Red terasa satu tarikan di jaket yang dipakai. Tangan Skye menggenggam hujung jaket Red.

As cliche as it sounds, it happened.

"Don't go." Suara Skye sangat-sangat meleret. Dengan mata yang terpejam. Skye kemungkinan tak sedar pun apa yang dia tengah buat or cakap.

Ketika itu, Red yang dah ready nak blah berambus terus terbeku. Terkaku disitu. Bukannya dia tak boleh tepis je tangan Skye tu.

"Don't leave me alone." Skye kini merengek, hampir menangis. In fact, kelopak mata Skye basah dengan air mata yang bertakung.

Tapi, Red tak sanggup. Bila ada orang cakap 'dont go' dan 'dont leave me alone', it's kinda hard untuk blah. Rasa bersalah. Kesian. Terutama sekali bila orang tu someone yang dia kenal. Tengah menangis.

And especially awek, yang cun. Yang cakap,

"Please," Skye bersuara lagi. Kali ni perlahan. Sangat perlahan. "Red.", Hanya Red yang dengar, tetapi Red yakin dia tidak tersalah dengar.

And Skye, fits all that criteria.
   

   
  
 

News: Prosthetics shortlisted/disenaraipendek in Wattpad 2017 Wattys Award. Now that's fun. Seriously, tak expect Pros akan sampai ke Wattys Award dengan 13k(currently) reads ja, memandangkan AKA and Hete, yang ada 300k and lebih 100k each, tak lepas langsung last 2 years.

Tipu la kan kalau aku cakap aku tak seronok. Dah tahun ketiga, baru shortlisted.

"Alah, shortlisted je pun. Bukan menang pun."

For those yg fikir cemtu, here's my respons.

"Well, guess what. GFY!"

As in, GOOD FOR YOU!

Sebab obviously I know, baru shortlisted, tak menang and all. But, siapa kau nak halang aku dari rasa bahagia sementara? What not, raya haji. I get rendang. And free fooooods.

Anyways, jokes aside. Thank you, judging panel for acknowledging my book. Thank you, guys for reading, voting, commenting, staying with me through all my bs.

Tahniah TeamMalaysia, rocking the Sea Games. Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha to all Muslims, enjoy the foods.  Selamat Menyambut Kemerdekaan yang ke-60 Malaysia, stay prosper and moga harga barang and minyak turun (I'm a struggling student).

じゃね。Ja ne!!