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"What the heck? Am I day dreaming?" She slaps her face a few times to make sure she's awake.
"See.. this looks unreal right? We also suprised." Said Arifi in his bed then drink up water that Intan brought.
Mom's still stuns, speechless with she's witnessing.
"Where do you get this?" Ask Intan who now holding the brush. She's flipping the brush all around and can't find where's the magic comes from. It's look like a normal brush. Nothing's extraordinary.
"He got that brush from his teacher. Last time I already ask him to return it back." Mom's start to speak after she's fully awake.
"Thank god he's not return it back. If not, I'm wouldn't lay here." Arifi smiles at her mom. Mom just look at him and just snicker.
"Are you sure this brush can make anything?" Ask Intan.
I'm nodding.
"But I'm not sure. Whatever I drew on my sketchbook, it will be real." I answer
"Hmm.. your sketchbook is too small. Do you ever try something bigger than your sketchbook?"
"I'm not sure."
"Can you try to draw without your sketchbook? What if you don't even need a sketchbook to draw?" Suggest Intan.
She's handing back the brush to me. I've never thought about what Intan just said. Actually I don't even want to share this to them.
"Let's try. I'm hoping it's work."
I took a stand. Inhale the oxygen deep into my lungs and starts to holding the brush like I ready to paint.
I starts to whishing the brush in the air. Surprisingly, it works. The paint surfing smoothly in the air. I drew a circle and magically a ring come out of the air and falls down into the floor.
Everyone stuns. They all smiles with the results.
"Yay it's work."
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A few days past since Arifi is in hospital. Today he can discharge, I have to follow my parents fetching up.
Arifi's already at lobby when we arrive. He's head still wraps with a white cloth. Mom's help him to get inside car, meanwhile me put him bag into back hood of the car.
"Still hurt, Arifi?" Ask dad.
"Little. Hospital gave me another week medical leaves." Arifi answer.
"Okay, so you got MC then you need to rest. I prohibits you from riding a motorcycle." Said Mom.
"Haha, I don't think I will riding soon, Mom. My motorcycle is in workshop now."
"That's good." Said dad.
I just sit there quietly while watching the vehicles that my dad cut off.
"Aidan!" I'm shock when Arifi calling my name.
"The brush still have magic?" Ask arifi.
I just nodding slowly. He doesn't know how suffer am I during his admittance at hospital. How much money that I've drawn. I don't know how much, I missed the calculation. It's just a lot. My room already filled with moneys.
I don't now whether it's legal or not to draw money. I still remember at school, teacher teached us how to differentiate between real money and fake money. All the money I drew, have the same serial number. But I don't know whether people will notice it.
"Aidan, I wants you to paint us a new big, beautiful and luxurious house."
I am shocks when hear mom's request. It is absolutely impossible if we think according to the logic of mind. But with this magical brush in my hand now, everything is possible anymore.
Dad stops his car when we arrive our house. Mom's step out of the car and help Arifi to get out from it too. Dad's still staying in the car meanwhile I get out of the car and take out Arifi's stuff out of the hood.
"Mom, I don't think we need a bigger house? We are a small family. In fact, I think our house is quite comfortable now. I really like the way it is." While I am walking to the house.
Mom look at me with a displeased look when she's heard what I have just said. She who just done help Arifi to enter the house look at me. Her sharp eyes pierce into my eyes. I swallowed hard. Mom's look mad at me. She's really scary when she's mad.
"What were u said? Our house is comfortable? Are you joking? How comfortable is this small and narrow house." Her hands now at her waist.
"See even our wall is cracking, our roofs is leaking, our paint is ugly. After all, I'm tired of being insulted by people around me with our poverty. I wants to show people that we can also sit in a big and luxurious house."
I just keep silent while listening to what her. I know that we're not rich but this house can accommodate the five of us even though it's not that big. I never thought that we all needed a big and luxurious house. For me it is enough as long as we had a place for shelter.
"But Mom..." I try to beg but she's interrupt.
"There's no but. This is for our family. It's either do you want to do it or not? That's all I want to know."
I couldn't finish my speech, Mom raised her voice at me. I am stuns, I'm at a loss at word. I'm stuck to obey her or not. Although it is not impossible by using my magic brush, but I'm afraid that if my secret will be known to the public.
"Just do it, Aidan. This is all for our pleasure. I also wanted to live in a big and luxurious house. Only then will our family not be insulted and reviled by others." Dad, who was just get out from the car now stand by mom's side. He agrees with his wife.
I look at him who now holding mom's hands. They look happy talking about how they going to feel after living in a big house later. I sighs.
"But mom, dad. I don't know what kind of big and luxurious house that is. I've never drew once."
I tries to find an excuse to make their cancel their pla. I know for sure they soon will arrogant when they already have a really big and luxurious house. I knew them well.
“Here, look at this."
Arifi's who inside the house then throw a magazine at me. I gasped when suddenly a magine flew towards me. We're still outside the house, still not finish talking about the design.
I look at the cover page. It's a entertainment magazine but there is picture of a three-story mansion at the cover page. I look up to look at my brother who smiled slyly at me. He's seriously pissing me off.
"Oh my god. This is magnificent. I love this house. Please do it like this. Only then can we live peacefully."
Mom look at the picture in the magazine and smiled cheerfully. She's even clapping her eyes excitedly. Half of my heart is happy to see my mom happy, but half of my heart is unhappy with what I'm going to do.
I grips the brush tightly. At this time I felt regret when I told them about the existence of this magical brush.
"Hurry, Aidan. I can't wait." My mom's rush me to do the drawing fast.Download Novelah App
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